Suna's Kekkei Genkai
Chapter 14: The Ghost Fist
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Deep in the heart of Otogura or what ever it's called–the Sound country!!, lay Orochimaru's 'cave' mansion. Inside this cave mansion was Orochimaru's hideout. Inside Orochimaru's hide out was....Orochimaru!! And inside Orochimaru was a snake but that was a little to far. Anyway, Orochimaru was one of those villains that you like but don't like. For instance, he is one cool bad guy, but he's one of those bad guys that you can like never beat because he knows so much about everything. Where am I getting at with this? Ok, well, right now he was very well informed about what was happening in Konoha. Especially with the sand nins. He knew that Tsunade was training Sabaku no Gaara and Haruno Sakura; Jiraiya was training Naruto; Hyuga Neji was training Kankurou; Temari didn't need anyone to train her; and everyone of the leaf gennins that had made such a problem before were getting stronger and stronger. But the thing he was most worried with was Naruto, the Hyuga's and the sand nins. The whole reason he had made an alliance with the sand nins was because he knew about the Kiokubun'ya (why? Just cause he's one of those bad guys) and he hoped that he would be able to use it for himself.
However, now Konoha had the blood limit. His spies had told him that the leaf nins had created a strong bond with the three last remaining carriers of the blood limit and it would be impossible to bring them over. The only remaining option would be to kill them. Which was what he was working on right now. Kankurou may be the strongest of the three, but Gaara would be the most trouble. Tsunade had past down her destructive strength to him (yeah I know I never said anything about that but it happened sometime after Christmas cause this is in the spring), and on top of that he had the sand to protect him.
But that didn't matter anymore.
He had a way around that.
On days like this day when Tsunade couldn't train him, and Naruto was too busy to hang out, Gaara spent his time working with the Kiokubun'ya at the old graveyard. Or he would talk to the ghosts, but none of them seemed to be around today either.
Gaara sighed heavily. When one is use to being alone one doesn't get lonely that often, but when one has just gotten use to being around people a lot like Gaara had, being alone for more then twenty minutes feels like hours. He couldn't find Neji to hang out with. Heck he would even hang out with Sakura, but he couldn't find her either.
"Sabaku no Gaara."
"..." Gaara stood slowly at the familiar tone, yet unfamiliar voice. It was the tone that anyone who ever tried to assassinate him used. There was a sound nin sitting on Hyuga Hizashi's gravestone. "Don't sit there," Gaara said giving the man a glare.
The man humphed and slid off the stone.
Gaara continued to watch him suspiciously. What was a sound nin doing alone in Konoha?
"Don't worry," he said. "I'm not here to assassinate your Hokage or a spying mission."
"I wasn't. I could kill you before you could make a move," Gaara said with his old, cool demeanor.
The man laughed. "I have a personal message for you Gaara, from Orochimaru-sama." he suddenly leaped forward and rushed at Gaara. " 'Don't get too cocky with your sand!' "
He moved to punch Gaara, but the sand came up to stop it, blocking the sound nin from Gaara's view for the two second this happened. He had the armor of sand on anyway.
WAM!!!
Gaara flew back, headlong at a tree, but was caught by the sand. Gaara sat up and stared at the man as he walked towards him with a wicked grin on his face. The sand had come up! Had the sound nin been too fast for the sand to catch him? Gaara reached up to touch his cheek and lip where he had been hit to see if the armor had cracked at all. It was still smooth, but when he pulled his hand away, he saw blood.
"Tsk tsk tsk. You sand nins, always think your better then everyone," the man said almost on top of Gaara now. "You see, against me, your sand is useless and you are helpless."
Hinata sighed and glanced over again at Kiba wondering when he would stop talking. He was apparently having a very heated agreement with Shino about how dogs make better pets then bugs. This had been going on for about an hour and a half since they left together to take Akamaru for a walk together (team bonding and all that) and Shino hadn't said a single word or changed his expression since they began.
Suddenly Akamaru, who had gone ahead, came running back to them, barking up a storm.
"ARF ARF!!"
"What's that boy? Blood?" Kiba asked in serious mode.
"What?" Hinata cried softly her hand flying to her mouth.
"ARFARFARFARF!!!"
"Calm down, Akamaru! What blood?"
"ARF! ARF!"
"Someone's hurt? Show us!" the three gennins ran after Akamaru to the edge of a clearing. What they saw made them freeze in their tracks.
"Hokage-sama!!" Hinata shouted, bursting into the office. The jonnins turned to give her the adult look that said 'kid how dare you interrupt our meeting'. Tsuande however, loved being interrupted during meeting.
"What's wrong?" she asked the Hyuga.
"It's Gaara-kun!" she said, as Kiba and Shino gently carried the sand nin into the room.
Tsuande's face blanched and she rushed over to them. "Set him down," she ordered, she began examining him for serious injuries. As her hand brushed a bruise on his side, he made a whimper noise.
"Gaara-kun?" Hinata murmured from where she knelt next to him. He opened his eyes slightly and groaned.
"Don't move, Gaara," Tsuande ordered softly. "Excuse me," she said to the shinobi around her. "I have to take care of Gaara."
"But, Tsuande-sam–"
"I don't want to hear about him being a sand-nin!" she said angrily. "I'm going to take care of Gaara." Gently she lifted him up and carried him to the hospital next to the Hokage building.
"No.." Gaara mumbled.
"What's wrong?" Tsuande asked, looking down at the small boy in her arms.
"Not the hospital," Gaara pleaded.
"I have to, you may have some broken bones," she said. She turned to the three gennins that had followed her. "You three go find Temari and Kankurou.....and Neji too, while your at it."
"Hai!"
"WHAT?!!" Kankurou cried.
"Gaara's hurt?!!" Neji cried.
"He's at the hospital?!!" Temari cried.
"Yeah, Tsuande took him to there," Kiba said.
"WHAT?!!" Kankurou cried.
"Gaara's hurt?!!" Neji cried.
"He's at the HOSPITAL?!!" Temari cried.
"WHAT?!!" Kankurou cried again. "Gaara hates hospitals!"
"Where is he?!!" Neji asked.
By this time, even Shino was ready to bash his head against the nearest tree.
"HE'S AT THE HOS-PI-TAL!!! TSUNADE-SAMA WANTS YOU TO GO. TO. THE. HOS-PI-TAL!!!" Shino screeched.
"Oh," they all said. They jumped up and ran to the hospital leaving two very frustrated boys and a sighing girl behind.
"Tsuande-sama, you have to let Gaara leave!" Temari said, very worried.
"What? Why?"
"Gaara really, really, doesn't like hospitals," she said. "I mean like really doesn't. He's actually terrified of them."
"He is?" Tsuande asked stunned and a little worried. "Oh, my god.. I didn't know."
"It's ok I guess. Just...can he leave soon?"
"Of course, I'll set it up."
"Why is Gaara scared of hospitals?" Neji asked the sand nins as they quickly went to Gaara's room.
"Why are you so obsessed with my brother?!" Kankurou demanded, stopping suddenly.
"Wh–I was just.." Neji stammered.
Kankurou gave a scoff and went to Gaara's room. Neji looked uncomfortable, as Temari touched his shoulder. "He's just worried about Gaara, ok?" she said. Neji gave her a little smile and they followed Kankurou.
Temari opened the door and stepped in, freezing as she spotted Gaara. Tsunade had put seals around Gaara to let him rest more, and heal faster. Temari's eyes widened and she began to tremble.
"Hello? Temari?" Kankurou said behind her, irritated. "Mind moving? What's wrong?" he looked over her shoulder and saw Gaara.
"Oh god..." Temari whispered. "Gaara.." She moved towards him like she was in a trance. "No! Take them off him! They'll hurt him!" she cried, about to rip the seals away from him.
"Temari calm down!" Kankurou said, holding her down. "I don't think you can just take them off like that! Tsunade-sama wouldn't put them on if they would hurt him!" he held her tighter to keep her from bolting towards their brother.
She collapsed, sobbing against him. "Take them off him! Take them off!"
Neji turned and left the room, looking for Tsunade. Kankurou managed to get Temari to leave the room so the doctors could take the seals away.
(Yadda yada)
After the doctors were finished taking the seals off. Neji went in to see Gaara. How had he known they were done? He waited outside the door of course. Gaara was laying ridged on the bed with his eyes squeezed shut and his body so tense it was trembling.
"Hey," Neji said touching Gaara's arm.
Gaara cracked his eyes then squeezed them shut again. "Can I go now? Please?"
Neji unclenched on of Gaara's hands and slipped his into it. The unclenching part didn't really work cause Gaara just squeezed again, placing Neji into a death grip. "Tsunade-sama is getting all that ready," he assured him.
Temari and Kankurou then came in, Temari now much calmer.
"When are we leaving?" he asked them through clenched teeth.
"Right now," Tsuande said at the door. Kankurou carried Gaara piggy back style out of the building and straight to their house. "I'm so sorry, Gaara," Tsuande told him when the sand nin was safe in his own bed. "I didn't know." she brushed his bangs of his face as he looked at the bandage wrapped around his arm. They looked up when Neji came in with a big dish of Lo Mein and rice (courtesy of Hinata). He lounged on the stack of pillows Gaara wasn't using next to him . He served him a bowl of the noodles and rice and a set of chopsticks.
"What happened?" Neji asked Gaara. "I just don't understand how this could hap–" Neji stared at the empty bowl Gaara was holding out for more, "–pen...." he blinked then gave him more.
"I don't know," Gaara said between bites.
"Who did it?" Tsunade asked, not minding Gaara eating enough give Chouji a run for his money. She was use to it.
"A sound nin."
"Hinata-sama says you were at the old graveyard what were you doing there?" Neji asked.
Gaara didn't answer as he swallowed the rest of his second helping. He had gone there to talk to Hyuga Hizashi, but he didn't want to tell Neji that. He might get mad at him again. "Training," he replied, holding the bowl up for more. Neji gave up and handed him the whole dish.
"Do you remember anything else?" Tsuande asked. "It's important."
Gaara paused. "He said 'not to get too cocky with your sand'."
"Well, that's true you shouldn't," Tsunade said. "Something like this could happen."
Gaara and Neji glared at her.
Tsunade suddenly thought of something and bopped Gaara on the head. "What the hell were you doing!?" she shrieked.
"Huh?" Gaara said confused, clutching his head.
"Why didn't you fight him back like I've been teaching you?!?!" she demanded.
"I–I...don't..know..." he stammered.
Tsuande sighed then sat back. "Did he say anything else?"
"I don't think so," Gaara mumbled.
"Alright," she stood and walked out. "I'll see what I can find out."
Neji sighed and leaned back again. "You ok?" he asked.
"Yeah," Gaara nodded and finished the Lo mein. He also sighed and laid back on the bed, touching the bandage on his forehead.
They were silent for a while until Neji broke the silence.
"Hey Gaara?"
"Hm?"
"Why are you–why don't you like hospitals?"
"......" Gaara paused then sighed again. "When I was little, before my father first tried to assassinate me, Temari had to go to the hospital cause she had pneumonia. I went to see her with Kankurou even though father ordered me to stay away from them. We thought Temari was dying so we were already a little scared." Gaara turned and looked at the door. "The doctors freaked cause I was there and chased me into a room and I couldn't get out." Gaara paused for a while.
"What else?" Neji asked scooting down so he was laying next to the sand nin.
Gaara turned his face to him, but looked down. "The Kazekage use to have people watch me like an experiment. I was only created to promote the Hidden Sand village. That is all. They didn't care if I was scared. I'm their tool."
Neji stared at him with pity eyes. There was more to the story, but he was willing to wait until Gaara was willing to tell him the rest. He reached over and poked Gaara's forehead making him look up. "Not anymore," Neji said smiling. Gaara stared at him as the Hyuga reached over and picked up two things he saw on the night stand next to the bed. It was a picture frame and a small box. "What's this?"
"Sakura and Tsunade-obaachan's gifts," Gaara replied.
Neji looked at the frame Sakura had given. It was the kind of frame that held three pictures. One was the picture that 'Santa Clause' had left him. The other two were pictures Sakura had specifically taken for the frame on Christmas day. One of Gaara and Neji (she made them both pose and smile on pain of cruel and unusual torture) and the other was of the three sand nins. Kankurou had his arms around both and all three were laughing (Sound familiar? It should, Past Meets Future readers). Gently putting the frame down on the bed he looked at the little box from Tsunade.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Open it," Gaara said.
Neji opened the top, triggering the little switch inside that made the box start playing. It was a slow melody, but Neji could tell Gaara liked it. (I chose, because I love the song, the .HACKSign song or whatever it is it's purty)
"What do you think happened?" Jiraiya asked Tsunade when she came down into the sand nins living room.
"Apparently it was one of Orochimaru's henchmen," she replied. "But I don't understand how he got that hurt."
"Hm." Jiraiya thought for a while. "I think the only way we could really tell would be if there was someone there."
"Yeah, the fact that the sand did help him made Gaara freak," Tsuande said.
"Um, Tsunade-sama?"
"Yes, Temari?" Tsuande said turning to the kitchen door.
"There was someone there, maybe more," she said looking nervous.
"Who? Gaara said he was alone," Tsuande said frowning.
"Tsunade-sama, Gaara is never alone."
Tsunade blinked and began thinking this over. Asking Shukaku hadn't occurred to her before.
"Also, what if the ghosts in the graveyard saw?" she offered. "Did Gaara tell you he could see and talk to them?"
"Yes, he did," Tsuande said. "But only he can talk to them, that wouldn't help. I suppose I could ask Shukaku."
"Or you could ask Neji," Kankurou intervened. "When we were training, if you loose control of the Kiokubun'ya, not so much that you pass out, just loose it, the person your with sees something from your memory. Even if you don't remember it."
"No, I don't want Gaara to do that," Tsunade said. "I will asked Shukaku."
Temari and Kankurou gulped. "....Ok...."
As evening became night, Gaara looked over at Neji. The hyuga had fallen asleep with his music box in hand. Was his bed really that comfortable? He took the music box and rewound it and let it play again.
His door opened, but it was to dark to see who it was, but he felt no bloodlust and wasn't worried. He suddenly felt chakra spread through the room and someone mumble the spell of fake sleep. Gaara sat up in panic, but to late as the spell began to take effect on him and sleep overtook him and he collapsed back onto the bed.
Tsunade walked up to the bed. "I'm sorry Gaara," she said softly. In a different tone she said, "I know your awake.
Gaara's eyes opened and the Shukaku stared back at her. "What do you want now?" he asked.
"I want you to tell me what happened in the graveyard today," she asked.
Shukaku scoffed. "Why should I tell you anything, I see nothing in it for me."
Tsunade, expecting this reaction, smiled slyly. "You do realize that if Orochimaru's found a way around the sand that your life is in danger as well. If Gaara gets killed you are trapped in a soulless body forever," she said.
Shukaku glared. Damn, he hated this woman! "What do you want to know?"
"Tell me exactly what happened."
Flashback (Shukaku's POV)
The sound nin charged at Gaara ready to punch him. Shukaku rolled his eyes.
Here we go again....
The sand came up to protect the sand nin, but it didn't work. With his left hand he made three quick seals while he was obscured from Gaara's view.
Shukaku blinked and frowned as the man held up his hand in the sign of the something.
"Ghostfist no Jutsu!" he muttered as his right hand went through the sand, colliding with Gaara's mouth.
Shukaku: o.O !!! Hey! He's not allowed to do that!
He mentally prodded Gaara, but his vessel was so freaked out that he didn't reply or feel it.
The sound nin began beating the crap out of Gaara. The sand nin didn't do anything to fight back. His pain tolerance was lacking extensively.
Shukaku: 'crap this is bad' HEY!!!! Kid! Pay attention! Snap out of it! That bitchy devil of a woman did teach you some things!! Fight him back! ARGH! You IDIOT!! YOU SUCK!!! YOU–
"Alright I get it!!" Tsuande cried cutting off the flashback.
"Well, you asked," Shukaku said folding Gaara's arms.
" 'Ghostfist no Jutsu...' " Tsunade mumbled. "This could be a serious problem...."
She looked up and saw Shukaku about to sneak out the window. "HEY GET BACK HERE YOU!!!"
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