Hi, my exams r here so I wun b posting that quickly, I try to make this longer k? Begin now. Btw, if u wanna noe whether Gaara and Jiyu are gonna be together then you have to read on.

The golden rays of the morning sun fell upon Jiyu's bed, she grabbed a kunai and threw it at the window, it hit the wall and the strings holding the curtain up snapped causing the curtain to close. With that, she rolled back to sleep but was woken up be the sound of bones cracking and a piercing scream. Shooting up in bed, she went to the living room where she saw Gaara with his hand outstretched towards the broken window; the floor had a few flecks of blood.

"What did you do?"

"Someone attacked."

"….."

She looked at the floor and then the window before going back to her room to change and tie up her hair. Strapping her wrist cuffs back on her wrist and taking her katanas out and a piece of silky black cloth with red signs on it, she went to the living room again. Gaara was sitting on the sofa with her scorpion on his shoulder, he seemed oblivious to it. Putting the cloth on the floor, she placed her katanas on it. Then, she pulled back her hands and did a few hand seals before crossing her palms, her palms glowed with black chakra and she placed them near her blades. The blades seemed to absorb the black chakra and looked as if they were burning with black flame. She stayed there for over an hour before pulling her hands back, she was sweating. The blades looked a little grayish before returning to normal.

A glint of metal caught her eye; it was a bloody Suna forehead protector, she picked it up.

"We have to be extra careful now, the Suna knows that you're still alive, judging that the ninja could come this close to the house, the Kazekage is sending his strongest shinobis."

She then put down the forehead protector and put her hand on Gaara's shoulder; the scorpion crawled up her arm and rested on her shoulder. She really didn't feel comfortable around a guy, especially him. For 6 years, she had been an assassin and she had never let anyone off even if they begged her but had she let him off and now she was living with him. She had been merciless ever since her mother died.

Flashback

"What? You are an assassin? A small shit like you? Hahahahaha, that's hilarious, no wonder the price was so cheap."

"I may be only 11 but I'm not weak, I can kill you."

"Hahaha, you couldn't kill a fly. Forget it; I'm getting someone who can do the job, not somebody who has big katanas for show."

Jiyu got angry and jumped on his shoulders, holding her katana to his neck, she slit his throat.

Jiyu sat in her empty apartment when a shadow appeared at the corner of the room, it was raining heavily.

"Jiyu, I haven't seen you in a year."

She stiffened when she heard the voice; it was so familiar, too familiar.

"It is like that day today isn't it? The day your parents died, remember? I wanted to see how the Akashigawa clan would survive with a last remaining member."

Jiyu rushed towards him but he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"You wouldn't want to risk your life killing me with your level of skill, then your clan will disappear off the face of this earth."

Jiyu screamed and ran towards him again and slashed him but he turned into a block of wood.

"I WILL KILL YOU, I SWEAR."

Jiyu's screamed into the night.

"I must be merciless, I must kill. I will avenge my mother's death, I will get stronger."

Her hair flew as the burst of emotions rushed into her and chakra flamed up all over her body, her once dark blue eyes clouded up and finally turned dark metallic blue, her feelings of compassion locked themselves up at the deepest, darkest part of her soul, leaving her as a cold merciless killing machine.

End

She snapped out of it as she felt Gaara staring it her, trying to penetrate her thoughts. A knock was heard on the door and it opened, a guy entered.

"I am here to offer you a mission, there is another assassin that has been trying to kill me and I fear for my life, I heard that you are the best in the business and I will pay you to eliminate her."

"How much?"

"10000 ryou, she has black hair and uses a single katana, she also wears black leather clothes with chains, she will be in the alley beside the Mikaka shop tonight to kill the shop owner."

"I will collect bounty from you at 3am tonight."

The guy disappeared and Jiyu turned to Gaara.

"Looks like you are taking the other mission."

"Mission?"

"Yes, to kill the feudal lord of the lightning."

Gaara said nothing and when night fell, they set off in their own directions. Jiyu left for the alley where the other assassin was supposedly to kill another person, she sat on the roof and waited.

At 12, the shop owner locked up and walked down the dark alley, a girl about 14 appeared beside him and slashed his throat swiftly. Seeing her chance, Jiyu leapt down with her blade in front of her, it connected with the other assassin's blade and they struggled to push it towards each other. The other assassin's eyes diverted to her other blade and slacked, feeling the pressure lessening, Jiyu relaxed, unsure of her opponent's next move.

"Wrist blades, made from bloodstain metal, black battle clothes with chains, earrings to tie ones hair."

The girl said to herself, her mouth parted a little and sharp vampire like teeth showed itself.

"You are from the Akashigawa clan too."

Jiyu said softly. Suddenly the girl put down her blade and bowed in a squatting position with one knee on the ground and one knee up.

"I'm Asame. I thought the whole clan was wiped out except for me, how many of you are left."

"A handful, we escaped on the day of the attack while the others fought, we were too young to fight. You are the clan leader's daughter Jiyu are you not? Only someone around that rank can use wrist weapons."

"Hai."

"We thought you had died, your name had reached our ears as an assassin but we never thought it was you. Come back to the clan with us."

"My name is far too notorious for me to go back and promise all of you safety, I can't go back."

The girl stared at the blades on Jiyu's wrists.

"Your mission was to assassinate me was it not? Then finish it."

"No."

She walked off and Asame brought her katana to her neck, Jiyu pulled off her katana, tossed it in the air before catching it by the blades and throwing it at Asame. It hit Asame's katana and sent it flying; she got her katana back and walked away, Gaara appeared in front of her and sand wrapped around Asame.

"Don't kill her; I have got someone else to kill."

Ok I'm tired, I try to update faster cus my brain is not working now. Ja Ne