Oh my god….I just finished an F-ING 14 page chapter for this GaaraXHotaruChapter 4.. But when I was looking for the file… IT ERASED! FUCKING ERASED! SHIT I was working so hard on it and it just disappeared… Sorry but I might not do good on this chapter. I am so fucking pissed. I worked 3 hours on that f-ing thing.. And now look... I had to do it over
(Sigh) The new story--down there
"How far is your house again Gaara?"
"Couple miles." Gaara faced forward again, up ahead they all saw the boiling sun. Heat rose up from the thick sand.
Neji stopped when he saw a long line that signified the border between the dry desert and green forest. He bent over to feel the textures, "Interesting." He said to himself.
Sasuke threatened to kick him by raising his foot but Neji grabbed it and twisted around. Sasuke let one hand out his pocket and flipped easily without falling. They both glared at each other.
Gaara continued walking like it was nothing, "Come on. From here is a couple more miles."
Hotaru used her hand to shade the sun from her eyes, "HOW many exactly?"
He glanced back and smirked, "Only 30." He glared toward Ezekiel, "I'm sure you all can handle it."
Ezekiel seemed to glare back and he continued walking.
Hotaru cracked her neck, "Well ain't that a bitch?" When she saw her brother walk past into the sand she looked at him worried.
Couple Miles later-
Neji was super bored and not getting tired at all. He shifted his lavender eyes toward Hinata. She didn't look bored but she didn't look too excited either. "Hey Hinata-chan. You doing ok?"
She continued walking next to him. She didn't seem to hear him.
"Hinata-chan?"
"Huh?" She rose her eyes at him, "Oh I'm sorry Neji-kun. I was kinda dozing off."
He felt on her forehead, "Are you tired? Getting Sick? Do you need me to carry you?"
"Eh?" She was about to say something but she tripped. He caught her by the arm and pulled her up.
A slight glare escaped, "If something's wrong you tell me Hinata-chan."
She giggled nervously, "I just tripped." He always made a big deal about everything.
Sasuke chuckled, "Yeah calm down man." He looked at Gaara, "Hey.. Temari isn't going to be too happy about me and Neji staying is she?"
Gaara thought for awhile then a smirk appeared on his face.
Sasuke poked him hard on the arm, "What is that suppose to mean?"
He tried his best to keep the amusement from his face, "Hinata will be fine."
"What? What the hell? Only Hinata?"
They started to argue in a playful way when Gaara suddenly felt a strange feeling. His grin turned into a tight line and Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "Whats up?"
Gaara just calmed and looked around with a slight tilt, "Its….Somethings not right… I.." A low crunching noise crumbled from around them and Gaara jerked his head around in question.
Sasuke perked up and looked toward Neji. He was already in action and whipped Hinata behind him. He started backing up and the three looked around.
"What the hell was that?" Sasuke twiddled his fingers, just in case he needed to grab a kunai.
Neji was about to activate his Byakugan but stopped when a loud roaring came from underneath.
Hotaru cupped her mouth, "Jump you morons!"
The sand kept rising and rising. Hinata shrieked and Neji grabbed her by the waist, "Jump Hinata." She did and below Hotaru caught her. Well… she landed on top of Hotaru but she tried to catch her.
Neji was about to but Sasuke was pulled back from the neck and toppled on top of him. Neji struggled to get up, "Get off of me!" He started to choke out.
A sand rope wrapped around Neji's neck and continued wrapping around Sasuke's leg. "Shit!"
Gaara was having trouble himself. He snapped one away and helped the two boys, "Up!" He pushed them off with his own sand and they landed hard below.
"Gaara." Hotaru whispered as she looked up at the growing sand dune. She didn't notice Ezekiel watching her.
Hinata crawled to them, "Neji-kun! Sasuke-kun!"
Neji stood, also helping Sasuke up by the wrist, "Where's Gaara?"
Hotaru clenched her fist and grabbed on to the growing sand, the grains pricked at her fingertips but she started climbing up.
"Hotaru! Get down!" Sasuke grabbed her leg but she kicked away.
"He needs my help!"
Up above-
Gaara was thrown down and he flat on his back. Slowly the sand began to suck him in. He grunted and tried raising his hand, I…I'm not going to die.. Not today… not right now! And he broke through by using his own sand. His sand attacked at his waist and rose him up.
A hand touched his face and pulled him up even more. He realized his eyes were closed and coughed out. Fresh air rushed to his lungs and he was warmed by the familiar sun.
Hotaru was in front of him, breathless and her hands bloodied. "Don't you dare…" She smiled, "You asshole."
Gaara looked to see where he was and saw they were still rising, "Come on." He looked down and grabbed her hand.
"Hey wha-"
Without hesitation he jumped down, along with a screaming Hotaru.
Back Below-
Sasuke backed up when he saw a shadow falling and coming fast, "Wohh."
Gaara used his free hand and ordered sand to come up. Twirls of sand rose and starting shooting up. It circled around him and Hotaru and he stood on one, "Stop it!" He held her mouth, "Its hurting my ears."
She pulled his hand off, "Are you crazy?" She burst out with excitement and saw they were slowing to the ground, "That's cool!"
I'm hot.. Gaara complained in his head.
They landed on the ground with a soft thud and Hotaru puffed her cheeks, "Ok what the hell?"
"Whats happening?" Sasuke still didn't like what was going on. More sand dunes had appeared and was 7 feet tall. The monsters surrounded them and looked pissed to be awakened.
Sand monsters didn't exist by themselves. Unless you count me when I sand clone. "A welcoming party." Gaara finally answered. His voice was far from trying to be funny.
Hotaru stood in attack mode and bumped shoulders by accident, "Hell of a party." She chuckled out nervously.
The monster rose its supposed arm and swung it smash at Gaara. He rose his hand and his sand engulfed the monster underneath.
Neji nudged Hinata, "Hinata-chan. Throw me."
Sasuke heard and they both threw him a look instead, "What?"
"Do it."
Hinata sighed and started to swing him around from what the monsters had left room. When she felt they were going fast she swung him to a monster.
Sasuke shook his head and did quick Justus. "I don't even know if this will work. Bunshin no jutsu!" Five clones of Sasuke popped out. He did more Justus and they all brought their fingers to their mouth, "Fireball Jutsu!"
Hotaru swiped the side of her hands together and held it to the monster, "Kanashibari." She whispered and the monster froze. She backed up into Ezekiel, "Master you have to stay back."
Ezekiel stood where he was. Inside his sleeves he did more jutsu.
(Back to Hinata and Neji)
Neji caught himself in the air and he pulled out a kunai. He twisted it around and struck it forward as he landed on the side of the monster. His feet made a tiny crunch then started to sink in, I was right.
"Neji-kun!"
"Yeah yeah. Fine."
Hinata did a short breath of relief then started running to him, she kicked on a monster and used her other foot to kick up on another. She continued doing this until she was jumping up higher and higher. When she reached the height and was about to fall she grabbed Neji's hand and pulled him out. As he was falling he pushed her on the back to give her a head start and she did a back flip on the monsters head.
She landed on the ground skillfully. One leg bent and the other stretched to the side so she wouldn't lose balance. She straightened.
Sasuke leaped backwards from a nearby smash of his clones and nudged her, "Hey nice. Where did you learn that?"
She giggled, "Neji-kun and Naruto-kun. We all were practicing team work-"
"I really hate to break up the conversation." Neji said, backing up again since the monsters were closing in, "But if we don't do something soon."
Gaara had smothered five monsters and he turned his back to face his group. He heard another crumbling noise, "What the he-?" He glanced back and saw the dune rising again.
The group got in a circle again, "Shit." The huge sand blobs started exploding.
Neji took out another kunai. The sand morphed into sand people. Tens and twenties.
He slashed one in the neck as it attacked him and it exploded to the ground. "Hinata-chan. Stay behind me." And he took out another kunai and started slicing more.
She grimaced when he said that. She wanted to fight but she didn't want to disobey her cousin. (Who she considered as a overprotected brother.) "Y-yes-"
Sasuke kicked one away and he glanced back, "Hinata-chan look for the source." He double-kicked another and his foot cracked into a sprain, "Shit." He whispered out and punched the thing in the face. It was a solid punch and it exploded. He flinched back while pulling one to the floor. "Double-shit." He said as his felt blood emerge from his knuckles. He stomped on the head of the sand person and it burst apart. He blocked hits coming from the sides and three pairs of hands tried to grab him. He blocked with his elbows and managed to push one away before it smacked his face. Sasuke reached for a kunai but one hand grabbed his shirt and more pulled him down flat on floor. He grunted as they pounced on him and started pounding on his chest, face, anything.
Gaara felt his muscles start to ache. His chakra was beginning to die down. He rose his other hand and kept the wall up. It wasn't going to hold up for long and the sand people would eventually get smart and go around it. He breathed out and pointed his finger at the poor Sasuke. A bed of sand swept the monsters away and Sasuke stood.
His arms were cut up and obviously he couldn't use them much longer, "Thanks." He nodded toward him and kicked one straight in the stomach.
Neji pulled one to floor and let his kunai fly to its neck.
Gaara pushed one down and sand took over the rest, "Hinata did you find anything?"
She had activated her Byakugan and her eyes were wide with horror. "I-I…. they're alive. I can see their chakras."
"Serious?" Neji activated his, he looked around with a raised eyebrow, "She is correct."
Sasuke groaned as a wind blew against his cuts, "So what now?"
"Where's Hotaru?" Gaara looked around and saw that the rising sand had collapsed and landed on her and Ezekiel…. Well.. Where they were standing. "Hotaru?" He rose his tired hands and separated the pile of sand. And what he saw almost tempted him to drop it back on her.
She had made a shield, protecting her and Ezekiel. She gasped out and let the shield disappear, "Fuck."
Gaara was about to say something but the sand wall he had made busted since the sand people pounded through.
They all once again got into a protective circle. He glared at Hotaru, "What the hell were you doing? Sleeping?"
She glared back, "Well I'm sorry YOU had trouble but I was busy trying to get SAND FROM KILLING ME you fuckhead."
Hinata trembled, "Uhh.. Sand monsters… coming closer.." She tried to hint.
Neji then noticed something, noticed right before he was covered in a dome of darkness.
Gaara had used his sand to create a huge shield to block the monsters. Outside they could hear the pattering of their fist. "Kill you?"
"You know.. Smother me? It was like a big waterfall.."
"Water…fall?" That's it! Gaara nudged her, "Can you make another shield?"
"How big?"
"Enough to protect us."
"Done and done." She slapped her hands together and concentrated. She felt Ezekiel watching her. Watching…. Wait a minute this was all a-
Gaara let his sand slither down and started working on other Justus.
The monsters saw the sand disappear but they still couldn't get in. They pounded the invisible wall in frustration.
Gaara then lowered his eyes and rose his hands. "Ryusa Bakuryu." He whispered and sand started becoming runny.
Hotaru let the shield go.
Around the monsters the ground started softening and sucking them in. Gaara then concentrated and whispered again, "Sabuka Kyu." And he heard a crack in each one. He reopened eyes in horror, N-no way… His sand started coming back to him. Bringing him blood back from the humans? They were alive?
Sasuke felt his back ache, "Oh no.."
More monsters rose up. They were new and ready to fight. "N-no.." I can't kill them…I won't..
"AND TEMARI IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY!"
Gaara breathed out in relief at the voice and plopped to the floor. He quickly rose up a large wall and a sharp gusting wind went past to sweep the monsters away. "Thanks Temari." Gaara murmured.
Gaara looked out the window and watched as the sandstorm started to take place. "Temari-"
She came up to him and smacked him on the back of the head, "I told you I didn't want them to stay here." She grabbed Neji, who was walking by, and pointed to the door, "Out! Get out!"
He jerked away, "Do not touch me!" She threatened to grab him again but he grabbed her hand, "I said-"
Gaara separated them, "Stop it. Temari they're staying here whether you like it or not."
"I don't care if Hinata does but HIM!" She pointed to Sasuke, "OUT!"
"Stop it!"
IN the guest room-
Hotaru rubbed her brothers shoulder, she hummed a soft song and her white eyes gazed at his milky hair. "Master-"
"Do not call me that Hotaru…. You are my sister.. Not my slave…"
"But I -"
"You don't have to do this if you do not want to…"
She rested her head on his shoulder, wrapping her arm at his sides, "But I want to.." she closed her eyes, "I have to.."
He narrowed his eyes, I have to… I have to… I'm sorry Hotaru.. He began to raise his long nails to her neck when the door creaked open.
"Hotaru I.. Uhh.."
Hotaru raised her eyes up and they glittered when a light gleamed in her face. She narrowed in irritation, "Huh?"
Ezekiel stood up, he grabbed his robe and slipped it on. He stalked to his bed and laid. This gave permission to Hotaru.
She looked at him a it worried then stood, she closed the door, "What?"
"Don't what me. What's going on?"
Hotaru crossed her arms, "What are you talking about?"
"Whats the real relationship between you two?"
"What?"
"You don't seem like you're brother and sister."
She gave him a disgusted look, "What?" She shook her head and turned away but he gripped her arm. She jerked but he just pulled her closer and ended up wrapping his arms around from behind. "Let me go you sicko!"
"Hotaru.." He sighed and she rested her stomach on a counter.
She calmed, "What Gaara? What is it?"
"Whats really going on?"
"Oh my god" She elbowed him in the stomach and he let go.
He frowned and grabbed her arm again, "Hotaru… Something is happening…. Somethings wrong.. I"
Hotaru tore away from him. His eyes… Stop it.. Please..stop it.. "Gaara.. Why did you invite us to stay here?… why…" She shook her head and managed to look back up at him, "Good night Gaara." And she walked away.
Midnight- Balcony
Gaara watched the sandstorm continue to increase. It would wash away anyone who dared to walk in the street. He sighed and was about to turn in for the night.
"Beautiful.. Is it not?"
Gaara didn't move his head but he glanced. He's fast…
"I love the night… especially when it snows.." He rose his colorless gaze and smirked, "Don't you think?"
Gaara just narrowed his eyes.
He didn't bother to look at him, "Do you remember the last time it snowed here Gaara? Or did your memory die along with your heartbeat."
Gaara calmed his sea blue eyes but his mind raged with hurt. "It never snowed her before.."
"Tell me demon…. How does it feel? That cold hatred, pent up behind walls of calm… Like blood flowing through glass… To have thoughts so dark enough not to have words." His gaze left the sky and turned to him. He gave no sign of emotion and his eyes lingered. "Gaara… Do you still want to die?"
Gaara gave a troubled look, "I-"
"Do you want to disappear from this pathetic earth?" His eyes then softened, "Don't you think this world would be better without us?" He said this in a whisper. As if it was there own little secret.
Gaara was about to say something but remembered something.
Temari continued sobbing to herself. She stood in front of the empty house and she buried her face in her mittens.
Gaara stood behind her, sad and wondering what had happened.
Her sensei then came out and patted her own the shoulder, "I'm sorry Temari… I know he's your friend but-"
"W-what happened?" She raised her teary eyes.
"It…It looks like a suicide… I'm.. I'm sorry."
Gaara suddenly grabbed Ezekiel's arm and pulled up his sleeve. A scar was there on his wrist. Like a burn that was a curse to show forever.
For once Ezekiel panicked. He jerked away, "W-what are you doing?"
Gaara raised his eyes, "Your-"
Ezekiel quickly turned away, "Goodnight Gaara." His voice was cool and serious but in the inside he was cursing himself for being reckless.
HUUUMMMMMMMMMM….. Did something happen between them? Hmmmm I don't know either. I'm just going along with it. Lol anyway. Sorry if this one is not good… cause it feels really crappy to do something twice you know. Anyway… please review! And I didn't spell check (Sorry!)