My Needs
Summary: It's January 19! We all know that it's Gaara's Birthday, but what to get him? Temari and Kankurou decide to get Gaara a servant, in order to save their lazy hides. But she happens to help more than that… Who are you? Choose Your Own Adventure, fic. Set before the chunnin exams.
Your past: You are a young girl, whom was born in kirigakure (hidden in mist) and sold as a servant to a house who paid for your service. But your final master despised your abilities and created a seal, which forces your body and soul to defy the laws of nature, gravity and abilities. Now, you are able to do anything the man in-charge wishes… As long as he signed the contract scroll, that is. Your master passed away of leukemia, but did not remove the seal…
Your stats:
Age: 11-12 you turn 12, 15 days before the chunnin exam.
Clothes Faded white t-shirt, dark blue skort. Bandages (kind of like Neji, but not as many) that covers scars from the seal. A bracelet that is on your wrist that glows when a command is set.
Hair: Anything style you'd like, but it has to be long enough to fit in a pony-tail. The colour I will give it a hazy bluish-purple.(Just so people don't get annoyed if I chose blonde hair and you have brown or black, I'll give it an anime touch)
Personality: You're cheerful and loyal, but you can be very clueless. I gonna give you other options to choose from so don't worry about personality right now.
Okay, I'm gonna start writing now, so please enjoy the fanfic…
… "…."…: Speaking
… '…' …: Thinking
… (…) …: Author's note
: Scene change
Chapter 1: Sign on the Dotted Line, please
Jan 19, 9:00 am
'It was terrible. The worst day ever. It was this very day, 13 years ago, that my little brother was born. Some of you may know him as Gaara of the desert, others know him as, "AAACK!" but I know him as the reason I hate kids. Yes, that is why this was so terrible. My big sister is going to murder me. I forgot to get him a b-day present.
Oh how the great lord's angels shall weep because dear little Gaara didn't get his birthday gift. I think the gift of life is good enough. For him anyways.
He crept along the stairs and hid behind a potted plant when he thought he heard someone. But, he hid on the wrong side.
Temari crept up behind him and shouted, "KANKUROU! Who're ya' hiding from?"
Kankurou was royally pissed when he realized that he had been caught. The eldest sibling gave out a small giggle and added, with a bit o' nervousness, "What did you get Gaara-kun?"
Kankurou's face also lost all colour, with the exception of the purple streaks on his face. "Umm, well… You see. I didn't… I didn't have enough money… So I couldn't get" he flinched, fearful of a smack that would come directly to his face, but it didn't. 'WAS THIS WORLD MAD!' he internally screamed. He just told his sister that he had not gotten a birthday present! Why wasn't he being punished? This was odd. He looked up and saw a disdainful face on Temari. "What's wrong?" he asked.
She bit her lip, "This isn't good… I only had 250 yen. That's not nearly good enough for Gaara-niisan. So I couldn't get him anything either." She looked down and thought for a moment, "Hey! Maybe we could combine the money and get him something nice. How much do you have?"
Kankurou shoved his hands into his pockets and pulled out 75 yen. "This is all I got." He shrugged her glare off and said, "You have more than me so don't say I could have gotten anything."
Temari shook her head, "No, it's not that… It's just, you had over 1000 yen yesterday… How do you spend that much money? Especially when you knew Gaara's birthday was today." Kankurou was about to speak but Temari cut him off, "And plus! Otou-sama is a penny pincher for allowance, especially these days. Only 6 more months till this years Chunnin exams! We need this money to support the celebration!" Kankurou sighed. He wouldn't be able to make an excuse even if he wished to. So he eased his way out with kind words. "You're right, Temari. I was stupid for even thinking of buying you some make-up for a gift… Oh well, I guess I'll give it to Baki-sensei.
Temari's ears perked to her own name and the word "gift". Kankurou was glad too. 'Even though that gift was supposed to be for me... Oh, well.', he thought it was for the best… he needed some way to distract her from the issue at hand.
Gaara walked down the stairs from his room, he was happy. Or at least as happy a crazed insomniac could be. Even though many people detested him, his brother and sister would shower him with gift's and kind words. For it was January 19. Gaara of the Desert's birthday! His smile quickly disappeared and his mood was ruined when he heard the voices in the room below him.
"Umm, well… You see. I didn't… I didn't have enough money… So I couldn't get a scared Kankurou spoke.
When Gaara heard/ viewed Temari's reaction he could tell that he was no longer loved by his brother and sister. He glared at them and silently thought in his mind 'They are not siblings. Never have they been siblings. Not even a hint of affection on a cherished day.' He glared at them, pretended not to have heard them and walked down the stairs in a loud fashion.
Both Temari and Kankurou looked at Gaara with a huge smile on their faces. Kankurou's a bit more fake than his sister's. "Happy birthday, Gaara-chan!"
Temari grinned at Gaara and added, "And congratulations on becoming a teenager!" She threw her arms around him and gave him a large hug. Gaara glared at her and Temari, fully understanding his warning, let go and beamed at him. "Do you feel any different? Like any girls yet? Hmmm?" She teased.
Gaara's face filled with annoyance. "Shut the hell up Temari. Or I'll use my desert coffin on your mouth." Temari's happy face filled with a childish pout (imagine Dori from finding Nemo when she said "Hey mister Grumpy gills…") Kankurou added to this, "Hey, Come on Gaara-chan … Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?"
"I don't sleep, you dumb ass. You'd be dead right now, if I did." He gave his casual evil grin and walked out of the house. Temari gave a sigh as he left the house. They needed to get Gaara a gift or he'd be quite pissed this evening.
"Kankurou, we seriously need to find something as a present for him." Kankurou nodded in agreement, while Temari was already thinking of some ideas.
Yawn- You walked down the street your odd coloured hair flowing behind you. You looked down at your shoes, a sad smile reserved on you face 'If he's dead, I'm free. But… but what now? Should I wander around aimlessly or should I try to look for a descendant of my master? Oh, I'm so confused.'
"AAAAHH! This sucks!" You sank onto the floor and just sat there. Staring at the wall until you had a brainblast. You punched your hand and shouted, "I KNOW! I'll go sit in an old, abandoned ally way! That should attract a new master!" (A/N: SMART)
While walking, you hear two troubled teenagers babbling on about a birthday gift. You decided that you wanted to hear more of their conversation so instead of venturing deeper into the shadowed corner, you snuck behind them with your riveting stealth skills. This meant you crashed into garbage can's, and stumbled over a rock. That's right, a rock. And a twig, but mostly the rock. -But because they were so deep in thought, they didn't notice you.
"What are we going to do? Father will refuse to help us with money! He hasn't given me my allowance in 3 weeks! You can barely get a decent scroll for what we have!" The words from the older girl made your ears perk up.
'Maybe,' you thought, 'I can give them all my money if I can get one of them to sign my scroll!' (Told ya', you were clueless) You jumped out of your wonderful hiding place, which consisted of 2 leaves, and ran over to the duo. "Excuse me sir and mam'!" Temari and Kankurou regarded you and looked at you questioningly.
"What do you want?" barked the hooded one. You reached into a small pouch and pulled out a scroll with talismans on it as a lock. You looked sheepish and also pulled out some money from the pocket of your skort. You opened your mouth and looked down while you spoke.
"I heard you speaking, while I was walking through the allies. I would be honored if you would allow me to buy your service!" They looked at you in a strange way when you held out the scroll and money and simply turned back to walking. You got a! Face on and shouted, "Hey! Wait!"
The hooded one whipped around, knocking you off your feet. "Look, kid. We're in a real hurry and we can't waist our time with you or that scroll." He pointed towards the scroll in your hands.
"But, I'm paying you to take it! If someone signs on the blank talisman, I will become their servant!" Temari looked over her shoulder and crouched to the ground, where you currently were sitting (on your knees I might add).
"Why do want to pay us?" She asked with a serious look. Kankurou groaned.
"C'mon Temari! You're not actually thinking about this are you?" She gave a small glare to Kankurou and gave a small smile to you.
"Well? Why do you want to pay us for it? If you instantly become a maid to whoever signs thi-"
You cut her off and replied with sad smile, "I don't become a maid. I become their servant. I serve anyone in the house they live in but do whatever the beholder of the signature wishes. And for your other question… I was born a slave and raised as a slave. There is no other life for me." You looked up at her with pleading eyes and then to the hooded boy, "I beg you. Please give me a reason to continue…as I am."
Kankurou sighed. Having a kid follow him around, was definitely not how he wanted to spend his time. He looked back at you and you smiled up at him and waved.
'Definitely not my day.'
Temari walked into the house and held the door open for you. You hid behind her when you saw blood red hair in a very, very dark room. You looked up at her and she nodded back to you.
Walking in, you looked around, trying your best to ignore the glare from boy with black rings on his eyes. "Temari-san… Ummm what is it you would like me to do? I c-cannot work if there isn't a master." You began to stutter when the glare on your form increased. You finally got annoyed and whispered towards Kankurou, "Who is that?" Pointing towards Gaara.
"Oh, um. Well that's Gaara. He's our little brother." You nodded your head and said 'Hello'.
"Temari-sama! I would love to help you, but as I said I need a master before I can do work in this house… Gomen nasai"
Temari smiled at you and she broke into a grin. While she turned from you and walked away, Kankurouu walked over to you and whispered in your ear, "Trust her, she knows what she's doing."
"OY!" Temari called out for you. Running to her side you spotted the red head who was leering at you before.
"Hai, Temari-sama?" She smiled at you once again and pointed to the red-head, know as Gaara.
"You said you need a master to go on the way you are, right?" She paused and waited for your nod in agreement. "Now you have one."
She turned to the glaring boy and smiled, "Happy birthday, Gaara."
Gaara, who was silent this entire time, looked shocked. Perhaps, they knew he was standing on the stairs and were simply pretending to have forgotten his birthday. Of course! That was it.
You got the scroll out of your satchel and presented it to your new "master". He looked at you questioningly, but Temari assured him." It's okay, Gaara. She is your birthday present… As odd as that sounds, sign that scroll and she will be rightfully yours."
Still, Gaara was distrustful of your presence, but he took the scroll anyway knowing no one could kill him. After what seemed like an hours worth of silence, he spoke," What do I have to do?"
Your face filled with glee. "Hai, sir. Open the scroll and beneath the last name, there should be a blank space… There is a talisman which will keep our bonds close. Thus, if distance is an issue my body will respond to your command no matter how far I am.-"
Gaara cut you off from talking while carefully examining the writings on both the talisman and the scroll, "So basically, you're my Swiss army knife packaged into a never ending range of a tool?"
"Y-yes, if you wish to call me that. If you will accept me as your personal servant, please recite the lyrics of the scroll. And sign on the dotted line." Gaara picked up a near by pen and clicked it so the ball point was out.
(This is what's written on the scroll)
"I decree from here by on, that you will give up your needs for mine;
Body, mind and soul lifted from your possession- to mine hands- body, mine mind and mind soul."
These are hand seals)
Tiger, Snake, dog, monkey, dog, dragon, pig, ram, dog, rabbit, tiger
Lucas Nanchi X
Yoko Mariacha X
Leuren Mariacha X
X
After reading the contents of the scroll, Gaara performed the hand seals and signed his name in one of the available spaces.
Screaming loudly, you shocked everyone who was in your sight. Black bracelets on both of your arms glowed blue as you screamed in pain. After hearing you shake the house with your shriek Gaara shouted, "Euresai! I don't want to hear your uncalled for racket!"
You choked on your screams and stayed silent. You sat on your knees panting for air and serenely whispered, "Your needs come before my own."
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