Sabaku no Hana - Flower of the Desert - Desert Flower
Standard Disclaimer Applies.
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Manga 245 Up Spoilers is in this Chapter, especially in the A/N.
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Chapter 2: Pink & Red
Kankurou huffed and puffed in frustration. He's been increasing his speed constantly for a while now but he still couldn't catch up to his younger brother's. Maybe Temari was right after all. He was getting fat. With a groan he concentrated to push additional chakra to his feet.
Branch after branch he jumped with renewed speed. His brows furrowed when he saw his brother suddenly stop and jumped down in a clearing. They were still a couple of miles away from the side of the border that they were supposed to be checking.
He landed a few feet from his brother who was squinting through the thick trees that surrounds them. "What's the matter Gaara?"
"Do you not feel it?" said Gaara without turning to him. "There's a chase going on. One nin is gravely injured judging by his chakra level and the other four who is chasing him seems a bit too slow for my liking."
Kankurou lifted an eyebrow at him. "You found out all that by just squinting that racoon eyes of yours? And how did you know he's injured?"
Gaara gave him a smirk. "You should never question the words of a Kazekage."
If he was someone else the thought of what he'll do next would never ever cross his mind and if he was in another time, like years before now he'll probably be dead in less than a minute. But he's he, and times have passed. People change. Even one who once was considered a cold hearted psychotic killer. Eyes narrowing, Kankurou did what any brother will do to his otouto in a situation like this. Without words or any qualms he gave Gaara a hard slap in the head to remove the cheeky look he was giving. "BAKA! Don't patronise me!"
Rubbing his head Gaara scowled at him annoyed. "Well its true buta!"
A rustle of leaves not far away from them stopped Kankurou as he attempted to hit Gaara again. "Nani-? He's already here?"
With a gust of wind sand started to spread and shot upwards then stopped in mid air forming a low wall in front of its master always ready to strike when commanded… and even when not.
"What are you trying to do Gaara? The four nin surely felt that burst of chakra you just let out." Kankurou asked, confused.
"Which is exactly what I want to happen."
A surprised look crossed Kankurou's face before he decided to let out his chakra too. Although not agreeing completely he understood what Gaara was trying to do. "You do know that you're probably scaring that injured nin to death too."
"Most likely. But he doesn't have any choice but to head to our direction or he gets captured by those who hurt him." said Gaara. He blinked, somewhat confused, when he saw a flash of pink and red for a second. "Eh?"
Then they saw her, in a flurry of pink hair and tattered red dress falling from the high trees above them. The wall of sand of the great Kazekage of the Suna-gakure fell in sync with its master's surprise.
Both brothers jumped, Gaara to catch her and Kankurou to spread his puppets in the surrounding trees in case the remaining nins that they felt would be stupid enough to attack them. They both landed speechless and Kankurou gaped at the unconscious person in Gaara's arms.
"Haruno..."
"Sakura." Gaara finished in a whisper for his brother.
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Translations:
Nin – Ninja
Otouto – Younger brother
Buta – Pig
(From the previous chapter:)
Shimatta – Damn it
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A/N:
Forgive the shortness. My desktop pc kinda crashed on me. Thanks for my laptop though I was able to upload this although its short.. gomen gomen.
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Oh and this chappy haven't been betaed yet so gomen too for the errors. --
Did Gaara seem a bit OOC to you people? Well I figured that he's not really that cold especially towards his siblings but I'm a little uncomfortable with what happened in this chapter, with the Gaara Kankurou interaction.
(Enter Manga Spoiler Alert!)
If you noticed after the chuunin exam after he battled with the Kyuubi he was showing signs of -how should I say this- vulnerability that made him seem a bit brotherly (in a sweet way too) towards them, also after the Akatsuki incident where he ended up not being a Jinchuuriki anymore he became normal, well not really normal since he's still the youngest Kazekage or Kage for that matter (to Naruto's disappointment). -
Let me know what you think. Should I rewrite this? Thanks for the reviews people, keep 'em coming pleeeeease!
