Well...this is the 2nd Chapter of "Cold Sand Warm Heart"...I hope ya'll enjoy it. It's a bit longer than my first chapter.
Disclaimer - I don't own Naruto, duh. I wish I was in charge of Naruto, and then Gaara would be the main character lol! The only characters I own are made up ones you don't see on the show, like Kitari
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"My God...what a horrible dream!" Said Kitari to herself. She sighed and stood up and walked over to her small window. She leaned on the windowsill and looked up at the crescent moon.
Kitari was a 12-year-old girl who stood about 4'9" and weighed about 87 pounds. She had beautiful waist length hair, the color of the night sky. Everyone couldn't really tell she was from the Sand Village because of her pale skin.
She turned to walk back towards her bed when she heard a rustling in the bushes near her window. She blinked and quickly turned back to her window to see what it was. But, she was too late, it was already gone. She shrugged her shoulders and walked back over to her bed to try to get back to sleep.
Meanwhile, a boy stopped running fast from Kitari's house. He was the one who had been sneaking around her home this late at night. Also, this boy was the same boy who had committed suicide in her dream. His name was Gaara of the Desert, the future fifth Kazekage of The Village Hidden in the Sand.
He cleared his throat and slowly started walking back to his home. Once he got inside, he took his gourd off of his back and set it in a corner of the semi large room. He then walked over to his bed and sat down on it. He never slept, because if he did, the demon inside of him would be released. Gaara couldn't control the demon when the demon was in complete control of his body.
He laid back and looked up at his ceiling, keeping that same emotionless look on his face. In fact, he was thinking about why he had been at Kitari's home in the first place. He wasn't stalking her or anything like that, he just needed someone to test out his new Genjutsu technique on. He had discovered this new move just yesterday actually, and it only worked on people when they were sleeping unfortunately. When he used this move on someone, it caused the other person to have a terrible nightmare that would feed off of the persons worst fears. He was still trying to come up with a way to see the other persons dreams while the nightmare was happening.
Meanwhile, back at Kitari's house, she couldn't get back to sleep. The scene of Gaara slicing his wrist was still haunting her in her mind. She got back up out of bed and walked towards her window again. She looked outside at the ground. The ground did look pretty wet, like a large rainstorm had passed over the area only a few hours before she woke up.
She thought back to her dream as she closed her eyes. It had been thunder storming in her dream. She then thought of the worst possible thing. What if her dream was really a reality? It had rained before she had awoken. She then did the only possible thing. She quickly ran to her closet and put a fresh, clean tan t-shirt on along with a pair of reddish-brown jeans. She picked up her headband and tied it loosely around her neck. She made sure her long dark blue hair was neat and tidy before she walked towards her front door. She put her sandals on her feet and quickly walked outside closing her door shut behind her.
She knew exactly where she had to go. She only hoped that he didn't mind her stopping by so late. She didn't want to die at this time and, she also hoped that he wasn't out in the forest. Just like her dream had predicted.
Just as soon as Gaara was getting off of his bed to get something quick to eat, he heard a soft knock on his door. "Great, who would want to bug me at this hour of the night? Well, whoever it is, I hope they won't mind me tearing them limb from limb! " He said angrily to himself. He slowly walked to the door and opened it to find Kitari standing there. She had a smile on her face as she saw him standing there.
"Heh, hello Gaara." She said nervously giving him a nervous smile. Gaara sighed angrily. "What do you want at this time of night, Kitari?" He asked, glaring at her.
He actually knew Kitari for a long time now. She was actually the only child who wasn't afraid of him. Since she lived with someone who at the time didn't know about the demon inside of him.
Kitari's parents died a long time ago. Her mother died giving birth to her and her father had passed away during an important ninja mission.
Kitari gulped and looked into his eyes while lowering her head somewhat. "Gaara, is it ok if I have a talk with you? Its really important." She said softly. Gaara just growled lowly in anger. "Fine, but after you tell me, you leave. Got it?" She quickly nodded and he showed her inside and shut the door after her.
She slowly looked around his home where she stood. She had always wondered what it would be like inside his home. For a while now she had been watching Gaara with a new feeling. Every time she looked at him she thought her heart had skipped a beat. She knew that she was very slowly falling in love with the future Kazekage. Gaara cleared his throat, bringing Kitari out of her daydream. "You said you wanted to talk to me about something?"
Kitari quickly looked back at him, a small blush appearing on her cheeks. "Y-Yes. You see, I just had a horrible nightmare and well, it was about you."
"What about me?" He said crossing his arms, still giving her that emotionless stare that made her feel a little uneasy around him. She gulped and looked down at the ground. "You had committed suicide and I was there crying over your body." She said this so softly that he couldn't possibly hear her. But, his ears picked up what she had said quite perfectly. He sighed and shook his head. "Well, I'm not dead as you can see. So don't worry about it anymore ok, Kit?" He asked her, using her nickname. She nodded slowly and felt like hugging him. But, she knew that his sand would probably come to protect his body from any contact.
"Thank you, Gaara, for clearing up my nightmare for me." She gave him one of her sweet smiles and started walking towards the door. "Umm, I'll see you tomorrow then, Gaara. Goodnight." She then opened the door and walked out, heading home.
Gaara smirked, something that he didn't do quite often. He walked back over to his bed and sat down. --Well, at least I know that that new technique actually worked on her. But still, was Kitari's worst fear seeing me hurting myself or even dead? Hmmm, I'll ask her about that tomorrow.-- He thought. He sighed heavily and kept looking up at his ceiling, thinking still about what Kitari had just said about her nightmare and what tomorrow might bring for him.
Kitari had arrived home only a few minutes later after leaving Gaara's home. She got dressed back into her pajamas and got under the covers of her bed and laid down. Gaara's reassuring words still echoing in her mind.
She still couldn't get her nightmare to go away though. What if it was a prediction of the future? Would Gaara really hurt himself? Only time would tell. She soon fell fast asleep, but this time she had no nightmares whatsoever. Just peaceful dreams of her and Gaara together...
Well, this chapter was a lot longer than the 1st one lol. I hope you all loved it. I worked pretty hard on this one hehe. Well, please review ok peeps? And ill send another chapter soon. Sayonara!!