Ok Peoples, I'm sorry about the long wait. I've been busy with school and I've been in a Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament recently so that kind of stalled me from posting the 3rd chapter...well here it is the 3rd Chapter of "Cold Sand, Warm Heart" please send me lots and lots of reviews!
Disclaimer - I don't Own Naruto and yada yada you know the rest.
The Next Morning Kitari woke up pretty early. She yawned and slowly got dressed in the same clothes she wore last night when she went to go and check up on Gaara. She walked out of her bedroom and into her small kitchen and fixed herself some Instant Chicken Flavored Ramen for breakfast.
While it was cooking she looked out the small kitchen window towards the sandy streets. No one was out roaming the streets at this hour of the morning. She soon went back towards her small table and sat down and picked up a pair of chopsticks. She then began eating.
She wasn't thinking of her dream anymore it seemed. Gaara had reassured her last night that he would never do anything like that to himself. She kept a smile on her face as she ate. She then began thinking hard about something. She was thinking back to the time that she had first met the hated sand sibling. He was actually all alone and was crying because no one would play with him. Just because he was a monster.
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It was in the middle of the afternoon, in the Village Hidden in the Sand. A young boy wearing a light tan t-shirt and brown pants sat on the ground near a swing set. He had bright red hair and aquamarine eyes. He was also holding a teddy bear in his arms. He sniffled once in a while as he looked over towards a group of kids playing with a red ball. The kids tried to not make contact with the boy if they could. Once in a while a few kids would look over at him seeing that he was still there watching them. No one ever talked to him. The kids just tried to ignore him, as if he didn't even exist.
"Hey. Why are you crying?" Said a voice from behind the boy. The boy quickly turned around to face the person who had just spoken to him. It was a young girl.
The girl had bright blue eyes and long midnight blue hair. She had a big smile on her face as she looked down at the boy.
"Hey. Did ya hear me?" She said, tilting head to one side cutely. The boy lowered his head. "Y-Yes I heard you. I bet your just going to run away from me now, aren't you?"
"Why would I run away from you? You seem perfectly harmless." She laughed and sat down beside him. Crossing her legs underneath her. "So, what's your name?" She said running a hand through her long, blue hair. The boy sighed and hugged his teddy bear close. "M-My name is Gaara.." Said Gaara shyly, looking down at the ground. "Ok Gaara, and my names Kitari. Kit for short." Kitari giggled and stood up suddenly. "So, You want to play with me? I really haven't made any friends yet since I just moved here." She frowned and sighed heavily. Gaara smiled and stood up looking at her. Now holding his teddy bear by one of its arms.
"Ok Kit. I'd love to play with you. Since no one around here will play with me anyways. Because...well, never mind about that." Gaara didn't want to startle her by telling her that he was dangerous. And, that the sand he controlled could hurt her. Kitari didn't pay any attention to what he had just said. Gaara laughed as he ran around the playground with her. For the first time in a long time, actually ever, he felt like he belonged somewhere. He felt that since he had a new friend, that he would never feel alone again.
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Kitari chuckled lightly as she remembered. Her and Gaara did have loads of fun when they were little. But then, she remembered a few days after that. Gaara's attitude had changed dramatically. He had turned cold towards her and never laughed anymore. Even when she had tried to make him laugh, he wouldn't crack. His brother and sister, Kankuro and Temari, even noticed the changes. That's when they told her that he had a demon inside of him, and the demon was the one who was controlling the sand around Gaara. The sand had only hurt Kitari once, when she had tried to hug Gaara to make him feel better. She had only gotten some minor cuts and bruises from the sand.
Kitari stood up and tossed the empty Ramen cup into the garbage and but the chopsticks in the sink. She walked to her front door and started to put her sandals on. She was thinking about going out into the desert to the old Temple Ruins where she always went to train.
She reached for the doorknob. But then, she heard a knocking on the other side of the door. "Hey Kitari you awake in there?" Said a low male voice. The boy knocked on her door a few more times before a female voice was heard. "Come on Kankuro. She's probably still asleep. We'll have to tell Gaara that she couldn't make it."
"Oh no. I'm not going to tell him anything like that. He'll probably say that we didn't try hard enough to wake her up. Then, he'll try to kill me! I don't want to be buried 6 feet under you know!"
Kitari laughed and then opened the door. She leaned against the doorframe. "Don't worry Kankuro you just caught me at a good time too. I was just about to walk out the door." Kankuro let out a sigh of relief. "Phew! Well that's good. This means that I won't have to get injured by Gaara..for a while." Temari laughed and looked at Kitari.
"So Temari, what's all this about?" Asked Kitari, crossing her arms over her chest. "Well Gaara sent me and Kankuro to ask you if you wanted to come and train with us out in the desert." Kitari laughed and blushed lightly. "Well I dunno if he would like seeing me again after I went to check up on him last night." Kankuro and Temari looked puzzled, which caught Kitari's eye. "Don't ask, long story. Anyways, I would love to. In fact I was thinking about going to train out in the desert also. That's where I was heading actually."
"Ok then, we better not keep Gaara waiting. He's waiting for us at the end of the Village." Said Kankuro, adjusting his wrapped up puppet that was hanging off of his back. Kitari nodded and walked out of her door way and she shut the door and locked it. She started to walk slowly in-between Temari and Kankuro towards the edge of the Village.
Kankuro smirked down at Kitari, eyeing her for a few seconds. He had always been fascinated by her and had developed a small crush on her. He had always watched her from afar. Ever since him and Kitari had known each other, he had always liked her, with her cute smile and beautiful dark blue hair. He knew that she was single. Little did he know, that she was in love with his younger brother. He sighed and looked forward again, watching where he was going so he didn't trip over a rock and fall flat on his face or something.
Kitari kept a smile on her face as they walked through the Village. She was actually happy that Gaara wanted to train with her. She wanted to know why though. Gaara never usually looked at her or talked to her since they were little kids.
They soon made it towards the edge of the city, where Gaara was sitting on a large boulder somewhat buried in the sand. "Gaara we're back." Said Temari smiling. Gaara looked up and spotted Kitari with them. "Glad you could make it, Kitari." Said Gaara, standing up. Kitari somewhat blushed and nodded. "Well I'm happy to be here Gaara." Kitari said shyly. Temari looked down at her confused. She saw Kitari blushing and instantly thought of something.
Every time her or Kankuro mentioned Gaara around Kitari, she instantly started blushing. After thinking about this for a few minutes, she came to a slightly funny conclusion. Kitari must have a 'schoolgirl crush' on Gaara. She laughed lightly which caused Kankuro, Kitari and Gaara to stare.
"Hey what's so funny?" Said Kankuro, tilting his head somewhat. Temari cleared her throat. "Oh! Umm nothing, just thinking of something funny that's all." She smiled and rubbed the back of her head. Just then, Gaara cleared his throat. "Since we're all here, can we please go out into the desert now?" He said a bit annoyed. Kankuro, Temari, and Kitari all gulped and nodded slowly.
"Very well. Lets get going then before a sandstorm starts.." He said turning and walking into the desert. Kitari and the others following close behind him...
Well I hope you all liked the 3rd chapter of my wonderful story. I'm thinking of putting another story up on here too if I can fix it a bit hopefully lol. Well till the next chapter. Ill cyas lata send me plenty of reviews k? Byes!