Dark Side of the Moon

The wind howled as it blew sand up into the air. It whipped the sand around and wore down the sand dunes. After the small sandstorm died down there was movement beneath the sand. Two figures broke through the sand, flying up into the air. They both landed with a soft thud. After a moment of brushing themselves off one began to move ahead of the other one and began to walk. The other followed, but at a slower pace.

"You seem impatient." A young man's voice ran int the other's ears. The other was silent, choosing not to speak to him. He kept on speaking, ignoring the lack of response. "I don't blame you." The man turned to his companion as they stopped and moved their head slightly to indicate that they were listening. "I just want to make sure you know what you are doing." Silence answered him. After a moment he snorted with disdain. "Listen, we're going up against a demon. You've gotta be sure you know what your getting' into." The other figure began to walk away, towards a large cliff. "Then again," he began, an amussed tone in his voice, "you of all people should know what you're getting into." The gentle wind caused their black cloaks with red clouds to sway. Akatsuki.

Gaara looked up to see his sister run into the room. A frantic look adorn her face as she gasped out her message.

"Gaara-sama! We're under attack!" He stood up quickly.

"Who?" Temari breathed heavily as she answered him.

"Akatsuki!"

"What!" Gaara roared, startled and angered at the same time.

"Two of them!" Gaara followed his sister out of the room.

"You're sure?"

"Hai!" Temari nodded, worry in her eyes.

"Don't worry. I will beat them."

Gaara landed next to a jounin along with Temari.

"What's the status?" He nodded to his sister who returned the nod and speed off to help fight. The jounin pointed upward.

"I've never seen anything like it before!" Tornadoes were appearing, one after another. The winds were dangerous as they blew through the village. Lightening poured down from the sky.

". . . I only know of one person able to control the wind, and the Leaf would never attack us." His eyes narrowed as he spotted two figures up high on a cliff, near the starting point of all the tornadoes. "There!" Gaara disappeared in a blur as he ran towards the two figures. The larger of the two turned towards him and moved their hands through a set of seals before sending a blast of fire toward Gaara. The fire took the shape of a dragon. Gaara's sand barely defended against the fire, some turning to glass. Gaara sent his sand forward, it moving with incredible speed towards the figures. Both jumped up high to avoid the sand, only to have the sand split and chase the two. The large figure sent more fire towards the sand while the other one moved their hands through a set of seals and lightening struck down the sand, the heat turning it to glass. Gaara glared at the two as they landed. They both were a short distance away from him. "Akatsuki." He hissed, seeing their cloaks and hats.

"Gaara of the Desert." The large of the two Akatsuki members removed his hat, casting it to the side. A man with short, pale blue hair and colorless skin glared at him with pitch black eyes. "We have come for you and your demon." Sand shifted around Gaara as he began to mold his chakra into it. The man turned to the shorter Akatsuki member. "I'll handle him." They nodded after a moment of stillness and stepped back, watching as the fight started. Gaara acted first, making his sand roar up into the air and crash down upon the man.

"I will let no one harm this village." He charged forward, a kunai out, ready to fight hand to hand if he needed to. Ribbons of sand flew forward as the man dodged them and sent a punch towards Gaara. A wall of sand blocked the punch and Gaara kicked out, hitting the man square in the chest. He watched as his opponent flip in the air to land on hi feet.

"Brat. You'll learn to respect Akatsuki." Gaara felt a cold smirk make its way onto his face.

"Respect? I only respect the Hidden Sand." He charged forward again and the two began to exchange blows.

"You're pretty arrogant for some punk kid!" The man snarled as he blocked a punch aimed for his head. Gaara glared at him and thrust his kunai forward, only to have it blocked by the man's kunai. The sand wrapped around his feet and tightened its grip on him, pulling his feet out from under him. His partner watched calmly as he was thrown back. He got up and wiped some blood away from his lip.

"Who are you two? Which missing-nins are you?" The man smirked.

"I don't think my partner would like me introducing them too much, so I'll just introduce myself. Name's Keizo Kyo." Kyo smiled at Gaara wickedly. "You won't be around long enough for that to matter though. You'll die here!" He charged forward and avoided the sand sent twaords him. He leapt over Gaara and landed behind him with his kunai driven forward toward Gaara's heart. A wall of sand blocked the kunai, causing Kyo to jump away to avoid the hand made from Gaara's sand. The hand followed Kyo around, effectively cutting off most of his chances to use a jutsu.

Yoko chanted softly, her eyes closed. Tenshi had come in earlier, only to be shunned and batted away. Yoko was almost ready to give up when a searing pain shot through her body. Her eyes snapped open and stared into the holy fire as images burned themselves onto her brain. She was thrown back onto the ground as she held her head in pain.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed, tears streaming down her face. Her eyes would not focus and she could not hear Tenshi shouting her name. Yoko felt Tenshi shaking her and grabbed onto Tenshi's arms.

"Yoko! What is wrong!"

"Burning rivers and skies! Fire from hell has come!" She screamed, her mind reeling back from her sudden vision. "Flesh to stone! Eternal damnation!"

"Yoko," Tenshi pleaded, terrified of what was happening to Yoko. Yoko arched back in pain as she was bombarded with the images again. "Please, Yoko, tell me what is wrong!"

"Blood boiling! Skin melting! The screams of children!" Yoko cried, squeezing her eyes shut to try and block the visions. Yoko pressed her hands against her ears in a futile effort to drown out the noise. Yoko screamed in pain while Tenshi held her, trying to calm her cousin.

"Yoko, it isn't real! It's just a vision!" Yoko struggled to break from Tenshi's grip but failed as Tenshi only held on to her cousin tighter.

"The eternal sins! Beasts, feasting upon children!" She screamed in pain. "The dawning of hell is upon us! The dawning of hell!"

Gaara watched as Kyo tossed aside his cloak, revealing his muscular body as he wore only baggy black pants and nothing else, not even shoes. His hand flew through a series of seals. Kyo smirked as the giant hand flew at him. He pulled back his fist and punched the large hand, causing it to explode. Gaara took a step back in surprise.

"See brat! That's my special ability. While I only know a few jutsu, my physical attacks will now explode whatever I hit!" Kyo dropped into a fighting stance.

". . ." Gaara frowned, trying to find away around the attack.

"Come quietly and my partner will call of the attacks!" Gaara was silent as his sand rushed forward towards Kyo. He batted away the sand as if it was nothing.

Tsunade sighed and turned to Tenshi, Yoko laid before her in her bed, sweating and mumbling incoherent words.

"I've done all I can. This appears to be out of my expertise." Tenshi nodded with a heavy sigh.

"I was afraid of that." Tsunade was quiet for a minute before asking Tenshi the question on her mind from the moment she was called to the Uzumaki Estate.

"What happened?" Tenshi changed the wash cloth on Yoko's forehead before answering.

"I don't really know. All I can figure out is that she had a terrible vision."

"Did she say anything about it?"

"More like she screamed it." Tenshi sighed and sat beside her cousin, watching her carefully as Yoko struggled. "She screamed about fire from hell and beasts eating kids. And the dawning of hell. She repeated that several times."

". . . . anything else?" Tenshi shook her head.

"No. just screamed for a few more minutes before passing out." Tenshi brushed some hair out of Yoko's face. "Poor thing. She's been so worried about Robin that she never even bother to stop seeking visions. Now that she finally had one . . ." Tenshi sighed again and leaned back. "Thank you, Tsunade-sama." Tsunade shook her head.

"No, I didn't do much. I can't do much."

"Still . . . thank you."

Sand sped toward Kyo again. Gaara was sweeting from the amount of sand he had lost after Kyo destroyed it. But finally Gaara had found a weakness. The sand split into several different streams and hit him from different directions. Gaara watched as it exploded around him and caused Kyo to fly back, burns covering his body.

"But you aren't protected from the explosions." Gaara mutter as Kyo forced himself up, coughing up blood. He wiped away the body and spat out more blood.

"Damn brat! Guess I'll have to get serious!" Kyo looked up confused as the second figure stepped in front of the two. After a moment he smirked. "So you want to fight the raccoon." Sand rushed forward, devouring the second Akatsuki ninja. However, Gaara watched as the cloak and hat was crushed and nothing more. He jumped back when he saw a shadow coming down from the air toward him. A large cloud of dust rose from the impact of the punch aimed for Gaara's head.

"This has gone on long enough." Gaara raised his hand but stopped, his eyes wide in horror and shock as the dust cleared. His heart nearly stopped from the sight. He felt blood roar in his ears and his heart pounded. His whole world seemed to stop for that moment and that moment alone. Black boots reached half way up to the knee. Black shorts and a black tank top covered by a sleeveless long red coat. A single blonde braid reached to mid thigh. Black ninja gloves snug on the hands. A leather black hat pulled down to cover one eye. The visible green eyes had black around it, similar to Gaara. An upper lip painted black against alabaster skin. On the upper right arm was a leaf forehead protector with a single slash through it.

"Been a long time, Gaara-kun."

"Robin."

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