A/N: Again, I wish I owned Naruto, but sadly, I don't... DX I don't talk to anyone who doesn't know who Deidara is. (Sorry Miss D... no Deidara, no assignment!) Sigh, dedicated to Samantha... not!!! I actually think this should go to... I dunno... Reahn, go Reahn!
Kana POV: A Promise with a Demon (Four years later…)
My life was over! My brother, my baby brother, he's part of the psycho group, the Akatsuki!!! I couldn't believe my ears when Tamara came back four years ago to tell me she'd seen Dei! And apparently he'd blown up a room too! What kind of brother wishes for his older sister to hunt him down? He knew I was after the Akatsuki brats. I had since I was fifteen, and that was five years ago! I was so in shock, especially today, when I got a report for Kazekage Gaara saying that Deidara and his 'senpai', Sasori, had been seen blowing up bits and pieces of Suna. I swear I'm that close to killing my own kin! And tomorrow I had to journey with my girls to make sure that everyone in the area was okay.
"Kana, Kana...? KANA!!!" One of the Stars, my group who search for missing-nins and the Akatsuki, was yelling angrily at me. She was the only one older than me, and that was only by two months. "Will you listen? We need to chase down your stupid dickhead of a brother and all you do is zone out!"
"Deidara isn't a dickhead, and don't pin this on me, Shai-baka! {Baka=Idiot in Japanese!} I'm sick and tired of it!!!" I screamed at my 'leader', I founded the group and I wasn't going to let the girl push me around. Everyone gaped at me. Yes, I had a short temper, and by short, I mean short. But none of my girls had seen me crack like this. Deidara and his 'senpai' were really taking their toll on me. I was in no mood to tolerate Shai today. "Don't diss my little brother in front of me!!! Talk about him behind my back, but you don't talk like that in front of me!!!"
"Are... are we late?" Two of my team walked in to see their 'senpai' holding the 'leader' of this group against the wall, defending an Akatsuki member. Samantha was the speaker and she stared at me shocked. "...The fuck? Wha-what's going on?" The girl, Becci, who walked in with her, glanced up from her down mood, seeing her 'senpai' and 'leader' fighting. "Zomigod, that's cool!" Samantha giggled as I went back to half-killing the baka.
"Hn... What the fuck? This is awkward..." another one of my team pops her head in, laughing at the fight. Reahn, to my disgust, walking in and sat down. "Who's winning?" Becci shrugged, Samantha giggled and Shai pushed me onto the floor.
"Weren't you Iwa Nin's taught to be respectful of your elders?" The girl sniffed in distaste. Why I ought to...! I didn't finish the thought as I hissed. Oh shit, anger taking over.
I got up, slamming the baka into a wall. That was the end of my already short fuse. I punched the stuck up Kohona Nin in the nose, straight out, ignoring the teams on the floor, gawking at my anger. I saw Becci get up, her hands shimmering with Shadows that would separate us if things got too outta hand, and buy things, I mean me! Samantha stood up too, her hands shimmering with unforseen sparkles. But those things weren't normal sparkles; they were steel, shaped into tiny daggers. Reahn also stood, her hands glimmering with light. Becci's eyes changed from her normal light bluey-green to the black of her inner demon. She wasn't a demon, but a godchild. Her adoptive father was Kage of a newer hidden city, Hoshi {star... ironic...} and her mother was a spirit from the undead. These spirits could take over a person's mind and control that person, thus her mother was half-alive, while also being dead. Her brown hair started to swirl around her and she controlled the strangling shadows until they coffined her in a harder than steel shell. Oh shit, I was in for it now. When Becci went this mode, she was either deadly or damn kindly cruel... I could see the anger in her eyes as I winced. Not the best idea...
I found myself flying backwards as Shai tried to punch me. But she didn't make contact... did she? This isn't right. Why is my stomach hurting? I looked up and saw the encased Becci between us, her hands out stretched as though warning off people. Did she break the fight up?
"Becci? What's going on?" Becci's eyes flew open. Oh shit... Becci's new brother knew about us in the Stars but not even Aaron could comprehend the awkward situations we get in. Becci released the shadows quickly, smiling. "Becci? Why were you in that attire?" And Aaron wasn't talking about her black Goth top either.
"Erm... hi Azza. I was just breaking up a bitch fight... why are you here?" Aaron raised an eyebrow at Becci's dipshittedness. "What...? Oh... right." Obviously the dipshit remembered. "I forgot, Daniela's birthday..." Becci groaned. Daniela was Aaron's girlfriend, who, for some weird reason, hated all of us. "I'll be there in a second. I'll take a minute." Aaron grinned and walked off.
"...The fuck? Daniela's birthday? You got to go?" Samantha felt the godchild's anger at the moment her older brother left. "But she hates us all... doesn't she?"
"She doesn't hate me... around my brother that is. She loathes me but she'd do anything to stay with Azza. I wish he'd just get over her, and soon!" Becci's anger radiated from her eyes and stance. She had her arms crossed angrily over her chest, the frown filled with sadness and longing. There was a time when her brother had stayed up, making sure after a difficult mission that she was safe and that she actually returned. "I miss my old big brother... he's gone forever though." Becci's eyes were filled with tears and she smiled suddenly. "I'm sure the new Azza wouldn't mind if I didn't turn up tonight. I mean, I'm just spending the night with my best friends... right?"
That was the end of Becci's bad situation, but the beginning of my own. With Becci running from home for the night, and Reahn and Samantha staying at my place while their dad's got over the most recent crimes they've committed, things as bad as dating a guy without permission (Samantha) or forgetting to tell Daddy she was staying with a friend (mission time), and leaving the house (Reahn for sure). She had to look at me with those puppy dog eyes and that lower lip sticking out... I gave in. I had responsibility as a 'senpai' to make sure my girls were always safe and housed while they were on missions like my team was going on tomorrow.
"Remember girls, we have to go to Suna tomorrow to survey damage to the bombed parts. Lord Gaara has put his trust in us, so no stuffing up. Maybe, if we do a good job, you'll get to meet him." That made Becci perk up. She was the only member who hadn't met the Kazekage, and she was envious because she and Gaara where rather alike. Both were forthright, smart, feared in some places, possessed by spirits and had anger issues. "Gaara needs to be sure of the damage and he's being held up by Temari since he's still recovering from the fight with the Uchiha. Sasuke came off worse though. He's still in hospital." At that I had to smirk. The Uchiha hated me and Becci for some unknown reason.
"Cool! I really wanna meet Lord Gaara now!" I didn't want to tell Becci that I kind of feared the moment they met. After all, I was related to Deidara, who had been Gaara's best friend, and I could pull the heartstrings into conning him into meeting me and my girls. "This guy hurt the Uchiha! That's my goal and Lord Kazekage did it for me. That's good!" I swear I'd never get this girl. Gaara had complete something that she'd wanted to do and she was cheering about it? She didn't even know Gaara and she was happy that he'd 'done something for her'.
My house was rather messy and it was filled with photos of my brother and family before the ashes, literally. I didn't blame Dei for killing Dad but I wished he hadn't. If Dei hadn't of blown up our parents then I'd never had to have formed this group that was going to be the end of me. I watched as my team looked at the photos, waiting for the comments that were sure to come. Becci was the first to ask a question.
"This is the dude that blew up Suna, right? Whoa, he's amazing..." Amazing? Where did that come from? I was about to ask when she continued. "I mean... look at him. He has that little statue in his hands, and I can see those palm-mouths that you told me about once. He's still in the middle of creating his sister in a statue. He isn't even looking at her, he's just winging it! That's amazing!" Of course Becci is talking about Deidara's art. Did she mean how cute he is... but I do think my baby brother is cute.
"I think he's cute... in a cuddly, teddy bear way. I feel sorry for him, I mean after all, he's so cute and stuck in a group of guys, and one girl. That's not good enough for a cutie like Deidara!" I didn't realise that tonight I'd have to put up with Tamara and her older sister, Dana, who was almost identical to their cousin, Konan, who lived with the Akatsuki. The brown and blue haired girls grinned as they took in the mess. "A week alone and you trash the place. No wonder Dana and I rarely go on missions! Any who, the Akatsuki have come to rely on Dei's explosions. That's not good, is it Kana? Those bangs kill more people in less time!" Tamara had obviously been at the Akatsuki headquarters.
"No shit Sherlock. I thought that was obvious. Now girls, we got to get some sleep." Before I could even finish my sentence I heard a pounding on the door. I opened the door and nearly fainted at the sight. Gaara was cut up and bloody, his eyes sandy coloured with the diamond pupil, and the four dots outside the pupil, signalling the demon in him was controlling the boy's moves. "Gaara?! What the heck! Are you okay?"
"Deidara struck again last night... I ran from *cough* Suna to here. God, Kohona is so far away! I *gasp, cough* couldn't make it without being tracked down by Itachi and Hidan... it was *cough* torture!" I knew what Gaara meant. If Hidan and Itachi could track down Gaara, they could track down anyone but Becci.
"Who's there?" I heard Dana as she moved towards the door, her fan out and needles poised. "Kana, who's at the door?" I sighed, pulling the blood soaked Gaara in with a groan.
"Lord Gaara. He's kind of dead beat, so let him rest." I knew I sounded like a overprotective mother, so instead of just giving him my room, I asked him if he wanted to stay in the inconspicuous corner of Kohona where I lived or if he'd like me to call Naruto. He chose us, like I knew he would. "Becci! Oi, get Lord Gaara a drink or something! He's drained!" the godchild was too curious, so naturally she did what I said, brining the tired redhead the large bottle of water.
Gaara's eyes widened slightly as he saw the tattoo on the girl's wrist. It read shadow, written in kanji, like the symbol for love on his forehead. He realised that this girl was not who she seemed, whether she knew or not. There was an old taboo on blood tattoos, after all, he himself had one. If only he could ask her what her name. But if he did he'd be breaking a promise he'd made to me, months ago. If he met any friends who were a little like him, he'd not speak to them. I bet he regrets it now!
"Hi. I'm Rebecca... the Kage of Hoshi's daughter." Becci's voice was quiet but anyone could hear the smile in it. "Call me Becci though." Gaara tried to smile, but all he could do is gape in shock as he looked at the godchild with distant interest. "Well... erm... bye." Becci passed by me, her blue-green eyes glinting. "I'll be back soon."if one. mslef as not who she seemed, whether she knew or not. there . m, i emon in him was controling first to ask a question.