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Chapter 6
Kanea woke up about ten thirty the next day, she was a bed bug and lived to sleep in and snuggle deeper and deeper into the warm covers. She stretched her arms and put on a scarlet robe over her pajamas. She yawned and headed to her sister's room, where she felt Kiera meditating.
Kiera could feel the moment Kanea woke and felt her move down the hall and up to her room. Kiera smiled and continued to meditate. Today, she was going to try to activate the Sharingan. This was the hardest thing she had ever tried because it is very hard to wield the Sharingan without being a direct descendent of the Uchiha line. Since she was a cousin of both the Uchihas and Hyugas, her clan could technically activate both Kekki Genkais with constant meditating and precise chakra control.
Kanea came into the room and sat on Kiera's bed, watching her meditate with interest.
'This is it!' Kiera thought and made hand signals. "Sharingan!" she yelled and opened her eyes to a new view of the world.
Kanea looked on in awe at her sister's eye transformation. It lasted for only two minutes before Kiera had to deactivate it from the pain, but it was a huge accomplishment. Kiera panted and looked to her sister with a huge grin on her face.
"I did it." She laughed weakly before passing out.
"I think she is coming around." Kiera heard voices above her, but the pounding in her head made her think twice about opening her eyes. She could now control the Byakugan to a degree. It still pained her, but not as much anymore, but the hardest part was training oneself to use such a powerful weapon.
The Sharingan was something completely different, and she knew that it would take a lot of work, headaches, and passing out to master it like she had her own Kekki Genkai the Noxlight.
Kiera slowly opened her eyes to see three blurry figures above her. Soon their faces became more defined and she smiled at Youta, Kanea, and Gaara.
"What were you thinking trying to activate the Sharingan?! You know it almost killed half of the clan when they tried, and if you have activated the Byakugan…" Kanea narrowed her eyes as Kiera looked away slightly at the mention of the Byakugan. "Kiera! There has been no one in our family to ever survive using all three Kekki Genkai! Even Azusa was eventually killed by it, what makes you think that you can?" Kanea scolded her sister like she was the younger one. Kiera rolled her eyes and realized that doing that hurt her head.
"Your sister is right Kiera, using the Byakugan and the Noxlight is dangerous enough, but the Sharingan… It can't be handled too long by a person not of the Uchiha clan and you know that." Youta said with concern in his voice. Gaara remained quiet in this affair, silently soaking up the information about the Saei clan's ancestors.
"Perhaps it is best she get some sleep." Gaara suggested, and the two others nodded in agreement and made their way to the door, noticing that Gaara was not following them.
"Are you going to yell at me too?" Kiera asked with a small sly smile. Gaara shook his head and sat down next to her on her bed.
"Tell me about your family." He said suddenly. Kiera narrowed her eyes, but seeing the genuine look of interest on Gaara's face, she nodded and began her story.
"My family was said to have started with a Uchiha boy, and a Hyuga girl, who were forbidden to see each other because the families hated each other at the time. It is said that a goddess came down from the heavens and joined the lovers in marriage, and giving them a new place to live, away from their feuding parents. They had two girls, Azusa, and Eniea and both had the ability to wield the Sharingan and the Byakugan. The mother and father of these girls were killed in a flood when the twin girls were only five. Their parents sacrificed their lives to save the rest of the village and the girls were raised in honor and brought into the wealthiest household to live. A few months after their parents died, Azusa was caught in a storm, she tried to run for shelter but was struck by a large bolt of lightning. As the little girl lay dying, the goddess came back down and fused the electricity in her body with her chakra. The little girl was saved and had acquired a new talent for controlling electricity. As the girls grew older, they started to grow away from each other. Azusa was only interested in training and being able to master the new power she had named the 'Noxlight'. Eniea was said to have been jealous of Azusa's power and told the villagers that Azusa was a witch who wanted to kill the children of the village to gain ultimate power. The naïve villagers accepted Eniea's story and Azusa was driven out of the village. Azusa found a hidden village called Cloud and was accepted in the secret ANBU there as an assassin. She built her reputation and soon got job offer after job offer. She saved all her money and placed it into a huge fund for the family she had always wanted. She got her wish about two years after coming to Cloud and married a fellow Shinobi with the last name of Saei.
Eniea, on the other hand, started lying uncontrollably. The goddess was punishing her for being jealous and bitter towards her sister, and soon the villagers captured her and burned her at the stake.
Azusa had a daughter and a son. The daughter was Fukiyo and the son was Kiro. As the children grew, the Saeis noticed something strange, the female members of the family were fifty times stronger then the male members and were able to use their Kekki Genkai more efficiently.
Kiro married a rich village girl and had a son who had no trace of the Noxlight, and Fukiyo married the strongest shinobi in the village, but kept her last name Saei. They had a daughter named Saeka who was my mother and a son named Nikamaru. My mother wasn't as strong as Azusa or Fukiyo, but she never wanted the power like the other women did. She met a poor shinobi named Masami and they fell deeply in love. Going against the wishes of her family, she married my father and had me a few years later, and my sister a few years after that. My mother was killed when I was six by invading Sound shinobi. My father was so heartbroken he took me out of the academy and trained me himself. He said that they didn't know how to train shinobi anymore and that I wasn't going to be killed so easily. He trained me hard, everyday for hours on end. Somedays I would come out of the dojo with broken limbs and missing a quart or two of blood. But it paid off, and soon I was stronger than my mother ever was.
My father died when I was nine, the doctors say he just finally gave up. It was the day he realized I mastered the Noxlight, I guess he thought I didn't need him anymore.
My uncle took me and my sister in, using the money my great grandmother had set aside. Kanea was put in academy when she was six, but I remained classified as a civilian, although by eleven I had surpassed most jonin. My village thought I was too strong, to unpredictable, but they tolerated me because I could save their asses if they needed it. I have many scars from protecting a village that hates me.
I love my ancestors, but hate my uncle and I will always hate the way he pushes Kanea and I down. By all rights she should be the clan leader. She is very smart and dedicated to her family. The village loves her, and she wants the life, unlike me." Kiera ended, looking up at the man sitting on her bed, looking at her with deep interest.
"Thank you." Was all he said, and placed a hand on her head. "Get some sleep." And he left.
To the Hokage of Konoha, Tsunade,
The Cloud girl, Kiera of the Saei clan, and my unannounced fiancé is in need of more assistance than I can give. She possesses the ability to control the Byakugan as well as the Sharingan due to her ancestral ties to both the Uchiha and Hyuga clans. I would like to request Neji of the Hyuga clan and Hatake Kakashi to be sent at the earliest convience to train with her to master both Kekki Genkais. As you know, an un-mastered talent like this can cause destruction easily, and I wish to prevent it at all costs.
Please respond quickly, and I also request that no one be told about the impending marriage until everything is settled here. This includes a certain blonde.
Thank you,
Gaara of the Sand, Kazekage of Suna
Gaara finished the letter to Tsunade and sent it out with a chunin messenger. Gaara reclined in his chair thinking deeply about the strange events that has happened in the last few weeks.
"Gaara-sama. There is someone here to see you." Gaara broke from his thoughts and nodded to his secretary to let the person in. Little Kanea came in with the same air of grace her sister possessed. She sat down opposite to Gaara and thought for a minute before beginning the conversation.
"I worried about Kiera." She said bluntly. "She is pushing herself too hard with all the training she does. You know once after a really bad fight with our uncle, she locked herself in the dojo for three days. We heard a loud explosion and came rushing into the room to find Kiera lying unconscious and the room nearly blown to pieces. She woke two days later and had a huge grin on her face. When I asked what had happened, she told me she figured out how to summon lightning, but realized too late that she couldn't control it yet. She blew that dojo apart six more times before she mastered it." Kanea shook her head with the memory.
"Uncle was so mad, he used the submission jutsu on her. Uncle put her in a coma for three weeks, we didn't even know if she was going to live or die for a while." Her eyes welled up with tears. "When she woke, she went right back to training like nothing ever happened. She told me for years that she was so close to activating the hidden Kekki Genkai inside her, but I never thought she could actually do it. Gaara, she will not rest until she masters both of them like she mastered the Noxlight."
Gaara leaned forward and gave Kanea a reassuring smile. "I have sent a request for both a Byakugan and a Sharingan wielder to come and train with Kiera. If everything goes well she will have the best training she can get. I want her to be safe as well Kanea, and since I can tell she wont just give it up, this is our only option left." Kanea smiled a little at this and nodded her head. She stood and bowed to the Kazekage deeply.
"Thank you." She said sincerely and hurried out the door.
"Well at least you didn't blow yourself up this time, right?" Youta said optimistically to the blue haired girl who was presently stuffing her face with ramen.
"Ha, ha." She responded dryly. They had been sitting and talking about old times for a good hour before she realized she was being watched. She turned around to see Gaara coming towards them. Sand swirled around him as if asking to play, which made Kiera laugh a bit to think of sand wanting to play.
"Good afternoon Kiera, Youta. How are you feeling Kiera?" Gaara took a seat next to her as she thought carefully about her answer.
"Never better!" she smiled and re-submersed herself in her ramen. Gaara raised an eyebrow at her answer but didn't push it.
"So Gaara, whos that secretary, and is she single?" Youta asked suddenly to break the tension.
"Ugh Youta! Is that all you think about you perv?" Kiera wrinkled her nose in disgust at Youta's favorite topic of conversation.
"I believe so, actually she is just getting off of work now if you wish to properly introduce yourself." Gaara said casually. Youta grinned and took the bait.
"Hai! See you love birds later!" he said as a trail of dust was seen speeding towards the Kazekage's office.
"Ugh, don't encourage him." Kiera said after the dust started to settle.
"Would you like to go for a walk?" Gaara asked suddenly. Kiera jumped slightly but then agreed, wondering what was up.
They walked along the edge of the city, talking about different ideas about politics and theories on different forms of jutsus, and anything else that managed to pop up until they were back where they started and it was getting dark out.
"Come with me, last time I promise." Gaara asked nervously. Kiera tensed at the tightness of his voice but agreed to follow him to the Kazekage's office. They walked up flight after flight of stairs until they were on the roof.
"Do I have your trust Kiera?" Gaara looked into her eyes, searching for any sign of doubt.
"You have it." She answered.
"PEOPLE OF SUNA!" he shouted and the bustling city was halted to look up to the Kazekage. Silence was like a blanket on the crowd as they waited for their leader to speak again.
"MY PEOPLE, I WISH TO DO SOMETHING THAT I WANT EVERY VILLAGER OF SUNA TO WITNESS." He took Kiera's hand and bent down on one knee. Kiera gasped as a diamond ring was presented before her.
"KIERA OF THE SAEI FAMILY OF CLOUD, WILL YOU MARRY ME?" Gaara looked only at the women in front of him when he asked his question. Many girls were in tears for the sheer romance of it all and many guys were straining their ears to hear an answer.
"YES!" Kiera exclaimed happily and Gaara slipped the ring on her finger. She leapt into his arms laughing. He smile a real smile, without reservations or regrets and looked to his villagers, who were all cheering.
"Now that was MUCH more romantic." Kiera chuckled quietly to her newly announced fiancé.
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