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Helpers?
need a place
how bout a friend?
and all you can say is come again?
(P.O.V. Melangell )
I miss my mom. I wonder what would have happened if I hadnt been so stupid and a dork for colors. Was all I could think about as the doctor snored loudly from down the hall. It was my fith night there. I have got to finish designing that shop. I wonder who I have to see about getting it built...Where would I get it built any way? Maybe I should ask the Kazekage about those questions. In the morning. Well Im glad my bruise is at least a lighter blue now.
(P.O.V. Narrator)
Melangell woke up early the next morning. Despite the fact of going to sleep so late. The house was still fullied with snores and deep breathing. The light flickered over the buildings as the cold stirred in the streets. Her breath came out in small clouds. The chill made her skin more paler than normal. As the darkness made her hair look more like ink as it hung in waves around her face. Today she was wearing a light purple top with sleeve at her normal length at her hips. With a pair of odd pants the color of cream. They were odd cause they appeared to flow around her legs instead of clasping them lovingly. Sleep temped her mind but the promise of cooking and shop talk made her shuffle more towards the Kazekage. She rounded corner to meet a scream. Who ever they were fell down in fear. She walked towards them to see if they were ok. The person continued to scramble backward. She stopped then saw in a mirror to her left and laughed.
" Ohhh. I see. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to look like the walking dead. Here see?" ,with that she pulled back her hair behind her ears. To reveal her face. " Here need help." She asked reaching down. The darkness off the street cover their features.
" I-I-I-I wasn't scared you know." Came a deep gruff reply.
" Oh really now and that ba- big long si- girlie scream was your way of saying oh my?" She asked in a broken reply. I cant use those words they wouldn't understand. She scolded herself as she remembered that people didn't speak the same way they did at her home.
The person moved their head aside. Her eyes finally adjusted to the darkness to see a boy. He was about ten and caked in dirt, sweat and any street filth. She sighed and continued to hold out her hand. He looked like he never seen someone so clean willing to help him. Probably no one has.
"Well are you going to get up or sit there watching the stars turn to day light? " Was her form of a humorous remark. In turn he rose from the ground on his own. " Good. Now that you up are you ok? Like do you feel like you cant stand on a foot or something? " She asked concerned. THIS was something he never had heard.
" No. Im fine." He said shocked by her odd question.
She nodded. "Good." Melangell stared at his scrawny features. "Hmmm. Are you going any where in particular?" She realized that he might take her looking at him and this question might not lead to the best thoughts of her to him. " I need an assistance to help me with a great task. But I have not seen any one that fits what I'm looking for. You though are the perfect person I need." Seeing that she might have a bit of his attention. She went on. " It pays well. Free food, with a nice warm bed and somewhere you can go to be safe." Now he had more of an eager look on his face like it was a heaven. This quickly turned into suspicion.
" Whats the catch?" The common reply came.
" Well first I need to know your name. What kind of food you like. You might have to help me cook food. As well as get clean and have to put up with wearing new clothes. Also you can't break any of the rules that I give you." She said with a smirk.
" What are they?" He asked leaning over to hear her more.
" Never go hungry. Don't open my spice bags. Knock before going into my room. Sleep well. Take a shower at least once a day. Be at the place before midnight. Once in at night no leaving the house. If you do you will find it wont be easy to do so. Have to help me out once in a while. Also you have to be taught things everyone your age should know." Melangell listed.
" Thats it ?"
" Yep."
" What would I have to learn?"
" That comes if you can come. I have to be going now but if you think you might want this. Or if you know anyone who might. Meet me at the building near the playground near the edge of town tomorrow. " After not hearing a reply she walked off.
A distant reply came. " Tosham."
13
Plans
No NO you stupid man
that side goes over there
if I have to say it again
I'm going to pull out your hair
(P.O.V. Narrator)
A face as stern and stiff as marble gave a puzzling stare that bore questions into her. Melangell had been sitting in a hot and stuffy room. When she had arrive two hours ago it was fairly cool and pleasant. But the sun was higher and the air in the city had become more condensed. She temped herself with the thought of her home near the oceanside. She imaged the salty breeze and lukewarm water in distance. When she heard him ask the same thing for the eighth time she had been there. Her view of this man's intelligence was diminishing with each replay of words.
" So let me get this straight you want a three story building. With a shaded patio and six rooms total for this place. You want it near the playground. The other stuff you need you will do it you self. For a ramen shop. right?" His expression was still in disbelief.
With an inner sigh, she nodded. After signing paper work that left her hand begging for mercy and repeating herself to the point of saying it over ten times. The heat made her more irritable than she would have been in a well ventilate environment. Her mind went from the ocean's tide. To the current image of her on top of the desk grasping the older man by the neck with both hands and shaking him to death. But it was different scene. For in her mind there was a slow moving fan and a light bulb that moved back and forth. Instead of a windowless room and a lamp near the wall. But the motivation to straggle him still seemed like a pleasant suggestion. It is just so simple. Just bound onto the desk. and fling your hands around DAMN IDIOT'S THROAT AND SQUEEZE ! While she phantom herself with her daydream. Across from her, he made the tips of his finger meets and leaned back to ponder her plan. Or appeared to think about. When he was think about what shade of yellow he wanted to get his robes. The reason why he had asked so many times was the fact that he wasn't interested in the affairs of such. Therefor he hadn't paid much attention.
I better get this over with. So I can get me them robes. The leader looked at the ceiling. " You sure you want to build this? You might not like who you have to work with." He turned to ask another detail about her plan. When he saw that she looked different since the last time he asked her. She looked some what like she first did time she came in there. It was her eyes that seemed miss placed from the first person. They seemed more wider. Her brows dipped towards her nose while being higher on her forehead. The sparkle in her eyes seem like it had moved. He looked directly at them. It was until now that he felt them bore into his skin. It was also now that he saw that she only batted her lids a fraction. If even blinked one completely it was the left one. The other was semi. This seem so odd to him, that he studied her posturer. Her head tilted slightly to her left. She sat straight but somewhat appeared to be leaning forward. This is when his eyes can sight of her hands. The thumbs pressed almost tightly on the index. While the pinkie on the left barely shook. Gazing back at her face. Was the same faint smile but now there was a thin make out of her teeth. "Well will that be problem for you?" She shook her head. " Ok then." Over his shoulder he shouted "SEND HIM IN !"
YEA I'M GOING TO BE FREE !! At least I don't have sit here any more. Sounded like he meant "it" instead of "him". Was the sad thought that quickly overlapped her joy. The Kazekage reached out an arm and pointed in direction of something red that was just out her left eye. She had kept herself from looking to give a false impression that she can remain focused. This was a sign that she was to look. Teal eyes bore into hers. It appear as if something dark was behind them.
" Melangell this is Gaara. He is the only one who can get your shop made by night fall. Tell him your plans and requests and such. If than is all you may leave." He leaned back as that was spoken. When she had left the room with his son in tow. His eyes looked at the arm rest of the chair where she had sat. There were thin cracks in the wood. Thats odd they weren't there before. He got up to look at them more.
She walked to the street and leaned in a shade of a building to relax and cool off. Gaara who had followed wait not far from her. Finally I'm away from him. He is lucky that he is alive. " Do you respect that man? Or do you see him in another light?" She asked with a curious smile at him.
" Why are you asking me this?" Came a toneless answer.
" Because I'm someone who ponders life over toys. " She said with a giggle. " But truthful I want to know how some people see others. Particular ones that I talk to. I only talk to people that I find interesting."
Gaara was not sure what this girl wanted but it was odd to have someone smiling at him and giggling. And was that a joke she made?
Seeing that she was losing him to thoughts. " Well?"
" ..."
With that she walked and as soon he did, she made her pace near his. So she didn't lead the way. She smiled at him. Hoping he might not like talking so close to this person she was talking about. And that if they were away enough he might talk. After a good while she saw that all he had was silence. Silence the world meaning to shut up about it and leave it at that. Her smile vanished to a sliver of what it was.
I was wonder when she would get a solemn face. That smile looked odd at me but it seem to have fitted her face. Gaara thought. IT don't matter get this over with if not kill her. Came the Shukaku's dark reply.
"Well we are some what far from where I would like my shop. I'm sorry for the long walk and all. I see that it was highly rude of me to ask such a question. I mean really what was I thinking. I, a female outsider asking a man what he think of his leader. I apologize for being so disrespectful. I was just really hot and he kept a-" She covered her mouth and turned a little bit pink. When her hand was removed there was a wry frown of sorts. He gave a perplexed face. " Sorry. I tend to ramble a bit and in an event need to be silenced. Before I say anything that would make me appear more foolish or any thing irrational." She explained. Suddenly she thumped her forehead. " They didn't by any chance gave you those papers it took me ages to write out did they?" She saw that he was clueless and let out a groan. " I'm sorry. We are going to have to take a detour. It would be alot easier for me to give you blue prints rather than speak them. The only ones that I have are at the doctor's house"
"Fine. Why are you saying sorry so much?" Gaara couldn't help asking this.
She turned to him with a quizzical look. " Well I assumed when someone does something. That cause another person to do what they might not want or don't want to do. That they need to say sorry or apologize. When they do it say it though it must be sincere if not there would be no reason to say it. I don't know you so well so I assumed that like most people you don't like questions, to walk alot, or for people to take for ever. " She mumbled something under her breath.
" What did you say !?" He asked with a demanding tone glaring down at her. As he grabbed her arm. She said it again but it was mumbled and towards the ground. " Say it again this time towards me."
"Huh oh. I was thinking about menus and such. I te-. " She sighed. Then mumbled something about being a rambling fool. With that she tugged her arm out of his grip and continued the path she had previous was taking. This time with a more quicker pace. Look another person that hates you now. See you are so hideous that you took her smile. The beast mocked. Shut up. He followed.By the time he had caught up she had gone into a house and came out with two large scrolls. She waited till he stopped if front of her.
That was not nice of me to tug my arm from him when he was just asking me a question. He looks upset... She held them out. She gave a wry smile. As his hands grasped them she looked up at him. " Excuse me for rambling and being disspectful. Here this are my plans. " Gaara unfolded them to reveal an artistic detail by detail floor plan design. Numbers and letters were graceful curved in a neat and beautiful writing. His eyes appear to want to set it on fire. When he was gazing at it to absorb it all to memory. Finally he wrapped them up and she walked again at his side towards the deserted playground.
"Hey ..." Gaara implied that she was to say her name.
" Melangell."
" Hold out the prints so I can see them." He instructed as he handed back them to her. She did as he said. He gazed at it and raised his hands. In front of them sand rose to an enormous height. His eyes never left the parchment. Slowly he brought his hands down. As he did so sand removed it self from the same places marked on the scroll. By the time his hands had reached the ground the building was an identical copy as the one on the paper. " There be careful when you put up water stuff and lights. The pipes are made of sand and the light circuts are thinish. So dont over load them."
" WOW ! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERY THING !" Forgetting her manners. She dropped the roll of paper and bounded over the foot of space in between them and embraced him in a hug and quick kiss on the cheek. Suddenly frighten of herself and what else she might do. She jumped back and when to gather her prints to rerolled them. All the while her face got quite red. Lucky for her hair cover this bright blush. Her hands shook but it too went unnoticed due to her sleeves and her task. While she was scolding herself for being ridiculous. Gaara was lost in what the hell had just happen. She was almost done when some thing popped out of the sand and leaped at her.
14
BOO!
Haha I got a scary out of you
looks like you pissed yourselve too.
(P.O.V. Narrator)
If Melangell was a normal person. They would have screamed as the thing tackled them into the sand enough where their head was all that could be seen. An average person would then struggling to get free and screaming as the thing glared at them. But Melangell was far from the normal. The moment she saw it comes toward. She wasn't any where else but at home. Moments that happened seemed slower to her. The thing's ragged face had some what of a laugh. She shuffled to cradle the scrolls in the crooks of her arms and quickly crouched. Just in time to miss it as it crashed into the sand.
" Ha ha bet Gaara ain't going get you- " Was a prepared speech from a tall man. His hair was hidden beneath a dark cloak. His face was a line design of red. " WHAT THE FUCK!",screamed Kankuro. Her body was stiff, and had refused to look any where else besides at the doll's head. Kankuro raced over to her to get revenge of not begin in the sand. He was seconds from hitting her. When she pressed her hands onto the ground behind her. With that she slammed right leg into him and shoved him to the ground. Quickly she launched her left leg after the other and shoved off with her hands. It took a few monmets for himto realize he was looking down into the sand with knees sharply pressing on his back. She looked Kankuro in the face from over he shoulder. " ...BOO!" She exlaimed. Jumped off then giggling. A blonde close by was laughing heartly. " That was hilarious. You should have seen you face. Now that was much funny than your plan!"
" TEMARI ! NO IT WASN'T!" He shouted back lifting himself off the ground. Gaara's siblings neared him. " Damn Gaara! I should have know that you would have a vicious woman. And here I thought my baby bro would take forever to like women. I mean really almost sixteen and not asking me for magazines. Finally sis he is growing up. "
" What are you talking about?" Gaara was confused and glared at these comments.
" Awe don't hide it Gaara we saw that kiss." Kankuro nudged his brother.
"Really I swear she was red as your hair." Joked Temari.
" You should have kissed her back if you want her for bed bouncing. Where is the little hell cat? " Came a sneer from the puppeteer. He looked around quickly. " Wow G. lost your woman quickly."
" SHUT UP!!" Gaara growled at them. He sent a wave a sand at them to shove them down.
Melangell had saw that this was a family reunion that she might have stick around for when she saw his sister. Of course they were to busy watching each other to watch her sneek off. With in momments she was near the doctor's home again. She ponder her shopping list that she would need for her shop as well as the the things that she needed to buy to make things for the shop. Well I need food ,a frig, a stove, a sink , some tubs , some toilets, lots of soap, beds, rugs, paint. And the list went on. Over the time that she had been there she had gone to stores and looked at prices so she knew how much to spend and where to buy. While finding out what they didn't have. Her money was great but hidden from eyes and thieves. She took off towards the market place to finish buying the things on her list.