Breathe In the Rain

So What

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own Kumo Dokusatsu, Keo Soma, and Rio Soma

And just so you know, it's now in third person.


Song: So what

Artist: Pink


Kumo stood at the edge of the gate, waving to the team who raced back towards Kohana.

3 days ago she was all tears and pain, but now it only hurt when she thought about it and dreamed about it.

And they wondered why she couldn't sleep.

Smiling at the guards, giggling at the air.

"Isn't it good to be alive in the air?" Kumo asked, skipping threw the gate, pulling her old attitude back on like a pair of worn in gloves.

She would give the people a reason to love her, not hate her.

"Un" the guards grunted, handing her a paper.

"Go to the Kazekage, you will be living with he and his children" one guard grunted while the other looked to the sand.

"Okie-dokie!" She cheered, winking at them and skipped off.

The paper was a map around the city.

Kumo hummed a tune out loud, skipping mindlessly, forgetting completely where she was going.

"Maybe I should have used the map" Kumo mumbled, putting her index finger onto her nose.

"I almost forgot, my sense of direction is horrible!" She laughed. Putting her hands on her hips before looking around at the old, raggedy houses, Kumo tried to figure out where she was.

"Well, well"

Kumo whipped around to look scared at the taller man in complete black, stereotypical ninja outfit.

"Hi!" she announced, smiling at him, trying to swallow her fear.

"Hey" He chuckled, crossing his arms.

"So... um..." Kumo went blank, looking up at the ninja character.

"What's your name?" He chuckled.

"Kumo!" She cheered, smiling up at him, clicking her heels together before putting her finger to her nose.

"What are you doing?" he chuckled.

"It helps me thinks" Kumo giggled, smiling at the man before something hit her like a tidal wave.

Kumo gasped and jumped back, running off in the direction of a random house.

The man chased her, knifes ready and fired after her.

Kumo tumbled over the top of a fence and raced to the back where she just barely scratched herself up the wooden side.

Flopping onto the sand, Kumo took a deep breath before rolling away from a knife coming down on her.

"COME BACK HERE WENCH!" He shouted.

"CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!" Kumo shouted with a giggled as she ran down streets, hoping she wouldn't get killed or caught.

Kumo had zero ninja ability.

Kumo zipped around a corner, only to have a knife pin her sleeve to the sand building.

"Come on!" She whined a little too loudly as she yanked at the knife.

"Well-" She cut him off by getting the knife free and punching the ninja right in the face.

He stumbled back as Kumo squeaked and raced off again.

Only to bump into another person.

"OMPH!" the air pushed from her lungs as she collided with a muscular chest then the soft sand.

"Found her" came a cold voice.

"Found who?" Kumo asked, tilting her head to the left a bit before going rigid when she remembered that she was being chased.

"HOLY JEBUS!" She shouted, jumping to her feet, rubbing her eyes before turning to the alley she just came from.

The man turned and glared at her only to see past her and go rigid.

He turned quickly and raced off in the opposite direction.

"What spooked him?" Kumo laughed turning around to not see the body there.

"Huh?" Kumo whispered, looking around only to feel a hand on her wrist and be whipped around.

"Name?" The cold voice hissed.

"Kumo Dokusatsu" She stated, smiling and putting her hands on her hips before blinking and looking to the boy the same height as her, eyeing her like she was insane.

"Um... what's yours?" Kumo asked, eyeing the boy.

He had crimson red hair, and brilliant sea foam green eyes with black thick circles around them, as if he hadn't slept in ages.

"Gaara" He grumbled, glaring at her.

"Gaara... Ga-aa-raa-a... I like it, it's cute and fitting" She whispered, smiling at him while clapping her hands together behind her back.

"Can I call you rawr? or Gaa, or maybe Ga-rawr?" She asked, giggling as she bit her lip, trying not to look nervous.

For the last person she met tried to nail her to a building with kunai.

"Just Gaara"

"Gar-rawr, Gar-rawr" She chimed, giggling as she skipped off in a direction.

"No, just Gaara" He growled, grabbing her wrist and dragging her in a different direction.

Kumo skipped in his direction, humming to herself.

"You sure?" She asked in a sing song-y voice.

Gaara just grunted.

"Does everyone here have a sour attitude?" Kumo joked, smiling at Gaara who just shook his head and marched ahead of her.

"What? Was it something I said?" Kumo griped.

"Gaara... is that her?" A blond girl, a few years older scoffed as the two walked up to a porch.

Gaara nodded and walked off, leaving Kumo confused and alone with the blond girl.

"So you're this ominous, deadly child who was kicked from her village to live somewhere outside of her proficey?"

"Um... My names Kumo Dokusatsu, what's yours?" She laughed sheepishly, smiling up at the girl.

"Humph" The girl mocked, turning on her heel and marching into the house, leaving it wide open for Kumo to enter.

"Well... It's nice to meet you too" Kumo chuckled, walking into the house only to wince when she heard a screech coming from the large corridor.

"GET OUT!"

Kumo went wide eyed and turned to leave only to realize it wasn't directed at her, but at a couple of small children who raced from a room.

The screech belonged to none other but the blond teenager.

"What did you two do to make her make such a horrid sound?" Kumo whined, smiling at the two children who were shivering behind her.

The clutched to her jeans, as if they feared for their life and she was their only shield.

Which was probably the case.

"Lord Kankuro gave us money to steal lady Temari's Diary but she caught us before we could get it" the bigger of the two mumbled.

"So that blond girl is named Temari... okay, um... well, my name is Kumo!" Kumo said with a warm smile at the two.

They looked to her face and instantly forgot their fear.

"My name is Rio!" The smaller of the two chimed.

"And my name is Keo" The bigger one pushed the smaller one out of the way to smile at her.

"Nice to meet you two" Kumo giggled, picking up the scrawny one and putting him onto his punny feet.

They both looked starved and lonely.

"Here, you need it more than I do" Kumo whispered, handing them both a packet of dried fruits and each a bottle of water.

"THANK YOU!" They cried, running off when they heard hard foot steps from down the hall.

Kumo stood back up and turned around only to see the red head eyeing her with confusion.

"Hi Gaara!" She called, waving at him only to see him glare and scuddle into a room.

"What an odd variety of characters I've met" Kumo laughed.