Once I awoke I looked out the small window and saw a gate. It read 'THE VILLAGE OF RAI'. 'So this is where I live' I thought.
The chariot stopped, and the door opened. "Hi I'm Maru, a jonin. And you must be Taisuki Kairi, am I right?" he said. He had deep red hair and blue eyes. "Y-yes, I am. A-are you not scared of me?" I asked childishly. "Well that depends, should I be?" he asked. 'Should he be?' I thought. "Come with me" he said smiling and taking my hand to help me down.
I walked with him to the raikage's tower. "You must be my young daughter." I heard a deep voice say. "Yes I am" I replied. He turned around and looked down at me. "You're the reason I talked to your mother after 15 years?" he questioned laughing a bit. "Yea!" I said a bit mad he was laughing at that. "Maru take her to her room then to the academy. "hai, lord raikage" he said bowing and we left.
He brought me to my room and I set down my small bag of what I owned. "So I live here now" I whispered, as I lied my teddy bear on the pillow. "Yep sure is" he replied. "Now we must go to the academy, kairi-hime" he said bending down to see me eye to eye.
We walked out, and as we were walking out of the tower I thought 'm-maybe, just maybe people wont stare at me coldly here.' I hoped. As we were walking I saw people didn't really pay attention to who was walking on the road, just a simple curious glance. But some people glared, I guess they already knew who I was. 'But they don't know me' I thought. We walked into the academy, and to my class. "This is Taisuki Kairi" Maru said as we walked in. "ah Kairi, nice to meet you, class just ended, that's why you probly got trampled on the way here." She giggled. I looked up at Maru, and he was blushing.
After they get to know each other
"Well good night Kairi-hime" Maru said rubbing the top of my head. "Umm Maru-san, you can call me Kairi, just Kairi" I said. Ok, then young Kairi, good night." He smiled and walked out. I was trying to think whether he should be scared of me, of course I didn't want him to be, but SHOULD he be. I fell asleep that night, teddy in my arms. It seemed, more peaceful that night.
Yawn " good morning teddy" I said. I walked to my mirror and looked in. "huh, I'm I'm …… 9." I said shocked I got dressed fast, yes I found clothes that fit. I put on a long sleeve, cuffed dress, the collar didn't come up all the way it and the sleeves drooped, attached to the color was mesh that went to my neck and up a bit, it had a reddish scarf around the waist, I had a mesh band around my thigh on left led and one around my shin on the right (basically Temari's first outfit). I wore black ninja shoes.
I ran out of my room and to the raikage's room I slammed it open. "OTOO-SAAAAN" I yelled. "this is my daughter Kairi, she's si-." He stopped and looked at me "nine" he finished. "hon, this is Temari 12, Kankuro 11, Gaara 9, and that is their sensei, baki" he said. "Hi nice to meet you, but I really gotta talk to my father, so one minute" I said hastly, 'Gaara? He looks like, me, forgotten and hurt' I thought. "Father, is this going to keep happening?" I asked him scared. "I don't think so, not any more." He whispers in reply. "We'll talk later" I turned to walk out "wait," he said "you'll be the one, you are already at genin rank" my father said. "Huh?" I said, I didn't have a headband yet. "Yes you are, one your mother told you're extremely intelligent, and skillful, and when walk on the old wood floor with shoes I cant hear you" I walked up to him, and he whispered "you'll take the test when you get back". "Here" he said handing me a blackish silverfish colored headband, with the Rai symbol on it. " What is the mission?" I asked "we want to make peace in-between out village and Sunagakure. So you shall live there for a while" he explained, "joy" I said in a sarcastic monotype voice.
I accepted and said I was going to pack, as leaving I motioned to Gaara to follow. I shut the door and all the sudden there he was, he appeared in a puff of … sand. "what do you want" he said monotone-ly. "to know what makes you lonely and sad as what makes me." I replied. "believe me, you don't want to know" he said coldly. "believe me, I do" I said back. I was now walking backwards pulling him back to my room so no one would hear him tell me. "a-are you a monster, like I" I asked. His eyes widened, I could tell that was the answer, yes. "I have some monster in me but my mother never told me what it was" I said " the shukaku, I have the shukaku in me" I cocked my head, "so? Why would I not want to know that, it only means we are more alike then before." I said I walked up to him and glomped (a giant hug where you jump on the person) "so we can be friends and keep each other safe and comforted" I whispered. "you don't want to be my friend" he said. "I do too, I want you to be my best friend" I whispered, I silent tear rolled down my cheek, I wanted to be his friend. "sure whatever" he said "really." I asked. "yeah sure" he said.
We walked back out after I packed and he did the puffy thingy and was back in the room. I walked back in. "well she's ready we should go now." Baki said to my father. "yes you should it's a long way home from here." He replied. I hugged my father good bye, and we took off, Baki was in front me and Gaara next and Temari and Kankuro after us.
"the gates" Baki called. 'Suna' I thought. We landed and once again I saw glares, appearently they had nontified the people of suna whom they brought. But the glares were angled at me and Gaara. "so we are the same" I whispered to him. He just looked at me.
"ahh, gaara!" I said as he pulled into him and used his sand to shield us from the in coming kunai. "thank you" I said. After the sand went down, he kapt me close to him so nothing would hit me, it was the first time I felt, safe.