Secret Eden Chapter 3: A New Life, a naruto fanfic

Blackeclipse: here is the 3rd chapter! :D :D :D give it up for Secret Eden~!

Oh yeah, if some of the people who knows about my other fanfics that seemed to have froze…I'm sorry D: I couldn't find anymore inspiration to continue, D: it just died D: BUT I swear that I will try to write something very soon DDDDD:

Well here it :DDDDD

Gaara: T A T…she's all wet and sandy now.

Blackeclipse: You didn't think twice when u gathered all that sand =_=;

Kankuro: Somehow Gaara….that sounds wr-GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH! *GOT CAUGHT BY SAND BURIAL*

TEMARI & MIZUUMI: NO GAARA! NO STOP IT! DON'T DO IT! *HOLDING GAARA FROM BEHIND AND HIS ARMS AS WELL*

Gaara: LET-ME-GO-DAMMIT!

Disclaimer: I do not own this amazing Manga/Anime (Naruto) Just the ideas of where this story is going, and my OCs.

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Chapter Three: A New Life.

Everyone around him was speechless as she was held in his arms, wearing his coat., her badly cut hair was still wet, the locks that was left and proof that she had long hair, hanged from her head, her eye half open, almost making them speechless of what it looked like, her skin was pale white, partly because of the capsule, the other, perhaps, was her original skin color.

One of them tried to speak, but it didn't come out properly that they intended. "I found her in the laboratory below this place…" Gaara broke the silence, "Temari, Kankuro" he looked at them as they snapped out of their thoughts and looked at him. "Go down and document anything you can find, papers, boards, there's even a recording that lead me to her…"

"O-ok got it…" she looked at her older brother, and he sighed from it. "But Gaara…who is she?"

"….You will know when you discover it by yourselves." Gaara said to them, his voice almost strict, a part of him doesn't want to explain.

"U-Understood!" they both straightened, like they got electrocuted as they head down there.

Gaara looked down as the girl in his arms didn't say anything, the sound of something moving was heard in the background. "Um, Kazekage-sama…?"

"?" He turned his head to see the Water Shinobi bringing some wood and rocks together to at least make a place for them to sit. He nodded his head, "Thank you."

She nodded in return as he approached, what used to be a part of a table around here, to sit, he transferred the girl to his side, as she wobbly sat up, she almost fell to the left until Mizuumi had got a hold of her, "Hey there! Be careful now!" she smiled brightly as the girl looked back at her with her visible eye, Mizuumi's mouth widened as she blushed, "WOW she's SO PREETTTYYYY~~! XD" she found herself holding the girl tightly.

"? ? ?" The girl was only confused to the sudden action, and didn't like it as black aura emanated from her, Gaara moved his head when he noticed and Mizuumi gave a hand gesture of surrender.

"S-Sorry, ahaha."

"Who are…you…then?" she began to say, her voice was soft and gentle, it was a bit boyish in tone, but nevertheless, it was a female voice to them.

Mizuumi's voice was higher in pitch tough, "I'm Mizuumi Hino! The great Jonin from my country and Village!"

The girl stared at her, her brain registering it, the information that was forced in years ago is proving to be now useful to understand everything.

"What's your name…?" Mizuumi swings her legs as she looked back at the girl, Gaara though was looking somewhere else.

"…..I don't know." She said.

That was when silence came in, and Gaara moved his head to look at the two girls who were at the same age, Mizuumi tilted her head. "…Don't know?"

"I don't have one." She said to her, "It's not like…I forgot it or anything…..I don't have one…"

Mizuumi sparked, "AH! so can I give you one then!"

She looked at her, almost expressionless. "…Ok." She said anyway. Then looked away, down at the ground, "…anything except Xirelle."

Gaara's eyes widened but it was so fast that it wasn't that noticeable, …She does not want to be called by that name, huh?

"Yuki?: she stared.

"No." she rejected, with a bored chibi face, as the who scene appeared like that.

"Haruka?"

"No."

"Momoka?"

"No."

"Myra?"

"No."

"Haruhi?"

"No."

"Yuuki?"

"No."

"Sakura?"

"No."

"Hinata?"

"No."

"Tenten?"

"I have a feeling someone is named with those names already."

"…Then a yes?"

"NO."

"Mimi?"

"No."

"Momo?"

"No."

"Mama?"

"I'm not your mother."

"Kira?"

"No."

"Umi?"

"No."

"Yume?"

"No."

"Yumi?"

"No."

"Ami?"

"No."

"Manami?"

"No."

"Minami?"

"No."

Gaara sighed at the constant names Mizuumi was making up, either way there would be no success at this. Knowing that nothing important was going to happen to the two, he looked off back to the underground passageway, wondering what does his siblings think about everything?. But he can't help but to listen to a part of the conversation. A name, huh? His eyes moved to a corner blankly, …It has to be something unique though. He stopped himself there, why was he also thinking about it?

Sooner or later, she would pick her own name, it's not his decision to pick it out for her.

Besides…I didn't have the chance to choose my own name. he thought to himself, then blinked at his own thoughts. …But yet, I didn't change it…

*BASH!*

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKK!"

Gaara snapped out of his thoughts to face the two, he kind of went pale blue in a kind of manga chibi way when he saw black feathers around her and a huge crack between the space of the girl and Mizuumi, the water Shinobi was being comical in a way too, having the weird panic stance.

"Ah…I missed." The girl said simply, it was a joke of course.

Gaara almost found himself smirking, if it weren't for the sound of footsteps coming from there.

Before Mizuumi said anything, she turned to Temari and Kankuro, who were now, have pale faces. "Gaara….that…." Temari began to mutter.

Kankuro looked at her, beneath his clothes, he felt himself having Goosebumps all over, "We even watched the video…." His eyes moved to the girl. "…..L-let's g-"

*BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!*

The sound and the huge shake was huge, making them all go on their feet.

Temari had panicked, "NANDA DAYO! IMA WA?" [What was that just now?] she was yelling mostly at Kankuro on knowingly.

"SHIRUKA!" [Like I know!]

"Shiranai…." [I don't know] Gaara calmly stated as it stopped, it was like the whole place was hit.

Mizuumi was panicking. "Uaaahhh! IT MUST BE AN ENEMY!"

"DAMARE!" [Shut up!] Both Temari and Kankuro yelled out to her as they both pound her head.

"…Nn…" the girl suddenly grasped hold of Gaara's sleeve, making the Kazekage move his head to her. She had a worried yet serious expression. "…We must go…"

"?"

*! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!*

"W-WHAT THE!" everything was shaking so violently as Temari fell on her back, "Augh!"

"T-TEM—WOAH!" Kankuro fell to his side as the very earth beneath them shook, Mizuumi was screaming as she fell on her butt.

Gaara was trying to resist the shake, but he ended up falling to his knees.

The one who wasn't falling was the young teenaged girl who had his coat on. She was standing there.

"W-WHAT THE? H-HOW C-CAN S-SHE…!—KH!" the shake was growing more violent before Temari even finished her would.

Kankuro had one eye closed, trying to see well but his very vision was shaking that people were going up and down and up and down, he felt like vomiting, everyone does except for her, what the fuck is going on here!

Gaara had one eye open as he looked at the girl, now he understood, she was floating by an inch off the ground, she had acted fast, did she felt the ground shake before it really happened? "…!" he tried to say something, but it only resulted to his suffering intake of breath.

*C—CRACK~!*

"?" Gaara's eyes widened when he looked up, Temari, Kankuro, the girl and Mizuumi all did, and saw the concrete above them breaking. Kuso!

*!*

"!" that was Mizuumi's scream as the two siblings gasped in shock.

Gaara had one eye open, his teeth gritting as he tried to control his sand, but something was infront of him.

"!"

The girl was infront of them, her hair being blown from the slight gust of wind as light begins to emanate and her black wings sprouts out in a huge size, it covered them all as the concrete fell on it, she had shielded them all, but she seems to be suffering a bit because it has been sometime. Her visible left eye glows as black feathers had rained around her. "Wind Blade" she suddenly called out as everyone watched, she turned to the side, the wings had spread, the feathers turning into swords as it slices the concrete till it was dust in a flash.

A-AMAZING…! Temari's eyes widened in flabbergasted moment, Kankuro and Mizuumi though were speechless.

Gaara and her made eye contact, and this wasn't the time to be awed, he instantly forced his hands to move up, making the sound below all of them move and lifted them.

"!" Kankuro recognized this skill, Desert Suspension!

The sound now finally covered them, as his ultimate defense made a roof above them, allowing the girl's wings to retract to normal size, but she limped and fell to the side, "Ah! Blackfeather-san!" Mizuumi grabbed hold of her. "Blackfeather-san!—Blackfeather-san!"

Gaara wanted to go to them, but he had to focus on his sand as he lifted them up, he could feel them burst through the remaining concrete of the tower and now they were at the sky, he made an opening for all of them to see what was happening.

Temari's eyes widened, "T-THE CURSED RUINS!"

Kankuro sweats as he watched the whole ruins sink down. "Is sinking…."

"….." Gaara said nothing as they watched the whole place break down.

"WAIT…!" they snapped their heads to the voice, and noticed it was the girl trying to get out of Mizuumi's grip, "THEY WILL FALL IN TOO!"

They? Gaara blinked, and before he knew it, Mizuumi was pushed away to his feet as he watched in shock the girl was going to jump. "TEMARI! KANKURO!"

Even though he didn't say it, the older sand siblings had gone towards her, but it was too late, she jumped off, "WHAT THE!" Kankuro gasped, his eyes widening.

"BAKA!" Temari yelled out almost going for her before Kankuro grabbed hold of his sister and as Mizuumi gathered herself together.

"BLACKFEATHER-SAAANNN!"

"KUSO!" Gaara moved his other hand as it tried to reach her.

From the outside, she had used his sand to step on and lunge towards the sinking ruins.

From her sight, the metal field was now cracking, everything seems to be sinking, like an earth whirl pool.

She closed her eyes as everyone above her watched, that was when their eyes widened, 4 black wings sprouts out of her back, actually, she forced it out into a burst making the feathers fly about, and the whole she made earlier even bigger into the coat of Gaara.

She began to land, land on one of the pillars with an inch of space in her floating, the wings displayed on her elegantly as she brought out her hands. Then lifts them making the metal ground around her lift so high that Gaara had to move the group away.

The now metal walls were suddenly surrounded by black feathers.

"SINCE WHEN?" Temari gasped, as they 3 of them could only watch from afar.

The feathers were so many, that it almost reminded them about Itachi's own jutsu.

But this time it the feathers had turned into huge shurikens.

"Mysterious Wings Techinique: Piercing heavens…" she pointed to the sky as more feathers that were swords begins to rain down on the metal and the scythes begins to slice the metal.

The whole metal ground was suddenly opened wide after being lifted, it was like a metal box being lifted and cut open.

The shinobis in the Ultimate Defense, widened their eyes once more, they saw so many people in their.

"I-IT'S THE MISSING VICTIMS FROM THE VILLAGES!" Kankuro and Temari yelled out in unison. Temari looked back from the sight and back to Gaara, "Gaara!"

"I know." He nodded as a huge wave of sand suddenly came like a tsunami, although he could hear their screams, he wasn't going to hurt them at all as it lifted them all up.

One of them yelled out, "IT'S KAZEKAGE-SAMA!" some cheers were heard as well.

That was when the other huge metal solid was also sliced, revealing the other remaining victims.

"Kh…" Gaara winced, there were too many of them. That was when he saw a flash of blue passing him and jumping out of the sand platform.

"I'M GOONNNAAAAA HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELPPPPPPPP!" the annoying yet cheerful voice smiled as the pressure of the wind made her clothes flap, she began to form a hand seal, and her eyes began to flow. "Oceanic Heaven Technique: Frozen Rain Fortess!"she said with a smile as the sky suddenly turned dark and clouds grey, rain suddenly poured on to them.

"BAKA! IF YOU DO THAT—GAARA'S SA-"

"No, look!" Gaara interrupted Temari's scold, the two siblings looking confused, till they noticed that the sand doesn't seemed to be touched, they looked closely outside the opening and saw that the rain was missing them, as if they had a force-field around them.

They sat there and sighed, "At least she gave it some thought…" Kankuro voiced out their thoughts.

But to Gaara, this wasn't the time to relax just yet.

Mizuumi's eyes glows brightly, she was nearing to the crushing ground that was still sinking. "Unseal!—Lord of the Ocean….TSUKISHIRO!" that was when her body emanated a huge light and water suddenly came out from no where and surrounded her as the rain reinforced the making of the dragon, the dragon grew bigger and bigger and she landed on it's head. "GOOD BOY TSUKISHIRO! GOOOOD LORD OF THE OCEAN~~~!" she praised it, and the dragon seems to like it.

"EEEEEEEEEEEE HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMM!" the people below her called out.

"OH YEAH! HEHEHEHE SORRY~~! SORRY~~!" she sweat dropped as she scratched the back of her head, as she pointed to them, "HEHEHE! WATER PLATFORMS FOR EVERYONE!"

"!"

The people's screams as a sudden tsunami wave was going to devour them, with a dragon and a happy Mizuumi on its head.

From the sand platform, Temari and Kankuro had sighed about this. "….She's like Naruto…"

"Yeah…" Kankuro nodded his head.

"!"

They turned their heads when they heard Gaara gasped, before they knew it, he too jumped out, the sand he had surrounding him as it made himself another sand platform.

Mizuumi had noticed and flicking her hand, trying to prevent the rain from not touching him, at the same time helping everyone out, she extended her other hand. "OCEAN BRIDGE!" and with that, the whole wave had split and extended for the survivors to just slide to the next side.

"Nn…gh…" from afar, the girl had used too much energy, and her eye sight was getting blurry. Dammit… the wings on her back was slowly dispersing into feathers till it suddenly bursts out in an instant, making her flinch and fall limp, she used her chakra on her feet so she wouldn't fall off the pillar. But it was no use, she had also drained her energy, from the years the capsule didn't give her enough to have the energy, it sucked her energy in return to keep her alive. "…Tch…" the chakra finally disappeared and she was about to fall before.

*THUMP!*

"!" her eyes widened when she felt an arm around her waist and struggled to move her head enough to see over her shoulder, she saw a black turtle neck, and red hair with sand now surrounding them. "Gaa…ra…?"

"….." Gaara only looked at her before finally tightening his grip around her waist and pulled her up so he could put his free arm under her knees [bridal style]. His sand had surrounded them as he rose back to the air, looking down to watch the ruins finally sink. Quick sand? He wondered, it had looked like it, but this was no time, he had to return to his friends.

The girl in his arms was falling unconscious and limp, she had used too much energy and he knew it, when he was at the same level at where he left the earlier platform of sand, his siblings were gone, helping with Mizuumi to assist the victims.

She knew they were in there,…that's why the ground was vibrating…had she captured them? He thought, but stopped, he didn't want to accuse her if she hasn't explained herself.

It wasn't long before she had lost consciousness. And him looking at her when she did, "….." he looked away, what was he thinking?—No, she had a reason.

He had promised he wouldn't leave her alone, he can't just assume things like that.

+++?+++

Sound of machines….

Smiling faces that was of their own happiness…

…Pain…

Torture….

…Suffering.

She opened her eyes, she was on a metal table, being strapped down as shinobis and other people unknown to her had surrounded her,

She felt herself being constricted, she was cold, it felt so could, and everything was moving, her eyes were blurry from the tears she was crying out, and soon a bandage had covered her right sight, she felt it burn, why was it burning? Why was it hurting like something was being gouged out from its place?

My mouth opened, screaming, calling out to something, but I can't even hear my own words, something, someone, someone had to hear me.

Please….

I called onto the name again, I'm not sure if anyone had heard it.

I felt my own throat bleeding from my screams, my breath was going down, I felt the people around me wince from my screams, of pure horror and fear.

I'm so scared….

Someone….someone, anyone…

Please….please help me…

…Someone…..!

"SOMEONE SAVE ME!" was the only words I heard myself scream so much.

My eyes shot up, there was a cover, a orange like glass tinted cover, where was I?—I finally noticed that the people's hands weren't on me, but my body was wrapped up into something.

Then the glass closed, I was inside of something.

I went wild, trying to fight back as I pounded on the glass, screaming.

I wonder if my ears went deaf for a moment, I can't hear my own voice.

Or was it because I had lost my voice for a moment?

The glass had turned into blue, looking like ripples.

My mind registered the word "Ocean"

And the wetness I was now feeling rising from my legs was "Water"

The belts from behind me suddenly had a mind of its own and slammed me back to the mechanical wall of the capsule, the water rising, my eye was widening.

The water was rising till it was finally to my neck, my eye looking at the glass, there was nothing but blueness, it was giving an illusion that was working to me.

An ocean.

Being now surrounded by water as it covered my whole head, I was submerged in it.

It felt pain, but I didn't know where it was coming from exactly, everything was painful.

I was loosing breath.

I was growing sleepy.

….

…I…

…Was…

+++Sunagakure/Sand Sibling's Residence+++

"!" the girl woke up, her eye had widened from a nightmare, she was sweating hard, and had clung onto the sheets, nearly tearing it, she felt her body relax at something soft, she knew it was a bed she was on, the color of pale orange or pale brown was the ceiling, a white window curtain was moving, a sign of wind and air. She was in a room, but where exactly? She sat up, what had happened? She held her head, it was aching so much from the nightmare she had. "…No." her lips clasped together. It was no dream she told to herself…

It was, a real memory, a flash back in her sleep.

She felt scared, not trusting anyone anymore, but, except those people…

Yes, those people who had helped her, she wondered, if there were many more out there?

She held herself, But…what if they are like those people?...Did they save me because of my power?—did they want me for that? She thought again, she was confused. She didn't know if she could. …I remember everything…she said to herself, she felt her bandaged eye with her pale white hand. How to use it…how to unseal and seal…everything about myself… she closed her hand as she closed her eyes. …To be safe…I will pretend I know nothing… about "that" particular power I have…

"…?" but her eye opened, looking at her hand, there was a crimson sleeve.

She recalled, the flash back of the red headed young man, strangely with no brows but the Kanji of 'Love' on the left side of his forehead, had given it to her when she had nothing to wear.

Those black bindings, she unzipped it and looked, her eyes widened. "…It's…" it was gone. She had a free body.

She opened the zipper more, revealing her upper body, it felt relaxed, smooth, and free. She hasn't seen her body like this, not ever, not even when she was small, she doesn't even need to see her lower parts.

It was finally gone, did they do this? Did he do this?

I'm…free…?

The door suddenly opened, by instincts she had the blankets cover the front of her breasts, "I've come t-"

Her face blushed, recognizing the voice, her shoulder, side, neck, a part of her breasts and back was very visible for him to see, she had beautiful skin.

It was a good thing she covered most of her front. Her face was now red, it was weird, why was it red?—why was there heat? What is this?

The young man looked down, "….I apologize….I should have knocked…." He was unsure what to make of this situation though, but he knew he had caused her, great discomfort. His eyes looked away, squinting a bit, the door knob still at his right hand. "…I will….return again later…"

"Ah…." her mouth opened when she saw him moving away. "…Gaa….ra…!" she had suddenly said something, making him stop in his tracks.

What was that she said?

…"Gaara….!" She called out again.

Ah, it was a name…

The young Kazekage turned his head to her, his body moving at the slightest sound of his name, he looked back at her with a solemn face, hiding the reaction of surprise that she had remembered his name. "….Yes…?"

"…." Her mouth opened, she didn't know what else to say. What was she going to say? "….Stay." she said it, the first thing that came in mind. She didn't want it now, the part that he will close those doors, her being in an enclosed room, trapped, like in that capsule. With no one there with her.

Alone…

She felt herself tremble as she turned around, for her to put back the maroon turtle neck coat he had given her, the holes on her back was evidence that her wings came from her.

Gaara looked at her when she was fully clothed, at least, covered anyhow.

He knew she didn't want him to go, but yet why was he still standing here for?

He sighed to himself, barely noticeable as he walked towards her, not bothering to the close the door behind him. "…How are you?"

The girl flinched when he sounds close by and turned to already see him standing beside her bed. Her deep blue eyes were still in the same description in his mind earlier, beautiful, and he almost stared at it, "…." Her mouth tried to open, and it did, but she couldn't tell. There was nothing coming out, no sounds, no words. "…"

He tilted his head. "?"

She was growing nervous, why can't she talk well when she's near him?

She did a mental shook at herself, and gathered her breath again. "….Where…?" was barely a sentence, but it works.

The handsome Kazekage blinked to this, "…You are in Sunagakure of the Land of Wind…" He began to say, "…you are in my residence…at an open room we have…" he continued, adding again when she nodded and looking down to the sheets. "..How are you feeling…?"

"…" she didn't know how to respond, she doesn't feel so much now. "…Nothing." It was an honest answer.

Gaara had his eyes on her, now replying when she gave the unsure answer, she looked small in his coat, and almost fragile, the bandage that messed her hair up and covered her right hair was a bit loose, the bed looked so messy, was she struggling in a dream? A nightmare? It was better not to ask when she won't talk about it. Her porcelain skin contrasts with her black hair, her eye was like a hole in the wall showing the sky and the ocean together, rivaling the ones of the water shinobi they had met yesterday. "I see." Was the only thing he could think of as he sat down on her bed.

She didn't flinch anymore, maybe adjusting to his presence beside her, he didn't expect her to say anything yet. "…Why?"

"?" he blinked.

"How…and why…did you find me?" finally, it was a sentence, but something he was expecting to hear, but nevertheless, it was a question.

"I wanted to see on the disappearance of the victims by the Forest, my siblings, Temari and Kankuro, had accompanied me as we ventured through the forest, the female shinobi from the Water Country. Hino, Mizuumi, had helped us in the search for them till we found the Tornado Village." He told her, and she seemed to have winced at the village's name. he continued, "…Everything didn't seem to make any sense so we investigated…I went to a tower, found a hidden way underground, and found you then….."

"Then why?"

"..?"

"Why did you release me?" she looked at him, it wasn't anger or frustration, but wonder.

She wanted to know….

Why does this person, who doesn't know her…

…a complete stranger that might even be an enemy….

Had helped and saved her from her solitude?

"…Because you were alone."

"!" her eye shot back at him, her eyes still had confusion.

"…You were once like me…." He began to say calmly. "….You wanted someone to save you…didn't you?"

"SOMEONE SAVE ME!"

Her eye softened, when she had recalled her own plea in despair, when no one had come to her when she was in danger.

Yet, here comes someone who saved her.

The only question was, why did he save her before? When she was a child?

But she pushed those thoughts away, he didn't know, he never knew it.

And perhaps, if he didn't know what were the people like then, he wouldn't do anything…

That's just how it is…isn't it?

All she had now, was this time.

She was grateful, but she had to remember, she can't let herself go yet.

Maybe…only to him. she thought to herself with a smile in her mind but her face didn't do it. And the people he trusts so much….

"Thank you."

Gaara's eyes blinked when she looked at him, the smile now forming at her face, her eyes were sharing a soft and gentle expression. She repeated it. "…Thank you…Gaara…"

He felt himself softening at her warm words, the girl who looked like she had lost the light, when had seen her there, she was full of pain, no light was to be seen, only darkness, but there she was, a smile he didn't know that would come any sooner, much more, to be seen first by him, it was so bright, like an angel's smile, somewhere in there, the angel was crying out to him to help her.

He looked at her, wanting to smile but somehow he didn't, he didn't know why, but he knew there was one thing he must swear to her, before she fell into despair.

Like me…When Yashamaru, the only person who Gaara thought had loved him, betrayed him, will there be a time when she thinks that he had betrayed her?—No one, was there for her then. Yet she managed to smile.

He wanted… to see it again.

"…" Unknowingly, he had placed his hand on the side of her face, her eyes widening, his hand was at the side of her bandage, she felt his fingers on them.

He felt sympathy for that eye, to be hidden, he knew, he knew that she will keep secrets since they only met but.

He need to make one thing straight to her….

He doesn't want her to be like him, she, no, he wanted, to be someone like him, someone that people would rely on.

Gaara, wanted to be like Naruto, who was always there for them, and for him.

This girl never had Naruto in her life yet, it just so happens he was the one who came to her first despite the numerous of chances that Naruto would be the one to save her.

But it was him.

He wanted, to be relied on.

"…Gaara…?" she began to wonder as he looked at her with an unreadable expression, but something, something in his mysterious spindrift eyes, were something like determination.

"I will….never betray you."

Were the words Gaara had said in a calm soothing voice, that was deep enough to pierce through the slowly forming walls of the young 15 year old girl.

Her eyes widened by his words, she wanted to cry for some reason, but she felt so happy at the same time.

She wanted, she wanted someone to trust…. And yet, here is the person who would…never think of her as a monster.

I will never be like Yashamaru… he told to himself. I will not leave this bond I have created… he was already doing a pledge inside of himself.

The girl, had smiled again to him, making him somehow, relieved, it was a sign that she had accepted his words of trust. "….Thank you…" she said again, with a voice rising from her boyish tone.

Heat and warmth had suddenly filled his face as he put his hand away. He suddenly felt uncomfortable by the flush inside of him, he decided to move the subject away and replace it. "Temari and Mizuumi had helped in removing the Black Seals around your body."

"..I see.." she nodded to him, adding. "Where is that, talking girl?" meaning annoying blabber mouth yet cheerful Mizuumi.

"She had helped in returning the citizens into their respected villages….she wanted to wait here till you woke up…but she was called into another mission and had to leave…..she left this morning, hours from now." Gaara explained, looking away. "…How did you know they were there?"

"…I protected them." She said honestly, making him face her with a question. "…Even though I was in that capsule….I can feel soul pulses.."

"Soul…pulses'…?"

"It's like a Chakra signature…" she began her explanation. "….Each person has a unique soul and chakra signature…put them together, and you get their 'pulse'…..I felt bad pulses going near the good ones…..and I presumed that they were being attacked…..so I protected them by moving the metal and extending it." Then she lowered her head, "…I was in the Half Awake state….so when the bad ones were gone and gave up…..I wasn't able to release it, but instead, sealing them within those metal walls with holes of missing bolts and bury them…I didn't want that to happen….so I tried to move it again. It made it only shake…it was the same thing when more people came…..It was like I was trapping them down with me." She had a pang of guilt inside now.

Gaara looked at her, "…But, why did you save them?" even though he knew, he wanted to know if she could reason.

"It's because…no one was there for them." She began to say in a soft tone. "…..I…..am not…a monster…" weirdly enough, she added those words into the sentence.

Monster…

Bakemono….

Beasts…..

Kedamono….

Whatever language or phrase you do, it still holds the same meaning.

Gaara knew, fully well, just how people were like that to him….

He only thought the Jinchuurikis were the people called like that…

To think, so many people have felt that pain….

"…" he closed his mouth, what was he going to say? No you aren't? it was very predictable, but he knew, that somehow, she wouldn't mind what he said, serving it useless. "I know." Before he stopped himself, he had said that to her.

She didn't look back at him, like he just predicted.

"I believe you." He closed his eyes, half of him not wanting to see an expression, there was a sigh of irritation to himself from mouthing words in his mind without control. He stood up, looking back at the door, "…Temari will show you around if not Kankuro or the both of them…"

She moved her head as he began to walk away, "…What about…you?—Where are you going?"

He moved his head over his shoulder, "…I am going to tell the Elders your story." He looked away as her eye widened slightly. "…They….thought wrong….but now, since you had said it….and there are eye witnesses to support the story…..I will tell them."

"….." She watched him leave, the door closing shut as she looked down. She placed a hand on her face, at the ends of her mouth, she had smiled without knowing it. She had remembered his words, his words was what made her smile. She had used words that she didn't know she would ever say, or knew she knew those words at all.

…It was… a thank you….

+++A few Hours later+++

There was a knock on the door, "Hey, hey~…you awake now?"

It was a boyish female voice, but it was rougher than hers, she was on the bed, staring at the floor when she sat at the same place as Gaara did, she wanted to say yes, but she didn't.

"Oy, maybe she's still asleep…" there was a manly voice then, a male, the voices were familiar, who are they?

"Nonsense, Gaara said she was awake…"

"Maybe she fell asleep."

Gaara, they said the name Gaara.

Were they his siblings that he talked about? "…I'm…." she called out to them nervously at first. "…I'm awake…"

They heard them stop, wondering if they left, that was when the door opened. There was a grinning face appearing there, a blonde lady with green eyes, "Good morning there…!"

She stared at them as the two began to reveal them, entering the room and leaving the door open wide.

They were the two from before, who had tried to grab hold of her before she jumped off the sand platform that Gaara controlled, they were wearing the same clothes, but the big rectangular thing, that must be a fan was gone from the female's back, and the two huge scrolls weren't on the man either.

But his kabuki face pain was still there in another weird fashion. "Ka-buki." She muttered.

"She talked!" Kankuro jumped, and grinned slightly. "At least someone knows these kinds of styles!"

"It's not a style." Temari looked bored, directly to her brother, then moved to her. "How are you feeling?"

She nodded nervously while the blonde female was walking towards her. "I'm Temari…this guy he-" she pointed a thumb to him.

"I can introduce myself!" He said irritatedly, interrupting her as he walked nearer to the bed, beside his sister, "…I'm Kankuro….you?"

She blinked, and shook her head, making their heads wonder. "…I don't have a name."

Temari and Kankuro looked at each other. "Why don't we give you one?" Temari looked back with a smile, then stopped herself there. "Ah…but since Gaara was the one who found you…I guess he should be the one?"

"Don't make her sound like a puppy!" he nudged his sister while sweat dropping, "But I guess you're right…" he turned to her. "For the meantime…how should we call her?"

She blinked again, as the two began to discuss about it, she felt like a child in the room, but somehow, she didn't mind acting like one.

She never did have a time when she did act like one.

After some arguments, and her sweatdropping at the two, they made a decision. "For the meantime, we'll call you Ojou-san!"

She tilted her head, "O…jou…?"

"It's "Lady"…in other words…" Kankuro nodded to her, "For the time being then…! Now then Oujo-san…we are going to bring you to Sunagakure's best town!" he pointed a finger up.

"Yup, to find you some clothes too!" Temari had smiled as well.

Why? She thought to herself, looking at those two discussing about where would she go and why and so on. …Why are they doing this for me? It was only like yesterday, which it was, when they looked so seriously and scary, almost like Gaara himself. But now, they are smiling, trying to cheer her up.

Perhaps Gaara said so? To them? He is the Kazekage.

…If that is true…. She shouldn't turn them down. They were told to anyway.

She nodded. "…Ok." She began to say, kicking the sheets off, showing her only wearing the long maroon coat of Gaara.

But, th—

"GA-!"

*BAM!*

Temari slammed her hands on Kankuro's eyes before Kankuro had screamed and blushed all over. She gave an uneasy smile while sweat dropping, "I—I can lend you some of my underwear!"

Oh was what the girl thought as she quickly covered her legs, her long, slim, white, smooth, sexy legs.

Wait, that was coming from Kankuro's mind. HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT IT'S A GOOD THING GAARA ISN'T HERE TO SEE ME LIKE THIS!

+++Hours later/Sunagakure Market Place+++

She almost winced from the sun's rays as she went out of their residence with his two siblings, Temari and Kankuro, and before she knew it, she was walking through the busy streets.

Her eyes softened, it was a sight she never saw before, well, saw walking, she was always running then.

It was filled with people in shops, stalls, filled with food, cloth, medicines and weapons for people to buy, she saw people who had a head protector, shinobis were all around too like them.

She looked to her left and right, left was Kankuro, right was Temari, who were also in the watch for people eyeing on her, and for the first time, she felt safe.

She had to wear black shorts that Temari gave her for now, and some sandals on her feet that covered and supported her ankles. She also had a bandage wrapped around her whole bust, but it didn't hurt unlike the back ones on her that made it hard to breath when she remembered, unfortunately for her, she was an inch smaller than Temari, making her look like the youngest, which she is.

And she received some stares because of the coat she was wearing.

Either that, or the two holes on her back that was caused by her wings bursting out from yesterday.

She looked down, seeing the sand, hearing it, the crunching noise everytime they stepped was like a pattern, she gave a smile when she walked while looking at her feet, feeling some sand coming in, and the warmth of the air around her. "When I was in the Tornado Village…" she began to say, making the siblings turn to her, not expecting her to suddenly talk. "….I was always forced around…carried around….running around to escape…." She looked up ahead with a small smile, "….I never….walked casually like this….never…"

Temari moved her eyes to Kankuro who was looking at her too, and they both smiled, at the same time.

She felt two hands on her head, ruffling her hair as her eye closed from their actions, a small bubble of blush on her face, "…?" she opened her eyes to blink at them like a child.

Temari was grinning, "Well….you'll have to get used to it now…because you'll be doing that a lot."

She turned to the young man with the purple kabuki marks, he was grinning widely. "Got that right." He nodded.

She stared at them while walking, almost in wonder, as a smile slowly grew on her face.

Warmth, was also coming from the inside of her….

The two older siblings looked forward while walking, both of them had looked back to what their younger brother told them, only a few hours ago.

+++Flash Back+++

"You want to bring her out of the village…?"

The voice of the Kazekage was in question, adjusting the robes he had put on before setting out of the house on foot, his two siblings by the stairs infront of the entrance.

"She can't go out with your coat on…." Temari shook her head, shrugging her shoulders, "And she has to get some sunshine…"

"Hey, we just got here….aren't we rushing things, Temari?" Kankuro said as he approached the front entrance from the blonde's left, which lead to the kitchen. "…I mean, seeing from what she'd done there yesterday…..she used a lot of energy…."

"If she's that strong, then something in her body makes up for it…like Gaara does." Temari said to him, glaring at him.

Kankuro glared back, a spark firing in between the siblings. "Stop comparing her to Gaara..!"

"Oh shut up!—you're just uncomfortable with someone younger than you living with us here!"

"Tch—That's not the point here!"

"Fine."

"!" the two older siblings turned their heads to Gaara, who's looking over his shoulder, a hand now opening the door.

"…Do what you think is needed…." He said simply as he turned away, "…she's awake…so…if possible…I want her to see the village as well before we get to lose the chance to…." closing the door behind once we went out, the siblings were staring at it, wondering why did he add the extra sentence when he just gave them the go signal?

"…I wonder…if Gaara was planning to show her around the village himself…." Temari muttered, a hand on her hip as Kankuro looked back at her.

"…" he then looked back to the door with a sigh. "…If Gaara says so…then fine…..then so be it."

+++End of Flashback+++

"Ah! Here we are Ojou!" Temari called out as she walked ahead of them, revealing a door of a shop named 'Tailor Mark'.

She tilted her head as Kankuro faced her to explain, "This is where clothes are made. We get ours from here as well….this is a special place for shinobis, like you, me, Temari and Gaara."

She blinked again, "…Gaara…?"

He nodded, "He gets his clothes here too…usually he decides on his own."

She looked back at Temari, who was now beckoning them, "Let's go…" she heard Kankuro said, placing a hand on her back.

"!" her eye widened as black wings bursts out from the wing holes, surprising Kankuro as he fell to the ground on his butt, the feathers were pointing at him.

Her eye was wide, images of a terrible memory were being played back in a rewind in her head. She can't hear their pleas.

Temari's eyes widened, "KANKURO! OJOU-SAN!"

Her face, from Kankuro's perspective, was that of fear, She was startled and reacted almost like a self defense…like Gaara. "I-I'm sorry Ojou! I didn't mean to startle you!"

The feathers were going nearer to Kankuro's face, he wanted to fight back, but he knew he couldn't, without his puppets, and first of all, he didn't want to.

Temari went towards her in a rush, "W-!" she instantly paused when the girl moved her eye to her without moving her head, and the feathers from the other wing to her side had extended to Temari. Her eyes widening in fear, It's like the Ultimate Defense of Gaara… she commented on it as it was going nearer by centimeters. "Wait…Wait Ojou-san!" she struggled with words.

"W-We will never hurt you! We swear! Even Gaara won't right!" Kankuro yelled out nervously.

The girl shook slightly, more like a flinch from the looks of it, her eyes were glowing, and it seemed like the colors were moving around, like light blue and oceanic blue colored Northern Lights. She was trembling, and the two knew it. She was still jumpy, it was to be expecting from everything that happened before, she was still wary of them.

However, she seemed to have flinched, from Kankuro's words, however the wings on her back grew, more and more feathers were surrounding the front of the shop, pointing at the two very, very deadly.

"WE-WE'RE YOUR FRIENDS OJOU!" Kankuro yelled out as he was forced to lay on his back, the feathers slowly turning into blade, inching closely to him. He soon felt the longer feathers scratch his left hand, making the wound longer as it bleed.

Temari's right hand was being severed as well as it corned her to the wall, her eyes widened, she was frozen.

He repeated as he closed his eyes shut, "WATAS'TACHI WA, ANATA NO NAKAMA DA YO!!" [We are, your friends you know!] "MAMORU!" [We'll protect you!] he yelled out again, not minding the people slowly running away by the scene, he grit his teeth, glaring at the feathers going nearer to him as he lay flat on his back. "DAKARA!-NA~KUNA!" [SO!—STOP CRYING!]

'Ojou's eye widened, not realizing that she was crying, the tears falling from her face, even from her other eye, she felt wobbly, What did I…do? She asked herself, her hair covering her eye as she fell to her knees, at the thump the black feathers bursts out and disappeared with her wings, the two had came to her, holding her.

Kankuro's hands were on her shoulders, Temari's hands were on her hands that were laid on her lap, she called out to her. "Ojou-san…Ojou-san!"

"Ojou!" Kankuro too called out.

That was when they both froze at her action. She had held the their hands that were bleeding, Kankuro's left hand was held by her right, Temari's right hand was held by the girl's left, she was holding onto them as she cried, the tears falling on their hands as they looked up at her.

Her eyes were like pouring water, she looked like a child crying about the mistake she had done, "I'm…" she cried softly, "I'm sorry…!" she finally said, holding the hands next to her cheeks, smudging the blood on it. "I'm sorry….I'm sorry….I'm sorry…Temari-san….Kankuro-san….I'm sorry!"

"…Ojou…" Kankuro looked at her with a soft but sad expression, Temari had the same expression as well.

She was still, a child in the inside after all.

He should have known better, and he smiled softly, "It's alright….we forgive you…" his free hand had patted her head, remembering the time when Gaara was little, crying when he fell somewhere, when Yashamaru wasn't around, when he was being a big brother.

Temari had done the same, when the girl lowered their hands off her face, but still holding onto their hands, Temari's free hand had wiped off the blood of her face. The girl looked at them, and the siblings were both giving a soft expression at them.

Why?... she question as she looked down. "Even if I just met you guys…why?"she doesn't even know she was voicing them out, but at the sametime, she didn't care. "…Even though you were just ordered too…"

Kankuro hit her head playfully.

"Itte!" the girl winced as she looked at Kankuro,

He was still smiling, "BAKA….who said we were ordered?"

"We brought you out because we want to…!" Temari continued with closed eyes, "We asked Gaara permission….that's why he knows."

The girl's eye widened, the tears, the last ones, fell off when she blinked. Then she begins to smile, "…." But she didn't say anything, her hands had gripped onto their hands, they looked at her as her beautiful eye opened slightly, they were glowing.

"!—Kankuro look!" Temari gasped as she looked at their hands, their hands were glowing as Kankuro looked at it too.

Their wounds were completely gone.

"…How did she…..it doesn't look like Chakra…!" Kankuro shook his head as the girl let their hands go.

She smiled at him, and the two had dropped it with the questioning, there was no need for those things now.

They all sat up together, Kankuro's and Temari's hand were held infront of her to take as they walked ahead, turning back to look at her with a welcoming smile.

"Come on, let's get those dirty garments out of you ok?" Kankuro grinned.

Temari nodded, with a boyish grin as the girl looked at them both.

Why?

Was still in her head as she took their hands, and they walked in, the sun seemed to be too bright, because it was blinding her, everything around her.

Why does it…feel so warm?

The moments of them helping in picking an outfit for her.

The arguments of the two siblings as the tailor tried to calm them down, then the two diverted their anger to the tailor.

The girl was just watching them with a soft smile as she looked through the rows of hanged clothes. Turning her head for her to meet a full body length mirror.

She didn't even know what she looked like, when she smiled, she was amazed.

She smiled even more, the light seemed to even extend in here.

What do you…..

Her eyes softened when she watched from the mirror, the 2 of them fighting, arguing that this would look better on her.

Call…this feeling….?

*CRASH!*

"DAMN YOU KANKURO! IT NEARLY KILLED ME!"

"I WAS SUPPOSED TO!"

"C-Calm down pl[*sound of things breaking again*] aah! My shop!!"

…What do you…..call this…feeling?...

Evening/Sand Sibling's Residence+++

What is taking them so long? Gaara impatiently asked himself, sitting on a sofa chair at the living room, reports, scrolls and books were on the coffee table, but merely for a review, this was his 100th time now. No exaggeration there, Gaara is a fast reader, but he doesn't have that of a keen memory so he had to make sure he makes sure whatever was in his memory was the exact same thing. A hidden perfectionist, was another title you may give him.

Then he heard some voices, mostly two loud voices from the outside. He gave a sigh while closing a book with one hand, he sat up from where he was, letting the book fall to the coffee table when he let it go above it, he was wearing his casual clothes for comfort in his home, a black round neck shirt, and black pants with black sandals on.

He turned around just when the door opened and a chuckle came from the front entrance, he wondered why was Temari chuckling?

"Gaara! Hey Gaara look at this!"

"?" he tilted his head as he walked towards the voice of Kankuro.

When he turned, walking through the rectangle hole on the wall that was suppose to be a door for passage, to the left. His eyes slightly widened, but it was very hard to notice.

Temari and Kankuro were grinning as they showed the girl behind them.

The young 15 year old girl, was wearing a long white dress, it was layered, satin silk with frills on each end of the skirt, the strap was made of 2 materials, the satin silk covered strap and the blue ribbon.

The dress was pearly white, with it's radiance and shine on it making it look a bit like bright silver, it was until her knees, and she wore white shoes that compliments it.

There was a cross ribbon on the chest part.

He looked at the girl's face, the bandage was still there, but the hair seemed neater, being combined to where her bangs were pointing was his guess, there were ribbons at the two long tail locks of her hair, she also had her left ear pierced with a cross dangling there, a silver cross.

The girl's face though was nothing, no blush but like his, expressionless, her eyes complimented everything.

Unfortunately for him, he was nearing a blush, W-what…the…he felt the heat surging through his body, approaching his face, endangering his cheeks. "I thought…you went out…to look for battle clothes…?"

"Oh we did!" Temari had shown him paper bangs, and a few more, "Since she is now going to stay with is….she needs more clothes right?"

"Well? what do you think?" Kankuro grinned at his brother, "She looks cute doesn't she!"

"…..I would be lying…if I said she isn't…" Gaara said, trying to make his stuttering unnoticed.

Temari and Kankuro were giving a cheesy grin at him.

But the girl, she was looking down, there was a small red tint at her cheek, that the bandage was hiding, she was thankful for that. "I …"

"?" the three of them looked at her.

She was looking away like a blushing little boy even though she's a girl. "…I did something bad….so I let them do whatever they want with me…"

That sounded wrong, but they know she didn't mean it in that way.

Gaara tilted his head, "…What did she did?" he turned to his siblings.

"She nearly killed us, but only managed to cut our hands…" Temari and Kankuro showed him the healed once, before he replied, they continued, well, Temari did. "She healed them."

"…Why did she?"

"Um, well we were hur-"

"No, not that." He blinked as he stared at them, "Why did she hurt you two?"

"Aah…well…" Temari scratched her head as she sweat dropped, looking at Kankuro who was grinning uneasily. "He…"

"…I touched her…" he confessed.

NOW THAT SOUNDED WRONG.

There was suddenly sand pointing like spikes around Kankuro who was now going pale.

"NO GAARA! HE DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT! HE MERELY PLACED HIS HAND ON HER BACK!" Temari yelled back, explaining the situation.

The girl though was simply watching.

Gaara sighed lowering his guard as the sand was going away, back to wherever his gourd was around the house, he looked at the girl who has nodding. "Is that so?" he looked back at them.

"S-sorry" Kankuro bowed his head in apology.

"But…it was fun though, Gaara…" the girl said in all honesty. They two siblings sighed as Gaara crossed his arms.

"The Ojou is so honest…" Kankuro muttered, Gaara turning to him.

"Ojou'?" Gaara repeated, wondering if they had already named her, and if that was true, then he doesn't feel happy one bit.

"Well she doesn't have a name…" Temari rolled her eyes, closing the door behind them due process. "We think that Gaara should name her."

"She is not a puppy." Gaara and Kankuro both said as Temari snapped.

"I'M BEING FAIR HERE OK!"

A name, huh? Gaara thought as the 3 infront of him moved passed him, Kankuro and Temari muttered about dressing up and heading straight to bed, while his eyes unknowingly followed the girl to the living room.

He blinked as he followed her there, but she wasn't there anymore, he slightly panicked when he moved his head, and found the door he had left opened. He noted that he shouldn't leave doors open so often like that, but he relaxed, knowing it was just the garden back there….

Were the cacti he cultivated during his free time…

…

….

…

CACTI!

"!" he rushed immediately to the open door, worried that she might have fallen onto them or pricked her finger o—

…

Watering them…

He face palmed himself at the sight of the beautiful dressed angel now pouring water to the cacti he cultivated with a hose. "…Do you like cacti?"

She flinched when she turned to him, "….." she looked back. "Before I knew it…I rushed in here because I felt something was calling out for water…." Looking softly at the plants, she placed a finger on the hole of the hose, making it split and sprinkle to the sides, spreading to all the cacti that even had flowers on them. "…I wonder….if I usually did this when I was younger….before I was…" she stopped herself there as her grip weakened at the memory.

She didn't notice as it slowly lowered, endangering to hit her feet or the skirt of her beautiful dress.

That was when she felt a warm hand on hers, she looked up, surprise, to see the Kazekage taking the hose from her, "You will get wet." He said as he redirected the hose back to the plants. "…If you are tired…you may sleep…good night." With that he turned his head away to look if he was watering them right in their pots.

The girl had shifted uneasily, the wind blowing at her dress gently with her slightly messy hair. "…" for some reason, she didn't want to, she looked at him, all she saw was his back facing her. For some reason, she had to say something.

Wait, now she remembered it, Temari had said she will be staying here with them. "…Am I?"

"?" Gaara blinked, moving his head back to look over his shoulder. She hasn't left?

"…Am I, really going to stay here…?" She asked him again, looking up at him even though they were nearly the same height.

Gaara turned his whole body now to face her and nodded, "I have talked with the Kages regarding your position and purpose….reasons and everything that they needed to know…I am granted permission to allow you to live in my residence and to care for you…."

She stared at him, and he did as well, "…Is that ok?"

"Yes." He nodded his head, he turned to look to somewhere else in a force of habit, "However….the Hokage of Konohagakure would like to meet you personally…"

"Hokage?" she blinked, wondering who might that be from now?

As if he had read her thoughts, he answered it. "Tsunade, is the Hokage of now…"

"Aah…" she nodded, "Ok…..when?"

"…" Gaara paused for a moment, "….I haven't replied to her yet…she just told me during our meeting…" he paused again, making the impression that he just remembered something.

…?" she tilted her head. "Gaara…?"

++Flashback/Kazekage Tower, meeting Room+++

"I have heard from Hino Mizuumi, one of my best Jonins in our Country that she was found, and had grown more sane when you were around."

Sane…she was sane even before I released her from that coffin she was in. Gaara wanted to voice it out, but it was his own comment, only to be causing trouble if he were to say it out loud.

"I agree….from our previous documents, reports, and the evidence that you and your siblings have gathered….without a doubt, the mysterious happens, was caused by the 'Experiment'." The Tsuchikage nodded in agreement as well, looking at the pictures that Temari took when they were there, the broken machinery, the remains of the capsule when Gaara had broke it open. "…But I've heard…that the whole Village was swallowed?—Care to explain….?" He looked at Gaara with a questioning eye. "…Kazekage?"

Gaara closed his eyes in a gesture of a 'yes', "…There was a sudden earthquake about a few minutes, perhaps even close to an hour, after I have brought her to the surface and sent my siblings to the hidden laboratory…the earthquake was that of an intense magnitude….we were saved by her when falling debris were about to fall on us…. I was able to bring the party up to the air in safety…..the whole ruins was beginning to sink into the earth." He had finished his explanation, opening his eyes at the last sentence.

"Sounds like a huge quick sand to me….perhaps the constant tornado events had weakened the ground during the rain, and the lighting that comes to charge their electricity had also assisted in the making of that ground….hidden by the metal that vibrates, sucking the minerals and earth energy of the nearby trees." Tsuchikage looked to the others, wondering if they had anymore explanation. "…then from our discussion earlier, you claim the girl was 'protecting the missing victims' by incasing them in the metal of the ruins?" Gaara gave a nod. And he continued, "From the 'bad souls' she had sensed…"

"..." but he paused in a blink, But.. recalling the time he had landed to set foot on the metallic field back in that Forest. The trees seemed to be still healthy. Why were those trees..?

"Perhaps bandits?" Gaara snapped out of his thoughts when the Raikage spoke up. "I did received some reports on a large number of them now hidden within the Forest, making the travelers pass a different and long passage way." The Raikage leaned on the back rest, thinking deeply. "…If that is the case then…the girl won't be there to save them now would she?"

"Which reminds me." The Hokage, Lady Tsunade had finally opened her mouth as they faced her. "…Gaara, you've also received reports on suspicious Akatsuki doing…didn't you?"

Gaara faced her and nodded in reply. "…Although, I haven't seen any signs of their activity…"

"Maybe…" Tsuchikage muttered, "The 'bad souls' the girl was talking about….was one of them?"

One dismissed the idea, "No….she sad 'bad souls', an Akatsuki possesses intense amount of chakra, maybe even a kekkei genkai…..I presume that soul is more outrageous….she would then, say 'there a bad souls…and even worst souls' or something that had distinguished the separating of the bandits and Akatsuki."

"I don't think she would bother to make a difference." Tsunade shook her head, "…From Gaara's words…she described it like a simple child….even though she may contain outrageous amounts of power, possibly rivaling that of a Jinchuuriki…yet, think about her psychology….her psyche….she was taken in her childhood, perhaps not even experiencing one….the child in her is still in her, despite the fact she may be hiding it….She's like Naruto… a child inside a teen body….when she says 'bad souls', she includes even the worst souls so far…." She looked down to the table as everyone looked at her, Gaara too had moved his eyes in the Hokage's words. "….I suggest we send teams to search if any of them are about…..the only fastest way out is if you head South…and that is the direction to the Sand Village, deserts,….Gaara haven't received any unwanted visitors, did you?" she turned to him.

"No, I haven't…" Gaara shook his head.

She turned back to all of them, "The grammar of this girl is not important….from what had happened before, causing the death of Chiyo from the Sand Village….we can't risk anything now." Even though she didn't make eye contact with Gaara, she knew that he had some thoughts into it.

And she was right, she felt him blinked, from that simple blink she knew he had been affected by her words, despite the sand armor covering his skin.

Indeed… Gaara closed his eyes. "…I support the Hokage's decision….indeed, we cannot risk anything, anymore….if the Akatsuki ever get their hands on the last Jinchuuriki…..it would be troublesome for all nations…" they moved their heads to him and looked down, thinking about it as the others agreed to it instantly.

"How about the girl?" one asked, making them face him, "….Tsunade-sama had said that she is like a Jinchuuriki…." She gave a nod to this, then he turned to Gaara.

He answered, "…When I was watching, even her defense was something I've never seen before…..her technique and Jutsu is unrecognizable…" he looked down at the table. "…Like the Hino Mizuumi….she has extraordinary power, that doesn't drain her chakra reserves…"

Everyone's eyes widened, some of them even gasping at his sentence. "Is that even possible…!"

"Nonsense, of course it is….if Hino Mizuumi can do it….then of course there would another like her."

"However, this girl is a failed experiment…" Gaara flinched at one's word, but wasn't able to distinguish to whom that voice belong to so he couldn't give a glare of death.

"Judging from the reports…there was another test subject who seems to be the 'Fountain' or 'Source'…she was the foundation of the powers which this girl possessed…but the information is either, lost, unknown, or destroyed…"the Raikage had said, looking at the hold stained papers they brought to him. "… 'Soul merging'….so indeed this girl is the combination of the Source test subject….without a doubt she maybe a strong weapon for Japan."

Tsunade and Gaara flinched, their eyes sharpening as the other 3 kages continued with their selfish talk.

"However, it would be even more troublesome, since she seems to be even stronger than the Jinchuuriki…." The Tsuchikage shook his head, "….A weapon against the Akatsuki is very affective, but the fact that possibility if her going berserk is out of the question."

"Not to mention the damages of the villages she would be in one wishes to capture her, like what happened to Konohagakure and Sunagakure…" the Mizukage crossed his arms. "This might even end up as a mistake…."

That was the time Gaara had snapped, he stood up, his hands slamming to the table pushing himself up in anger, the Kages had turned their heads in shock while Tsunade sighed, knowing this would have happened. "I prefer that you would stop referring to someone Jinchuuriki-like, as a monster, an object, a failure and as a weapon—For I was treated as such ever since I was born."

The 2 were silent, while one talked up, "You're too young to understand this, Kazekage!—sit down!"

The aura Gaara had emanated was frightening, making the kage who had yelled out swallow. "…I would, if only you weren't in my Village…" he said in a low deadly but serious tone, a sting of irritation and anger was somehow visible in the blood thirsty eyes he had, perhaps the effect would even worsen if he were his old self. "I refuse to make her a weapon for own problems…..I refuse to make her the answer to our troubles….she is a living being, regardless to what she is, she's still living like us, she is still human in her soul…"

"SOUL!" the Raikage stood up, "That thing merged with another thing to create something we can't even put an account on!"

Gaara gave a sharp look, forcing him to step back, but just as he suspected, the Raikage had maintain his composure the moment he flinched. "Isn't that the same with how you people treated me?"

Everyone went silent as Gaara was flaring with anger, but still remained calm, in a way of him not making his sand rise, since it was now encircling the table. "I apologize if I have caused any problems in the past if you still hold a grudge against my actions and being—However, I will not let someone become who I was now…..ever since Naruto had taught me this I have decided to move on…A Monster who used to be me is now seated amongst you all as the Kazekage…the next possible Hokage might be even Naruto himself." His voice went deeper. "Don't assume, that I do not know the feeling of being used, regardless of the age I am, among you all, only I and Naruto feels the same way with her."

That was when the room fell terribly silent, uncomfortable air was around them as the Raikage fell back into his seat, Gaara though was still standing. "Instead of deciding her future….let her live it." He said as he looked at all of them. "….If you are that afraid of her being in your villages…..fearing to wreck havoc into your townspeople…. Not being accept by anyone…" his fist unknowingly clenched onto his long Kazekage robes, he had known the feeling better than anyone else, even though he sounds so selfish now. He had made a promise to her, he can't let anyone like him go through the same pain. "Then …I…" his face slowly returning to the unreadable expression as he looked back at them straightly. "….I will be the one who will take her in…."

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise, some gasps and whispers were heard as Tsunade smiled while closing her eyes momentarily. She stood up, her hands on her hips, "I too accept that decision and thus, Konohagakure will willingly accept that girl to our village…"

"Tsunade-sama!"

She gave a horrifying look making them not question her. "I've dealt with Naruto, Sasuke and the worst bunch of them, don't underestimate my taming…!"

Gaara gave a mental sigh on 'taming' but it was her words that he knew she didn't mean it in a bad way.

There was silence among the room, as the two standing kages await the selfish ones.

Gaara now gave a real sigh, "….As for my actions….I apologize for my rudeness…." He wanted to say that as he bowed to them, making them all flinch and Tsunade giving a soft look to the youthful Kazekage, such etiquette was forced to him when he was a child by the blonde orange shinobi she had cared for.

"…Indeed….you both of a point." The Raikage muttered. " We too wish to apologize for our words….but had to take this in a professional attitude."

"Hmph." Tsunade looked away stubbornly. "Do you need to be a professional in dealing with children?"

There was a small chuckle in a background as the remaining seated kages finished some of their mutters to each other.

"Anyhow….we live it to you both then…." The Tsuchikage sat up straight, announcing their affirmation. "…We all support your decision….and give full support on her protection as well…."

Tsunade grinned as Gaara bowed his head in gratitude.

It wasn't long before they all left, and Tsunade was heading for the door as the sun began to set, making the skies orange in pastel colored yellow. "…Oh and which reminds me Gaara…"

"?" he turned to her before looking off to the window in reflection on what had happened today.

She grinned, "Why don't you bring her to our village?—I know it's a rush however, I think seeing her in person and her seeing people will benefit the both of us…" she turned her head as a hand came to her hip, and another in a gesture of a wave. "Perhaps I suggest you let her see Naruto, since you said that by meeting him you've changed a lot….it might to us, and her, some good."

"….." Gaara watched her leave with a wave of hers, he blinked when he thought back at it. Let her…..go to Konohagakure village…?

++End++

"….Actually, if you want….we can go tomorrow…" Gaara began to say to her, looking back at her face making he blink in surprise. "….There is also, someone else I want you to meet…"

She looked back at him again, thinking about it. "…." Then she nodded, "….Ok."

He nodded back at her, "Then…best of you to take a rest…" he turned away, putting the hose back to it's place and turning of the water as she turned around, walking to the door. "…I…"

She paused at his voice, turning her head slightly.

Gaara wasn't looking back at her though, "….I will….have thought of a name by tomorrow…." There was something in his voice, that she can't really make out of. "…If I can't think of one by the morning…..then I will think about one before the end of the day….."

The girl felt heat again back into her face, and gave a smile that Gaara knew she would, "….Ok." she nodded again, looking away to move back inside.

Moments later, the Kazekage turned back, a hand on his face, the fingers feeling the heat in his cheeks, wondering why was he suddenly feeling heat inside of his face, his eyes were casted down on a flower one small cactus in a brown clay pot, his mind and speech had gone blank to what to think.

Was he feeling, embarrassment for talking like that?

But why did he even feel nervous?

++The Girl's Bedroom++

She blinked at the moment she saw, the clothes she was to wear for sleeping, she had to change again?—More importantly, how did those clothes…?

"Ah, you're going to bed now, Ojou?" a voice came behind her, but she didn't pull up her defense when she paused, making sure it was the presence of someone she knew.

She turned to see Temari, wearing only her black kimono, her gloves and head protector wasn't in sight, she gave a faint nod.

"Those clothes are there for you to wear, you can't sleep with a dress like that on…" Temari grinned boyishly to her, the girl nodding faintly again, turning to get changed as Temari stood by the door way. A caring face was on her when her one eye brow lifted, unknown to the male siblings, Temari had always wanted a sister.

Despite her mean and blunt personality, she found herself, almost automatically softening up to this girl, this girl was just 15, she's mysterious and doesn't talk much, although this girl looks so mature around others, keeping a poker face when they were outside, when you get to talk to her casually, she begins to adjust and softens up, like a shy little girl that was sealed inside of her.

She's like Gaara… she thought in her mind, by the time she focused her vision, the girl was wearing a dress that was made out of soft cloth, and it was long sleeves, the dress ended at her knees, and the pajama pants were it's partner.

Now she felt like a kid being spoiled for some reason, but she looked down in a slight blush, she doesn't seem to mind it even though a part of her knew she hated wearing dresses and so on with the girly stuff, but it felt nice to have someone in her own gender doing this for her. "..Thank…you…" she muttered.

"Nah, its fine no need to thank me like you did a thousands time at the Tailor Mark." She grinned, "…So…did Gaara thought of a name already?"

She shook her head after a short shift in the conversation that the blonde did in a fast change of words. "…Gaara said he would think of it tomorrow….by the end of that day, I would be named."

"Hmm…" Temari shifted leg, "…Well, it's no easy task….naming a pet is fine however, naming a human…. I wonder if he feels like a dad now?"

She blinked, a father?—A part of her, felt happy, the other one, felt weird at that title giving it to someone who's just a year above her age. She looked up at her, "…Then, if you were to name me, what would it be like?"

"Hn?" the blonde blinked as her eyes rolled, thinking. "Well…." a grin came up, "…Anything that means 'beautiful'…."

The girl felt herself blush a bit, "…D-don't spout nonsense."

"Nope, it's true." She said, chuckling to the girl's sudden boyish features of blushing. "…Well….whatever name Gaara chooses, (or makes up) it would definitely suit you."

The girl looked down, with a hidden grin. "…You think so…?"

"Of course I do!—I am the big sister here…!"

She looked back at the blonde sand sibling, something in her mind was like finding a word to call her. "…. 'Nee-sama'…."

Temari dramatically paused and blinked. "EH?" she looked back at the girl, making sure she heard it right. "…Did you just…?"

"…I can't call you that?"

"Eh?—Ah no!"

"No, I can't?"

"No!—I mean Yes!—I mean…" Temari felt blush all over her face, this was the first time, ever, that someone had called her in that title, a sudden rush of happiness was threatening to show on her face. "…I-I don't mind."

Then girl then smiled, making it worst for the hard-on-the-outside-but-soft-on-the-inside Temari.

"W-well then, I'm going to off to the…uh, kitchen…" Temari pointed to the opposite side though.

Nevertheless the 15 year old raven haired girl had nodded to her excuse to leave, "…Ok." Was her response when Temari nodded, leaving without closing the door.

She wondered if the habit of not closing doors were in the family. "…" she gave out a sigh while ruffling her hair, the bandage was somehow loosened.

Her left eye opened, "I just need to fix this then." A hand flickered to the door to make it close shut and locked.

She began to remove the bandage around her right eye, but made her eye closed before it would be ever seen. She combined her hair with her hands, fixing it a little, almost smoothing it out, although it was a bit curly and wavy on the end and here and there, it looked like an angel's hairstyle in a short hair cut, too but she wasn't a blonde.

She slowly wrapped it around her right eye, and covered slightly, the front part of her left eye brow, traveling around her left head, across the upper right of her head and diagonally down to the left, finally wrapping a final white line at her forehead, then she had smoothened the end to the frabric it met, it had closed up almost magically. She fixed her bangs to cover it, making it slightly messy again, but not as messy as before, only a part of the bandage frabric could be seen by her long side bangs that covered her right eye.

She moved her deep ocean blue eyes to the bed she had laid on this morning, then looking around the room.

It was really a normal looking one, just a plain color, just what you expect. The walls were the colors of the sand from the outside, the ceiling was white, and the floor had a sandy texture, but was carpeted by some flesh colored Persian carpets.

Wait.

Those weren't there when she came in.

She wondered if the siblings had given her that, but she was with Temari and Kankuro the whole day…

"….." at first she stared at it blankly, before giving a smirk. "….Thanks." she muttered as the night grew colder.

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WELP! IT'S FINALLY THE END!

Pheew~, I guess that was really long, it was suppose to go longer till I noticed the word count and woowzers, well, I've done longer :P LOL XD

Anyhow, if you guys are wondering "Is the author improvising for a name?" well! to be honest I WAS in the SECOND chapter.

I already have a name for her since her Kanjis are really hard to find DX and I draw her too :D she's an original character from my character named Sire. I'm using her here since I love her so much and Gaara XD

Unfortunately my scanner is at my other house in the city and I am in the Province now so no Scanner, just my laptop and limited access to internet since there's mo wi-fi or any connection DX it's hell I tell ya!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyhow. Come on guys-You reviewed the other OC based Fanfiction out there! Why not mine! DX DX

I want to improve my skills :D :D :D BELIEVE IT!

Kami-sama O_O I just sounded like Naruto! *SCREAAAAAAAAAAAAMS*

*_*: Why do I sound like a little girl here? When my personality in your manga was cool, and quiet, very much like Sasuke or Neji?

Blackeclipse: I can't help it XD you now reminded me of Yami-chan from To Love Ru!

*_*: You're….a pervert…?-MILADY YOU'RE A PERVERT!

Blackeclispe: I'M NOT *DEATH AURA*…DO YOU WANT ME TO ERASE YOU?

*_*: *RUNS AWAY*

Gaara:…This author may be a bit of a dimwit, and loses inspiration quickly however…..Please review this Fanfiction by pressing the "Review this Story"—"REVIEW THIS STORY" button…..-bows-

Naruto: He said it TWICE. O_O''

Mizuumi: Yeah, he said it TWICE. OAO'''

Note: Try guessing her name :D :D :D! let's see who can do some critical thinking in the complicated world of Gaara's mind :D :D

Yes, Gaara takes thing too serious, like naming :D :D :D