Secret Eden Chapter 5: My nameis, a naruto fanfic

Blackeclipse: Hi guys again : ) and here comes the next chapter of when Sai goes on around the village with her : D : D : D : D : D

Hey, do you always hated it when people make such an angry fuss about everything you do?-*sighs*… I just wish they would cool off…. _ _||| when you apologized…they still don't accept it even though it isn't such a big deal. At least I'd done my part, and now time to go back into writing!

I did a drawing in a pose of Gaara and Ojou-san during their collaboration attack, you will see soon in the story to what it's like : ) I'll see if I could get it done and scanned, I'm not sure If I' can color it though _ _||| I wish I had a tablet.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything about Naruto except my 2 OCs and this fanfiction's story plot. However, the story plot of Naruto is not mine : ) ….. TT W TT

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Chapter Five: My name….is.

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Konohagakure Archive Library…. 7:30 a.m.

It had turned quiet around the 3 of them, Gaara was a bit thankful for it as he was, also, scanning the books he had chosen from the nearby shelves, his sand gourd beside him in an upright position, beside him was the raven haired teen and the other teen was seated infront of her at the other side of the long rectangular table, reading books about how to get along with other people, in other words, manuals.

He turned his eyes to see the girl, also reading some manuals, he was getting worried if she would fall under his influence, he looked again to see what kind of book it was.

And read "How to trust others.", he remembered that this was the book the shinobi artist had given to her, she seemed to be absorbed into it so he decided not to get in her way.

He turned his attention back to the list of kanjis that would suit girls in their country, it was almost a headache to see so many of them, but seeing the mountain stacks of reports and papers around his office, this wasn't the closet one to it yet, he scanned it quickly, he can't think of anything from the list in the scroll he had. This was about the 10th scroll he went through, he resorted into using, again, back to his own name, and wondering if he could use some of his favorite words like 'Jiai' and another word with the same sound but written in a different Kanji 'Jiai', or simply 'Mirai'.

But he could recall several citizens with those names, and it didn't interest him for people confusing his call to them and thus causing a crowd.

No, he wanted something.

Something very unique.

His siblings were named uniquely, and even his name was out from a quote, a saying. Although he wasn't sure how his mother got the name Gaara from that quote.

Nevertheless, he wanted a name that had the words Light in them, all he got was Tomo, Hikari, Akari and so on, so common names of women who had served under him as loyal kunoichis in securities, he knows, he had approved of their graduation at times in the Academy, or even one of his students, before, they ran away from fear, before he became the Kazekage.

"I will."

"?" he instantly turned his head to her voice.

"I will get another book." She began to say while standing up, placing the book down on the table.

Gaara was about to follow her but Sai called out, "Let her look for one…."

The Kazekage turned his head to the midnight black iris, "…"

"You're not a body guard who should follow her even in an enclosed place…" Sai said to him, "There are guards under Tsunade's order to not let the girl, who she had described, out of the building, any building, without any of us by her side….She would be fine…."

"…." Gaara thought about it again.

Sai, seeing that the red headed Kage was skeptic, gave a smile. "…She's stronger than you think…..so don't treat her like he's weak over small matters."

The hand on his chair twitched, gripping slightly harder. Was I, doing something that seemed that way? He asked himself before letting it go, he sighed. "…Hn." He muttered, not bother saying an 'ok' or something as he sat down, despite him being Naruto's friend, he was still wary of this ANBU.

It wasn't long before the Ojou-san came back, but this time, she was holding picture books, Gaara moved his spindrift eyes to the paintings and sketches as she looked at them, a small smile was at the end of her frown, her eyes were softening.

"You seem to like art, Ojou-san." Sai had voiced out his thoughts, the young shinobi smiled. "…I draw as well."

She looked up at him, and saw that he got her interest. He took out something from his small bag, it was a small drawing notebook and hand it over to her, she took it, this time he noticed that she didn't hesitate to take it.

She opened it, and was surprised by the talented drawings her had.

Gaara though, secretly agreed to it but remained quiet and uninterested.

"…Can you teach me?" she began to ask as she showed him his drawing of trees and a stream through the middle of it, similar to where they had a break earlier, but there were no rocks. "Take me here….!"

Sai grinned. "Most certainly."

"…" Gaara said nothing at this, but his mind went blank to the girl's enthusiasm.

+++Woods Nearby the Training Grounds+++

"Here…. Although it may be moving, picture as if time had stopped before you." Sai said, who was crouched beside her, she was sitting on the grass slope, holding the sketch pad, Gaara, had bought for her (before Sai came up to pay for it). And the pencil, which Gaara, (who also paid for it before Sai) bought for her.

She looked at the scenery in soft eyes, the trees and greens were soft on the eyes as the stream seemed calm and flowing, that was making the place bright with variety of monochrome colors of green.

Gaara was leaning on a tree not so far from where they were, keeping distance, his gourd leaning beside the other side of the bark next to him.

He had taken into mind Sai's words, perhaps she was feeling uncomfortable if he was too near, but he can't help himself.

I feel restless. In his mind were the thoughts, he didn't know why exactly was it that way.

Perhaps he wasn't used to socializing around people he has grown, a slight (that being the understatement), acquaintance with.

"See?" Sai smiled at her rookie drawing, he felt happy slightly, for some reason, perhaps it was his first time teaching as the girl smiled gently on her own creation, it wasn't really a cartooned style, it had consisted of strokes, almost nearly a professional sketch. Sai pointed to one part, which had a grid of lines, "Instead of doing this for the lightness…" his thumb began to smudge it, making an effect of smoothness or light hitting it. "…do this instead….it gives a more realistic affect."

"…." She looked at it in amazement, and turned her left eye to him, and smiled angelically.

Making the artist's eyes widened, when he saw those eyes up close, in his mind, he could think of numerous of ways to color them but yet, will not achieve the exact mesmerizing affect of them, it was like an unknown ocean that seems to go deeper with no ending, it was sad yet beautiful, his artistic mind had given him even more words to describe it, he also then took note of her porcelain skin, that was white was pearls, her might night black hair showed it's shine by the sun and contrasts to her skin, the bandaged around her other eye didn't damage it.

Her looks were indeed confusing if she were a male or a female, however in up close, such beauty was the only thing people were sure of.

"D-d.." he stuttered while looking down at her drawing, a red tint plastered on his cheeks. "Please do not look at me like that."

"Hn?" she blinked comically, wondering what was wrong with him this time. Then she looked around at the place, the trees were so tall and higher than the ones she passed, there weren't any people here and it was just so peaceful.

She wondered what it would be like at night.

"Uhh…." He gave a small sound in his uneasiness as he tried to think of ways from his books to avert her questions. The most common questions after work would be… "A—Are you hungry?"

She blinked again, and nodded, "..Yes."

He sighed out of relief when she did. "…What do you feel on having?"

"Feel?" She tilted her head, thinking about it. "…I do not know." She wasn't really a choosy person however, somewhere in her mind, she had pictured some BBQ to her surprise. What was that about? "..U-Um…"

"Hmm?" Sai looked at her, and she blushed from embarrassment.

She doesn't even know why. "P—Perhaps…something with….grilled meat…a-and sauce…or something."

"?" Sai blinked as she saw her slowly shying away.

"B-but….if you had something else in mind…."

"Aah, I see." Sai nodded, something in mind came in after a mili second of searching a photo copy memory of the map around Konohagakure. "Yakiniku Q."

"…Hm?-Yaki?" She tilted her head as Sai sat up.

"You'll see it soon…"

+++Yakiniku Q+++

"Huaa…." Her eyes widened in amazement of the aroma filling her senses, looking at it half surprised in how big it was.

Gaara was already eating his own share of cooked meat stripes with sauce and sesame seeds sprinkled on it, there was egg in the middle along with rice at the bottom, he was new to it, but ate it anyway.

Sai had the samething, although the girl got chunks of grilled beef tepan and a bowl of rise, she was simply staring at it.

And then the chopsticks.

Staring mostly at the two sticks, and looking at her sides, Gaara was at her right, Sai on the left, other people and shinobis occupied the other remaining circle seated seats, and the rests on other tables.

She was staring at it, wondering how to use it as she watched Sai and Gaara using them, she felt her acid inside her stomach bubble and grumble.

Sai noticed this along with Gaara, but he was more vocal than Gaara. "…Here, Ojou-san." He gave that smile again, showing her the proper ways to hold it. "and then you maneuver it in a way to catch the substance/piece of meat…" demonstrating it as he does it. "And then this is how you let go."

"U-Unn.." she nodded, Gaara watching as she tried to focus her fingers at the sticks.

She doesn't even know how to use them. Gaara noted, remembering that she took only some meat buns that Temari heated, he looked at her, clumsily holding them and slowly moving her fingers before her hold got too tight and the sticks fell back to the table. Back then…how did they feed her? He stopped himself there, if he would think more about the depressing subject, he had a feeling that his composure will break, or perhaps the sand at his gourd would have strangled a random person out of his impulse, that's why he had to suppress it somehow. And she wasn't making it any easier.

"Ahaha…it seems you need a lot more practice, Ojou-san…" Sai said with a gentle smile, it somehow made it looked like he was amused at her childish ways. "I shall lend you one of my books on etiquette before we leave…."

Gaara looked at her again, making another (cute) fail effort on holding it, and saw he being disappointed and hungry, she has been trying for the passed 10 minutes now, and Sai seemed to think the same way.

The Kazekage saw Sai's chopstick picked up one of his meat, but he seemed to have paused, not eating it.

Before he himself knew it, his voice called out. "…Girl."

"..Hm?" Ojou-san had turned around, and before she knew it, one hand was on the bottom of her jaw, a thumb and a pointing finger were on the either sides of the jaw bone, making her open her mouth as she felt meat enter her mouth and sensation of something she never tasted made her eye widened.

The taste blinded her at the very actions her guardian did to her.

Gaara had shoved a piece of his meal, which was supposed to come to his mouth seconds before, and shoved it to her mouth, his other hand pressing onto the sides of her jaw for her to open her mouth, he just fed her.

JUST

DID!

Sai's eyes were wide in this, Now that is interesting. He began to think back when Sakura had hand fed Naruto an apple when he was in the hospital (which infact, she slammed the apple to his mouth.)

Gaara had small pink and reddish lines on one side of his face, but he maintained his composure so fast that it was like a blink of an eye, "….She can't learn it in one day…..there's no other option…" he began to say as he saw her looking back at him. He suppressed a smile, but failed, there was a small smirk there, making some of the girls blush around them (actually, some fans were already gathering around Sai and Gaara ever since they came there.). Sighing through his nose, he began to pick up her own meat and began to feed her.

He felt his hand slightly twitching when she felt her bite on it.

It took him time to realize that she liked it, too much that she was tasting the chopsticks for the sauce.

However… Gaara felt like he should stop it, there was heat going inside by the fact that….

She was tasting the chopsticks he used.

I should have used her own… he gave a mental sigh as he fed her the last of her meat and rice.

"…Thank you." She smiled like a child to him, only making the heat worst, he turned away instantly, almost coldly but she didn't notice as he proceed to pick up the remaining meat at his bowl.

He stopped before it entered his mouth, recalling that she used this and perhaps her….

…

….

"Gaara-san…are you alright?" Sai began to ask, looking at him as the girl stared at Gaara.

He didn't answer.

Seconds later, Gaara asked for another pair of chopsticks.

+++Around the Streets, 6:00 p.m.+++

After that weird dinner, the three of them were now walking through the streets, "Where do you want to go next?—Ojou-san?" Sai began to ask.

The girl was smiling this time to him, making Gaara cringe slightly for some apparent reason he could not think of. "…I'm not sure….I want to see where you live, Sai…!"

Such innocent words, are they sure she's only 15?

"Aah…well…I don't really live nearby this street…" he recalled, it wasn't this crowded as he looked around, people seemed to be suddenly rushing at the same direction.

Gaara blinked, wondering too, why was it the case?

Perhaps people were just as busy here than in Sunagakure. "Sai.."

"Hm?" Sai blinked, turning his eyes to her as she looked at him innocently.

"What does 'hentai' mean?—none of the books you gave me told me the meaning."

Sai placed his hand on his chin, as Gaara who he felt his vein throbbing in sudden irritation. "…Hmm…for the looks of it, Naruto had compared Hentai to the equivalent of 'Pervert'…."

Another vein had throbbed in his head, but it didn't show on his expressionless face.

"Pervert'?"

"…" Sai was quiet, then blinked. "Ah… I see….!" He looked up ahead, thinking of the perfect DESCRIPSTION AND EXPLANATION for the TOPIC. "-" he took a breath.

And in an instant Gaara had covered her ears as she stared up at him, casting a genjutsu before he did in such speed that she didn't notice.

As he covered her ears, she was listening to Sai talking about this is a subject for maturity and suggested to ask someone else about it like Tsunade, and not to talk about it with him, Naruto, Kakashi or any guys she may ever meet.

Then the genjutsu wore off once Sai looked back, wondering why was Gaara's hands on her ears, "…Um…May I ask why are you covering her ears?"

Gaara plainly said as the girl blinked. The genjutsu was actually in a slow rate of turning off. "I have suddenly heard something unpleasant that I had to cover her ears in the middle of your conversation and explanation. Excuse me for my rudeness…." He didn't even move a muscle in his face when he talked as he finally removed them before the Genjutsu finally ended.

"I see." She answered while blinking. "Thank you for that then."

Sai smiled back at her, "I should find some books regarding on those topics for a better understanding and lend them to you."

"I rather you not." Gaara told him in a deep voice and Sai just wondered why was he all fumed up about?

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It was getting stronger, "A earthquake!" Sai gasped as it got stronger.

"Ii..ya…(No).." Gaara muttered as he looked back over his shoulder, and saw a huge crowd of people going towards them, they weren't enemies, it was housewives and other civilians with baskets as well.

"Eh?" Ojou muttered, staring at it.

"We s-" before Sai said anything, the noise came from both sides and began to shake.

Gaara's eyes widened in realization. SHIMATTA! (Dammit)

WE'RE IN…! Sai continued as they were soon surrounded by a stampede of citizens, they couldn't even hit them because they were civilians, Gaara tried to stand firm, but people were knocking his gourd, causing him to turn slightly, he resisted the urge to hit them with it.

There was too little space for either of them to jump out.

"Kh…!"

Gaara's eyes widened from the sound of a female voice, he turned his eyes to where she was before, and his eyes widened, she wasn't there anymore, it took him to realize she was being pushed by the passing civilians. "Ojou!" he called out, an eye closed as he tried to go through the crowd.

"Tch!" Sai cursed as he reached out his hand, him being the nearest of the fading image of the girl, he was able to grab a part of her sleeves as she threw them up in an effort to push of them away.

What is this—why are there people like this?—are they attacking! She reasoned in her mind, wondering if she could attack with her wings, however. These people…she looked around her, there were in just normal clothes, some even having no shirt but pants on, they were farmers, family housewives her mind computed. She can't hurt them and being risked called as a murderer or a monster. Kuso she cursed in her mind, it took her time then to notice the more violent grip on her sleeve, she turned, but it was at her right, she can't see who it was. But either one of them were grabbing hold of her. "Gaara…?" she called out but her voice was being covered by the yells of people saying to move out of the way.

Soon, she moved her head and saw it was Sai, "Sai!"

"….Tch…" Sai was already losing his grip, as people began to hit his arm.

Gaara was having an even harder time with his huge Gourd (=_=;; poor Gaara)

*THUD-THUD-THUD!*

Sai's and Ojou's eyes widened when they both turned around to SEE A HUGE LADY COMING THIS WAY INBETWEEN THEM. (Holy shit.)

"Kuso…!" Sai winced, he had to pull her in somehow.

"Tch..!" Gaara was at the point of killing everyone out of frustration, it would be worst if the beast was still within him. He was looking at Sai holding onto her, he was half relieved and grateful, the other was another feeling he did not recognize.

Sai's going to get hit by that oversized woman if I don't move away…and also She was resisting something, suppressing something as her eyes were close into a glow. She smiled at Sai, and his eyes widened, even Gaara noticed as she flicked his hand off, the passing citizens unknowingly helped in flicking his hand away.

"OJOU-SAN!" Sai gasped as they pushed him away.

"!" Gaara's distress was in a sound of him being greatly affected as he pushed people out of his way but they were still so many, the gigantic woman had blocked their view.

It moments, she was completely unseen.

He grit his teeth, not knowing what to do, either to go with the crowd, or fight it, but as the Kazekage, it is against his policies. Sai was there as well, being men with a different built, they could easily withstand it, if he uses the platform now, the sand will only get to the other citizens, not to mention they were in a 4 way intersection.

This is why… he hates being a social person.

"OOOOYYYYY! GUY WITH RED HAIR AND SAI!"

"!" the both of them turned to the sound, and saw a 13 year old kid on a roof, his hair was spiky and standing in the color of brown, he was wearing a long blue scarf, he was waving to them, behind him were his clones, holding an end of a rope.

Sai had recognized him when Naruto passed him by. If memory serves him correct, his name was—"KONOHAMARU?"

He grinned, something Gaara had noticed very similar to Gaara.

"DID YOU FIND THEM KO-CHAN!" another bubbly girly voice was heard, as a female water kunoichi appeared landing beside him with his clones gracefully.

"IT'S NOT KO-CHAN!-AND MIZUUMI HELP ME PULL THEM UP!" he yelled out as he threw the rope to them.

Gaara's instincts were to catch it, and it was the same with said before it got pushed away and stomped on.

"SEEE—NNOOO! (All together now)—PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLL!" both the young shinobi and older kunoichi began to cry out, pulling the two males up.

Gaara and Sai looked at each other while holding onto the ropes and nodded at each other.

In one instant moment, they jumped to whatever little space that had them standing, it was a small jump because of the citzens surrounding them, but they managed to get their feet off the ground for a second, it was a good thing Mizuumi and Konohamaru was very fast in noticing the signal and infused chakra into their hands as they heaved.

"YAAAAAAAAHH!" the two of them yelled out together in unison, even his clones as they pulled them up.

At one full and strong tug, Gaara and Sai were now on the air, his sand poured out to give them a leverage to step on as they landed at the roof beside the sitting shinobis, the shadow clone poofing as the original panted.

"Wow, you guys are he~a~vy~!" Konohamaru complained.

Gaara's sand returned to his gourd as he stood up, "…You are…" noticing the two as Sai stood up after him.

Mizuumi grinned, "Hello Kazekage-sama!—It's a good thing me and Konohamaru went looking for you when I couldn't see Naruto or Blackfeather-san, Tsunade-obaa-sama told me that you would be with her!" then blinked as she looked around. "Areh?—Where's Blackfeather-san?"

"…Well." Sai sweat dropped, Gaara was already scanning the crowd. "…She got swept away in the crowd…we lost sight of her."

"Hee~h, well then you're lucky I, Konohamaru, happens to live nearby the Supermarket, didn't you guys knew it was a Sale day?"

Sai paused.

"Oh yeah…there would be an evening sale starting at 6, be careful alright and not to go nearby any streets leading to the Super Market!"

He sweatdropped, recalling only now, of Sakura's words; however he has no intention on saying his embarrassment, unless she was here. "…No I haven't..." his poker face on.

"Heh~…" Konohamaru's hands behind his head, "Anyhow, isn't that guy?" Mizuumi bent down to him.

"Sou~ yo~! (that's right)—He's the Kazekage now, Gaara-sama!"

"EH! SOMEONE LIKE HIM!—HE'S SO YOUNG!" Konohamaru yelled out in surprise as if he wasn't younger than him.

"About earlier." He muttered, turning around, making the 13 year old shinobi jolt. "…Sorry for causing you trouble…And I am grateful for your help."

"N-No need to thanks us! Ka-Kazekage-sama!" both Mizuumi and Konohamaru had saluted to him like soldiers.

"…I need to be on my way." Gaara said as he turned away, with his sand coming up from his feet, the Desert Suspension activated.

"Me as well…" Sai grinned as his paint brush flickered with some ink staining on the empty space to his blank side. He made a hand signal, "Nippo: Chojuugiga"

In an instant, there was a huge bird coming out from his scroll, Gaara looked at it, it was very similar to that of the blonde Akatsuki he had fought with in Sunagakure.

"Ah—we'll help as well!" both o them said all together.

Gaara bowed his head. "…I appreciate it…." He looked away as he and Sai went off to find her.

"Ok Ko-chan! Let's go!" She grinned, but then she scratched her head before Konohamaru made a comment of not calling him 'Ko-chan'. "…But…why are they both wasting their Chakras?—they can simply jump roof to roof."

"Eh?" Konohamaru had thought of it, and saw her point. "…Who knows?"

+++Meanwhile+++

"Uh." She sighed, so far, she managed to escape it by grabbing one's head and pushing herself up when she lifted her legs to someone's sholders when kicking that person's chest, making him fall, in other words, she had done something painful to them without her knowing, but she made sure she didn't kill anyone in the process.

Well…she hopes so.

She was now sitting on a bench, she found herself back to the place they ate, and planned on sitting there to wait, she didn't really want to fall into the crowd again.

Which was her view, numerous of people running over something she doesn't know the reason why.

She closed her eye, Mysterious wings: Sight. She opened her eye again, it glowed in a bright color, almost scaring the walking passer bys. She was scanning throughout the place, the souls of everyone was very unfamiliar, actually, there were too many that she can't distinguish any of them.

She sighed, recalling what had happened to her, she was carried by the crowd to her, right, or was it left?—she can't remember, but she was carried to either intersection, and she felt another course changing, like she was making a turn before she had recalled the familiar buildings she had walked with Sai and Gaara.

She looked around, feeling uneasy with the unrecognizable people surrounding her.

"I'm alone"

Her eyes widened when she heard a voice in her mind, she felt herself shiver for awhile as she looked around, no one was with her, to top it all, there were so many people around her.

I—I need to go somewhere…somewhere else… she thought to herself, but then she shook her head, gripping onto her long tail coats, "No…." if anyone of them could track her chakra signature or anything leading to her, she would give them more trouble into leaving.

"…" she decided to sit there, sighing as her long messy bangs covered her bandaged fully, letting the people pass by.

+++At the Air+++

Sai sighed, looking below him, "There are too many people….I can't find her anyway…" Sai announced.

Gaara's arms were crossed, he doesn't look like he had found a clue to where she was as well, they had flown away to where they were earlier, the water shinobi and Konohamaru had split up to look into the temporarily vacant streets of the village.

This isn't good—If anyone finds out. Sai thought in his head, sighing mentally then as he swooped down to have a closer look, Gaara wasn't far from him, looking around as well.

Where are you? He thought in his mind, regretting the time then, he should have grabbed her and jumped off instead of staring at the crowd, he did not expect or even notice that they were in the middle of a four was intersection, he secretly gritted his teeth, his grip on his arms tightened as he looked around, making sure not a corner was left unseen.

+++Yakiniku Q+++

She was still waiting there, debating on whether not to go or stay here, it was like having a mental battle with herself, but just being there is making her nervous, people raised their voices here and there making her jump, she could have sworn people were whispering about her.

"Come on…let's go.."

She FROZE. I KNEW IT!

She saw 2 men go infront of her, her face was expressionless, but she was panicking in the inside. "Here gal…what are you doin' here alone?—you've been lonely huh?"

"Hey, want to come with us?—you don't seem like you're from here." The other who was bald grinned at her creepily.

She resisted the urge to stab them, or to hurt them.

Unknown to anyone else, when she starts to hit someone, she has to finish them off, she didn't want to do it, but her body does it anyway, that was something she didn't want to do.

She didn't want to be trouble for Gaara, especially he did so much for her to be accepted in this new village she'd been.

"Hey? What's wrong?" the bald middle aged man placed his hand on her shoulder.

By reflex she had flicked his hand off, almost painfully as the man gasped, the people nearby started to panic and move away from her. "Why you bitch…!" but before the bald man punched her, his partner halted him.

"Well that isn't nice little lady~-that's not how you treat people being friendly to ya~" he said as he walked closer and closer.

"…" she was glaring at them, and they seemed to like her looks, especially when they focused on her torso, the shorts she wore wasn't helping the situation either way.

"Come on~…you must hate crowds huh?" his hand went towards her.

No she told herself, resisting the wings that was trying to come out, why were they doing this?—can't they just leave her alone!

"Soko made…(that's far enough)"

Her eye widened when she saw a hand gripping onto the thug's own hand that was reaching for her, it made a cracking noise, a sign that the grip was breaking his bones as the thug cried out.

She looked to see who it was, it was a tall young man wearing white garments and a string bag over his shoulder, he had long brown hair with a hair tie down half way on his hair from behind, a metal head protector on his forehead, his eyes were lavender pale.

Who is he?

"WHY YOU!"

The young shinobi glared at the other up coming thug, and in a fast movement, he hand sent his finger darting across the arms of the two.

"W-WHA—THE! I—I CAN'T MOVE!" the both said in sync.

"Of course…" he said, his voice lower than Gaara's as he did a swift turn, "Hmph!"

*BAM!*

He had hit their stomachs, sending them to the crowd which had swept them away, their cries were being swallowed by the citizens' excited yells.

He gave a sigh as he turned back to her, "…You're a shinobi aren't you?—shouldn't y-" he paused before he gave a scold to the person he saved, he noticed no head protector anywhere on her body, but she wasn't dressed normally. …Ah he noticed the raven black hair, porcelain skin, the bandages around her right eye, and her unusual beautiful left eye. He blinked, thinking back. I see, I had over heard Hatake and Tsunade talked about it.

+++Flashback+++

Neji had just returned from his Solo mission, and headed to report to Tsunade's office, before he had noticed some voices in her room. He knew it was rude, but he can't help but to listen.

"Hm. I see your point….well then, we'll have them stay here, there are extra rooms in this Residence…" Tsunade said, Neji was wondering if they had some guests.

"Thanks." Kakashi's voice was heard, "I think this might work good for the Ojou-san."

Ojou-san?—a princess here? Neji wondered, continuing to listen.

"However, it is Market Day….I hope they don't run into trouble…"

"?—Well, are they going all at once?"

"Last time I checked, they were doing a draw, one person for each day."

A sigh was heard, and Neji had to move away because some officers passed by chatting away with paper work at their arms.

"Did you see him?—Kyaa~ ain't he gorgerous?" the short haired kunoichi muttered to her gossiping friend, not minding the papers that fell from her when she turned to her.

The paper had landed to his feet, when he used an Genjutsu to make an illusion that he apart of the wall, when they two gossiping kunoichis were gone, he picked up the paper, which was stamped and signed by the Hokage.

His eyes widened, These are.. he thought, it had continued the permission for an experiment to enter this village, together with the Kazekage and his siblings to come alone. Kazekage?—Anyhow…what is this? He just left for a week and now these things happen.

The door opened behind him, unaware that Kakashi had noticed him and almost jumped if it weren't for his composure coming back automatically.

Kakashi smiled behind his mask as Tsunade crossed her arms.

He sighed, sweatdropping. "….Forgive my rudeness…"

+++End of Flashback+++

After their explanation…everything seemed clear to me now—So this is the girl. Neji looked back at her again, "Why aren't you with Naruto and the rest?"

She stared up at him, "…I got lost because of the wave of citizens…"

Neji turned when she pointed to the stampede, and sighed, "…Aah, I see…"

"About earlier….thank you…." She said moving her eye back to him, as he turned back his head to look at her as well.

He nodded his head as an acceptance of her gratitude, "…Um…you are…"

"…" she looked at him, until she realizes what he was trying to say. "Ah, I don't have a name yet." She said to him. "But Gaara, Nee-sama and Kankuro both call me Ojou-san, even Sai….so.."

"Ojou?" Neji muttered, I knew it was her. He confirmed in his mind. "…I'm Hyuuga Neji….Neji is fine."

She looked at him and nodded, "…Thank you…Neji…-san." She almost forgot to add the suffix, although Neji didn't really seem to notice, he was used to his non-suffix-and -who-calls-everyone-by-their-first-names-using-friends.

Maybe…he knows Gaara…if so, then could he be a good guy too? She wondered in her head, "…Excuse me."

"?" he blinked, diverting his attention back at her as the noise became louder.

"Do you kn-"

"UAAAHHH! OUT OF THE WAY!" there was a scream of a girl from their side, both of them turned, for Neji he had recognized it instantly.

"TENTEN!" he gasped, seeing the girl with two brown hair buns up, behind her was the drunk Lee and Guy who was trying to catch him.

"NEJI RUN!!" she cried out.

"HELLO MY HANDSOME YOUTHFUL HAWK OF YOUTH!—I SEE YOU ARE HAVING A YOUTHFUL CONVERSATION! GOOD FOR YOUR SOUL!" there was a signature grin with his pearly white teeth and a star with his wink as he seemed, to be the only one having fun there.

"Gai-sensei too?" he sweatdropped, "WAIT—WAIT BOTH OF YOU STOP RUNNING TOWARDS US!"

"HEEEEEELLLLOOOO NEEEEEJJJIIII!" Lee cried out as he ran faster, forcing Tenten to scream and run even faster towards.

Neji's vein popped, and at the split moment before he and his team had clashed, he bent down and twirled. "KAI—TEN!" he yelled, making them fly away and screaming their lungs out, and some people panicking, the shop owner telling him to stop that before he threw a knife to him.

"Ah." He stared at the 3 twinkling stars at the sky, an arrow pointing at each star with the names, Tenten, Lee and Gai-sensei. "….." he sighed, a hand on his hip as he turned to see the girl was one. "…!" and black feathers were only left there.

He took one and sighed, "….Now what…?—I felt like I scared her off…."

"Neji!"

His head perked up from another voice, and turned around to see Mizuumi there, panting after landing off the roof. "Mizuumi?—I thought y-"

"Have you seen this girl!" she has began to do some weird gestures, "Who's about this height (forming the level of her hand) with this body (doing the curves with her hands) and this face? (doing an out of character serious poker face with her hair covering her right eye) and suddenly smiles (smiling) then frowns (frowning) and this! (expressionless face)!"

Neji was just staring at one of his childhood friend doing an incredibly unnecessary gesture of description, a sweat dropped as on his head as he looked at her with a face saying you-never-changed, his earlier question was ignored. "A—aah…" he nodded anyway. "I was with her earlier…but she had disappeared…" he showed a feather, "All what's left on her seat was this black fea-"

"THANK YOU NEJI!" Mizuumi cried out with flowers appearing ever in a blink as she hugged him close to her and just as fast and began to jump off.

"O-oy…!" Neji blushed from that rude and awkward greeting he just received.

+++The in Air+++

"…" Gaara blinked, he just felt something had changed in the air.

Sai flew to his side, "Did you feel something?"

"…" Gaara wasn't sure about it, but he nodded nonetheless, "However….I am not so sure about it…"

Sai looked at him, then looked up as the clouds, "We need to land…" he looked back at the shinobi riding the cartoon bird, and at first wondered why, that was when he felt the wind blow colder was when he had agreed.

They landed down to a roof top, the bird disappearing as Sai made another realistic drawing of bat, it's wings had formed into an umbrella as it's long legs hold as a handle, he knew Gaara won't be going closer and the bat had extended as if it had read its master's thoughts.

That was when rain began to pour, Gaara tried not to mind that fact that Sai had saved him there, he was completely defenseless against the pouring rain in his sand, however over the years, he did develop a certain taijutsu. But that wasn't important now.

He tried to focus in the weird shift of feeling in the air.

It had already been hours in the search, it seems like she was moving place to place, and they kept missing her, Konohamaru had come by saying he haven't found her anywhere and said he needed to come back home. Gaara thanked him and Sai, and with that the young Naruto like boy had disappeared in smoke.

He wasn't sure, but he thinks about 10:00 in the evening now. It had been 3 hours and 30 minutes, and there was still a flow of people coming in and out and in and out from the super market, he was glad there wasn't one in Sunagakure, otherwise he will never bother coming out. EVER.

Sai suddenly let the bat umbrella's foot grabbed his arm, giving him the umbrella as he made another one, Gaara looked at it, and then away from it. Only Kami-sama knows what these two were thinking for that moment.

"Let us continue." Gaara said to Sai.

He nodded, having one in the same design but it was on his shoulders and had two legs to perch above his head, the two legs gripping on either of his shoulders. And off they went skipping , scanning areas the had done numerous of times, they even checked the borders, and the gates, all they found was Naruto and Sakura, but agreed not to jump down and talk to them, they seemed busy with the other people who were talking to them.

Lately, he haven't seen Temari and Kankuro, he wondered if they too got caught, but that wasn't the case now, it was raining, and he started to worry more if she got wet, if it weren't for the memory of seeing her clothes with a hood on.

But it was slowly getting heavier.

Wait…

He found himself blink at his own thoughts, Why am I? he started to ask himself. …It's just rain…it's not an enemy… he told himself again, he was being over worried about things again. He closed his eyes and sighed as he skipped off to another roof, Sai about 3 houses away from his left. What is wrong with me?

"AH! KAZEKAGE-SAMA! SAI-KUN!"

They both stopped before they took another step, turning around as the rain avoided the water controlling shinobi, who made it look like there was an invisible barrier, the rain not touching her automatically.

Gaara was impressed by it, but there was no emotion on his face. "…You're…" he had recognized her again.

Sai landing beside him as he stood up straight. "Mizuumi-san?"

She landed infront of them, panting, they both tried not to mind her bust line being…well.

At any rate they just avoided the sight of it and killed their thoughts invading their minds. "I finally found you!" she panted as she stood up straight, Gaara had noticed the thing in her hand that was clasped in tightly.

"That is…"

"Blackfeather-san's feather!" She continued with a nod, Sai stepped forward slightly.

"How did you get it?" he asked her as her aquamarine eyes turned to him, it seems to be brighter and lighter when any form of water is near her.

"I saw Neji-kun by the front of Yakiniku Q—He said he was talking to her a moment ago till she disappeared, what's left of her was this!" she showed it, mostly giving it to Sai but Gaara had taken it first. "She must have got scared or surprised…"

His grip tightened by the thought of something happened to her, but he tried not to show it. He didn't hear the two of them talk as he got absorbed in this thoughts, …If what Hino Mizuumi said was true…then she would have retreated to a place with no one present…a vacant place… he looked up at the sky. …But where…? He began to look around, not minding Mizuumi's worry call on his title.

Somewhere where there aren't anyone around…

Somewhere where she might feel safe….

Somewhere….

….Somewhere which is high…

Very high…

Like…

His eyes widened at his realization, and began to dart off, all they saw after his intense speed was his tail coats passing their eyes, and now watching his shadow skipping miles away from where he was. "AH! KAZEKAGE-SAMA!"

He didn't mind their call, actually, he didn't hear or even notice the bat letting because of the speed, as he infused his feet with chakra, making his speed increase, the bad flying back to its creator and landing on Mizuumi who nearly screamed her heart out.

"…" his eyes softened slightly, "Mizuumi-san….let us go back to Tsunade-sama."

"Eh?BUT-BUT-BUT!"

He gave her a smile.

"…ECK." She froze at the creepy smile as she nodded her head. "H-Hai…! (yes.)"

+++Woods+++

Far off the in the woods, not so far from the stream, and high in the branches, could be seen a figure sitting, her back on the wood bark, a hood on her head, and her knees close to her chest as the rain poured on her, it was dark there, the rain was getting heavier by the minute.

She had fallen asleep on the spot, she had came here because she couldn't take the sudden number of people, and without her even knowing, she had teleported here to this spot.

+++Dream+++

Screams could be heard as she heard the sudden thunder, the lighting striking above, what was happening?

"I need to…" her child voice shivered as she looked around in her dark dungeon, she looked up to see a vent on the ceiling, water pouring down from it, and suddenly it got stronger.

She screamed at it again, as the water poured into her cell, she was enclosed in a room, the room was grey and dark, the door was a sealed shut metallic door.

And the water was filling the room, like a flood rushing it, her eye widened, her right eye being covered by her long midnight hair bangs, her hair was so long it had reached her ankles, the clothes she wore was a gray dress, now the hem was soaked with water, she leaned on the wall, frightened as the water, by minutes grew, and from her height, it was on her waist.

"No…noo!" she cried out, "I-I don't….I don't want it in here!" she cried out panicking as she struggled to run towards the door. And started to pound on it. "SOMEONE! SOMEONE HELP!" her fists, her small fists bled from the friction, the water now at her chest level as more thunderstorms was heared.

"ANYONE!-SOMEONE!-SOMEBODY HELP ME!"

+++Real Life+++

She felt a sudden touch on her wet sleeved arm, her left eye widened in fear as her wings came out like spikes and feather surrounding whoever was infront of her, she had grabbed a kunai hidden at her sleeve as she looked who it was.

Her arm was almost covering her face, a common stance in using a kunai, her pupil was like a dot, her eye glowing and wide, from intense fear from the dream.

She did not recognize who was infront of her.

His wet red hair was plastered closely to his face, his bangs almost covering his scar on his forehead, he was panting, as chakra still glowed from beneath his feet, he was kneeling down infront of her, one knee up in his position, he seemed to have calmed down when he found her. "…Ojou…" he called out as he reached for her.

"!" she threw the kunai before him, making him retract his hand instantly before it went throw it.

She's in a state of shock. He thought.

+++IN her mind+++

Something was infront of her as she was being held down on the wall like a crucifixion.

"NOOO!" she screamed but a hand covered her mouth, the monster, or person, whoever it was, was a deformed being with an injection and weapons all around going towards her like she was a frog going to be dissected.

She was screaming, yet no one heard her.

+++Reality+++

She grabbed her hand, clutching to it as she continued to scream.

Gaara's eyes remained in a moment of shock, what was going on?

Her wings were twitching, as if it didn't know what was it going to do, the feathers were turning into spikes, stakes, and back again to feather on and off, his mind remembered the word unstable from the pages.

Her memories. He wondered, as he heard her scream, clutching hard to her head, almost tearing her bandage and pulling some strands out, the hood had fell back into place when she did.

"NO…NO!-SOMEONE—SOMEONE SAVE ME!" she cried out.

"Ojou!" he called out, his hand going towards her, but he had to jump back before the black stakes had pinned on where he knelt, she was glaring at him.

His face had calmed down, "It's alright…" he called out to her as she grit her teeth. "It's me…Gaara…!"

She was confused, her mind was killing her like a sword was slowly and painfully slicing it in half, she could barely hear his words. The rain was getting in the way as well.

The images from her mind were flashing, replacing Gaara's image to the deformed figure, "STAY BACK!" she cried out, in his every movement, was the same was the monster going closer and closer to her.

"Don't let me sleep alone…"

So this is what she meant.He remembered her words, he knew they were warnings. Back then, she seemed scared.

He looked at her eyes, who was wide in fear like he had saw death before her, she had the same color of eyes, a single color like his own, small dot pupils, a gray hue around the ends of her iris, staining the pale blue of it.

"….It's so cold when…"

Cold? He thought to himself, not knowing what she meant, he looked around, indeed the rain was beginning to cool the surroundings, making his sand armor on his skin, feel very uncomfortable that he wants to get out, but without her.

"GO AWAY—DON'T GO NEAR ME!" she cried.

She's in an illusion of her thoughts. He told himself that, observing her weird behavior, her wings were getting bigger and more spiky than before that it looked like black crystals. She must have fallen asleep when she had came here…

Gaara took a step forward, and in an instant, there was a kunai centimeters away from it.

"DON'T COME CLOSER!" She cried out in almost a scream in a high pitch voice.

She reacts to every moment I make, but won't attack…he noted in his mind, he began to move his hand slowly to his belt, and she flinched but didn't fling anything. When I move forward, is when she reacts in a defensive way. He looked up to her swings almost looking like a spiky shadow from behind her back. Noticed that the feathers aren't surrounding her anymore.

Then something flashed in him, this morning, something similar had happened. She was able to regain control when Temari had confirmed her identity… he looked at her intensely. However, when I stated my name, she didn't react…the rains sound got louder as he thought, standing there, his caution up just in case she might snap any moment, which he doubts, she was crying in pain now as she held her head. But yet she was still seated there. She would normally stand any time. His eyes widened slightly, Could it be that she's half awake?

He looked back at his wings, comparing it to the times she had put up her defense after battle, the wings now seemed to be frozen. She's controlling it out from her consciousness, she's still half awake…the dream she might be having might be over, but her mind had a shock when I touched her arm, not being able to retract the image in time for her to fully wake up from it…causing her to go in the state of panic. He analyzed, understanding the situation quickly from his memory and observation.

He bent down, and idea coming in his mind. …I can do this. He was determined.

In a swift movement he suddenly lunge towards her, he ignored her screams as her feathers and kunais darted towards him, he instantly jumped up and landed on the bark vertically, but his eyes widened.

The feathers suddenly surrounded him, everywhere into a freeze

It turned into swords.

SHIMATTA! And stabbed straight through him.

But then a huge poof of smoke was seen, surprising the girl who was watching from below.

"Kochi da." (Over here.)

"!" She gasped as she saw him right infront of her, she stood up-before she ran off, the chain that was now beginning to bind her to the tree was preventing that. SINCE WHEN? Was in her comment as she struggled to break free, panicking as she grabbed kunais, gripping it at her hands but Gaara had grabbed her wrists, slamming them and pinning them over her head, gripping hard to her wrist to force her to let it go, and she did.

*BAM!*

She was struggling so hard as she cried out.

Gaara remained that way, still pinning her as he looked at her. His face going nearer and nearer, tilting to whisper in her ear. "I won't hurt you." His voice was deep and caring, a tone no one had heard, he looked down to her shoulder.

He knew the feeling so well.

Everything, the pain…

She was just like him, scared to sleep.

Scared of everything, yet she does not admit it.

She… was just like him.

"…It's alright." He said softly, gripping harder to her wrist as he felt her slowly calming down. "Wake up….."

The wings behind her had dispersed, disappearing as her eyes slowly came back to normal, but despite this Gaara didn't notice, he had felt his body against her at the rain, she felt his body heat.

It's not cold. She thought, as her eyes tried to focus. It's warm…? She thought again, wondering what was happening. Until she saw red before her, and the memories finally flooding in as her eye widened in surprise.

A small light began to shine through her, a sign that she had calmed down.

But Gaara didn't notice, or perhaps didn't mind it, he was still in the same position, and she was too shocked to move as the rain slowly subsided till it had disappeared, a drop of water pouring on them a bit.

He didn't know why, he had calmed her down, he had stopped her from going berserk, the shadow clone Naruto had taught him had finally paid off however.

He felt his body to close to her, his head was beside hers, he felt his cheek on her ear, he was looking down at her shoulder, his grip remained there on her wrists, and he didn't know why.

He can't just let go of her.

"..Gaa…ra…?" she muttered, obviously scared, not of him, or what was happening if he was attacking her, but.

The fact that she had attacked him, after such a cheerful day.

Why does it always happen like this? She asked herself. Why does it have to be him as we—

"Mi…eihi."

"?" her eye widened again as he slowly, and finally, let go of her, looking at her directly in the eye as she looked back in confusion. "Mi…eihi?" she repeated.

He looked down, then away. "…It's…..your name…"

Her eyes widened as he looked back at her. "…I've decided….." as he placed a hand on his face, wiping the rain water that was dripping from his chin, and then wiping his left cheek, which where his cheek had made contact with her ear. It felt awkward as heat suddenly came up to him.

Then he looked back at her.

"To name you….Mieihi…"

And here it ends :D :D :D this chapter I mean! :D :D :D :D

And at last! Gaara had given her a name! :D

When you spell her name in Kanji, the character of Mi means "Beautiful, and Eihi means "Eternal Light", pronounced together as. MEE, ei-hee. The "Mi" is pronounced like the word
"Me" or from the word. Ei came from the Japanese word, Eien which means eternal or forever, Hi came from the word Hikari, which means light.

In other words, it means "Beautiful Eternal Light" awwwww! XD XD XD XD

Yes, it looks like she has, uuh, was it like, war shock or something?—So if she ever goes to sleep, alone, just like the memory of staying in her cell, she would have her nightmares, and if she doesn't wake up on her own, or if you forcely woke her up, even though poor Gaara had just placed his hand on her. She goes into the 'State of Panic', it's like her defense, but in her mind she thinks she's still in her dream, and with the reality images before her, it makes her even more confused to what was going on.

In order for her to snap out of it, yes, Gaara had discovered it. It was to bind her down, initially, you have to wake her up, or tell her to wake up. This relates to the time she was in the capsule, since she was in there so much, the words "Wake up" was always used in her childhood for her to, well, wake up by force. So she was so used to the command.

SO her sudden defense, which I think of naming it Shock Defense, is when she's conscious but in the moment in battle, when her enemies are all dead, she was pause for a moment to scan if there are anymore, so do not go near her or touch her for a minute without telling who you are. Unless, she already knows you, she still has time to control herself, but if she ever goes to Shock Defense, then that's the time to identify yourself to her again if you wanna live! :OO

Her other one, "State of Panic" is when you need to wake her up by force. If not, she would go deeper and deeper into her sleep to the point of her going berserk as she relives the living nightmare, literally.

I feel sorry for Sai :D I guess your not meant to be a tour guide.

Sai: *sighs* At least I taught her things.

NARUTO: WHAT KIND OF THINGS!

Gaara:….I'm soaking wet. *sighs*

Mieihi: Me too…*sighs*

Mizuumi: YAY! WE FINALLY HAVE YOUR NAME! :D-BUT CAN I STILL CALL Y—

Mieihi: NO. *glaring*

:D Review please!

OR ELSE MIEIHI WILL HAUNT UR DREAMS :DDD