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Full Summary: In our modern day society, the abnormal and the unatural tend to be shunned and locked away from mortal eyes and used instead as bedtime stories that mothers tell to their children to frighten them. But, what if one of those whispered secrets were to emerge from the dark shadow of mystery, to hide in the perfect spot. Plain site.
Warnings: Suspense. Teenage drama.
Tear My Stiches.
Gaara began to shiver as Shukaku raked his nails down his exposed back, causing the older to smirk.
Still in hid embrace, Gaara attempted to wrap his arms around himself, but it was in vain as his captor slapped them away.
"Come now, Gaara. I won't hurt you. Are you cold? I could always warm you up." with this last sentance Shukaku licked his lips.
"No, I'm fine." Gaara responded, curling and uncurling his toes. He's be damned if he caused this monster any pleasure willingly.
"Are you sure? Because you seem to shiver when I do this." Shukaku said as he lightly rubbed the teens sides.
Gaara did indeed shiver when Shukaku touched him, but it wasn't out of pleasure, it was of fear and pure hatred.
"Stop." He said, prying Shukaku's arms off of him, which only caused them to grip tighter.
"Silly, silly, Gaara. You know you have no power against me. I get what I want. Always." Shukaku drawled out rather calmly, running his fingers downwards along the younger's back.
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"Naruto!" Sakura shouted as she and Hinata raced towards where he sat under the oak tree outside the school.
"W-we found out s-some more th-things a-about Gaara from h-his siblings!" Hinata said, as they reached their destination.
"Really?" Naruto asked, eagerly awaiting the news.
"Yeah. We asked his siblings more about him and at first they couldn't think of anything but then," Sakura paused for breath, "They said that he sometimes uses symbols to communicate with people, like his own special code."
"A-and they said th-that if he kn-knew that w-we were looking f-for h-him, he'd somehow f-find a w-way to leave us a-a clue." Hinata finished, excitement clear on her face.
"How will he know you're looking for him?" Naruto questioned.
"Temari and Kankurou, those are his siblings, said that he phoned again yesturday, and when he phoned again, they'd tell him about us." Sakura explained.
"Do you know any of the symbols he uses?" Naruto asked, this was really interesting.
"W-wel, Kankurou said h-he remembered th-that a bl-black star meant n-night a-and a white sun meant d-day." Hinata replied.
"Yeah, and that Gaara had a trademark symbol, that he'd most likely leave for us to find." Sakura said, pulling out a notebook, one Naruto had never seen her in possesion of before, but it couldn't be new since the corners were frayed.
"See, here it is!" Sakura said eagerly, opening up the notebook to the first page. There, on the middle of the page, was a patchwork heart. All the different patches were different shades of red, all different shapes and sizes. But they all had stiches around the sides and the heart itself was stuck with a black safety pin.
"T-there are other symbols t-to. B-but those a-are the only ones w-we remember. We wrote th-the rest down." Hinata stuttered, taking the notbook from Sakura and putting it into her bag.
"You guys really are super sleuths," Naruto said, standing up. The girls both grinned, "But we better get going, the bell's going to ring any minute."
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"Don't worry, Temari. He'll come home soon." Kankurou reassured his older sister.
"How the hell can you be so sure!" she sobbed, clenching her fists.
"Temari, this is Gaara we're talking about. He's strong willed, heck, he's probably devising an escape plan right now!" Kankurou said, bringing his sister into an embrace.
"...What do you think he's doing to him?" Temari's voice suddenly became quiet.
"I don't know Temari. I honestly don't know."
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Naruto, Sakura and Hinata entered their homeroom. The teacher, Kakashi, was nowhere in sight. Big surprise. Their teacher was always late.
"Hey, forehead girl! Sit your fat ass down! Your blocking my view of Sasuke!" Ino shouted across the room.
Sakura simply ignored her and instead walked over to Tenten's desk, and began chatting with her.
Suddenly, Ino jumped form her desk and marched over to the pink haired girl.
"Didn't you hear me?! I thought I told you to sit your fat ass down!" Ino bellowed, getting up in Sakura's face.
Naruto pushed his way inbetween the two girls. "Shut her mouth, you filthy prostitute!"
The whole class went silent.
Ino's eyes narrowed. But before she could take out her furry on Naruto, someone else started talking.
"What's this Naruto? Standing up for your girlfriend? Opps, I forgot. She couldn't be your girlfriend because your a faggot. A disgrace to human kind." Sasuke stated in his stuck up, unemotional voice.
Naruto ignored the comment and instead walked towards his usual seat in the back of the class, closely tailed by his two best friends, who shot dirty glares at any who dared look.
Because, in truth, he couldn't deny that last comment. Naruto was gay. But he didn't care, neither did Sakura or Hinata, because they were bi. The three of them believed more strongly in the fact that love was love, and it shouldn't matter who your parter is than anything else.
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Temari glared at the phone, willing it to ring.
Temari and Kankurou had stayed home from school because of the call they had recieved the night before. Neither felt up to facing hundreds of snobby kids in an all to crowded building.
Anyways, so back to Temari.
Who continued to glare mercilessly at the inanimate object.
"Temari?" Kankurou questioned, walking into the living room.
"He'll call. I know he will." Temari replied, already knowing that her brother was going to ask her what she was doing.
Kankurou sighed. "Temari, c'mon. Let's go out for lunch."
"How can you be so damn calm!?" she screamed, wirling around to face him, "our youger brother has been missing for six months and the only way we can rest assured that he's still alive is by phone calls and you sit around like he's simply staying at a friend's house!"
"Temari, listen to me. I love Gaara dearly, and I'd do whatever it takes to get him back. But moping around and waiting for him to call won't help him in anyway." Kankurou responded, striding over to where she sat in front of the phone.
Temari's shoulders went limp.
"I know," she whispered, "But part of me wants to believe it will, because there's nothing else we can do."
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Shukaku was out.
Which meant that Gaara could sneak onto his computer.
Walking carefully down the hall, he snuck into a small room at the end of the hall.
Without hesitation, Gaara hopped onto the computer chair and signed onto his msn.
Opening up a new e-mail, he began to type.
Dear Temari and Kankurou,
I am fine. Stop worrying.
I miss you both dearly, and I know that it may seem horrible, what I am doing.
The fact that I refuse to tell you where I am.
But I would like, oh yes. Then you could come and get me, and we'd be a family again.
But if I did that, he would be very angry. Very very angry.
I apologize for your heartache, just remember that I love you both dearly.
Don't try sending me an e-mail back. Because this is the frist time in six months that I've gotten onto his computer, so don't think I'll be on again any time soon.
-Gaara.
Gaara finished the e-mail and clicked the send button before he logged off and closed all his programs.
Shukaku would be home soon. Gaara shivered.
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"Those bastards!" Sakura shouted. Anger showing clearly on her face.
Hinata sat cross-legged in between Sakura's legs, who was carefully bandaging up her head.
Sasuke and his gang had forcefully pushed Hinata down the stairs after their little word squirmish in homeroom.
"Naruto, we should have told the principle!" Sakura continued to rant, taking care not to further harm her best friend.
"N-no Sakura, that w-would have j-just pr-provoked them to do something worse." Hinata reasoned, gently grabbing one of Sakura's hands.
In all truth, Hinata was jsut glad it didn't happen to Sakura or Naruto. They were her lifeline, her clutch on life. Without them, she'd be nothing.
"Hinata's completely right, Sakura." Naruto said, observing the two of them.
Sakura huffed, "They'll pay. I promise."
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Kankurou sighed as he sat down at his computer. Temari had needed some more reassuring. He prayed Gaara was alright, and that he'd come home soon and that whoever had taken him would burn in the seven layers of hell.
Kankurou chuckled to himself, that was foolish. Praying didn't get you anything. Hard work and sweat payed off. Praying did not.
Sighing again, he signed onto his msn.
One new message, eh?
Opening his inbox, Kankurou nearly choked on his own spit whe he saw it.
From: TheInsomniacPanda
To: KankURou.S
Subject: Tell Temari To Stop Worrying
Dear Temari and Kankurou,
I am fine. Stop worrying.
I miss you both dearly, and I know that it may seem horrible, what I am doing.
The fact that I refuse to tell you where I am.
But I would like, oh yes. Then you could come and get me, and we'd be a family again.
But if I did that, he would be very angry. Very very angry.
I apologize for your heartache, just remember that I love you both dearly.
Don't try sending me an e-mail back. Because this is the frist time in six months that I've gotten onto his computer, so don't think I'll be on again any time soon.
-Gaara.
As soon as Kankurou had finished reading the e-mail, he called Temari, who ran up the stairs promptly.
"What? What is it?!" she asked, slightly worried.
Kankurou said nothing and instead, pointed to the screen.
Temari's eyes moved back and forth, indicating she was reading it. When she had finished, her eyes were wide.
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"Gaara?" Shukaku's smooth and dangerous voice echoed throught the house.
Shukaku searched the house until he finally found the young teen in the living room, sitting on the couch.
"It's time."
Gaara frowned. He didn't want to! But he had no choice.
Shukaku stalked forward slowly, before finally sitting down beside the red head and pulling him into a tight embrace once again. Raising one hand to the boys forehead and the other to close his eyelids, Shukaku began to speak.
"And when the deed is good and done,
The golden face of the glimering sun,"
The small amulet around the brown haired man's neck began to glow a faint red.
"Shall rise once more above the earth,
And coat us with our glory's worth."
The red grew to an intense blood colour.
"It will wash away the evidence,
And leave us with our innocence."
The amulet began to shake slightly.
"Blindness shall turn to sight,
And wrong shall change to right."
The vibrating turned violent.
"Thou shall not fear redemption,
With every worthy intention."
When the chant was finished, Gaara began to shrink. Until he was about the size of a cat. His skin turned to cloth material. And then it was over.
Gaara was a doll again.
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Authoress's Note!
Yay! Longer chapter than before. Anyways, sorry 'bout the e-mails, it wouldn't let me add a .com without making it a link. Oh well.
Also, yay for twisted endings!
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