Detective Kankuro
Gaara Investigation: Day 3
The silence was overwhelming. He was just sitting there, arms folded, staring blankly into space. His coffee, half gone already, was now left untouched for some time. Time was ticking by ever so slowly. One would go crazy, but Kankuro carefully studied Gaara from the other end of the tiny kitchen table. Whenever he thought Gaara might have noticed him staring with such intensity, Kankuro just fixed his gaze on the window slightly to the left. For some time the previous night, Kankuro considered opening a new investigation to avoid Gaara's suspicion. However, last night, he had an odd feeling like someone was in the presence of his room. Around midnight, Kankuro awoke to faint footsteps in the hallway. At first he thought Temari might have just went downstairs to grab something, but then there was also Gaara's midnight snack. Kankuro slightly peered over his shoulder, and caught a glimpse of a shadow standing static in the darkness of the hallway. However, soon the sun chased away the darkness and the shadow had left just as quietly as it had come. And now, left with more questions, Kankuro sat in the kitchen eating his Sasuke O's. Supposedly they had a mission today. It was S ranked. Somehow an insane arsonist named Jeff was abducting small children from the Moon Village.
Gaara seemed to obtain some amusement out of the situation when Baki was explaining it. He silently laughed to himself, but Kankuro immediately became interested. He wanted to find out as much information as possible as soon as possible. Kankuro's thoughts were suddenly interrupted. "Cat man." He heard a deep voice mutter. Kankuro almost dropped his spoon, avoiding the urge to flinch. He looked up into the cold sea foam green eyes of his younger brother. For once Kankuro smirked instead of giving Gaara a scornful look. He was annoyed by that nick name, but Kankuro's mind was set on the mission. He couldn't wait to jump into action. "What are you smirking about? Why aren't you coming back with a defensive comment like 'Raccoon' or 'Shut up you ginger.'?" Gaara asked.
Kankuro was about to reply when an enormous crash sounded from the hallway just outside. For once, he had actually seen Gaara flinch out the corner of his eye, while looking in alarm the other way. They jumped up from the kitchen table and fled the kitchen. Soon after, Temari came stumbling down the stairs so fast that she almost fell. To their surprise, it was Baki sensei who took one kick to the door, which sent it crashing to the tile floor. Their faces were torn between anger and astonishment. "W-What the hell man?!" Temari managed to say. They stood frozen for a brief moment before Baki began to speak.
"We're heading out now. Get your shit together and let's go. I didn't realize that it took some time to get to the moon village. We have a serious matter in our hands and can not wait any longer. The sooner we get there the greater that man will be locked up." Baki explained. And so they all departed from Sunagakure and began to head north to the Moon Village. A look of confusion seemed to linger on Gaara's face. He couldn't seem to understand why Kankuro was suddenly…happy. It was twilight, nearly dark outside by the time they had arrived at the village. Its gates stood open with a single person standing at one side. She looked tiny from the distance that Kankuro was at.
The girl greeted them with a friendly smile. Kankuro was surprised by the high tone in her voice. She almost sounded like Hinata. "Oh, are you the ones sent from the village hidden in the sand?" She asked in a shy voice. Kankuro began to wonder why no one else was around besides the five of them. The guy abducts small children, yet there is no other person around but a small child. Temari nodded to the girl.
"We are. What are you doing out here all alone if there is a lunatic on the loose?" She asked. Kankuro saw Gaara's eyes frantically scanning the village behind her.
"Oh, well my name is Koroumi. Come with me so I can show you where you will be staying." Koroumi replied. Gaara immediately moved in front of Temari, nearly pushing her out of the way.
"Staying? We aren't staying here. I'm gonna cream that guy and then we're getting out of here. It shouldn't take me long." He said. Temari dragged him along however, and they were led to an averaged sized green house right inside of the gates. While walking up the steps onto the verandah, Kankuro noticed a bright light faintly shining through Gaara's pocket. If you are like me, sometimes bright lights can be tempting O.O Kankuro wondered if maybe Gaara had some secret weapon or something that he was preparing to use, but that was just a pie in the sky. Gaara had his sand and that was all that he ever used.
"The rooms are not that big, but I think you all will be fine." Koroumi said while briskly walking up the stairs. After another flight of stairs, they reached a hallway. To the left was a room straight back to the end, Kankuro's room. To the right adjacent to his was Temari's room. And to the right were Gaara's room, the laundry room, and the bathroom. Kankuro made note of this in the back of his mind. He walked behind Temari, a bit slower than usual trying to see if maybe there were creaks in the floor. Fortunately there were none. After shutting the door behind him, Kankuro began immediately investigating the room. A twin bed up against the wall in the far right corner, a tiny closet in the wall from which he came in, a small desk to his right, and two tall windows in the back. Why am I telling you these extraneous details? Kankuro wondered if maybe the other rooms were laid out the same way. He pulled out his pink composition book and a pencil and began writing his first entry in the Moon Village.
Day Three, 9:52 P.M.
We just arrived in the Moon Village about five minutes ago. Earlier I spotted a bright light emitting from Gaara's pocket. I don't know what it is, but I am eager to investigate the contents of his room later if he isn't there, which is unlikely. However, Gaara seems to be eager to get out of here, so I think that he may go looking for the enemy later. Since we probably aren't going to use much of what is in our room, I may be able to secretly pull this off.
From downstairs, he heard Koroumi calling them for dinner. Slipping his notebook in the bottom desk drawer, Kankuro went to join his siblings. He listened intently while quietly eating his miso ramen. It reminded him of a yellow headed A.D.H.D ninja from the Leaf Village. The distraction also caused him to miss a few things that Gaara had said.
"What does this man look like, and when does he usually show up?" Gaara asked, staring at the girl with such a serious face that she looked frightened. She hesitated a little, her eyes darting around before answering.
"Well, you know he is an insane arsonist so fire gives him away easily. Other than that he looks in his mid to late thirties with short brown hair wearing older looking kimonos. I was thinking about leaving this place because of that guy, but since you are here, I don't know if I should." Koroumi explained. Kankuro recalled his thought from earlier.
"Why were you standing out there all alone? Where is everyone else?" Kankuro asked. She was the only one in her house that they could see when they came here. Koroumi once again hesitated, and then began to speak.
"They aren't here right now. They went out earlier and haven't come back. I'm not sure where they went, but I noticed other people leaving too. I didn't feel like going though." She replied. Kankuro thought that they left because of this Jeff character, but why would parents leave their children. Maybe they thought that she had already left. Or maybe they were looking for her. You know how in some video games and stuff that there are parent's who don't know that their children go missing. For example, in Inuyasha: Secret of the Cursed Mask, a little girl named Sachi was taken away by a giant spider demon. How did this happen? I don't know but her parents must not have been smart enough to protect her.
After dinner, Kankuro headed back up to his room and this time cracked the door slightly so that he would be able to hear anything outside in the hallway. He also opened both windows half way. For a while he sat, listening. Meanwhile in Gaara's room, he was pacing in front of his window impatiently. Where are you? He thought silently, frequently scanning the snug rows of houses for any sign of Jeff. By the time it was 10:30 Gaara had had enough and decided to go out and look for him. He told Koroumi that he was going to go for a short walk. She didn't seem to mind, and he left.
Kankuro had heard the door close from the floor below him. This was his chance. He slowly peered out into the hallway at Gaara's room. Surprisingly, the light was still on. Kankuro slowly and quietly walked across the dark, empty hallway. He leaned up against the wall opposite the laundry room, and listened. The room was soundless. His heart was pounding in his ears as he pushed the door open. He breathed a sigh of relief as the room was unoccupied. The first impulse was to look around. Gaara's room was slightly different. The windows were closer, one on the left wall, and one on the wall in the front, both in the corner. The closet was to the right in the wall in which he entered; there was a bed in the right corner, and a small table in the middle with a simple chair. Of course Gaara took his gourd with him.
Kankuro felt a bit disappointed. He was hoping to find something. He looked in the closet, but did not find anything. His investigation wasn't going to go well if there was nothing to investigate. Suddenly, Kankuro heard a door open abruptly from downstairs, and then heard faint footsteps from the stairs. He panicked and tried to think of what to do. Kankuro couldn't go back to his room because Gaara would see him and wonder what he was up to. Or he could have just said that he went to the bathroom, but Gaara had already reached the top of the stairs, and it was too late. Without thinking, Kankuro jumped into the closet and huddled in the darkest corner. There were small horizontal open areas in the closet door allowing him to peek through.
Gaara was clearly aggravated, not a good sign. Once more, he looked out his window. Obviously not finding anything, he lay on his bed and took an object out of his right pocket. He inserted pink earphones into his ears, and began tracing his finger in a circle on a pink rectangular device. An Ipod. Gaara of the sand had an Ipod. Where in the world did he get it? And why is it pink? Just something else to make you wonder. Kankuro's mouth opened in astonishment. He watched as Gaara began to move to whatever beat he was listening to. It was beginning to creep Kankuro out, seeing his little brother actually dancing to music. He wondered what kind of music Gaara was listening to. For a moment Gaara paused, and then set his headphones and ipod down on the bed. He fled the room for a moment and Kankuro heard the door shut. Quickly he flew to the closet door and slid it open. Kankuro's heart was pounding again as he ran across to the bed. He picked up Gaara's Ipod and scanned through it.
"Oh…..my…..God." Kankuro said nearly dropping the device. He set it down as closely to the way that it was before, and dove back into the closet. He did it in just enough time before Gaara returned. Gaara looked around his room in confusion for a minute, but shook it off and began listening to his Ipod again. Kankuro was afraid that Gaara might have been able to hear his heard beat it was so loud. This time he began to sing in a very enthusiastic melodic voice:
"The last time I freaked out, I just kept looking down, I s-s-stutter when you ask me what I'm thinking about!" Kankuro was clutching his side with one hand, and covering his mouth with the other. Tears of laughter ran down his face as he tried desperately to hold it in. Shortly Gaara calmed down, turned off his Ipod, pulled the chair near his window, opened it, and pulled out a lighter. Kankuro almost let out a girly screech but pressed harder over his mouth. He never knew that it would come to this: Gaara, filling his lungs with what kills so many people every year. He wondered how long ago this had started.
Kankuro was left to think of a plan on how he was going to get out of the cramped little closet. For all he knew, Gaara was going to be in here all night, doing who knows what next. Things had gotten thrown from the frying pan into the fire.
To be continued in chapter 3…
BY THE WAY GAARA WAS SINGING "SEE YOU AGAIN" BY "MILEY CYRUS"
Also I hate Miley Cyrus but obviously Gaara doesn't :)