Hello everybody, and welcome to Chapter 4 of Kasumi! Enjoy, happy reading!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Monster Rancher :)
Recap:
"Goodnight, Gaara." Those words caused me to freeze. Did she just say goodnight to me? She's always so calm around me...that's the thing about Kasumi. Not that she was my first friend, but she just makes me feel...nice. I should really stop thinking too much about her.
"Oh well, paperwork, let's get started." I said as I went back into my office.
~~KASUMI'S POV~~
I awoke to see it was already bright outside. As quickly as I can, I got up, took a shower, got dressed, and went downstairs. Gaara and Temari were sitting at the table, eating.
"Hey, Kasumi" Temari said sleepily. Gaara looked like he got no sleep at all. He had a stack of papers in front of him, and I could see his eyes struggling to stay open.
"Hey." I responded simply. After thinking about it, I decided to see if I could wake Gaara up. This was a trick I used to do when my partners wouldn't wake up either. Slowly, I gathered a Ray Cast in my hands. I put all my concentration into it and thought about ice, snow, and cold things. It didn't take long before my Ray Cast was in Ice mode. I hid the Ray Cast behind my back and casually walked behind Gaara. In one swift motion, I pressed the freezing cold cast to his neck. Gaara then jumped up, spinned around, and suddenly I was pinned to the wall behind me. Wow, Gaara was fast! In a couple seconds, I was jerked to the floor.
"How didn't I feel your chakra go down?" He asked, not looking at me, but the wall. I sat up correctly and put another Ray Cast in my hands.
"Kasumi, how is your chakra not going down? And what is that?" Temari asked, pointing to the Ray Cast in my hand.
"Well, this is one of my attacks from..." I looked at Gaara. He nodded.
"What does your attack do?" He asked, changing the subject.
"Well," I said, getting up. "It does damage, but I don't know how much damage on humans." I explained. Temari was beyond confused.
"How can you not know that? Whaa.." She peppered me with questions.
"Temari. I know this may sound really weird and all, but you know I was from another world right?" I asked her. She nodded.
"I'm from a world where...I-was-a-monster-and-I-fight-other-monsters -please-don't-be-weirded-out." I got out my word and took a breath. Temari cocked her head to the side, and then smiled.
"There was always something weird about you. Well, I think I'm gonna take a shower. You and Gaara can, you know, talk." She emphasized the word 'talk'. I sent her a dark silver glare and then started to concentrate on my Ray Cast again. Now, I thought of fire, heat, and other fire-like things. My Ray Cast turned fire-like with a hot substance around it.
"How did you do that?" Gaara asked me another question. I huffed and said,
"This attack is named Ray Cast. It deals damage, but also works for stunning. And what you saw there was trait changing. It's when I can change the element of the attack. You following so far?" I looked up and tilted my head. Gaara simply nodded.
"Okay, well there are other attacks, but I'll need my wings to do most of them..." I didn't know what to say, really. There was nothing else to say.
"Come on Kasumi. We should test out your abilities." Gaara said, changing the subject. I inwardly sighed. 'Thank Kami, something else to talk about.' I followed Gaara out into an empty field. I have to say, it was calming.
"First, I am going to see what kind of chakra element you are." He handed me a thin object.
"Okay. Concentrate your chakra into this. You know how to do that, right?" He looked at me.
"Yes, Mas-I mean, Yes, sir." I almost called him Master... Gaara sent me a weird look. I sighed, closed my eyes, and slowly flowed my chakra into the object. I didn't know something happened, but I didn't. Before I knew it, the object was gone and Gaara was a bit closer to me.
"Wind and Lighting. Interesting combination." After that, as quickly as I could, I put a Ray Cast in both of my hands and made one the Wind element and one the Lightning element. I smiled.
"You're very interesting, you know that?" Gaara's voice interrupted my thoughts.
"Do you mind if I show you some of my "Pixie" attacks?" I asked him. I stood up.
"Go ahead. Just have the tree be your target." He told me. I shuffled my way in front of the tree.
"First one is Ray Cast. Close range." I recited out loud. The pink glow of Ray Cast hit the tree, leaving a nice, large crack.
"Second, Starlight. Far range." A golden glow of light was thrown at a ridiculous speed from my hands. This time, the tree was completely shattered. I moved to a different tree.
"Ooh, this one is my favorite. Fairy Dust, Mid-range." I collected the silver dust and blew it over the tree. Then I lifted my arms up. The tree was torn from it's roots and was floating in mid-air. Then I put my arms down, making it look like I was slamming my hands on a table. The tree crashed into the ground, causing a tree explosion.
"Alright. Next one is more like a confusion-stun type, but it still does damage." I explained.
"Silky Dance, close range." I relaxed myself and spread all the energy in my body around me. I felt my body jolt, and I was teleported behind the tree. But only for a couple seconds. This time, I was in another spot behind the tree. Finally, I was in front of it. I sent a stun light to the tree. Now the tree just had a small crack in it.
"Yeah, so..those are the ones I can do without wings." I explained and sat down. It wasn't long before I felt pressure in the grass next to me.
"I have never seen anything like those in my entire life." Gaara's soft voice spoke to me.
"Well yeah, I am from another world." I said matter-o-factly.
"We should get going inside. I'll test you on some other things later." Gaara told me. I got up and turned to the house.
"Thanks for getting me started, Gaara!" I exclaimed and jogged back to the house. I stepped inside the house and sat down on the couch. To my surprise, Kankuro was there.
"Oh, hey Kankuro." I said calmly.
"Hey, I saw your training. That was awesome, what you did out there." Kankuro told me.
"You saw me?" I turned to the window and sure enough, I saw Gaara and the broken trees.
"Yeah, but what kind of attacks were those?" He asked me.
"Ughh...I don't want to explain. Mind asking Gaara? He knows." I told him. Honestly, I wasn't in the explaining mood right now.
"Fine with me." Kankuro shrugged, standing up and leaving. I wonder what he'll be doing, because the door is that way, and Gaara is outside. My stomach interrupted me of my thoughts. My face created a red blush, but it was gone as quickly as it came. I went to the kitchen to see Temari there.
"Hey Temari." I greeted her.
"Hey Kasumi. I'm making some food, you want some?" She said, gesturing to what was in front of her.
"Sure." I replied simply and sat at the table. It didn't take long before she set some food in front of me.
"Thanks Temari." I thanked her and sent her a smile. She smiled back and said,
"It's nothing." After I finished up, I went back to my room to finish the rest of my chores. I put some more things away and picked a ninja outfit. It consisted of a black, tank-top like top, black combat ninja boots, black skinny pants that went under the boots, a blue ribbon on the hip and around neck, black fingerless gloves that reach my elbows, and a place on my back to hook up my katana. (A/N: So much black...anyway, the outfit is like this: google image search "Kasumi ninja outfit" It's like that :D) I grabbed a chair and decided to sit on my balcony. Perfect timing. The sunset was beautiful.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Gaara asked me out of nowhere. I was startled, but then got over it.
"I'm going to have to get used to you doing that..." I said and shook my head. Gaara just pulled up a chair. We sat in silence for a while, but then I stole a glance at him. To my surprise, our eyes met. Gaara sent me a confused look.
"...What?" I asked, also confused.
"Your eyes are gold...unless that's just the sunset." he told me. I shrugged and turned back to the sunset.
"Most likely the sun. I've never seen my eyes golden before." I told him.
"Strange. Well, I have to go. I'll...see you later." Gaara said, quieter than normal.
"Bye Gaara." I said and continued to stare at the sunset. This was peaceful. It wasn't long before I felt my whole body relax and I just couldn't keep my eyes open. Finally I gave in and fell into a comfortable slumber.
A/N: OOC + Gaara = My fanfics. I will probably never get Gaara in regular state. Oh well. Also, it was kinda hard to do the attacks. Obviously, I don't know how Pixies do their attacks anyway, so I kinda made it up as I went. Thanks for reading! Review!