Sasayaki's Origin

Gaara looked down upon Sasuke, who was glaring at him, hate in his eyes.

"There is a story." Gaara said, "It isn't a well known one. Not a lot of people would openly speak of it. It says that Raijin, the god of thunder & lightning, had a daughter. But when she was born, he was angry; he wanted a son. In his rage, he locked his daughter in the cellar of his domain. Whenever Raijin was angry, he would storm down the stairs to the cellar, & beat his daughter. She learned to fear the noise of his arrival, the sound of thunder. It always meant he was angry. But one day, she realised that being afraid wasn't going to change her destiny. She realised that she needed to escape."

Gaara looked at Sasuke, who's eyes were fixed on him. He continued.

"One day, after a particularly severe beating from Raijin, she found that he had forgotten to lock the cellar door as he left. She instantly took advantage of his mistake & fled, praying that she'd never hear the sound of thunder again."

Gaara glanced up at the crowd, surprised to see them hanging on his every word.

"However, the effects of Raijin's beatings had left his daughter very timid & shy. She spoke only in whispers & adopted the name 'Sasayaki'. When Raijin found out she was gone, the whole world heard a roll of thunder. Sasayaki was walking through a street when she heard it. Out of fear, she ran into the nearest door, which happened to be the entrance to a tavern.

As she looked for a place to hide, her eyes met that of a young man, who was stunned by her beauty. He vowed to protect her forever, & the two fell in love. However, it was not to last. Three days after they had gotten married, Raijin broke into their home, intending to take his daughter back. But the young man refused him, challenging the god to a fight. As they fought, the young man ordered Sasayaki to run. But in that moment, Raijin impaled the man with a bolt of lightning. Sasayaki managed to escape, but she no longer felt the will to live. She had lost the only person who had ever shown her kindness. Suddenly, she felt something she had never felt before. Hate. She wanted to make Raijin pay for everything he had done to her. But she realized that she couldn't face Raijin alone, so she sought help.

"She pleaded with the wind god, Fūjin, to help her fight her father. As she told him her story, the great & terrifying god wept for her, something he hadn't done in a very long time. He agreed to help her, but not to directly conflict with Raijin. Instead, he told her the secret to defeating the lightning. He told her to take this knowledge & build a weapon with it, one suitable for fighting a god. She made a beautiful naginata, which she poured her heart & soul into, until it became beautiful enough for the destiny it would face.

"She faced Raijin, & they fought. Her naginata succeeded in defeating Raijin's lightning. Raijin knelt before her, begging her mercy. Sasayaki looked down on the person who had caused her so much pain & suffering, who had killed the one person she had ever loved. But she refused to turn into the being of hate that her father was. And so she forgave him. But as she turned to leave, Raijin stabbed her in the back. As she died, she realised that Raijin had done her an unintended kindness. As she breathed her last, she saw her love, just beyond the realm of life. She left this world smiling, but her naginata remained.

"As I said, she poured not only her heart, but her soul into this naginata. Alongside it came her hate of Raijin & his lightning. So you see, anyone who uses Raiton chakra against her will be defeated."

Gaara held Sasayaki up to eye level, surveying her beauty.

"Such pain, to create something so beautiful."

He lowered Sasayaki, staring Sasuke in his eyes.

"A child of Raijin could never win against her. This battle was over the second you used that attack."

Gaara replaced Sasayaki on his back & walked away.

"Proctor, this match is over."

Ok, so not very long. This was originally going to go in during the actual fight at the chunin exams, but i felt it distracted too much from the story.