Wind and Sand: Journal of Lord and Lady Kazekage
By TwilightAnimeLover21
Kankuro stopped reading as Temari placed breakfast in front of him and he placed the book down and dug in. Temari was shaking her head; she was at a loss for words. She never realized that her dad would be such a playboy, but he defiantly had good teammates to level him out. She remembered Yashamaru telling her some stories about the strange pink haired kunoichi and the fire wielding Shinobi. Chiyako was killed in the Third Shinobi War. How she died, she didn't know. Torao on the other hand, she barely remembers him. He was killed trying to contain the Shukaku within Gaara when he was 6 years old.
Gaara wasn't eating, he was just staring at the open book. "Gaara, you have to eat. You won't be able to have the energy to work today if you don't eat what I made you." She said frowning a little.
Gaara looked up with pleading eyes. "Can I read next?" He said hopefully.
Temari chuckled. "Okay, okay, you can read next, just make sure you eat your food before it get cold." She said smiling at her little brother.
Kankuro spoke with after he swallowed some scrambled eggs.
"Here lil' bro. You can read it now. All this reading is just making me hungry." He said as he pushed the open book to Gaara and dove back into his meal again. Gaara took the book and looked at his siblings expectedly.
"Well read! We have some time before work." Temari said as she took a bite out of her pancake. He nodded and read the next entry.
Karura Journal Entry #9: My family and best friend try to help me, and a shirtless fairy is NOT what I needed.
Ugh! I absolutely HATE and LOTHE Hikaru Sabuku. I pretended last night, that my dinner was him and I attacked that thing like a hungry wolf. At least that's what Dad told me. My mother was eyeing me like I was some strange exhibit at a museum. Yashamaru on the other hand, he took my anger as a sign to get out of the house.
My dad decided to calm me down, like he does with his recovering alcoholic patients, but that didn't work. I just blew up in his face a lot and he just sat there with a blank face.
Then he said, "You got your temper from somewhere in the family, and it wasn't from me." He laughed after a couple seconds and ruffled my hair telling me that I will figure things out.
My mom tried to get me into gardening and cleaning around the house…that worked… for about three days. I got too frustrated and accidently destroyed a plant and I broke a couple things in the house…like Great Grandma Keya's Ashes.
Grrr! Ever since I sealed that deal with the Fairy, I have become irritable. My anger was through the roof and I'm pretty sure that it was not healthy. So, I made sure I trained from early in the morning to late at night. I will beat him! Some people were smart to get out of my way or they will be on the receiving end of my foot.
Reiko was the only one who can stand up to my anger and try and soothe me. "You have got to relax." She said. "Let's go to the spa! You need some 'Me' Time!" She said. Well going to the Silver Sand Spa was actually quite relaxing –Even if there were some pains to it-. Reiko paid for the whole thing, even though I told her that she didn't have to, stupid, rich, best friend. That's right. She's rich. She is actually the daughter of a silk merchant here in Suna.
Anyways, yes, it was very nice. I got a massage (Apparently I was really tense, You don't say?), a clay bath (Okay, I'm thinking about coming here more often for that), and my hair was trimmed up (and they somehow tamed it to make it really smooth and flow-y…I guess I could live with that) and apparently Reiko thought that I need my eyebrows and legs waxed. That was the most painful part. I swear, give me a suicide mission any day, because waxing is PURE torture. (I think half of Suna heard my threats of death to Reiko, she was laughing the whole time.) At least they put on cooling peppermint lotion on after words. It was really nice. Then came my worst enemy (Besides Sabuku).
A manicure and pedicure, I DID NOT want that! I swear Reiko is trying to torture me, but I did it anyways, at least some of the calluses on my hands and feet were taken care of. Some of the girls that were working on me were trying to find nail colors that were 'right' for me. Some suggested purple (I like that color, but not enough to put on my nails) to red and even green. Finally I spoke saying teal and black. So they did those colors. They put black on my toenails (They even added little fan stickers on my big toes, which I thought was…kinda cute, I guess.) and teal on my fingers. I have to admit…it was nice being a regular girl for once. No missions, no 'Fairy', just my best friend and me. She was right; I needed to relax for the time being.
Anyways, we were walking down the street and I swore I got more looks that a famous movie actor. I got a little antsy and told Reiko that we should train. She started to bitch about that we would break our nails and I gave her the 'I don't give a shit' look. She gave in and we went to training ground 8.
That was the BIGGEST mistake of my life. Hikaru Sabuku was there. Shirtless. Fighting another shinobi. Aw damn.
"Whoa! Would you look at that piece of man!" Reiko shouted.
Karura grabbed her friend and dragged her to hide behind a –conveniently placed- rock and slapped her hand over Reiko's mouth.
"Are you CRAZY? Are you TRYING to doom us?" She whispered harshly at Reiko.
Reiko licked Karura's hand and she let go. "Gross." She said wiping her hand on Reiko.
"Girl, ever since you made the deal with 'THE' Hikaru Sabuku, you have been angry as ever. Now you usually jump at the chance to rip him a new one, but you just grabbed me and we are now hiding behind a rock. I think you like the guy." She said grinning. Karura gave a 'Not a snowflakes chance in Hell.' look.
"You have got to be kidding me. I hate the guy with every fiber of my being. What possessed you to think that I like that cocky, arrogant, and rude, playboy?" Karura seethed.
"Honey, call this observation. You want to beat this guy right? Now put on your big girl panties and let's watch two, hot, Suna shinobi fight, okay?" Reiko said as she peered over the rock and started to watch the guys spar. Karura relented and rolled her eyes.
"I swear, you are guy crazy." She muttered as she peered over the rock as well.
She had to admit; Hikaru was pretty damn fit without his shirt. His ivory skin already had a light sheen of sweat dripping off his body. The other guy was shirtless as well, but she paid no mind to him. She was focused on her enemy. The Fairy. His eyes were concentrated on his partner with a fierce determination. His fighting stance told Karura that he was using Taijutsu, so this was a Taijutsu match.
He suddenly took out a kunai, as did the other guy, and both clashed in the middle of the Training ground. Karura could hear the words being spoken between the two.
"Hey Hikaru, can you feel the 'Heat'?" The other guy said as he shoved himself back and did a few hands signs and blew a ball of fire at Hikaru.
Hikaru was surprised, but regained himself as he dodged the balls of fire that were shooting straight at him. He dodged left and right and just when he couldn't dodge another one, he swiftly took out his small gourd of gold dust and uncorked it and made a thick shield of it to take the blow of the fireball.
"Torao! That's cheating, you Jackass! No Ninjustu!" He shouted with a wave of his arm parted the gold dust into two separate swirling pillars of gold.
He had an annoyed look on his face. The other guy, Torao, just shrugged and grinned.
"Hey! In the Ninja world, nothing is fair. Didn't you tell me that once?" He shouted back as he prepared another attack. Hikaru took another fighting stance, the dust moving along with his actions. The dust moved as if it was an extension of his body, yet entirely separate from him, as if it was a loyal dog.
Karura was anticipating his moves, until a high-pitched voice popped up behind her and Reiko almost scared them out of their clothes.
"HI! ARE YOU HERE TO SEE HIKA-KUN AND RAO-KUN FIGHT?" She said with a wide smile.
Reiko and Karura looked at each other in fear then stared at the pink haired girl in front of them. Reiko was the one who spoke up first.
"Oh yeah, we wanted to see them fight, right Karura?" Reiko smiled at her.
"Uh, no. We were just leaving. See ya." Karura said as she grabbed Reiko by the wrist and tried dragging her off, but the pink haired girl wouldn't have it.
"You have to stay! The good part is coming up! Don't you wanna beat Hika-kun and win the deal in the exams?" She said and she grabbed their arms and pulled them back to the rock.
Karura shook her off. "I can beat him on my own, and how did you know about the deal I made with the Fairy?"
The girl turned her head back to her and gave her an expression of pure 'What'? Them she smiled.
"Come on silly, you have to see him fight. It's awesome!" She said as she perched herself on top of the rock.
Karura turned to her friend, only to find nothing there. She looked back up to the rock and saw her sitting next to the strange girl stating,"Hey, I'm not complaining. Just as long as there's a hunk of man in my sight, I'm happy." Reiko said as she crossed her legs and watched the fight.
Karura shook her head and face-palmed. "Why must I have a boy crazy best friend? And why am I even friends with her?" She muttered as she too climbed up the rock and sat down.
The fight was getting heated -if you will excuse the pun- as Hikaru was taking all the fire jutsus head on. He was moving fast with the gold dust protecting him from every attack. Then he got close to Torao and gave him a punch to the stomach, but Torao faked it and twisted around lifting a leg to slam Hikaru into the ground. That didn't work because the gold dust shielded him from the blow and shoved Torao away from him.
Both boys jumped away from each other and glared, it was time to stop playing around. Karura suddenly felt her heart stop. A slight trickle of fear went down her spine. She could barely hear the pink haired girl squeal in glee.
"Ooooh! They are getting serious! Something is going to go down!" She said wiggling in her seat.
Karura paid no mind to the girl. She could see the seriousness in Hikaru's eyes. The black lines around his eyes became more prominent, more…mysterious to her. The gold dust around him started to condense into streams of gold swirling around him.
Torao grinned. "You ready to take it up a notch?" He said as he rolled his neck and made a few hand signs.
Hikaru smirked. "Only if you are willing to give up after I beat you to the ground." He said as he reached out his hand to take hold of some of the gold dust and molded it into a kunai.
Karura analyzed this in her mind. Due to the properties of gold and the density of it (and Hikaru's Kekkai Genkai), he could mold the gold into anything he wishes and use it, but something was buzzing through her head. Why a kunai? What was he planning?
Torao made the first move and let off a multitude of fireballs toward Hikaru. He in turn, dodged the fireballs narrowly, but then a stray fireball hit him. Karura let out a small gasp. The fireball then exploded and Hikaru blasted out of the explosion and threw his gold kunai at Torao and exploded in front of him, sending him back 20 feet, but he recovered and took off toward Hikaru with kunai armed. Hikaru quickly created another gold kunai and blocked the attack on him and pushed him back. Both ninja clashed, sending sparks into the air.
"Da-yum! Now this is what I call a spar!" Reiko said as she shook Karura a little.
"See Girlie? I told you it's a good thing we stayed." She said again turning back to the fight.
"Oh, you haven't seen nothing yet, Hika-kun and Rao-kun are just getting started! It's been a while since they sparred with Hika-kun's duties as Kazekage in training. I wonder who's going to win!" The hyper girl said giggling.
Karura couldn't help but keep staring at the fight. It was very complicated. Both Shinobi were obviously high class. The cocky playboy that Karura thought she knew wasn't so cocky when he fights. The gold kept swirling around him blocking some of the attacks that were aimed at him and he would strike back with gold kunais that nearly grazed his opponent. It was a dangerous dance that she could get caught up in if she wasn't on her toes when she faces him in the Jounin exams. He was shirtless, yes, she knew that, but apparently…Reiko was right for once. The Fairy did have a pretty damn good body. The sweat on him only enhanced that fact.
"I'm never admitting that he has a good body out loud. That is a secret that I'm taking to the grave." She thought darkly to herself. An explosion sounded throughout the area and sand and wind blew around the three girls, all yelped in surprise.
When the explosion settled down, the girls opened their eyes…and couldn't believe what they saw. Karura was sure to get mental therapy for this.
"I think I'm going crazy." That was the last thing she said as Hikaru and Torao walked toward them with small smirks on their faces.
"Hey Sand Cat. Enjoy the show?" He said grinning like he won a prize. Karura was sure that she had never flushed so darkly in her entire life.
TAL21:i literally had to think a fight scene through and i think i did well on it! If i were you, i would listen to Limp Bizkit -'Rolling' while Hikaru and Torao duke it out. And Yes, A shirtless Hikaru and a flustered Karura. Most likely she will retort something degrading. But really, you didn't see this coming. And The beginning of the entry for Karura, i figure she would have a girly-girl best friend that would drag her to places. And I'm not that big a fan on mani's but i do like pedi's. Mani's take too much care. XD So what do you think Hikaru did while Karura was lost in thought? What will he say about Karura's slight change in appearance? And What do you think will happen in the next chapter? let me know! XD Also, i have been getting more reviews and hits on Wind and Sand than The Dead Tell No Tales. But good stories overall. Remember! Feedback and opinions are welcomed! Keep Reading and Imagining! :)