Wind and Sand: Journal of Lord and Lady Kazekage
By TwilightAnimeLover21
Hikaru Journal Entry #14: In which a Sand cat confuses me, and dealing with feelings I didn't think I have. That's just great.
You know, I swear that I have a concussion. Four days later after I got discharged from the hospital, Testu really got on my ass. Let me tell you something. A yelling Testu I can handle. But…a quiet Testu…well, lets just say that facial expressions mean everything. He was pretty tight lipped when I was in his office. We were in his office for 25 minutes before he spoke. "You have disobeyed the council's orders, never to return to the slums, Hikaru." He said. Oh, he was quiet when he spoke that. Yup. I'm in trouble. I stood up and with a newfound courage (Wow, I surprise even myself) and went up to him and placed my hands on either side of his desk. Testu was a good guy. He'd understand. I lied to Sasori about Sand cat because well, she didn't deserve demotion, considering that Sasori does have the power to demote. She could handle her own. But the slums still are a dangerous place to be if you don't know your way around and avoiding the people that really would kill you. No matter what your status.
"Look. I was trying to help someone to get out of there. She went in without knowing the place. It was Karura Kusabana. Tetsu, she hasn't been around long and you know that, so I stopped her and told her to get out of there. And I got into trouble." I told him. Tetsu's eyebrows shot up to his hairline. I don't see why he's so surprised. He leaned forward on his elbows on his desk and looked up at me with a blank expression. I kept calm outside, but on the inside, truthfully I was freaking out. "Karura Kusabana…she's a chunin… you fool, you lead her into the slums?" He said evenly. I was taken aback and yeah, I got mad. "No! She was running from me and she didn't know where she was going. Look Tetsu. Please. I didn't expect to be back in the slums. To be honest, I would rather serve community service than go back there. But understand, Karura may be a hard fighter, but there was no way that she could hold her own there." I said trying to get him to see my side if things.
He stood up and turned around. He walked over to the large window and stared out into the village. "Hikaru, come here." He said calmly. I clenched my hands tightly as I walked over to his side. He was staring out there and beyond. "Look out this window Hikaru. What do you see?" He asked me. I was weary of what he asked me, but I humor him. I looked out the window and saw the golds and browns of Suna. I could see the dots of the people there. I didn't know what he wanted me to see. "I don't…understand. What do you want me to say Tetsu? I see a village that needs protecting. I mean, that about all I can see." I said as I looked down. What does this have to do with the sand cat?
I looked back up and saw him smile a bit. "You are right Hikaru. This village needs someone to protect them. Being Kazekage isn't easy. You have to keep going to meetings; you meet up with people who want your approval on paper to continue on with businesses, paperwork… but it is very satisfactory. Hikaru, you may not realize it now, but the Village depends on you and other ninja, genin, chunin, jounin, and ANBU, to protect them and keep them safe. I've tried to work with the slums, but it isn't easy to negotiate with those who live there. I often have to pay off people so that they don't take their fighting to the streets where the civilians would get hurt." He spoke. Wow…that hit deep.
Then he turned to me. "Hikaru, you have potential to be the next Kazekage. I would not have chosen you if you could not do this. Keep an eye out for Kusabana-san. I have read many of her reports of her successful missions. You are well on your way, but you still have much to learn." He said. I wanted to do a happy dance. He wasn't going to punish me! I'm scot-free! "But you will still sufferer the consequences of disobeying the council's orders. You will clean the entire Kazekage building." Tetsu smiled. I think I wanted to run far away now. "And that includes the bathrooms." Yup. Scot-free I am not. Fun.
Hikaru wanted to smack his head against a pole. Not only does he have to clean the entire Kazekage building, he had to clean his home as well. Sasori was grinning smugly the entire time too.
"I warned you. But hey, at least you didn't get demoted. Last time the council made you work with the academy students. Remember how fun that was?" Sasori grinned. Hikaru gave Sasori a glare.
"You didn't even stop those kids from climbing all over me. It was madness!" He shouted at his cousin as he was washing the dishes. BY HAND. Fauna had the day off and she told him that if the dishes were not done by the time she comes back, he would have to do the dishes every day…for 7 months. He has better things to do than do chores. Like, oh, train for the Jounin exams that are coming up.
Speaking of the Jounin exams, they will be staring in three days. He was actually excited. Though he was still suffering from some muscle aches and pains from the slums, he was doing better.
"I still have time to train a bit before I fight the sand cat." He thought to himself.
It would be one week before the second trial for the chunin. They would have time to gather supplies for going out into the desert. Right now, they were preparing for the written test. Last week was the spying test (though the proctors never spoke it out loud that it was) for the genins and they cut that class in half. Next week they will be paired up in twos and the council managed to get permission from their neighbors from Konoha to use the surrounding forest near the border for the next test. The Chunins don't get that luxury.
Hikaru decided to split from Sasori and told him that he won't get in trouble.
"You'd better not. Testu may have let you off easily this time, but mark my words, the next screw up will most likely be your last." Sasori warned Hikaru.
Hikaru waved at Sasori, letting him know that he will be fine. He took to the roofs of Suna, parkouring freely. The winds were a bit fierce today, but that is what made it fun for him. He may be tall, but he was lean enough to flow along with the winds. He jumped off the ledge of a tall building and fell onto a clothesline and pushed his chakra to his feet for balance. He pushed off of the line and landed on the ledge of another home and kept jumping.
"Ah, my muscles may be hurt, but this is totally worth it!" He thought, as he took a note that his arms were a bit sore.
He stopped onto another ledge and sat down. He over looked Suna and saw that it was cloudy today. It was a rarity for it to be so cloudy. Usually there would be windstorms that provided the only shade, but for fear of getting hit by large rocks, the people would stay inside. But this type of cloudy only means one thing and one thing only. Rain. Lots of it.
When it will rain, he doesn't know. Only tha he will be welcoming the sweet relief of it. He supported himself by putting his elbows on his knees and closed his eyes. He was about to doze off until he felt a familiar chakra signature. Oh boy.
"Hey Fairy. I have a bone to pick with you." A certain sand cat's voice said.
"Just when I was about to relax. Oh well." He thought as he felt the chakra signature stop beside him.
He opened one eye and looked beside him. She was sitting about 2 feet away from him. She had a pensive look on her face.
After a long silence, she spoke. "So…why'd you lie about me?" She said it so carefully that he was taken aback.
"Lie?" He said. "Lie about what? I didn't lie about anything." He said in confusion.
Karura turned her head sharply at him. "YOU. Lied. You lied about me to Sasori-sama. Walking through the slums. HA! I'm surprised that he didn't question anything more about it." She said with spite.
Hikaru was shocked. "You…you heard that? Wait, you were at the hospital visiting me?" He asked genuinely surprised.
Well that was something you don't hear every day. "Yeah, so what? I wanted to punch you and maul you while you laid there, or maybe torture you with food that you couldn't have." She said flippantly.
Hikaru could see the light dust of red on her cheeks.
"Well, you know I did you a favor for lying for you. We would want a sand cat to lose her rank before her Jonin exam now do we?" He smirked.
She punched his arm. "Look, don't lie for me. EVER! I can take the consequences. Plus, when the exams are over, you will leave me alone and you will stay out of my life." She said adamantly.
Hikaru chuckled. The sand cat was very cute in his eyes. She was trying so hard to be tough.
"How about a pre-fight? You know, for a little taste of what's to come. I'll even go a little easy on you." Hikaru said slyly.
She glared at him. But Hikaru wasn't fazed.
"Why the hell do you want to do that? I'll wipe your ass into the sand." She said as she reaches back to her fan.
He shrugged. "I can take a beating. What do you say? Wanna test out our abilities?" He grinned like a Cheshire cat.
He saw the conflict in her teal eyes. Then they steeled.
"I'll take you on. 10 minutes. We fight for ten minutes." She seethed. She stood up and looked back at him, smiling wickedly.
"See you at ground eight. Slowpoke." She said as She took off like a shot. Hikaru sat there dumbfounded.
"HEY! GET BACK HERE SAND CAT!" She shouted after her. He took off and followed her up.
He was right behind her as he caught up with her and as they got closer to Ground 8, she whipped out her fan and sent a blast of wind his way, catching him off balance and sending him crashing into the ground. He pushed himself up to see her flying down on her fan and sweeping it off her feet and setting the open fan by her side. She had a cocky smile on.
"Well then…come at me Fairy." She said cocking her hips to the side.
He looked her over. She was defiantly cute when she did that. He chuckled. He wanted to bang his head to a pole.
"All right Sand cat." He said as he stood up.
He forgot the pain in his muscles as he uncorked his small gourd of gold and it flowed out in a steady stream. He flicked his wrist and it swirled around him like a protective shield.
"Let's see what you've got in a fight." He said as he got into a defensive position.
Both ninja waited. Thunder started to roar overhead. They stayed still. Waiting for the moment to strike.
A drop of rain fell and crashed into the sand. Karura made the first move and swung her fan powerfully as a gust of wind crashed right into him. He stood his ground and sent a stream of gold dust flying at her fiercely, she closed her fan, wielding it like a sword, and slashed at it. It started to pour. But the two ninja paid no mind to it. Karura got in close and slammed her fan onto his head only to see a sand clone take his place. Hikaru popped behind her to slash at her, but she defended herself with her fan. They both pushed away. Karura's hair luckily was up in a ponytail so that her wet hair wouldn't get in the way. Hikaru shook his head and smiled.
"She's good. She could even beat me. But I won't let her do that." He thought as she gave out a battle yell as she charged at him.
"She's spunky. I like spunky." He thought at he formed a golden kunai and flipped it out behind him.
She slammed the fan down and water and sand flew out from the impact.
Hikaru was up high on the wall hanging from the kunai.
"Sand cat! Focus your anger elsewhere!" He said as he pushed off the wall, slicing down with another kunai.
She backed away quickly, but she had a small bleeding cut on her left cheek. The rain was pouring hard. Hikaru couldn't use his gold dust. It was too wet to use and he took the remains of it and slipped it back into his small gourd. He took out his regular kunais in both hands. Karura noted that it was too rainy for her to even use her fan. This was a friendly match. Not an exam. If she even used her wind jutsus on Hikaru, the rain would pelt his body black and blue and may even cut him if she put her mind to it. She closed her fan and put it on her back.
They were reduced to use taijutsu and/or genjutsu. Karura took out her own kunai and steadied herself. Both ninja finally took off at each other and clashed and stayed at a crossed position.
"You know, we got to keep meeting like this." He said over the rain. Karura scoffed.
"In your dreams, Fairy!" She said as she pushed him away and lifted her leg to hit him into the side.
He took the hit and skidded a bit and ran at her again. She threw both her kunais to the ground furiously then went at him weaponless. He in a quick movement got rid of his own kunais and threw a punch.
She dodged his punch narrowly to land a hit on his shoulder and he was pushed back. He was going to pull out the big guns. He put up his arms to defend himself from her hits and kicks. Karura then went low to the ground, kicked out his legs having him fall to the wet ground. She lifted her leg and slammed it down, only to miss him as he rolled away and bounded up to his feet again. He then made a fake right and aimed for her stomach. He landed the hit and she grabbed his arm and tossed him to the ground. He saw and opening and just as she let go of his arm, he grabbed her arm and pulled her down with him onto the ground as well and pinned her down as he grabbed both of her wrists and held them over her head.
The rain was unrelenting and Hikaru smirked at his victory. Karura looked at him with such hatred and something else he couldn't describe. Passion maybe? He chuckled.
" You are good, my little sand cat, but not quite good enough. Don't worry, one of these days you'll get me, just not now." He said as he lowered himself to her face.
"You are a terrible person." She spat out.
Then her face softened. "At least you prove a challenge Fairy. Now get the hell off me before I do something horrible to you." She muttered as she tried to wiggle out from under him. Bad move on her part.
Hikaru could see, now of all times, that she was definably pretty. The way her teal eyes would show total defiance yet he could see something hidden behind that look that he wants to find. The curve of her face was slim and her wet hair was shining a dark gold. The rains, of course, made her clothes heavy and slightly see through. He could see the swell of her chest and her slim figure as it clung to her skin. Oh no. That is not good for him. His heart started to race and he could feel the heat flush on his face. Oh yeah, he finally figured it out. He likes her. He really, really likes her. She looked up at him and scowled.
"I said, let me go." She steeled. He chuckled.
"You know… you are very pretty when you aren't trying to kill me." He said, as he got closer to her.
Karura stopped moving and looked up at Hikaru with wide eyes.
"Get any closer and I will bite your face off." She said in a slightly higher voice.
He shook his head, sending water droplets flying.
"Nope, you wouldn't bite me. You've tried that already." He said as he laid his forehead against hers.
Oh yes. That made her stop moving entirely. His burgundy eyes bore into hers teal ones. Of course, both were breathing heavily from the spar. Still holding his grip on her wrists, he let go one hand, hesitantly and slowly, placed it gently onto her left cheek. He saw her eyes dilate slightly, that alone was enough for Hikaru.
"I'd do more for you, Karura," He said as he smirked her name. "But I will warn you. When you lose, I will treat you well and I'm very, very possessive." He said as he gave a smile.
He saw her lightly blush and he got off of her. The rain was still unrelenting. He gave out a hand as she was looking at the ground rubbing her wrists. She looked up and saw his hand and, shock and surprise, she took it.
"Listen up Fairy, I hate you with every fiber of my being. I WILL win that match when I face you. And when I do, you will stay out of my life. Now, I'm going home, it's friggan raining and I'd like to be dry and healthy for the exams." She said as she turned away from him.
Hikaru watched her go, his mind was going mad. Oh, he was going to have her. But little did he know, she was blushing full on as she left the grounds.
TAL21: OMGSH! I FINALLY GOT THIS CHAPTER UP! ::Hallelujah chorus in the background!:: So collage has been a beast, but i'm hanging in there. Listen up. The next chapter will be longer, i promise! I have been preoccupied with the Avengers fandom and it will not let me go, oh Loki you have me in your hands!. XD But i will keep this up! Now lets go to the shout outs!
SpunkyPaperAngel:Thank you for your support! Collage has been awful, but i love it at the same time! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and i look forward to your review!
SandyDragon: Oh yes, there will be romance coming up! Lets see how Karura reacts to it! I can't wait to write her chapter!
Emblem7799: Yes, fangirls are pathetic i know! Glad you enjoyed the last chapter and i hope you enjoyed this one! Fluff is fun to write and Reiko will want to hear every detail from Karura! Bwahaha!
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