I snuck out of Daichi's room where I had slept the night before. I had refused to sleep in the same room with Gaara but it didn't really make a difference because it wasn't even 15 feet away. Yeah, are house is that same. I had a cup of cold water in my hand at the ready. I smiled to myself as I held back a giggle. He was sleeping peacefully as I knelt down. I lifted his limp hand and put it in the cold water. 'Nighty Night Ai-Chan' and with that I left the room.
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I felt something brush against my feet and my foot twitched in return. I rolled over and recoiled my feet closer to my body. Something pounced on me cause me to sit up straight. I looked down to see Chi sit happily in my lap, tail swishing back and forth. I picked her up and held her closer to my face. Usually we would be going at each others necks at the moment but for now we had one thing in common. Gaara had officially pissed us off. I got out of bed and walking into the kitchen while Gaara slept cozily on his dry sheets. Wait, what? The cup of water was nowhere to be found. Damn it! That's it. I dashed over to the sink and turned on the faucet. I grabbed a cup and filled it to the top with icy cold water. I walked over to Gaara, Chi happily trailing behind me. I tilted the cup slightly...I giggled, just wait till Gaara walks up soak and wet. Ha!
"Mizu!" the sudden yell startled me, my grip on the cup vanishing. My head snapped into the direction of the yelling, there before me stood Daichi an annoyed and slightly angered expression on his face. Gaara was awoken by our yelling and expertly dodged the water with his skills.
"What the hell were you doing?"
"Getting a drink of water..."
"Really, Didn't look like that too me." I scratched the back of my head, a sure sign that I was nervous.
"I...U-uh..." What the hell? Why can't I think of anything smart to say besides uh. Damn me and my slow-ness. It probably doesn't help that Daichi is sending me his almighty death glare of doom! I turn slightly to my right to see Gaara doing the same. My eyes widened in fear. O.O His glare is even worse! I jumped slightly at the look he was sending me feeling pure malice and anger radiating off both I took this as a good time to leave. I slowly walked towards the door not daring to look either of them in the eye. I could feel their glares on my back only causing me to stiffen and tense up. I pasted Daichi, sighing as my I made my way to the door uninterrupted. Sweet home free!
"Mizu." called Daichi's calm voice. Although he wasn't yelling I still jumped about a foot in the air.
"Yes" I meekly replied. When Daichi got mad, he got mad. I remember once I stole all his underwear and froze them. Don't ask me why. Isolation can make people do crazy things. He was so pissed. He forced me to do intense training for a week and if it's one thing I hate; its training.
He turned towards the door as he threw some canteens in my direction. Using my not so awesome ninja skills, I instinctively screamed and fell backwards arms flailing. I hit the ground with a thump canteens tangled around me. Gaara snickered while I sat up and untangled myself. Daichi opened his mouth to say something but I cut him off before he could say a word.
"I know I know. I'm a crappy kunoichi!"
"I was just going to tell you to get some water."
"Oh." I deadpanned. Well this is embarrassing. I got up before darting away in the direction of the river.
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"I'm sorry about her; she's a little...attention starved and lonely. She means no harm by it. She's just unused to people." Daichi explained as he watched Chi chase after Mizu.
"How long are you going to keep me here?" The Kazekage asked standing up to face the brown haired man. He only smiled in return.
"We're not keeping you here, Kazekage. If I had known who you were sooner I would have brought you back earlier. But I thought it would be better to wait until you were in full health before traveling back to Suna."
"I can't leave my people alone. It would be better if I left now." Daichi smirked. Well he's blunt and too the point.
"Oh you don't need to worry about that. I'm good friends with your brother. I explained the situation and that we would have you back tomorrow afternoon. They said it isn't a problem for you to be gone for another day."
"Why should I trust you?" His observing eyes looking for any sign of lies.
"I'm not asking you to trust me. I'm tell you what's going on. You don't need to trust me for that." Daichi smirked under Gaara's suspecting glare. He turned to his room and walked away not uttering another word.
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"This means war." I stated dropping the canteens on the ground. Sand was in my hair, that's right in my hair. And his happened how. Oh I'll tell you. I was coming home innocently minding my own business when all of a sudden a bucket full of sand falls on my head. I looked up and saw Gaara sitting up in a tree acting as if he didn't anything. Now I was brushing the sand off my body as I shook my head furiously shaking it free form my azure locks. Gaara jumped down to the ground standing a few feet away.
My hands met in a simple hand sign resembling that of a prayer. I could feel all the water around me, coursing through the trees and ground even in our bodies. I extending my chakra in the ground and summoned it around me. Gaara was in for it. I may suck at Taijutsu and Genjutsu but I have complete control over water and I know how to use it. The water pooled at my feet as I stood on it using my chakra to keep from getting wet. Gaara's looked shocked for a few seconds before reverting back to his normal stoic expression. I brought my hands before me lifting them up midlevel. The water followed and formed into a wall before I made a single hand sign and the water froze over into a block of solid ice.
"Bring it!" I yelled hurling an ice ball in his direction but before it hit him it was blocked by sand. For the next twenty minutes sand and ice flew through the sky never hitting their original target. Every time I tried to attack Gaara his stupid sand would block it. It wasn't fair. I had to dodge, duck and dive while he just stood there sand doing all the work.
"Damn it! Come out from behind that sand castle of yours and fight me like a man!" I paused, his face blank as usual. What is with him? He's like a human ice cube. I know. "Or are you scary you gonna lose to a girl, Ai-chan!" I said his nickname tauntingly. It was obvious he didn't like it. Daichi told me not to call him that anymore since it was 'disrespectful' but if it would get a reaction out of him I had no problem saying it. His eyes narrowed slightly as he sent yet another tentacle of sand my way. I expertly ducked behind my fort before popping back up.
"Ha! Missed me!" I yelled triumphantly, then proceeding to stick my tongue out at him childishly. Gaara took this moment to send sand hurtling in my direction. I was too busy and oblivious to this and didn't dodge. I ended up with a mouth full of sand. I feel to my knees gagging and spitting the disgusting stuff out of my mouth. I furiously wiped at my tongue disgusted out. "Eww. I screeched talking a mouth full of water before spitting it out. My eyes narrowed glinting with fury. That was low and he knows it. The water before me melted and seeped into the ground.
"Illusion: Mist" I yelled making the corresponding hand signs to complete this genjutsu. Clones of me appear and ran towards Gaara getting ready to attack. They jumped in the air but before his sand shield could block the attack they burst into cherry blossom petals. I took this as my chance and transported behind him. Startled that someone was behind him he spun around. As soon as he turned I threw the water I had been holding in my hand at him. As the water soaked his clothes I burst into fits of laughter.
"Ha! Looks like Ai-chan wet his pants!" I snickered falling to the ground. Gaara looked down to see that his pants were soaked making it look as if he peed his pants.
We heard a rustling of leaves from the left and out of the brush came Daichi.
"What's taking you so..." Gaara turned towards the man eyes narrowed in annoyance. Daichi turned towards me eyes alight with amusement.
"Did you do this?" He asked no sign of anger.
"Yes?" I answered unsure; usually he was mad when I did something like this.
"I can't believe you outsmarted a kage." He said finally laughing.
"What!? A Kage!" I turned towards Gaara He didn't look that much older than me and yet he was a kage. That's..that's amazing. "But you're so young."
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Mizu and Gaara sat silently listening to the rain patter against the roof. Daichi was in his room packing cloths for the trip to Suna. He decided that they would stay for a while. For once Mizu was allowed to tag along. The only reason Daichi approved of this was her constant begging and nagging. After a while he could only take so much.
Gaara had been staring silently at the wall for the last thirty minutes. Although he wasn't staring at me it was still aggravating none the less. What's so interesting about a wall? I looked from the wall and back to Gaara. I don't get it. I've been living here for the last five years and I've never found anything interested about any of these walls. I waved my hand in front of his face trying to get his attention. It didn't work. What the hell. Is he on some mind-transporting substance or something? This silence is insane.
"That's it. I'm tired of your silent staring!" I screamed. I had finally had enough. If I was going to be trapped in a house with someone besides a ferret I was at least going to do something. I had spent so long alone in this cabin with no one but Daichi and a ferret. There are only so many one-sided conversations a person can have with a ferret before going mad. Gaara turned to face me finally snapping out of his trance.
"What?"
"You've been sitting here for the last thirty minutes doing nothing but staring! And at what. A fucking wall! And what's even worse it that I've been sitting here trying to figure out what the hell is just so interesting about that stupid wall! What is it! Please enlighten me. I want to know." He opened his mouth to answer pausing a second. This was it. I was finally going to find out what the hell was just so interesting about this stupid wall!
"I wasn't staring at the wall. I was staring at that spider." he said outstretching his hand and pointing towards the wall. There if it was big, fat and ugly, a giant black spider. My face distorted into that of disgusted as I remember seeing it earlier.
"That things still here! Wow." Still on my knees and too lazy to move I slide up too it, observing it. "Oh lookie, it's even building a nest."
"Mizu." I turned to Daichi signaling that I was indeed listening. "Pack before you go to bed please, we leave in the morning and I don't want to have to wait for you." I sighed pouting.
"I love you too, Daichi." I grumbled before turning back to the spider's nest.
Wow, another chapter so soon. It's weird usually it takes me a while. Finally this is going somewhere. Most of these were fillers up until now, including this one. The next chapter will be...kinda action-y. I've found my muse! And that's a combination of reviews and surgar-y junk. Thanks to all my reviewers and readers. You're all amazing. Sorry not that talkative tonight. I'll be gone next week but luckly I'll have my laptop. Sweetness. I'll update at the end of the week or beginning of next. Thanks again.