Frozen Sands Chapter 6, a naruto fanfic

-Kimi-

I saw him stop a few feet ahead of me and sit down on the rooftop he was on and stare out at the forest. I slowed down and silently came up behind him, still keeping almost all my chakra hidden.

"So…"

I said and I saw him tense.

"This is where you ran off to."

I said as I walked up to him and sat down next to him. I let my legs hang down over the edge of the roof and leaned back on my arms as I looked out over the forest. It was actually really pretty.

"Why'd you follow me?"

He asked in a sharp tone and I sighed.

"I don't know, I guess I just wanted something to do. Maybe I wanted to hang with you. You pick."

I said and he was silent a while.

"So, you don't like being used like a tool either huh?"

I asked after a while and felt him tense beside me.

"Relax, I'm sure you can tell I'm like you."

I said and smiled to myself when he relaxed a bit.

"You're nothing like me."

He said and I turned to look at him. He was staring out at the forest, a pained look in his eyes.

"Oh? So then am I wrong in guessing we're both hosts to tailed beasts?"

I asked and he turned and glared at me, but I just looked him in the eye.

"We may both have beasts, but that doesn't mean you're anything like me."

He snapped and I sighed and looked away.

"Right, 'cuz I so don't understand what it's like to have my whole village fear and hate me just because of what's inside me. I so don't understand what it's like to have people I used to think loved me try to use me or try to kill me. I'm just some happy-go-lucky little idiot that had the misfortune of having a tailed beast sealed inside me right?"

I asked while looked out at the forest. He didn't say anything in response and I knew I was right.

"You're not."

He said after a while and I looked at him confused.

"Huh?"

"You're not an idiot."

He said and I smiled before looking up at the sky. The sun was starting to go down over the horizon making the sky different shades of red, orange, pink, and purple.

"And you're not as alone as you think."

I said and felt him tense beside me.

-Gaara-

I had gotten away from my siblings so I could calm down without doing anything rash only to be followed anyways, but not by who I'd expected. It was the white haired girl Kimiko. When she said she was like me I got angry. She was nothing like me and I told her so.

She said and I froze. She was just like me.

"You're not."

I said after a while and she looked at me confused.

"Huh?"

"You're not an idiot."

I said and she smiled before turning to look up at the sky.

"And you're not as alone as you think."

She said and I tensed. What did she mean? Of course I was alone.

"You may fear those close to and those who don't know you, but think about it. Who are the two people who have always been by your side?"

She asked and I thought about it and realized the two people she was talking about.

"They're only still with me because the mission requires them to be."

I said without thinking, then clamped my mouth shut as I realized I'd given away the fact we were on a mission.

"If you say so. But is that really true? I mean, are they really only still with you because of that or are they still with you because they love you? They are your siblings right?"

She asked and I looked at her in shock. She was still looking up at the sky. I looked her over as the fading light from the setting sun shined down on her. Her waist length white hair hung loosely around her shoulders and her bangs covered her forehead that was wrapped in bandages. Her pale skin seemed to glow from the sunlight. Her blue eyes stood out from her skin. She was wearing what looked to be a fur coat of sorts around her shoulders, but it was as white as her hair. Underneath that she wore a ninja mesh shirt with a white shirt over it. She had on a white skirt of sorts that stopped a few inches before her knees. She had white ninja shoes on and white elbow length fingerless gloves with guards on them. I noticed she had a sword strapped to her waist and she probably had other weapons hidden from sight. She truly was beautiful. I shook my head as soon as I thought that and looked away.

'Seems like you're getting attached.'

Shukaku said and I growled at him.

"They fear me, they do not love me."

I said, answering her question and trying to ignore Shukaku's laughter from within my head.

"If you say so. I don't have actual siblings, but Yui and Ji are probably the closest thing I have to family. My mother and father were killed when I was younger because Yuu got out and I couldn't control her. Ever since then the village has hated me even more, they say if a child could kill her own parents then what's keeping them from killing anyone else? Even though I gained control at four, they still treated me like I could snap at any moment. When I joined the academy it was the same. The adults' fears had been passed on to their kids and I'm sure you know how that is. I was being picked on when Yui and Ji came and stood up for me. Since then, we've been together."

She said and I blinked in surprise that she was telling me all this.

"Why did you kill your parents?"

I asked curiously and noticed the sad smile that made it's way onto her face.

"Because of what my father did. I loved them, I mean they were my parents you know? But my father didn't like the fact that I had a beast sealed within me, so as punishment he decided to brand me with the mark of the beast."

She said and I watched as she reached up and pulled at one end of the bandages wrapped around her forehead and they fell away to reveal a wolf's head etched into her skin in the middle of her forehead. It's teeth were bared as if it were snarling at someone.

"The Juubi."

I whispered and she laughed a little.

"Yeah. The ten tailed wolf was sealed within me as an infant, much like how the other tailed beast are sealed within the other hosts. Naruto has the Kyuubi, and you have the Shukaku. Though she doesn't like the name Juubi, so I call her Yuu."

She said with a smile and I looked at her. She seemed to be happy that she had a beast sealed inside her.

"Don't get me wrong, my life has been horrible because of her, but it's also been good. If it hadn't been for her I wouldn't be here talking with you right now."

She said as she rewrapped the bandages around her forehead and tied them. I looked at her confused and slightly curious.

"What do you mean?"

I asked and she turned and smiled at me which confused me further.

"I'll tell you that after the second part of the Exams, that is if we both pass."

She said with a smile before getting to her feet.

"Oh, I meant to say thanks. That little sand transportation thing you do seemed really cool so I tried it, it makes travel a lot easier."

She said and I looked up at her confused before she was surrounded by ice, then disappeared.

'Why did she bother telling me all of that?'

I wondered as I got to my feet. Shukaku only laughed and I ignored him as I used my sand to get back to the hotel I was sharing with my siblings. They both instantly asked if I was okay and Kankuro even apologized for what he said and explained he hadn't meant it to sound like it had. As I listened to them what Kimiko said went through my mind.

'If you say so. But is that really true? I mean, are they really only still with you because of that or are they still with you because they love you? They are your siblings right?'

I found myself smiling as I made my way over to the balcony of the hotel room. Seems like she's more like me than I'd thought.

A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed. You got a little insight into Kimiko's life and there was a little bondage between her and Gaara. Please review, more is still to come.