Kyuuki was an unusual girl. Her parents were both medical ninjas that were constantly gone on missions and worked closely with the Kazekage Rasa. She was a talented kunoichi who specialized in medical ninjutsu as well as her own medical ninja specific ninjutsu she used in battle. She was smart and perceptive; she used this to her advantage in battle. She could easily discover weaknesses or previous injury within the body just by observing her opponents closely. Kyuuki uses a technique that allows her to release an explosion of Chakra within her opponents body oncontact. Her medical training allows her to target vital organs in the body. Kyuukis weakness is her lack of fear, ranged Shinobi, and her nonchalant attitude.
Kyuuki had befriended Temari of the sand siblings at a young age. She had her own room in the Kazekage manor and stayed there when her parents were gone months at a time. She spent quite a lot of her time in the greenhouse growing herbs and practicing her medical skills. She even went with the sand siblings to infiltrate Konoha during the chunnin exams. She had been part of the triage unit as a med-nin on standby.
Kyuuki got along with all of the siblings. Temari was her best friend. The girls trained hard together and pushed each other to their limits. Kankuro was like an older brother figure to her. Their relationship was very typical for siblings. They teased and tormented each other endlessly. There wasn't much Kyuuki wouldn't trust Kankuro with.
And then there was Gaara.
Kyuuki didn't get to spend as much time with him as she did his other siblings. He was often off by himself and didn't speak to her all that much. Kyuuki didn't think he disliked her, he just preferred to be alone. Everyone was terrified of the monster that he was host to and lived a very solitary life. Kyuuki never once feared Gaara or the Shukaku. He never gave her a reason to. Even back in the dark days before they had all met a certain yellow haired hyperactive ninja.
Gaara sat on the rooftop letting the cool desert breeze tossle his scarlet locks. His eyes stayed fixed on a figure below. He watched as she made her way through the marketplace. She wore a long black cloak that made her hair striking in comparison. It was dusk and all the shops were starting to close up for the evening. Suna was particularly beautiful at this time of day. The sunset changed the sky into a wave of color but Gaara's eyes were fixed on something he thought was even more intriguing. He watched her pure white hair softly dance in the breeze. He leapt down from the building he was perched atop and dusted the sand off of his gear.
Gaara had never felt like this before. His face felt slightly warm and his insides felt like they were fluttering. He enjoyed the company of this particular young kunoichi; She was strong and fearless. Her violet eyes landed on his as she spotted him walking along. She smiled and waved at him. She was one of the few people in the village that never shied away from him or treated him differently. He knew that she was aware he was a jinchuuriki but she never once looked at him like he was a monster. It baffled and confused him until he had met Uzumaki.
He nodded to her and asked, "Are you headed home as well?" She nodded and smiled. "Walk with me?" She half asked and continued on. He nodded and they walked back to the manor together in silence. She wasn't sure what it was about Gaara that was so calming to her. She was usually nervous and flustered when it came to boys but Gaara was different. Kyuuki had always found the red head extremely attractive. She had kept these thoughts to herself. She didn't want to deal with the horrendous teasing that would ensue if Kankuro or Temari found out about her little crush.
Temari was in the kitchen watering her plants as she spotted the two come home together. Kankuro had just come downstairs and plopped down on the couch. "Ne, Temari what's for dinner I'm starving?" Kankuro whined as his stomach growled noisily. Kyuuki piped up, "Oh no! Please can we order take out?" Kyuuki plopped down on the luscious red sofa with silky throw pillows. "I don't think I could stomach another of Temari's kitchen disasters." Kyuuki smirked at her blonde best friend and then dodged a wooden spoon Temari lobbed at her angrily.
The Sand Siblings had their own wing of the Suna manor. Including a common room and a full kitchen off to the side. Each of their rooms had their own bathrooms attached. Kyuuki was freshening up before bed when she heard a soft knock on her bedroom door. Puzzled as to whom it could be at this hour, she opened the door cautiously. Standing there was her favorite redhead. "G-gaara?" She stammered, surprised that he was standing before her as she was in her silky short nightdress. Kyuuki could feel her face getting warm. " Kyuuki, Temari sent me to give you this." he held out a small pouch. Kyuuki giggled. "Oh! Thank you!" Kyuuki looked up from her unexpected package and Gaara was staring at her with an unusual look in his eyes. Kyuuki giggled as he began to turn to walk back down the hallway to his room. "Goodnight Gaara." She said softly and closed her door.
Kyuuki set the small pouch down on her desk. Temari was in charge of the monthly shipments of supplies from Konoha and she usually spoiled Kyuuki with small gifts of her favorite dry herbs or other medical supplies. She had been waiting months for her new senbon needles to come in. She took the small parcel with her and her evening tea to the balcony. She sat down and opened the package from Temari. She slid the needles through her fingers deep in thought.
The next morning Kyuuki woke up and did her usual morning routine, shower, and put on her usual Ninja attire. A black mesh halter top under an off the shoulder kimono sleeves purple crop top, thigh high heeled ninja boots and black ninja shorts under a wrap around lilac colored skirt. She finished up with her weapons pouches and headed to the kitchen. Temari was already awake, "Kyuuki, are you ready to go?" The girls had planned a day out for shopping. They got to the market and shopped around for a while. "Kyuuki let's check this new shop out?" Temari shouted and pulled Kyuuki along. The girls stepped inside of a clothing shop. It had been a while since Kyuuki had splurged and bought new clothes. Temari forced her to buy a full body fishnet suit that Kyuuki was eyeing. Not that she would ever wear it for anyone. She and Temari spent hours trying on new outfits and dresses.
The girls got back to the Kazekage tower and were greeted by Kankuro and Gaara already at home. Kyuuki lugged her spoils up to her room and decided she would put her spoils away later as it was her turn to cook tonight. Thankfully she had gone grocery shopping the night before. She pulled the ingredients for potato curry out and started preparing dinner. Not long after she had started Gaara wandered into the kitchen. Kyuuki noticed he had been watching her. Kyuuki started washing the potatoes and Gaara spoke up. "Would you like help?" he said flatly. She smiled at him feeling nervous of how close he was standing to her next to the sink. She set out the cutting board and a few vegetables and Gaara had begun chopping the vegetables.
While Kyuuki began cooking. Gaara had finished chopping and turned around behind Kyuuki and dumped the vegetables in the pan brushing against her backside, Kyuuki froze. Gaara lingered behind her and Kyuuki thought she was dreaming, her breath caught. She felt herself leaning into his touch. Gaara carefully set the board down to their left as he was overwhelmed with the body heat of the beautiful female giving in to his primal and instinctual advances. Kyuuki swiftly set the temperature for the dish and spun around in the mischievous red-heads arms. She blushed wildly and she whispered his name staring into his beautiful blue green orbs. Kyuuki absolutely thought she was dreaming. This was Gaara, The Sabaku no Gaara. What was she even doing? What on earth was happening. The world had come to a halt. She impulsively reached up and crashed her lips upon his. The kiss was hot and passionate to her surprise. She tangled her fingers in his hair. He slid his hands up both sides of her thighs and lifted her up to a sitting position on the counter beside their dinner and leaned into her deepening the kiss.
Kyuuki was the first to pull away when she heard a noise come from the hallway. Kankuro threw his arm out as his sister had tried to walk past him into the kitchen, halting her to catch her attention. Kankuro and Temari were staring at the two shinobi wide eyed from the hall. Kankuro cleared his throat as Temari busted out laughing. Gaara tightened his grip around Kyuuki's waist at the sound. "Pay up Kankuro," she choked out while slapping her brother on the shoulder. "I absolutely called it," Temari crossed her arms and winked at the two flustered teens still in each other's arms. Kankuro grumbled in defeat and actually paid up. Kyuuki quickly kissed Gaara again, savoring his sweet and salty taste and then jumped off the counter and resumed cooking dinner. She was surprisingly not that embarrassed. Gaara helped her serve dinner as they all took their places around the table.
Kankuro had grown to look forward to the night that Kyuuki would cook homemade meals. He wasn't inherently surprised by the events he just witnessed. He had sensed the attraction between his brother and his friend the first time he was in the same room as them. He never suspected his brother would ever make the first move.
Temari sat in the living room grinning to herself. She couldn't imagine a better fit for her youngest brother. She was very fond of Kyuuki and was her best friend.
After dinner, qGaara had followed Kyuuki to her room as they had unfinished business to attend to. Kyuuki blushed deeply as she led Gaara into her room. He had lingered and helped her
clean up the dishes. She had hoped he would. They ended up on the balcony of her room. Enjoying the cool desert evening, she looked at Gaara. He had been silent since they had been caught in the kitchen, he seemed deep in thought.
Kyuuki leaned against the railing taking in the beautiful view of the sand village. Kyuuki began, "Gaara, I–," she stopped as she felt him hovering behind her. Kyuuki felt his sand drift lazily around her arms and her throat. She relaxed herself into the redheaded male standing closely behind her. She focused on the sand dancing up her arms around her bare stomach and up to her neck and shoulders. It was such an odd and relaxing sensation. She giggled and leaned backwards into him. He wrapped his arms around the slight kunoichi. Gaara was embarrassed he had no idea what he was doing but everything felt so good and so right there with Kyuuki. "Gaara, what are we doing?" She asked him and sighed contently. He had no immediate answer for her so he stayed silent. She turned around and looked up into his eyes. He bent down and kissed her softly. "Gaara, I have had feelings for you for a while now." His beautiful sea green eyes shone in the dark. "Me too, although it took me a while to understand them after a very interesting conversation with Kankuro." They had stayed like that for a while and then Gaara resigned to his own room.