Fandom Naruto the sands skip a beat. (by enzer and believing heart)

[enzerubebii]

Temari and the Kankuro were so proud of their baby brother. Gaara was now the Kazekage. Now he can show the villagers that he is no longer the fearsome weapon he once was, And to show that he will use his powers to protect the entire village, he can gain the same kind of strength as Naruto has. Which they did see a odd bond between the two. The villages came of their...'offerings' but one caught kankuros attention. A man pushing a girl along like she was scared to be around him..and they stood before gaara. "Oh mighty kazekage i am The owner of the moonlight hotel...and in honor of you being the next kazekage... i give you as a informant and geisha entertainer..my daughter..." "DID HE SAY DAUGHTER!" Temari and kankuro said in unison and the girl looked at the man in tears. "F-father... you said this was just a visit... does this have to do with.." "Shut up our personal matters dont concern them..." The man continued. "Her name is Kirisuto nagano and has the ability to pull out secrets and lies from anyone you see sus...also she was chosen as a tailed beast holder...." The crowd gasped andgot nervous and kiri looked at him scared "FATHER YOU SAID YOU WOULDNT TELL THAT PART!M-mother said" " Screw what your mother said! Father knows best! A-as i was saying she has a unique power to reveal secrets from anyone as long as she has.." He then took a long step aside away from his daughter "Physical contact with them. mostly the head. All i ask is that you let her try out to be in your staff." Kiri looked defeated and was about to cry.
( MJ ._. )

 

[MJ ._.]

Gara could feel the heaviness of the burden of his duties as the new kazekage from the expecting eyes of spectators. Fortunately, he had inherited a blank face that wouldn’t betray him easily. But more importantly, he was thankful to his siblings who were standing by his side to protect him physically and mentally. They probably were proud of their little brother since he had handled every guest respectfully and elegantly. All leaders, bosses, headmen, and rulers of smaller areas of land of the wind and her neighbors had come to meet him and he had to leave a good impression on them. He couldn’t be too soft or they would see him as a mere child. He couldn’t be too stern or they might call him wild and untrustworthy. Gara had to win everyone’s heart and trust which was a frustrating task to do. But, he seemed to be successful so far. He had accepted every offering they had brought with equal pleasure until the owner of the moonlight hotel showed his face. Of course, that man's looks didn’t matter to kazekage but the small young girl who was with him had a face to remember. She looked nervous and somehow sad but it couldn’t hide her beauty. Something unsettling about her face made him feel worried. Gara focused on the man as he spoke humbly. “Welcome to Sunagakure, Master of the moonlight hotel.” He replied officially as he had welcomed guests before him in the same manner. Then, that man introduced the girl with him as his daughter and offered her to him as both an entertainer and a konoichi. His siblings couldn’t stop their surprise from exploding in their shocked cries. Gara cleared his throat to remind them to keep their heads cool. He could clearly understand them but they weren’t in the place to criticize the actions of a villager of another village. He thought that he could feel their worried gazes on him. Maybe it was only his imagination but they had the right to be sensitive about the matter. After all, the similarity to his dark background and the offered girl’s current situation was enough to trigger negative emotions in his family. Yet, his siblings were wrong. He had already forgiven his father and Suna villagers for their actions in the past and was trying to build a bright future for everyone. In that regard, there was no reason for Kirisuto Nagano to not be included in that hopeful future. He watched the argument between father and daughter patiently. It wasn’t wise to show a reaction to their family quarrels. Then, the man approached him and whispered about Kiri’s techniques to him. Gara nodded in response. He had to give him an answer to keep him satisfied without ignoring his daughter’s rights. “If Kirisuto Nagano san wishes to offer her talents to the land of the wind, then we welcome her gladly. She can be our guest until she finds out if she can truly fit in Sunagakure system.” He spoke mildly but seriously then looked at the girl for the second time to see if she would like to seize the opportunity to become a Suna konoichi or would rather go back home instead. Kiri seemed to be on the brink of tears but he thought if she is smart enough she wouldn’t oppose her father at the moment. After all, Gara had implicitly given her the chance to go back to her village later.

 

[enzerubebii]

Kiri blinked seeing Gaara wanted to help her and just nodded and bowed "Y-yes sir ill do what i can to be of aid." The father smiled and eventually escorted to leave after he handed her her bags and a suitcase..Temari leaned in to her brothers "Gaara...Kankuro... i dont trust that jerk..you dont just offer your own blood willy nilly without a legit reason...and saying she was a tailed beast holder..it was like he was trying to SELL her to us!" Kankuro nodded looking at the shaking girl as she checked every scroll and looked at one specifically crying "I agree Temari but for right now we all need to calm her down, get through to her to let her know we wont hurt her..and see if she is a tailed or not.." What caught both the siblings attention though was her 'talking to herself' as she stopped what she was doing and said "What do you mean you smell him?.. Su-su...calm down...nows not the time...I know i know i have to keep my promise but dont you feel how much negative energy is built up thanks to father again..." wait...AGAIN? this happened before?! they thought "besides Susu...if he is here..he would smell you too..and it would be one hella awk...ward..." She saw them staring and she tried to recover "S-sorry! i like talking to myself to calm down.... SO um... do you... have a training...." Temari smiled "We can take you there later...since you agreed willingly to be our informant you wouldn't mind answering a few questions.." Kiri nodded sitting down. "And to be clear my father lied to you from the start.. He isnt the owner of the Moonlight hotel...mother is.. Father is in dept cause of his gambling and since i was the most popular geisha and had the ability to pull the truth from lies.." "He dumped you on us.." Temari stated "To help pay his depts and mom just thinks im helping make a moon branch in the village..mom knows nothing..and if i snitched... he would kill me and make it look like an accident..releasing susu..." Well that confirmed their 2ed question she was a Jinchūriki but now their 3rd.. "what is her name? if we may ask.." Kankkuro asked and Kiri smiled "Oh its susami san or i like to call her Susu.. shes actually more..harmless than you might think.. she hates fights.. she only fights if she has to." That got the siblings to stare at her confused and dumbfounded...they never met a pacifist tailed beast before... then they saw her put pink bottles on gaaras desk "While im in your services sir.. i recommend you keeping these on hand.. There new moon perfume bottles... i need them when susus has to much negative energy in me and...snaps..i can easily dispose of it myself willingly however..to much is complicated.."

 

[MJ ._.]

Gara had planned to keep that specific day as uneventful as possible. But, as events were unfolding, it seemed an impossible goal to achieve. When Temari spoke her doubts, he would rather just agree with a nod and leave the case for the end of that day. Certainly, they could understand that he had his doubts about them too. The man was confirmed to be who he claimed to be. But he needed to check information about his daughter and the biju case. Surely all of the tailed beats had been listed in the village’s information system. So, he expected to learn more about the beast with no tails before facing Kirisuto. The moment she started speaking to herself, he noticed that he couldn’t have the luxury of pre-studying. His siblings decided to handle their doubts and have answers right away. That wasn’t a bad idea. At least, watching their conversation, the way she observed her scrolls, her monologs and her answers to their questions was a satisfying sort of studying as well.
“Moon perfume…” Gaara repeated under breath as picked a pink bottle. Kiri was right about one thing; her story was complicated. A few minutes ago, he could easily consider everything that man had said as a spoiled joke but now he preferred to believe at least half of his tale. “Thank you, Kirisuto san. It was a wise decision to prepare them beforehand. Temari, Kankuro, you must have one with you as well.” He told his siblings to take two bottles of perfume. “We will have one in the storage and one for the lab. Kirisuto san, you have to keep the rest with you and lend a bottle to the person who is nearest to you, whether you’re at home, in the village, or out of it.” He told the mysterious girl then looked at her secretary. “He was the last visitor, wasn’t he?” He asked. “Yes, kazekage sama. The list was sorted based on political influence.” The secretary, who was a young juunin answered. “Well then… with this, we are done today.” Gaara stood and looked out of the window. The orange sky told him that the sun was about to set. “I’ll bring the report of each meeting to your place as soon as they’re finished.” Said the secretary. Gaara nodded. “The sooner the better.” He said then looked at Temari and Kankuro meaningfully. If Kiri was a normal girl, he would send her off to rest in an inn for that night and then could easily speak to his trusted people about her. But she was everything but normal. He was starting to doubt his first impression of her too. He had thought that she was beautiful. There was no doubt that she had a nice face but he was afraid it wasn’t really what he had felt. Why was that emotion of admiration accompanied with anxiety? He couldn’t call it exactly anxiety, the same as when he awaited a disaster. It felt more like something between premonition and Deja Vu. Especially, when she was talking to herself and she spoke of a certain guy. Although it wasn’t rational, Gaara knew that Susu was there and could oddly feel her attention. Also, he had a hunch that the guy whom Susu was concerned about was an acquaintance of him. That matter had to be sorted out immediately yet he couldn’t talk to his siblings about it right away since he was afraid of leaving an unknown jinchuriki alone in the village. “Let’s have a stroll and decide about Kirisuto san’s temporary home while reports are being written.” He spoke his final decision. He was going to take three of them out and have a serious conversation about Susami with them.

 

[enzerubebii]

They nodded and kankuro looked at kiri as he and temari took their perfumes "You can leave your stuff that you cant carry here.. we can put a lock seal on them.. And dont worry..we dont bite... except for temari at din..OW!" he gets playfully punched by Temari. "Im not that viciou...huh?" That was when they finally FINALLY got a small laugh out of kiri..and some tension was eased off."i-im sorry... you just reminded me of my brother...and hahhaha!" Small blobs of dark chakra began to form but at the same time disperse like it was being dispelled. "Ok ok im good. We can do the walk...i do wish to see the town.." When going out of the building and walking into town Kiri was quiet at first.. that was kinda because she was talking to a large..well large for her black and white japanese bobtail cat with heterochromia eyes. "Its him its him its himmm! That red hair man reeks of my shu shu!" "Susami...calm down i almost nuked the personal mission cause you were hyper and dad basically sold me...wait till mom finds out...But are you sure its him? I mean besides the smell?" She saw Susami eagerly nod. "Oh i know i know! Our song! ShuShu always sings it with me!" Chrissy blinks and sighs "Fine... ill let you... take over me for a minute ok..JUST A MINUTE to confirm or deny anything... no jumping... no hyper bouncing no nada! just to confirm your theory then i get my body..." When she snapped into reality it was 'because' Kankuro tapped her and said "You okay? You phased out for a moment." Kiri smied "Y-yeah not used to being this quiet at night...ya know entertaining an all.. is it okay i just.. sing a little something just to chill my nerves." They nod and continue walking... "you will have to forgive me if i blank out...this is supposed to be a duet..its kinda..about my...firend.." she knew saying 'tailed beast' right now might be a problem so just calling her her friend is fine and as she took a breath her left eye turned a ocean blue.. 'here goes nothing' Susami and Kiri thought in unison and they sang.Kiri could feel susami was a mix of hopeful, scared, and nervous. They just had to try and this was their song. The song they sang when Kurama exiled her... "I will always be with you. Makes no difference where your road takes you to..." Temari and Kankuro stopped INSTANTLY in their tracks.. 'did her voice?' They turned cause her voice was a knockout!..it was regal polite but something about it was yearning.. She continued but her head was still down
"Even if we're apart..." She cracked for a moment cause of the memories but shook it off. "Now we're joined at the heart. Though our moment may be gone..." SHe then looked at them she they saw her left eye was now an ocean blue and looked really sad but hopeful."You and i will still live on..."

 

[MJ ._.]

Gaara rarely was part of small quarrels between his siblings, mostly because he wouldn't take a joke during the cruel special training that his father had managed for him. Yet, he always enjoyed watching them taunting each other. But unexpectedly, there was one more person enjoying their back and throw in the room. Kirisuto was laughing at them while they looked at her dumbfoundedly. That could be a pretty scene if it didn’t include the appearance and disappearance of dark chakra blobs. Maybe she wasn’t stable enough but Gaara trusted his own strength and believed that he could take care of her if she got out of control.

Gaara chose a direct path to the outer wall. This route had the advantage of emptiness and security. Only shinobis who were going to guard the wall or coming back from it used that path and it only happened when shifts changed. They happened to meet a few chuunins on their way. They saluted at kazekage as they passed. “Seems like a peaceful night.” Gaara spoke and glanced at Kirisuto who looked to be deep in thoughts. Again, he felt that unsettling sensation as if someone else’s emotions were about to grasp his heart. He was wondering if that was only one of her abilities when noticed a sudden change in her face. Since she had been looking down all the time she had spent thinking, he couldn’t be sure what exactly had changed about her but he knew that he wasn’t looking at the same face. He looked at his siblings and noticed that they were looking at her with worried eyes as well. Kankuro tapped on her shoulder and asked if she was okay. That was what Gaara wanted to know as well. Kirisuto claimed that the silence was on her nerves and asked to sing as they walk. “As you wish. No harms will come of it.” Gaara agreed. And so she began singing. At first, he thought she was doing that just to show off her voice. After hearing about her job as a geisha what else could he think of? But her voice wasn’t the only thing he heard. He could hear him sneering from the depths of his conscious. “That’s my girl! Hehe…” Shukaku said. Not Now! Gaara thought and regained control of his emotions. After silencing the tailed beast, Kirisuto looked like a normal girl…only if one of her eyes hadn’t changed color.

The blue eye had acted like a siren; Temari was on her guards and Kankuro seemed ready to protect his brother from the weird girl. “What are you doing?” He asked. But Gaara hadn’t felt threatened. He thought that it was time to question her. He had tried to postpone it until they were on the wall but Kirisuto was in hurry to show her hand. “Who are you? I know the one who sang now wasn’t a normal singer and this eye…doesn’t belong to a human.” He asked her seriously. Once more, Shukaku was laughing in his ear. What is he so happy about?! He thought but the beast didn’t want to answer.

 

[enzerubebii]

Susami made a small chuckle "Calm down nya... i didnt mean to startle you... My name is Susami...or as some people call me the no tail.. My hostess and me have a unique agreement.. I can share my power with her depending on situations and help her ajust more to it..if she helps me find something i lost and want back in my life.. and if he was dead...she would make a shrine for him and i …well to be honest not leave for a month or three.." Temari looked at her.. "wait... you mean" Both temari and kankuro pointed at gaara and the woman nodded and then purred "Shu shuuuu i know youre in theree~" she purred. "You better be behaving...You were known for your naughty temper when i wasnt near you." Kankuro and temari wanted to be on guard but werent sure anymore Susami saw this and sighed "Alright ill tell you one of the reasons why i made that said deal and...i may have rushed the girl... Due to my talents..and one of the 'dumb excuses' of why i was exiled from the mainland...i can accidently kill her if shes overwhelmed with negative emotions...mostly my own...so if my shu shu was dead..." Temari clicked in some concern "You would had killed her out of your own dispair..." Susami nodded at her answer.. "So thats why i got a bit antsy when i smelled my shu shu.." she then chuckled "knowing him hes whining and saying 'Honey... how many times do i have to tell youuu stop saying Shu Shu in publiccc!What if the fox hears youuu." she laughed like a mischievous lover. "But he must be sleeping or that red head boy has him in a good time out leash. So.." She then stuck her tounge out at gaara as if she was just taunting her husband "Soo i can say his pet name alll i want. And while im out here... Is shu shu treating you nice? I know he can be grumpy but he was just missing me..." "Wait i have a question.." Kankuro asked getting the 'cats' attention "Arent tails a form of power? like 9 being the strongest and what not..." Susami then gave a slight serious look. "Just because i am the weakest doesnt mean im the strongest. Have you learned anything about the power of the number 0 boy?" Thats when it clicked she was the weakest in strength but her chakra was equal to the others...the reason she was exiled was that at the time she lacked control. then susami walked over and looked up at Gaara. "Sir if i may ask for just a little bit...can i speak with my husband? As you can see im being a good guest and i also promise to help you as an informant as long as i get husband time..."

 

[MJ ._.]

Kirisuto, or to be accurate; Susami, was openly talking about her past with Shukaku and her feelings. The way she spoke of killing Kirisuto…Gaara found it shameless. But, he knew their relationship well enough. A few years ago, he didn’t even dare to sleep or Shukaku would take over and start a massacre. That beast had made his awakeness a nightmare and although Susami was acting cute, she wasn’t any better regarding the care for her hostess. On the other hand, Shukaku had begun yearning to take over again. It had taken him long and hard training to overcome the beast’s power and now he had found new resolve to fight against his host’s will. While his siblings were amazed by nyan girl, he decided that he could hate Susami easily. But no…he couldn’t. Gaara had learned self-control and wasn’t going to lose it because Shukaku’s former mate. While Shukaku was trying to force his way out by putting him under pressure, Gaara sorted out his thoughts to give Susami a proper answer. Temari could see from his frowning, sweating, pal face that he was struggling inside. “I’m afraid you’re asking too much from me. As the kazekage, I can’t risk safety of the village by letting Shukaku act freely. It took me a long time and hard training to learn to keep him under control and now I’m responsible for the danger he might bring to the village. I don’t want Kirisuto san to get hurt. Do you think you can kindly retreat and let her speak instead?” He calmly asked Susami but his eyes were cold and serious.

“Nonsense! Get out of my way boy.” Shukaku was still growling.
“Keep it cool. You’ll never take over my body again.” Gaara shut him up right away.
“Damn brat…you won't hold me for long…hahaha…”

Meanwhile, at kazekage’s office….

Sora had focused on writing down meeting reports as fast as possible but his pen stopped when he reached the last visitor. “That supposed to be hotel owner…why did he have to come?” He asked himself. That one report was going to be more about his deductionsof that short conversation that had been exchanged. From his point of view, everything about that father and daughter could be a farce. He began enlisting every suspicious point for later reference. He probably was going to attach that list to his report as an appendix. First of all, their intention wasn’t clear. The girl had implied that her father needed money. Well, he stroke that out first of all. A young geisha like Kirisuto could earn more money in capital rather than an enclosed hidden village. They could yearn for power though. But only military power since kazekage didn’t have enough political influence in the land of wind. To get close enough to kazekage, it wasn’t enough to only work as an informant so maybe she was going to use geisha skills to win Gaara’s heart. That was more probable. Thinking of informants…she could be a spy. The latter was even more probable. She had confessed that she had the reibi sealed in her, which meant she could destroy the village from inside. From that perspective, she was a timebomb that could explode any moment and maybe take down Gaara with her. Then, everything clicked together in his brain. “I see…a geisha gets close to our young and romantically naïve kazekage and when he let his guard down she strikes…” He made his most pessimistic conclusion. But Gaara wasn’t going to accept that from him without evidence. Just then, Kirisuto’s luggage left in the office attracted his attention. He cautiously left his chair and approached them. Maybe he could find some clues if he inspected her belongings more observantly. Gaara would hate that but it was his duty to protect kazekage and the village by all means. First, he went to the window and closed the curtains and then opened the door and had a look inside the corridor to make sure no one was patrolling nearby. After that, he locked the door and went to check out Kirisuto’s stuff.

Sora was more curious about her scrolls but didn’t have time to inspect them all. Thus, he used a copying jutsu and copied their information in a special copy scroll. Then, he looked into her clothes. “Seems that she really is going to have performances here.” He told himself as checked every corner of kimonos and yukatas to make sure they had no other purposes. He considered her metal fans light weapons and so the inspection was over. In the end, he put everything neatly in their places and moved the whole stuff to a less obvious corner of the office. This way, it seemed normal that they had been moved for an innocent reason. Then it was time to read his copied scroll and complete his report about Nagano girl.

 

[enzerubebii]

Susami was about to cry but then...she began to snarl "our things...our scrolls..ourr work...." She began snarling "SHUKAKU TELL YOUR HOST THAT ITS RUDE TO LET PEOPLE LOOK THROUGH A LADYS THINGS!" And she beelined back to where her luggage was with temari and kankuro trying to catch her. "Shit shes fast!" Kankuro said.. "Well whatever was in those scrolls pissed her off if someone touched them. We need to calm her down...but first we need to pin her down." Temari and kankuro began shadow clone jutsu and surround her just as she reached the door, kicked it open and was giving a death glare to Sora. "Woah woah easyy.... im sure... theres a .." "NO!" both voices said at the same time crying and shaking....someone is in there... touched my things... our scrolls were copied...meaning they were touched... even.. her secret....They could had touched my lady things too... I... I..."kankuro spritzed the purfume at her unaware of how it worked but saw the dark chakra vanish from her the angry blue eye fading to brown and kiri passing out from now being exausted. "OOOKAY...so now we know 2 things... 1 why she needs to contol her emotions...and how the perfume works on her...." kankuro said gently poking her to make sure shes knocked out. Temari glared at Sora. "YOU...I know my brother trusts you but dont you think its disrespectful to look through a ladies things without consent? Even if you have a excuse of a reason? She TRUSTED US to leave her things here so we could figure out where to place her...and you had to almost MAKE HER BLOW UP! she showed NO HOSTILITY TILL NOW!"

 

[MJ ._.]

Gaara had to stop the raging jinchuriki. He had counted on that when he decided to accept her as a guest but now that it was time for action he couldn’t follow her. He could feel that Shukaku wanted to reach out to her and help her so if he went with her and she went on a rampage then there was a high chance that Shukaku would try to take her side and go wild. Angry with his weakness, Gaara remained in his spot helplessly. He closed one of his eyes and his sand-made spying eye appeared in his office. Inside him, Shukaku was growling. “If she needs to talk to me then she has to address me directly instead of you. I thought I’ve gotten used to this kind of behavior…but I was wrong. It still hurts.” He told him. Shukaku stopped nagging and laughed instead. He laughed at his host meaningfully as if he knew something that Gaara didn’t know. “What are you laughing at?” The boy asked frustratedly but there was never a proper response. So, he ignored the beast and directed his attention to his office and his secretary who looked too busy taking notes from one of his copying scrolls. “So she was right…Sora has really copied them. I bet he had thought she would never notice…” He sighed and felt tired suddenly.

Sora was good at finding the information he needed from a sea of useless data. He had skipped Kirisuto’s personal notes and was in awe with her pact with Susami. “Really? What kind of contract is it?! I don’t know whether I should laugh or cry…” He was thinking when heard people running in the corridor. Then there was the sound of a short fighting and a sudden quietness. He went to the door, unlocked and opened it only to face a furious Temari. "YOU...I know my brother trusts you but don't you think its disrespectful to look through a ladies things without consent? Even if you have a excuse of a reason? She TRUSTED US to leave her things here so we could figure out where to place her...and you had to almost MAKE HER BLOW UP! she showed NO HOSTILITY TILL NOW!" She snapped at him. Sora was amazed that Kirisuto had found out about his little mischief and dashed back so quickly but first of all, he needed to calm Temari down before she blew him away to the other side of the country. “Temari san…I’m so sorry…I was only trying to do my duties perfectly…It never came to my mind that…I didn’t want to be disrespectful…” He spoke in his timid and nervous manner. While in the office, he used to crouch down a little and look smaller than he was since kazekage and his bodyguards were considerably shorter than him. But when in the field, his posture was perfect and he looked twice as tall. He kept this act without even noticing since it was part of his humbleness toward kazekage and those close to him. “If my apology can help to solve the problem I’ve caused…I’ll do it the way you see right to mend her emotional wound!” He told Temari as bowed down to his waist.

It was Gaara’s turn to laugh. He couldn’t hear Sora but could see what he was doing. “This is nonsense. I bet he isn’t regretting what he has done even a bit and is going to do it again when he has a chance. For a man who can assassinate a person without asking why…touching a few stuff doesn’t matter.” He thought and sighed again. It didn’t look funny anymore. That was the way the shinobi world was. If Gaara happened to order any of his subordinates to steal, kill, or sabotage they would do it perfectly without asking for a reason. That was one of the main reasons why kasekage’s role was a truly heavy burden.

 

[enzerubebii]

Kankuro summoned a puppet and gently picked her up getting nervous as he heard the small growls Temari looked at him "lets take her and her things to the house for now... we can apologize later.. she will be still pissed at us" Temari then looked at Sora "And you.. i vouch as punishment that tomorrow he not only apologizes but puts everything he copied in the locked archives. She will be a great asset to us as long as we treat her with respect. She was obviously trying to show us she wasnt a threat.." Temari sighed. "Just be lucky you still might have a job if she forgives you..."

That night kiri was stable enough to be in her lucid jutsu phase where she sould see susami in her now pouting humanish catform in a miko outfit.. "Susami... you heard him..if the kage said no there must be a reason..maybe hes a smidge threat." Susami then got whiney and like a child stomped her foot. "THATS BECAUSE I WASNT WITH HIM! I CAN CALM HIM DOWN! HE WAS NEVER A DANGER WHEN I WAS AROUND HIM!" kiri just stared like she was used to these tantrums and sighed. Then she got worried seeing the smile on her face and her sniffing the air. "susu nooo.." "Susu YES!" And thus this began kiri chasing susami till both of them were at a big sand door and susami was beaming and checking herself like she was going on a date. "Great the kages asleep and due to my natural jutsu...you two found a loophole.. Ya know the moment the kage finds out hes gonna sepearate you two.." Susami then smirked "Not when he knows i can pascify him~" Susami then opened the door and kiri coughed from the sand. She saw susami go to what looked like a cage with spikes everywhere and made a cat like cry.. "Aw my poor shu shu...Look at you all caged up.." Kiri sighed " Remember Susu.. this is VISITATION... You get your fix... we dont get caught...and hopefully we can stay... cause you know the situation now." "Yes yes you would rather die from my dispair than be murdered by your father.. now come on pleasee.." Susami gave a pleading look and kiri sighed "Fine ill keep watch.." "YAY" susami purred and being small was able to slip between the spikes and felt the sand moving. Kiri got nervous seeing that. "Its okay kiri san.. mr grumpy knows im here visiting and...since were not stealing anything...except mr shukakus affections that are overdue..im sure mr party pooper wont say no now.."

 

[MJ ._.]

Sora looked at the unconscious girl and wondered what had happened if they weren’t there to stop her. She was still growling like a beast. “Yes ma’am…I’ll do as your command.” Sora answered Temari. From his perspective, it was obvious that Kirisuto was trying to gain their trust. She was an informant after all and they didn’t know where her loyalties lied. He saw them off and then returned to the office to clean up. He picked up the copied scroll and sadly smile at it. “I might have to lock you away tomorrow…so let’s read you word by word tonight!” He sat and pulled an all-nighter to learn everything he could about Kirisuto.



Someone was making ripples in the lake that had been still for a rather long time. That was ominous. Was Shukaku steering again? Gaara woke up and found himself in a familiar dream. That dark place was filled with Ichibi’s power. The massive figure of the chakra beast was right in front of him but had his back at him and seemed to be waiting for someone.

“Hoho…if it’s not my lost kitten!” He growled happily as went forward and placed his hand on the shoulder of an oversized cat. Behind the cat, he saw a girl. “Kirisuto?” He was so surprised but then remembered about her abilities. Taking a turn around the beasts, he approached her. “What are you doing here?” He asked seriously then glanced at Susami. “Is she your…Susami? I thought you two hate it when your belongings are touched. Then, how come you come to my dream without permission? Wait…is it a dream or have you really entered Shukaku’s zone?!” He was confused and worried although was good at hiding it.

From Shuka’s view events were happening differently. He was on his toes since he felt Susu nearby and was really excited to meet her in the street a few hours ago but couldn’t make Gaara let him show his face. He had reached an agreement with his host to coexist peacefully but taking over his body wasn’t part of it let alone manifesting as a whole beast in the outside world. It really was maddening that she was that close and yet he couldn’t have her. That night he was thinking of giving Gaara a headache when sensed her chakra closer than ever. A door had been opened out of nowhere and she stepped in from it. She was with her hostess but left her behind and approached him. “As bold as ever!” He thought and laughed arrogantly. “…if it’s not my lost kitten!” He went to her and dragged her to himself by wrapping an arm around her shoulders. “So you finally found your way, huh? Took you long enough…but with your tiny soft feet it must have been hard so you’re already forgiven!” He said as looked down at her cute face.

 

[enzerubebii]

Kiri glanced over.. looking annoyed but at the same time still being polite "its a type of sleeping Jutsu i cant completely control on my freaking own unless i have susu to help me...so 1. yes i dont like things touched without permission...2. Me and Susu got permission to be here so...i guess yes were in shukakus zone..and if i wanted to and susu gave me the ok i can teach you and we can make a bridge of sorts so you can ger sleep and we can both shut them the heck up at night and 3.until sunrise...susami gives me a reason to or woken up by a sudden noise..we cant wake up.. So enjoy your beauty sleep cause this will be a while.." She then pointed to susami purring at shukaku and her dark chakra fading and kiri finally able to breathe. "Feeling better now kiri san?" Susami asked and kiri just nodded. "Now i see why you made that deal with me..."

Susami made a giggle and began trying to climb on shukaku and slowly falling every now and then. Kiri giggled seeing the sight but made a small cringe seeing her claws out as she began climbing to shukakus head. She first stared at him pouting angerly but then nuzzled him. "Oh how can i stay mad at this face right now? Im sure you were a behaved Tanuki while i was away.. I was a good kitty..." "Bull.." Kiri countered Making susami glare.. "Dont act like lil miss perfect. You had a tantrum that lasted for years until someone sealed you in a cats bell! THAT I HAPPEN TO WEAR TO SUMMON YOU PROPERLY IN A CONTROLLED MANNER" Susami then rolled her eyes. "In my defense... i was emotional and never spent a day alone without my shushu..." Susami then made a mischievous smile "Kiriii can we make this place more prettierrr...?" Kiri sighs "Fineee give me like a minute.." she snapped her fingers not even a ninja hand gesture making a meadow with cacti blooming moon flowers and other types of flowers and lillypads in the water with lotus.You could feel the beeze and smell the flowers. Susami purred "Thank youuuu!" she called out and jumped off Shukaku and began running about "Come on you chubby tanuki bet you cant catch me!"

What Sora would know about susami is that her mother is kind sweet teahouse owner of the moonlight hotel Kiri, her twin brother Yumi and best friend Luna were informants under HER orders not her fathers. She and her brother would do the acts while luna scanned the crowd for targets of people embezzling money or any missing nin that have robbed from them before and thought they could try again. And despite the shady reputation of their craft, they were pure flowers and arrested people that attempted to deflower them and scared the living crap out of some of their so called 'customers'. During her growth Kiri and Susami were actually good friends. She never hated all humans outright and taught kiri Ying- yang release while she learned wind release happy of how fast of a learner she was. When not working for her mother she would help with odd jobs like Helping with gate inspections, finding tax snakes, and on occasion cooking to learn new foods. Her life at home though was toxic. Her father was a addicted gambler and would spend his money fast and barely paid bills and his depts.He was pissed that it was only WOMEN that owned the teahouse and he wanted Yumi to stop working at the Teahouse and do an ACTUAL JOB. When Yumi refused cause it made him happy, That was when the fathers plan to take over the calm teahouse began. 1st he began dressing Kiri up once a week and forcing her upon the matchmaker. Those scrolls were sad and funny with her comments
'Wont accept my emotions' 'Wants me to be obedient'
'Will leave me if i dont bare him a son so i punched his jewels..'
'Called me short and fat..'
Then his next plan that was 'a harmless visit to the kazekage to 'help expand the family business' but there was a note..
'If you found this note you better listen well daughter, You are NOT welcome back to the hotel untill you pay the 3 million yen i owe someone..I sent you to the Kazekage as a favor...he might give you some jobs but DONT YOU DARE SPEND ALL THAT MONEY.. once a month you send all your money to me and keep it up and when its paid ill come back and get you. Other than that. Consider yourself dead to the family you burden.~Father.'

 

[MJ ._.]

“I see, you’ve had it rough.” Gaara said empathetically. “You’re getting along with her needs and she won’t kill you instead. Other jinchuuriki aren’t satisfied as easily as you are. Maybe it’s your positive point but still…you’re relying on her to control your abilities. I’m glad it has worked for you until now. Maybe Susami deserves to be trusted…or maybe that time, when she hurts you, hasn’t come yet. The bijuu are not human; they might be helpful and negotiable but their view of the world is different from ours, and so are their virtues.” He spoke gently to Kirisuto. “For example, you told me you had permission to come here. Maybe it’s because of the connection between Shukaku and Susami but this is part of my conscious as well, and I don’t remember you asking me about it. This shows the gap between bijuu and human perspectives. Who has the right here and where to define the lines depend on your perspective.” He tried to explain their differences as simply as he could. “By the way…even if I believe in your words and accept your proposal, I can’t allow you to affect kazekage even a little. Don’t you think you’ve been too hasty? You’ve not proven yourself to me let alone the village.” He said then looked at his Ichibi and thought of Kirisuto’s suggestion about letting Ribi taking care of him. It didn’t sound feasible at all but Shukaku seemed really happy with the cat trying to go over his head.
“Haha…sealed in a cat bell?! I want to see that…” Shuka laughed at Susami and her tag game. “If I catch you, I won’t let you get away again…” He said with a stretched smirk then chased after her. “Wait right there…naughty kitten!”
Gaara was amazed at how easily Shukaku could ignore the change around him and accept it like it was the most natural thing to happen. He had even reduced his size to play with the cat easily. “Unbelievable…Shukaku isn’t himself at all. I hope it’s a positive change and you’re not going to hand me a tamed pet later.” Gaara said in disbelief then looked directly at Kirisuto. “Is it an illusion that you’ve created for us? This jutsu is very powerful…” He said as observed her thoughtfully as if trying to figure out what was on her mind. “If I think positively, I assume that letting Shukaku have his friend with him brings peace to four of us. This must be proved. But I don’t want you to prove it to me. First of all, I want you to prove it my village. If you succeed in becoming a member of this village, then I’ll consider you part of my family and will help you get what you need in return. Do you accept the deal?” He suggested honestly and seriously.

It wasn’t the first time that Sora was being informed about or witnessed child abuse. For years, they had faced war after war inside and outside of the country. In such situations, if children didn’t have proper guardians their lives could be filled with suffering. At least Kirisuto had a proper mother but it was odd how he couldn’t find a trace of her mother protecting her against her father in her diaries. Anyway, he wouldn’t care about that kind of information. What he was interested in was Susami’s behavior, Kirisuto’s talents and limits, how she used to perform in a team, and what sorts of missions she had done before. He gladly memorized everything and then sealed the scroll in a box to hand it to Temari the next morning.

 

[enzerubebii]

Kiri chuckled when hearing him say wasnt she a bit hasty "Heh i guess when youre helping a friend you do whatever it takes..but ill admit i was honestly surprised that he was in you Kazekage.. i have a rule of not touching anything in someone who has the power to nuke me into next tuesday..but it was overruled cause you had somthing SHE wanted..so still following my rule i have not touched one scroll of information in your head." She then looked at him when he talked about thinking positively "In the terms of it yes... however this has its limits.. as i mentioned before I can only affect sleeping subjects cause i need to be asleep myself, due to this, I have a limited amount of time while their target is asleep unless the user also has been under a type of Sleep Inducement like sleeping pills. This may be rectified by using 'daydreams' or inducing sleep like a bridge as i said but, its kind of complicated." "YOUR BRAIN IS COMPLICATED!" Susami said jumping away from shukaku the moment he got close "SHUT UP YOU CAT IM TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS!" takes a calm breath... "As I was saying...Users of Yin Release can break it.. I may not be completely able to warp reality, therefore not being able to damage the target physically but, emotionally... that depends on the target.."
When caught susami was giggling and nuzzlling shukaku but stopped when she heard Gaaras offer. “If I think positively, I assume that letting Shukaku have his friend with him brings peace to four of us. This must be proved. But I don’t want you to prove it to me. First of all, I want you to prove it my village. If you succeed in becoming a member of this village, then I’ll consider you part of my family and will help you get what you need in return. Do you accept the deal?” The girls smiled bigger and bigger then they said at the same time "YES! yes yes!" They said in unison and Susami nuzzled Shukaku and Kiri smiled "Well I know you said i have to prove it to the whole village and that...might take a while...however for the split moment we can teach you how we work." Susami than groaned "AWW COME ONNN YOU SAID NO WORK!" Kiri then looked over "Excuse you miss love deprived. If you want your fix, I believe its ONLY FAIR to show what we can do in this phase...and like i said were gonna be in here a while.." Susami pouted and sighs "Fine..." Susami then licked Shukakus cheek and then walked over to kiri and she smiled "Alright mister Kazekage..I do aceptt your terms however like i said If i desire to prove my worth to a whole village i should show you ALL what we can do..You see in this state we can so anything.. including modifying, suppressing, fabricating, influencing, manifesting, sensing, and observing dreams as well as nightmares, daydreams, possibly including past ones if it meant converting that memory into a scroll as evidence but its complicated and i cant do any of the mentioned to past dreams or memories... gives me migraines anyway.. I can as you can see produce and modify dreams, bestow lucid nightmares or lucid dreaming, entrap people in REM...sorry by the way like i said we both will be free by sunrise.., and promote spiritual/emotional healing within dreams BUT!" she looked at him and smiled sadly "I cant heal myself...like...at all.." "We tried.." Susami noted Kiri closed her eyes and fans appeared in her hands. and a scroll manifested her mind. "Copy..." she whispers and the scroll made a version of itself.. the original vanishing and she tossed the copy to Garra. "Since we got time..How about a exclusive lesson in dance fighting?" Susami then perked up "Ooh dance fighting i love dance fighting! The only taijutsu with some elegance! Where you can infuse dance in physical attacks, having the ability to move from one attack to the next effortlessly while being graceful and elegant. We can dodge attacks easily and execute combat with little problem. The best taijusu ev-" Kiri then bonked susami with her fan "OW!" "I think they get it Susu..Were geishas its part of our job description to be classy if we have to fight to defend ourselves." Susami then looked at her "So youre paying him by teaching him what you know about dance fighting?" Susu asked and kiri smiled. "I prefer to call it... A down deposit.."

 

[MJ ._.]

“How dare you pay attention to someone else when I’m here?” Shukaku scolded Susami as jumped and hunted her. Gaara was doing his best to ignore them. This could drive him mad; has the world gone upside down? He accepted the scroll that Kirisuto had offered him. He didn’t want to stay there till morning. Which part of it couldn’t she understand? He sighed helplessly. “Very well, you had your way tonight. Also, thanks, I’d like to see your training method. But after this, you’re only allowed to visit Shukau for one hour after midnight. And this rule won’t change until you’re officially a member of Sunagakure forces. Don’t worry about how to get there; I’ll introduce you to the intelligence service…you said you want to be an informant, right? I’ll do the required arrangements for it first thing in the morning. Now, if it’s clear and you don’t have any questions, let’s start training.” He said then unrolled the scroll and began reading it. “I see…this must be your style. I can’t say I’m an expert in hand-to-hand combat since the sand always protects me. So my fights always contain ninjutsu. Yet, it’s interesting to know about.” He explained and thought that at least he could learn a few counterattacks. “This is going to be a pretty scene.” Shukaku spoke from close behind him. Apparently, he had been there since Susami left him to answer Kirisuto’s call. “Are you going to take part in it?” Gaara asked him. “Why not? My kitten is going to dance and the only one who can dance with her is the great me.” He answered with his arrogant smirk.

 

[enzerubebii]

Susami was about to whine about 'only 1 hour a night' condition but kiri glared a 'NO BUTS' back at her "Very well we agree to the terms take your time with reading." Kiri said while susami pouted about the limit and kiri not caring...she had to figure out how to warn mother without getting hurt or worse.When kiri and susami heard that he was always relying on his sand kiri then had a very VERY worried look. "How in the moon above did he ever pass his exams?!" they thought in unison and Kiri nodded "Okay i can tolerate one hour... since someone was so love deprived i think we can both make an acceptation on this situation." She takes a breath and looked at him "Now to begin im sure you know as a ninja that we all must read the body movements to react with our own till there is a victor. Battling using dance fighting is just like that. but your imagining music within your head as your enemy makes their movement and reacting to not just their movement but to the music within you. But since your new to this ill go a little easy you with you watching and trying to take control of the dance..and you two" She looked at the tailed beasts. "You can dance too but remember its a taijutsu.. no ninjutsu.. the goal Shukaku and mister kazakage is to take control of the dance and deplete my stamina." Susami nods and gets in position behind kiri

 

[MJ ._.]

Gaara felt a little comfort when Kirisuto finally agreed to moderate her odd meetings. He was sure that she had no idea how her jutsu put its victims under pressure. The guys listened to her instructions until…”Music?!” They asked in synch. “Don’t you focus on sounds around you? That helps a lot when opponent tackles from a blind spot.” Gaara asked. “Unless they use Mouon No Ken…” Shukaku said. “Hush…they’re not members of Sunagakure yet. You can’t just say whatever you want.” Gaara silenced him. “Nonsense…the lad used it in that rediculous exam anyway…” Shukaku shrugged without caring much. “Stop nagging and let me dance with my kitty!” He said mockingly and got into position. Gaara looked down at the scroll again. He couldn’t cross his arms and let the sand protect him. He tried to imagine keeping the sand safely in his gourd. If Kirisuto was going to follow a rhythm in her performance, it would be easier to read her movements if he could guess the beat in her head. Sticking to that idea, he chose one of stances in the scroll that was more similar to unguard stance and said: “I’m ready. You can start your move.”

 

[enzerubebii]

"you know kiri you were kinda vague on the music part.."Susami whispered as they slowly circled gaara while in their angel stance "Oh relax they will get it." she said and looked up at him "Yeah but thats later... for the moment focus on where it begins.." She hoped her hint would work and when she heard about Mouon no ken that perked her intrest a little "Wait you saw that move?" "Kiri focussss.." Susami said and with a nod and the beat of their chakra began it was playful graceful and mischievous.. they even get a good hit by kicking him in the face but kiri froze in fear. "Kiri san did you..." "y-yeah...I think i know how he passed...his chakra ribbons arent ribbons...THEIR ENTIRE ROPES!" she then backed away from him in a more defensive dance stance but still showing control. Susami began to laugh "My my shu shu you found yourself a very entertaining human..." then her eyes got a smidge feral.. "I hope the both of you wont get cold feet and disappoint us."

 

[MJ ._.]

“I did.” Gaara answered briefly. There wasn’t a jutsu in the country that he hadn’t witnessed unless it was too dangerous to be used for practice or no one who could perform it existed when Gaara was old enough to understand. The girl and her beast were circling him and he was moving accordingly to prevent them from getting behind him. Meanwhile, Shukaku, who had reduced his size to match with Susami, dashed in the opposite direction of their circle having eyes only on reibi. Their so-called dancing was so slow that Gaara was deceived into that it was their style so when she suddenly kicked up he was shocked enough to trigger his sand shield. Kirisuto pulled back in fear. “Sorry…it wasn’t supposed to happen. You are faster than you look.” Gaara apologized. But Shukaku finished his move when they were distracted. He had already reached behind them so wrapped an arm around Susami and pulled her in his embrace. “Silly, I’m right here. How do you dare to praise someone else in my presence? I must be enough to entertain you~” He whispered in her ear. "Stop fooling around. I don't have a sealing tag or anything like that with me. So, you have to use your chakra to seal my sand." Gaara demanded.

 

[enzerubebii]

Kiri looked at shukaku a bit annoyed and said "Hey shukaku you heard the kazekage.. seal it off before susami.." Susami makes a small nip at shukakus hands and hops about "Shukaku youre not playing fairrr! You chubby tanuki seal off your humans sand orr.. "Then she just sat down looking away from him "Or i wont dance." Kiri sighed "Susami you are joking right?" "Nope im not joking chubby tanuki is being mean to us by not playin nice and fair when all we wanted to do was teach his human how we dance. so until he does it.. I wont dance with him. Instead..." She looks at Gaara and gives a playful smile "Ill just play with his human friend till my chubby tanuki gives him what he wants." Kiri got nervous as susami sniffed Gaara "OOh he smells nice.. You must like gardening like my human.Also the smell of your Chakra.. It is very strong like my humans.. but smells oddly bitter im guessing you have a chip on your shoulder.." Kiri then blushed red "SU SU QUIT ITTT!" Susami than smirked "Nah ah ill stop.. when my chubby tanuki gives what the kazekage wants.. and im not hurting him...just smelling him.." "More like invading his personal chakra space.." Kiri noted and susami tried to look innocent "But come onnnn! you felt it too! arent you even a little curious on how strong he is.." Kiri hesitated.. she was curious but she didn't want to get hurt.. but then she noticed the sand rippling and then remembered the behavior.. shukaku got flustered when susami ignored him or gave praise to gaara.. 'Shes doing this on purpose to give the kage what he wants.. and since shukaku was refusing and giving susu attention... ' she nervously turned around...

 

[MJ ._.]

Gaara retreated from Susami and the space between them started getting unclear by dust like sand. “Kirisuto, you have to teach her some manners…or at least put a leash on her.” He said scoldingly. If reibi was going to keep acting weird a real fight could happen between them. But before he knew, Shukaku had leaped and pinned Susami down on the floor. “Bad kitty…you really are a bad kitten…” He told her then turned his face toward Gaara and frowned at him. “I’ll seal your damned sand but you are no better than tomato paste without it!” He told him and pointed his black nailed claws toward his gourd. Gaara managed to return the sand inside and used Shukaku’s power to keep it there. “This must do it.” He said. Shukaku faced Susami again then smirked and bent over to whisper in her ear: “This time you won but you’re going to pay for your dirty trick with your body.”
Gaara was trying his best to ignore tailed beasts. “Let’s continue our training. This time the sand won’t interfere.” He told Kirisuto and got into position.

 

[enzerubebii]

Kiri sighs "Yes and my high apologies for Susamis behavior. she can smell negativity... but smelling it on you is werid cause you have been so nice to us...Susu..Apologize to them and get in position" Susami looked at her and sighs "Fine.." She licks shukakus face "Im sorry...but youre so cute when your flustered.." Then she got infront of Gaara and made a lady like bow "And im sorry for getting into your personal space mr kazekage. We shall begin the dance of the the shadows." She took a breath and began again. Kiri hummed a bit then makes a crescent moon shape with her left leg and charged at him. Her movements her as described, graceful, elegant and she looked emotionless. like her usual king sweet demeanor was gone and this was a mask of sorts to hide her emotions.

 

[MJ ._.]

Gaara ignored what Kirisuto had said about negativity, mostly because he didn’t believe that a completely positive person could exist. Everyone had their share of mistrust, hatred, disappointment, sorrow, and regret.
“You are the cute one here, silly cat.” Shukaku said but let Susami go and join her hostess.
When they restarted their training, Gaara noticed that Kirisuto wasn’t playing around anymore since her face didn’t reflect emotions and thus looked focused on the target which was him. Still, he couldn’t understand the reason behind her movements. He saw her forming a crescent shape before kicking and raised his hands in time to block it. Her foot slapped his palm and made an unpleasant noise. Gaara cringed and backed off one step. Her strike was stronger than he expected. His palm was burning and she probably could see that its pal skin had turned red. It was an odd feeling for Gaara who had not experienced direct physical pain for years. It made him more cautious about letting her touch him. As a result, Gaara ended up only evading and repelling Kirisuto’s attacks while practically she had the upper hand and was leading the dance.
Meanwhile, Shukaku was enjoying his dance with Susami. He kept following her moves and blocking her way in a way that she could see no one but him. Whenever she tried to change her direction he swiftly moved along and faced her saying funny phrases like: “I’m right here. Where are you looking at?” or “Don’t dare to look away from me!”.

 

[enzerubebii]

When kiri Low kicked him and had her fan to his neck and susami pinned shukaku they were both panting and kiri began laughing "Whoo! I havent had a worthy dancer besides my brother in years!" She felt the ripples "Come on susu its almost sunrise.A deal was a deal. So you better BEHAVE from now on.." Susami pouted "Fine.. Shu shu see ya in the overworld.." She said humming while walking with Kiri. "Sooo what do you think of him?" "well for a lack of taijutsu his techniques were decent.." "I meant my shushu.." "Oh the drunken tanuki.." "HES NOT DRUNK!" "Oh arrogant then..I just feel sorry for the migraines the kazekage...youre a good match for him though"

Kiri slowly woke up and then got startled seeing she was in a strange room. "Woah what the fu-" Temari was near her and noticed she was awake "Easy....easy.. youre just in our guest room.." "Can you.." She pointed to a small box and temari gave it to her.. and when kiri opened it there was a silver bell with a red ribbon and she put it on.. After a few breaths she sighs. "Ah that should calm her a little..Im so sorry if she caused any trouble..." "No no we should be apologizing...You trusted us, showed us you weren't a threat. And our secretary did that.. I told him to come by and apologize..." Kiri shook her head "Oh its okay he was just doing his job...i would had let him look at everything if he just asked and explained...I was just scared that you might think im a spy or an assassin when all i am is an informant that has a werid ass ability." Kankuro walked over "Hey i guess shukaku was in a decent mood cause he let Gaara sleep for the night.." "Gaara? Is that the Kazekages name?" Kiri asked "Yeah but our of respect please call him Kazekage till he says its okay.."