Arashi No Takara [Gaara Story] [Chapter 01: Normal]

'I don’t want to be broken anymore. It hurts.'

*'Broken, huh? Kitten, I can take the pain away. I can fix you.'*

// //

Names flashed once again for the third time on the electronic board.

Two matches have past, both producing winners from the Leaf Village.

The first match: Akadou Yoroi Vs Uchiha Sasuke. The winner: Uchiha Sasuke by a very fancy taijutsu move.

The second match: Aburame Shino Vs Abumi Zaku. The winner: Aburame Shino by clogging up the air-holes in Zaku's arms with bugs, thus making them burst.

The names finally stopped flashing.

'This...should be interesting.' Tamaki mused staring at the board.

Arashi Nobu

VS

Arashi no Takara

"Uh, Arashi Nobu and Arashi No Takara will you please come down." Hayate announce before coughing.

'Nobu? What are the chances of that?' Brow furrowed, 'Yukio rigged it. That's the only explanation.'

"Oi, Takara-san! Are you going to come down here or not?!"

Takara looked down at Nobu, narrowing her eyes. She backed up before jumping off the railing pulling her Raijin sword out in mid air.

She dropped in front of Nobu, knees bent.

"Begin!"

"Do you want me to fight fair with you?" Takara smirked "Fair? You'll lose without fighting fair!"

Nobu charged, Takara didn’t even move.

"....That is..." Takara spun around on her knees, doing a back hand spring, "Highly unlikely."

Clink! Takara glanced down to the right where a sword lay, before looking back up at Nobu's back.

"Fine. I won't play fair."

"Play?" Nobu pulled out a scroll, throwing it into the air. Jumping into the air after the scroll, many weapons were separately summoned out of the scroll.

Once again, Takara stood there, arms crossed over her stomach. She looked up at all the weapons aiming straight for her.

'He's going easy on me.' She still hadn’t moved from her spot. The only body part she did move was her foot.

Stomp!

Every weapon dropped, creating the image of ripples like someone had just thrown a large stone into a pond.

"W-What?" Nobu exclaimed landing on the ground, examining his weapons. "Let me explain. Electricity likes weapons. Weapons like electricity. Weapons go crash when Takara goes STOMP!"

Takara glares, "Get it now?"

"That's not fair!" Nobu proceed to try to pick up his weapons with invisible chakra strings. "I asked if you wanted me to play fair and you said no."

"It's still not fair." Nobu stood up, eyes directed towards the ground. "....So I'm not going to be fair."

Takara eyes widen at the sight of what Nobu was forming in his hand. 'Energy Ball! Kuso!'

"Did you pass out from the last one I threw at you?" Takara growls making Nobu smirk. "I'll take that as a yes."

Dropping her sword, Takara tensed and bent herself over backwards when multiple energy balls of chakra where thrown at her. Nimble, she twisted herself into a back flip before landing on her feet, arms raised in defense.

Takara ducked as she continued to sprint over to Nobu, who was now frowning. When Takara was but a yard away, she disappeared. Nobu's eyes widened as he pulled his second sword, which was also, strapped to his back like the first.

"Here kitty kitty kitty!!!!" Nobu smirked, remembering Takara's cat ears.

Nobu twisted his waist to the right, his sword blocking a kick that Takara had sent. He stood up straight as Takara disappeared.

He hissed pulling a whip out of the pouch attached to his side, only to twist again, spinning the whip, smacking Takara in the stomach, sending her rolling backwards coughing.

Takara scowled, holding her stomach as she stood up. She wiped the red off her chin before moving her arm, revealing that the exposed part of her stomach was now bloody.

'Amazing...He actually hit her!' Kakashi thought as he watched Takara do some seals. He frowned when he recognized them. 'That jutsu...you're not supposed to use it.'

"Dendou Kei No Jutsu!"

Instantly, a long rope like weapon crackled out of Takara's palm, Nobu's eyes widened where he stood frozen.

"It sucks being part of the Weapon House, doesn’t it? Always having to take orders form the Ice House and not to mention the Warrior House," Takara smirked flicking the electric weapon making it snap like a whip, "Isn't that why your not playing as well as you should?"

Nobu backed up as Takara took a step forward. "You're not trying to win, you're letting me win, ne?" She moved in on Nobu.

"Well....I don’t like it when my prey lets me win. I like challenges...."eyes closed, Takara runs forward.

"And you're not giving me one." She opens her eyes, "So you must be rid of!"

Twisting her waist to the left, the whip following and crackling as it blocked a kick from Nobu. However, this allowed Takara's right side to be open, and Nobu quickly dragged his sword against her hip. Eyes widening as the whip she was holding grew, wrapping around her waist, causing Nobu to drop the sword.

Takara growled and twisted again, the electric whip unraveling, which smacked Nobu across his torso, causing him to fly backwards into a wall.

Takara stood up straight, head tilted backwards, looking at Nobu's burnt, red, and bloodied torso.

He sunk to the floor not moving.

"Arashi No Takara wins this match and moves on."

'That was fast!' Tamaki blinked looking from Takara to the almost dead Nobu. 'Maybe he was letting her win. Makes sense.'

The whip slithered into Takara's outstretched palm.

The names on the electronic board began to move again. Takara, however, paid no attention to it; instead she watched the medical-nins scramble around Nobu, putting him on a white cot. Eventually exiting the arena with him and removing the weapons from the floor.

Redirecting her attention, she looked up, frowning.

Arashi No Takara

VS

Arashi Yutaka

*'You did good Kitten. Now that you're fighting Yutaka, I want him dead.'* Takara thought back grabbing her head, '....Why do I have to kill him?'

*'Because my dear. He claims you as his....his property. But you know as well as I do, that you belong to me.*'

'Hai Amaya-sama.' sinking to the floor, she thought.

*'Show him that you belong to me. Kill him.*'

Shaking her head violently, Takara stood up from her crouched position.

One hand made a seal in front of her face, the other, outstretched, palm facing outwards.

"Come."

Her hand clamped tightly around the Raijin Sword, eyes focused on the person now standing in front of her.

// //

"Koji-kun, do you really think she can do two matches back to back like this?" Tamaki glanced up at Koji, leaning on the railing.

"She has to. It doesn't matter if she can or not. Although I can just see her thinking the last match was a warm up." hands in his pockets, Koji replied.

"Pfft. You can't see anything."

// //

"Begin!" Hayate shouted stepping backwards.

Takara jumped back a good distance, holding her sword in front of her face. She was in a position where she could either attack or defend, depending on the first move her opponent makes.

"Forfeit before I hurt you." Yutaka taunted, smirking, pulling his long hair out of his face.

Red eyes locked on Takara's pretty form. "My, you are pretty. It’s a good thing you belong to me."

Takara growled looking at the ground, fists clenched. "I don’t belong to anybody."

"Oh, but you do belong to me!" Yutaka charged forward, whipping his sword out.

Holding it over his head, he slams it down, only to frown. Takara had her sword over her head, blocking his from hitting her.

"I don't belong to you or anybody else! You are my prey and I will kill you." Takara twisted around, swinging her leg into Yutaka's left side.

Yutaka's eyes widen as she disappeared only to reappear behind him. Bending himself over backwards, twisting himself into a back flip over Takara's head, he smiled landing on his feet. "Missed me." Takara didn’t move. Instead, she stared at her fist. 'He was too fast for me!'

"Ame Kurai No Jutsu!" Yutaka's voice echoed through the silent arena. Dark clouds formed above Takara, black rain pouring down.

Takara just let the dark rain land on her, even though every time it did, the rain ate at her skin. "Is this supposed to bother me?" Takara question staring at the red dots scattered across her arm. "I don’t feel a thing."

"Y-You don’t?" shocked, Yutaka made it rain harder. "How can you not feel that? It should be eating away at your skin."

"There is no pain...." Takara turned around, arms falling to her side. Whispering, she looked up, "....nothing."

Takara tilted her head to the side, "Am I supposed to feel something?" a tiger hand seal was made. 'Ninpou Inazuma Buyou!' Instantly, the dark rain cloud was eaten up by a much bigger and darker rain cloud.

Lightening danced around Takara, bloodline limit activated. "I can do that too you know!" Yutaka copied her, only making his bigger and stronger. "You can't beat me! You're of the Weapons House, which is why you belong to me." He smirked making more seals, "You don’t have a choice."

"Shoki Inazuma: Kaminari no Jutsu!" Takara looked up, making hand signs. 'God Spear Technique...?'

Ducking, Takara continued to make hand seals as she sprinted over to Yutaka. Jumping backwards, dodging a lightning spear, Takara skidded across the ground a little ways, the lightning hitting her left arm.

A loud crack! could be heard as the bone broke, her arm now hanging limply at her side, while her breathing grew ragged.

Yutaka smirked smugly from his spot as Takara dropped to one knee, panting while her brow was coated in sweat.

"Damnit..." Takara swore, standing up while glancing down at her burnt arm, biting her lip.

"Just forfeit...You already lost one arm." Yutaka pointed out, still trying to persuade his opponent into quitting. Takara however, just smirked.

"This means I kill you. Amaya-sama doesn’t like it when other's say they own me. She owns me." Yutaka frowned, not knowing what she was talking about. "What?"

"If she didn’t own me, I would be broken. I don’t like being broken. "

Yutaka finally understood. "Monster!!!"

// //

Gaara watched as Takara paralyzed Yutaka's legs, gluing him in his current spot.

"She's so different in this battle. Broken...what does that mean?" He heard Tamaki mumble a few yards away, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

'You made a deal. Does she own you, and you're not broken anymore....?'

// //

Takara smirked; Yutaka could no longer mover his legs or his arms. All of his appendages were paralyzed.

He was trapped.

"You shouldn't be too cocky; people are stronger than you." Takara added lightly, but Yutaka just smirked at her.

"You think you're stronger than me?" He inquired with a smile, and Takara frowned.

"I know I'm stronger than you." She replied coolly, only for her pupils to dilate and her body to freeze.

"She's such a freak! I can't believe they are letting her become a ninja."

"She won't even make it past a week at the academy. She's too weak. No broken as she calls it."

"She's just a bakemono; she doesn't have any real talents. The other twin obviously has more potential, with her being...Normal, and all."

Takara suddenly took a step back, giving Yutaka free movement of his arms. Her working hand went to her head instantly as she hissed, her eyes flashed a new color.

"Dendou Kei!" Yutaka whipped an electric rope, like Takara had done previously to Nobu, over at Takara's hunched form, only to have Takara catch it with her hand. "What?"

Scowling, Yutaka moved both arms as he began to lash another electric whip at Takara over and over again at Takara, only to have Takara catch and burst each one effortlessly. "Dendou Kei! Dendou Kei!"

"Kaze no Ya!" Yutaka gave a short groan as he was cut by invisible blades, sending him flying to the ground and rolling over a couple of times before coming to a stop on his stomach.

Weakly, he lifted his head to look at Takara, only for his eyes to widen; demon chakra was emitting from her and wrapping around her body. Not only that, but she was screaming as this happened.

Hayate's eyes widened as well, as ear and a tail appeared. Electricity surrounded her body, crackling, striking out toward Yutaka, who was now trying to push himself up.

"R-Raiton: Rai-" Yutaka was cut off when lightning hit him, electrocuting him.

"Bukkorosu." Takara had stalked over, and was now only a yard away, eyes narrowed and her breathing ragged. She smirked and continued to electrocute Yutaka.

"This match is over!" Hayate suddenly shouted, moving to stop Takara.

"No I'm not done!" Takara growled the electricity intensifying. Hayate was about to jump into the middle but somebody beat him to it.

"Raiton: Raidama!" A big sphere of lighting surrounded a girl with greenish blue hair. Yutaka's Sensei stood there glaring.

This sphere deflected the rays of electricity causing them to hit Takara. Takara groaned and fell to the ground, not moving.

"Misa-san....why....?" Takara grabbed her head rolling over. "I did. I did...I did. Don’t hurt me Amaya-sama....I did."

"Arashi no Takara wins by default." Hayate announced, sighing, the match was over.

Takara tries to stand up only to fall back over, red chakra surrounding her, in the shape of a rose. Inside the red chakra, black earthen stuff leaked from her skin. "I...want to kill you." Mumbling she forced herself up.

Misa's eyes widened, she stepped back, terrified, that was until another man jump in between the two.

His index finger was on Takara's forehead, emitting a blue glow. Slowly the red chakra disappeared along with the black, shiny stuff, causing Takara to twitch involuntarily. A moment later her body stayed still, her eyes glazed over and her vision became blurry.

"Daddy...what was....that stuff?" Takara slurred, stumbling forward into Hatake Kakashi's arms. "I'll tell you later. Come on. Up we go."

Picking Takara up bridal style, stepping past a glaring Mitsu, Kakashi stopped, glancing to the side, "You should tend to your student. He could die in the next minute if he doesn’t get any medical attention." Mitsu nodded turning around and rolling Yutaka onto his back. "That electrocution jutsu, was not an ordinary Arashi jutsu...was it?"

"No." the girl responds, green glowing from her hand, the burnt marks on Yutaka's body disappearing.

Medical-nin surrounded the electrified Yutaka and his older sister, his Sensei.

Kakashi walked out of the arena, carrying a limp Takara in his arms.

// //

Gaara watched as Takara was carried out of the arena, his eyes never leaving the man that was holding her.

'....Daddy...?'

Once they were out of sight did he turn back to the board, eyes narrowed, 'She's going to miss my match.'

// //

Farther down the upper level Tamaki sighed, "When she wakes up....ugh, cranky. Yup she'll be cranky." Koji glanced at her, no longer looking at the electronic board, "Huh? Why?"

"Because. She will miss Gaara's match."

Tamaki smirked, looking down the level at the guy with red hair. 'he heard me.'

// //

Gaara stared, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips, but he stopped himself, looking back to the board.

Names stopped flashing.

Misumi Tsurugu

VS

Kankuro

Gaara looked down at the arena. Kankuro looked at the board and smirked. 'About time.'

'She'll be mad she missed my match...?' the thought continued to bug Gaara, still mad she wasn’t here.

I'm not shattered. I'm just beautifully broken. à