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Hajime sighed as he followed Kyon, "That's just Sukuna and Yellow..."
"Oh, uh... I just thought you guys might want some food... And maybe I'm looking for a cute girl I met," Hajime added that last part quickly and quietly, not wanting Yellow to hear him.
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Placing both of his hands to either side of his head, Kyon's voice sounded as if he was talking from a mile away. Mainly because Shukaku was growing tired of all these people trying to get all cozy and friendly with Gaara. That could lead to him getting ideas and maybe even figuring out a way to get rid of him and the tailed beast simply couldn't have that. However, while he could cause Gaara extreme mental anguish with headaches and all around just making him into a generally unpleasant person to be around, he couldn't actually force Gaara to walk away.
Didn't mean he couldn't make Gaara's life even more of a living hell than it already was. Within the mental plain that was Gaara's mind, Gaara appeared in his youth cradling his beloved teddy bear close to him. He sat on the ledge of a building overlooking the whole of the Sand Village.
"..You know for as glad as I am to have you, Teddy? I really wish I had my mommy back. She'd know how to make me feel better. I've been feeling so sad lately." Kid!Gaara confided into the stuffed bear which of course didn't respond. But that was okay with Gaara. He felt somewhat better knowing Teddy would be there for him. "I know my daddy's the leader of the Sand Village but even he couldn't save mommy. I..I just wish there was something more I could have done for her, Teddy."
Teddy remained silent was the usual for a teddy bear. Gaara sighed and hugged the stuffed bear close to his chest. It wasn't exactly the best night Gaara ever had but then every night seemed colder without his mother there to embrace him.
Or so it appeared anyhow as footsteps could have been heard from behind Gaara. Rising to his feet, he continued to hold Teddy close to him as sand began to flare up around him defensively.
"Who's there!? I-I'll attack if I have to! Don't think I won't!"
"Now, is that any way to speak to your mother?" The voice questioned but Gaara couldn't mistake it. Even if it had been back when he was still an infant and his mother was giving her dying breaths, he could still recognize her voice and upon moving closer, he noticed that it was indeed his mother. Rushing towards her as tears welled up in his eyes, he leaped into her arms as she hugged him.
"Mommy! I thought you were gone! I thought you left me all alone!"
"I'd never leave you alone, Gaara! Even if I'm not with you physically, I live on through the sand you carry with you. I'll always be there to protect you, my son."
As the two smiled at each other, Gaara gasped in fear and shock as his mother began to turn into sand and fall apart. Falling to his knees the young boy grasped at the sand, his control over the waterworks having been lost as tears ran freely down his face. "Mommy?! Mommy come back!"
"Afraid you'll never be able to hold mommy dearest in your arms again, kid. But then again why do you need her? Or hell, why do you need that Karol brat? Kid would trip over his own shoelaces if he had them and let here you are going out of your way to protect him and get the sympathy party. What? Scared you'll slip up and fall asleep?"
'Teddy' taunted as it turned it's head to stare at Kid!Gaara as the Sand Village faded away leaving them in the familar black void of Gaara's mind. Throwing the bear aside, it began to grow larger and shift into a being Gaara only knew too well.
Shukaku, the one Tailed Beast.
"I've tried and I've tried to be reasonable with you, Gaara. But you just don't seem to get the picture. This isn't entirely your body. It's mine too and the sooner you start taking my decisions into account and forget all this kindness crap, then you'll really start living. Course that's what I thought you wanted. To have a purpose to exist."
"It is what I want. To fill the void that mother left when she.."
"When she what? Gave up her life to protect you? That not good enough for you? She's the key structure in your Uiltmate Defense and you're gonna shed some tears because she can't pat you on the head and tell you how much of a good boy you've been? I'm sickened. You're running out of chances, Gaara. Either you make a decision or I will." He'd say as he reached towards Gaara with a massive claw and in the real world, twelve year old Gaara shot up in his seat.
"AHHH! I'm..Sorry. It's just that most people see me as nothing more than a freak. It's why people have tried to kill me, label me as an outcast because they don't understand, and it's why I-I get back at them. It's to help me feel like I have a reason for being here. But I was telling the truth when I said I doubt you could help me. You won't be able to get rid of him."
He'd say as he propped his forearms onto the table and looked up at Kyon and Karol. "Before I was even born, the leader of my village and my father sealed a demon within me. I've had to fend off attempts on my life since I was six years old. Nobody's ever been able to get closeto me and I've preferred it that way. People only act nice so they can get in close and attack me. But you and Karol seem different. You don't seem like you'll attack me. No, you seem genuine in your actions. It's something I cannot understand."
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Karol smiled a bit nervously at Yato calling Yukine a cat. Were cats really known to be grumps? Having not been around many cats growing up, Karol just thought they were cute sometimes. Frankly, when he thought of cats, he couldn't help but imagine that one ridiculous get-up Rita had worn once... Huh, maybe cats really were known to be grumps! He supposed that made Gaara a bit of a cat as well, considering how grumpy he was. If Yukine was really as grumpy as Yato said, maybe being friends with Gaara wasn't such an impossibility.
"Wait..." It wasn't until they reached the canteen that Karol really picked up on Yato being referred to as a god. He paused at the entrance and looked up at him in awe. "What do you mean... a god? Are you telling me...?" No way... no way! Maybe that really did make Anima an angel! Karol looked inside for a moment to see if he could spot the woman, but instead his sight immediately home din on Gaara, who was sitting by himself inside. Karol's excitement grew, his fear of the darkness surrounding them suddenly forgotten.
"You gotta tell Gaara too, we're all friends, okay?" Karol rushed inside, moving to take a seat across from the redheaded boy. Karol grinned at him widely. "There's so much we need to talk about! Yato is a god and Anima might be an angel and you're actually super strong, Gaara!"
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Oh, boy.
Damn kids.
"I... see. Just don't do that again," he sighed to Yellow and Sukuna. What was he going to do?
And then a wild Karol would appear. And some two other guys whose names would elude Kyon. Yukine and something else? Yukine and Yato? Bah.
But still, oh, boy. Another kid. It really did feel like a camp here. Some of these people seemed to fit right in a Boy Scouts camp, and Kyon could almost imagine himself and Hajime as counselors or something like that.
The young man raised an eyebrow as Gaara spoke about his past, scratching his head after a while.
"Uh... you lost me after demons and villages, buuut I managed to catch the last part," Kyon responded to the boy, "I don't even have any means to attack me. I imagine if I even tried, you'd knock me out the window in seconds, so even if I didn't like you, I just wouldn't mess with you... which I understand is supposed to be how you wanted to present yourself so you wouldn't get hurt or something?"
Man, now he wished he'd paid more attention in Psychology class. Didn't they have a term for this?
"But anyway, that's beside the point. Just... look, I don't really have a reason to fake being nice or anything. I just act like myself because... how else am I supposed to act? I'm not the kind of person who looks for reality by fabricating it. As long as it's within reason, I'll do what I think is best. Alright, kid?" He asked, giving Gaara a brief pat on the shoulder, "Is that enough for an answer?"
Oop. Looks like the others went into the kitchen while he was blabbering on. Oh, well. He can just hope that Hajime and the others would come back with some food or something. 'Cause it wasn't until he walked into the canteen that he realized how hungry he was.
Did I even eat anything today? Augh...
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Damn kids.
"I... see. Just don't do that again," he sighed to Yellow and Sukuna. What was he going to do?
And then a wild Karol would appear. And some two other guys whose names would elude Kyon. Yukine and something else? Yukine and Yato? Bah.
But still, oh, boy. Another kid. It really did feel like a camp here. Some of these people seemed to fit right in a Boy Scouts camp, and Kyon could almost imagine himself and Hajime as counselors or something like that.
The young man raised an eyebrow as Gaara spoke about his past, scratching his head after a while.
"Uh... you lost me after demons and villages, buuut I managed to catch the last part," Kyon responded to the boy, "I don't even have any means to attack me. I imagine if I even tried, you'd knock me out the window in seconds, so even if I didn't like you, I just wouldn't mess with you... which I understand is supposed to be how you wanted to present yourself so you wouldn't get hurt or something?"
Man, now he wished he'd paid more attention in Psychology class. Didn't they have a term for this?
"But anyway, that's beside the point. Just... look, I don't really have a reason to fake being nice or anything. I just act like myself because... how else am I supposed to act? I'm not the kind of person who looks for reality by fabricating it. As long as it's within reason, I'll do what I think is best. Alright, kid?" He asked, giving Gaara a brief pat on the shoulder, "Is that enough for an answer?"
Oop. Looks like the others went into the kitchen while he was blabbering on. Oh, well. He can just hope that Hajime and the others would come back with some food or something. 'Cause it wasn't until he walked into the canteen that he realized how hungry he was.
Did I even eat anything today? Augh...
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