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Ch. 46 "At Last"
"I'm worried…"
"You're always worried dear."
Izanami looked over at her husband and hit him in his chest, grunting Izanagi shot his wife a nasty look while rubbing his chest. "What was that for?!"
Glaring at the man she crossed her arms, sighing Izanagi rolled his eyes. "Leave Amaterasu alone, give the child a break."
She crossed her arms tighter, her eyes narrowed. Laughing nervously Izanagi took three steps back."Easy there hun, ha…ha no need to get mad…" His wife took another step towards him.
Izanami didn't play when it came to her children, being the goddess of creation and death meant her temper wasn't one to be played with…His sexy but deadly wife.
"Look at your daughter and tell me you don't worry." She snapped waving her hand as white clouds swirled and twisted forming an image like window.
There sat Amaterasu, in a white room surround among equally white pillows, the only slap of color was the creamy tone of her caramel skin as she lay draped over a large globe, her snow white hair spilling down the other side as she twirled her finger across the surface.
She zoomed in on the life below her, or more practically a red head. She let out a tired sigh, as she tapped the surface once more freezing the moment on the screen, when the red-headed man looked up. It looked as if he was looking right at her, again she lets out another sigh before the image was fuzzed out by Izanagi walking through it.
"Just give her time…" He mutters.
"Agi!" Izanami yelled the short versions of her husband's name.
"Ami!" He retorts back; before a sharp pain enters his heart taking his breath away; then it was gone just as quick. Looking up at his wife he glares."Did you just try to kill me…again?"
"Tsh, I'll get it right one day!" She snaps sharply turning away as her long kimono flings out behind her. Staring at her in disgust Izanagi wasn't sure what he was thinking when he married that chick; here she was the goddess of death and creation then him the god creation and life. They made wonderful things together but she often killed off the things he brought to life.
"Well, they did say opposites attract…" sighing he went after his wife, crazy as she was, she still held his heart. "Ami, wait."
"No!" she shouts childishly.
"What do you want me to do, hmm? We need to give her time—
"Agi, it's been 5 years here, that it's already been 15 years on earth, the boy is becoming a shell, or rather is a shell, just waiting to die. Aphrodite has sent countless love opportunities for him, girls, and women all who would have been compatible with him, and he turned each one down. Cupid's arrow won't even work on the boy!" Izanami exclaimed. "If she see's him die before his natural time, I'm sure she'll follow…"
"I told her that sand demon was bad new but did she listen? All she and to do, was marry…" Agi trailed off as Ami eyes turn blacker then Hell's bottomless pit. "I'll shut up now…"
With a satisfied huff and nod she continued. "I want to see her smile and laugh again, and don't tell me she already does!" she snaps hissing at her mate. "That's only when her children are here! I want to see her happy and laugh at her own accord and if it's with that Human/Demon then so be it!" she turns walking away to her daughter's room.
"So what you want me to do?" Agi shrugged.
Slowly turning, Izanami's face grew dark her hair becoming snakes. "It was your fault that Tsuki got to earth, WHEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WATCHING HIM, SO YOU FIX IT!" She roared before turning around smoothing out her kimono and clearing her throat. "You better make my daughter happy again….your balls are depending on it…"
Izanagi paled as he grabbed himself. "Yes ma'am…"
...
Izanagi paced the length of the sitting hall, thinking how he could fix this. Amaterasu was already the Head ruler of the heaven realm; she couldn't just leave, and go back to the human world. It's not like she was human and could live out a human life span, she was a goddess!
Amaterasu was too pure for earth to even set foot on the soil. She had duties here she was neglecting all because of that Demon! Growling Izanagi fuzzed up his hair with his hands in frustration, this wasn't how he wanted to spend his time. He hand Grand kids, 6 of them all who needed their Grandpa to spend time with instead of doing their studies.
"Papaw!" Blinking Agi turned and looked down to see the happy face of a 5 year old Akiko. She was a pale chucky little thing that never seems to stop smiling. His feeling were quickly manipulated to feel happy and unknown bliss of a child, Akiko powers were strong, she could unknowing make every feel like she felt, it was a good and bad thing, a moody Akiko was dangerous.
"Hey there my sweet little jellybean!" he greeted picking up the small child tossing her up.
"Ahhh I is a red, jellybean!" she squeals kicking out her feet.
Smiling up at his granddaughter, he loved looking into her eyes, her bright amethyst shining with love and happiness, it took him to a time where he use to hold Amaterasu up just like this, he tiny loud squeals of daddy!
Now only sad, dull golden eyes started back, like the soul was ripped from the once vibrant amethyst….wait golden… Amaterasu's eyes are purple not golden…then it hit him, like his wife's mean ass punches, the answer was right there in his face and it was so simple.
He personally didn't agree with it, but it would make his wife and Amaterasu happy, and for them he would do anything.
"Jellybean go to Nana, Papaw has to visit the human world okay?" He smiles placing the 5 year old back down.
"O'tay!" She nods before running off.
The years went by quickly, yet slowly at the same time, and each day, each week if every year that passed, she saw him go deeper and deeper into himself, eating less, coming home less, staying in his office more; burying himself in his work. Soon he became nothing but a machine following the same routine everyday, and it was hurting her heart, it was eating at her to the point she could no long cry, never had Temari felt… felt so helpless…
"Mother…mother please, he so weird I don't wanna go visit!" Temari snapped her head to the left with a glare at her eldest daughter, Junko.
"Your Uncle Gaara isn't weird!" She hissed flicking her daughter's head. "He's heart broken…"
Junko frowned rubbing her forehead pushing back her spike blonde hair that was hanging down her back like a wild lion's mane, her black eyes narrowed. "Ow…well he need's to get over it, apparently she didn't love him gosh! OW MOM!"
Temari kept pinching her daughter arm. "How could you say those things!" she barked pinching her again. "Your Auntie Akira loved! I mean Loved to the fullest! Hell maybe even more then I love that lazy Nara you call father! You know the story, so shush up and behave and I hear you say those words again I will show you how good of a Ninja I use to be!" Temari growled. Damn that girl's father spoiled her too damn much! Stupid Nara!
"Yes ma'am." Junko mutters knowing what she said was hurtful, but it was just Uncle Gaara, he…he was just scary! Sighing Junko walked into the house father her mother, then up the steps to the office, mother knocked and went in Junko following close behind see her Uncle at the desk writing.
Junko shivered, he looked like death! His eyes were sunken in; the dark ring around his eyes was so dark that if he were to close his eyes they'll look like two holes in his head, his skin was a nasty pale color, like if he was already dead, then his hair was so dull and dry looking, he looked old and ready for death.
Feeling her mother nudge in her side, Junko snapped to attention and walked to the desk. "Good evening uncle Gaara, um...it's me Junko? Um ma and I brought over some last night dinner….thought you like some…it's your favorite!" she smiles, but slowly it dropped when he said nothing just kept writing.
Junko set the plate on his desk before walking over and giving him a peck on the cheek, he just kept writing, before she left, looking back once more she felt her inside tighten, there were times she believed that he didn't even know he was an Uncle four times over. She had two other siblings while Uncle Kankuro had a daughter with Auntie Hana.
"Gaara please, come and go with us to see Naruto, yeah? He misses you." Temari spoke softly doing her best to get the man to move.
"Temari I'm busy." That's what he always says in that deep scratchy voice. Junko smirked lightly when she was younger she always thought dust would fall from his mouth since he never spoke, back then it was funny but now…now it just hurts.
"Mom…"Temari looked over at her daughter as they left.
"Yes, sweetie what's wrong?"
"If that is what happen when your heart breaks…then...I don't want to ever fall in love…"
Temari stopped in her tracks staring at her child, Junko was only ten she didn't understand they type of love Gaara and Akira had, so of course she wouldn't what that…would this pain ever stop?
"Oh my baby…" She pulled her daughter into her arms kissing her forehead. "Maybe heart broken was the wrong thing to say for Uncle Gaara…Lets see…um…Gaara…Ah…Uncle Gaara is so in love that he's in pain."
"I don't understand."
"Gaara loved your Auntie so much that when she had to leave, he refused to stop loving her, and as time went on the love he refused to let go sits on his chest waiting for his to return."
"But that's the same as heart break."
"No, its not my love, heart break is when the one you love stopped loving you." Temari spoke looking down at her baby. "Auntie and Uncle never stopped loving each other; they're just waiting one another.
"But painfully?"
"Yes, but this pain is different, it like the 'I can't wait to see that it hurts', I'm sure they'll see each other again." Temari smiles but it didn't reach her eyes.
A lie becomes the truth when you say it enough…. I'm sure they'll see each other again…
Gaara watched his sister and niece walk away from his spot at the window. Junko grown a lot, he missed much, but he didn't have the room to care, nothing mattered…Walking back to his seat he sat down with a long dragged out sigh.
She was right…the pain was different. Gaara laid his hand over his heart and closed his eyes, the pain he felt when his Uncle told him that his mother never loved him, that hurt him to his core it shocked him and it felt like someone stabbed his heart then twisted the knife.
But this pain, this pain we wanted to savor because every time he closed his eyes, she was right there smiling and laughing. The quads were there yanking and pulling at his clothes, Kaida and Akiko were smiling while watching form the side.
His heart tugged painfully wanting that happiness again, and nothing, no one could give him that again, not if it isn't them.
"I'm going to see her again…" Say it enough then it'll become the truth.
…
"Or you can actually make it happen?" Gaara didn't have to open his eyes as his sand shot out and crushed the person who spoke, or at least it tried to.
Opening his eyes Gaara saw his sand circling a man, but not crushing him. The man was tall with black hair and grey eyes he was dress in all white, he seem to fill up the room with just standing there, Gaara quickly didn't like this man.
Just when they were both about to speak Gaara's gourd fall over and the sand spilled out snaking and swirling closer forming into a man, Shukaku then stood before them glaring. "I'm going to kill you, were you stand!" He shouted.
But the intruder just waved his hand and the tailed demon was surround with a beam of light then was dropped to the floor in his demon form but not he was the size if a kitten, a chunky kitten…Gaara stared at the demon as Shukaku got up and glared before going over to Gaara and jumping on the desk. Akira would have loved to see Shukaku like this; she would have squealed and hugged him.
"Yes she would have."
Gaara eyes then snapped back to the man. "Who are you?"
"I'm Izanagi, Amaterasu's father."
Gaara was shocked to say the least but he didn't move to say anything know Izanagi would say what he has to in time.
"I'm going to assume, you're the demon holder of Shukaku, am I correct?"
"Yes, you're correct." Gaara eyes narrowed. "What of it?" He was losing patience fast.
"Do you love my daughter?"
"Do you even have to ask that?" Gaara snapped his sands twisting faster around the god. "Why the fuck are you here? Tell me or get the fuck out!"
"Temper, Temper, calm down I'm just asking, a father has to know these things." Agi smiles kindly. "But if you must know, I have an offer."
Shukaku tilted his head to the side as Gaara looked at him. "What kind of offer?"
"They kind were Amaterasu, Akira and the children can come back."
Gaara's eyes widen and he had to clam himself before talking, yelling out a loud fat yes that'll he'll take what ever he was giving just to see them one last time, but as being Kazekage, he knew there was always something in return. "What's the catch?"
"That is all that I ask." Izanagi nods.
"The children?" Gaara questioned.
"Will return in do time."
"And there's no other way?"
"I'm sorry but no."
Gaara bit his lip, that was giving up so much and yet so little at the same time, could he do it? He did it once before, but that was more on her part then his, this time it would have to be all him.
"I need an answer I don't have long in this world."
Gaara nods, he lost her twice he wasn't going to lose her again, it was set in stone this time around, and he be damned if he wasn't going to try. "I agree!"
Nodding Izanagi waved his hand and Gaara felt his himself go limp as his vision slowly went black, he'll do anything to get her back.
...
"You think he'll wake up?"
"Yes ma'am I'm sure he will, his body was just over exhausted."
"But it's been 6 months that nearly half a year and again you all tell me the same thing!"
"Temari…"
"Don't Temari me Kankuro! This is our baby brother were talking about!"
Slowly feeling himself come too Gaara frowned as he listen what's around him, 6 months! He was sleeping for 6 months when he could have been out there searching for Akira!
"Gaara?" Temari voice hitched as there was a sudden shuffle of clothes and a cool and on his head. "Gaara? Are you awake?"
Slowly opening is eyes Gaara frown at the light. "Oh thank goodness!" Temari flung herself on her brother hugging him as the nurse ran out to get the doctor. When his sister pulled back to speak to him Gaara wasn't expecting to see her look so young! Almost like she went back 15 years.
Was all this nothing but a dream?
Once the doctor was satisfied that he was fine they released him. "Hmm, so I was just on the floor when you came in?" He asked Temari as they left the hospital.
"Yeah, you scared me so much…"Gaara stopped listening, everything was different, How could he refused to believe it was nothing but a dream! It wasn't—he blinked twice as he read a billboard…2010? What that can't be right! It was 2015, it had been 15 years since he last seen Akira. How was it 15 years back?
"Gaara you ok?" Kankuro asked.
Nodding Gaara passed a window then froze; slowly he touched his face, he…he looked young again in his early 20's again, his hair was the bright crimson it sue to be his skin was a sickly pale but the same lightly tone skin when he was younger, even his muscles seem toner.
The hell? The fuck's going on?
It was weird it was like the time and his self moved back in time but everyone didn't seem to notice, was it all nothing but a bad dream? Sadly he didn't have time to think this over, the village were gather about the hospital wanting to know what happened to their Kazekage.
…
"Sir, sir? My lord?" Gaara blinked then looked back at the team he was assigning a mission to.
"Ahh, yes be safe, be quick and don't disappoint the village." He nods as they nods before jumping off.
Damn he did it again lost in thought, for the pass 2 months his mind wander, things were backward it was like he was living this year of his life again, but he couldn't think why! This wasn't part of the plan! So why was it happening?
Getting up he took off the Kage robe and hat leaving him in his ninja gear as he slipped on his maroon over coat, he quickly opened the window and jumped out before he was caught. All that time he was unconscious his paperwork build up and up, just waiting for his return and now that he was back he was distracted and wanted nothing to do with it.
Gaara walked his village twice, lost in thought trying to come up with reasons as to why everything was the way it was and why hasn't Izanagi brought Aki—Gaara's thoughts quickly scattered when something hard hit his head.
Looking up with a frown something again popped him in his forehead, glaring he tired to see where it was coming from, but when it happen a third time his sand blocked it. Grabbing the object he turned it over in his hands, a metal cup? Hearing clanking he snapped his head up and to the left to see a woman walking up a side of a building, with a map nearly stuck to her face.
"Okay, lets see, I know I took the correct turn…"she mutters trailing off as she then walked down the side of the build before walking on the main road again, not once looking up from her map.
Ok so she was a ninja, but that didn't explain why she had a traveler camping gear on her back, curiosity settled into him as he slowly followed her, she went in loop and circle and it was very clean to him that she was very lost.
"You know it rude to follow girls' right?" She mutters, before turning to face him.
The whole world seemed to stop, even his heart though it should stop a and savor the moment of see her again, drinking her in, taking in her golden eyes, her plump lips, that long white hair and that caramel skin.
Perfection, his heart sang.
He couldn't help but to smile, yes he smiled…widely, his teeth showing he grinned at her as he smirks. "You alright?"
"Yeah." He mutters. "Also you dropped this on my head." He held up the metal cup.
"Oi my cup!" she went to reach for it snatching it out of his grasp. "Thanks so much!"She smiles and finally looking up into his eyes, her smiles slowly faded she gave a blink frowning slightly. "H-have we meant before?"Gaara felt himself sink deeper, his smile faltering a bit, so it really did happen, just like Izanagi said it would…she doesn't remember him, everything about what they had, was gone. That was the deal, for her to come back she had to forget she was ever Amaterasu, and with that came their life together and everyone in it.
He shook his head slowly. "No, I'm the Kage of Sunagakure. Sabaku no Gaara and you might be?" He asked but he knew, of course he knew, how could he not?
"You're not kidding…are you..."She mutters as he slowly shook his head no. "Well then, I'm Akira. It's been a pleasure but I do have to go." She beamed before waving bye.
The first time around Gaara knew it was her that made him fall in love, the way she treated him, how she spoke and didn't care about his past, everything she did made him fall deeper and deeper until he was so lost within their love. Now it was his turn to make her fall in love with him, because he'll be damned before he loses her again.
He'll give her everything and more, he was ready this time, he knew what to do and what not to do, and was going to be ready for everything and anything…
Gaara was about to speak as she was walking away, but as she did she slowly stopped and stood there for a second then slowly turned around.
"Hey, Gaara…"He was quick to notice she didn't bother to call him Kazekage, like most people would have. She spoke looking him in the straight in his eyes. "Wanna by me dinner?"
He couldn't help but smirk, memoires or not Akira was still the same, and if he wasn't quick enough he was sure she'll make him fall for her a again and again.
….2years later…
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Akira giggles as she held him closer to her, burying her face into his neck as he wrapped his arms around her, they both danced to the song.
"So how does it feel to be a married man?" Gaara smiles down at his wife. His sweet loving wife, finally after so many years she was finally his…at last.
Oh yeah yeah, at last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you
"Nothing could make me happier." He whispers in her ear, kissing her neck softly. "I love you."
….4years later…
"Look right there, those are your new brothers and sisters." Gaara murmurs lightly to the 4 year old girl in his arms, as he points to five tiny little bundles. Two blue blankets and three pink ones.
"But, I don't want any brothers or sisters, can't they go back?"
He chuckles kissing her cheek. "No, Kaida they can't go back, trust me you'll love them."
"Fine then but I'm not sharing my daddy!" she pouted hugging her papa.
"Come one let go meet the babies."
And I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Junko watched Uncle Gaara introduce Kaida to the new babies, but her mind wasn't on the exciting arrive of the quintuplets, Lelouch, Kiyoish, Aika and Aiko, and Akiko, but on love.
"I want that…"
"Want what Junko?" Her mother Temari asked.
"A Stubborn love…" She mutters making her mother frown.
"So you want a man that is stubborn?" Temari raised her brow at her daughter. "Trust me my sweets you don't want that, look at Uncle Gaara there, he's happy now but once Akira come off the drugs she going to let him have it, Kaida was suppose to be there one and only, now look."
Junko shook her head. "No, not someone who's stubborn, but a Love that is Stubborn!"
"Junko?"
"I want a love that is immovable! That no matter what, we will always be in love so profound that…that it hurts. Uncle Gaara is Stubborn when it comes to Auntie Akira, he wont move, its her first then everything second and he won't let anybody change that. I'm sure he'll go to the ends of the earth and back just to be with her! Because he is too Stubborn to love anything or anyone else. Same for Auntie Akira…so yeah, that's what I want a love that is Stubborn."
Temari bit her lip begore hugging her baby tightly in her arms. "Oh you're growing up so fast! And you're right those two are too damn stubborn to love anyone else." At last baby bother, at last.
Oh yeah yeah, and you smile, you smile
Oh, and then the spell was cast
Gaara walked into the room, and stopped at the sight before him, Akira sat there in the hospital bed smiling down at one of the blue blankets in her arms and like spell he fell all over again. How many times in a day could I fall in love with her? A thousand? A Billion?
He thought as walked up to her crawling into the bed with her, looking down at Kiyoish. But he knew one thing for sure; he'll never fall out of love with her.
And here we are in Heaven
For you are mine at last
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