"Are we there yet?" It had felt like days since we started walking, or rather gliding, back to the village. I didn't even know why we were going or even where we were. Not like a I was very demanding but I was still curious, we didn' tneed to go there, we had no connections to that place after our deaths, right?
"We're almost there, gosh, no patience at all." Yoshamaru criticized.
"Why are we even going, It's not like there is anything left we can do, right?"
"We can go back and watch our loved ones in secret and wait for death to reunite us."
"So you become stalkers? Isn't that creepy?"
Mom reaced over to me, concern clearly showing on her face, "Is there something wrong with you, dear? I mean, your acting a little bit strange."
"Yeah, he's been acting like this ever since he died. What do you think is wrong?" Dad tol
Yoshamaru muttered to himself as he shook his head, "Maybe he... No, we can't know for sure."
"Please brother, if you know anything, any reason for my son to be acting so strangely, tell us."
"It's a thought, but totally impossible. Sister, even if it were to be true, there would be nothing anyone could do about it. It's too late."
"Yoshamaru, tell me! Chances are, it's not impossible to reverse."
"Well, I was thinking...*sigh* Maybe he wasn't supposed to die yet, and he is too unprepared to know what is going on."
" I can't even fit in after death, is that right? Makes sense, once an outcast, always an outcast I guess." I said, kinda depressed to find that, that may be the case. Why can't I ever fit in? Why do I have so many questions? Why are they never answered? But, most importantly, who am I asking,myself? Some things must carry on after death. "Well, we might as well see Kankuro and Temari and see what the village is doing without me."
"You finally decided to emrace the 'ghost way?' And look, there's the village now!" Dad anounced.
I wanted them to think that I knew what was going on though I still don't understand this. I have no clue what I was supposed to do and I don't know what to do now. People said it was I who was the most important person in Suna, they would have never guessed that I just approved of their suggestions. I was a fifteen year-old running a whole village, I had no idea what I got myself into and I didn't know what to do. Suna is a great place to live because of the people and how their opinions on what needs done and how soon in the village. I let the people run it, all I had to do was say yes or no. Because they thought I knew what I was doing, all was peaceful and safe. Had they known, chaos would have taken over and destroyed the village. I am using that same thought for my family now, the less that, they know, the happier they will be.
I didn't even know where I was going until someone screamed. It didn't hurt, or feel, but I walked right through someone. She had four spikey, blonde, pony-tail, a black dress, a ninja headband, and a fan. Oh my gourd, I walked through Temari! Wait, Temari's not one to scream, but she did when I walked through her.
"Gaara, you need to watch out! Don't you know that if you run into someone they can feel it?" Dad shouted.
"I knew that," I lied "I was just lost in thought."
"What were you thinking about? Were you remembering your past life? Sometimes certain objects or places cause rememberance." Mom explained. She was very smart and nice, how could she have been my mother?
Then, Temari said, "I miss my little brother, I wish he would come home already. And Kankuro. Bakas, didn't they realize how much we need them? He just ran off like that, without re-enforcements. Now he very well may die." Then I saw something I never thought possible, I saw Temari cry.
Kankuro? What about Kankuro? Is he hurt, or worse? He would be in the hospital if he were close to death. We had to go, and go now. "We need to go to the hospital, now."
"What's wrong, Gaara? You look troubled." Yoshamaru asked.
"My brother could die any minute! I have to go see him to-" I started.
"-To welcome him, awww, I haven't seen him in years, how nice."
" No, not that. I guess I couldn't stop death or try to help him, though."
"But wouldn't you like to see him?"
"No, I don't want him to die. I want him to stay there, for Temari." Even though they are dead, how can they bee so, cruel. Wishing someone death so that they could reunite with their lost one. I couldn't take it and I started to run to the hospital. I didn't care if anyone came or stayed, I needed to know that my brother was okay.
At the hospital, I heard some medical nins talk about how Kankuro got hospitalized. They say that after I was kidnapped Kankuro followed, and eventually caught up to, the Akatsuki. After that, he fought Sasori to a fight. Little did Kankuro know that Sasori was a puppet master and that even the puppets Kankuro used were once Sasori's. Needless to say Kankuro was poisoned. If it hadn't been for Sakura, they would have never foud a cure and he would be dead.
I peeked in his room and his condition looked stable, though he was asleep. I decided to check on the people in power and to see how my village was doing without me. It turns out that they where looking for another Kazekage. One suggested Kankuro, due to his relationship with me, and his courage and stength as a ninja. But they weren't too impressed. I listened to all of there suggestions, and Kankuro still had alot of good points.
After I got my fill of that, I decided to check on my brother again. He was asleep, but this time Temari was there. She was asleep too. I went into their nightmares and was surprised. Temari's was about her losing us and having to live alone. While she was still grieving they de-ninjafied her and she was married to Shikamaru, at least I think that was part of the bad dream. Kankuro's dream was similar to Temari's. He dreamt about how it would be without me. His dream included terror, attack, fire, and being conquered. And for som reason an alien named Bob tried to suck his brains out. When they awoke they both stated that they had a strange dream, though neither would tell the other one what it was about.
I was still in the hospital when I got to thinking, death is the best thing that's happened to me. I have a mother and father who love me, I am still different, but I know I am needed. Since it was still night Kankuro and Temari went to sleep again. While asleep I walked over to Kankuro and put my hand on him and as I did that, he told me not to leave him again and they both said it was because they love me. So I told them goodnight and they awoke with a fright.
"Did you hear that?" they asked one another.
