Ohaiyo everyone! Welcome to my first official fanfic! I'd like to introduce my muses:

Gaara-kun!

Ed and Ein!

Kyo!

Count D!

and

Sumomo!

{Cheers and whistles}

Kyo: She's beginning to freak me out.

Gaara: Just beginning? You're lucky.

Ed: Ed and Ein will hack into her computer and jolt her!

Ryu: Don't even think abou...(zap) OUCH!!!

Count D: Please don't mind them...they ate some of the chocolates I ordered.

Ryu: YOU GAVE THEM SUGAR!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Gaara: Oh, fabulous...{turns to Ryu} I can kill them if you want.

Ryu: Um...no...{watches Ed and Ein race around the room} On second thought, maybe later.

Sumomo: {Blows whistle} Warning! Warning! It's time to start the fanfic!

Ryu: Gaaaa! I completely forgot! Ok...here it is! Enjoy!!!!!

Disclaimer: Naruto characters aren't mine (obviously). I do own Naruto manga...Kisaike is an OC...Don't kill me...{cowers}

A Different Path

Prologue

A woman lay in the sand, her pretty face contorted in pain, the wind blowing sand around her. She refused to go to a hospital, and lay here, in nature, straining to stop the process of birth. Nearby, a man, her husband, stood, watching his wife fight the fruit of their union. He did not aid her, nor did he stop her fight. He just watched, detached.

I don't want this child, she thought, pleading to the heavens. Her pleas fell unanswered as, bid or not, a boy with a full head of fiery-red hair managed to slide out. The pain, however, did not subside with his exit. If anything, it doubled. She looked at the child with pure hatred in her honey- brown eyes. Leaning closer, she whispered softly, so her husband couldn't hear her.

"You will be my curse upon this village," the woman hissed, glaring at the child who had, by being born, stolen her life. "I call you Gaara, the demon who loves only himself." She returned to her back, beckoning to the man. He walked over and leaned down close to hear her last words. Then, she shuddered and fell back, a final breath escaping her lips.

The man arose, picked up his son, and stepped away from his wife. The wind calmed as the sand seemed to come alive. It bubbled and swam about the woman, slowly enveloping her into it. He watched as she disappeared without even a trace that she had ever been. He then looked down at his son. The boy's aquamarine eyes stared right back. He allowed himself a smile.

"Gaara, huh? Well, I can at least do her that justice." He lightly ruffled the boy's hair. "So Gaara it will be. You are very important to all of us in the Sand." He turned to leave.

Suddenly, he heard the sand move again, and with it came a piercing cry. It increased in pitch until it was no longer insulated by the sand. It was the cry of a baby. Looking down, he saw that Gaara was looking back towards the place where his mother had once been, what could be taken for happiness on his face. The man turned. There, laying on the sand where the woman fought her end, was a child identical to Gaara in every way but one. It was female.

"Twins?" the man murmured to himself. He turned again, intent on leaving the girl to the whim of the desert when another shrill cry rent the air. He looked down. Gaara was wailing at the top of his lungs, all the while holding his arms back towards the sand, as if trying to summon his sister to him. The man stopped and let out a sigh.

"Fine. We'll take her too." He turned and picked up the girl. As if on cue, the twins stopped crying and snuggled together. The man glared at the girl. "I suppose you'll need a name," he growled. "You'll be called Kisaike." He shook his head, sighed again, and headed back towards the village.

Yay! It's begun! (Sorry it's so short) Now...where the heck am I going to take it? {confused}

Gaara: {smacks Ryu on the back of the head with tendril of sand} So you started this story without knowing where you were going? Baka!!!

Count D: Maybe a good cup of tea and a piece of delectable cheesecake will help. Mmmmmm.

Gaara: The tea won't do a bit of good. She's constantly weird from her caffeine intake. I swear, if she could just get the caffeine injected straight into her bloodstream by IV, she'd never leave the front of the computer.

Kyo: I'm surrounded by weird people...

Ryu: Mmmmmm...cheesecake...caffeine...Mountain Dew Livewire...ahhhhhhhhh {shivers in delight} Happiness...

Gaara: Like I said...

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