Broken like me

First Visit

It had been a couple of months since Sigyn sent out her first letter to her new friend. She was currently in her bedroom bored out of her mind. She was staring at the ceiling, arms and legs sprawled on her bed. She was angry, sad and lonely. She was unable to see her teammates, as they were intensely training with their father. And she wasn't able to hang out with Naruto and his team, because they were training with their sensei. It seemed that was the story for everyone lately.

No one ever had the time for her. They were always too busy with their own lives and training that she often found herself alone. Yamato had yet to return and he was the only one she would spar and train with. Sigyn abruptly sat up on her bed, legs crossed, and released an annoyed sigh. She made a few, quick hand symbols and summoned a small golem.

The little golem stared up at her with it's lifeless eyes, awaiting orders from it's master. Sigyn stared down at it for a good minute without a word, contemplating what to do. Finally deciding, she stood from her bed and motioned for the little golem to follow her. "If no one will train with us, we'll train on our own." She spoke to it but it didn't reply.

Sigyn found an isolated area of the Konoha forest, not too far from the city walls, to train. There was a small creek running through all the brush and trees. She decided this would be a great place for endurance training with her little friend. Sigyn knew her golems did not do well with water based attacks. They would crumble and disintegrate when Satori attacked them.

"Ok. Go stand in the water and hold out as long as possible." She ordered her golem. The little golem was able to withstand about 10 minutes before starting to deform and seemingly melt into the water, turning into mud. Sighing, Sigyn spoke to herself, "Ok, this will take a lot of trail and error." She preformed a few hand signs and created three more golems. All of them small and not any higher than her knee height.

Hours passed and the sun had begun to slowly set behind some far off mountains. Sigyn was feeling exhausted and her chakra reserves were low. There was improvement however. Her golems were able to withstand water for about 3 hours without significant damage.

She was slowly able to improve their stability and endurance. They could now hold more chakra than before, for a longer period of time. They didn't explode or disintegrate when she fed them her chakra. As an added bonus, Sigyn didn't feel the need to release her chakra reserves, as quickly as before.

She decided to take a break and crouched down by the little creek. She splashed some water on her face and sat down. Staring into the water she saw her reflection. Tired, pale and sad. The training, she realized, helped distract her from her loneliness but now, it had returned.

Sigyn laid down on some plush grass next to the creek and began to contemplate what Naruto may be up to. What kind of training he was doing and if it was going well. Suddenly, a thought rushed to her head. This week would be a great opportunity to visit Gaara. Her father wasn't scheduled to return for another few weeks and, if he never knew she left Konoha, then he wouldn't be worried or angry. No one came to check up on her anyway so, there wasn't anyone to tell she would be out.

The next issue was, letting Gaara know she would be on her way to see him. She didn't want to impose on anything important he may have going on. In his last letter, Gaara had mentioned he was training with his siblings but he was ready for a break and was hoping for her to visit soon. "I don't want to show up uninvited." She mumbled to herself. "I wonder..." She sat up and summoned another small golem.

Sigyn pulled out a small notebook from her pants pocket that she carried around. She used the notebook to take notes during training. She began to scribble down a note to the red-head. 'Hey Gaara-san! So I know this is unexpected, but the perfect opportunity came around to visit you. I hope I'm not imposing on anything important, but I'll be heading out tomorrow to see you. I'll leave early in the morning, before the sun comes up, and I should be in Sunagakure in about three days time. I'll try to time it, so that I arrive early morning on the third day. See you soon!' - Sigyn.