𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐀𝐙𝐄𝐊𝐀𝐆𝐄'𝐒 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐑 | gaara

Part 14

*Risa's P.O.V*

I burst into the Kazekage's office, huffing. I'd just remembered something to do with the kidnappers, something important.

"LORD KAZE- oh-?" I stand face to face with his sister Temari. My first instinct is to glare at her.

Oh my fucking god you've got to be kidding me not Temari especially not now-

We look each other in the eye, and I casually back away. Temari steps out of my way, grimacing, and I see the Kazekage and their brother standing behind her.

"We're kinda busy," says his brother, whose name I've forgotten. I gather the correct words to say.

"My sister!" I exclaim. "[Name]!" They all raise their eyebrows and I quickly cover up my tracks.

"I'm [Name]! My sister... where is she?!" Temari nods at me.

"She's been taken," she says as a matter of factly. "We're on our way now to retrieve her, don't you worry now." Temari squints at me.

"You're [Name]?" she asks, peering questioningly at me. I nod, and she straightens up. "Huh. You look older than Risa."

"Yeah, I get that a lot, but Risa! I think I know who took her!"

*Your P.O.V*

"You know, Risa, when you come from a village as small as ours, of course you'd feel more pressure to make a name for yourself, wouldn't you?" You scowl as the blondie Minami makes himself comfortable on your hip, and you can't move or push him off.

"So what? You're gonna kill me now?" you say, laughing bravely. The man with the dark hair and face mask, Kita, lowers his face so that it's right in front of yours.

"Oh no, not yet, Risa-chan. We're going to make you suffer first. Suffer just as much Azuma did in the years he spent alone on his own."

A yell escapes your mouth as Minami hops off and drags you to your feet with Nishi, making Kita smirk.

"My dear girl, no one can hear you," he says, patting your back. "You can be assured you won't make it out of here alive." You scream as someone ties something around your eyes, instantly eliminating your sight.

"Let me go! Let me go!" Your voice pierces the thin air, and all of a sudden there's a thwack as someone slaps you across the face. You feel your cheek beginning to burn where it had contact.

"Shut up! No one can hear you, what part of that don't you understand?!" A small break. "Minami, Nishi! Bring her!"

You feel yourself being dragged across the room, and struggle to move around, but to no avail. Then, you feel yourself begin to wiggle a little.

"Yes!" You wriggle enough for your two captors to drop you to the ground, but before you can get to your feet and make a break for it, one of them wraps his fingers in your (hair length) hair, and begins dragging you.

"Hurry up!" you hear Kita's voice snap. "I don't want to accidentally kill her before she gets tortured!"

You struggle no more, a wave of realisation sweeping over you.

I'm going to die.

If you hadn't taken Risa's spot in the first place, it would be Risa here, not you. If Risa were here, she'd have been able to fight off these- these weirdos. If you were Risa, you'd be on the way back to the village by now. If you were Risa, these men wouldn't stand a chance. If you were Risa, this kidnapping wouldn't even have happened!

But I'm not Risa.

Your lip trembles, and all of a sudden, nothing else matters. The pain of you being dragged along by your hair, the fact that you're not Risa. Only one thing mattered right now.

I'm going to die.

Meaning, you would never see Risa again. You'd never see Ichiro again. You'd never see your village again.

I'll never see Gaara again.

As the last thought slips into your mind, you feel a tear drop from your eye. Gaara.

Maybe I was wrong. Maybe that stupid textbook did work.

Maybe I am in love with the Kazekage.