Cold Eyes || Gaara x Reader

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Edited: 29/05/24
Reuploaded: 30/05/24

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Old (left) – New (right)
¬ Vine Cage (landscape jutsu) = Vine Ensnarement Jutsu
¬ Natural Hearing (tree dance) = Leaf Whisper Jutsu
¬ Root Grab (landscape jutsu) = Root Snare Jutsu
¬ Steel whip (tree dance) = Steal Whip Jutsu
¬ Natural surveillance (tree dance) = Natural Surveillance Jutsu
¬ Plant army (tree dance) = Plant Army Jutsu
¬ Liana clones (tree dance) = Liana Clone Jutsu
¬ Shallow plant (landscape jutsu) = Plant Phasing Jutsu
¬ Tree tracking (landscape jutsu) = Tree Tracking
¬ Tracking tools = Tracking tools

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I pulled out two kunai and tied them to my feet. Stepping onto the ice I started to move around, getting used to the unusual blades on my feet. They were a bit... wonky, uneven. But what can you really expect, it's not like they are proper blades. Kunai aren't flat like that.

I started off by just skating around, switching from skating forward and back. A couple toe loops as I started to find some confidence in my balance, and then I started adding step sequences in before moving into my jumps. A double axel. A basic spin. Then I worked my way into a salchow until I found myself skating one of the routines I made for uh—for... weird. I can't remember who. Who did...

I frowned as I started to try to imagine everything. The crowd leaning forward in their seats as... uh—the person... glided across the ice elegantly. The way their boots managed to pull shards of ice off the ground. When they jumped and their boots click together, the announcer speaking over the speaker, watching closely, commenting on the move until they finally land, pulling back into a simple routine until the end where they move into their final position and stay still before relaxing and getting off the ice again.

I stopped dancing just as my memory of the routine came to an end, my own replica of the routine finished as well. But the name of the person I'd made it for was just... not coming back to me.

It's right there. On the tip of my tongue but I just—

Crash!

"What was that?" I looked over to the dog heads at the front of the building in worry. If I remember correctly, Sasuke is in there... The fight has begun then.

I skated to the edge of the lake and pulled the kunai off the bottom of my shoes before sprinting across the space between the lake and the summit, up the stairs and to the doors. I tried to get in, but they were locked and firmly so as well.

"Damn!" I shouted, slamming my hands against the door in frustration before hopping back a few paces, "what to do... what to do..."

Oh—I know.

"Liana clone jutsu," I muttered, a group of vines shot up out of the snow next to me and formed into me before nodding, knowing exactly what I wanted to do. The clone went to the crack in the door and easily slipped in before running to where the presence of people were.

"Man, it's cold," I sighed, rubbing my arms as I shivered violently before hopping down the stairs and to a tree, "plant phasing jutsu."

I sunk into the tree and suddenly my body quickly warmed up and I relaxed into the tree before closing my eyes and linking to my clone. I'd linked to it just in time to see my clone pass the battle between the Raikage and Sasuke, I would've stopped to watch a bit, but I decided it be better to just continue up.

"Who're you?" someone jumped in front of me. I put my hands up in surrender.

"I'm with the Kazekage, Lord Gaara. I'm not threat, well not to you guys at least," I replied with a sigh, "Sasuke Uchiha and Lord Raikage... They're in quite the battle downstairs."