Desert Rose (Shinki x ChoCho) fic

Scars of The Past

Chocho esily picked him up, along with Shikadai and the sand siblings,

Inojin was still okay since he was only hit out of the air and not directly either like some of the others were by using partial expansion jitsu on her arms to make them bigger and brought them all backto suna

"Shinki! Yoda! Araya! Shikadai!" Gaara said As he ran to meet up with Chocho slightly surprised by the strength of thisgirl yet reminding himself she is a member of the Akamichi clan

"Are all of you alright?" Gaara asked Chocho concerned for all their wellbeing

With Shinki lifted above Chocho's head she said to the Kazekage

"No worries !" Chocho beamed at the Kazekage

Gaara gave a slight smile and along with the other Suna ninjas helped rush all of the injuredto the hospital -----------------------------------------------------------------"They left already..?"

"Yes I'm sorry Shinki..they needed to report to Naruto.., the 7th, to discuss everything that happened today, they made it out alive with only minor bumps and bruises thankfully but sadly our team had the worst of it all...your siblings Araya , and Yodo are in the other ward still unconscience." Gaara reassured

"Damn it." Shinki muttered

"Shinki there is no reason for you to be angry..

"All of you are safe, and alive that's all that matters"

"I wasn't strong enough...Did I... let you down father?"

"Not at all Shinki, strength isn't all that's important, having good friends,family, and teamwork and placing those above all is vital to true success in life. One day I hope you will learn this too Shinki.I had to learn the hard way, unfortunetly.."

"Father...can you..tell me more about your past? I mean if you want to...if not then that's okay.."

"Yes, the scars of my past run deep but have healed with time, I can share more about it with you.."

As Gaara my father was sharing about his past It made me remember my own...one that I wished to forget...

(Flashback to Shinki's Childhood..)

I was apart of a small clan from the farthest corners of Sunagakure

that lived in the most desolate and deserted places , at first we lived peaceful lives, until word got out that we possessed a special, long forgottentechnique known as "Iron Will" that enabled us to infuse chakra into iron sand, which was iron crushed so fine that is was as small as dust. But to control such a technique took a lot of time and effort as does making a diamond. I was an orphan raised by our clan elders to be non other than a weapon, brainwashed to believe that I did not need emotions and that shinobi were suppose to suppress them and place the mission above all else even their own lives. Taught that 'friends' would eventually become "enemies" and hate me, and betray me.Eventually they went so far as wanting to use me to take over Sunagakure and assassinate the Kazekage.I could never do such a thing to my father now..but then I was so lost and confused and angry at the world for having me born only to be a tool for others power hungry desires. I couldn't even control my power yet and when we were all assigned to invade Sunagakure the others were either eliminated or captured and I..thought I would die that day..honestly but I really didn't care then, I was just so angry at the world at everything and never really knew true love at all, not the love of parents, friends, family or a fatherBut when the Kazekage approached me he had such a soft-kindhearted expression I had never known before.Of course I still feared that he would kill me especially if he found out about the assasination plot. At the time he approached me I acted purely in self defense and lashing out, as a caged animal often does. I somehow managed to form my iron sand into shards and sent them flying at the Kazekage's back as they did so, he did something unexpectedhe..embraced me in a hug...as if to shield me with his own body..or to say everything was going to be okay..

"Everything is okay now, I mean you no harm, what is your name?"

"Shinki."--------------------------------------------------------------------That was the day I learned the love of a father, that need not be by blood alone but by bond.

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-I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I finally used some of my creative liberty to help shape what Shinki's past may have been like, I imagine it would be similar to Gaara's but I also was inspired by Haku's childhood from the first season of Naruto, so I grafted that in with it. Unfortunately we still don't have much info about Shinki or his past at this time, for now he will remain a mystery until Kishimoto or Ikemoto fleshes him out more *fingers crossed* XP  Thank you so much for reading I will try to update regularly have a great day :D !!-