Chapter One:
Protected by the Sand
"Where are you child!" Shugo yelled.
He wen't outside and asked the neighbors if they had seen where I was.
"I thought I saw her go down to the beach a while ago." Kasuka said. "What's wrong?"
"She was supposed to have the house cleaned when I woke up. But she was nowhere in the house. I'll check the beach." Shugo said then left.
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"Hey Kara." Temari and Kankurou said walking up to me with Gaara.
"Hi," I said to them feeling my heart skip a beat when I saw Gaara.
"How come you're out here all by yourself?" Gaara asked.
"I had to get away from my step-father," I said.
Gaara looked and saw a bruise in the shape of a handprint on my arm.
"How did you get that bruise on your arm?" Gaara asked.
"I got punished for fighting back." I said.
"Why were you fighting back?" Temari asked.
"My step-father forced his 'care' on me." I said.
"You don't mean he-," Gaara asked making a fist.
I nodded my head.
"Kara! Get back to that house and clean it up like I told you to!" Shugo yelled to me.
"No," I said standing up.
Gaara walked in front of me.
"She's coming with us," Gaara said.
"You don't own her," Temari said.
"She does belong to me. After her mother had died, she wrote in her will Kara is mine. And that means she is my slave to do as I wish. Weather it's outside the house, or in one of the rooms of the house." Shugo said.
All of a sudden I fell to the ground and vomited as I remembered the torture.
"Kara!" Gaara yelled.
"My mother never wrote that. You wrote that after you murdered her." I said getting up with Gaara's help.
Gaara looked towards Shugo with intention to kill.
"You son of a bitch!" Gaara said angrily.
"Gaara. Take Kara and go back to our house," Kankurou paused saying. "Temari and I will take care of things here."
Kankurou had brought out Karasu. And Temari had unfolded her fan.
Gaara had made the sand below us form into steps and then a floating object. It reminded me of a flying carpet.
Temari smiled thinking, "Gaara tries so much to impress Kara. But he doesn't have to. She has liked him since we all were childhood friends."
"Kara, get back to that house!" Shugo yelled to me.
Gaara grabbed my hand as I reached the top step. He helped me onto the sand carpet.
"I thought we told you." Gaara said to Shugo. "She's coming with us. And if you ever come near her again, we won't be this easy on you."
Gaara and I left Kankurou and Temari to deal with Shugo.
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"Kara?" Gaara asked looking at me, "how long has he been doing this to you?"
"Since Mom died," I said looking at Gaara.
I had blushed as I felt my heart skip a beat again.
"So he's been doing this cruelity to you for nine months?" Gaara asked as he placed his hand over mine and squeezed it gently.
"Yeah," I said. "And for eight months, I had gone to the doctor's to have an abortion. I wouldn't doubt he did it to me again."
I looked at Gaara as his eyes filled with tears.
"Gaara?" I asked reaching my hand to wipe his eyes.
Gaara gently took my hand and kissed my wrist.
I had blushed feeling his lips upon my wrist.
"You don't have to wipe my tears away." Gaara said. "Sure they're tears of sadness. But also tears of joy because you'll be with us." Gaara said while thinking silently to himself, "and me."
"Thank you, Gaara. If you hadn't come before my step-father. He might have done the same thing to me again today." I said with my head bent down.
Gaara placed his arms around me and hugged me.
I could feel the warmth of his breath upon my neck. Feeling his breath on my body had begun to rise my own temperature.
"It's strange," I said.
"What is?" Gaara asked.
"How I can feel so safe with you." I said closing my eyes.
Gaara smiled as he felt my body lean into his.
"I shall protect you." Gaara thought.
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Kankuro had used Karasu to attack Shugo.
Temari had used her fan to attack him as well.
Within ten minutes Shugo was defeated.
Kankuro and Temari had left to go back to their home.
"I'm glad Kara will be with us. I feel like she's a sister to me." Temari said.
"I think of her like a sister as well," Kankuro paused then said. "But Gaara loves her. If we didn't make him leave then, he might have turned into the 'other Gaara'."
"I think the 'other Gaara' has feelings for her as well," Temari said.
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Kankuro and Temari arrived home about five minutes later.
They smiled seeing Gaara and I resting together on their couch.
Gaara opened his eyes and smiled at his brother and sister.
He got up and laid me down on the couch. He then picked my feet up and placed them on the couch. He then covered me up with a blanket and walked over to Temari and Kankuro.
"Did you tell her yet?" Kankuro asked.
"No. Not yet." Gaara said.
"Why not?" Temari asked.
"I think. I'm scared to tell her," Gaara said.
"You want to take your time." Temari said.
"Yeah," Gaara said.
"I think she'll be the happiest girl in the world when you tell her." Temari said smiling at Gaara.
Gaara blushed at his sister's praise.
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"Damn bastards!" Shugo yelled walking into Mom's house.
"What's wrong Shugo? Didn't get to screw your step-whore today?" Mitsko asked smiling at him.
"What the hell do you want Mitsuko?" Shugo asked.
"I can get her back if you want," Mitsuko said smiling evily.
Shugo looked towards Mitsuko and asked, "how?"
Mitsuko walked over to Shugo and knelt downin front of him. She smiled as she unzipped his pants and worked her mouth around his hard erection.
"Mmm. That feels so good." Shugo said as he felt Mitsuko lick the tip savoring the taste of precome in the back of her throat. "Suck me dry, baby."
Mitsuko smiled saying, "we shall have Kara done in just like what we did with her mother."
"What about Gaara?" Shugo asked.
"The 'Desert Prince' wants Kara." Mitsuko smiled transforming, "I'll give him a Kara he doesn't even know." She said looking at Shugo.
Shugo felt his erection return at seeing Mitsuko transformed into me.