Gaara and Akinas house

My grandfather. -looks down-

I'm sorry love, you dont have to talk about it*Stands up and holds you close to me* I am glad we did get to see each other that day

Tomorrow. I'm going to take you somewhere. And explain the story from the beginning. All of it.

Hold that thought, Miki just woke up *I smile and leave you alone in the washroom, I go and pick up Miki and smiles, I take her downstairs and gets her some formula and feed her*

-gets dressed and gently presses my weight on my leg limping to our room-

*Finishes feeding Miki, then a thought comes to mind, so I go upstairs to our room* Hello love, how does the leg feel? *Miki smiles and reaches her hands out for you making little baby sounds*

-smiles- Fine love. -holds out my arms for Miki- Let me see our little girl.

*hands her to you* There is somewhere I need to go. If you need help with anything dont be afraid to ask the babysitter I hired *Three young looking girls walk into the room wearing Sabure uniforms and bow to you, all three speak in unison* Gaara has requested us to help you out for the day and make sure you stay in bed *They make you lie down on the bed with Miki. Miki giggles and claps her hands. I speak*Where is your fourth? *The three speak in unison again* She is with Kinichi*I answer back*Ok *I look at you* See you soon love *I flicker out*

-looks down at Miki and smiles holding out my finger to her-

She pulls on it smiling.

Kinichi comes in my room. "Mommy wat wis taht wady doing in my rwoom?" He comes over and sits beside me.

-wraps my arm around him and kisses his forehead-

He lays back and falls asleep.

*One of the girls leaves the room. Two speak in unison and bows to you* Is there anything you would like us to do for you? Tea? Something to eat?

-shakes my head and lays down beside Kin holding Miki between us carefully and falls asleep-

*4 hours after I left I come in through the door, someone comes in with me, the four girls leave*

-is standing in front of the chest in the spare bedroom behind the kitchen clutching a jacket in my hands-

Would you like some tea? *I smile and she responds, you barely hear her voice and it sounds familiar* How about some ale instead? *I laugh* No ale sorry *She sits down and crosses her arms* What kind of house is this? No ale for a captain of my stature, tea will have to do *I go to the kitchen and pass by the guestroom door and sees you holding a jacket, I come into the room* Love, what are you doing in here?

-holds the jacket behind my back- Nothing. Just looking through a few things. Do we have company? I'll be out in a minute.

Yep, an old friend of mine, I thought I would never have imagined running into her today. She hasnt changed at all, still wants to drink ale, but I convinced her to have a cup of tea with us instead *Smiles and kisses you, then goes and makes the tea. You hear laughter from the living room and also Kinichis voice*

-smiles and watches you leave then looks back down at the jacket and No. 1 headband in my hands- The Black Butterfly still rests. -sets the jacket and headband back inside the closet walking into the living room smiling-

*The woman hears you come in and stands up to greet you, she just stares at you blankly, you stare back at a woman in a pirate captain uniform. I come walking in* I see you two have met *I place down the tea, the captain just stares blankly at you and speaks slowly *You.....have you....ever been on a.....a pirate ship???

-blinks and catches myself- No I'm afraid I haven't. And you would be?

Thinks~Please don't recognize my face.

I happen to be the greatest Pirate captain of the Seas, My name is Captain Raven *She smiles and does a slight bow to you thinking - This has to be her, no doubt about it - She looks at me* I dont care much for tea, please get me some ale *I roll my eyes* Fine, I will be back soon *I flicker out of the house, she looks sternly at you* So you are really her are you not? Mistress of the seas was one of your names right? *She laughs and Kinichi looks confused* Mistwess of wat? *Kinichi looks over at you*

-shakes my head- I don't know what you're talking about.

*She smiles and hands a little telescope to Kinichi and tells him to go play, he does, she looks at you again* I never forget a face, you know that better then anyone else, Captain *She grins and pulls out a chain with a butterfly on it*

-whispers- Those days are behind me Ray. I gave all that up. I'm not a rogue anymore. I might've been that most feared assassin on the sea and the land once but not anymore. I have a family now. And it's better if Gaara doesn't know about that.

*She smiles* I know, you got a good life here, besides everyone else thinks you died, so I will not let them know of this little encounter. *She laughs, then looks serious* My role has not changed, I am still loyal to you Captain. Gaara is just a friend. I heard about Kendiels death. I will miss him. You and Gaara are the only ones that knew I was his sister, If I hadnt seen Gaara today I would still think that he was alive *She smiles* So from now on, I guess I will just call you Akina *She laughs, I come in with some ale. she speaks again* It was nice to meet your family Gaara, you managed to get yourself a fine woman*She looks at you and winks* I must be getting back, the sea calls my name *She takes the ale as I speak* We havent got a chance to talk much* She laughs* Next time ok? *She is gone, I look at you* She was never much for staying on land for too long *I smile and chuckle as i move behind you wrapping my arms around you* I love you, my goddess

-smiles then looks at Kin with the telescope- Oh. She forgot that.

*Chuckles* You want me to take that to her? she gots lots of those *I notice a butterfly necklace on the table and picks it up, I look at the back of it, two letters are written, both are the letter B* Strange, I dont remember this being here. Must be yours *Hands it to you* Any meaning behind it? *Smiles looking at you curiously*

-shakes my head- No. Not really. -looks down at it-

*Smiles and kisses your cheek* I wonder how long before we see her again *Kinichi comes over to you* Mommy, can I ask you somtin, awone?

Sure honey. -walks into another room with Kin and crouches down smiling- What is it?

Kinichi - Mommy was a piwate?

-chuckles- Where'd you get that idea from honey?

*Kinichi smiles* Piwate wady said so

-laughs- Let's not mention what Miss Raven said to daddy ok?

Can we go on Piwate sip den? *I go upstairs and into our bedroom, you two still downstairs*

Ahh...no honey...Mommy doesn't do that sort of thing anymore.

Ok mommy, I go pway piwate *Kinichi runs out of the room pretending to be a pirate and up the stairs, I come down and barely avoid a collision. I sit down at the table and chuckle* Wonder what he is in a hurry about?

-shakes my head and smiles- A one year old imagination. What do you think? -chuckles and clutches the keychain in my hand then turns and walks into the back room putting it with my jacket-

I would agree with that love. He sees a magician and decides to be one, sees a clown, he is a clown, sees a pirate, now he is a pirate *CHuckles* Always changing his mind *Laughs more* Just like his mommy does

-chuckles and looks down at the jacket once more and thinks back to mine and Raven's conversation before I left-

"You can't leave, Captain! We need you! What are we without the Black Butterfly!" I smiled at her. "I have things I need to take care of. I'll be back. Eventually."

Thinks~Can I really go back?

*Smiles at you* something on your mind love? *Kinichi runs down the stairs with the little telescope screaming like a little banshee, pretending to look for treasure. I chuckle*

-chuckles and Kin and then looks over at you- Do you remember hearing about the Black Butterfly? I heard she was a very revered assassin.

*Looks a little surprised* Uhh......I have heard about her, and how this one person hunted her down, No person has ever seen his face for he wore a mask, and as for the Black Butterfly, I hear she died because of mutiny........There is no way her crew would have betrayed her, I know there is something more to the story then that. I personally think the mutiny was made up to cover her whereabouts

Oh.

Thinks~I never knew what they were saying. I just knew everyone thought I was dead.

That is just one of the stories I heard though. There are many rumors surrounding her disappearance. A very interesting one I heard was that she was seen on land about a month after her death. another rumor spread around a little about a year after that, she was seen more inland, but she was not in a pirate uniform, there were several different outfits described though, so who knows *Chuckles and thinks - I was so close that day, to catching her, but I just let her go........*

Oh. What if I was the Black Butterfly? -looks over at you-

*Bursts out laughing hard for a few minutes then settles down* Ohh ho hoho, that is totally rich. You know I said I would believe you about anything, but you, the black butterfly.......I definitely would know if you were the Queen of all the seas and oceans, Mistress of the waters. *Chuckles a little more*

-walks in the other room then comes back in wearing bandages around my upper area my hair pulled into a ponytail with my headband tied sideways on my head, a blade to my side, and the long black jacket with a jaded butterfly on it hanging around my shoulders-

*Completely goes pale and just stares at you* ....................................................................................................
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*Slowly gets up and heads up the staircase to my office still looking pale*

Three billion ryo. That was the bounty on my head. The black butterfly could command the waters. Make the sky tremble, and make lightning bow to her. She was the true Queen of the Sea. -looks back at you- She's been living under your nose this whole entire time.

*Gets something from the office and is now at the table again. puts the package on the table. it looks rather large and bulky* So you really are the black butterfly........Open it, that has been sealed for a long time *Just stares at you still shocked, no longer pail*