It's mermay and I have been working on something for it. An idea came to me. I don't do much with my OC Calesta. There are many commissions from @sandglass-art and the story I'm slowly working on with @safarichan so I made a small story with her for mermay. TBH I'm nervous to post it since I know some people don't like merfolk AUs.
I don't have a name for it, I'm bad at naming stories. I can write them fine only can't name them without taking a week. This is a rough draft. It's not edited or anything. Anyways enough of me talking about it.
He has been watching her for a few months now. Studying her, trying to learn everything about her. Why does she wear her hair that way? Why does she wear those odd clothes? Why does she come to the beach every day? Why does she always look sad?
The young merman watches as the young human heads back to her home. She doesn’t know her name or where she lives, but he does know one thing. He loves her and wants her. How can you love someone you barely know?
The redhead merman knows something about the human. Not her name but he does know she likes the ocean. Why else would she come here every day? She also enjoys music. She does play the ocarina very beautifully.
He wants to talk to her. Fear keeps him at bay. If there is a way he can get close without her seeing his lower half, he would do so. Being in the water all the time will give what he is away quickly. If he keeps himself hidden and she can only hear his voice she might think she’s talking to a spirit. That’s not what he is.
His love now out of sight, the merman sighs, “I got a little closer today. Maybe tomorrow I will be able to talk to her,”
Sadly he’s been saying that every day for the past month.
Diving into the water, he returns home. Once again he was angry with himself for being so weak.
“You were up there again huh, Gaara?”
Gaara turns to face his sister, arms crossed in the entranceway. He turns away back at the wall.
“Why does it matter if I did? No one saw me Temari,”
Temari moves into the room, “That’s all that matters to me. I would like to know, why do you keep going up there every day?”
“Fresh air,” Gaara speaks in a deadpan tone.
“Haha,” Temari rolls her eyes, “They were looking for you again today.”
“What do they want now?” Gaara growls.
“What do you think? The same thing as yesterday and the day before. You never gave the council an answer to their offer.”
“That’s because I know they wouldn’t like the one I have,” Gaara turns to face his sister, “Why me? What about you or Kankuro? Wouldn’t one of you two be better?.”
“Don’t drop this on me. I’m sure there is a reason they want you,” Temari moves closer to her younger brother, “You know they won’t stop until you tell them.” She swims out leaving Gaara to sulk.
The next day Gaara swims up once again to see his love. Like always she comes to the ocean. Gaara does move in closer than yesterday, but still too far for her to see him. He watched her like he always did. While she played the ocarina, walked around the beach looking for sheils, playing with the crab that was walking past her, soaking her feet in the water, Gaara was watching her like a hawk.
A scream got both the merman and human’s attention. Not far from the docks there was a lot of splashing and shouting for help. Without thinking Gaara rushes over so does his human love.
A small child no older than eight is trying their best to get back on the dock. They were drowning, unable to swim. Gaara and his human love both get a hold of the child and help him onto the dock. Lucky he’s all right, a bit scared and soaking wet but fine. Gaara’s human love takes off her jacket and wraps it around the small boy.
“Are you alright,” she asked the child.
He nods his head and holds the jacket close to himself.
“Are you alright,” this time she was talking to Gaara.
The merman slowly nods his head. Not expecting her to notice him.
“Please wait here. I shall return shortly,” she spoke as she picked up the shivering child, and carried him back inland.
Gaara froze with shock. His love spoke to him. His love saw him! His love most likely thinks he’s a human like her.
“I should leave before she returns,” Gaara thinks about it instead of doing it.
It didn’t take long for her to return and Gaara hasn’t moved, not even blinked since she left.
“Thank you for helping the child,” she reaches her hand out towards Gaara, “My name is Calesta. What is yours?”
Gaara stares at her hand wondering what it is she wants from him. Taking a guess he takes her and she starts to shake it. He looks back at her face.
“Gaara, my name is Gaara.”
She lets go of his hand and Gaara snaps it back to his chest.
“Sadly I must depart for now. Hopefully we shall see each other again,” Calesta bows before she heads back home.
“We will see each other again. I’m sure,” Gaara smiles as he watches her leave.
As soon as Calesta is out of sight Gaara himself returns.
Another lovey comic commission from the lovey @sandglass-art I love the way she draws my OC and everything. This takes place after the last commission found here. Not only does it have Calesta in it but also her mother Celeste. The mark on Celeste's shoulder is her clan's mark. That's a scar on her tummy that she got from Calesta. It's Calesta's birthday and it's time for her party that Gaara and Kankuro planned all by themselves. Please read it has baby Shikadia.
Calesta is singing a real song that is a favorite of mine called, Arms By: Christina Perri
Another comic commission from the lovely @sandglass-art I enjoy commissioning from her, as you can tell. Once again, with my OC Calesta and Gaara. This takes place a few months after the latest one. You can find it here. Summary: Calesta falls into a depression after the miscarriage. Gaara and Kankuro want to do something to help. Unfortunately, Kankuro's ideas may not work as well as he thinks they will. It's long as will be in three parts. Here's parts two and three.
I commissioned a comic that's part of a fanfic I'm writing with a friend. I commission from the wonderful artist @sandglass-art I recommend you check her out. I have already commissioned from her twice before. You can check them out from here and here from the same story. This has my OC Calesta in it. The comic will be under-read more. Warning, it's long.
A story I'm writing with my friend @safarichan. Two of her OC with two of mine. Their story along side with the canon one. Kura, Sie and Ocha belong to SafariChan. Calesta and Celeste belong to me. It starts with the Chunin Exams and goes until the end of Shippuden. Ao3 link.
The Chunin Exams are a big moment in every shinobi’s life; rather, it’s watching or entering. It doesn’t matter if it’s their first time or not. The event of the exams will forever hold a place in people’s memories. Not to mention the weight it holds on those taking the exams. It seems that the pressure doesn’t get to them for some, or they don’t show the stress. Then there is Uzumaki Naruto, who is just brushing in the room yelling.
“Who does he think he is?”
“Where does he think he is?”
“Doesn’t he know any manners?”
Are some of the questions being whispered by Kura and Sie. Kura is wearing a grey and black shirt under a red trench coat with black pants. Has short red hair. Sie is wearing a white jacket with sleeves so long they cover her hands and red shorts. Her long brown hair is in twin braids. Next to them is another one wearing an orange, dark yellow dress and white leggings underneath, all tied with a red bow around her waist. Long purple hair up in buns and pigtails. Calesta doesn’t care if this genin is acting like an idiot or not. It seems his team is yelling at him about it anyways. While her teammate stares at the new group walking in and talking, Calesta keeps her eyes forward, waiting for the exams to start.
After a short one-sided fight, the exams started. Kura is sitting in the back behind everyone. Sie is sitting next to her cousin Kiba. Calesta is sitting behind and to the right of the kid, yelling before.
The rules are simple, but the questions on the written test are not. Everyone seems to be freaking out or thinking. After about ten minutes, some figured it out and did what they needed to answer the questions.
Shino sent his bugs to help. Kiba is doing the same thing with Akamaru so is Sie with Ocha. TenTen somehow had mirrors on the ceiling to help her teammate Lee. The two Hyugas use their byakugan. Sasuke with his Sharingan. Desu uses sound to get his answers. Kura might be one of the few to know the answers. He already finished his test and is napping. Gaara uses his third eye while Kankuro asks to use the restroom.
Sakura falls like she was hit with a sleeping jutsu. She was hit with a jutsu; it was Ino’s mind transfer jutsu. That’s how Ino and her team got their answers. It seems Sakura knew them like Kura.
While everyone was gathering the information they needed, Calesta was sitting there, arms folded and eyes closed. At least that what it looks like; Calesta’s eyes were open; she was looking down on the person’s paper, to her left then the right. She would look up and around at the ones there to watch for cheaters before writing down the answers. Once done, she would fold her arms and look down again.
Ibiki was true to his words. Around ten minutes left, he asked one final question after adding one more rule. We either give up now or try to answer the question; if you fail, you can’t take the chunin exams ever again.The rule sounds suspicious to Calesta; she stays, her teammate also finding the rule suspicious as well. For a minute there, everyone thought the loud boy in orange was going to quit. Instead, he slams his hand on the table, declaring once again about being Hokage someday. Making others wonder if he ever talks about anything else.
Once the room was emptied a bit due to the people choosing to leave instead of trying to answer the final question, Ibiki speaks again. To everyone’s surprise, there was no question. Everyone in the room passed the first part of the Chunin Exams. Then someone jumps in through the window and makes some flashy moves to put up a banner.
The second half of the Chunin Exams will begin the following day. A test of survival at a nice place called The Forest of Death. The rules are simple: get the other scroll and head to the tower in five days, don’t look at the scrolls until you’re inside the tower. Now everyone except your teammates are enemies. No one knows what scroll each team will have.
After signing the release form, the team gets their scroll. Not only does the team get a scroll they also are giving a number. That number tells them what gate entrance they will start.
While waiting for the exams to start, Kura starts to complain, “Five days is way too long. To make it more challenging, they should make it three days.”
Sie is petting Ocha. The small little dog is a bit taller than Kiba’s dog Akamaru. White just like him but brown around her ears, eyes, muzzle, paws, and tail tip. No wonder the two dogs look alike; they are from the same litter.
“I just hope I have enough treats for, Ocha,” Sie rubs her dog’s ears.
Ocha gives a little bark of approval, and Sie checks her pockets. She has plenty of treats for her dog. She sighs in relief, making Kura perform his famous eye roll. What Sie likes to call it, ‘The rolling sigh.’ Since he sighs while rolling his eyes.
Like always, Calesta doesn’t speak, staring at the gate, waiting for it to open. She doesn’t care much about anything other than getting this exam done and over with, not even if she becomes a chunin or not; at the same time, she won’t let her teammates down.
The one guarding the gate is looking at his watch. Within a few minutes, he stops looking at his watch, and walks closer to the gate, then looks back at his watch. Not even a minute later, he turns his back towards the team.
“Get ready,” he calls over his shoulder as he unlocks the gate.
With a burst of speed, the three rush through the open gate and into the forest. They don’t slow down even as they take to the trees. While jumping from tree to tree, they make plans for the exam.
“I know it’s a low blow, but I think we should target teams weaker than us,” Kura stated.
“How can we tell if a team is weaker than us?” Sie asks in an acidic tone.
“We find a team and spy on them. Hope they get into a fight,” Kura grins.
He’s quite proud of his plans, even if it’s not the best. He is the type that will go ahead without thinking things through. Once an idea is in his head, he thinks it’s good, and others should join him. Tell him no and he will either complain or throw a tantrum. Good thing his tantrums are short-lived and quiet compared to a child’s.
Sie opens her mouth to speak but is cut off by Kura, “Let’s say we watch them for a bit, like a few hours; if no fight, then we move on.”
“There are parts in your plan that will work, but sadly I don’t agree with everything,” Calesta speaks in a hushed tone.
Both team members look at her. Claesta doesn’t speak much; everyone around her who knows her pays close attention to her words when she does.
“Finding a team we can take would be ideal. You didn’t seem to consider that they may not have the scroll we need. Do you have an idea on how to find out what scroll the other team has?” Calesta’s blank stare is aimed at Kura.
Unlike her teammates, Calesta’s face always remains emotionless. Unless she trusts you, then her face will emote more. Sie is always smiling even when she’s yelling, something that bothers Kura to no end.
“After the fight, if they win, they will have both scrolls. If we think we can take them, we fight. Only take the one we need when we win,” Kura speaks with pride.
Calesta looked forward again. She seems to be satisfied with the answer. For a while, they didn’t talk to each other. Instead scanned the area, keeping an eye out for other teams and anything else the forest may toss at them.
They stopped when Sie and Ocha smelled another team and warned them. Landing on three separate branches of the same tree, the team looks for the other team that was sniffed out. They are right below them, only a few steps to the side with their backs towards them.
Ocha whimpered and slid into Sie’s jacket, poking her head out on top. Sie pats the dog’s head.
“According to the headbands, they are from the Hidden Sand Village,” Kura whispers.
“Suna, from Wind country,” Sie also whispers.
Calesta closes her eyes on the team. They aren’t the only ones from Suna, but they stand out more than other Suna teams.
“We should leave. There is no way we can defeat them. If we fight, we shall die,” Calesta whispers.
“I agree,” Sie nods.
“We haven’t even seen them fight. How can you be sure?” Kura whines.
“Suna only cares about strong ninjas. They will only have strong ones here,” Sie answers.
“Then are we to avoid all teams from Suna?” Kura crosses his arms.
“No, only these three,” Calesta opens her eyes.
Outvoted, Kura sighs, and the three move on. Leaving the team below far away behind them. As soon as they took off, one of the sand ninjas looked at the spot they were just at.
“What is it, Gaara?” asked his sister.
“Nothing, let’s go,” Gaara answered.
The other two looked at each other, then the area Gaara was looking at. They shrug and follow their younger brother.
Not long until another team was found from Suna again; this time, they watch them for a bit. It seems they have found a team they might be able to beat. They looked tired, maybe they had lost their scroll, or they could have overdone them self. Maybe they were in a fight and won.
“Should we?” Sie asked.
Kura and Sie look at Calesta as she stares at the team that’s currently resting.
“We attack,” Calesta answers.
Both Kura and Sie stare at her with wide eyes.
“I can see an Earth scroll. I hate to attack them while they are in a weakened state. I know how unfair life can be. A lesson all must learn. Today is their turn,” Calesta blinks, “Let’s use the Play Dead technique.”
Sie and Ocha jump down in a bush as Kura jumps across the resting team landing on a tree on the other side. Calesta kneels where she’s at.
“Did you hear that?” One of the team members stands up.
He is looking at the bush Sie is now in. The others look at the bush as well.
Out pops Ocha. She is whining and limping, taking a few steps before she collapses on the ground. The only female on the team rushes towards the tiny dog.
“Poor thing is hurt. I didn’t know there were such cute doggies in this forest,” she squeals.
“This dog looks familiar,” said the only sitting team member.
Before he could put his mind on it, Ocha bites the girl petting her. Jumping back, she yelps. That’s the single for the other two to go into action, while Ocha makes a mad dash back to Sie. The team tries to run but is blocked by a wall made of earth. They decided to backtrack to find they couldn’t move and are tied up with thin metal strings. Sie comes out of the bush and casually walks up to them. Searching them all until she finds what they needed.
“Sorry about this. We need this,” she says, taking one of their scrolls.
Checking to make sure it’s the earth one. She smiles and jumps back into the tree with Kura and Calesta. Sie hands Calesta the scroll, and she puts it in her sleeve before they head to the tower.
