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death. the sender finds the receiver with the body of their latest victim. (reverse)
well, he was warned about this; some would say he was even warned thoroughly. v𝑖s𝑐r𝑎, sticky under his sandals, and the smell of 𝐫o𝐭, hot in his nose — baki finds that the scene doesn't turn his stomach. he's seen much worse, but the image of 愛 🩸 𝖌𝔞𝖆𝔯𝖆 — willowy, and small; the poster image of a 𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍. that is what made his guts twist into knots, that is what made the bile coat the back of his throat. he was not a green teenager, though. he wouldn't flinch at the sight, run, or 𝘳𝙚𝓽𝙘𝔥; it wouldn't do anyone any good now, anyway. death was as final as you could get, and as he peered at the remains of what once was a person, now reduced to red, cranberry mush mixed into the sand; what little facial features clung to meat and bone — he seemed to recognize. a passing face in the academy halls, maybe, a mission or two together, nothing long-lasting; but still familiar in the ways of teenage nostalgia.
a pity. he seemed to be a good shinobi. and there were few of those left to pick from now. most were mad, dangerous, or simply didn't care. ( those types, might've been the worst of them all. ) when rasa asked him about this position, he didn't ask about stats or missions competed, though — baki knew those were sufficient. he looked him once over, the boy who used to follow karura around, maybe too closely; and asked only one thing: ❝ has gaara ever wronged you ? ❞ – him ? personally ? …. no. in that way, it was almost like drawing straws, and baki always did pick the shortest ones. congratulations, you start monday.
this, was how almost all his mondays started now. swallowing the bile in his throat, and turning away from the gore, baki locked his good eye on gaara and fought back a sigh. it wouldn't matter what he said, gaara would do as they liked, anyway; not that baki could find a real blame for that. they were doing what was in their nature as a weapon to do, 𝑘𝒊𝐥𝘭. baki couldn't blame them. all that power, all that … rage ; that is what the village needed. ( or so they've been told. ) — a few causalities at the expense of restoring suna to it's power ? baki thought he could live with that, everyone else would have to learn to wash the blood off their own hands just the same. they've been telling people like him how to do it for years. water eventually runs clean.
❝ i'll have to notify your father about this. ❞ but he knows the words mean little to gaara, it's not even a threat, just the truth; cold and hard as it was. that didn't mean he wasn't utterly … unsympathetic to the plight of the kazekage's children. though, sympathy was not something he kept in his chest, the dormant seeds began to bloom and blossom recently, hooking into his guts with roots and fang. it seemed as he grew older, the ninja of the next generations became … smaller, younger, much more … tragic. was it always like this ? will it always be like this ? how much of this was his fault ?
❝ i'd advise you go … elsewhere, while i do it. ❞
☼ / @sunabeast .
“You’re making this too easy.” ( he got ur ass baki -- )
❝ you really shouldn't sneak up on people like this. ❞ this kid . . . he always seemed to be around during the most crucial, and perhaps damning, moments of his day. again, he wasn't following anyone. nana just happened to be moving the same way, and if he'd been a braver man; he would've tapped her on the shoulder. a smarter man might have opened up a conversation with her, but he was the kind of man who ducked behind walls when she turned her head. would've, could've, should've.
❝ what is it you're doing here ? don't you have training to be doing ? ❞
☼ / @xuchiwa
... arguing with a child was not on his list of things to get done today. especially a child that wasn't entirely wrong in their accusations. this was a reckless and stupid idea, juvenile even. he's not going to admit that to a boy from his rival village, though. saving face, baki kept his arms folded behind his back,
❝ you're mistaken. i wasn't following anyone. ❞ / @xuchiwa
there was something about all the flora and fauna of this village that made the back of his throat itch and his nose run. it was almost humiliating to step foot outside, his nose buried in a handkerchief ... like some withered old man. or, the wetness that lined the rim of his eye every time the wind blew in his direction, baki was not built for the village hidden in the leaves, it was almost like this place was laying down some unspoken threat; you don't belong here, go home. he wished he could.
❝ ... how does anyone get anything done here ? ❞
… this village seemed too squeaky clean, almost like a movie set. nowhere near how almost dilapidated suna had become. that burned in him something awful. still, he knew he had to play by the “rules.” everything had to run its course smoothly for this to work. so, even if it took a few hard swallows of his pride to keep it that way, he'd grin and bear it.
❝ commander yuhi ? ❞ hands tucked neatly behind his back, a slight bow of his head. ❝ it was brought to my attention that my student has been … pestering yours, trust that it will be dealt with. ❞ ☼ / @historias-multorum !!
maybe it was the lack of sleep, since they returned everything has been a nonstop flood of panic and disarray , but that was to be excepted. they'd been had, and all the blood that was spilled was for nothing at all; temari's voice lodged between his ears these past few weeks: ( — we've spent so much time and sacrificed so much ! ) from the mouth of babes, as the elders would say. now, temari wouldn't so much as look at him.
or, maybe it was the lack of a proper meal. (at least, something that wasn't tossed into a microwave at three am.) whatever it was, when gaara drifted in from the darkness, shadows slipping off him like oil, and his voice quiet and reserved asked: ❝ im a threat to the village so does this mean you’re going to try to kill me? ❞
the stack of papers he'd been holding loosened in his arms, scattering at the floor around his feet like cellulose vomit, the sigh he expelled was loud and harsh.
❝ gaara , ❞ the robes were right around his neck. this was not him, this is not the role he wanted. ❝ why ... why would you ask me that ? ❞ / @sunabeast.