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Gaara and Kankurou, Temari realised as they finally arrived home, were both exhausted, though they hadn't said a word about it. She saw Gaara's hands shaking, and heard Kankurou groan as he slung Karasu down off his back. They both needed something to eat and some rest, Gaara especially, so Temari herded them toward the kitchen, following closely behind. She put some water on to boil for tea, and then went to the fridge to see if there were any suitable leftovers.

"There's some chicken teriyaki that's still good in here, does that sound okay?" Temari asked with a glance over her shoulder. It was a bit of a shock to realise

Best of YouBest of You

"Kankurou."

Kankurou turned from where he'd been working on Karasu, surprised—he hadn't even heard Gaara come in, which he had to admit unnerved him. He would rather be able to hear someone who could easily kill him coming than be startled by him. But no, he chided himself; he didn't have to worry about that any more, since Konohagakure and the Chuunin selection exam.

"Do you need something, Gaara?"

Kankurou studied his brother as he came into his workroom and walked around to the opposite side of the table, staring out the window. Gaara seemed somewhat—preoccupied, perhaps? He certainly acted preoccupied, and more solemn than

FlavoursFlavours

Two in the morning, and a light was still on in one room of the house that Sabaku no Gaara shared with his siblings. In said room, the pale redhead sat at the desk in the corner, the wooden top covered in papers. There were mission reports and pages of numbers, complaints, and correspondence of every type. And there was a lot. Things had piled up between the death of the previous Kazekage, his biological father, and his own inauguration as the new Kazekage. Gaara was almost glad he couldn't sleep; if he could, it would have taken at least twice as long to get everything sorted through.

Just because he couldn't sleep didn't mea

And Sand Becomes GlassAnd Sand Becomes Glass

With time, heat, and pressure, coal becomes diamonds.

He'd learned that years ago, and remembered it after the Chuunin exam. He'd wondered if it was true, and had asked Temari. Still adjusting to him not being utterly vicious and homicidal, she'd looked at him strangely, then confirmed it was true.

Something so ugly and cheap turning into something so pretty and valuable was amazing.

Coal becomes diamonds. He wasn't coal, he'd told Temari.

No, she'd said, he wasn't. He was sand.

And sand? He'd asked. What about sand?

Coal becomes diamonds, she'd replied, and sand...

...Sand becomes glass.

Gaara smiled.

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©2007-2013 ~tsukiyuuki

When I started looking for images for my Sandsibs fan soundtrack cover, I found anime images for Temari and Kankurou, but couldn't find the anime image I wanted for Gaara, so I took a manga panel and coloured it. Because the other two images are anime screencaps, I coloured this in the anime style and tones, but there's no background because I haven't decided what colour the dead space on the cover will be yet. XDD

I think this turned out pretty well, and I'm particularly proud of my sand.

The panel is from page five of chapter 215 of Naruto, and I have uploaded the panel in case anyone wants to look at the original. It can be found at this [link]

I'll upload the finished cover here, too, with a link to the fan soundtrack in case anyone is interested, once I have it all compiled.

Original art (c) Masashi Kishimoto

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~Lissani-Lona Apr 12, 2007

very very well done

I love the sand.. look real O.O

me wants sand~

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~tsukiyuuki Apr 12, 2007 Student General Artist

Thank you, I'm glad you like it!

Thanks for the fave!

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~Lissani-Lona Apr 12, 2007

It's no rpoblem ^_^

Let's make a pic toghever sometime ^_^

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~tsukiyuuki Apr 13, 2007 Student General Artist

I'd be up for that.

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~Lissani-Lona Apr 14, 2007

yeeey xD

But I suck at colouring ._.

wanna colour? c8

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~tsukiyuuki Apr 14, 2007 Student General Artist

Sure! I can't draw, but I can colour.

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~Lissani-Lona Apr 15, 2007

O.O

We were ment to make arts toghever ^w^

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~tsukiyuuki Apr 15, 2007 Student General Artist

Haha.

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~Durelin Mar 19, 2007

You should be very proud of your sand! Wow, awesome job!

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~tsukiyuuki Mar 19, 2007 Student General Artist

Thanks!!

I'm actually going to upload a newer version in a few minutes, in which I have filled in the background. XD

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