AN: Hello everyone! I'm back from a grueling month of projects, homework and lots and lots of training, but I'm back and I'm here to stay for a while. This one's been on my profile for a while, but I never really wrote it out because I wanted to figure out the best way to develop their characters first and now that I have found a way it's time to start this baby up and go!

Disclaimer:I own neither Fairy Tail nor Naruto just in case you didn't know.

Scarlet Siblings:Prologue

The winds were whistling that night, carrying grains of sand through the air as the chill of the desert night set in. No normal person would even dare to venture out on a night like this, the sand storming as it was under the pale glow of the moonlight, but for the villagers of Suna there was another reason for them to stay inside. They were huddled under their blankets, shivering and praying that tonight the 'monster' wouldn't come for them, jumping out in fright at every little sound and grain of sand that flew inside their homes as the monster waited outside, hunting for its next victim.

Now what was this monster you ask? Perhaps it was a fearsome beast that would devour all to satiate it's hunger, maybe it was a demon of some sort that killed for the sake of killing and maybe it was a human, filled with so much hate and anger inside that they took it out on their own fellow man with no remorse. The monster was all of these things yet at the same time none of them.

A small figure in the distance could be seen with flaming red hair and a large gourd tied to his back, the sand avoiding him completely, swerving about him with every step he took as if it was afraid of offending him. As he approached closer, one could see that he had no eyebrows or pupils to speak of, instead there were dark rings around his eyes and a single red tattoo etched into his forehead.

This was the monster that the villagers feared so much, the ruthless murder machine that would let nothing stand in his way. The villagers called him many things, the sandy serial killer, the red haired ripper, the demon, but his name? It was Gaara and he was six years old, but he didn't behave like most five year olds did.

Instead of playing with toys, he played with peoples lives. The very notion of sleep and pain were foreign to him for he had never fully experienced either and rather than eating chips and junk food... well alright he did still eat chips and junk food, but other than that Gaara didn't behave like a child at all which was why he had to be taken care of.

The Kazekage watched with narrowed eyes as his son approached, the sand ruffling his auburn hair as he entered his dwelling. Only three more steps until the deed was done. Three... Two... and One. The massive beam of light would've been seen by everyone in the vicinity of the village if they hadn't currently been cowering inside their homes, waiting for the night to pass, but the Kaekage watched on with deep regret in his eyes, etching in every detail of his son's banishment so that he would never forget what his son looked like when he was gone.

Back during the war, one of their squadrons had found a wandering set of people dressed in strange clothes that used strange forms of ninjutsu, utilizing strange intricate and brightly colored circles with every technique, but in the end the squad had managed to kill them and bring back a 'souvenir' of sorts. It was a scroll written in a strange foreign language that could apparently get rid of someone forever.

They had later found out it's effects on a captured foreign ninja and in a massive beam of light the ninja had disappeared into the abyss. Apparently all it took was contact with the scroll to make it work and even a single footstep would trigger it causing whoever touched it to disappear including the monster his son had become. The council had been pressuring him for weeks now to have Gaara killed, but his duty as a father had stopped him until now.

The lights began to dim until turning off entirely and as he inspected the home, there was no trace of his son left to be found. He'd never forget this moment for the rest of his life and he was certain Gaara wouldn't either. The only thing he could do to try and dampen the guilt was argue that Gaara was in a better place now, but that dear reader is for you to decide.

Erza had heard reports of a beast in the woods killing people, leaving blood splattered against the forest floor like a gruesome painting and a reminder of it's presence, but that wasn't why she was here right now. Currently, she was here on a mission to retrieve treasure from a group of bandits and so far it wasn't going too well. The bandits may have not had magic which was why she was even allowed to take the mission in the first place, but they knew how to cover their tracks quite well. Whenever she'd get a lead on their whereabouts it'd turn out to be either false or inaccurate.

She honestly should've known that the bandits weren't hiding in a cake shop, but... she did have to make sure, didn't she? And those cakes were just to give her enough strength to continue her search, she definitely hadn't been goofing off eating cake while on a mission. And the cakes she'd brought with her were just uh... emergency rations! Yes, that was what they were. Emergency rations. Although they certainly did look a lot better than this boar she was roasting.

The black pig was burnt black to a crisp and smelled absolutely terrible. She took a hesitant bite before spitting it out almost immediately.

"Ugh, I knew I should've taken those cooking lessons after all. It would give that blasted Mirajane one less thing to brag about" She grumbled to herself as she spit out every remaining trace of the crime against cuisine onto the floor.

"... I guess I'll just have to use my emergency rations then" But just as she was about to take out her cheesecake, she heard a noise rustling in the bushes. Her eyes narrowed as she warily took out her sword and adopted a stance, waiting for whatever it was to come out.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" She called out, but there was no reply, "Must've been a rabbit or something" She said as she sheathed her blade and went back to her meal. She cut out a large slice of cake for herself and was about to sink her teeth in when she heard a twig snap behind her.

A young boy with auburn hair, dressed in travel-worn clothes seemed to be staring at her or more specifically her cake. She looked once at her precious piece of cake before looking back to the clearly hungry boy before sighing. Sometimes she hated her conscience.

"Do you want som-" She never had a chance to answer her question as a thin tendril of sand shot from out of nowhere and grabbed the slice, hovering it towards the boy.

She waited for him to finish chewing before asking her next question, "What's your name, kid?"

He gave her a curious look like he was sizing her up for a moment and it looked kind of cute to be honest. He looked like a baby raccoon with those eyes and he waited a while before answering, "Gaara"

Erza raised an eyebrow, "Just Gaara?"

"Gaara of the sand"

AN: Sort of an idea I had a while back, but I needed a way to keep Gaara in character without him killing Erza off which at this point was a real possibility. I don't think Erza's strong enough to handle Gaara yet at this point, so I needed a way to keep Erza safe from Gaara's murderous tendencies while she travelled with him and luckily I found a pretty good way to do that.

I know someone already did this before me called Mooseman3 with his fic, Gaara Shinobi of Earthland which you should probably check out, but I already thought mine out way before he posted the story, so you can't say I'm copying. I even changed the original setting just so it wouldn't be too alike although we did both think of a sibling relationship between Gaara and Erza, it's just that in mine it's the reverse with Erza as the elder

I'll try to update soon, but no promises. This will be the second story I'll be trying to update regularly, so just stay tuned also does anyone want to become my beta reader for this fic? I'll take anyone that's read both of these series because I haven't really caught up with them and might miss a few things as I am now and if you want to apply just message me.

Bye for now and don't forget to review,favorite and follow- Aleandros137