A/N: Upon reading the new Naruto manga chapter, I had to come out with another Gaara-centric drabble, because I myself am in shock and need to wrap my mind about what I just read/witnessed. 0___o

Warning: MEGA-ULTRA-HUGE spoilers for chapter 467. Hints of GaaNaru.

I cannot believe my ears.

This man with a strange mask, the current leader of the Akatsuki, Uchiha Madara is telling us that he will reveal his plans.

And I am not even able to cloak my reaction with my usual mask.

This man is relaying the secret of his reason for capturing the Jinchuuriki to what feels like me, personally. He is saying that I was merely part of a whole, one demon container of nine whose monsters together form the greatest beast this world has known or ever will know. The aged Uchiha is saying that I died for a greater purpose, one of a false peace within a world controlled by his all-seeing eye imprinted on the moon.

The moon, which I used to watch every night with keen interest because I could not sleep, and the moon held such wonder. But I am to discover that the moon is in fact composed of the sealed body of the Juubi demon? The ten-tailed god of beasts? It is mind-blowing.

And yet my shock turns into fiery rage which burns a hole within my core as Madara commands that we cooperate by handing over the final two demons he needs, the Hachibi and the Kyuubi.

Incomprehensible.

I refuse to hand over the host whose life brought me back, whose care and friendship saved my soul. I can slowly accept his plans, and defiantly tell him that we will not give up hope for a born peace in place of a manufactured one. But I refuse to comply with his demands. I will not sacrifice Uzumaki Naruto; he is the reason I have for anything worthwhile in this world. I became Kazekage for him. I have hope because of him, including the hope for world peace in a world we control ourselves, a world which this man does not hold within his grasp.

So hear me, Uchiha Madara; hear me and fear me, because I am Sabaku No Gaara, the Godaime Kazekage, and I will only say this once:

I accept your declaration of war, and will personally see to it that you will fail.