Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Naruto
AN: Events are different from Naruto cannon. Both Itachi Uchiha and Akasuna no Sasori never joined the Akatsuki.
Chapter 1: New Teams!
After Orochimaru crashed the Chuunin Exams, chaos had erupted. In the fight between Gaara and Naruto, Naruto had come out as the victor. However, even though Gaara had lost, he felt as if he finally understood what it meant to have friends.
On the way back to the Sand Village, Gaara decided to speak what had been on his mind. "Kankuro… Temari…" he panted. "Sorry for causing you two so much pain." At that admission, both Kankuro and Temari looked at each other.
"Is Gaara ok?" Kankuro thought in surprise.
"That's sweet of Gaara." Temari thought to herself.
Finally, they reached the Sand Village. People looked, wondering why Gaara was being held up by Kankuro and Temari.
"Was Gaara defeated?"
"NO WAY!"
The chatter was quite loud, but Gaara just ignored it. Soon, they reached the hospital. "Temari, Kankuro, I can walk." Gaara said as he pulled his arms from his siblings' grasps. As Gaara went into the waiting room, Kankuro volunteered to report their mission to the council.
"Then, I'll wait with Gaara." Temari announced.
After a while, a medic-nin came to call the next patient. As his eyes found Gaara, he froze. "I-It's Gaara!" The medic-nin shouted as he ran back the way he had come. "I-I'll get s-someone to s-see you right away!"
A moment later, a young, thirteen-year-old girl emerged from the back of the hospital. "Are you Gaara?" she asked.
Gaara shot her a look. "Why don't you run like everyone else?"
The young girl frowned. "Why should I?" she asked.
"I am Gaara – Gaara of the Sand." Gaara answered, peering at the young medic-nin. Did she not know who he was?
"Um…okay." Kagome answered, blinking in confusion. "My name's Kagome - Kagome Higurashi. I'm going to patch up your wounds. For some reason, none of my teachers wanted to heal you. Isn't that strange?"
Gaara blinked. "Are you new here?"
Kagome grinned. "Yep!" she chirped. "I'm the new medic-nin! I just began training! Don't worry, I promise I'm a good healer! It won't hurt at all!"
Before Gaara could even answer, Kagome had already begun dragging him into Room #201. Looking back at Temari, she called, "You can just wait out here! I promise he'll come back in one piece!"
"Uh…okay." Temari hesitantly answered, afraid that Gaara would decide to snap the young medic-nin's neck.
"Now…" Kagome said smiling, turning towards Gaara. "Let's patch you up." Gaara took a seat as Kagome grabbed a few bandages. After assembling her items, she walked over, placed the bandages down, and told him to take off his shirt.
Gaara frowned. "No."
"How am I supposed to check your wounds then, stupid?" she retorted.
Gaara's frown deepened as he repeated. "No."
"Then I guess we'll have to do it the hard way." Kagome grouched as she began tugging on Gaara's shirt. "Come on, just take it off! It's not that hard!"
Gaara's eyes widened. What did this girl think she was doing? "No!"
"Come on!" Kagome argued as the door behind them suddenly banged open.
"Uh…" Temari trailed uncertainly as she watched the scene. Then, without saying anything, she abruptly slammed the door again. "I'm sorry!" she squeaked from the other side. She had thought Gaara was killing the other girl…guess not. If anything, it seemed like the girl was taking advantage of Gaara…if that was even possible.
Inside the room, Kagome had finally 'convinced' Gaara to take off his shirt long enough to see his wounds. Seeing the extent of his injuries, she immediately began to form the seals with her hands. A green light enveloped her hands as she moved her hand along Gaara's injuries, sealing his wounds.
"All done!" Kagome said smiling.
"What are the bandages for?" Gaara asked.
"Oh, yeah!" Kagome said. "The kids love these! It's cute! You don't need it, but take it as a souvenir!" Grabbing two bandages, she quickly crossed them and slammed it onto Gaara's forehead.
Temari looked in surprise as Gaara walk through the doors. "Gaara, how do you feel?" she asked.
"I feel like an idiot." Gaara growled.
"Was she really that…bad?" Temari asked, trying no to laugh as she finally noticed the two bandages on Gaara's forehead…and the distinctly red handprint.
"No. She was fine." Gaara answered, gritting his teeth.
Temari giggled on the way back as Gaara tried to remove the bandages.
Back at the hospital, Kagome was a bit unhappy. "How rude! He didn't say thanks." See if she ever helped him again!
Gaara sat in his house rubbing his forehead. Kankuro came into the room and immediately found himself on the other end of Gaara's glare. "Where have you been?" he asked.
Kankuro looked a little scared as he said, "Gaara, I am just going to say this fast, so listen." Taking a deep breath, he rushed, "WEGOTINTODIFFERENTTEAMS. IT'S BECAUSEWEFAILEDOURMISSION."
Gaara had an evil look in his eyes.
"Sorry!" Kankuro started backing up.
"It's all right, Kankuro" Gaara said as his voice softened slightly. He was different. He wanted to be different from before. "Who are my new teammates?"
"Sasori the Puppet master. Although, I think I'm a better puppet master than him." Kankuro bragged. He looked at Gaara, who looked annoyed. Coughing, Kankuro quickly continued. "And you have a healer named Kagome."
An angry spark entered Gaara's eye. In a minute, he was up. "I'LL KILL YOU!" he roared.
Next day
Gaara stood on the roof, waiting for his team. From above, he watched as Kagome immediately round on a red-haired guy that had just walked onto the street.
"Gaara!" Kagome shouted. The red head looked up as Gaara frowned. How did she know he was there?
"Who are you talking to?" the red-head asked.
"Gaara, you can stop acting like an idiot." Kagome shouted.
"But my name is-" he started.
"Shut up!" Kagome said.
Gaara jumped down. Kagome had obviously mixed him up with someone else.
Kagome looked, surprised. "Gaara, you never told me you had a twin!"
Gaara pointed towards the red-head. "That is Sasori the Puppet master." Gaara explained in his usual voice.
Kagome immediately bowed. "Sorry, Sasori-san!" Kagome apologized. Then, she rounded on Gaara. "GAARA! This is your fault!" she accused. "If you weren't rude to me yesterday, I wouldn't have screamed at Sasori-san because I thought he was you!"
Gaara frowned as he muttered, "The woman is crazy."
"But she is kind of cute." Sasori answered, smirking slightly.
Gaara shook his head as he wondered what Temari and Kankuro were doing. Hopefully, they were doing better than he was.
Meanwhile…
"Inuyasha." a tall man with long, silver hair said.
"SESSHOUMARU!" Inuyasha roared in response.
"DIE!" Sesshoumaru retorted.
Kankuro stood there and blinked. Just what had he gotten himself into?
Meanwhile…
Temari was talking to a woman named Sango, but every minute or so Miroku would do something perverted.
After he met his team, Gaara went home to see that Temari and Kankuro had their teams over. As soon as he stepped into the room, everyone looked at him. Sango watched as Gaara walked upstairs and onto the roof.
"Who is he?" Sango asked.
"He is Gaara of the Sand, my brother." Kankuro answered as everyone settled down again.
Later, Sasori came over to ask Gaara for a favor. Knocking on the door, Sasori's eyes widened when Sango suddenly opened the door.
"What do you want?" Temari asked, peeking past Sango.
"I want to speak with Gaara." He answered.
Temari and Sango stepped aside. "Gaara is on the roof."
Nodding his head, Sasori quickly went onto the roof, where he found Gaara looking at the white, round moon. "Hey, Gaara." Sasori greeted.
Gaara turned to look at Sasori. "What?" he asked.
"I want a fight to determine the team leader." Sasori answered. "Kagome said she wasn't interested."
"Hn." Gaara answered as the both leapt off the roof.
AN: This is my first story. Please be nice.