A/N: Yay, new story! It's not exciting, but it's more like the history of Naruto added to the history of Gaara, just for comparison purposes and the fact that I have nothing else to write about. I will be adding things because I'm too lazy to watch all those episodes to get every single detail (Though I am going to Narutopedia to get info. Tell me if it's not accurate).
And it wouldn't be one of my fics if I didn't include a thank you to CuteLikeMomiji, so thanks to her (again) for support, ideas, and helping me come up with the name of this story.
Review please!
Disclaimer: I never had owned Naruto, I don't own Naruto, and (I assume) I never will own Naruto.

Two Sides of the Same Kunai
Chapter 1

Konoha was in peril. The Nine Tailed Fox, the Kyuubi, was attacking Konoha, and many brave ninja had died already. The Fourth Hokage was scared that he might have to use that jutsu. But it became evident that he would have to. Konoha was going to be destroyed if he didn't. And Minato Namikaze had to admit, wasn't it a Hokage's job to protect the village, even if it meant giving up their lives?

"Stand back. I'm going to handle this myself." Minato calmly told the ninja surrounding him.

This was followed by protests of "No!", "No, I won't let you!", and "Hokage, just wait a bit longer!", but the ninja army was hushed by Minato. He gave them a sad little smile, and said, "Don't worry. I'm the Hokage, after all."

Minato slowly made his way towards the Demon. If he was going to do what he intended to do, these could be the last minutes of his life. He wanted to treasure them. Although this was hard, surrounded as he was by chaos and destruction. But he thought of his son, Naruto, and happiness swelled inside of him. Except...

Earlier, he had thought of who he would seal the demon inside. It was a hard decision. Nobody would do it willingly, and no parent would voluntarily give up their child to be a Jinchurriki. And it wasn't... right to force someone to be a host. It would be best to seal it inside a child, so that the person would not suddenly have to get used to being a host. A child... Who? What parent would be so devoted to village, they would allow their child to become a Jinchuuriki?

The answer was obvious. Himself. So, to seal the Kyuubi inside Naruto would be the best solution, though not perfect. Naruto was most likely to be mistreated because he was a host. But, Minato argued with himself, Naruto would also have huge chakra reserves, even if he only sealed half of the Kyuubi's chakra. Only half of the chakra...

That's what he would do then. He would seal just half of the Kyuubi's chakra inside Naruto, and the other half somewhere else. A scroll, perhaps.

The joy that came from the thought of Naruto was quickly replaced by despair. He used his teleportation jutsu to gather up Naruto in his arms and then used his jutsu again to return to the battleground.

"Sir, may I ask as to what are you doing?" A Jonin had noticed Minato with a baby cradled in his arms.

"Tell the Third that this child had helped save the village, and should be treated like a hero." He said, not answering the Jonin's question.

"Sir-" The Jonin tried again.

"That was an order!" Minato stated angrily. Hey, you can't blame someone for being frustrated when they're sending themselves to their death.

"Yes sir!" The Jonin disappeared in a puff of smoke.

He stepped towards the edge of a cliff to be as close as possible to the Kyuubi. He set Naruto carefully on the ground, and started his sealing jutsu. After he had started, he closed his eyes, and when he came close to the end, he opened his eyes and concentrated on his son, the last sight he would see.

"Sorry." He whispered, and then the Fourth Hokage passed away.

In the village of Suna, Village Elder Chiyo and The Fourth Kazekage were arguing.

"It is not right, to try to make your son into an 'ultimate weapon'! He should be treated like a human being, especially by his father! And Karura! Your wife will die because of this, and leave your children motherless!" Chiyo protested.

"I am doing it for the sake of my village. So that Gaara can protect us when we are attacked."

Chiyo pointed an accusing finger at him. "And you will use him to conquer other countries if another Ninja War arises!"

The Fourth Kazekage was unashamed. "Of course. That is the nature of war."

"I will not do it."

The Kazekage became angered at these words. "You will do it, as I am the Kazekage and I am ordering you to."

"No matter, I will not-"

He cut her off. "Yes, you will."

He expression was such that she did not continue to argue. When the Fourth Kazekage makes up his mind, you can't do anything to change it.

~Later~

Chiyo was sealing the Shukaku inside Gaara, the Fourth Kazekage's youngest son (or rather, inside the fetus that would be Gaara, because Gaara wasn't even born yet). She was doing it unwillingly, obviously. But what could she do? The Kazekage would find someone else to do the job, and Chiyo decided to keep whatever control she had over the situation, no matter how small.

And when Gaara was born, sand from the desert outside shattered the nearest window and came in, forming a cradle that Gaara was settled into by more sand in the shape of an arm.

~The Next Day~

Karura went for a walk with Gaara tucked in her arms, just outside of the village. They looked out over the desert, and watched the sun slowly descend. As the sun got lower and lower, Gaara's mother gradually crumbled into sand. This, of course, terrified Gaara and he cried when she was gone.

Even in the walled village of Suna, Kankuro and Temari could hear their little brother crying and hurried to get him to bed. They said nothing as they picked him up, but they couldn't help crying themselves over the death of their mother.