"But he's just a child, Lord Kazekage!" Momo shouted at the 4th Kazekage in his office.
The 4th Kazekage was leaning back in his chair, behind the desk with no expression on his face. He stared at the young, female Chunin as she continued to yell ranting on and on.
The Kazekage put a hand on his forehead, closing his eyes and said: "Momo...shut up, you fool!"
Momo stared at the Sand's Village Leader in shock. The Kazekage opened his eyes and looked at Momo, with anger.
"But-" Momo started.
"No Momo!" The 4th Kazekage shouted with anger, taking his hand off of his forehead. "This is my decision, not yours. Gaara is not only my heir and a Jinchuriki, but he is my youngest son. He needs to learn how to run this Village, not destroy it. Also, he won't listen to his older siblings or anyone else but me-"
"Because he fears you!" Momo shouted with tears in her eyes. "Whenever I see you with Gaara, I can sense the fear within him. But, I can also see the confusion, sadness, and anger from-"
"What confusion, sadness, and anger?"
"The confusion of why everyone fears him. The sadness of being alone with no friends. And the anger of having people try to kill him, but also from being in darkness since the death of Yashamaru."
The 4th Kazekage was silent for a while, then he got up and walked over to a window. He watched Gaara, who was sitting on the roof under the window with his back towards his father.
"I know Gaara is in darkness," said the Kazekage. "His darkness is my doing. If only he was like the Eight and Nine Tails' Jinchuriki's, then the darkness would open up to the light."
"May I remind you sir," said Momo. "That the Eight Tails' Jinchuriki Bee does ridiculous raps, and that the Nine Tails' Jinchuriki Naruto plays pranks and gets into all sorts of mischief."
"I knew that much about them...Especially Uzumaki Naruto. He's the son of the Fourth Hokage. When I was twelve, my father; the Third Kazekage; had me and my team sign up for the Chunin Exams in Konohagakure. i was the only one in my team to pass the first part of the Third Exam. My opponent in the Second part of the Third Exam was Namikaze Minato. He was almost as powerful as me. He used the Rasengan, a ninjutsu that he created. But he couldn't beat my Gold Dust that is a Magnet Release Type Jutsu. I managed to defeat him. I was and still am a Kekkei Genkei, he wasn't and still isn't a Kekkei Genkei.
"After the Exams, he asked me what my dream was. And I told him 'To become the next Kazekage and to be greater than all the ones before me.' He smiled and sais 'That's just like my dream except I wanna become the next Hokage. And I bet I will become a Kage before you do Shirogane Rasa.' And I betted him that I would become a Kage before he does. That's the day that we bcame both rivals and best friends."
"So who one?" Kankuro asked. Rasa never even heard him enter. Rasa looked at him amazed. Kankuro was allowing his spiky, dark brown hair to show, and he had his face paint on.
"I did of course," Rasa answered. "I ended up being the first at everything. The first to become a Chunin, a Jonin, a Kage, and the first to marry and have my first child. By the time Minato had his first child, Gaara was already 8 months old. Minato being the last at everything." Rasa closed his eyes and laughed a short laugh. "But he was the first to train some Genin of his own. Lucky Minato. We both have spitting images of ourselves." Rasa was quiet for a while, staring out the window at Gaara.
Kankuro walked over to the window and looked from his father to his little brother.
"Isn't he..." Kankuro hesitated. "Isn't he sixteen already?"
Rasa looked at Kankuro. Kankuro had his mother's dark brown hair with brown eyes, and his mother's fair skin. Rasa looked at Gaara; who had suddenly noticed them in the window. Gaara had his father's short, spiky, auburn hair with pale blue-green eyes and fair skin. He not only looked like Rasa's younger-self but acted like him as well.
"Yes," Rasa sighed answering Kankuro's question. "Individual training starts today. You will be with Sasori, Temari with Baki, and Gaara with me. That is my decision."
Kankuro nodded and looked out the window at Gaara. Kankuro had no idea that Sasori had returned to the Sand, he had no idea that Sasori had abandoned the Akatsuki.