A/N: I don't own Naruto. If I did, it'd be called Akatsuki. Or Akatsuki Gakuen...
Gaara was never well-known for his emotions – as a child all but hatred, confusion, and sorrow were torn from his heart, and eventually even the sorrow died. So logic was the only thing left to accessorize instinct, and even then it was tainted by the need to verify his own existence by ending that of others.
But then he'd met Uzumaki Naruto, and the barren heart grew, the buds of 'friendship' and 'love' appeared, rough as they may be. And thus Gaara began to change from a ruthless killer to a beloved friend and a dependable leader for his people of Sunagakure.
And it was as Kazekage, on a visit to Konohagakure, that the newborn heart began to feel the pressures of the others around him.