In a lone tower surrounded by sand and guarded by a Black Dragon with Green and Red stripes slashing down its back, a red headed ''princess'' was locked away. For years, the princess had waited for someone to pass the dragon but had always been disappointed. The princess hadn't slept ever since the day they had arrived and currently had black circles around 'Her' eyes. 'She' constantly heard voices in her head as she would mindlessly make her sand form shapes. She had grown angry and hateful to her parents and family. Sometimes she would get a letter asking how she was doing and how there family was doing well. At first she would reply by begging to be freed of this wretched tower but was always denied. Finally, she gave up and every time she got a letter, she would read it and see if there was anything regarding, the only people she cared about, her siblings.

If none of the letter had anything important, he would throw it into the fire and watch as it burned. He grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill then started a little note. It said, I am doing alright, my siblings. I hope y'all live good, long happy lives. Do me a favor and send me some parchment to draw upon. I also need more fruits and beef tongue. I wish to see you siblings soon. The dragon is doing alright but I think that she grows lonely, as do I. Thank Kami that I don't have a curse where I turn into an ogre or something. That would suck.. The Demon in my head is constantly growling because he wishes to kill something…Send me a Raccoon and the stupid guy who is supposed to fall in love with me already!…I know you can't but it feels good to rant in letters like this. It seems my stability is returning at a somewhat uneven pace. I will let you know if my love comes and finds me. Guy or girl, I just want the fuck out of this tower. Staring at the same wall almost every day makes you want to blow everything up…maybe that's what was wrong with that he/she person who came by here on a weird bird creature. Anyway, I need something to do or the dragon's going to die. Better send the Raccoon soon.

- Gaara

Gaara

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Gaara laid back on the bed, so bored. He was waiting for a raccoon or his love to arrive. Which ever would arrive first. Then, he heard a sound. A deep growling sound. The sound of the dragons beating wings and a mighty roar, then absolute silence. He laid back down, 'Damn dragon kills all my chances at love. Probably done killed him/her. I feel pretty sure that my love is a guy but for all I care, it could be the raccoon that I ordered today.' he thought, then growled and turned his back to the door. He stared at the wall and looked at every mark on the wall. Then he looked down and glowered at the stupid dress he was forced to wear. He didn't exactly mind the colors, as he loved black and red with a burst of white. It was actually quite a beautiful dress, but he hated it because he was forced to wear this thing or be naked. No matter the security of his tower, he always felt so insecure of his body being fully shown to the world. He sat up and wrapped his arms around his legs as he pulled them up to his chest.

Then, he was remembering this event that had happened in his life…

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Being Six years old, he stood in the great hallway, watching without interest as people who worshipped his father and family walked in. He glanced around and spotted his siblings. They felt the unnerving prickle of heat of when someone stared at you intently. They looked up and saw Gaara staring at them intently. Temari gave a small wave and Kankuro gave a slight nod. He nodded to them in return and continued to look around. People were looking at him because of how much he stood out. A red haired young man with perfect, fair skin, sitting on a throne chair that he was told to sit at. As he sat, looking around idly, a voice loud and powerful boomed through the halls, making everyone look up in surprise. A male, around 5ft 8 walked through the crowd, everyone splitting apart as he walked through it. He pushed those who were not quick enough to get out of his way and when he stood in front of Gaara, he pointed a finger at him. "You are the youngest of the siblings, correct." his voice boomed. Gaara just looked at him, then gave a slight nod. "Your father loves you and would do anything for you, correct?" The man boomed again.

He shrugged his shoulders, not really knowing if the man even cared about him or not. "Alright, I will give you this blessing and curse. I bestow upon you the demon Shukaku. May his powers help you find your true love." The man started to glow brightly and floated in the air a moment. Then a beam shot from him and hit Gaara squarely in the stomach, making him double over in pain. He gave a scream of agony before finally being able to breathe again. When he looked up, the man was gone. Many people rushed to get to his side to lend assistance, but as they drew closer, a sand wall drew up between him and them. They backed off, afraid of what might happen if they pressed on. Gaara was breathing heavily and looked up. Everyone in the room gasped as they saw a symbol on Gaara's forehead. The symbol, love, was upon his head and blood flowing from it.

Someone in the crowd screamed, followed by an evil sounding roar. Everyone looked at Gaara in surprise and he realized that he had been the one to produce that evil sound. He backed up and looked around, eyes wide, and ran. He ran until he reached his room and locked the door behind him as he shut it. Gasping, he leaned against the door and slowly slid down. He saw that there was sand around him and felt something warmish/coldish run down his cheek. He wiped at it with his thumb and blinked in surprise. 'Blood.' he thought, then felt a sudden urge for more. More blood, more death, more hate. He stood up and looked at himself in the mirror, running a hand around his eyes as he saw the raccoon rings. When he saw the Kanji symbol, he grabbed the wash bucket and dipped a towel in there. Then he gently pressed it to his forehead, expecting pain. When he felt none, he sighed in relief.

He looked at the Kanji again and felt a shiver go down his spine. The earlier words spoken from the mysterious man from earlier ringing in his mind. As he stared at his new appearance, he thought of how the sand had suddenly appeared when the people came closer to him. Focusing, he heard the sand stir and felt the power and energy radiating from it. Then he gave an evil smile, his bloodlust instincts finally kicking in. He walked calmly out of his door and almost bumped into Kankuro. "You ok bro?" Kankuro asked pure worry in his eyes.

*Gaara's P.O.V. NOW!*

"Kankuro…go hide. In your room. Don't come out until I tell you to. If you feel you can stand what I'm about to do then you can come with me. If not, I suggest you running." I said, the blood lust growing stronger and stronger by the second. He looked at me, confused. I walked around him and felt the sand follow me. I heard him shift from foot to foot as I walked, then he was walking behind me. We walked into the great hall again and I heard people shout from the crowds. I looked at them and growled when I saw weapons aimed at me. "It seems they've turned against me in the few minutes I was out of the room…that'll just make things even more delightful." I gave a dark, malicious smile and licked my lips at the aspect of blood in the near future. Kankuro, I assume, had looked at me and was now very worried for me and the guests. A few people in the crowd shouted things at me like monster and abomination. I let them but when an arrow and a spear flew at me, my newest friend the sand shot out and caught them. I smiled as I commanded the sand to throw tem directly back. I watched as they flew back to there owners with 10x the force and impaled about 5 people. 3 were from the spear and on that 2 were mortally wounded while one was stabbed through the leg. The arrow had 2 and both were currently in a pool of blood on the ground.

I smiled as I saw the blood, then chuckled evilly, then gave a full out mental/insane laugh. "If you are still loyal to me or my family, get out. If you wish to try and destroy me, stay here." Many small bunches of people left. Everyone in the room that was left froze and watched me as I leapt towards the front row of attackers with a knife that I had slipped into my pants. I currently had it open in my hand, ready to stab whoever got into my line of fire. As I landed in front of them, I shouted, "If you wish to attack me, come for me." A group of people came out me with various weapons. I did a back flip and sliced a man in half with my small pocket knife. The sand caught me in the air and held me up there. I smirked when I saw Kankuro and he saw me smirk. He slowly backed up and I licked my lips. Then I looked below me and ordered my sand to wrap around the toughest looking one. He groaned when I made it lift him up off the ground. He got even to my level and I gave him the darkest smirk yet. His eyes widened in terror and I made it give him a teasing squeeze. Then I stuck my hand out and slowly closed in to make a fist. I barely made it start squeezing him when he begged me to let him go. I gave him an evil glare and squeezed my hand closed a little more. Then I got bored and then blood lust was driving me insane. I heard terror filled shouts along with anger filled and hate filled. I gave a growl and uttered one word. "Traitors." I closed my hand and the man gave one last scream as his body was crushed. Blood rained down on me and them, making them give horror filled gasps. Kankuro and Temari were covered in blood, I noted in my mind.

I gave a humorless laugh that turned maniacal. The other traitors were starting to run away. I jumped down and cut another in half with my knife. Then I commanded my sand to grab and contain them all. When they were lined up in front of me, one whimpered, "You're a demon." the one who spoke stared at me with scared eyes. "Traitors…deserve to die." I gave them a very evil smile and made the sand crush the one that called me a demon. His was the quickest death other than the sliced in half ones. I heard Temari whimper behind me and turned around. "Don't worry Temari. I won't kill you and Kankuro. You aren't traitors to me." then I turned back to the others. "But you people are. You turned against this family. I don't take lightly to traitors. So…your turn." I smiled and crushed three of them. There were still 5 left so I decided to have some fun. I tossed one in the air and cut his head off. I made the sand throw 2 together and the force made them break their necks when they hit each other. The last two I was bored. "If you two fight and one of you survives, you may leave alive." Of course it was a lie. I wasn't about to let my prey live. I had my fingers crossed behind my back so Temari and Kankuro could see what I was up to. I commanded the sand to let them go and they immediately started slashing at each other. They fought for awhile until the first one made a fatal mistake and had his brain stabbed. The last one looked at Gaara with shock and sadness. "I'm sorry Gaara. Sorry that this happened." was all he said before Gaara's sand squeezed the life out of him.

"Good job kid." a voice in his head said. "Thank you. Who are you?" "I am the demon in your head. My name is Shukaku. I will talk to you forever now. You get to use my power of sand. I will teach you many things." "Then this will be one beautiful blood covered friendship." they both chuckled. Kankuro and Temari looked at him and told their father what happened when he walked in. Gaara was to bloody and happy to hear or care. He went to his room and saw himself in the mirror. "You look like a beautifully dark beauty." Shukaku said. "Thank you. Maybe I won't be picked on anymore. And I do look good with blood running down my body like this." Gaara replied. He was happy and decided to take a walk. Then he was found and for some reason, he was forced to a tower and stripped of his clothing. They forced him in the castle and left him in there, locked up and with only a few things. He found a dress and that lead to his current position here years later.

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