Gaara's Story: Fall of a Kazekage

As the Kazekage...

I was sitting there with my arms tied behind my back. I was tied to a chair, and they didn't even give me my gourd for comfort. Well... that's because they knew I'd get out. I was behind bars for a crime I didn't commit. I don't see how those fools at the council could even do this to the Kazekage. I've been tied up for hours now. They took any kunai or sharp objects on my possession so I couldn't cut my way out. I was able get close enough to the wall so I could see through a tiny peep hole.

"The Fifth Kazekage has murdered newly appointed Head Councilman Mousetsu Kyoukou, and as soon as our forensics team is finished examining his body Gaara will be sentenced to execution."

"You can't do that!" Kankuro shouted.

Execution? I never killed anyone... recently.

"There is no motive here." Kankuro argued. "Why would he do such a thing?

"Councilman Kyoukou wanted to rid the Kazekage of his status. Gaara was protecting his throne." The other council member said.

"You have no proof my brother killed him!"

The door squeaked open. Everyone looked over and saw Temari walk in with the report.

"Well?" The councilman asked.

"..."

"Temari?" Kankuro walked over to her.

"Councilman Kyoukou's body was completely crushed." She stated in a low voice. "Most of his bones were dust by the time he was picked up. He was crushed in a way that only... the Kazekage's Sand Burial could. Gaara murdered him."

"How can you say that?" Kankuro yelled.

Temari pulled a small bag out of her pocket. "This was found mixed in with his ashes; sand."

"This has to be a set up."

"Sorry, Kankuro but your brother can no longer be our leader if he decides he can just kill anyone."

"Gaara's not like that anymore, right sis?"

"...There were witnesses saying that the Head Councilman confronted Gaara on the roof. It's possible Gaara killed him out of rage, although it's very unlikely since he became Kazekage."

"Still, we know of his past aggression and we have all the evidence against him we need him we need. Guards bring him in."

I could hear their foot steps, they were coming. I had to act fast. I looked around the room; there was nothing I could do. The guards, my guards, untied me and escorted me to the room next door. They shoved me and I fell onto my knees. I looked up and saw my siblings; their shadows hung over me. My brother looked down at me in sympathy; my sister in uncertainty.

"Gaara of the Desert..." Temari began stammering. "Y-You are accused of murdering Head Councilman, Viceroy Mousetsu Kyoukou. How do you plead?"

"..."

"How do you plead?" 2nd Councilman Kurushimi yelled.

"...Fuck you." I muttered.

"You insolent whelp. How dare you, you vile demon?" He went to slap me across the face.

"Nice try."

My sand acted as a shield and then stabbed him through the hand.

"Damn you!" He retracted his hand.

In the other room my gourd turned back into sand and slid through the rooms until it returned to me on my back. I stood up and walked over to my window. It was my window because it was my office in my village! "You fools don't know anything!" I said in a voice that seemed more sinister than my usual tone. I motioned my hand towards the window and my sand broke straight through it. I huge gust of wind flew into the room and knocked everyone one back. I turned to them; the council, my siblings. The wind was so loud they couldn't hear me. But I'm pretty sure they could read my lips. "Catch. Me. If. You. Can." With that I jumped out the window back first into the night. We were on the top floor of the Kazekage mansion, so I made a jump of about 11 stories high. I turned around in mid-air. Kankuro ran to the window and stared down at me falling. I moved my arms in a waving motion and mad my hand-sign. "Ninja Art, Sand Shatter." From anyone else it would look like my body was shattering like glass into sand particles. With this jutsu I was able to travel as fast as the wind would take me.

Back at the tower Kankuro was arguing with the council once more.

"You bastards!" He shouted. He pulled out a scroll and summoned Salamander. "I'm going after my brother."

"You can't! You're our secretary of defense." 2nd Councilman Kurushimi yelled.

"You're going to kill Gaara and rid of him as Kazekage, but you're going to keep us." He flipped him off. "C'mon, Temari."

"...I can't." Temari said sorrowfully.

"What?"

"I'm the liaison of the villages. I can't leave."

Kankuro glared needles at her. "You're going to let our little brother out in the cold dessert, alone? Y'know Temari, you're a real nice sister." He climbed inside his puppet. Salamander jumped out the window and made a loud thud when it landed. Intense wind was still blowing so it was hard for him to see. Kankuro looked around for me, but I just wasn't there. Any other puppet would've been destroyed, but Salamander held out. Kankuro climbed back in him and walked through the desert.

1 Week Later... Sunday, August 30th 7:30 AM

I was walking through the village that morning. After getting some ramen for breakfast, I decided to vast Sakura. The village was very busy that day, like when there's a huge celebration or something. Sakura's house was the one with the pink door and white windows at the corner. I walked up to her door only to have her rip it off the handle and run out. Unfortunately I was standing right in front of her. We tumbled down the steps and onto the dirt.

"Naruto?" Sakura asked getting up and brushing herself off. "I can't talk right now; our team was just ordered to the hospital. Follow me." And so I did. We were running there because according to her, it was an emergency. We took a left and a right, another left, and straight on through to the infirmary. We went through the door and standing there was the rest of our team; our sensei, Kakashi, our newest member Sai, and the Hokage herself. There in the hospital bed laid Kankuro of the Sand.

"What's he doing here?" I asked staring down at his unconscious body.

Tsunade held up a clipboard. "We found him at the village gates about an hour ago. It looks like he's been traveling through the rough parts of the desert. It's the shortest way to the village, but its conditions are so brutal that even the Kazekage doesn't advise passage."

"Gaara?" Kankuro moaned slow waking up. He sat up and looked around. "Lady Hokage, has the Kazekage come through here recently?"

Tsunade shook her head. "Why would he be here, especially without a guard team?"

"Well he had one, but now their more likely to kill him that protect him."

"What happened?" Sakura asked checking his vitals.

He hesitated. "...The council framed my brother for murder. They say he killed the new head council man. He ran, before he could be executed. I have to find him before the village does."

Tsunade crossed her arms, "I've never trusted that council. Ever since that new guy got in office things haven't been right in Suna."

Kankuro sighed. "I know. As secretary of defense, I've been getting some strange orders with the army. They wanted me to lead a squad to take over some peaceful village in the outskirts. I refused, so they sent someone else." Kankuro tried to get up off the table but he couldn't swing his legs over the edge.

"You need to rest." Sakura said putting her hand on his shoulder. "Where's Temari."

"That two-timing, two-faced bitch sided with those bastards at the council. As far as I'm concerned, she's no longer related to me or Gaara. She'd rather keep her job than help her own flesh and blood." He finally got up and put on his regular black suit and his cat-eared hat. He walked over to the mirror and applied his face paint. He strapped his puppet-scrolls to his back. He made his way towards the door.

"Wait Kankuro," Tsunade stopped him. "Team Kakashi, go with him."

"I can do this by myself. Gaara's my brother."

I intervened, "Well he's my friend!"

"One of the -kage is missing, this is going to cause a huge uproar in the economic stability of the countries, and it's going to take way more than one Jonin to fix it." Kakashi said. "We're coming."

Kankuro sighed, "Very well, just don't get in my way."

We walked out and headed for the gates.

High Noon- 12:00 PM.

I've been walking through the desert for a while now. Well not walking, I'm still sand so I'm technically flying. Though I'm almost out of chakra so I'm going to have to walk soon. I need to think back to that night. I was on the roof with Viceroy Kyoukou. We were arguing about my position as Kazekage. He charged with a kunai, the only thing my sand did was shield me. I could've told them what happened but they wouldn't believe me. What happened was he, exploded. Temari was wrong, when I sand burial someone there is no remains. There was no blood; I always have blood in my sand. I can't believe Temari sided with the council. I changed back to my normal form and walked the rest of the way so my chakra could recharge. Suddenly I heard voices from beyond the sand dunes. I sent out my sand eye to look. I say two figures on top of a giant bird. I had a feeling of exactly who it was; Deidara and Sasori of Akatsuki. They're the ones who tried to capture me for Shukaku. I was able to repel them that night, but I was only fighting one of them. I have no idea what the other one was like. (AN: In this non-canon timeline, Gaara defeated Deidara that night and still has Shukaku, thus Sasori is still alive.) My chakra was almost fully charged so I used my jutsu to get up onto the bird. When I arrived, they just happened to be talking about their plan.

"Sasori-Danna, it's not wise to be out of your puppet, un. What if someone attacks?"

"Deidara, one, I'm not the one who put a stink bomb in my puppet. Two, no one is going to attack us in the middle of a dessert and lunch time!" Sasori sighed.

"Who?" Deidara asked confused.

"Tobi." Sasori muttered.

"Of course." Deidara replied. He pulled out a basket full of sandwiches. "Here." He gave one to his partner.

"You made these?" He took a bite. "There good."

"Tobi." Deidara said.

Sasori bit down again. "Really? I guess we shouldn't be so hard on him." Suddenly, they're communicators started beeping. He put down his sandwich and pushed the button in his ear. "Deidara and Sasori, go."

"Hi Sasori, put Deidara-senpei on." Tobi shouted out in glee.

Sasori sighed, "For you."

Deidara put down his food, "Tobi?"

"Hi senpei, how's the mission."

Deidara sighed, again. "Fine, now what do you want?"

Suddenly Tobi's voice went from squeaky and playful to dark and scary.

"You have the package correct?" He asked menacingly.

This time Deidara gulped, "Y-Yes sir. We're en route to Base 13590, north-west of Suna. Tobi."

"Good... Tobi what?"

"T-Tobi-senpei."

"Excellent." And with an evil laugh the line closed.

Deidara looked over at Sasori starting his second sandwich. "What?" He asked.

"You are so lucky -Danna."

"Neither of you are lucky." I said solidifying on the bird behind them. "Especially when you're fighting me."

I stared down at them eating. They were too calm for their own good.

"Well, well, if it isn't the Jinchuuriki. What is he doing here?" Sasori asked.

"I don't know, but this time he won't get away so easily." Deidara said as the both started to melt.

Clay clones? Immediately Deidara round house kicked me from behind and knocked me off the bird. My sand encased my arm and grappled the edge of the bird. I pulled my self up and stood in front of them. "You know Sasori; this bird is a little too small for fighting on here." Deidara pulled his hand out of his pocket and threw it; an even bigger bird appeared next to us. The two Akatsuki members jumped to the next bird. The bird I was still standing on began loosing altitude. I made the jump for it. Deidara made a hand-sign. I wouldn't have made it to the other bird if it wasn't for the force of the blast. I landed on the bird and brushed myself off. Sasori lifted his left arm and pulled down his sleeve. A huge pointed needle came out of the palm of his hand. He swiped at me and my sand shielded me. He continued to attack with his needle but my sand kept blocking it. Next Sasori summoned another needle out of his other hand. "Puppet Jutsu, Whirling Iron." Sasori began spinning at a rapid speed towards me. Even my sand had a hard time defending me. Soon, I was able to deliver a kick and knock him back. It was time to go on the offensive, since my defense was failing. I waved my hand in front of me. "Ninja Art, Sand Disperse." My sand began shooting in all directions. Sasori destroyed some with his needles and Deidara was able to jump out of the way for most of them. In the middle of my firing, the blonde pulled his hand out of his pouch and threw a bunch of little birds at me. I shielded myself from their explosions. I waited until the bird was low enough to the ground then I performed my big hit move. I clasped my hands together, focusing my chakra. "Great Sand Hammer!" Sand began rising up from the desert below and hovered over us, blocking out the sun. The two looked up at the whirling mass overhead. They made a run for it. "Die!" My sand came down on them in a giant lump hopefully crushing them. I looked over the battlefield. It seemed like they were all crushed. Then Sasori's limbs came flying towards me. I had to dodge because my sand wouldn't have blocked them. His arms and legs flew with large knives sticking out of them. His limbs reconnected behind me and Sasori stood there unharmed.

"You ripped my coat, now you're going die!" He shouted.

We've been walking in the hot desert for hours. Kankuro led; behind him were Kakashi, me, Sakura, and then Sai. It was that really hot part of the day, when the sun was highest in the sky. Kankuro stopped and stared into forward. He pulled out his binoculars and looked at the sky. High up was a large lump of sand. "That's got to be, Gaara. Move out!"