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SPOILERS! Up to chapter 278!
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Disclaimer--I, Masterday, do not own Naruto or its characters. I simply write the fiction.
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Once upon a time, there were two villages—one hidden in the leaves, the other in the sand. Once upon a time, there were two monsters, the Kyuubi brat and the Shukaku devil. Each lived in one of the villages. Once upon a time, the Kyuubi brat became a person in the villagers' eyes, and his tears stopped flowing. Once upon a time, the Shukaku devil continued to weep.
Once upon a time my name was Gaara.
Once upon a time...
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I was running.
The chuunin exam was over. We were fleeing. Our part in the betrayal was over.
We were pursued.
Eventually, they caught up with us. That Sakura girl, the blonde brat, and Uchiha. I had wanted to fight him for so long…but now, I could care less. He was weak. I proved it when I beat him with only my arms. The girl protected him. It angered me. I attacked the blonde boy.
He did not falter. He did not fear. He did not die.
He knew pain.
That day, I changed. I apologized to Temari and Kankuro—no. To big brother and big sister. I freed the pink girl. I changed. I was going to love, from that day on. And I did.
I loved him, the Kyuubi brat.
I loved…
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I was older.
To honor my dreams, I became the Kazekage.
To honor his dreams, he would bring back Uchiha Sasuke. Only then would he be able to become the Hokage.
I wished with all my heart his dreams would come true…
Years passed. Emotions passed.
But the love for him stayed behind, forever unrequited…
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I was captured.
I protected the village, not because I felt for it, but because they were three people I loved, and if I did not, I would not have been able to face them.
I once loved three people. My brother, my sister, and—
"Let us begin…"
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I was dead.
I saw myself, one last time…the sobs of a young boy, too small to understand, too old to be oblivious to the hateful gazes of the villagers…
"Gaara!"
It was him. He saved me. Deep down, I knew it was old Chiyo as well…I knew the village cared for me…
But I did not care for them.
I only loved three people.
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He was gone.
I watched Sasuke sob, clutching at the broken body or his closest friend. I watched as he committed suicide after. I watched the one I loved as he was killed by the one he loved. I knew that he was happy to die for Uchiha, I knew…
But I could not believe.
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They had left.
I had only loved three people, and they all left me for Death.
Brother died protecting me. Sister died protecting me.
I told them I did not need protection. I told them to save themselves while they still could. I told them I loved them.
I told them…
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Once upon a time, my name was Gaara.
Once upon a time, I had a family. Once upon a time I loved them. Once upon a time, they loved me back.
Once upon a time, they forgave me. When I apologized for the blood on my hands, they forgave me.
I wonder now, as I stare at the village I destroyed, at the blood caked ground and the utter silence of Death that had once been the Village Hidden in the Sand, as I set my sights on the Village Hidden in the Leaves…
Will you forgive me now?
Once upon a time…
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Yeah, so...I still hate this fic, really because I can't stand angst and here I am writing it! Took me about 2 hours I'd say...Review and tell me how bad it is! But no just 'bad' or 'um' please! Those kinds of reviews drive me nuts! I don't know what you are implying when you do that, so give me material I can work with here!
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