I sat alone in the little tree swing with my stuffed rabbit,old and torn.I was alone,since my closest friends Temari and Kankuro left to go home and I didn't want to go home yet.I saw a little boy with red hair and a teddy bear walking twords the swing looking down at the ground and sniffling like he had been crying.I stood up and walked infront of him and bent down to look at his face."excuse me.but who are you?"I asked and he looked up,tears in his eyes and it looked like he hadn't slept in weeks.I smiled trying to make him feel better"I-I'm Gaara sabaku"He said quietly and wiped his eyes."I'm Isabel Shuichi."I said and stood up he was just as tall as me.All of a sudden he started to attack me with sand,like it was a hand or something and he looked scared.I fell backwards,not affected or scared it just hurt."I-I..what did I do wrong?"I asked quietly and a giant hand flew twords me but someone jumped infront of me and it hit her."Gaara-sama please,calm down!"She spoke softly and he looked up at her"Yashamaru..."He whispered and went back to normal I stood up dusting myself off and frowning."I don't know what I did wrong!"I said and ran away to my house.
About an hour later someone knocked on my door and I opened it barely it was Gaara."I'm sorry about earlier,it hurt right?here this is ointment,use it if you want"He said and he was that cute innocent little boy I met at the beginning as he held up a brown bag innocently over his face.I smiled and opeend my door all the way"do you want to come in,and help me?"I asked and he looked at me in disbilief."you don't hate me...or think I'm a monster?"He asked and I shook my head."nope!"I said grinning.He came in and helped me apply the ointment on my cut up arms and hands.I smiled then he leaned in real close and put some on the side of my face then pulled back."you had a cut on your cheek."He told me and I nodded."so um..what did I do to make you mad at me?"I asked innocently and he looked shocked.I smiled looking at his pale blue eyes"well I'm sorry,for whatever I did"I said and he shook his head."no it's not like that you didn't do anything wrong...you see I have this thing inside me and it took over"He said frowning and waited for something, what I don't know but he squeezed his eyes shut.After a few seconds he peeked one eye open and looked at me confused"you're not gonna yell and call me a freak and throw me out?"He asked and I shook my head smiling."I don't care if you have a demon in you I want to be your friend"I said geniunely and he smiled hugging me.I laughed as we both played around and we took a few pictures together.He stopped when he looked at the clock on the wall."I gotta go Isabel-san,seeya around"and I waved bye as he walked out the door then ran and with that he was gone.
I jumped up and ran out the door and ran till I stopped because I found him and he was being attacked by a sand nin. I shrunk back behind the corner as he started using the sand again and fought back yelling things about him being a monster.Then he lost it,wrapping a huge hand made of sand around the sand nin and squeezing them till blood shot everywhere and they fell on the ground.He walked over and pulled the cloth off the persons face and fell back"yashamaru"he whispered and I stopped listening because of how scared I was.All of a sudden the sand surrounded him and went to his forhead over his left eye then it stopped and he was crying."love only yourself,and fight only for yourself."he said tears streaming down his face.I walked twords him and held out the bag."umm...G-Gaara-sama...you forgot your ointment at my house"I said quietly,hiding behind the bag.he turned to me and looked ashamed."I-Isabel-san-""no,I told you I didn't care if you had a demon inside you.I still want to be friends"I said quietly.He looked at me completely and utterly shocked,I hugged him and kissed him on the cheek then pulled back.Someone grabbed me around the waist and the next thing I knew I was being drug off"GAARA!!"I cried out but the person drug me away, no matter how much I resisted.