Sunagakure!
The driest region of the fire empire. A red-haired young man sat in his office and worked straight. He was known as the monster of Sunagakure. Exactly, the speech was of Sabakuno Gaara, a former mass murderer, far worse than Uchiha Itachi.

Said Uchiha extinguished with 13 years only one clan, his own. But Gaara killed 100 clans, not only in Sunagakure.
It was a Bijuu sealed the Ichibi no Shukaku, also known as the protection Krane of the desert.

Yes, and so Jinchuuriki was actually Kazekage. The top Ninja of his village.
Three years ago, he had at the Chuunin exams against Uchiha Sasuke a big fight. Against the younger Uchiha he has a devastating defeat.

But the time is over. Gaara was now Kazekage and more important had to be done. Until a messenger came in his room…

"Kazekage-sama, Kazekage-sama," he cried and bowed before Gaara.
"What is there?" Asked the Kazekage desinteressiert.
"A letter from Tsunade-sama", reported the messenger. Gaara thought he had been interrogated. A letter from the Hokage? From Konoha?
But rather than continue to ask he opened the letter to read.

Dear Gaara.

We need your help in the fight against the Akatsuki. Indeed, since they have failed in Naruto, they now want the war to open.
We need the support of Sunagakure.

Yours sincerely, Tsunade-sama

As Gaara read the letter, asked the messenger: "What should I Tsunade-sama align Kazekage-sama?"

"Tell her that we support her." Replied Gaara determined.
If he was honest, he also wanted the destruction of Akatsuki. Sasuke was totally unimportant to him. Finally it would be just a matter of time before the Akatsuki started to hunt Gaara.

Therefore, he has purposefully on the road to a certain village: Konohagakure.

Gaara make this way to Konoha, where he is confronted with old friends. How will they react?