Me: Now, this is my first fan fic here, so please be nice...The main pairing in this would be GaaraxKankuro...

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I'll Be Your Friend

"It's Gaara of the Desert!!"

"Run away!!"

The small red haired boy looked sadly as the children of the village ran away from him. In his hand she clutched the ball that the children had been playing with. He raised his right hand, reaching out to them.

"Wait!! Please don't go! I don't want to be alone!!" Gaara cried out.

The sand that was his protection reacted to his lonely feeling, and chased after the children. It grabbed a small girl by the leg and started to pull her towards the red haired boy. However as the sand pulled the girl closer, it's grip got tighter on her leg as she screamed out in pain. Suddenly a body jumped in the way of the sand, releasing the girl from its grip. Gaara looked up in surprise.

"Gaara, please come down..."

"Onii-san...?"

Gaara's older brother Kankuro smiled at him, the two of them not noticing the girl had already ran away. The two stood there, staring at each other until finally Gaara broke the gaze to look at the ground.

"I-I'm sorry Kankuro...I just wanted to play with them..." said the younger boy sadly.

Kankuro looked at his brother sympathetically. To others of the village, they saw a monster, they saw a danger...but all Kankuro saw was his younger brother. He saw a child all alone and cold.

"It's ok Gaara. I'll play with you!!" the puppeteer said smiling.

At this Gaara lifted his head, a little confused.

"Y-You will...?" he asked.

"Of course! What do you want to play?" his older brother asked.

Gaara looked at the ball that was in his hands, then back at his brother.

"I wanna play the game those kids were playing"

And with that, the two brothers spent the rest of the day playing with the ball, inventing their own games at some time. Soon the moon came up to show the end of the day, and Gaara started to cling to his older brother's body.

"W-Where did the sun go Kankuro...?" he asked innocently.

Kankuro smiled and pet his brother's head, happy that he could make his brother happy.

"It's night time now Gaara. We should go home now..." Kankuro said, lifting the red head and placing him on his back.

Gaara yawned a little, and wrapped his arms around his brother's neck. As Kankuro walked Gaara stared up at the sky, at the full moon and the stars in the sky.

"K-Kankuro...? Am I your friend...?"

Kankuro stopped for a minute, to allow himself to think. Gaara seemed to hug him tighter, waiting for his answer.

"You're my brother Gaara, but you're also my friend" came his brother's reply.

Pleased with this answer, Gaara mumbled a "thank you" before closing his eyes. He didn't sleep, but relaxed against his brother's back. Kankuro let out a sigh of relief and continued to treck back to their house. However a pair of jealous eyes watched the happy pair, and they were not happy with what they saw...

Me: Uhhhhh...ok then, yea that was the first chapter...sadly, it's not that long but it's just starting ok?? So yea, this idea was playing in my mind for a while. I was thinking "What if Kankuro wasn't afraid of Gaara when they were young??How would it effect them?" and so this chapter, and the plot for this fic was born...please don't be mean, this is the forst chapter ok?? TRY not to flame me...

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