Disclaimer: I do not own any ideas or characters from the Naruto series. If I did then there would be way more Yaoi parings. Also I do not in any way, shape, or form make any money from this story. I would be great if I did, but alas I don't.

Summary: Gaara has a twin sister, Shae. She helps him through his difficulties with Shukaku. She also gets a few scars along the way. During the Chunin exams they meet Team 7 and find their own love interests.

AN: This is an AU. I want Gaara to have a twin sister named Shae. Obviously because of this Gaara will act differently, as will other characters in the story. I'm sorry but I have this habit of making characters a bit OOC. Sorry in advance. I'm going to start this story while Gaara and Shae are six years old, and I might jump over to Konoha and talk about Team 7 a bit. Oh and I might let Itachi make and appearance as well.

Gaara: Would you just get on with the damn story already?

Star: I was just trying to explain everything to the readers.

Gaara: Well you've had your fun. I wanna see how much the story is changed because of the fact that I have a twin.

Star: So are you excited or upset?

Gaara: Depends on the outcome.

Star: Oh boy I hope this turns out well.

Chapter 1

The Fourth Kazekage blames Gaara for Karura's death even though it's not Gaara's fault. It's the Fourth's cause he lost his temper. Now, Yashamaru, their uncle, is raising Gaara and Shae. He claims to love them but Shae's seen the way he looks at Gaara sometimes. It's a look of hatred. She just don't get it. Why do people hate Gaara so much when it's not even his fault?

Shae had long red hair that stopped at her waist and she always had pulled into a high pony tail, sea green eyes, and pale skin from not being out in the sun that often. Gaara and short spikey red hair, sea green eyes with black circles around them from lack of sleep, and pale skin also from lack of sun. Shae wore a black tank top, black shorts, and black sandels. Gaara wore a white t-shirt, blue shorts, black sandels.

"Shae, what are you thinking about?" Gaara asked startling Shae from her thoughts.

"Nothing really. What do you wanna do today?" she asked with a smile.

"Uncle doesn't want us to leave the house so we could scour the shelves in the library for a while," Gaara suggested.

"Kay. I love reading," she said and they raced to the library.

They ended up with a pile of books that they both read through while sitting on the couch. Shae looked over at Gaara and noticed that he had fallen asleep. He hadn't slept in a while so she left him be. She was just about to get up when she felt his chakra change. She looked over and found that his eyes had turned red. She dove when he made a swipe at her.

"Gaara! It's just me Shae! Come on! You know I won't hurt you!" Shae yelled at him sprinting for the shelves.

"I'm not Gaara! I'm Shukaku!" came a gravelly voice from Gaara's throat.

Shae screamed as he finally caught up with her and grabbed her arm. He made another swipe at her face and she just barely managed to keep her face safe, but he clipped her shoulder. She cried out in pain.

"Please let me go! I won't hurt you or Gaara!" Shae cried trying to pry her arm away.

He was holding on hard enough to cause bruises

"But I'm in the need to spill some blood!" the voice called again.

"You've already spilled some blood! Look if you kill me then Gaara will kill himself. I'm the only one that actually likes to be around him. I'm his reason for living. You can't kill me without him killing him self and you," she tried to reason.

"I never said I was going to kill you," the voice said.

He made a swipe at her chest and then her sides. She cried out in pain and somehow managed to pull away. She remembered something she read in one of the books a way to repress the jinkuriki. She pulled the necklace she was gonna give Gaara from her pocket and pushed a large amount of her chakra into it. She managed to get behind Gaara and slipped the necklace around his neck.

"You little brat! No! I'm loosing my control! What have you done? You'll pay for this!" the voice yelled as he swiped at her abdomen

Shae cried out in pain again and watched as Gaara's eyes slowly turned back to their normal sea green. He looked at her and blinked a couple times before it finally hit him.

"Shae! Oh god what have I done?" he yelled.

"Not your fault...Shukaku took over...won't happen again...get help," she said before passing out.

Gaara ran out of the library and toward the front door when he ran into Yashamaru.

"Uncle, you have to help please!" Gaara pleaded.

"What is it?" Yashamaru asked noticing the urgency in Gaara's tone.

"It's Shae! We were just reading in the library when I fell asleep! I don't remember what happened but when I came to I was standing over Shae and she was hurt! You have to help her please!" Gaara cried.

"I'll do what I can. Take me to her," Yashamaru said.

Gaara nodded and led him back to the library where Shae was lying between some of the shelves. Yashamaru quickly picked her up and told Gaara to follow him as he quickly made his way to the hospital. They quickly got Shae in since she was the Fourth's youngest daughter. They had to sit outside the room for what seemed like hours. Word had gotten to the Fourth and he along with Temari and Kankuro were waiting with them hoping for good news.

Finally one of the nurses came out of the room.

"She was in bad shape but we have her stabilized. She's conscious now. She wants to talk to Gaara," she said.

"I want to see my daughter now!" the Fourth demanded.

"I'm sorry Lord Kazekage, but she requested Gaara and no one else. She wants to see Gaara first. I'm sure she'll allow others to see her once she's seen Gaara," she said.

"This is absurd!" the Fourth yelled.

"I'm sorry but given her condition we are obliged to take what she wants into account. She made it perfectly clear that she wants to speak with Gaara before she sees anyone else," she said.

"Fine, make it quick," the Fourth said resuming his seat and glaring as Gaara stood and was led into the room.

The other nurses quickly exited as Gaara walked in and took a seat beside Shae.

"Shae, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault. If I wasn't so weak this wouldn't have happened," Gaara said holding her hand tightly with tears streaming down his cheeks.

"I told you Gaara it's not your fault. You didn't know that he'd take over if you fell asleep. You need your sleep anyway. Besides, I made it so that you won't have to worry about him taking over again," Shae said smiling slightly and wiping the tears from his face with her free hand.

"How'd you do that?" Gaara asked.

"I remembered something I had read in one of the books in Yashamaru's library and pushed some chakra into the necklace that you're now wearing. It will repress Shukaku. You won't have to worry about him unless you get into a dire situation. It should make things a bit easier," Shae said.

"You didn't have to do that Shae. You should have used your chakra to help yourself not me," Gaara said with more tears falling from his eyes.

"I wanted to Gaara. I wanted to help you. You deserve to not have to worry about Shukaku taking over every time you sleep. You need sleep just as much as the next person, and even more so. I wanted to make it easier for you. To make sure this never happens again," Shae said wiping away the tears again.

"Why are you so selfless?" Gaara asked.

"I don't know really that's just the way I am. Don't let anyone tell you this was all your fault because it isn't. Please, don't cry over me anymore. I don't like to see you cry. I'd rather see you happy. I won't let anything happen to you," Shae said.

"I'll try. Just as long as you're by my side. I don't think I could be happy if you ever left me," Gaara said.

"I won't ever leave you Gaara. No matter what anyone says I won't leave you," Shae said smiling at him.

The nurse cleared her throat causing Gaara and Shae to look at her.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but Lord Kazekage was adamant that we make this quick. He really wishes to see you Shae," she said.

"Let him in then, but if he says one thing bad about Gaara I want him out of here," Shae said sternly.

The nurse nodded and Gaara got up to go sit in the window. He didn't really like being in his father's presence but tolerated it because he was nice to Shae. His father tended to look at him as a tool. Shae had told him as much once, and it upset him. The nurse came in with the Fourth and he immediately took the seat that Gaara had vacated.

"Shae! Are you alright? How badly did you get hurt? What happened?" the Fourth asked.

"I'm fine, it wasn't that bad, and I'd rather not talk about it. I want to leave it alone," Shae responded.

"Don't lie to me young lady. Tell me what happened," the Fourth demanded.

"Gaara fell asleep and Shukaku took over. He took a few swipes at me before I could subdue him. It wasn't that bad," Shae said.

"Shukaku took over. I thought I had taught you to control him better than that," the Fourth said rounding on Gaara.

"Dad, leave him alone. It wasn't his fault. He didn't know that falling asleep would leave an opening for Shukaku to take over," Shae said harshly.

"I don't care! You will stay with me in our family home from now on. I will not have you too close to him if this happens again!" the fourth yelled.

"It won't happen again! And I'm not going anywhere without Gaara!" Shae yelled back.

"You will listen to me young lady!" the Fourth yelled.

"No! I refuse to be taken away from Gaara! You wanted nothing to do with us till now! You never came around unless it was for training!" Shae yelled back.

"Alright, that's enough! Lord Kazekage, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. You are distressing my patient. She has made it clear that where she goes so does Gaara. If you can't live with that then leave," the nurse said standing between them.

"Out of my way you annoying woman!" the Fourth yelled pushing the nurse aside, "You will come home when you are able to be released! Without Gaara!"

"NO!" Shae yelled.

The Fourth pulled his hand back and brought it down to strike but was stopped by a wall of sand.

"You won't touch my sister!" Gaara yelled from his seat in the window.

Gaara: Wait a minute I sound weak!

Star: You're not weak you just care a lot about your twin.

Gaara: Why would I care about anyone?

Star: Because I said so. I am the Author.

Gaara: I'll kill you!

Star: Crap! I pissed him off. Oh well, enjoy the chapter while I run from Gaara. (runs from Gaara and manages to hide among the munchkins in Munchkin land)