Author: The first in a line of Gaara drabbles... I have come to love that ninja...
Invincible
Gaara was the invincible. No one could touch him. He had never been harmed until his battle with Lee in the Chuunin exams, but even then... he had prevailed. No one could kill him. There was no chance in hell. He was Gaara of the Sand. He was the vessel that held Shukaku inside. The sand was his guardian, as cold and unwavering as his heart. In his mind, no one could stand up to him.
... and then he stared into the ocean blue eyes of a boy named Naruto Uzamaki, and his resolved faltered. Naruto was everything that he was not. He was kind and caring. He was a powerful ninja, but his power was tempered with a gentleness that most didn't possess. The blond boy was the vessel for Kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox demon. Gaara was surprised, and his defenses fell. Naruto was the first person that sand let in, reacting to the mixed feelings swirling inside of it's host.
For the first time in his entire life, Gaara was defeated. His defenses were useless against Naruto. He learned that, despite all of his strength... he wasn't so invincible after all.
