Nobody Knows
Prologue
When the Kazekage had deemed Gaara too much of a liability and a great mistake, he brought the topic up to his advisors. Although Gaara had the potential to become a great asset, he was too unstable to confirm his loyalties. In fact, no one was sure of whether he even felt any loyalties to anyone but himself. An execution was ordered. The victim would be Subaku no Gaara, youngest child of the Kazekage.
What no one had thought would happen was that nine-year-old Temari would run off with her two siblings, Kankuro and Gaara. She had overheard the discussions about her brother and the risks he supposedly brought with his being alive. While there were few outwardly seen familial relations amongst the three, Temari had been like a mother more than anyone else. Their true mother had died in childbirth. Like a mother, Temari had decided she would protect her children. Furthermore, they were her brothers. She would not allow either of them to be taken away and killed. Three days before the scheduled execution, Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara disappeared from their home in Suna.
Kankuro and Gaara were quiet as Temari made decisions for their future. Already, Gaara was learning to despise everything while Kankuro was becoming accustomed to feeling lonely. The eldest had explained the situation vaguely to both of her siblings, while taking pains to hide the tell-tale black hair of the middle child and the red hair of the youngest by having them all wear hoods, but Gaara's dislike of others only grew while Kankuro felt lonelier. Yet they both understood she was doing what she thought best and that they had no choice but to flee. At the youthful ages of eight and six, both Kankuro and Gaara trusted her completely.
But they feared this journey.
It was for different reasons, and not all of them would readily admit to their fears.
Gaara nearly voiced his fear but a small group of ninja happened to come upon the three. They wore the symbol of the sand, but nothing more was known to identify them. The strange ninja attacked the children, so Gaara killed them. He had never been permitted to kill so freely before, but he learned quickly. Temari's hand froze on the fan she had started to pull from behind her back and Kankuro uneasily clenched a fist over his invisible puppet strings as they watched their brother kill with a savage eagerness. After the sand drew back into the gourd Gaara carried, he remembered and savored the blood and the thrill. It was possibly the beginning of the nightmare his father had feared would begin from him.
Temari shook her blonde head at the blood-soaked sand around them and then dragged her brothers away from the scene.
After leaving the familiar sands, none of the children were sure of where to go. The best choice would have been Konoha, because the climate there was a better transition from the hot land of their home. However, that Country of Fire was fairly organized. People would be sure to find out who these three runaways were precisely. Eventually, Temari decided on the more chaotic Country of Snow. It would be cold and unusual, but unexpected.
And so their trek began.