Ok, this is my new story, please read and review!

Prologue:

Alaska cried as she ran from the only home she had ever known. Sure, Russia wasn't the nicest person to be around, but she couldn't believe he was going to sell her to Mr. America! So she ran, she didn't even look where she was going. Finally, after running for days, she collapsed.

When she awoke, she opened her tear stained eyes to see miles and miles of sand. 'Might as well start walking' she thought to herself. After walking for hours, she thought she saw a village made entirely of sand in the distance. The dome shaped sand buildings reminded her of the ice villages of her birth place.

At first she thought she might be hallucinating from the heat, even though she was always cold, but as she got closer she was overjoyed to realize that it really was there.

As she wandered through the desert city, she saw some human children running away from a small boy with blood red hair. He was holding a ball, looking like all he wanted was to play. She decided to walk up to the boy, after all she knew that she looked about the same age as him, and perhaps he could tell her where she was.

"Hello, my name's Alaska," greeted the young pale haired girl, "but you can call me Aly!"

And so, the friendship between Gaara and Aly began.

TIME SKIP: THAT EVENING

Baki walked into the Kazekage's office. "My lord," he said, "there is a strange girl in the court yard, playing with Gaara."

This came as a surprise to Gaara's father, as this had never happened before. "What does she look like?" questioned the man.

"about Gaara's age, pale hair, with purple eyes," replied Baki. The same thought that had already passed through the jounin's mind now ran its course through the Kazekage's, 'the biakugan.'

However, upon further investigation, they would realize that she did not possess the biakugan, she didn't even know what it was. Also, she was never seen in anything but a thick winter coat with a scarf and a long skirt that went down to the floor, effectively hiding thick winter boots.

Time skip: one year later

"Gaara, why do people run away from you all the time?" asked a young Aly. Actually, it was hard to tell that she had grown at all over the year spent at Suna. Everyone suspected that she had run away from home, although no one asked. She had taken to staying in the Kazekage's mansion, in Gaara's room to be exact. After all, he was her closest friend. In fact, she was sitting on his bed at that moment, with Gaara across from her.

"Its because of the Demon inside of me. It tells me to do bad things," was Gaara's reply. Despite the apparent lack of emotion, Aly could tell that this subject saddened him. However, she decided to plow ahead anyways.

"Can I speak to this demon?" she queried.

"I geuss," he replied, but Aly could see the fear in his eyes. "Grab my hands, and I'll take you to see him."

The two friends joined hands and entered the domain of the Shukaku. Upon entering the sandy mind scape, the two heard laughing. Not cheery laughter either, in fact Aly was reminded of Russia's laugh.

"I never expected you to bring me a visitor Gaara," it exclaimed. "You smell of the north."

"That is where I am from Mr. Demon," replied Aly. "Why are you in Gaara's head?"

"Call me Shukaku, and I am here because I was sealed here," it laughed, "and you smell like a country, however faintly."

"You know of the countries?" this revelation piqued Aly's interests. Gaara was now quite confused.

"Of course, after all, I am one, Although, I'm not exactly in the best place to be Suna anymore. Hmmm, I have an idea. I take it you no longer have any connections left with your original land, yes?"

"Yes, Russia was going to sell me to Mr. America, so I ran away."

"Ah, so you weren't even a country, you were a colony, perfect."

"How exactly is that perfect?"

"Well, I have a proposition. How would you like to become Suna?"

And so, Alaska took on a new name. For some reason though, she still felt cold in her core.