I don't own the sand siblings. Never will. (It would be awesome if I did)

Authors Note: This is my first fan fiction ever! I hope to continue it! Please Read and Review!

Chapter 1

The Beginning

2:07 AM

Gaara sat on the floor in his room leaning against the bed. He was alone. It was normal for him but, he never truly got used to it. When he was younger, he would cry. But, now at almost the age 14, he never cried. It was as if he had run out of tears. The emotions that would well up inside him just didn't seem to be there anymore. It's almost as if the real Gaara had just shut down, never to be seen again.

He sat there with a completely blank face just like always. He was preparing his mind for the day to come, knowing that the day to come might make him have a fit. Gaara always had fits. At least, once a week. Something inside him just seemed to snap all the time now and he didn't know why. He would scream, kick and throw things. But, he never cried. Afterwards, he would lie on the floor in his torn apart room and stare blankly at the wall until Kankuro or Temari would come to see if he was okay. Gaara would answer "yes" quietly but that was a lie. He wanted to tell them everything of how he felt but, that Gaara was hidden away deep inside him.

The next day was a day for a new mission. One, that Gaara knew, would be an assassination mission. The pay is good, thought Gaara even though he didn't want to have to kill anyone. Those days were over he had decided. Ever since he had met Naruto he had adopted a new way of living even though it was hard for him. The taunts and sadistic words that Shukaku would say made it that way. Gaara wished the words would stop but, there was no way to completely control Shukaku. Gaara hated that. This time, he was sure he wasn't going to kill. He was going to control himself.

7:00 AM

Gaara sat on the couch drinking a cup of coffee as Temari came downstairs.

"Good Morning" Temari said.

She seems cheerful this morning, thought Gaara.

Temari made herself a cup of coffee and sat down next to Gaara. She had become used to him and even though she was a little scared still, she knew that he had a good side. She flipped on the T.V. and turned on what looked like a crime show. She took a sip of her coffee.

"Kankuro is such a lazy bum, huh?" Temari laughed.

Gaara only nodded yes, his eyes looking down at his coffee cup.

"Another mission today. You excited?" She was a little too happy.

She doesn't know it's going to be an assassination… "I guess" Gaara said looking up at the T.V.

"You don't sound very excited" Now she looked concerned.

And you wonder why… "That's because I'm not." Gaara said a little irritated.

"Don't worry, it will be fine!" She smiled.

Maybe I should kill you instead of the target… "Yeah, probably" Gaara mumbled.

Temari sighed.

7:39 AM

After a long awkward silence with Gaara, Temari finally heard Kankuro running around his room getting ready for the day. He was always the last one up and he always left only about 20 minutes left to get ready. Temari sighed again and got up from the couch going to make Kankuro some toast.

Kankuro stumbled down the stairs sleepily all ready and dressed in his usual outfit.

"Man! I'm hungry!" Kankuro half shouted.

Like always… "That means your growing." Gaara sighed.

"I made you toast, don't worry" Temari smiled and put a plate of toast on the table which Kankuro ran over to eat as fast as he could.

Fatty… "You sure have a manly appetite" Gaara said.

"I'm such a man now!" Kankuro said with his mouth full.

"You could use some manners though…" Temari mumbled under her breath.

8:00 AM

Everyone was ready and headed out to the main building for their mission. Gaara was lagging behind everyone walking with his head down. He could see the people of the village mumbling about him, calling him a monster. He would have very well killed someone if it wasn't for Naruto.

The siblings arrived at the main building and walked up to the Kazakages office. The three stood in front of his desk waiting for him to give them the mission.

Just say it already… thought Gaara irritated already.

"Your mission is to assassinate…" and the kage started to explain making Gaara want to lash out. He hated assassinations now.

I don't want to do this! Change your mind! I don't want to kill a person! This person is probably innocent! I just know it! Screw you Kazakage! I'm not doing this! But, I have to! Why me? Gaara screamed at himself in his head.

"We will report back right after we finish, sir" Temari said in her most professional voice.

"Good. Now go." The kage said shoeing them away.

9:01 AM

The three were at the gate to the village ready to go. Gaara was completely silent knowing that he should have spoken out to the Kazekage. Temari had her hands on her hips confident as ever. Kankuro still seemed half asleep.

"Well, let's go!" Temari said hustling them along as they began to walk. "We have to be there by nightfall so we can sneak in and Gaara can… finish the job" Temari hesitated.

"Right!" Kankuro said completely unaware of the position Gaara was in.

They started walking, Temari in the lead as always.

"So Kankuro, you finish the thing I told you about?" Temari asked.

"Yep!" He smiled happily.

"What thing?" asked Gaara.

"You did exactly what I told you to do?" Temari asked ignoring Gaara's question.

"Yep, exactly!" Kankuro replied happily again.

"What thing?" Gaara asked again.

"Oh, and that little thing on its belly?" She asked still ignoring Gaara.

"That one thing? Oh yes, I did do that!" Kankuro said happily once again.

"What thing!" Gaara half screamed.

"Oh it's nothing" Temari said in a sly voice.

"Yeah it's nothing" Kankuro repeated.

I'm in for a long mission… Gaara thought crankily.

6:27 PM

"We got here!" kankuro collapsed on the ground by the tree. They were at the edge of the forest. A house was not too far from the spot they were at. In the house was the man they were supposed to be assassinating.

"We are early!" Temari explained.

"Yay…" Gaara said sarcastically.

"Is someone grumpy!" Temari said in a baby tone to Gaara.

"Yeah Gaara! You have a really bad attitude today!" Kankuro explained.

"Oh really?" Gaara raised his voice.

"Yeah!" Kankuro raised his voice too.

"Guys just calm down" Temari was still playful.

"Well, obviously I have a bad attitude!" Gaara was almost yelling now.

"Well, it's true! You do!" Kankuro was almost yelling too.

"Really calm down!" Temari said seriously now.

"I won't calm down, Temari!" Gaara yelled. "None of you know the position I'm in right now!"

"What position?" Kankuro was confused.

"I don't want to assassinate some random person! Killing is not something I enjoy doing anymore!"

"Well, you have never had a problem before!" Temari was confused too.

"Well, let me put it this way, Temari! You try going in there and killing that man!" Gaara yelled more.

"Why would I do that?" She yelled back.

"Why would I do that?" Gaara asked.

"Well, because you have always done that kind of stuff!" Kankuro yelled back.

"Well, I don't want to anymore!" Gaara burst out and turned his back to his brother and sister.

There was an awkward silence for a few moments.

"You guys can just kill him without me…" Gaara said and he began to walk away back to the village.

"Gaara wait!" Temari ran to him. "Please… Don't leave…"

"We can't finish this mission without you." Kankuro added.

"Why?" Gaara asked.

"Gaara you know why." Kankuro looked to the ground. "You're the only one who can… finish the job."

"Gaara… If you want to become Kazegage one day you are going to have to do this." Temari said.

"This is… This is…" Gaara could feel a not growing in his throat. "Difficult…" he finally said.

"No one said it was going to be easy getting there. Sometimes in life we have to do things we don't like…" Temari said wisely.

"Then why don't you do it?" Gaara asked raising his voice a little bit.

"It's orders from the top. You have to do this." Temari replied.

"G-"Kankuro was about to say something.

"Fine…" Gaara began walking to the house. "Let's get this done and over with…"

There was silence for almost the rest of the night.

12:32 PM

"That's him?" Whispers kankuro in surprise.

"Shush!" Gaara whispers.

They were standing right over the man they were supposed to be assassinating. He lay there so peacefully in his sleep that Gaara began to wonder why someone such as this man would actually be threatening the existence of the village or the life of the Kazekage.

"Come on guys," Temari whispered from the doorway.

Gaara sighs. He makes a sharp knife out of his sand and puts it to the man's throat but hesitates.

"Hurry up!" Kankuro whispers.

Gaara closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. "I said I wasn't going to… I'm sorry…"

With that, Gaara slit the man's throat and watched as the blood poured out of him. He had killed another person. Another innocent man Gaara had taken the life of.

"Let's go," said Temari.

"Gaara?" Kankuro asked.

Gaara turned to the doorway and walked back the way he came not saying a word. The knife disappeared back into thin grains of sand.

"Come on kankuro…" Temari began walking the same way Gaara had come.

They both felt guilty for making Gaara do something he didn't want to do. They were going to make it up to him, no matter what it took.

Well, that's the first chapter. I really hope you like. Sorry if I have bad grammar. I really worked on it. I was thinking while I wrote it that Gaara usually kills his victims more violently but, I think I'm making him much nicer. Also he is changing in the fanfic.

Read and Review! I will try to post the next chapter soon! I don't have a lot of time but, I will try.

Hope you enjoyed!