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(13 years earlier)
Gaara is in the delivery room and watches his new born son emerge from the room and placed in a small bed. Gaara puts his hand on Matsuri's shoulder. He looks at her and then at his son. He finally had someone to care for and something that he made with love. He felt something sting his eyes. They were tears. He took in a closer look at his son. His son had the same red hair as him and he was sure that he would have the same fighting spirit as him. He looks over to the man who escorted them to the hospital when Matsuri was in labor.
"Katsuo, I want you to help us raise him. Train him when I am unable to, and make sure he doesn't become like I was when I was a kid."
"Yes, Kazekage-sama."
"Katsuo, please don't act like all the others. We've known each other for a long time and are close friends. Be a friends not a follower."
"Yes, Gaara." The doctor enters the room and invites Gaara to hold his son. He walks in and holds his son in his arms. Matsuri enters the room and rubs her son's nose. Katsuo stays outside. Gaara looks at his son's deep red hair.
"What should we call him?" asks Gaara.
"I thought we name him after your hair, since his is just like yours. I thought Akane was a good name." Gaara smiles (yes it can happen).
"Akane it is." Gaara looks over to his old friend who was still out by the door. Gaara motions him in and Katsuo enters the room. He looks at the baby in Gaara's arms and then looks at Gaara.
"That look suits you, Gaara. You should be a wonderful father." Gaara grins and looks back at his son.
"Thanks, Katsuo.
(Present day)
"AKANE! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Yells Matsuri. Her son was nowhere to be found, "Katsuo can you find him?" Her son's veteran bodyguard walks up behind her.
"No, Matsuri-sama."
"Please find him. Gaara wants to talk to him about something. Something about a friend of his or something."
"Nobu again?"
"Maybe."
"I'll do my best, Matsuri-sama." Katsuo vanishes in a puff of smoke. Matsuri always respected Katsuo. He had been a ninja for a long time. He was a genin when Gaara was born. He was around 40 but he could keep up with people younger than half his age. He always had a respect for Gaara when he was a kid. When Gaara grew up and became Kazekage, Katsuo was one of Gaara's few friends when he first started, but when Gaara started to prove his worth and gained more respect from the villagers. When Gaara's son Akane (deep red) was born, Gaara trusted only Katsuo to guard him in his infancy and childhood. However, now that Akane is older and a brand new Genin, he has tried to act cool in front of his friends and has even badmouthed Katsuo a time or two. Now, when his father needs to see him, he is nowhere to be seen.
Katsuo walks along the roofs and hears a great commotion in one of the alleys. He leaps to the alley and looks down into it. He sees two kids fighting and a crowd of kids surrounding them. He looks closer and sees Akane punching a kid's face into the ground. He jumps down and grabs Akane by his red hair. Akane squirms to free himself but Katsuo throws Akane into a wall.
"What the hell are you doing?" he looks to the other kids, "who started this?" One of the kids slowly points at Akane. Katsuo looks at Akane and suddenly the two are gone in a puff of smoke. One of the kids laughs.
"Akane is in DEEP trouble now." Katsuo and Akane arrive at the home of the Kazekage.
"What did you do this time, Akane?"
"Why do you care, old man. I'm not a kid anymore, I'm a ninja. I need to make people fear me for respect. That kid disrespected me, so I taught him the consequences."
"That doesn't give you the right to bully people. That is what your father did when he was little. He was feared by everyone. I was even afraid of him at some points but I never called him a monster or inhuman. I showed him respect, even if I disagreed with how he treated people. I remember when your father came to our house one day and asked if I could play with him. My father was so terrified that he screamed and slammed the door on your dad's nose. When your great uncle tried to kill him, he believed that he was all alone and only believed in himself. Don't become like that. Don't have the same fate that your dad did when he was your age." Akane looks down in shame. Katsuo ruffles Akane's red hair, "Go. Your dad wants to see you." Akane nods and runs inside to find what his father wants. Matsuri sees him run by her and she looks over to Katsuo.
"Thank you."
"No problem, Matsuri-sama."
"Katsuo, Gaara says that when he is done with his son, he has a mission for you." Katsuo bows and heads towards Gaara's office.
He enters the office to hear Gaara talking with Akane about Nobu again. Nobu was a kid who Gaara never really liked. The kid came from a bad family and he was known as a bully at the academy. Gaara didn't like his son hanging out with him. Gaara dismissed his son and then turned his attention to Katsuo.
"That kid will never learn," says Gaara, "anyway, I have a mission for you. I know that it's been a long time since you've been given a mission, but it is required. I have heard rumors of spies from some strange outside ninja village that have appeared at both Suna and Konoha. I need you to inform the Hokage immediately of these spies."
"Sure, Gaara. Anything else I can do for you?"
"I ask if you could take my son with you. He really wants to go on a 'real' mission. Not those stupid D ranks. That is all I ask of you." Katsuo bows and leaves the room. He looks and finds Akane.
"Pack up food and supplies."
"Why?"
"Your going on a mission with me."
"YYYYIIIIPPPPEEEEEEE!" Katsuo closes his eyes and takes deep breathes. Don't kill him, Katsuo. Just breath and get ready.
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