I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew or Naruto
It was a peaceful day in Sunagakure. Sabaku no Gaara was headed to his favorite tree. A tree near where he used to swing as a child. Not many people thought of this tree as special so he was always alone. He walked up to the tree and was about to sit down when he saw a girl, about his age, with brunette pigtails . She was crying all by herself. Gaara stood and looked for a moment, the girl not noticing. For some reason he wanted to comfort her. He wanted to reach out his hand to her. Why? Maybe he remembered being alone as a child and being unloved, he never knew.
He took a step closer.
A leaf rustled and the girl looked up.
Gaara noticed she had beautiful brown eyes that captivated him somehow.
"What are you doing?" Gaara asked flatly.
"I don't know," the girl whimpered.
"Are you alone?"
The girl nodded.
"They're gone…," she sobbed. "Mama and Papa and…Masaya."
"So you came here alone?" Gaara asked.
"No," the girl sniffed. "Naruto-chan and Kakashi-sensei bought me. They have business here."
The girl continued to cry.
Gaara got an idea.
"Watch," he said.
He used his sand to make a sparkling sand rose.
The girl stopped crying. She seemed interested.
Gaara made a bunny and then a kitten.
The girl smiled when she saw the kitten.
He made a silly Tanuki (on purpose).
The girl laughed.
Now her tears were from laughing.
"I'm Ichigo," the girl said. "Ichigo Momomiya. What's your name, nya?"
"Gaara."
"Gaara? Gaara-kun. I like your sand. Is it really sand anyway?"
She reached out to touch it.
Her hand touched Gaara's and he noticed how delicate her hands were.
Then he, as he rarely ever does, smiled, directly at her.
She smiled back.
"You're Ichigo," Gaara said. "Like this."
He made a sand strawberry.
"Yes, nya!" Ichigo smiled.
"C'mon." He stood up and reached out his hand. "I know Naruto. I can take you to him."
"Okay! Thank you."
So, they walked away, hand in hand.
A/N: The mews were transported to Naruto's world to fight evil. Orochimaru killed Masaya and Ichigo's family trying to weaken her power through sadness. Nya is "mew" or "meow" in Japanese. Ichigo says it a lot. A tanuki is a dog-raccoon, a mythological Japanese animal.