Something I found in my fanfic folder.
It all started the day he was elected Kazekage. At first, Gaara had thought that the behaviour of a certain group of young kunoichi was due to the fact that they no longer viewed him as a dangerous monster and instead saw him as a leader they could respect and admire. And he was right...sort of. Over time Gaara came to realise that there was more to the long lingering looks, batted eyelashes, and heart-felt sighs than simple admiration.
One word – obsession.
Initially Gaara was flattered (if not completely baffled) by the fact that these girls had created a fanclub dedicated to him. In the beginning, it was all harmless – they admired him from afar, they got highly excitable when he handed out their missions, they went out of their way to greet him on the street, they declared quite loudly that they would do anything to protect him.
Then the fanmail came.
Again, at the start, it was all quite harmless. Then, one day, Gaara opened a letter only to find that one of the young women had sent him her underwear. He'd given the garment to Kankuro (cue lecherous grin and teasing comment) to deal with and decided to forgo reading his fanmail. He knew he'd miss the ego-boost those letters gave him, but he was not sorry to say goodbye to the bad poetry and obscure metaphors.
That was when the stalking started.
Gaara had been fed on a diet of paranoia since before he could walk, so he noticed them instantly. Wherever he went, they went too. Sometimes they came as a group, sometimes they worked alone. More than once Gaara had nearly killed them because he thought they were assassins; luckily he was able to recognise them before his sand did more than scare them shitless. These incidents taught most of them to keep their distance and to never work alone. (They also learnt the hard way that his home was off-limits unless you wanted to face Temari's wrath or Kankuro's well-placed traps). However, there were always a few who seemed incapable of self-preservation. Case in point: the girl who thought it was a good idea to try and hug Gaara after a marathon of paper signing and listening to the Council bitch about things he couldn't control. She lived – barely – but there was no way she would ever be returning to active duty.
That was when Temari put her foot down and demanded Gaara do something about these kunoichi. His response was to send someone undercover to infiltrate the group and report back on their activities. The poor unfortunate completed their mission to the highest standard and then kindly asked for a month's leave so that they could detoxify after being in close proximity to highly concentrated crazy mixed with hormones and obsession. After taking one look at the report (which included photographs of the shrines that had been made to him and copies of the group's fanfics and fanart) Gaara was more than happy to grant the requested leave.
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