Gaara grunted as he looked at the window. 'Love' stood out proudly against his skin and the light under the half moon made it very ominous looking. 'A dark beauty. I'll let Shukaku take control tomorrow.' Gaara thought to himself. Of course, Shukaku had heard him. "Oooooh yay I get to be out. Yippee. Will I be allowed to kill anything that comes near?" Shukaku asked him. Gaara just ignored him, looking down out the window. He watched as the dragon tugged against it's leash. It gave a roar and fell down. Gaara watched as it got back up. 'What is it doing?' he asked Shukaku. Shukaku shrugged. Then, as Gaara watched, he saw a blonde boy holding out his hand. The dragon tried to get up again but fell back down. It let out a low whimper and he watched the blonde go up to it and pet its scales. Then the blonde pulled on the chain and leash, snapping them to pieces. The blonde mumbled something to the dragon and the dragon gave a nod of its mighty head. The dragon ran into the castle and the blonde disappeared into the woods. "What was that all about?" Shukaku growled out. Gaara shrugged. He heard weird noises below his floor. He continued to look out the window and saw another person come towards the castle with a raccoon. "Finally." Gaara mumbled beneath his breath.
He made the sand reach towards the man, freaking the guy out. Gaara sighed and wrote a note in the sand saying, "Place Raccoon on sand and leave or die." The man gulped and nodded, putting the raccoon gently on the sand and turning away, running as fast as he could back to wherever the hell he's from. 'Stupid people, need to learn. That's the fourth time the morons come here and he still doesn't get, 'leave object on sand'. He's a Dumbass.' Gaara growled in his mind. He watched as the sand brought the raccoon closer. When the raccoon was in reaching distance, he grabbed the cage and looked at the raccoon. He opened the cage and reached in, slowly. When no bite came, he slowly pet the raccoon and scratched it behind its ears. It purred and stretched out, pushing its furry head against Gaara's palm. A small smile slipped and Gaara looked at the creature. "I've controlled my bloodlust. I want blood still but I hold myself in check. They still judge me on past actions but I've changed. you believe me, don't you?" Gaara asked, knowing full and well it wouldn't answer. The raccoon looked up at him and gave him a lick across the cheek. Gaara chuckled and carefully picked up the small creature. "Stay with me. Please." Gaara said, scratching it behind the ears again, lulling it to sleep. He watched as the steady breathing motions lulled him into a neutral state where he was neither awake or asleep.
The raccoon woke up and looked at its new master. It rubbed its head under its masters head, purring. Gaara snapped back to reality. He looked down and gave another small smile. "What's up?" he asked and heard a small grumble. He assumed that it came from the raccoons stomach. "Hungry huh. You have to get your own food. I have nothing that you can eat. I'll let you ride my sand down and you can go hunt. Return after you're done." Gaara said, monotone slipping a little, worried that it would run away and leave him all alone, other than Shukaku. He loved talking to Shukaku but 24/7/365&¼ got so annoying he almost sand coffined himself. The raccoon gave him a nod and ran over to the window. "Smart one, aren't you little guy." The raccoon hissed at the word guy. Gaara raised an imaginary eyebrow. "Girl?" the raccoon purred. 'Alright I have a girl raccoon….' "Look, don't get pregnant while out there. You look to young and going off that, don't get pregnant." Gaara said, somehow a fatherly instinct in him kicked in when learning his pet was a girl.
He could have swore that he saw the female raccoon role her eyes. She jumped out the window and landed on the sand that quickly reacted to her sudden movement. "You little daredevil." Gaara murmured under his breath, moving his hands, guiding the sand towards the ground. When she was about 5 feet near it, she jumped off and landed directly at the entrance to the tower. Gaara watched as his new friend left to find food. He watched as his newest friend and pet ran off. His face was in monotone, not showing the tumbling emotions of worry, hope, sadness, doubt, and concern. He stood there for awhile, then decided to sit at is desk. When he sat there, he remembered everything he had sent in that letter. He picked up some paper and his quill and started to write to his family, cursing them out in the letter for not sending him any drawing paper and the stupid male they sent every time. He signaled a bird to come near and tied the letter to its leg. He told it where and sent it off, watching it head off in the wrong direction at first. Then it did a u-turn and speed off towards the castle they had owned. He grabbed a piece of paper and started drawing the raccoon he is currently friends with. After a while, a little while after he finished and was staring at the sky and forest, he heard a whining noise from below and looked down to see his friend whining and looking up at him.
He brought her up and looked at her for a moment. "Want to see something cool?" he asked after awhile. She looked at him expectantly and he took her over to the drawing he left on his desk. She looked at it and gave him a questioning glance. "You." was Gaara's short curt reply. She smiled at him happily and licked his cheek. He set her on the bed and sat down beside her. Then he laid back, staring at the ceiling. She crawled on him and curled up on his chest.
"Maybe I'll find love someday. Kami knows how long I've been waiting to get out of this god awful tower." Gaara murmured to her.
He watched her started to go into a drowsy state. "…I still have to give you a name, don't I?" The raccoon just purred and fell asleep on his chest. As the night went by, Shukaku shouted names that he could use in his head. "How about Rena? Litifa?…Jasmine?" Shukaku asked. Gaara thought over the last one. "Jasmine…Doesn't that mean like young beauty or something?" Gaara murmured. "I don't know! I'm just thinking of possible names!" He shouted.
"How about Kerri? I vaguely remember the distinct words of Dark and Mysterious." "Hmm, sounds good."
Shrek Ch. 2
They Meet~ NaruXGaara
