(y/n) - your preferred name (first name, nick name, exedra)
(f/n) - your first name
(l/n) - last name
(h/c) - hair color
(e/c) - eye color


You and Gaara have been back in the village for three days and you still haven't woken up, Gaara had immediately taken you to the medical ninja. They treated your wounds, but you were in a coma and no one knew if you would ever wake up.

In Gaara's office, Gaara is trying and failing to get work done. Kankuro is standing in the background, concerned for his brother. Temari is out on a mission in the Leaf.
Gaara could not figure out why everyone around him is walking on eggshells, like he was really close to you. Finally he had to ask why, a sand ninja was in his office rattling off a report when he asked,

"Why is everyone acting like (y/n) and I are close friends?" The ninja looks confused

"You mean you are not?"

"No" He says bitterly, just thinking about you makes him angry. "I am not friends with (y/n), I don't even like her."

"What a harsh thing to say about your number one follower! How could you say that about the one person that never-

"Ikki!" Kankuro says in a harsh tone "Stop!" The man named Ikki looked at Kankuro scared and confused.

"No Ikki, don't stop, continue what you were going to say, now" with such a demanding tone coming from his Kazekage poor Ikki had to finish his sentence

"I was saying that (y/n) was the one person who never hated you. She always defended you, no matter what you did. Whenever someone would try to tell her what a monster you were, at the time! Lord Gaara would never be like that now! (Gaara nodded at Ikki) She would always say that we were the ones that created the monster and now we had to live with our mistake. If you told someone to go die, she would kill them if you did not (Gaara's eyes go wide), If someone voiced any concern about you around her, she would beat or kill them, she checked in with your brother every week to see how you are doing and if your dreams are being realized, if they are being put in danger in any way she would immediately get rid of the danger, be it a person or anything she would remove the obstacle in your path" Kankuro's eyes go wide as dinner plates.

"Ikki! How in the hell do you know that!" Kankuro asks angrily.

"Please do not hate me, your father had me follow her since the day she met Gaara, to make sure that she would not become a problem" Gaara signals him to continue "and back when you did kill people, you know how no one ever said anything like 'Why is no one being punished for this crime?' it was partly due to fear but largely due to the fact she would take the punishment for you, (Gaara's face is impossible to read because it has too many emotions on it. It has anger, regret, sadness, disbelief and shock all rolled into one look) publically. It was in a secluded place, but everyone knew where it was and they would watch her be tortured every time you killed a villager. They all took their anger out on her because they were too afraid of you. One night after the torture was done for the day, I went to talk to her and you know what she did? She handed me a knife and said 'Whoever he killed deserved to die'. I asked her why she would do all of this for you and she said…" He stood there for a long time saying nothing.

"What? What did she say?"

"She said 'He's my friend'" Gaara looked at Ikki, just stared at him for a while until he looked at his desk.

"Is that all?"

"No, when she learned you wanted to be Kazekage, She went to every person in the village and spoke with them, one by one, until she had convinced the entire village that you were the only man for the job…
If I may speak freely Lord Gaara, that girl would do and has done anything and everything for you sir" They stayed in silence for a while until Ikki couldn't take it any more "Lord Gaara?"

"You may leave"

"Yes sir!" shouts the ninja, who salutes the Kazekage and then leaves the room.

"Gaara…" Kankuro keeps his head down and won't look up at Gaara.

"You knew"

"Not everything! I swear I had no idea anyone was taking your punishment! I had no Idea she took bea-

"I believe you (Kankuro sighs in relief at his brother's words) but (Kankuro immediately stiffens) you did know that she is the one who told people why I should be Kagekaze, and that she was the first person who ever believed in me…" Gaara gets a faraway look in his eyes then


(Flashback)

In the little place in the sand village where all the children play someone was crying. A young (h/c) haired girl was sitting alone at the edge of all the fun, crying all alone. A young boy looked at the girl, he knew what it was like to be alone. A young boy with bright red hair slowly and shyly walked up to her.
"Why are you crying?" The boy asked, tilting his head in confusion
"No one will play with me, and when I tried to play on my own, that boy over there pushed me down and my knee hurts" All the sudden the little boys hand, that wasn't holding his teddy bear, is in the little girls face, when she looks up at him, he blushed and said
"If you come with me I can help get you medicine for it" The girl smiled widely up at the boy and took his hand.
"Thank you!" The girl could see all the children staring at her, half of them afraid, and half of them looked like they were glad she was going to die soon, but the boy ignored them, so, so did she. The girl took the boys hand and he started to lead them away from the play area. During their walk the boy slows down and turns around and looks at the little girl
"What's your name?"
"(y/n), (f/n) (l/n)" The boy's face went red and he stammers out
"Th-that's a p-pretty n-name" then the boy looks to the ground like he is scared of something but the little girl could not figure out what.
"What's wrong Gaara?" (y/n) had already known his name, she had heard the rumors in the village and knew who he was the moment he walked up to her, but she didn't care what they said. The one boy that had helped her couldn't possibly be the monster everyone claimed he was.
At (y/n)'s words the boy froze, then he looked up at her in astonishment "You know who I am?"
"Of course I do, everyone does"
"And, and you're not afraid of me?" Gaara looked hopeful and doubtful at the same time.
"If I was scared of you I would never have followed you"
"Do y-you wa-want to be my friend?" (y/n) smiled up at Gaara
"Really? (he nodded) Of course!" with that, they both went on their way to get the medicine.


(time skip)

Two weeks have passed and you and Gaara have become fast friends. You hang out together and play pretend, you love to play dragons! Gaara lets you play dragons whenever you want as long as you play with him. You love playing with Gaara, he's so nice and he always makes time to hang out and play with you.

One day Gaara and a blonde man with violet eyes were walking around the market, Gaara hiding in the blonde mans clothes, until something catches his eye and he stopped walking, forcing the blonde man to stop as well.
"Gaara, what's wrong?" Gaara looks over at the item and points to it
"Uncle, can we get that?"
"Why?" Yashamaru tilt's his head curious as to why Gaara would want such an item. Then it hit him. "You want it for (y/n), don't you" Gaara nods his head "ok, we'll get it"
"Yay! Thank you Uncle!" Yashamaru just smiles down at Gaara


(time skip)

It has been four days since Gaara had Yashamaru buy you that item at the shop, now as you had both just finished another game of dragons, and you were laying down in the sand to rest, he was finally going to give it to you.
"(y/n)?"
"Yeah?" Gaara didn't say anything, he just shoved a package in your hand, it was a plain brown package, and a small one at that, but you had no idea as to why you were receiving a package from him. "What's this?"
"Open it" So you do, when you do open the package you instantly loved what was in it! It was a necklace! The pendant was a little dragon curled around a jewel, it's not really all that, it's just a small trinket, but to you it was everything, it was the only gift you have ever received and it was a dragon!
"I love it! Thank you! I will wear this everyday of my life! But I don't know what this is about. I didn't get you anything?"You look quizzically at the boy who handed you the present
"You don't have to get me anything, I got it for as a thank you for being my friend."
"Gaara! you don't have to give gifts to get friends, I want to be friends with you even without cool stuff like this!"
"Really?"
"Really!"


(time skip)

You are on your way home when you see a familiar mop of red hair sitting in an unfamiliar alley way, crying his eyes out. You slowly walk over to him.

"Gaara?" He looks up at you with swollen eyes and tear stained cheeks
"Why was I born a monster (y/n)? Why?" You sit in front of him and grab his face, making him look you in the eye's
"Listen to me, you Gaara, you are my best friend, and I don't make friends with monsters! No matter what anyone says, not your dad, not your siblings, not the people in this village, not anybody, you are not a monster! No one as nice as you could ever be a monster!"


(time skip)

"I will always be your friend"


(time skip)

"That's because you're worth it Gaara!"


(time skip)

"Gaara don't ever change, I don't want my best friend to change"


(time skip)

"Your amazing Gaara!"


(time skip)

"There is not a single thing, you, Sabaku no Gaara, can do that will ever make me stop believing in you. I will always be there, no matter what you do, what you think, or what your dreams are I will make all of your dreams happen. I don't care how much time it takes! I'll always be here for you Gaara! You can count on me!"


(time skip)

"Just find me when you get lonely, I will always be here for you!"


(time skip)

One day you went to the normal spot where you and Gaara would meet every day at the normal time. For some reason, that day you sat for hours, but he didn't show, finally when it was getting dark and you were just about to leave…
"Gaara! You came!" You say as you jumped out of your spot with a bright smile, and run over to him, but when you get closer, you sense something is wrong with your friend so you stop right in front of him. "Gaara?" you tilt your head in confusion.
Gaara just walks past you, stopping just long enough to say "Don't ever talk to me again" before he keeps walking on.
That was the day everything changed


(End Flashback)

"Gaara!" Kankuro yells, worried that his brother didn't respond to him for twenty minutes.
"I have to go" Gaara says as he leaves the room, he has to see you, now.
"Wait! Gaara!"


(Flashback)

It is one week before the Chunin exams, it is an average day, a day like any other. A boy, young but feared is walking in his normal path, terrified villagers ran out his way, he was glaring straight ahead. Until something abnormal happened.

"Are you stupid?" The boy asked, glaring to his left, where a female ninja, about his age with (h/c) hair and (e/c) eyes, sat kneeling on the ground. The villagers just stare at her knowing that she is going to die.

"Possibly"

"..." Seeing the sand start to swirl around her the girl quickly said

"Please, I have come to warn you"

"What could you possibly warn me about?" The red haired male asked, the sand getting closer and more constricting as he talked.

"If you find my information worthless, then go ahead and kill me, but please listen first. (the sand stilled so the girl went on) The Kazekage has been acting strangely, I believe he may have staged a large scale attack to happen during your exams. (seeing the sand move again the girl hastily added) I know you can destroy all your enemies, I just thought you should be warned." The sand stilled, then covered the girls body, except her face.

"Who sent you?"

"No one"

"It's some fake information to get me killed, right?"

"No! Why would I be stupid enough to risk my life over fake information!" For one long moment the girl thought he really would kill her, but suddenly the red head drops his sand and walks away.


(End Flashback)

'I should have known it was her, I should have known she wasn't pretending, I should have known that she wasn't a spy for my father, I should have known Yashamaru lied to me, I should have known, I should have known' this thought just keeps replaying in his head, over and over, as he is running over to the hospital.

When he gets to your room, he sees you, lying there in your coma. He loses it, he finally understands that you weren't deceiving him and now he's lost you. He just breaks down and cries, right there, beside your hospital bed.