Thanks to everyone who reviewed, and to those who gave tips. All right here's the next chapter. This is basically all of the tower of heaven chapter for Gaara, and that's basically because I can't really stretch out a year in the tower. So I just did Gaara's whole experience in the tower. So let's get started right away.

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"Shukaku/Demon" Talking

'Shukaku/Demon' Thinking

"Jutsu/Spells"

"Talking"

"Thinking"

Flashback

Chapter: 2

Fiore X774

Gaara lay against the wall of his cell and closed his eyes in order to relax. He had been working in the tower for a little more than a year, and in that time he had learned much more about this world called Earthland and how it was similar to the Elemental Nations from Rob, for example, this world relied on magic guilds to solve there problems, and any guild that breaks the law and doesn't disband becomes a dark guild. Much like how hidden villages solved problems in the Elemental nations, and any shinobi that left the village became a missing-nin. However murder was actually a crime here, Gaara was thankful that he learned that now or else it would have caused him a lot of problems later on.

However the most important thing that Gaara learned were the similarities between magic and chakra. He learned that magic, like chakra, is a form of energy that is located inside of the body, but that's where the similarities stopped. Unlike chakra, magic doesn't flow through a circulatory system and is present in every cell of the human body as well is the spirit, whereas magic was simply the physical representation of the spirit that reacted when it connect with nature, like the fireball Rob created when Gaara and him first met.

Something else that Gaara learned that greatly surprised him was that ninety percent of this world couldn't use magic. It was similar to the Elemental Nations in the sense that civilians didn't have enough chakra to be able to use any jutsu, or do any techniques like water walking, but after hearing that Gaara became worried about his odds of finding a way home. After all, if only ten percent of this world could use magic then how many of those people were likely to actually study it, and even then how many would work on a jutsu, or spell as they were called here, that would allow someone to travel to different worlds. Gaara however was not detoured so easily, after all he had to get back to his people of Sunagakure. They were counting on him to be a leader, and what kind of leader gets sent to another world.

"Nii-san, are you asleep?"

Gaara opened his eyes and saw the red hair of the little girl named Erza. She had taken to calling him nii-san for the random reason of having a similar hair color; Gaara thought is was a nine-year-old girl wanting some sort of brother figure, something he never had, so he simple didn't say anything. Shukaku however, almost deafened Gaara with his laughter.

"No Erza I'm simply resting."

That answer made Erza frown.

"Nii-san you need to sleep. Jiji once told me that you need lots of sleep in order to be healthy, and look; you have bags around your eyes."

Gaara sighed as Erza went on about getting enough sleep. It had all started one night when Erza woke up from a dream and saw him staring into space. She had asked him if he couldn't sleep. To which he stated that he rarely slept. Gaara can honestly say that he never saw a child's eyes grow so big. Unfortunately it had started a big thing about getting enough sleep, and getting punished for not no doing work.

Gaara had thought about lying and telling Erza that it was because of his magic that he couldn't sleep and stopping the whole thing right there. Which wouldn't have been a total lie seeing as how Shukaku was the reason he didn't sleep, and in this world Shukaku would technically be considered a living mass of magic. But seeing as how he couldn't even preform the most basic of jutsu she probably would have either thought it was a lie, or pester him about his magic.

That was another thing that worried Gaara, his chakra, he knew Shukaku was still healing himself and it would be some time before he could start healing him, but if Shukaku healed himself first, then that would mean he could posses Gaara with ease. Also Shukaku had said his chakra coils as well as his chakra pathway were damaged. If they can't be fixed then how will he be able to break out, let alone go back to being Kazekage?

"Nii-san are you even listening?"

Gaara blinked out of his stupor before replying.

"No, I was not."

Erza through her hands up in frustration, and was about to go on another rant about sleep before she was interrupted by another voice.

"Leave him be Erza, I'm sure there's a reason he doesn't sleep."

Both Erza and Gaara looked over to see the old form of Rob. Gaara remembered how the old man had asked Gaara all about the Elemental Nations, and what chakra was after explaining about Fiore and how it works. Gaara decided to say that the Elemental Nations worked the same way as Fiore, and Rob accepted the lie. Which didn't surprise Gaara, he was a shinobi after all, and they were practically trained to lie.

"But jiji…"

"What if I tell you another story?"

Erza immediately brightened up

"Ok"

Rob laughed as Erza ran over to listen to his story, while Gaara smiled slightly. It was nice to see the girl happy. It was an emotion that he rarely had as a child, and he hoped that Erza would be able to have more moments like these in the future.

One Year later

"I'm Jellal Fernandes. Nice to meet you guys."

Gaara looked over to see Erza with a small group of children, apparently four of the children had all come from a different area in the tower, but someone from their cell had tried to escape so the guards had to move the prisoners to another cell. Other people say that pieces of him can still be found on the ceiling. The children had introduced themselves as Sho, Simon, Milliana, and Wally. They had moved in a few weeks ago, and had become friends with Erza. Then, the blue haired boy got thrown in with them today after his town was raided for slaves.

"I'm Erza."

"Just Erza, don't you have a last name?"

Erza looked down, suddenly depressed.

"I don't know."

"Way to go Jellal, now you made her upset."

Simon suddenly smacked his fist into his palm.

"I know, Gaara, what's your last name. I mean you two are brother and sister right? So you could just use his."

The other kids seemed to like the idea and looked over at him expectantly. Even Erza looked over, however Gaara quickly dashed their hopes.

"I do not have a last name."

Gaara Honestly didn't see the problem, he never had a last name and never need one. He had always been Sabaku no Gaara, or Gaara the Kazekage.

"Why don't we just call her Scarlet, like her hair?

Everyone looked at Jellal after his announcement. While Wally looked at Jellal like he grew a second head.

"You can't just give someone a name like they're a pet! What-"

"I like it"

Everyone looked at Erza as she interrupted Wally.

"My name is Erza Scarlet. Nice to meet you."

Jellal looked happy that Erza enjoyed the name that he gave, and then he smiled at Gaara.

"Guess that makes you Gaara Scarlet."

Gaara looked over at Jellal with half lidded eyes making Jellal take a step backwards. Erza quickly took his attention away from Jellal.

"You don't have to be Gaara Scarlet if you don't want to."

"Aww isn't that precious, the children gave Gaara a name, That's so cute I think I'll be sick, and look at those eyes, you can't say no to those eyes. Not unless you carve them out with a rusty spoon."

'Be silent Shukaku.'

"Fine, but because of that I'm gonna slow down your healing. Take that Fucker."

Gaara sighed mentally, Shukaku had told him a weak ago that it would take him a few months in order to heal his chakra system completely. So with it slowed down it could take a year to finally be healed. Gaara shook his head to get back to reality. He didn't really care about last names, so being called Gaara Scarlet wasn't a problem for him. Concluding that it would have no negative effects, minus a slightly more annoying Shukaku. Gaara did something he saw parents and siblings do while he was a child. He put his hand on Erza's head.

"I have no issue being called Gaara Scarlet."

With that Gaara took his hand away from Erza, crossed his arms, and closed his eyes. However before he did, he noticed Erza smiling brighter than he had ever seen.

Fiore X776

"So I am finally healed? This better not be a joke Shukaku."

Gaara looked up at Shukaku, while he was in his mindscape. He had been without Chakra for three years, and he was hoping that this wasn't some sort of cruel joke that Shukaku was trying to play.

"I ain't kidding Scarlet you're as good as new, unfortunately."

Gaara sighed as Shukaku called Scarlet once again. The giant tanuki had decided to call him by his new last name after Gaara had accepted it. He knew that the Ichibi would be calling him that for some time so decided to just bear with it.

"Hey punk, that bratty little red head is giving some sort of motivational speech, something about breaking out. So fuck off and go get your sand."

Gaara nodded his head and closed his eyes. When he reopened them he was met with Erza rallying the rest of the slaves.

"So if we want out of here we have to fight, for our lives, for our freedom!"

Gaara looked at Erza and quickly realized she only had one eye.

"No fucking way! I wanted to do that, I swear, I'll skin whoever did it. Fuck that pisses me off. Quick Red, she still has one eye left. Get a rusty spoon and carve that baby out."

'Shukaku, you are beginning to irritate me.'

"Wait. I'm just pissing you off now? Fuck! I need to step up my game."

Gaara ignored the rest off Shukaku's rant as walked out of the cell.

"Nii-san where are you going? You need to get a weapon so we can fight for our freedom."

Gaara looked back to see Erza holding a pickaxe in one hand, and the lid of a barrel in the other.

"That is exactly where I am going Erza, to get my weapon."

Gaara then tried to locate his sand gourd, and saw that it was on the first floor in the storeroom, and took off in that direction. His statement left Erza confused, but after hearing that he had his own weapon gave Erza some hope, maybe he was a warrior who could help them get to freedom. With that thought in mind Erza nodded her head as she left to fight in the opposite direction that Gaara went.

Gaara was making his way to the storeroom when he saw three guards making their way to the fight.

"You, stop right there!"

The first guard pointed a staff at Gaara as some sort of circular seal with designs inside of it shot lightning at him. Gaara moved to the left and made his way to the first guard, and before he could do anything Gaara did a spinning quick to the side of his head that knocked him out. The second guard tried to hit Gaara with a club while he was distracted but Gaara did a palm thrust that broke the club in two, he then grabbed the guards shoulders, and thrust his knee into the guards gut causing him to throw up. Gaara quickly spun around and threw the guard into the wall. Gaara then grabbed the third guard by the collar and him so close to his face that their noses were almost touching.

"Where are my clothes?"

Unlike his sand Gaara had no mental connection to his clothes so he couldn't locate them by simply focusing. The guard became unsettled at Gaara's strange calmness before swallowing a lump in his throat and replying.

"We through out the slave's clothes after they're captured."

Gaara narrowed his eyes before head-butting the unhelpful guard and leaving him unconscious on the floor.

Gaara then left for his gourd, and after turning countless corners finally found it. After kicking down the wooden door, he saw it surrounded by food and alcohol. They had likely tried to use it as a container, but since Gaara's the only one who can open it they likely got frustrated and just threw it into storage.

Gaara shrugged on the gourd and shivered at the familiar feeling. He then quickly brought out some sand to create his armor of sand. With his gourd on his back he made his way to the fight.

Rob looked ahead at the wave of magic that was heading his way. He had led a full life and knew that after using too much of his magic after all of these years his body wouldn't be able to take the stress and it would break down. He knew he didn't have much time left but he would use the small amount of time he had to protect Erza and her friends. Rob closed his eyes as pictures of the times he's had with his friends Bob, Goldmine, Porlyuscia, Yajima, and Makarov. He would miss them; his only regret was that Erza had to watch him die. Rob stood there for what felt like forever.

'Perhaps you don't even feel it when you die'

Opening his eyes to view the afterlife Rob stared in shock as a giant wall of sand stood in front of him protecting him from the magical wave.

"Quicksand Waterfall Flow!"

Rob watched as the sand moved like a wave completely smothering the guards. He looked over at where the voice came from and was surprised to see Gaara with his hand stretched out, carrying a giant gourd on his back.

"Nii-san. You're a mage? Why didn't you tell me?"

Rob watched as Erza began complaining that Gaara was keeping secrets.

"I didn't tell you because you did not ask."

Gaara had decided long ago that explaining that he was actually a shinobi from another world would be to confusing for a young girl to understand, and, in the words of the Nara clan, it would be to troublesome.

Rob began to laugh at Gaara's answer before it turned into a cough.

"Rest Rob-san, I will take over from here."

Rob looked up at Gaara and smiled, before movement behind him caught his eye. He saw a stray magical soldier float behind Gaara. That must have been missed by Gaara's spell. He watched the mage charge up a spell before firing it at Gaara. Rob quickly grabbed Gaara by the shoulder and pushed him out of the way. Gaara watched as the spell hit the old man in the chest and turn him into dust. Before Gaara could send out a sand bullet he saw Erza with one of those magic seals underneath her, and he watched as the strange floating corpse was hit with every weapon in the room.

Gaara watched her pant before she looked at him.

"Nii-san get everyone to the boat, I'm gonna get Jellal."

Deciding that arguing would get them nowhere Gaara nodded his head. As he ushered everyone outside to the docks. After making sure that no one was left behind Gaara began making his way into the tower after noticing that Erza had yet to come back. It was strange, but he had actually grown to care for the red headed girl like a little sister.

"Hey dip-shit you feel that power? It's dark and nasty. I like it."

Gaara narrowed his eyes; there shouldn't be anything like this in the tower. If there was Shukaku would have told him a while ago. The only solution that he could come up with is that whatever this dark energy was it was just arriving at the tower now. However what was important now was finding Erza and Jellal and bringing them back to the boat. Gaara then began sensing for Erza and he located her at the top of the tower, he then began running up the wall to get to her.

When Gaara arrived at the top floor he noticed Erza backing away from Jellal as he raised his hand and pointed his palm at her with a strange seal on it. Gaara quickly landed to grab Erza, but before he could anything there was a flash of light, and all he saw was darkness.

When Gaara opened his eyes he noticed two things. One he was staring at the sky, and two, he found it hard to breathe. Gaara looked down he saw that Erza was asleep on top of his lungs. Standing up with Erza in his arms Gaara looked around and realized that they were no longer inside of the tower, in fact the tower was nowhere in sight. Gaara smiled slightly and looked at Erza. Gaara closed his eyes as he felt the wind hit his face. They were finally free.

And that's another chapter done. Any ideas, suggestions, tips, or even a complaint would be appreciated. I enjoy reading helpful reviews. Until next time.