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Chapter three.

Step One.

Moths have a particular life, living in the dark, and searching for the light. A simple way of existing, and yet it brings many questions, but the moth will never stray from the path that it has chosen. Humans are often told not to repeat a mistake, but logic has no power over desire. Is it wrong to seek the sun under the stars? When faced against the impossible, does logic and desire even make a difference? For this one moth, that was nearing its death, trying to break the invisible barrier, tried one last time.

The kazekage was having a nightmare, he was sweating and turning, his sand was starting to move around in the room. The creature next to him had woken up, it was sitting, watching him and the room. It heard something, and quickly it moved to find the source. The sound was coming from the window, in the bathroom, like small stones hitting the glass. The light that was forgotten, had been found by this small insect. The four legged creature that walked in and saw this desperate image, could not help but to feel for the insect, it had experienced a similar feeling. The cat stretched its legs and grow, its shadow changed. It now looked more like at predator, then a pet, it moved quickly to the window and smashed it with one paw.

With one last attempt on breaking the barrier, the moth flew with all its might and made it through, it looked at the light and started circling it. The cat was back to its small form, and walked happy out of the room. Gaara had woken up from the sound of the glass breaking, and was sitting on the side of the bed, looking nowhere in particular. The small creature jumped playfully over the sand pails, making enough noise to get Gaaras attention. He looked over at the small cat that was now sitting at watching him back. From the moon light and the light from the bathroom he looked at the cats mask and thought he saw two eyes looking straight at him. Feeling hungry he stood up and went to turn on the light, and realized all the sand that was in his room. With not even at movement all the sand started to transport back in the gourd. After finding some clothes he turn off the light in the bathroom and walked over to the door, to go downstairs, but a moth fly just flew out of the bathroom.

Circling the light in his room, Gaara turned and was watching it, seeing this made him remember his dream. The moth hit the light and feel to the ground. Gaara was in a shock, he didn't see a moth he saw the girl from his dream, the one with the courage, who he dared to die. In his head he hear the shot from the gun, over and over, the sand was starting to move again. Gaara was frozen he could not move, this feeling was too familiar to him, all he wanted was to forget. But he could not, he remembered everything, why the eyes of the pink haired girl from the chunin exams made him not kill her, she had the same eyes. Gaara fell to the floor, he had made a promise to protect, because life was precious and he wanted to change. "Who was she" he whispered to himself in a sad tone. Hearing a soft sound Gaara noticed the cat clawing at his arm and purring. Realizing where he was, and was he was doing, he calmed himself. The sand that was spiraling in the room, giving of a wind, slowly moved back to the gourd.

Gaara picked up the cat with both hands, holding it in front of him, the cat opened its mouth "meow" he wanted to have all the answers, but one thing he understood now after years being the kazekage, was time always tells. "Are you hungry?" he asked the cat not expecting any responds. "Meow" he smirked at the cat, placing it on the floor, and proceeding to get up. He used his sand to carry the moth fly after him, opening the door to walk downstairs and outside. Turning the corner of his home he lifted some sand and placed the moth in the hole. Looking at it one last time, he buried it, and made a star sign on the wall. So that it will always have light, "thank you" he said and walked back in the house.

Opening the fridge, he found the left-overs and toke everything out. Gaara had two plates one for him, and one for the cat but with only meat. After eating he cleaned everything away, and went upstairs to go to bed, he still had a job to do in a couple of hours. Laying back down the cat once again made itself comfortable next to his chin, and they both fell asleep.