AN: These came out more drabble style which is not my usual method so I lumped them together more.
Sute does not crawl. She rather..rolls to where she wants to get. Gaara does not watch her often, but when he does it's very much like an animal observing something in it's space. He is walking early, and using his sand to get his way. One day Sute has managed to roll almost within reach and as Gaara stares into nothing she gnaws on one of the rubber shuriken left out for teething. Her own is a teething ring, but she seems to like the shuriken.
Rasa notices this in passing, his eyes of course seeing that Gaara is fully aware of his father and watching his every move. He doesn't seem to care that Sute is chewing on something that is his.
Despite Gaara rarely doing anything it seems Sute is quite happy to be in his company and Rasa has hopes that Gaara is not such a failure of a seal. Perhaps he can be used without being a danger to the village.
()()()()()
It is almost a year, a year of Rasa and his best guards- ones who are so weak they will not register as a threat to Gaara, yet unreservedly loyal to the point Rasa would take them over a dozen Anbu- before Rasa is convinced that little Sute is safe.
Gaara has not once reacted negatively. Nor does he react positively save for the occasional wrap of sand around the child to amuse her, or help steady her when she careens into something going too fast for her tiny form. It is far more than they had come to be hopeful for. Rasa leaves a message for Fumei Han to report to him immediately when he returns from his current mission. This is best approached directly, and not through the twists of his elders.
After all, Rasa would rather that the shackle they wish to chain to his son is willing. That will not occur if her parents are killed off to ensure her complacency.
()()()()()
It takes almost no time. Han is a very loyal shinobi, one that if not so perfectly forgettable would likely have his place guarding Rasa himself. However, the chakra null gift is priceless and it is in large part thanks to his loyal jounin that Suna knows which villages have a grudge against their competitors. Easiest to sweep in and steal their contracted hits and jobs that way, coming out looking like gleaming alabaster without a flaw on them.
Sute's father signs the betrothal contract before she has hit two years old.
Rasa arranges for a change in plans before he tells the elders. It is just that he has succeeded in the scheme they tried to concoct, of course.
()()()()()
He will not traumatize the boy in the ways that were planned to ascertain his danger levels if it comes to that. Nor will he directly threaten Sute for he doesn't wish Gaara to realize the child is a weakness until he doesn't wish to be rid of the familiar.
No, for now, they will just wait.