Gaara spun around to find his attacker holding a kunai dripping with blood. Gaara narrowed his eyes as he performed the hand signs.

"Sand Coffin!"

He yelled, sand enveloping every part of the Akatsuki'd body except for his head.

"Sand Burial!"

Gaara sneered as a downpour of blood splattered on the cement and the walls.

"Gaara!"

Afemale voice called his name, it was Temari.Gaara turned around to look at her.

"It's Naruto! He needs help!"

She blurted.

"And you think that I would help?"

"Gaara! This is no time to be self-centered!"

Temari scolded her younger brother.

"You, of all people would know that I care only for myself ! I am all that matters!"

"Gaara please! -"

"Do you really think anyone would help me? Would anyone actually care for a monster?A demon?'

"You know what, Gaara, I care for you, and so does Konkuro!"

Temari yelled at her brother.

"Just help Naruto!"

And, without a word, a cloud of sand whisped by Gaara, carrying him off.

"Gaara!"

Naruto smiled, blood dribbling from his busted lip. Gaara joined Naruto in the fight, knocking down the enemies with ease, using his sand while Naruto threw kunai knives.

Later on, Gaara and Naruto were back to back, breathing heavily as 20 ninjas drew closer in a tight circle around them.

"Everytime we take down one two more take its place"

Naruto said with anger, spitting blood on the rooftop of the Hokage building. Gaara only narrowed his eyes as the ninjas quickly drew closer and charged.Gaara knocked them back with his sand, causing them to fly back and their heads open.

Gaara and Naruto fought for hours, but reinforcements kept coming for the enemy.Naruto was kneeled down on one knee, breathing heavily as blood occasionaly dribbled down his chin. As for Gaara he was covered in cuts and gashes, not able to conjur more than two cups of sand from his gourd. Suddenly, a new enemy, dressed in akatsuki clothing came from nowhere and kicked Naruto, who flew bach a coule of yards. Gaara tried to attack his attacker but an injury prevented him from doing so. The Akatsuki ignored Gaara and dashed over to Naruto and began to bruttaly kick him in the stomach.Naruto coughed up blood as he glared defiantly at the Akatsuki, suddenly a gust of wind blew by, knocking his hat off, to reveal a black haired x- leaf Ninja.

"Sauke?!"

Naruto cried out, looking up into his red, Sharingan eyes. Sasuke just ignored him and continued to kick him.

"Uchiha!"

Gaara yelled his challenge to the cloudy skies, bllod flying out of the corners of his mouth.Then, suddenly Sasuke withdrew a few feet back.

"Sasuke.."

Sadness swimed in Naruto's eyes.

"W-we're comrades, aren't we? We're friends, right? Sasuke, remember those days back at the Ninja accademy?'

Sasuke's image began to blur as tears swelled up in his eyes.

"Don't do this, Sasuke..."

"Sasuke"

He stood halfway up.Then, blue lightning formed in Sasuke's left hand.

"Sasuke!"

Naruto's eyes widened. Gaara looked on in silence as blood flew everywhere and heard electricity cracled and snapped.However, this was not the blood of Naruto that was spilt.The bllod, in fact, belonged to Jaraiya, a Sanin of the Hidden leaf village.

'Why?'

Gaara thought as the Sanin's body fell to the floor.

'Why would someone let themselves die for someone's safety? Does love...cause this?'

Gaara wondered.

'Is it this powerful?'