He opened his eyes to stare at the blue sky that was covered by trees, and then heard a familiar voice from behind him.
"Oh good you're awake."
He sat up and glanced back to find SunRai standing beside Zetsu in their cloaks.
"Where have you taken me?"
"To the forest dip shit. You fucking lost Charm and Zetsu found you in the house unconscious."
He put his hand over his heart as he felt the severe pain. Not only were they separated at a great distance, but her heart rate was racing.
"Damn it..." He said under his breath.
He supposed Zetsu didn't bother to get him a shirt but that didn't bother him at all, except for the fact his scars were gone.
"Oh yeah, I healed those scars of yours." SunRai said and she walked around him to stand before him. "Damn, I never expected you and charm to go that far. At least yet that is."
"It's not what you think..." His said annoyed as he looked up to her.
She kneeled in front of him and chuckled.
"You may be right. Knowing Charm, she probably restrained you so you had no choice."
"That's exactly what it was."
SunRai laughed and gently grabbed his chin. "You liked it didn't you?"
"What?" Gaara asked in disbelief of her question.
"You did. You can't hide anything from my eyes. They're stronger than the sharingan."
"Are you sure you're only a spy in the akatsuki?" He asked suspiciously and she let go of his chin.
"Of course. I wouldn't dare harm my dear Kazekage. He is much too important to me and my closest friend."
"Since when am I important to you?"
"Since we met ten years ago my dear. Or do you actually forget the girl who was nearly slaughtered because your father didn't want you to have a friend?"
His eyes widened as he looked her in the eyes, then glanced down to her necklace that could barely be seen behind the collar of her cloak.
"That was you..."
"Oh? Could you be remembering now?"
(BADASS FLASHBACK TIME)
"Don't let her get away!" A ninja shouted to several others.
Every sand ninja was on a hunt for a young, five year old girl. Buildings were on fire, some people were even dead.
She hid in an alley, hugging her knees to her chest and attempting to hold back the tears the fought to escape her eyes.
"Why are they doing this to me?" She asked herself shakily, and then jumped when she heard footsteps enter the alley.
"It's my fault." Young Gaara said as he approached her.
She eased at his sight and looked to the ground.
"I don't want to leave you Gaara. They can't separate us!"
"We have no choice Sun..." He said and sat in front of her.
"My father is the kazekage and he won't stop until you're gone. I've already suffered the death of my uncle. I can't handle watching you die in front of me too. Especially by my father's hands..."
"You're the closest anyone has ever been to me! I can even say I love you Gaara!"
He frowned and looked away from her.
"If you leave the village, you'll live to see me again." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a necklace.
It had a black velvet ribbon that held a pearl that was accented by woven gold to form the shape of a heart.
He handed it to her as he spoke calmly. "My mother gave this to me just before she died. She said to never give it to someone unless they mean the world to me. I want you to have it Sun."
She looked at the necklace and grasped it tightly in her hand as tears finally broke through, then she suddenly hugged him.
"I'll never forget you Gaara! I promise I'll come back!"
Gaara slowly hugged her back, but before he could speak, he heard the voices of the men searching for her.
"I think they're over here!" Gaara pulled away from the hug and stood up as he spoke.
"Get out of here now! I'll hold them off!"
She nodded and stood up before heading out of the village.
"I can't believe it..." He said sadly as he stared at her with pity. "What happened to you?"
She stood up and shrugged as she looked off to the side. "After so many years of being lost in the forest to fend for myself, I just lost the ability to care anymore. Madara found me and acted as a father figure, so I became what I am today. A heartless, S-ranked criminal."
"Sun, I'm so sorry..." He said and fought the pain in his chest to stand up.
"Hey, I'm alive aren't I? I lived to see you again and that's all that matters right?"
Gaara didn't respond. He only looked away from her sadly, unable to believe that he forgot that of all days in his past."
"Come on Gaara... Let's go save your girlfriend..." SunRai said as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
He nodded and jumped into a tree before he glanced down to her. "Zetsu knows where she is right?"
"Yeah I just found her." His black side said as he walked out of the tree. "Just follow me." He added before jumping away with Gaara and SunRai following.
He didn't want to speak to her. It just became too confusing. He couldn't believe what he said back then, he couldn't even believe what he felt for her then...
Was giving her than necklace a mistake? If she didn't care anymore, why would she still be wearing it? Questions ran through his mind uncontrollably, that he even forgot about his heart pain. Instead, a different kind of pain replaced it, but he wasn't exactly sure what it was.
"Baka! You were supposed to get the Kazekage! Not his damn girl friend!" A man with purple hair shouted as he smacked his blonde partner on the back of his head.
"I thought he would be the one on the bed! So I injected the syringe into her accidentally! B-but maybe this could work out."
"How the hell is this supposed to work out?"
"I overheard them talking about her heart being connected to his. Maybe he's searching for her now, so we could use him to lure him into out trap."
The man prepared to hit him again, but once he thought about it, a smirk appeared on his face. "I like that idea. I'm glad I thought of it."
He walked over to Charm who was now chained to the wall, earlier she was kicking them, and so now her legs were chained as well.
"Gaara is going to kick your ass once he finds you..." She growled, but the man only chuckled.
"Is that so?" He asked as he pulled out a katana that was on his belt. "I will make you cry for your little friend..."
She glared at him and attempted to use water, but the syringe from earlier drained her chakra.
She cursed under her breath just before she was pierced through the stomach by the man's katana.
She held in a pained scream, for she knew that was exactly what he wanted. He was displeased with this, so he retracted the weapon before piercing her again.
"Come one child! Scream for the Kazekage! Lead him to us!"
He wouldn't pierce her anywhere vital; only areas to cause her severe pain so she would scream enough to attract Gaara. Now only was the continuous stabbing enough torture, her heart was severely off beat and that nearly paralyzed her.
"I'm not going to cave." He said painfully behind her teeth.
The man frowned, but wouldn't be beaten. He was going to get a scream out of her if it killed him.
"Uh... Hiro, don't you think you're going a bit too far with this?" The blonde asked, only to receive a sharp glare.
"Shut up! You are weak and always have been! That's why I always have to do all of the work!"
He stabbed Charm again through her shoulder, and she continued to bite her tongue to reframe from screaming.
He became frustrated wither her behavior, so now he didn't care if he killed her or not. He began to stab her in random areas and she tried to fight back, but die to all the pain she couldn't even move.
She held her breath as he tortured her, but she just couldn't take it anymore. She wanted this to end more than anything.
"GAARA!" She cried out at the top of her lungs, and then suddenly, just before the blade could pierce her heart, it was stopped by sand.
She smiled with relief and her eyes began to flow with tears. She couldn't even see now, but she could hear the metal doors be blown down, and then after that, it sounded like a battle that wouldn't last long.
SunRai immediately created shadow clones when they busted in to distract the two men as Gaara ran across the room to break the chains, but was suddenly stopped by chains flying at him from all directions.
The sand automatically protected him, but it didn't do much help. The chains wrapped around his neck, arms, waist, and legs to keep him from moving. The sand only made the grip tighter so he dropped it with defeat.
SunRai's eyes widened at the sight, but when her clones tried to break the chains, they were electrocuted and disappeared.
"Damn it..." She growled under her breath before she ran across the room and began to heal Charm's wounds.
The man didn't mind. He was just pleased the he had Gaara in his grip.
"It's about time I caught you." He said with a smirk as he walked toward Gaara.
"What the hell do you want?" Gaara asked with an annoyed tone. Not that he would ever give this asshole what he wants; he only wanted to make sure he could do the opposite.
"What do I want? I want to make you a weapon again. I wish to make you my puppet."
"Your puppet?" Gaara asked to make sure he heard that correctly, and then glanced to the chains that restrained him. "I think you've already accomplished that much." He returned his glance to the male and added. "Although, a weapon is something I refuse to be. I've already suffered that position once and I'm not going through it again."
The male laughed before he grabbed Gaara's neck to force him to look at him. "Too bad you don't have a choice..."
"Hiro, what are you planning?" SunRai asked as she finished healing Charm.
"I 'm glad you asked my dear..." He began as he removed his grip from Gaara and turned to face her.
"You will be the most important source..."
"What are you talking about?" SunRai asked and began to back away slowly.
"You have the rare black chakra SunRai dear. I can't make him a weapon without it."
"I refuse to be a part of this." SunRai said, and then threw shuriken at him, but he dodged them.
The sand protected Gaara before the shuriken got to him, and then Hiro disappeared.
SunRai looked around the room for him, and then was suddenly put into a choke hold then electricity shot through her body causing her to fall to her knees in pain. She attempted to fight back, but he prevented her from the ability to make hand signs, or even move.
"You son of a bitch..." She hissed as he forced her to stand and shoved her into a machine shaped as a cylinder made of unbreakable glass.
"You really prepared yourself for this." Charm commented.
"This has taken me years put together! I thought about using that Naruto kid instead, but unfortunately the Kyuubi wouldn't get along with this too well." Hiro responded before he glanced to SunRai. "I do hope you're comfortable."
"I do hope you know your ass is mine when I get out of here." She said smartly with a glare.
He rolled his eyes before walking toward Gaara.
"As for you... I'm going to make this as painful as possible, for both you and your girlfriend."
Gaara's eyes narrowed, but he didn't want to waste time arguing. He only wanted to find way out of this. He couldn't make any hand signs or move his arms to control the sand, so that was out of question.
Just before he could think any longer, the two chains around his neck and waist pulled him back into an object similar to the one that held SunRai, but only the door was glass. The rest of it was metal with small holes.
He punched at glass door hoping to loosen it, only to get nearly choked by the chain around his neck.
Hiro laughed as he cracked his knuckles and walked to a paper seal that was stuck on SunRai's container.
"Now to begin the process..."
He released the seal and immediately large amounts of black chakra emitted out of SunRai and into the paper seal.
The pain was intense, but she was an S-ranked criminal. No matter what she goes through she refused to scream.
He held her breath and leaned against the glass to keep her balance while Charm and Gaara watched helplessly.
"We're screwed." Charm said nonchalantly to herself before she sighed.
"Charm! I almost forgot about you." Hiro began as he clapped his hands together and walked toward her. "You already suffered enough physical pain for the day, so I figured emotional would be a new way to go.
"How do you plan to do that? I'm already emotionally destroyed for being in nothing but a robe." She said annoyed.
"... There is nothing under that?" He asked curiously, but she didn't respond.
"Interesting... Anyway, I have my ways of destroying you."
He shot around to face his assistant and nodded his head.
The male nodded his head before pushing a simple red button before one kunai shot out of one of the holes in Gaara's trap and pierced him in his shoulder.
"Gaara!" She screamed in fear that he was in pain. Why didn't the sand protect him? It didn't make sense unless the man was actually stealing his chakra as well.
Gaara pulled the weapon out of his flesh and glared at him as he threw it to the floor.
Hiro looked at his assistant and nodded once more, and then two more kunai shot into him.
Charm watched with horror. She felt as if this hurt her more than it did him considering Gaara didn't hold a pained expression.
"Stop this! Just let him go and make me your weapon! Please don't hurt him!" Charm begged. She would be on her knees if possible.
"Charm..." Gaara began.
She glanced across the room to him and waited for him to continue.
"The last thing I'd want to see if for this guy to make you a tool. Don't try to provoke him."
"I'm sorry..." She whispered and looked down to the floor.
She slowly glanced to SunRai just as the chakra extraction ended. "Perfect timing..." Hiro said pleased as he removed the paper seal from her trap and walked across the room, placing it onto Gaara's.
Gaara's eyes narrowed as he waited for the worst to come.
Hiro smirked, staring Gaara in the eyes. "Welcome to the life of slavery..."
He released the seal once more, filling the container with the black chakra so think that Charm couldn't even see Gaara's figure.
Gaara clenched his teeth, feeling the burning pain begin. He felt as if his skin was being burned away by acid and he couldn't even breathe.
The glass began to crack, and then shattered into pieces allowing the darkness to fill the room.
Charm closed her eyes as tight as possible, not wanting to watch this any further. What was to come of her love? What if she could never see the Gaara she once knew again? He could become a whole new person for all she knew.
The sound of the condensed chakra almost seemed like a demonic scream, and then within seconds if all faded.
She opened her eyes, hoping to see Gaara completely fine and free, but what she saw was horrific and brought tears to her eyes.