Monsters and Demons.

His eyes blinked as they opened, and he wished he could crawl into a ball and disappear at the thunderous look on his father's face, his arms crossed across his body. Glancing around, he frowned at the feeling of sand beneath his fingers. Sand and gold dust.

'She's still alive.'

He turned, feeling slightly safer knowing that Yashamaru was in the room. He turned as Yashamaru turned around, arms carrying someone. His stomach lurched at the sight. Only the dark black hair was recognisable.

'Kari?'

His eyes were wide, he looked at the body in Yashamaru's hands. Her leg was bent at a strange angle and red blood was tricking from the cuts across her her skin and shards of glass seemed to gleam from places where glass shouldn't have been and her wrist… His stomach lurched at the sight of what looked like bone fragments puncturing through Kari's wrist.

He couldn't have done that, could he? He couldn't have hurt Kari.

He wants to follow Yashamaru when an arm is placed on his shoulder. His father's cold eyes glaring at him.

'Haven't you done enough, Gaara?'

Haneko Kozen paced back and forth across the room, beyond furious as he waited in the waiting room. He was angry at his hysterical wife, who knew that Kari had met the monster. He was furious at the monster for having hurt his daughter and he was beyond reason at the thought of such a dangerous thing being allowed to roam around the village freely. It was negligence. He was going to talk to his lawyers about this.

Kozen's stomach lurched at the memory of Kari's wrist, bone fragments sticking out in all different directions. They weren't even sure if they could save her wrist or hand with the damage that had occurred.

He was going to pull out of this city. This venture had been stupid and if his daughter was so badly injured… he'd pull out, Suna's economy be damned he didn't care. They were the ones who'd wanted him to come in to stimulate their economy.

'Haneko-sama.'

He turned at the voice and his eyes were met with a young blonde man with a small apologetic look on his face. He stared blankly, he looked different. His chest tensed at the look. God, they hadn't been able to save her hand… maybe she hadn't even made it, what if-.

'Are you Kari's doctor?'

'No… I am on standby… I am currently here to just… offer my apologies.'

He stared blankly, unable to understand before he caught sight of the red hair from behind, around the corner of the room.

'You… are you… you're that thing's caretaker, aren't you?'

He hissed as he grabbed the front of the man's shirt. Kozen turned to the red head boy as he roars, monster be damned.

'You keep away from my daughter you monster, don't you dare come near her ever again! Do you hear me! Why don't you just die, you heartless demon!'

The demon's eerie teal eyes widened and the man infront of him somehow managed to escape his grasp as he hurriedly moved the red-haired monster away from the scene. Kozen turned and punched the wall. He didn't feel any better.

He's frightened, as he stood around the corner in the hospital. It was his fault that she'd been hurt. He shouldn't have closed his eyes, he shouldn't have fallen asleep.

Kari's father's eyes landed on him and he shivered from the hate and anger in his eyes. He cringed and his fingers dug into the wall when Kari's father began his tirade, while Yashamaru held Kari's father back.

'You heartless demon! Stay away from my daughter!'

Something in his stomach drops at the words.

Kari's eyes fluttered open as she moaned. White curtains fluttered in the breeze as her vision spiralled.

'Kari?'

'Tou-chan'

She whimpered as she moved, trying to identify where her father was.

'Kari, don't move, it'll be ok. Hold on I'm going to get the nurse.

Kari barely comprehended her surroundings before she slipped back to sleep. But not before noting the teddy bear by the side of her bed.

'Gaara-kun.'

She didn't see the way her father stiffened.