GACK. So. Much. Blood. Violence. And. Gore. AAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIII!! -charges in murderous intent to get the blood-

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Previously, on Dying:

"L...LEE! G-GET OUT!!" Gaara cried out, teeth becoming deadly fangs. A knock on the door caused Lee to hesitantly leave the room, as he saw Temari at the door followed by Kankurou.

"Where is he!?" Temari asked, frantic.

"I'm sorry! Gaa-chan isn't here right now. But I'll be more than HAPPY to leave a message before I kill you all!!" A deadly voice snarled, the three turning to see Gaara, a tail formed from behind him entirely of sand, half his face covered in it and the specific eye completely black with gold irises. His arm was entirely made of sand at that point, as the thing that had taken over the small petite boy chuckled darkly.

"W-what are you!?" Lee asked, Gai now looking into the room, his eyes wide at the sight.

"Lee! What the hell!?" Gai asked, sprinting over to the three children.

"Oh dear, Lee, you don't remember? I am the thing that took over Gaara in the gym yesterday. I... " He paused, grinning psychotically. The sand inched its way dangerously towards them, the four backing up. " AM SHUKAKU!!"

Back to the story:

"W-what do you mean...? I th-thought that y-you were just an Artificial Intelligence!" Kankurou shouted, falling on his butt from tripping over the door frame that lead outside the house.

"Ah, well, that's where its power stealing abilities came in. It was able to tap into my internal power, therefore awakening me and transferring me into Gaa-chan's subconscious. And, now that I have control, I'll savor it happily for the first time in a thousand years! " Shukaku hissed, grinning evilly.

"W-what's happened to Gaara...?" Lee asked, worried for his lover.

"Well, he's all nice and safe tucked into his subconscious! He doesn't know what's happening, and I'd like to keep it that way! " The massive tanuki demon-possessed male hissed, the smirk and evil cackle ceasing to go away.

"...RUN!!" Temari shouted, quickly sprinting out of the door, the other three following suit, Gai wisely not speaking since he'd gotten into this mess.

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Naruto was sleeping soundly in his bed until he felt a small tugging sensation at his brain. He twitched at this feeling, grasping his head.

I'm taking control now. Just be a good little boy and stay where you are. And this is for an important reason. Kyuubi snarled, pure red energy seeping from under his skin.

What are you doing!? What the hell is this energy!? Naruto asked, bewildered.

That, my kit, is called Chakra. You used to have it a thousand years ago. But don't ask questions. I have to do something. Naruto cried out as he writhed around, the chakra surging out and smashing nearby objects. Arashi ran into the room; he saw the room glowing red, tails surging out from the back of a chakra shell surrounding Naruto. Tears stung his eyes as he then realized one misplaced fact.

His eyes were red.

"That's the same energy..." Arashi mumbled, eyes wide and tears running down his face from the density and demonic power of the chakra.

"As you had seen previously, Arashi-san? Well, it was because I was able to link myself to the world once more by means of the useless Artificial Intelligence that you had placed in this ridiculous reincarnation of my past container. " The demon-controlled male hissed, elbowing Arashi into the air and then kicking him to the floor. As the police officer landed on the ground, he coughed violently, blood splattering on the clean carpet.

"Now, if you don't mind, I have a tanuki to cut down to size." Kyuubi snarled, feeling Shukaku already raging above the surface.

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"AIEEEEE!!" Sakura screamed as she, along with many others at the centre of Konoha (a city in Japan located close to Tokyo), ran from the devistating sight and events that faced them. Fires raged and people collapsed, drenched in blood as the Shukaku Of The Sand raged wildly for the first time in thousands of years.

"FINALLY! After so long, I'M FREE TO KILL!!" Shukaku snarled in glee, climbing a skyscraper, plunging his arm inside and grabbing the throat of a female girl who screamed bloody murder. One that went by the name of TenTen. Neji screamed out her name as she was taken from him, the two having parents working in the building. Lee watched warily as the police brought in a tank and armed soilders, firing at the "monster" that scaled the building. Sand immediately filled the avenue, destroying all weaponry and means to take him down.

"Don't you filthy, puny bastards understand? I. AM. THE. MOST. POWERFUL. Not you. Not your stupid goddamned military. ME. Because I am... SHUKAKU OF THE SAND!" He chucked TenTen at them, Lee being quick to jump under her and act as a shield. He coughed as TenTen took her time recovering from the shock. She slowly got up, trying to catch her breath. She turned to Lee, her eyes wide with shock.

"Is that... Gaara...?" She asked breathily, shaking in fear and shock.

"Yeah," he replied bluntly, not being able to say anything more than that. At that moment, Hiashi Hyuuga and Hinata Hyuuga, the owner of an important business company and the heiress, came rushing up to them.

"I came as soon as I heard, Lee." Hinata said, concerned for him. The military was bringing in another tank, the survivors of the sand firing their first line of ammunition at them. Seven out of the twenty shots hit. Shukaku shrieked in anger as the sand lashed out at them, burying them alive and squishing them; their agonizing screams barely making their way through the roaring sand. At that point, Shukaku was thrown off of his perch and onto another business building.

"Goddammit Shukaku, already you're causing trouble!? I'll fucking kick your ass!!" Kyuubi snarled, making himself shown. Three tails were shown as he snarled angrily, launching himself at the massive sand demon.

"NARUTO-KUN!!" Hinata shouted as she helped Tenten to her feet. Kyuubi ignored the cry as he smacked Shukaku straight across the face, sending him through one side of the building and out the other side. The building was the head of police. And who else would be there and witness the craziness but Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi (He's a secret police X3), and Arashi?

"HOLY SHI-!" Kakashi yelled as he was pushed out of the way of the demon that was flying past them by Arashi. Then, a snarling Kyuubi made his way past him, the four just watching. And in the background, Matsuda was wondering why the hell L had sent him to check up with the police in Konoha. (But we're not going to get into a cross-over now. I'm only including Matsuda in this chapter because he's so innocent. X3)

"I don't think L mentioned anything about flying demons..." Matsuda said, scratching his head and wisely choosing to stay in the safety of his building.

"Well, we just found that out!!" Kakashi shot back crossly. At that moment, Shukaku pinned Kyuubi to the wall and punched him straight through the supports. That single "fly-through-the-wall-because-of-a-punch" was enough to send the building to shambles.

"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GET UP AND JUMP!!" Jiraiya ordered Matsuda, who looked wearily outside the wobbly building.

"But... We're on the tenth floor." Matsuda pointed out. He then sucked up his breath and jumped out of the building. "I'M NEVER DOING THIS AGAIIIIIIIIIIN!!" were the words that were heard before they plunged straight into the large mass of sand. He quickly scurried out and tried to get the sand out of his pants.

"And I was actually considering to take a vacation here..." Matsuda said before the writer decided to get back to the main plot. Also, before rapidly running with her jump drive with this story in hand since the Matsuda fangirls were coming to kill her.

Kyuubi socked Shukaku in the gut as he plunged into the cement, causing a large hole to occur. Shukaku, pissed off at this point, threw Kyuubi off and transformed more. His entire upper body, minus his legs only, was a shell of the Shukaku. Kyuubi, seeing this, transformed Naruto into a mini Kyuubi, blood covering every part of his body. A fourth tail made its way out of him, joining the other three tails boldly.

He starled angrily, charging at Shukaku and stabbing him in the gut with one of his claws. Gushes of blood shot from his mouth as the sand was stained when they entered a large fight of claws and fangs. An insanely desparate cry ripped from Shukaku's throat, the sand demon grabbing Kyuubi's arm and flinging him five skyscrapers away and the height of one away from him.

Kyuubi skidded to a stop, hissing insanely as he bared his bloody fangs. His pure white eyes shined intently, narrowing as he galloped up the side of a building and jumped off, aiming a powerful blast of energy at Shukaku. The sand had managed to rise, but Shukaku was in the end shot. A hole formed through his chest; he gasped air as he dropped to his knees. As Kyuubi neared him, the wound started to heal as Shukaku and Kyuubi entered a minor fist fight. Eventually, Kyuubi used another blast to throw Shukaku off of him. Skin was grazed off of his body as he fell to the side, shaking. His lungs had finished regenerating as well as most of his vital organs, but still visible around his still regenerating ribcage and spine, the Demon of the Sand keeping his spinal connection together with a constant flow of indestructable chakra.

One breath was all it took. He took in a gaping breath, his bones pertruding from him since the hole of the skin was still being healed, and pressed down roughly on his bloodied lungs. The blast, so concentrated with chakra residue, hit Kyuubi full on. He was shot against a large building, into the air as the sand threw him down; another large crater like the one Shukaku had created forming. As the smoke cleared, Shukaku and Kyuubi were absent. All that were visible were the torn bodies of two boys, a gaping hole in one and barely any skin on the other.

It was one of the sights that no one would want to remember.

"GAARA!!!" Lee shouted, trying to run up to him when a cop had caught him around the waist, saying,

"Son, we can't let you past this li-" Lee didn't acknowledge him as he flipped him to the rough cement, bending under the line and running up to Gaara. He lifted part of his body off the jagged crater floor, blood spread everywhere. The redhead's breathing was shallow and soft, the hole in his torso still not repaired. The bones of his ribcage and spine shone with blood in the light of the full moon, blood tainting the child. He kissed Gaara's forehead as he let him down, wiping his mouth for any blood as he scurried out of the crater. He then slid down to Naruto, who was not any better than Gaara.

His hair was stained with blood, and he was missing most skin besides the few patches that scattered around the layer of blood. He cringed as the blood soaked his pajamas. At that moment, however, chakra surrounded him and started mending the wounds.

As soon as there was more skin present, medics scurried down past him, a police officer dragging him back to the surface as he howled out in sadness, shouting, "NO!! DON'T! PLEASE!! THEY'RE MY FRIENDS!! LET ME GO!!" He struggled and resisted the hold of the officer, but he was stronger than he was. Then, another pair of arms surrounded him as he opened his eyes and looked up, vision blurry with tears. Gai was standing above him, sadness in his eye. Lee began to sob pathetically as Gaara and Naruto were taken to a nearby hospital.

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Long, strenuous hours of surgery were never the most fun for Gaara. Which was the main reason why he sat in his own unconscious mind, looking through memories of past events. Shukaku sighed dolefully as he glared daggers at the boy, who was unaffected. Shukaku had finally taken a shape, just as Kyuubi had done for Naruto: a tanuki for Shukaku and a fox for Kyuubi. And it was therefore apparant that he had not lied to him. That neither his father nor Shukaku himself had lied.

Gaara sat currently in thought, in this barren area known as Shukaku's domain. Sand was everywhere, the sky lit with stars. "Alright, so I know I'm not awake. But I know I'm in extreme pain." Gaara concluded, after touching several parts of his body, such as chest, cheek and arm, to see that he was, in fact, bruised and battered. Shukaku had warned him not to do any funny stuff, so don't get any ideas, fangirls. At that moment, light and voices began to leak through his unconsciousness...

"Ga...Ga...w..a...Gaa...!...Gaa...Wak...U...Alrea...Gaara! Gaara, wake up already!" His eyes opened slowly as the voices became more and more clear to him. This only lasted a few seconds as he was attacked by a hug. Scratch that, murdered practically by hugs. A hug from Temari, Kankurou, and Lee.

"This...was weird." Gaara muttered, rubbing his head. Naruto immediately awoke with a start, shaking his head as he looked around.

"Woah, who turned on the flashlights?" And Gaara laughed as Naruto was also murdered by hugs, who also gave him a pleading glance which spoke "PLEASE HELP ME DAMMIT!".

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After a few weeks, both Gaara and Naruto were out of the hospital. Everything was explained and bygones were left as bygones. People went about their everyday business as the band of teens - Gaara, Lee, Hinata, and Naruto - made their way through school. They were surprisingly accepted easily enough and Gaara inherited the Sabaku fortune and became head of his fathers business.

Temari and Kankurou graduated; Temari married Shikamaru and both became famous artists.

Kankurou went to jail several times, but he turned out okay. He had achieved a degree in architecture and art, a plus for him!

Hinata and Naruto married as well, and had three kids. Eventually they moved to America where Naruto opened a successful ramen business.

Lee and Gaara both stayed together as a couple and spoke -and wrote- to the Uzumaki couple frequently. Lee was a teacher and Gaara worked often, but both always made time for each other.

And the demons didn't bother.

...

Much.

"GODDAMMIT SHUKAKU, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO OUR HOUSE?! THAT'S THE FIFTH TIME THIS MONTH!"


I'm. So. Sorry.

I killed the rest of my plot because I couldn't bear this to be alive. Especially in the neglected way it was.

So I had to finish it.

Hopefully one day I can finish this how I intended.... u___u