A/N: I do not own the characters.

Kakashi stood in his room, calculating what he just saw. He decided to play it cool until he could get Sasuke alone. No point in dragging Gaara down into a fight.

Now that I know who is harming my child, I can finally get revenge. I can protect him like I should have in the first place..

Meanwhile, Kankuro stood outside of Gaara's room, he had heard yelling. He heard someone slapping his little brother, and he didn't like it one bit. He was never one to be protective, but he also never saw anyone as a threat to his little brother. He knocked on the door lightly, and the whispering stopped.

"Gaara, come on wake up." Sasuke whispered lightly into his ear. Gaara stirred slightly, rolling over so that his face was against Sasuke's chest. Sasuke smiled, and admired how innocent and cute Gaara looked.

Shukaku was laughing again. Gaara couldn't see him, but he could hear him clearly.

If you don't like being pushed around, then why do you tolerate it? Unless..you do like it. I bet you do, don't you? Your sick of being the aggressive one, the monster.

No, I don't like it..I never did like it..

Don't lie, Gaara. You like it. You love every second of it.

No..

Gaara woke up suddenly, bumping his head into Sasuke's head. He couldn't hear what was going on around him, his vision was blurred. It was as if he was watching everything from a distance. He held his head, trying to control the spinning room. He clutched his arm tightly until he drew blood, and didn't release. It wasn't until someone (Kakashi) threw him into a tub of cold water that he started to see clearly again.

"Sasuke, if you don't mind I would like to speak to my son." Kakashi's voice had a hard edge to it. Sasuke left the room, and sat on the couch next to a glaring Kankuro. He glared at Sasuke before looking away, thinking very violent thoughts.

"Panda-Chan, I'm worried.." Kakashi reached out and put a hand on Gaara's forehead, which was hot.

"There's no reason to worry. I'll be fine." Gaara let out a small cough, feeling weak.

"I mean with you and Sasuke." Gaara paused.

"He's a friend. Nothing more."

"That's a lie, Gaara."

"It's not a fucking lie!" Gaara got mad, for what reason he didn't even know.

"Don't swear at me. I'm trying to help you." Kakashi stayed calm.

"Whatever, I'll just leave." Gaara stood up, which was a mistake because he fell over almost instantly. Kakashi grabbed him from under his armpits. He sat him back down in bed, tears were flowing down Gaara's cheek.

"He hits me Chichi.." His voice sounded weak, and it cracked.

"I saw." Kakashi reached out and hugged him. "I promise he won't do it again, because if he does I will kill him."