Sands Of Time
Chapter1: Broken Heart Shattered Soul
13 years earlier
The day was bright and sunny and warm as a young pink haired girl skipped merrily to school. She was only about 8 years of age. Along the way she met up with her best friend who had blood red hair, jade eyes, and dark circles around them. "Gaara!" The girl screamed happily. Gaara kind of smirked seeing her. She happily ran to him and took his hand in hers, he slightly blushed as they both walked to school.
Just as they rounded the corner for school a tall man stepped out from an alley way. "Well hello there little girl, what's your name?" He smiled evilly. Gaara growled protectively over the pink haired girl. "I..I don't talk to strangers." She said shakily. The man only smirked as he grabbed the young girls hand while pushing Gaara away from her. The pink haired girl screamed, "No…Stop! Gaara help!" She cried. Gaara then saw red and he let his sand do the work. 'Shukaku kill him.' Gaara said to his demon. 'Gladly, no one touches our girl.' Shukaku growled. The demon then grabbed the man's leg as he ran with the young child. "What the?" He said looking at his leg. "Leave my girl alone or I will kill you." Gaara growled. "Back off kid she's mine." The man hissed. Gaara then narrowed his eyes and Shukaku encased the man but not before lightly taking the pink haired girl out of his hands and setting her to the side. She blushed as the sand demon brushed her cheek before going back to the man and killed him. Needless to say there was no mess because the sand disintegrated him.
Gaara then turned his attention to the trembling girl. "Sakura…Are you alright?" He asked. She gave no answer, she just ran and hugged him. This surprised him but her held her as she cried. "Sakura please don't cry, I am here to protect you." He said making her look at him. "You promise?" She sniffed. "You're my girl and someday Sakura I will make you my wife." He smiled. Sakura blushed and kissed Gaara on the cheek. "Then I will wait until that day, but Sabaku no Gaara you better keep that promise." She smiled. "I promise my little cherry blossom." He said. Gaara then grabbed her hand and they continued walking to school.
During school Gaara watched Sakura play with all her friends. He just sat up against a wall talking to Shukaku. 'I'm happy for you kid. One day you will make her our mate.' Shukaku laughed. 'Our mate? You mean my mate.' Gaara said. 'Listen kid I am you, we are one, so in turn she is our mate. Plus you'll need me.' He said before returning to the far reaches of his mind.
After recess they all went back into the classroom to do more book work. About an hour later a couple of patrol ninja came into the classroom. They leaned down and whispered something to the teacher whose eyes went wide. He then nodded his head, "Sabaku no Gaara, Please come up here." The teacher called to him. So he got up and walked to the front without a word. Sakura watched him intently. "Gaara these patrol ninja would like to speak to you outside." The teacher said. Gaara walked out of the classroom with the teacher and patrol ninja. Sakura along with the class got up to see what was up. Sakura couldn't hear what they were saying but all of a sudden Gaara's eyes went wide with anger and his sand began to swirl. She then saw the men trying to grab him. Sakura screamed as she opened the door and ran to him. Sakura ran to Gaara and wrapped her arms around him. "Please just leave him alone!" Sakura cried. "Sakura get away from him, he might hurt you!" The teacher said. "No! He would never hurt me, he loves me." She yelled. By now Gaara was only seeing red and hadn't realized Sakura was hugging him. He thought it was one of those patrol ninja, so he made his sand throw whoever it was off of him. "Ahhh…Uh…" Sakura cried, as she was thrown into lockers. Everyone gasped and looked at Gaara. Most of the kids ran in fear of him.
Gaara finally calmed down enough to see who he had thrown. When he looked he saw it was Sakura who he had hurt. 'No…I…I hurt her after I promised I would protect her.' He thought. Gaara felt so bad that he left with the patrol ninja without a word. After that day Sakura fell into a deep depression. And every day she looked into the sky hoping one day Gaara would return to her and fulfill his promise.