"Huh. It really actually does take me three days to get here," Kai wondered aloud. She shaded her eyes from the sun while looking up at the Sand Village's Gate.

She has finally made it to the Hidden Sand Village. Her travel was quite uneventful. Which she was glad for. She has been encountering so many rogue ninjas during her missions that she was actually happy on finally getting some peace and quiet. No ninja's to fight. No reason for trying to kill her. Just a peaceful three-day travel.

"You there. Identify yourself," said one of the guards, walking up to her.

She took a slip out and showed it to him, "I'm Kai Namikaze. I'm the ninja that the Third Hokage has sent for the Alliance."

She mentally sent a thank you to the silver-haired Jounin. If he hadn't had sent Pakkun to deliver her passport to her when she had left the Village, she would probably have gotten taken in into their T&I. Sweatdrop, she remembered the ninja dog's message that Kakashi had given him.

~Flashback~

It has already been a day and a half since she has left the Leaf Village. She had decided to stop and rest at a Dango Shop. Sipping her tea while she waited for her food, she looked up at the sky. It was a clear day with no clouds in sight. She sighs, "Sure is peaceful."

"Yeah, you said it."

Turning to look at the voice, she looked down just to see Pakkun. He was looking at her with dull eyes. She smiled, "Hey Pakkun. What are you doing here?" He jumped to sit next to her on the bench and handed her a slip, "You forgot your passport. So Kakashi had me deliver it to you." She took it from him, "Tell him I said thanks. I can't believe I almost gone without it."

He nodded, "He also wanted me to give you a message."

Curious, she asked, "What's the message?"

"When you come back from your month mission at the Sand Village, he's going to give you a punishment for not telling him of your leaving."

She sweatdrop, "But I never tell him when I leave for my missions. What makes this any different?"

He shrugs, "You tell me. Anyways, since I'm done here I'm going to get going now."

She nodded, "Alright. See you Pakkun."

"See ya, kid."

With that, he poofed away. Leaving her alone once again while she still waited for her food.

~End of Flashback~

'I wonder why he wanted to know about my leaving this time?' she wondered. When she couldn't think of a reason why she shrugs and focuses on her current situation.

The guard was surprised when her name was mention. Grabbing her passport to make sure that she was the real deal, his eyes widen, "You really are Kai Namikaze. The Fourth Hokage's son, who is also known as The Yellow Flash Prodigy."

She frowned, "Uh… Prodigy?"

Before he could say anything else, a voice interrupted, "I'm glad to see that you have made it Lord Namikaze." The guard gave her passport back and quickly moved so the person was confronting her. He walked up to her with a hand out, "My name is Baki. Lord Kazekage has sent for me to get you." She shook it, "I'm guessing you are my guide." Letting go, he turns to the Village, eyes still on her, "For now. Yes. But he will have someone else to show you around the Village with your stay." With a nod, she silently followed.

As they walked through the village, Kai noticed how some of the villagers would look and stare. Some of the girls would whisper to one another, a blush on their face, and giggles. The boys tend to send her glares which she doesn't know why since she didn't really do anything. She scratched her cheek, 'It's probably because I'm a Leaf Ninja. They're probably just wary.'

It didn't take them long until they finally made it to their destination. They stopped in front of a door. Knocking, they waited.

"You may enter."

They entered the office. Kai walked to stand in the middle of the room as Baki closed the door behind them. The Kazekage stood up from his desk to stand in front of her. With a hand out, he smiled, "Kai Namikaze. It's a pleasure to finally meet you."

She shook it with a nod, "As am I, Lord Kazekage."

Dropping their hands, he gestures for her to follow him. Silent, she did. They had walked up to the window in his office. The scenery was just as breathtaking as in the Leaf. You could see almost every building. The villagers walking and running about. She smiles, "Though this Village may be different from the Leaf's, it is just as beautiful."

He smiled, "Thank you. But I didn't want you to see the scenery."

She frowns, turning to look at him, "What do you mean?"

Pointing at something just down below them, he answers, "I merely wish to warn you about my son, Gaara."

She turns to look at where he was pointing and saw a small red-haired boy. He was glaring at mostly everyone who was in his sight. The Villagers cowered and backing away in fear. Not one going anywhere near him. Her eyes soften, "He's a Jinchuuriki. Isn't he?"

Rasa's eyes widen, "How did you know?"

"Because he has the same as eyes."

Night has quickly fallen. Mostly all of the Villagers have gone in their homes to turn in for the night. Some were still out and about.

Walking in the middle of a secluded area was a none other than Gaara. The day was uneventful as usual for him. Others cowering and fearing away from him. It wasn't any different. They were all the same. They were all still afraid of him.

He clenched his hands and glared up at the night sky. The days and nights were always the same. The villagers were always the same. He wanted nothing more than to get rid of them all. But he couldn't do that. Not with his father watching.

Just then, someone had stumbled in front of him. Looking at them, he saw that it was one of their fellow Jounin ninja's. Pain instantly struck his head, his mind. Clutching at it, he groans as the voice his 'supposed' mother telling him to kill the man. To give it his blood. When the pain subsided, he dropped his hand and looked straight at his victim. His next prey.

It seems the Jounin finally had noticed him when he suddenly felt an intense killing aura in the air. The man looked at him, fear quickly showing itself in his eyes. He quickly took a kunai out, ready to battle for his life. But he wasn't able to fight back at all.

With a hand out, Gaara had quickly manipulated the sand to wrap around the Jounin. Catching the older unguarded. He squirmed around and shouted in desperation to let him go. Pleading let him live. But the redhead didn't listen as he slowly closed his hand. Before he could kill his prey, the man was instantly out of his sand coffin. His eyes widen and quickly looked around for him.

"I think that's enough Gaara. You don't need to kill him."

Looking up at the voice, he saw that it was Kai who has saved his prey. She let the man go when he was able to stand up on his feet. He thanked her, "Thank you so much, Lord Namikaze." He kept bowing to her, but she waved a hand dismissively at him, "It's fine. Now if you don't want to get killed, leave." Nodding at her words, he quickly left.

She turned her head to focus back on Gaara, but sand was the first thing she saw. Body flickering herself away from it, she was now on ground level with the boy. His eyes narrowed at her, "Why did you save him?" She shrugged, "Who knows. It's probably because I'm trying to become the Sand's Village Ally."

Not satisfied with her answer, he brought both of his hands up to try and capture her within his sand. But she was too fast for it. Whenever it got close to her, she would flicker away. Annoyed, he dropped his hands and turned around, "You're not worth my time."

She chuckles, "Ouch. That hurts."

He was about to walk away from her until she appears right behind him. His eyes widen in fear, thinking that she was going to kill him. With a sweep of his arm, the sand quickly tried to hit her. But she was gone. His heart beat rapidly, 'Why didn't my sand protect me?'

He then felt a hand on his shoulder, "It's alright Gaara. I'm not here to hurt you." With another sweep of his arm, this time, his sand got her. Her arms were brought up to cover her face from the attack. She skidded a bit across the ground, but still at arm's length.

Slowly bringing her arms down, she smiles, "I promise you. I'm not here to hurt you at all."

He glared at her, "Liar." Showing that she wasn't lying, she brought her arms out with no weapons in hand.

Before he could ask her for her reason, a voice interrupted them, "Lord Namikaze! So this is where you were." They turned to look at the voice. It was a girl with four pigtails. A boy who is a year younger than the girl was running beside her.

When they reached them, the girl, Temari, smiled up at her, "Come on Lord Namikaze! Father said you'll be staying with us in our guest room for the month that you'll be here." The boy, Kankuro, ran up to her, "Yeah! While we're there, I'll show you all of my puppet collection!"

"What? No way! Lord Namikaze will want to hang with me!"

"Yeah right! Why would he want to hang with you? You're a girl!"

"What does me being a girl have anything to do with it?!"

Kai sweatdropped at the two's banter, "Alright you two. Enough." They quieted down at her words. Temari gasped when she noticed the sunset blonde's arms, "You're hurt!" Looking at her arms, Kai saw that her arms were indeed wounded. There were some small and deep scratches that were bleeding, but other than that, she was perfectly fine. She smiled, "It's fine, it's just a scratch."

Kankuro's attention then went to Gaara. He jumped a bit, "Whoa! How long have you been there Gaara?" The redhead narrowed his eyes at his older brother. Walking to stand next to him, Kai wrapped an arm around his shoulder, "He's been here with me the whole time."

All three of the siblings' eyes widen. The two older's were in shock at how comfortable she had just wrapped around their dangerous little brother. While Gaara was shocked that she was even touching him. No one has ever touched him. At least, not in a long time.

Blinking, Kai tilt her head at their expression, "What's wrong?"

The two shook their head, "It's nothing really. It's just…"

She raised an eyebrow, "Just?"

"You're touching me."

Her gaze fell on the boy in her arms. His eyes held uncertainty and questions as he stares up at her. She softly smiles, "Sorry if I made you uncomfortable." She was about to remove her arms away from him until he quickly shouted, "No!" The two siblings looked at him in shock while Kai smiled when a small blush appeared on his face. Embarrassed that he had shouted that out loud.

Chuckling, she hugged him tighter to her, "Alright. I won't let you go then." His eyes narrowed, still in embarrassment, "Let go." She thought about it before saying, "Nah. Never." With that, Kai started to follow them to their home with her arms still around the small redhead, who has given up on trying to get out of her arms. When he saw that she had no ill intention on killing him, he slowly relaxed. But what confused him the most was that not once did Shukaku bothered him to kill her. He was actually… quiet.

The night has been quite fun for the two older siblings. When they had arrived back at home, Temari had tended to Kai's arms. Then after that, both Temari and Kankuro had decided to hang together with her. Taking turns to hang with her for a day. As for Gaara, he was about to retreat back into his room but was stopped by the Jounin. Kai had insisted that he joined them since it'll be more fun. He wasn't able to protest against her, however. There was just something about her that he couldn't figure out. She was the one person who has never cowered or fear from him. She had confronted him and spoke to him like any others. She didn't treat him differently even after when he had hurt her. He didn't know the reason why, but he does know that he didn't want to stay away from her.

Staring up at the night sky on top of the roof, Kai took a deep breath of the chilly night air before exhaling. She smiles, "You know. You don't have to hide, Gaara. I did promise you that I wouldn't hurt you." Footsteps were heard as it stopped beside her. She looked down at him from her peripheral vision. He had sat down next to her and was staring at the stars. She turned her attention back to the glimmering sky.

It was silent between the two. Until Gaara's curiosity broke the silence, "Why aren't you scared of me?" Thinking about his question, she hummed, "Maybe it's because… You and my little brother are a lot alike." He turned his attention to her, "Alike?"

She nodded, "Yeah. It's because the both of you are Jinchuuriki."

His eyes widen, "He's… a Jinchuuriki too?"

"Yup. The both of you have the same eyes. The same type of loneliness and anger that you have towards the villagers."

He narrowed his eyes, downcast at the village before him, "But he has you." She sighs and sadly smiles, "He does… But I'm barely there when he needs me the most. My missions keep me so busy and so far away from him, that I made him felt as if I didn't want him. That I didn't need him anymore." He looked at her as she continues, "Which isn't true, you see. I love him very much. He is the only thing that ever brightens up my day ever since my parents passing. So to come home and see him greet me a 'Welcome Home'... it makes me happy."

"Then we can't be the same. He has you who will greet him back from when he comes back from a mission. Me… I have no one," he softly said. Before he knows it, he was flicked on the forehead. He put a hand on it while glaring at the older girl, "What's that for?"

"For you to stop thinking like that."

He frowns at her words. Seeing him not understanding, she clarified, "You aren't alone Gaara." He turned his head away from her, "I'm always alone and will always be alone. It's the only thing that will keep me strong. The anger that I have towards everyone will make me become even stronger."

She sighs at how similar he and Sasuke were. "But hate could also be your downfall. It may make you stronger, but it will also weaken you," she said, putting a hand on his head. Gaara didn't bother to remove it. He saw no danger in her act of affection. If his sand saw that it was a threat, it would've protected him by now. He thought about her words. Though they were true, he couldn't get rid of his anger towards them that easily.

Seeing how late it was getting, she stood up and held a hand out to him, "Come on. It's getting pretty late. We should get to bed." He stared at her hand before looking up at her, "You go. I don't need to."

"Is it because of Shukaku?"

He nodded, silently answering her question. With a sigh, she scratches her head, "Well I don't know about you. But I don't feel comfortable with you being up here by yourself so…" Before she could finish her sentence, she quickly had the redhead on her shoulders. "I'm going to take you to your room," she announced happily.

As she walked back into the house and down the hall towards his room, Gaara was stunned at what just happened. First, they were looking at the stars, the next they were talking, and now he was being carried like a sack of potatoes. When they arrived at his bedroom door, Kai gently set him down and smiled at him, ruffling his hair, "I'll see you in the morning, Gaara! Have a nice night since Shukaku won't let you sleep."

With that, she walked down the hall and entered her room. Which were three doors down from his. He blinked once, then twice. Sighing, he turns to enter into his room and grumbles, "What a weird guy."

~Morning~

"Kankuro! Go and wake Kai up. Breakfast is almost ready," said Temari, finishing up the last dish. He yawns from the living room, stretching, "Alright!" Scratching his head, he started walking towards her room. When he got there, he opened the door without knocking, "Kai! You up? Breakfast is rea...dy…" he slowly trailed off. There, in front of him, was a really cute girl with long low-back sunset hair and bright blue eyes. She was wearing one of Kai's shirts with no pants on other than her underwear.

When his brain finally functioned that the girl was in their guest room, with the guest nowhere to be seen, he screamed. Footsteps were heard as they quickly rushed to the room. Temari had run all the way from the kitchen with a spatula in hand while Gaara had taken his time to get there since he was still in his room.

"Kankuro! What's wrong? Are you hurt?!" Temari shouted, looking down at her brother, who was sitting on the ground pointing at something in front of him.

He stuttered, "T… There's a…"

Not understanding what he was trying to say, she hit him on the head with the utensil, "Just say it out already!"

"There's a girl in Kai's room!"

Looking up from their brother, they saw that there really is a girl in the room. A sunset beauty was standing there in the middle of the room. Their guest nowhere to be found. Bringing her utensil up, Temari questioned the girl, "Who are you? And where's Kai?"

The girl brought her hands up with a nervous smile, "Um… I am Kai…"

Her answer stunned the three siblings. They looked at her with widened eyes, "How can you be him? Kai's a guy!" Kankuro shouted, pointing at her. She sweatdrop, "Mind if I get dressed up first before you guys start to question me? Cuz I don't feel comfortable being asked half-naked." They looked down and saw what she meant.

Hitting her brothers on the head, Temari shouted, "No looking!" They quickly turned around, blushes on their cheeks, and quietly waited. The sister didn't take her eyes off of the sunset haired while she finished dressing. She didn't want the girl to escape in case she was their enemy.

Finally putting on her pants and vest, she ruffles her hair and tied it into its low ponytail. Wearing her ninja headband right after. Once she was done, Temari had a shocked face while the two brothers were still looking away. Chuckling, Kai rubs the back of her head, "Alright. I'm done."

The two turn back around to see Kai Namikaze was the sunset beauty that they had just seen earlier. They were in shock just as much as their sister. Kankuro shakily brought a hand up, "Kai… You're a… girl?" She apologetically smiled, "Yeah."

The siblings were quiet until Temari squealed. Kai and the brothers jumped at her sudden excitement. "Uh… Temari?" Kai slowly asked, wondering if the girl was alright. She was suddenly hugged by the girl. "This is so awesome! I'm finally not the only girl!" Temari shouted. Kankuro sighs at his sister's excitement while Gaara merely stood quietly with his arms crossed. Chuckling, the sunset blonde put her hand on the girl's head as she looks at them, "You guys aren't mad?"

"That you're a girl and not a boy? A little but…" Kankuro started, blushing a bit, "You're not so bad as a girl either." He was rubbing his neck, looking away from her. She chuckled, "Glad to know you're both okay with it," then turns to the redhead, "What about you?"

Gaara looked at her. Turquoise meeting ocean blue. A small blush made its way to his cheek. Disconnecting his gaze from hers, he mumbles, "I don't care." She chuckles, happy that the three siblings aren't looking at her any different.

Two weeks have passed since her stay in the Sand Village. So far none of the villagers have any problems with her stay. Reason? It was because somehow, someway, her presence has kept Gaara, the Sand Village's Jinchuuriki, at bay. Not once, in the past two weeks, has he ever killed anyone during her stay. Another reason was probably that he has been following her like a lost puppy. Even though he would always deny.

It was another bright, hot, and sunny day in the Village. Kai had finished a request that the Kazekage has asked for around the village. Apparently, some of their ninjas have gone out of the village for other missions and they have been shorthanded. When he had mentioned this to her, she had agreed with no argument to help around the village. She still doesn't know her way around yet, so doing these small missions helped her a little.

Right now, she is walking through the middle of the street. Somehow, when she had finished her mission by helping a village woman with her groceries, she and Gaara had met up. They were now walking together, side by side, in the food market. There were so many exquisite foods that Kai has never seen before that she was buying at least one stick of each.

Though he may not show it on his face, Gaara was staring at her incredulously. She was almost trying out every food from every stand that they had passed so far. Taking a bite out from her Yakitori, she smiled and handed a stick to him, "Want to try?" He looked at it and then at her, "Not hungry." Not accepting his deny, she stuck it into his mouth.

He was surprised at first but then glares at her while chewing his stick of Yakitori slowly. She smiles, "You shouldn't starve yourself, Gaara. It's not healthy." Looking away from her, he didn't reply. Chuckling at his childish silent treatment, she ruffles his hair, "Come on. Let's go and eat. I bet you haven't eaten anything other than breakfast."

He looked at her, "You just ate."

She waves dismissively at him, "Those were snacks. So they don't count." He dully looks at her and didn't argue. Looking around, she debated on which restaurant that they should eat at. But since she wasn't a local there, she didn't know most of them. She looked down at the redhead, "Gaara, how about you choose. What do you want to eat?"

He was surprised at her question. No one has ever asked him on what he wanted to eat. It made him feel happy yet wary. Wary because no one has ever considered his feelings other than his deceased uncle. And now her. Debating on it, he looks around at the restaurants before them. There were a few that he wouldn't mind trying but then… when he saw the looks on the villagers face, his mind instantly changed.

He glares at the villagers around them, "I don't want any. You can have it by yourself."

Wondering why his mood suddenly changed, she looked around and saw the reason. All of the villagers were cowering and backing away in fear when their gazes fell upon the young Jinchuuriki. Before he could start walking away from her, she quickly grabs his hand. He looks up at her in question. With a finger to her mouth, she smiles, "Let's go somewhere else to eat."

Opening his mouth to tell her to leave him be, she instantly teleported them in front of his home. He mentally grumbled. He knew he couldn't get away from her even if he tried. Then again, it was his fault in the first place for wanting to be near her. Still having his hand in hers, Kai started pulling him into the house. He sighs and silently let her.

The two were in the kitchen. At first, they didn't know what to make since Gaara has never cooked before and Kai doesn't know what ingredients they have. Deciding to check around on what they had, she had decided on making cold Udon noodles. The redhead was about to leave the kitchen and leave her to do the cooking until he was stopped by a hand holding the back of his collar.

He turned his head to look at the culprit, eyes narrowed, "What?"

"You're not going anywhere, mister. You're helping me with the dish," Kai said with a smile. Knowing he couldn't get away, he silently walked back into the kitchen.

An hour and a half later they were finally done. Kai was drying her hands with a cloth when the older siblings walked in. Kankuro was sniffing the air, "Man, it smells so good in here!" Nodding, Temari agreed with him, "Yeah. What did you guys make?"

"Cold Udon Noodles. Since it's always so hot here during the daytime I thought this dish might be best to eat," Kai answered with a smile. "Well come on, let's eat."

They all seated themselves at the tables, their bowl of noodles in front of them, and start to take a bite. The two older siblings eyes widen. "This is good!" Kankuro shouted, taking more slurps of his noodles.

Temari nodded and looked at the sunset blonde, "Kai, did you make this?"

She chuckled, "Nope," then puts a hand on Gaara's head, who was trying to ignore them while eating, "Gaara did."

Feeling eyes on him, he looks up just to see the two stare at him with gaping mouths. He tried to hide his nervousness by glaring at them, "What? If you don't like it then you don't have to eat it."

Kai poked his cheek, "No glaring, Gaara." He simply ignored her.

"I-it's not that," Temari stuttered out. She then becomes a bit gloomy, "It's just that I can't believe my own little brother can actually cook better than me. And he's rarely in the kitchen!"

Kankuro smiled, "Your cooking is actually way better than Temari's!" He then smirks at their older sister, "Guess we have someone who is actually better than you at cooking."

She glared at him, "What you say?!"

"You heard me!"

The two started arguing with each other. Kai smiled down at the redhead, "You seem happy, Gaara." He lowered his head, a blush was evident on his face, "I don't know what you're talking about." Chuckling, she ruffles his hair.

A week passed by and Gaara was still following Kai like a lost puppy. They were walking together until they stopped at what looked like a small playground. Looking around, Kai could see many children running about. There were some that were chasing each other or playing with a ball. She smiled at the scene before turning to look at the redhead, "Have you ever got to play with anyone before?"

He bluntly said, "No," and started walking away.

Frowning, she turns to look at the kids once more before following the young Jinchuuriki. She fast walked until she was side by side with him, "May I ask why?" He stopped. Making her stop as well.

Glaring at her from his peripheral vision, he angrily answered, "I'm a monster that is feared by the everyone. What other reason is there?" and with that, he left by turning into sand.

She sighed, "Not everyone sees you as a monster, Gaara," then with a smile, she looks up at the sky where a hawk flew by, "Because something tells me that you'll be more important. You'll be seen more important than a monster."

Even though he had left her, she knew that he was still nearby and had heard her words. With a smile, she started walking again.

Night has fallen. It was quiet and serene for once. One that the villagers are glad for. For the past ten years, they have fallen in fear. Fear of the Jinchuuriki.

But ever since Kai has come into their village, it was as if the fear has disappeared. Well, it hasn't really disappeared. It was because of her presence being in the village for the past three weeks that the young Jinchuuriki hasn't killed anyone. Not ever since her first day there and the very same day that she had saved the victim's life. Until tonight.

Walking in the middle of the night, Kai took a deep breath of the cool night air. If she had to choose a favorite day throughout her stay here in the Sand Village. It would definitely have to be the night. The day is nice and all but it was sometimes so hot that just by taking one step out into the sun, she'll sometimes feel as if she has no energy. During the night, however, it was cool and she was able to see the stars if it wasn't a full moon.

Unfortunately for her, tonight was a full moon. Which means no stars gazing for her. Sighing, she was about to head back to the Kazekage Mansion to get some shut-eye. Until an ominous feeling or presence was felt through the air. Looking towards where the feeling was coming from, a flash memory of the Nine-Tails Fox flashed itself in front of her mind.

"It can't be the Nine-Tails. I'm not in the Leaf Village right now," Kai mumbled out loud. She quickly tried to think of what was causing this ominous aura. She gasped, "Gaara." Quickly doing a hand sign, she teleported herself to him. She had branded a seal on him on the second week of her stay there in the village. Of course, she only did it when she had earned his trust.

Teleporting herself to where he was, her eyes widen at her surroundings. The area was covered in blood and corpses. Corpses of both high-rank Sand Jounins and Chunins Shinobis. Hearing weapons being thrown in the air, she lifted her head just in time to see a huge sand arm protecting itself from one of the injured Jounins attempts on killing him.

When the creature lowered its arm down, Kai couldn't believe who she saw. "Gaara?" she softly whispered out. It was as if he had heard her voice. His eyes, which was covered by half of Shukaku's face, looked towards her. His eyes seem to have softened when they landed on her. Bringing the sand arm out towards her, Kai could see that he was trying to reach out to her.

She was about to take a step towards her until she was stopped by a Sand Anbu Ninja, "Don't Lord Namikaze! He'll kill you too if you go too close to him."

Hearing his words seems to have angered the young Jinchuuriki. The sand around the Anbu was quickly manipulated, trapping him in Gaara's sand coffin. Squirming around in his hold, the trapped ninja wasn't able to get out. His hand was slowly closing, tightening the sand.

"Gaara! Don't! There's no need to kill him!" Kai shouted to him. But he wasn't listening as the sand got tighter and tighter. The Anbu was now screaming in fear. Clenching her fist, she was about to run to him until she was stopped by a hand on her shoulder. She turned around, shaking the person's hand off, and was about to shout at them. But she stared in shock when she saw that it was the Fourth Kazekage himself.

"Fourth Kazekage?"

He looked down at her, "There's nothing you can do to stop Gaara's bloodlust. Once it's on a rampage, there's no stopping it. That is the true nature of a monster."

She narrowed her eyes at him, "You're wrong."

He raised an eyebrow at her response, "Why's that?"

"He may be a Jinchuuriki. He may be the host for Shukaku. But both you and I know that he isn't like that. Not with how the sand protects him."

She looks at him straight in the eyes, "It isn't Shukaku who is protecting him with the sand because we both know it could care less about Gaara." And with that, she left him to stand alone while running her way towards the young Jinchuuriki.

"Gaara!" Kai shouted, gaining his attention from the passed out Anbu that was still in his sand grasp. His eyes narrowed at her. "Don't come any closer to me!" he shouted, thrusting his arms out at her, sending waves of sands out towards her. Dodging them by using the body flicker, she quickly takes a marked kunai out. She was about to throw it near his feet but a huge body of sand was quickly in front and above of her.

"You're just like all of them! I won't let you! I will not cease to exist!" he shouted, thinking that she was using the kunai to end his life. He thrust his hands' palm down, the sands obeying, slamming itself down back onto the ground. He was expecting to hear a crack or at least a cry. But there was none. Narrowing his eyes, he knew in an instant that he hadn't had gotten her within his sand.

He then felt a hand on his shoulder. Frightened and caught by surprise, he quickly spun around just in time to see that the sand, his very own sand, protect her from his swing. His eyes widen, looking up at her in fear, "But why? Why would it protect you?" The fear then disappears as anger took over, "Is it also betraying me? Why? Why. Why!"

Before he could let his anger burst out, Kai put a hand behind his head and pulled him forward. Hugging him to her. Shock at her sudden action, his anger slowly disappeared as Shukaku's appearance started to dissipate. Turning itself back into sand. Wrapping her arms around him, she hugged him tighter to her, "I don't know what had made you go on a rampage, Gaara. And I don't know how why your sand had protected me. But I do know that you're not alone and your existence in this world is very special to me. Even if others see you as a monster. You aren't one in my eyes."

Hearing her words seemed to had calmed him down as his eyes slowly closed themselves from the chakra depletion that Shukaku had forced him to use out of anger.

Feeling his body limp in her arms, she gently set him down and carefully turned him so she could see his face. He was sleeping. Which surprised her since he usually doesn't sleep at all. She softly smiled, "You'll be fine Gaara. I may not be the light for you. But I will definitely guide you to it."

Footsteps were heard, catching her attention. Turning her gaze away from the sleeping redhead, she looked up to stare straight into the Fourth Kazekage's eyes. He was staring at her as if he was trying to figure her out. Opening his mouth, he was about to ask her something but then decided to change his mind and turned his back to her, "Take him home. Make sure that he is safe." Nodding, she teleported herself out of sight and away from the area.

Once she was gone, Rasa turns back to look at the ground at where she and his son was. He was curious at how she was able to stop his youngest son so easily. She didn't even use any ninjutsu to fight and try to stop him. All she did was used words and a hug. Calming the young Jinchuuriki down in an instant. He shook the curiosity away and started ordering everyone to clean up the bodies and help the injured.

Teleporting in front of the mansion, Kai carefully carried Gaara in her arms and started to walk up to the doors. She was about to knock on it until Temari beaten her to it by opening it for her. "Gaara went another rampage again didn't he?" she softly asked. Giving her a soft smile, the sunset blonde nodded. Silently answering the girl's question.

Temari moved out of the way as Kai walked through the doors, still carrying a sleeping Gaara in her arms. Kankuro walked up to look at his sleeping brother, "Whoa. Is he asleep? This is my first time that I actually see his sleeping face."

He was punched by Temari. "Ow!" he yelled, holding his arm at where she hit. She was glaring at him, shushing him. He rolled his eyes at her.

Smiling at their sibling banter, Kai started walking down the hall towards Gaara's room. She opened the door and stepped into the room. Everything was quite bare. There weren't much in his room other than the necessary. But what caught her eye that was different from everything else in the room was a bear. A brown stuffed teddy bear that looked like it was really well taken care of. She smiled, "At least there's something that's precious to him."

Walking towards his bed, she softly set him down, putting the blanket over him after taking his shoes off. Moving his hair away from his face, she leaned forward and kissed him at where the word 'Love' was tattooed on his head. Smiling, she got up and left.

Ever since after Gaara's rampage that night. He has been sticking to her throughout the whole entire week. Not once did he ever left her side. Temari had found it cute and was secretly hoping for the two to get together. Even if they were a couple of years apart. Throughout the Namikaze's stay in their village, she had grown quite fond of her. The sunset blonde was like an older sister to her and was dearly going to miss her.

When Kankuro had found how his little brother kept sticking to the Namikaze, he couldn't help it but find it amusing. Not once has he ever seen his brother get attached to anyone before. Well, maybe their dead uncle Yashamaru. But he was a different case.

He couldn't help but be a little jealous at how close his brother was to the older Jounin. When he had opened the door and was the first to find that 'he' was actually a 'she'. He couldn't help but feel as if he might be the lucky one to be with her. But seeing the way how calm she kept their little brother from his bloodlust. He couldn't help but think that maybe… just maybe that she might be the one for him. For Gaara.

Walking towards the Sand Village's Gate, Kai stretched her arms above her head, heaving a sigh. She was finally leaving. Her month stay in the Sand Village was finally over. She couldn't wait to get back to the Leaf Village and see everyone again. She smiled at that thought.

Turning to look at the others behind her, she smiled as mostly all of the villagers were there to send her off. Some shouted and some cried. Well, mostly the fangirls that had somehow created itself without her knowing throughout her month stay. The sand siblings were the very ones in front of them. The older two were smiling up at her while Gaara, though he may not show it, was actually depressed that she was leaving.

"We're going to miss you, Kai," said Temari, looking up at her. Kankuro nodded, "Yeah. You're actually a lot of fun having here. Even if you did mostly help out around the village."

She chuckled, "It's not so bad helping out in another village you know."

He silently replied with a smile. Shaking her head, she looked towards Gaara, "Hey. You alright?" He looked up at her and then at the ground. Knowing that he didn't want her to leave, she decided to give him a gift.

"Gaara. Give me your hand."

Without looking up, he did as she said and felt something heavy put in his hand. Lifting his head to look at it, he saw that it was one of her marked kunais. He looked up at her. She was smiling, "With this, you can call me whenever you are in a bind. I'll come as quickly as a flash to protect you."

Looking back down at it, he hugged it close to his chest. Chuckling at how adorable he was being, she pulled him into a hug. Making the villagers gasp at her action. They thought that she would experience his sand, trapping her in his sand coffin. But nothing happened. This confused the villagers and shinobi.

"Hey! No fair! I want to get in too!" Kankuro shouted, wrapping his arms around the two. Temari laughed and also joined as well. Chuckling, Kai wrapped her arms around the three, "I'll see you all later. Alright?" Separating, the three nodded to her.

With a wave goodbye, she starts her trek back home. Back to the Village Hidden in the Leaves.