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If: Life keeps getting in my way lately... what's up with that? Sorry for the slight slowness, what with me being a day late and all... But yeah. This is a big chapter for me. 28 my longest story... soooo w00t! I wish to celebrate with a little random side thing. You'll know it. It'll say "In an Alternate Universe..." Its just something I felt like doing, and stuff...


KK : I'm flattered that you think my story is getting better and better. :) Yeah... I don't know about that NaruSaku thing. Its still in the R&D. I don't know yet, we'll have to see. Mou, and thanks for the compliment on my cliffies. I love cliffies. They're pretty sweet. But thanks so much for the review!

3nv : Mou, I'm glad you enjoyed that chapter so much! And yeah, that last line was just sooo evil... I love it as well. :) Thanks for the review!

YINGYANGBLOSSOMS : He he he... yeah... its now time for DRAMA! Dun dun dun... what will happen? The suspense:) It certainly will be a violent situation...


There was a gut wrenching scream that echoed over the phone and into Gaara's soul. Gaara's heart clenched painfully.

"That's right… scream like the little bitch you are!"

Gaara did drop the phone after hearing what he had heard. The plastic phone clattered noisily against the side of the desk as it fell from his numb fingers. In fact, Gaara just felt numb. The numbness however, did not last long. Feeling sick and disturbed and entirely guilty, Gaara turned and started a mad dash for the room he and his siblings were sharing, ignoring the worried shout from the receptionist.

Gripping the phone book page tightly in his hand, Gaara ran down the hallway, up some stairs and down another hallway. He had to hurry. He had to get there. He had to save him!

Gaara's mind was whirling, his emotions were haywire and he was on the brink of a mental breakdown, or of Shukaku coming out once again. He couldn't believe himself. He was disgusted with himself. He hated himself. How could he have abandoned the person who loved him and who he loved in return? How could he have betrayed the only thing that had meant something for a cheap imitation? What sort of sick, twisted person was he to hand over the most precious thing in his life to the one creature that could break it?

What sort of monster was he?

Memories flooded Gaara's mind and he was momentarily immobilized. Gaara was frozen in the hallway and those hatedful words that had been shouted all his life came back to him.

"It wasn't enough for you to kill the only woman I ever loved! It wasn't enough for you to live while she died! It wasn't enough for you to murder your own uncle! It wasn't enough for you to just be the spawn of the devil! No! You had to be some man fucking fag! What more will you do? How much is enough! Haven't you done enough you fucking demon from the deepest pit of hell!"

"You are a child whom no one loves! You are a demon!"

"You fucking demon! You fucking soulless monstrosity!"

"Shit! That demon boy is watching you... watch out, he may just slit your throat or stab you in the back if you so much as turn around."

Gaara collapsed to the floor. Self-loathing was taking over Gaara's brain and he could hear the remnants of that song in the back of his mind, but he didn't care. He was a monster, he deserved to be hated, ridiculed, struck down and trampled upon. He was nothing. He was a monster.

"You're not a monster."

Gaara's mind went blank. Hadn't Sasuke said that?

The song was still playing at the back of Gaara's mind. Gaara had to save Sasuke. If it meant saving Sasuke, he didn't care if Shukaku came out and killed half the population, so long as it would save him. Gaara had to do at least that much. Sasuke had saved him from his demons, it was the least Gaara could do to save him from his own demons.

Gaara began his frantic dash again,stopping in front of the room and instantly started banging on the door. He paused briefly, but no one answered. He began to wonder how late it was before pounding on the door again. He started to scream out his siblings names, becoming increasingly more worried and anxious.

"Temari! Kankuro!" Gaara shouted as he banged on the door. Several other occupants opened their doors and yelled at him to shut the hell up, but Gaara ignored them. The door swung open, to reveal a half asleep Temari.

"Gaara?" she asked, thoroughly confused as to what was going through her little brother's head. Gaara just pushed her aside and stepped into the room, flipping on the lights as he did so.

"We have to go… now," Gaara said desperately, walking to the bed Kankuro was sleeping peacefully in. Grabbing one of the spare pillows, he started to beat his brother with it. Kankuro woke up with a start and cursed his little brother.

"What the fuck Gaara?" he shouted pissed off at his sibling. Gaara just calmly walked away.

"You both need to get dressed. We have to leave," he said, leaving all specifics out and not telling them anything.

"What the hell? Why the fuck do we have to get up and dressed?" Kankuro asked, still angry at his brother.

"Because I need you to help me," Gaara said. Both siblings just gave their brother a questioning look. Gaara sighed. "Sasuke's in trouble… I need to save him."

Temari furrowed her brow. Kankuro scoffed and flopped back down onto the bed. Gaara began to shake, angry with his siblings.

"Look, I did something stupid. I left Sasuke for Naruto and now… now…" Gaara started to explain. Tears started to pour down from his eyes and he wiped at them furiously. "Now he's in the clutches of an evil man, who is raping him!"

Temari's mouth dropped open and Kankuro's head shot up. Gaara glared at them furiously.

"If you don't believe me, call this number," Gaara said, pointing to the Uchiha's number. "They'll let you listen!"

Temari rushed over to her younger brother and wrapped him up into a tight hug. Kankuro got up off his bed and started to get dressed.

"Oh Gaara…" Temari said, her own tears running down her face. Gaara weakly hugged his sister back.

"Alright then…" Kankuro said. Gaara looked at his brother as Temari grabbed some clothes and dashed into the bathroom. "Let's go save your boyfriend."

Gaara blinked, and then a tiny relieved smile crossed his face.

"We're going to need some… tools I think," Kankuro said grabbing the phone book page from Gaara's hand. He looked at the address and nodded. "There's a hardware store near this place that we should be able to stop at to get something."

Temari surfaced from the bathroom and grabbed her purse, her mouth set in a firm line.

"Alright, let's do this," she said. Gaara wanted to thank his siblings, but they were leaving and he had to catch up.


Sasuke was bleeding, he hurt like hell, and he was violated. Sasuke hadn't felt this bad in months. The only thing that was getting him through this ordeal was the thought of Gaara. Gaara would surely save him…

"Gaara?" he asked tentatively, almost afraid of what the red head would do.

Gaara sat up, and then stood; totally ignoring the way Sasuke was looking at him with hurt and tear filled eyes. Gaara was in his own world, his world that had gone from bright and sunny to black and dangerous. He needed his sun back.

"I'm sorry…" was all the red head said before he walked away, leaving a stunned and almost confused Sasuke behind.

Sasuke didn't want to cry, but the tears were already falling down his face. He wasn't crying because of his fate, he wasn't crying from the pain, he was crying because the one person he had opened up to entirely and loved with his whole being had walked away from him. Sasuke was crying because he thought that he was lower than dirt in the eyes of the man he loved with all his being. Sasuke began to sob.

Malicious laughter fluttered to Sasuke's ears and he struggled with himself to stop from sobbing and he raised his head to look at the man holding him hostage. Orochimaru was grinning like a lunatic.

"Have I broken you so much already Sasuke-kun?" he asked, still grinning and stepping up to stop in front of the prone raven haired boy, lifting his chin with his left hand. Sasuke growled and spit into his face.

"Like hell you have you sick bastard," Sasuke snapped. Orochimaru smirked and dropped Sasuke's chin before slapping him harshly.

"Then I better work harder," Orochimaru said monotonously.


Gaara was surprised to see how evil his siblings could really be. He had gone into the hardware store thoroughly confused, but now he was actually kind of scared. Temari had grabbed three large monkey wrenches and a nail gun and plenty of nails. Kankuro had managed to find a few large pipes and a nasty looking hammer. Both siblings had shoved a pipe and a piece of wood and hammer into his arms. Gaara was now "armed and dangerous" apparently.

Temari paid and the three Sabaku siblings climbed back into the car, heading off once again at incredibly illegal speeds towards their destination: Sasuke.

Gaara was twiddling with his pipe, having already taken a fondness to it. He was currently stroking the cold metal as though it were a pet. The song was like a dull throb in the back of his brain, and Gaara was actually conversing with his alter-ego.

I'll rip him apart with my bear hands, Shukaku was saying. Gaara was nodding his agreement. I'll teach that bastard to not touch what's mine.

'Damn straight,' Gaara agreed. 'I'll bash his brain in.'

Gaara felt Shukaku nodding his agreement. That's a very nice pipe. Don't use it on any of the lackeys.

Gaara nodded absently. 'Of course not. Why would I want to soil such a perfect piece of pipe with the blood of a minion?'

Shukaku snorted. Just reminding you, you worthless piece of crap.

Gaara flinched. 'Gee… thanks. And here I thought we were getting along.'

Hah! I'll never get along with a pathetic excuse for a human as you. You left the one good thing that happened to us.

'You know… Naruto was good for me…'

I don't think so you dolt. All he did was repress me. This guy though… While he may have made me… excited…

'Excited? You call cutting him up and beating him 'excited!"

Shukaku seemed to become slightly nervous. Yeah… well…

Gaara grumbled something.

"Gaara?" Temari's voice cut through Gaara's inner dialogue. He looked up at his sister.

"What?" Gaara asked. Temari grinned and Gaara found himself scooting away from his sister.

"We're here."


In an Alternate Universe…
Gaara stared at the computer screen in something near horror. He blinked and it was still there. The Kazekage just couldn't fathom this. This was mind blowing, it was boggling, it was…

"Gaara?" a sleepy voice asked from behind him. A hand winding around his waist alerted him to his partner waking. Gaara ignored him as his lover wrapped his arms around his waist and rested his head on Gaara's shoulder.

"What is it?" his lover asked, kissing the side of his face. Gaara grumbled something incoherent.

"What was that?" his lover asked. Gaara pointed to the laptop's screen. Black hair obstructed his view and a hand snaked around him to scroll up the page Gaara was on.

"An update?" Sasuke asked, turning black eyes to his lover. Gaara nodded. "And?"

Gaara growled.

"That bad?" Sasuke asked, hugging his lover tightly.

"No… I'm just… annoyed…" Gaara gritted out.

"Annoyed?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah…" Gaara said. He turned to face his lover. "Why the hell would I leave you for Naruto?"

Sasuke chuckled and kissed his lover.