My First Naruto fanfic. I love Gaara. sighs Tell me what you think and if i should keep updating!

Chapter 1: Runaway

The sun began setting in the West as she settled on a tree branch to rest. Fifty-seven days, six hours, and nine minutes had past since she'd escaped from her cage. The ANBU were about two miles behind her judging by the weak scent that was carried in the wind. She came from a country faraway from across the ocean called Rainbow Country, there everyone was taught from birth how to harness the power of any element. Even darkness was no match for her people. Now think hard about what was just stated ….is it even possible? No…its not. There was no Rainbow Country, there was no village that she belonged to, for she had just woken from a comatose state she'd been in since she was ten months old. Why? There was a creature that had been sealed inside her body that had caused it. The Raikage of Lightning Country would never admit to doing such a thing, but it was true. He feared her. The villagers loathed her. Her parents were dead by her hand accidentally and the Raikage, her father's brother, wanted her dead. The creature inside of her was a four-tailed dragon. The beast was created from a forbidden technique and then sealed within her to hide its existence. Raikage had hoped she'd follow his every command to help him take control of all the countries one day. The hidden village of leaf, Konoha, was his biggest target. The two countries had had a war long ago and though they agreed to peace there was still hatred. Once they sent their top ninja to kidnap the successor of the Hyuuga clan, which was the strongest family of ninja in Konoha, but the attempt was a failure and in the process their top ninja died. Though there was a sacrifice to try and keep the peace the hatred still remained. That was she came in. He began training her at age three never giving her a true name only calling her things that make her feel small and unloved. When she was twelve he gave her her first mission which became her last. To destroy Konoha. She refused and for that was chained and hidden away for months. Then one day something in her mind snapped and she escaped killing all who stood in her path. Not caring if even her own mother stood in the way. She was now eighteen and on her own. The Raikage still wanted her to destroy for him. Every assassin and bounty hunter that was sent after her never returned. Soon the Raikage had sent a message for all the other countries to be on the look out for her and soon the search had begun. If she kept on like this she'd die from exhaustion. That's when it happened the branch she now sat on gave way and she plummeted to the ground hitting it forcefully on her back. Rolling onto her stomach she tried to stand but her body was too tired to work properly anymore. Circles had begun to form beneath her eyes and she struggled to move. She raised her head to look up just as her vision blurred to see three strangers walking toward her.

The three ninjas had been training all day and were heading back home when the figure fell from above. She collapsed practically at their feet and her didn't like the intrusion. There was a headband on her forehead but the metal to label the village she had come from was ripped off. Her clothes were old and worn looking. Brown hair flowed around her with its length. She had looked up at him with golden like eyes before falling unconscious. He narrowed his icy gaze at her as his older half brother Kankuro broke into his thoughts.

" Where the hell did she come from?"

" Who cares, but do we leave her here?" asked Temari

His eyes widened slightly as he remembered the look of her eyes before she had past out. They reminded him of his own. It was the look of being alone and unwanted by anyone. He could tell from experience that she hadn't slept in a while.

" Gaara are you coming?" Kankuro asked looking back at the younger but most feared of the three. They had walked past her leaving the unknown young woman for the birds. He glared at them menacingly before kneeling down and throwing her over his shoulder. His two older siblings said nothing for they knew better than that and just continued to walk home.

Within Gaara's mind Shukaku stirred at the closeness of another demon. It made him uneasy and the redhead was aware of it. He smiled inwardly knowing full well that he was annoying the hell out of the raccoon demon. He had always wanted to torment the demon, but had never learned how. " She has a demon in her." spoke the raccoon demon mentally

Gaara's eyes widened slightly and his facial expression quickly changed back to its normal. " What is it?" he asked back within his mind.

" A dragon." was the short straight to the point answer Shukaku always gave him.

" Is it dangerous?"

" Yes. Its power is strong."

Gaara frowned at the answer but continued to carry her. The sand did not seemed threatened by her and nor did he. She was like him and the Kyuubi kid in Konoha. For now he saw no reason to fear her and wouldn't until there was a time he should be. The only thing that bothered him was that he was taking her back to his house. Where would he put her? And how would she react when she awakened were the only thoughts in his head.

When they got home he ignored the looks his half siblings gave him as he carried her upstairs. He rarely ever slept so he laid her on his bed. The light of the moon was spilling through the house and its rays lit up her face revealing once again the dark rings around her eyes. Compared to him she was fortunate. She could collapse and sleep he couldn't at all. In fact, he could never remember a time that he had ever gone to sleep… so why could he keep going while others could pass out? He sighed in frustration and the sand began emerging from the gourd on his back.

" There is no threat." replied calmly and then it went back from where it had come from.

He walked over to a corner in his room and sat a distance from her. There was nothing else to do for the rest of the day so he sat there all night meditating. It was quiet in the house as always. He looked up sometime during the night at the clock next to his bed. The numbers read 2:25 in the morning. His gaze then traveled to the sleeping form on his bed which hadn't moved since he'd laid her down. Twice he'd gotten up to check her pulse in order to be sure she was alive. Why he wanted to make sure she was alive he didn't know…he just…..did.

Without warning her body started jerking in a way that looked as if she was having a seizure. The actions made him move swiftly over to where she lay as her eyes opened and she sat up straight. She inhaled deeply and began to clutch her head as the ache began yet again. The demon in her was fighting for escape again. Shukaku suddenly appeared in Gaara's mind and the sand began swirling at his feet ready to protect him at a moments notice. He couldn't understand until he watched as her skin made a ripping like noise to the change of flesh to scales. Her face began contorting to form a snout as her eyes slitted to that of a reptiles.

" No….leave me …..in peace." he heard her struggle to say .

The sounds of her change made even him cringe slightly. A growl escaped from her mouth and she blinked a few times until her pupils began to change back and the snout disappeared along with the blue scales. Sweat dripped from her forehead as she tried to catch her breath. It was beginning to become difficult to stop Yofune- Nushi. She was powerful and intelligent. One day she would take over and she wasn' t sure if she could become herself again if the dragon did. Sleep consumed her again and she fell back against the pillow of Gaara's bed. Shukaku hid back in his mind and all was still.

He stood there looking down at her wondering if he'd been a complete idiot to bring something like that into his room. Then he thought back to the struggle he had just witnessed and thought otherwise. Turning around he sat back down in his corner again and began to meditate some more. TO BE CONTINUED…