"Gaara! Come down!" Kankuro yelled at Gaara who was still sitting on the roof under the Kazekage's window. "Gaara! Come on! Are you even listening to me?!"
"Kiss my ass!" Gaara yelled at his older brother. He couldn't stand Kankuro or any of the other Villagers, except for Momo, Toshiro Hitsugaya (Momo's brother), Zuko (Yashamaru's son), Matsuri, and Sasori (his father's cousin). He had friends in other Shinobi Villages like Konohagakure. Naruto was his best friend in the Leaf Village, the only person who truly understood what Gaara was experiencing and the pain he felt.
"Gaara!" Kankuro shouted snapping him out of his thoughts. "If you don't come down I'm gonna go fetch Temari. I already told her who her sensei is. Now come down so I can tell you yours!"
Gaara growned and layed down on the roof. Gaara saw his father talking to Sasori and Master Baki. It was impossible for Gaara to know what they were talking about because the window was closed and locked from the inside. Sasori nodded to Gaara and said something to his father. Gaara's father looked at Gaara, Gaara saw his dark eyes and was immediatly overcomed with fear. Rasa looked back at Sasori and said something to him. Sasori and Baki nodded, and walked out of the Kazekage's office. Sasori closed the door behind him.
"Gaara," Shukaku said within Gaara. "Tell me what you think about that?"
Gaara sat up and closed his eyes, and entered his psych where he talks to Shukaku, the One- Tailed Demon Tanuki.
"Think about what, Shukaku?" Gaara asked his Biju.
"You know what," Shukaku snorted. "It's obvious that they were talking about you."
"Well, yeah I could tell that much."
"And...?"
"I don't know what to think. The whole Village fears me because I'm a Jinchuriki, except for Matsuri. My father is the Kazekage of the Village and he rejects me. All I ever wanted was...his acceptance. No one else's approval or acceptance of me matters but his."
"He never really wanted to be Kazekage," Shukaku said shocked by Gaara's words. "He was only made Kazekage because his father; the Third Kazekage; went missing. He was gone for a long time,your father was seventeen at the time. And it was at that age that he was made the Fourth Kazekage. He was a spoiled brat who only judged people by what they looked like. Just like all rich-boyes."
"My mom and Uncle Yashamaru came from the middle-class section of Sunagakure, so how did Father end up marrying her?"
"Rasa met Karura in the Ninja Academy, he was four years older than her, and he cosidered all Kunoichi to be weak. They argued and called each other names. She called him 'Mr. Fiary' and he called her 'Sand Cat'. They insulted each other. Kurara made alot of male shinobi end up in the hospital, she was definantly a hot-head. It was during one of these name callings that Kurara said to Rasa 'Flattery will get you nowhere. Why don't you go and flaunt yourself at your fan club. I'm sure they would love to fawn over you.' And that's when Rasa insulted her saying, 'At least they have some body and you are just flat-chested broad with no particular talent.' Karura used Wind Style Jutsu on Rasa with her Giant Folding Fan, Rasa protected himself using Gold Dust. But Karura hitted him in the face and gave him a black eye. Rasa married her at age 21. He did love her very much and loved Kankuro and Temari just as much."
Gaara looked up at Shukaku. "You've been my closest friend Shukaku," Gaara said to the Biju. "You still are, but I have Naruto, Matsuri, Momo, and Zuko to protect. But I'll always protect you, because having a Biju sealed inside of you isn't so bad after all."
Gaara smiled looked down then back. Shukaku stayed silent, amazed at Gaara's words. "No matter what they say," said Gaara. "I am proad to be your Jinchuriki. I have to go now."
Gaara opened his eyes and saw Kankuro staring up at him with his hands on his hips.
"You coming down or what?" Kankuro asked.
"I'll think about-" Gaara said.
"Gaara!" The Fourth Kazekage yelled from the window. Gaara turned around and saw the window opened and his father staring down at him with a stern face. "Outside the Village in the Desert, now!" His father ordered.
Gaara sighed then jumped off the roof and landed in front of Kankuro.
"What's going on?" Gaara asked his older brother.
"Our Cell, the Sand Siblings," Kankuro answered calmly. "Was one of the Top Six Cells to be picked for Individual Training. Master Baki is training Temari, Sasori is training me, and ..." Kankuro hesitated.
"And?" Gaara asked. "And what?"
"And..." Kankuro continued. "...And...Father is training...you."
"What!?" Gaara said shocked with his eyes widening.
"Yeah," Kankuro said scratching the back of his neck. "Momo questioned his decision, but Father refused to hear it. And there's something else."
"What?"
"Your relationship with Naruto is just like Father's relationship with Hokage Minato."
"The Fourth Hokage? Isn't that Naruto's father?"
"Yeah. Apparently when father was twelve, he was entered into the Chunin Exams and battled Namikaze Minato in the Final Exam and won. They had the same dream of becoming the next Kage of their Village. But father was the first to become the Kage. Minato was the second. Father and the Fourth Hokage are both rivals and best friends. Kind of like you and Naruto, right?"
"Yeah," Gaara said. "Your right. But Shukaku said that Father never really wanted to be Kazekage. He was only chosen because our Grandfather, the Third Kazekage, went missing for a really long time."
Kankuro studied his little brother, he looked at Gaara's tattoo: Love. Kankuro was only two years older than Gaara, but Gaara was more powerful. It was only right that their Father should train him. No one else could control Gaara than the Fourth Kazekage. For the first time, Kankuro understood what Granny Chiyo meant by Gaara being the "spiiting image of Sunagakure Rasa." Gaara had their father's spiky, auburn hair and fair skin, and his usual expressionless face.
"You should go to the desert," Kankuro said. "Don't want to keep father waiting, even if...you know...even if...uh...how do I say this...?"
"Stern? Bossy? Pushy? Order's us around too much?" Gaara said.
"Yeah." Kankuro nodded.
Gaara walked away from his brother. The sand started to swirl around Gaara, getting ready to telopoet him. Then he was gone and so was the swirling sand.