A/N: I do not own the characters.
After getting Gaara to sleep, Kakashi put the other two in bed as well. He walked to his room and turned on the baby monitor that he used for Gaara and turned out the lights, hoping to sleep well. When he heard a noise coming from the monitor, he shot up and ran into Gaara's room. He was surprised to see the young boy crying and half asleep.
"Panda-Chan.." He lifted the boy out of the toddler bed. "What's wrong?" The child simply cried, hugging onto his fathers neck. Kakashi checked his forehead, a slight fever. "Shh..calm down."
He sat on the rocking chair placed in the corner of the room and rocked the child until he fell asleep, then felt his forehead again. The fever seemed to get higher, and he noticed sweat forming on Gaara's head. He stood up with Gaara and walked into his own room, laying Gaara down on the bed and tucking him in.
He got a wet washcloth and poured syrup on a spoon. He woke Gaara up while putting the washcloth on his forehead, and told him to open his mouth for the medicine. Gaara shut his lips tighter, looking at him like he was insane.
"Come on, Panda-Chan, for Chichi, please?" Kakashi pleaded with the boy. Gaara shook his head. Kakashi had no choice but to pry his mouth and pour the bitter liquid into his mouth. Gaara then started to cry again.
"Hush, little one." Kakashi picked him up and wrapped him in a blanket, going into the living room and rocking him to sleep on another rocking chair. He took Gaara back to Kakashi's room, putting him on the big bed and climbing next to him.
Within about two hours, Gaara sat up crying again. This time, he was saying something.
"Chichi, Shukaku! Shukaku!" Gaara was clearly flipping out.
"Shukaku? Panda-Chan, what?"
"Shukaku wants me!" he burst into new tears and pressed himself against his fathers chest, Kakashi held him tight. He knew Shukaku was not out yet, the barrier was still strong. What he didn't realize was that Shukaku could still speak to the young boy and frighten him in his sleep. Since Gaara was ill, it made it easier for Shukaku to influence him.
"Shukaku can't get you Gaara, you are protected." Kakashi explained calmly to the boy, then began to hum a lullaby. Gaara put his thumb in his mouth and the crying turned into hiccups, then nothing at all.
Gaara fell asleep next to his father, and the voice of Shukaku died away. The next morning, his fever was nearly gone. There was only one explanation to Gaara: Kakashi was the only one who could protect him.
Gaara flung himself to Kakashi that night, forcing him to take him to Kakashi's bed. He fell asleep the same way he did the night before, protected and in his fathers arms.