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Gaara hugs Sakura, gets up, and leaves the room. He grabs his jacket and leaves the building. Sakura rushes to him.

"You can't talk to Sakumo if you don't know where he is." Gaara nodded. He was gonna try their house but he might not be there, "He will be at the park, in the bench that you sat in when we went to the dance. That is his spot of relaxation. I saw him walking toward us but when he saw you and me on the bench, he looked at me with a stern look and walked off. If he will be anywhere, it'll be there.

"Thanks. Go and stay with Sasuke. I'll handle it." Sakura at first protested but Gaara eventually gave her a look that made her enter the house. Gaara walked on the sidewalk towards the park. It was night now. The moon hung high in the sky. He enters the park and continues on the asphalt path towards the bench by the water. He could see many of the kids from school used this park as a "lover's lane". He sees the bench up ahead and sees someone sitting in it. He slowly walks over and stands behind the person. He sees that the person is whittling a piece of wood with a hunting knife.

"I remember you, Gaara. The only person who has ever gotten me to fight dirty. Gaara sees Sakumo turn his head towards him and suddenly he sees Sakumo lash at him with the knife. Gaara grabs Sakumo's hand and stops it just millimeters from slicing him.

"I came to apologize, Sakumo." Sakumo smiles and lets out a laugh. He pulls his hand out of Gaara's grip and continues to whittle.

"For what? Crossing me and embarrassing you?"

"No. I came to apologize on your father's behalf," Sakumo looks at Gaara with a look of hate, "It's not your fault that your mother died. Zabuza did that." Sakumo slashed at Gaara again, but misses, "Zabuza is the reason you turned into this," Sakumo gets off of the bench and tries to hit Gaara with the hunk of wood. Gaara dodges and kicks the wood out of Sakumo's hand. Sakumo slashes again with the knife. Gaara grabs the hand and delivers two hard backhands to Sakumo's face. Sakumo drops the knife and grabs his face, "Your sister doesn't despise you, Sakumo. She despises what you became. A monster who has no emotion."

"SHUT UP!" Shouts Sakumo and he throws hard punches at Gaara. Gaara blocks the punches, spins behind Sakumo, and shoves him off his feet.

"Your sister has tried so hard to remember the happy boy that was her brother. All she sees is a reincarnation of Zabuza.

"Shut up." Gaara suddenly saw something come off of Sakumo's face. Tears. He watches the water splatter against the grass, "Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!" Sakumo gets up and slams his entire body weight into Gaara's stomach. Sakumo throws hard punches but Gaara kicks him off and puts Sakumo into a headlock.

"Stop this, Sakumo. You have much more to prove than fighting. Your sister has told me that every time she needed to knock you out before you killed someone, she felt her heart break." Gaara is hurled over Sakumo's back and he lands with a thud on his back. A small group of people saw the fight starting and they rushed over to get a better look. Gaara kicks Sakumo in the face and takes Sakumo's legs out from under him. He grabs Sakumo's head and shoves it into the ground.

"Sakumo, you think that your defending your sister, when you're only making it harder for her." Suddenly, he hears something from Sakumo. Sobs. Sakumo was officially crying. All of a sudden, they hear someone behind the crowd.

"SAKUMO, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?!?!" The entire crowd parts and all of a sudden, there is Zabuza, standing right in front of him. Zabuza looks down at his crying stepson, "You fucking worthless piece of trash." He kicks Sakumo hard in the stomach.

"HEY!" Yells Gaara. Zabuza turns.

"Fuck you kid. This is between me and him."

"Stop it Zabuza." Zabuza turns.

"Or what, you little red-haired prick."

"I said stay away from Sakumo." Zabuza growls and swings at Gaara. Gaara dodges the drunk, grabs the wood that Sakumo had been whittling, and cracks Zabuza in the back of the head. Zabuza swears and kicks Gaara in the chest. He grabs Gaara by the throat and begins to squeeze. All of a sudden, Zabuza screams when he is punched between the legs by Sakura. Zabuza lets go of Gaara and backhands Sakura. He grabs the knife and charges Gaara.

Gaara sees the crazed madman with the knife lunging at him. His legs wouldn't move. He closed his eyes, waiting for the feeling of the knife. But instead, he feels something else. Something warm on his face. He opens his eyes and sees Sakumo standing over him with blood coming out of his mouth and with a knife protruding from his chest.

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