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Chapter ONE

"Come on, Sakura-chan!" Gaara called. "Let's go to the park."

Sakura followed him, nodding. "Of course, Gaara-sama."

Gaara frowned, but shook it off. They soon reached the playground where other children were playing. For once, Gaara ignored them and went straight to the sand pit where he sat down in the middle. Sakura sat in front of him. Gaara played around for a while before a group of children finally gave in to their curiosity.

"Hey!"

Both Sakura and Gaara looked up.

A boy stood at the edge of the sand pit, five of his friends stand behind him.

"Don't you know that Gaara's a monster?" He asked.

Gaara flinched, watching Sakura's reaction almost cautiously.

Sakura just kept staring at the boy.

"Listen to Teru-kun." A girl insisted.

"It's true." Another said.

"Really." The boy, Teru, insisted. He picked up a fairly large rock which he could barely get his fingers around. "Watch." He tossed the stone at Gaara, who felt he sand moving to automatically defend him. However, before the sand could raise even a inch off the ground, Sakura was in front of him, catching the rock with her hand. Gaara watched, slightly fascinated, as Sakura gripped the rock and crushed it with her fist.

The boy who had thrown the rock slowly backed away.

"Please do not raise a hand against Gaara-sama." Sakura murmured.

Gaara winced once again. Sakura, noticing his discomfort, turned to him. "Gaara-sama, what are your orders?" She asked.

"O-Orders?" Gaara asked.

Sakura nodded. "Should I eliminate them?"

Teru let out a screech of fear. "Yo-you're a monster too!" The boy yelled. "Monsters hang out with monsters!"

Before Gaara could say anything, Teru and his gang of friends were running off towards their parents who had been watching anxiously. Teru wailed something with tears in his eyes and the group of adults glared at Gaara and Sakura before ushering their children off.

Gaara watched them leave, before turning to Sakura. "When you said eliminate, did you mean..."

Sakura tilted her head. "If you trying to say kill them, you are correct, Gaara-sama."

"Yo-You can't just kill someone." Gaara stuttered. "Because once someone's gone, they wont come back."

Sakura frowned. "I don't understand." She murmured. At Gaara's look, she elaborated. "Do you not kill people because you don't want them to come back?" Sakura asked. "Or have I got that wrong?"

It was Gaara's tun to be confused.

As Shukaku's host, he had already faced plenty of assassins, and therefor, death. He had never thought of it that way. Did they come to kill him because htey didn't want him to come back?

Sakura sat patiently in front of the boy.

Finally, Gaara broke out of his thoughts. "Let's go back, Sakura-chan. My siblings are going to be home today. You can meet them." He said, and hesutated. "They don't like me very much, but..."

Sakura simply nodded.

Both Temari and Kankuro, like the rest of the villagers, were afraid of their younger brother. They both knew that it wasn't exactly Gaara's fault, but it was more to fit in than anything.

The Kazekage, their father, had warned them of the girl whom had come to live with them, and that she was going to be hanging around Gaara. They were both curious as to see what this girl was like. Wasn't she worried that she would get killed?

Two sets of footsteps could be heard. They stopped outside the meeting room where Temari and Kankuro were currently waiting with Yashamaru.

The door was opened by a pink haired girl. She held the door open for Gaara, who quickly stepped through, thanking her.

Temari and Kankuro shuffled uneasily on their feet as Gaara slowly approached them.

"Temari, Kankuro." He greeted.

Temari nodded. "Hello, Gaara." Kankuro grunted a few words.

"This is Sakura-chan." Gaara said.

Sakura dipped her head. "Hello, Temari-san, Kankuro-san"

Said two were surprised by the show of respect but returned the greeting.

Yashamaru approached them. "Temari, Kankuro, the Kazekage-sama would like to speak to you." They nodded and left. Yashamaru then turned to Gaara and Sakura. "How was you day out?" He asked.

Gaara's smile brightened. "Oh yeah! We went to the park..."

"It's my birthday today, Sakura-chan!" Gaara exclaimed. "I'm six now."

Sakura blinked, then nodded. "Happy birthday, Gaara-sama." She said, words she had heard on Temari's birthday making it's way past her lips before she even realized it.

Gaara's eyes filled with happiness and Sakura found a rare smile making it's way to her face. She then realized that when she smiled, they were no longer forced.

"What would you like to do today, Gaara-sama?" Sakura asked. "We can do whatever you like today."

Gaara grinned. "We always do what I want." He said, then turned to face her curiously.

"Sakura-chan, when's your birthday?" He asked.

Sakura blinked. Her birthday?

Kabuto had said something about that.

"The twenty eighth of March." She said.

Gaara nodded seriously. "We have to celebrate it when it comes around." He said.

Sakura smiled again. "As you wish, Gaara-sama."

Gaara smashed through his room window. At the sound, Sakura quickly sat up.

She had really keep senses. It was close to a miracle that Gaara had managed to slip out earlier that night without her realizing.

But now, he wished he hadn't.

Yashamaru's betrayal, as well as his final moments, flashed before his eyes.

Betrayal.

Everyone ended up betraying him.

He looked at Sakura, who stared back at him, trying to figure out what had happened.

He wouldn't allow it. He wouldn't allow her to betray him as well.

Gaara pinned the girl to the ground. Sakura lay underneath him without protesting. His sand rose to the left side of her forehead. Without hesitating, he tore at her flesh.

His sand took a few moments to draw blood, and he gritted his teeth, probably being more rough than necessary. Sakura didn't release a single sound of protest or pain.

Gaara finally finished and drew back slightly. He looked into her eyes. Sakura's eyes didn't hold any hints of pain or anger or hatred.

Just submission and understanding.

And from that day, everything changed.

Here's chapter one!

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