Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story, but I wish I did ^-^ all rights belong to Masashi Kishimoto and whatever publishing company he uses and the magazines it goes into.

Warning: there is boys love, so if you don't like that, you shouldn't read it.

A/N: I really enjoy writing this; the idea came to me when I was lying in bed, thinking to myself. I thought it was the perfect scene to turn yaoi, yes ^-^ You know the ironic part though, there actually is one yaoi scene in the manga, if you don't know what I'm talking about, it was when Sakura was getting mad at Naruto and Konohamaru for their sexy jutsu, so Konohamaru did a male version with Sasuke and Sai on top of each other. I just thought it was funny, but never mind back to the story. Sorry about the last chapter kind of rushed it, but I think it turned out awesome, that had to be the best scene ever, Gaara come back to life, if he stayed dead I would be so sad, especially now when kabuto can use that regeneration jutsu, he would have used Gaara just like his dad, I would've been so mad! But whatever, enjoy the story ^-^

Chapter 2

We flew through the air on my sand platform, heading toward the Hidden Sand Village in haste. Naruto held Chiyo's still body in his arms. I looked sullenly at her peaceful face, forever thanking her for restoring my life. I wished I could have heard her final words to everyone.

We continued on at a steady pace, but my mind kept going back to the moment with Naruto in the forest. Mostly how he said I was the only one who could understand him, the only one he wanted approval from. Blush covered my face and Naruto saw it and smiled to himself, but caught himself and looked back down at Chiyo and his was went blank again.

He was probably used to hiding his emotions; after all he had to grow up with the life of a jinjuuriki. Every time I've seen him, he had a smile on his face, well except when the third hokage died, and when Sasuke left. Sasuke had cause a lot of pain for him. I felt hatred welling up inside of me toward him. He was so obsessed with his past that he couldn't see what was in front of him. He had friends, whereas I didn't, he made his life sound so much worse than Naurto's was.

At least he had had a family once, people to care for him, in fact, he still had one member of his family left. Even if he did say he only left him alive so that he could get his revenge, but I honestly don't think some would leave someone alive just so they could kill them, there's no point. In all honesty, I don't think he wanted to kill his brother, but that psychopath Sasuke doesn't see it that way.

But, in Naruto's case, he never had a family to begin with. The villagers had shunned him since birth for a reason he hadn't even known. They called him a demon, then their feelings rubbed off onto their children and they acted the same towards him. I had had a similar childhood, but it was still different, I had at least had my uncle for most of my childhood.

I looked over at Naruto's blank face and wished there was more for him in this life, but I knew I had ruined his only chance at fulfilling that. At least I had to be respected, but there was nothing holding Naruto back from the contempt of the villagers.

"Naruto?"

"Yes Gaara?"

"I love you…" The words faded and I was shocked at what I had said, I looked over to Naruto, his face was still blank, until I saw a single tear escape his eye.

"I love you too…" he said quietly, almost inaudible. I looked at his eyes, full of tears, and felt tears escaping my eyes too. I quickly wiped them with the back of my hand, but Naruto had seen them.

"Please don't cry, I already told you not to Gaara, so please, even on an occasion as sad as this, please don't cry, I don't like seeing you sad." He said, his voice had a soft quiver to it, the wall he had built up to contain his sadness was crumbling to the ground.

"I only knew Granny Chiyo for a short amount of time, but she was a nice old lady. She will be deeply missed by everyone…" Naruto's words made me feel even more regret at me coming back to the world of the living.

"I'm sorry… it's all my fault…"

"It's not your fault, granny Chiyo did it because she wanted you to protect the village, and after all, you're the Kazekage. It's your duty to protect the people, that's why they respect you."

"Not for long, after what I just did back there, do you think they will still want me to me their leader? Probably not. And what about you, Naruto, I've destroyed what little chance you had left at finally being accepted by the leaf. I'm sorry…"

"No you didn't Gaara, sure people can be close-minded at times, but I don't think this will change anything. Sure, people might see me a little different now, but that's not gonna change anything; the people of my village will eventually come around. Remember how you used to be three years ago, and somehow, the people can still respect you after how you used to act. I think I be accepted eventually, but for now, I'm content just being accepted by you, Gaara." He was crying, I guess to many emotions were piling up and he just couldn't take it anymore.

We continued to fly towards the village on my sand, and I wondered 'how could I still control my sand without the Shikaku in my body anymore.' I stared oddly at the sand, but it held and I willed a couple grains to come to my hand, I still hand full control of it. I reached for my pocket and pulled out a kunai. I stabbed it toward my hand, and the sand blocked it from the attack. I guess my uncle was right, my mother's will was in every grain of it, always wanting to protect me. I smiled at the thought; my uncle had said at the end of his life that she had hated me.

After a short while we returned to the village, Gaara's village. We were welcomed by a large crowd of people who, thankfully, hadn't seen what had happened between me and Naruto. I waved at the crowd and stepped off of the sand. Naruto followed and we walked through the crowd, when we got to the Kazekage building I was greeted by an anbu.

"Kazekage sir, I will take Elder Chiyo's body away for you." The masked man said. He looked over at Naruto warily.

"Yes, be careful with her, there'll be a funeral tomorrow, I'll make sure of it." He took the body from Naruto's eyes and disappeared as fast as he had showed up. I walked over to my desk and sat down. Naruto came closer and stood in front of it. I opened up my arms and he realized what I meant by the gesture. I he came over and plopped himself down onto my lap and I put my arms around him. He played with my hair and twirled the short strands around his finger.

"Gaara, it's funny, but when I was younger, I used to think you wore make-up like your brother does, but then again you used to hate everybody, didn't you? Well I'm glad you don't anymore, I like you better when you aren't scary." He smiled at me, but we were both sad at Chiyo's death and we both knew we were just trying to distract ourselves from reality.

"Naruto, I'm glad yours was the first face I saw when I came back." I smiled at him, a rare occurrence.

"I'm glad you're back, I don't know what I would have done if you were gone. After all, I love you." I pulled him closer and our lips met. The feeling of our lips meeting was intoxicating, I had never felt a rush like this, not even when I used to like killing other people. I felt alive, wanted; like someone else cared for me and was glad I existed. I held onto him, my hands behind his back, wrapping him in a loving embrace. His hands were in my hair and hold my lips to his. We parted to take a breath, but went right back to kissing.

We sat there for a while until I heard someone knock on the door. Naruto jumped off of my lap and stood beside my desk.

"Come in." I said to whoever was behind the door. It was my brother and sister.

"Gaara, what do you think you're doing?" Temari started. Her face was red, she must have been angry. Then she looked at Naruto and saw where his hand was. My hand poked out from behind my desk and was linked to his. Clearly my sister didn't approve of same sex relationships.

"Currently I'm organizing a funeral. I'm kind of busy at the moment, so would you let me have a moment?"

"Gaara, are you sure you want to do this, I mean, the villagers might not accept this, just want to let you know before you make and hasty decisions." said Kanuro.

"Yes, I have made up my mind, I will tell the villagers who don't already know, and if they still want me as the Kazekage I'll stay, but if not, I'll go." I knew I was being bold, but my entire life was on the line, if they didn't accept me I would have to leave the village or live my life in the village avoiding the glares of the villagers….

TBC

A/N: hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry it's slow, I couldn't think of anything to put in it ^-^