I dreaded watching it, but it seemed to be over before anything major happened. My brother and Gaara were fighting. I've already seen Gaara tainted in someone else's blood. Though, I didn't see anything he was responsible for the death, nor did he have any remorse or try to deny what he did. Why do I care so much? He's like me in some ways, but I don't have this blood lust, at least not since the forest... I don't even know where that came from either...

I felt helpless, it reminded me of everything I once forgot. I was the child that let everyone die... Just simple reminders like these. Fights, blood, just small reminders would take me back to those times.

I want all of this to stop.

"It's my blood!" Gaara screamed. I could feel the monster inside of him waking up. The monster that everyone was afraid of. Sasuke was able to make him bleed. My brother was impressive, am I capable of these skills as well?

"It's time to intervene..."

"No, I can't..." I couldn't bring myself to move. His sand barrier fell apart and he was breathing heavily, bleeding where Sasuke had struck him. Feathers started coming out of no where, it was making me sleepy..

"Release...RELEASE!"

I snapped out of it and immediately did a hand sign. "Release!" The people around me hung their heads in a deep slumber. What's going on? There were only a few higher ranking ninja still awake. Gaara held his head, he was itching to kill Sasuke.

"Go after him!"

"Gaara!" I yelled after him. He was in distress now.

I jumped into the ring after him. This match is over anyway.

"Kaname?!" I looked toward the boy who called out to me... I saw the dark eyes of my brother. He was shocked to see me in front of him. His hair longer than when I saw him last. "You're here, you're alive. What's going on? Are you apart of this?"

"Sasuke... believe me, I don't know what's going on myself."

"Take Gaara, we need to complete our mission!" Baki yelled, and the others obeyed him, taking Gaara out of the arena.

"Gaara!" I yelled after him.

"He's okay for now, don't let him get out of control."

But how...?

"Kaname!" Sasuke yelled at me.

"I have to go, I need to help him."

"Why is he so important? Is he more important than me, your family?"

I looked at him. He was angry, confused, and hurt. "I'm sorry..." I shed a tear. "I'll come back for you..." I ran after Gaara and the others.

"They're going to wait till he has regained his chakra. He is more powerful than you know and his wall of sand makes him more dangerous."

"Then tell me everything. How do you know all this?"

"Gaara... I'm here."

"Blood... mother, my blood, it's all over." Gaara mimbled between deep breaths.

"Get away, he's too dangerous right now." Temari said, glaring at me.

"Don't get in my way. Whatever you are planning needs to be stopped." I yelled.

"You'll get in the way of our mission?"

"If it means helping Gaara, yes. This isn't good for him, do you really think using him as a weapon will quench his thirst for blood?" They stayed silent, not knowing what to say. They don't know what to do. They are just soldiers following orders. They were scared more than anything. I took Gaara from Temari. "Gaara, snap out of it!" I yelled and hugged him.

"Kaname?" He looked at me, he looked especially pained. "I have never felt this before... " He's always been protected, having sand surround him at all times. It must especially hurt since he has never felt pain before.

"I know... it's okay." I held him close to me. "I'm here and everything will be alright."

"Get away from him..." Temari said holding a think of ointment. She tried to cover his wound.

"Get away from me!" Gaara yelled and pushed her out of the way. She was thrown against a tree, almost leaving a crack in the bark. Gaara continued to breathe heavily. "Why are you helping me? Your brother tried to kill me!" He yelled, and he started screaming in pain again.

"Get away from him!" Temari yelled from the side.

"No! It's okay! I've got it!" I assured her, sticking my arm out, telling her to stay put.

"Hate... hate... Everyone hates me." he started muttering to himself. "You... you're just like him aren't you. You're trying to kill me too!"

"You're brother is getting close."

I need to stop this soon. I don't want to continue on seeing them fight. "No... Gaara, please understand..."

"Everyone is just trying to kill me!" He yelled.

"Get away...!" I heard the scream of my name from my brother in the distance before I realized what was going on. Then I felt the horrible sting in my stomach and started crying.

"Why...?" I looked down to see sand form into an arm that pierced right through me. I shed a tear. It hurt so bad, and I was only trying to help.

"Just breathe, and hold on."

"I only live to kill! I only live for myself!"

"You monster!" I heard Sasuke yell as he attacked Gaara head on.

I fell to the ground, looking as Gaara started to transform into something I have never seen before. What was that? I coughed up blood and spit the excess out on the ground.

"Hold on... you won't die. I promise. You need to help him."

"Are you okay? Sorry... about this..." Temari appeared next to me. She was shaking, she was so terrified.

"What's happening?"

She hesitated to say anything.

"Temari... I just wanted to help him."

"I know... I don't think anyone can."

"Inside of Gaara is a being called Shukaku. I can help you stop him."

Me? What can I do? I tried to help him several times... I watch as Sasuke gets exhausted from fighting Gaara. "Sasuke!" I tried to get up while Gaara tried to attack him, but I saw someone kick Gaara away. I saw him before... But where? I could only think of him as a young boy in Sasuke's class. Was that him?

"He's here too?"

"What? Who else...?"

"That boy... he's holding a spirit inside of him like Gaara."

"Is that what you are?"

"What are you saying?" Temari asked.

"I'm not talking to you and don't worry about it..." I coldly told her, slightly embarrassed that I was talking out loud. The voice was silent. "Why aren't you helping? Are you too scared to do anything?" I asked Temari.

"It's not that I won't... I can't. If I do, I will die. Everyone who has tried to kill Gaara ended up dying by his hand. That's how powerful Gaara is."

"So you're just going to let him kill everyone till someone succeeds?" She just looked at me, shocked at my response.

Gaara is just a person like me, like Sasuke. Why did I see him as that and everyone else saw him as a monster? Even with him hurting me and feeling how powerful he is, why do I still want to help him? It's not just the voice telling me... it's me that wants to help him. Those days that led me to the sand village... where I killed my way to safety with the memory of my clans death in my mind. I walked alone with nothing but hate and confusion. He's like me, but I only felt that loneliness for a short time. He must have felt that his whole life... While I care for Gaara, I also can't let him kill Sasuke.

That's why I am here... That's why I came back to the village.

A large beast emerged, looking like it was made out of sand. Is that Gaara...?

"He finally appeared... We need to act now."

I tried getting up, looking at the blood stain and the hole in my shirt, yet I had no hole in my stomach.

"We need to get out of here... Gaara is getting too dangerous."

"You leave... I'll stay here. My brother is here..." Temari left as I got up to find Sasuke. I saw him looking at a fight between a giant toad and Gaara. His body was covered in black marks. What happened to my brother. "Sasuke..."

"Kaname... I thought you were hurt." He looked at me, to see nothing but a place where a hole should be. "It can't be..."

"Don't worry about that now... I don't know what's going on either." I don't know when to step in either... But then the sand monster started to crumble.

"Kurama did it."

Kurama? The fox demon? I went to Gaara's side.

"Kaname, wait!" Sasuke called out to me, too exhausted to chase after me.

Gaara still tried to get up and fight more. "Stop it... don't try to kill yourself by trying to hurt others!"

"What... how are you still alive." Gaara said weakly.

I smiled at him. "I don't know. I guess you can't get rid of me that easily." He looked behind me to see the boy he was fighting earlier crawling toward us. If my regaining memory serves me well, he's Nauto... "It's over..."

"But how... how does he fight so well?"

"It's pretty pathetic that you have someone that cares about you enough that she would risk her life for you, and you brush her aside like she is nothing." Naruto said. "You remember what I told you... maybe then you'll be like me." He said before passing out.

Temari and Kankuro appear around me and Gaara. "That's enough... let's go..." Gaara said. Kankuro takes his arm and Gaara takes one last look at me. He looks tired and conflicted. They take him away, I attempt to rush after them, but I felt Sasuke's hand on my shoulder. I can't leave... at least I shouldn't. I'll see you again, Gaara.