So, I haven't been very talkative about this story. I should probably correct myself. This will be spanning through most of Gaara's appearances in both Naruto, and Naruto Shippuden. I want this to of course be as accurate as possible, but considering I'm still watching the anime, that might not always be the case.

I would love you guys to help me in any way that you can. Reviewing is awesome, but just reading my story makes me quite happy. Love you guys! ^_^

They often would play at the Kazekage's house. It was quiet there and no one even approached the roof. It was entirely Gaara's territory, and Kaida liked it that way.

Gaara had become more curious lately. He would often ask questions that Kaida attributed to his weird 'carrot-top' ways. The one time he asked her what a hairbrush was, for example, she forced him to sit in a chair while she tore through every tangle and knot on his head. After tugging on a rather difficult one, he made a meeping sound.

Kaida turned around to face him. "What is it now? You know, the more hair that gets ripped out, the thicker it'll grow back." For the hundredth time that day, he gave her a confused puppy look. "Is that what pain feels like?"

Exasperated, she tossed the hairbrush towards his bed. "You're hopeless."

"I didn't know. I never feel pain. What's it like to feel it so bad that you bleed?"

He was also a tad morbid. "Well pain isn't pleasant. Hey! I know! If you sit still for a really long time, you go numb. Being numb is painful since it feels like a bunch of needles are piercing your skin."

Thus, they both sat on the floor, staring at nothing in particular outside, while trying to not move a muscle. Kaida was the first to break. "Argh! I can't anymore! This is so boring."

She jumped out of the window in Gaara's bedroom only to land in from of Yashamaru. Gaara's uncle.

She donned her best smile. Kaida had met Gaara's siblings, but it really shouldn't be called a meeting. They were running in the hallway and came to a stop once they saw Gaara. The girl and the boy then looked at each other, and ran away, but not before shooting Kaida what seemed to be a sympathetic look. When she had asked Gaara, he shook his head, and gripped his teddy bear tighter. Kaida's heart panged.

No, Gaara's uncle was different. Gaara seemed to really like him. Yashamaru was also very nice, and from what she could tell, a highly respected shinobi.

"Kaida, I need to speak to you alone for just a minute."

The way he asked made Kaida confused. Alone? He's never needed to speak to her before.

"Ok. Have I done something bad though?"

Yashamaru looked amused. "No not yet anyway."

Kaida retorted, "You've been speaking to my father, haven't you?"

Yashamaru laughed. "I can't just let my nephew have a random stranger enter into all our lives. Then again, the Tatsumaru legacy proceeds you."

Kaida narrowed her eyes. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Your clan is well known for being rather hotheaded. Gaara is too emotionally unstable for that to be—"

"Stop right there! I realize that Gaara is a 'bit' sheltered, but maybe giving him a chance to actually know someone would be good for him."

Yashamaru looked tired. "Kaida, I don't think you underst—"

"I think I understand perfectly. He's not normal right? So what? He's my friend, and no one messes with my friends, not even his stupid uncle!"

Kaida ran back inside the house only to find Gaara still sitting in the same position as he had been previously. His eyes were closed, and he almost looked asleep. Heh, but he's an insomniac.

She gently touched Gaara's shoulder. His eyes opened, and he slowly took in the view from the window. The sun was setting in the distance, and a breeze lifted both of their shawls.

"Hey Kaida, it's getting late. You should probably head home. I'm going to go to the girls house and apologize for a few weeks ago. Yashamaru said if I give her medicine, I'd make things better."

Kaida stayed quiet for a few moments more. "Don't listen to him Gaara." She finally said. "He doesn't understand you."

Gaara looked more confused than ever. "He's my uncle, and he knows everything."

Kaida glanced down. Nothing was going to get through his shield of sand and stubbornness. "Fine. I can go with you though."

"No. I go alone." With that, not another word was spoken between the two as Kaida left. For the first time, she felt as though something was out of her grasp, and beyond her control. It was an unsettling feeling for her six year old mind to comprehend.

Once she got back home, Kaida was ambushed by her older twin sisters. They wanted to know how her 'date' went. Kaida didn't really get it. Rather annoyed she threw them the magazines they had been waiting for. "Found them in the mail. Don't slobber too much." They ran off to their room in such a state, she'd be surprised if they came out for dinner tonight. Good riddance.

Walking into her room, she reached for the light switch. Instead of the light filling her room, a resonating bang pounded against her skull. The last thing she saw was the floor rushing to meet her.

Gaara stood in the middle of the street in shock. Kaida was right, she should have gone with him. The girl slammed the door in his face. All he wanted was to give her his medicine. Now he had a pain in his heart, and Yashamaru said there was no medicine for that except...

He had to find Kaida.

"Brother."

"Oh, so cold with me. Though I do suppose it because I knocked you out cold eh?"

"Why?"

Kaida was tied in a corner of her room. Her oldest brother Takao was standing over her with his arms crossed. She hardly ever spoke to her brother considering he was nearly twenty years older than her. Why now knock her out, and tie her up?

Takao had always been aloof when it concerned Kaida. Supposedly, there had been a time when their mother tried to get Takao to hold Kaida as a baby, but he ran away from her. Something about him training.

That was another thing too. Takao constantly trained. He was a jōnin by the age of 17, and the family rarely saw him anymore between his training, and the team he had taken on to lead.

"I can't let you see that sand kid, that's why." Takao looked rather pleased with himself. So her brother had an ego complex? Little did she know.

"I was going to go to sleep actually, not see Gaara. So can you please untie me now?" Kaida was confused. No way in Kami's great world was she staying tied up though.

"No way. Simply, I don't trust you little sis. Plus, you don't know a thing about that monster." Yes, Takao was having an absolute blast. Kaida flinched, disgusted at her own brother.

"I hate you."

"Ooh my you have a temper. I think I'll just let you diffuse."

With that, Takao closed the door with an audible click. It was locked.

Kaida was quick to scoot to the edge of the bed, and grab one of the kunai's that was hidden under her bed. This one was her favorite she decided. The handle was chipped off from her sisters throwing it into a wall, and then jerking it out. It was now all too easy to slip between the knots in the ropes.

She managed to get the ropes and gag off before throwing herself against the door. There was not even a bit of give. Takao had stacked something on the other side of the door for sure.

She stood there trying to think of anything, even a jutsu that could unlock doors. Nothing came to mind, plus she never really used jutsus. 'Some shinobi I am.' she thought.

It was then that she heard the voices from the other side of the door. They seemed to be growing louder, at least her brothers.

"So kid, you show up here expecting what?" That was Takao.

"Can she come help me?"

No. Gaara shouldn't be talking to her fool of a brother. Why was he even here?

"Get lost freak, she hates you. She came home in tears, crying about how she never wanted to see you again."

No!

Kaida pushed against the door with all the muscles that her small body could muster. Something clicked in her panic. Putting her hands together she drew on her chakra.

The door burst open with a blast of light, and the tumbling of a cabinet that had been pushed in front of it. Kaida was thrown back, but pushed aside all fatigue. She had to get to Gaara!

Taking a running leap she vaulted to the first floor. Her brother was still standing there, but sand now hung in the air thick in it's consistency. It hurt to even breath, but she reached her brother.

She stabbed him in the foot with all the ferocity of a Tatsumaru. With all the ferocity of a dragon. Broken kunais were still effective.

Screaming, he fell to the ground. Kaida wasted no time and dashed out the door into the night.

Strangely, sand coated the air thick, even in the cool of the night. Oh Gaara.

She ran to the Kazekage's house since it was the only place that she could think of. It was taking her too long though, she was so tired. The night sucked the very fight from her it seemed.

Within the hour she saw the round roof of the Kazekage's office and house. It was getting harder to keep her eyes open however. Finally, her legs gave out as she collapsed on the hard and rocky ground.

She could see him now. He was there looking more broken than ever. As a matter of fact, he was broken. Was that blood running down his face? Gaara had a wound on his forehead? How?

Kaida rose unsteadily to her feet. It was a process using the walls of various buildings to eventually get over to Gaara, but she clung to them like a lifeline. Hobbling, she looked up.

Gaara had spotted her. His eyes...they looked...

"You lied. You all lied."

Kaida had to heal him, she knew that much. How to get up there though?

"Maybe you all deserve to die. You deserve to die."

Kaida took a flying leap and landed with solid footing. Victory! However, she came to realize Gaara's own hellish state. His uncle's uniform laid in tatters, soaked in blood. Looking at some of the bits of paper that were scattered she recognized explosive tags.

"Don't worry about healing him, I already killed him."

Kaida whipped around. "What about you? Don't you need healing?"

"I only need to kill you." Gaara chose now to attack.

Sand surrounded Kaida with such speed, she realized she would never be able to outrun it. Closing her eyes she accepted her fate.

The moons light shone upon Gaara as he crushed her. It felt so right to him then, to kill everything that moved or felt. There was no other thought except to have her blood soak into his sand.

If only he had realized it wasn't she that he crushed. She was gone. His sand fell heavy against the ground. He screamed into the night once more.

Kaida didn't know where she was, or how she had gotten there. It was dark, and she felt like a heavily bruised bag of meat.

She was facing the ceiling she noticed. She had to be in some sort of building. It was still night time she supposed, the windows were dark.

Standing up, she had a rush of vertigo. The floor spun wildly, and every movement of her eyes caused a wave of nausea to attack her.

Slowly, her senses came back to her, as well as a sign of familiarity. There was the kanji for wind. They were kept in frames all around the Kazekage's office. It was rare that she even saw the double doors, let alone go inside.

Now she was standing in the office, alone, and probably locked in too. Great.

Submitting to defeat, she fell to the floor once more. She was ready to give up. After today, her emotions would need serious reevaluation, but sleep sounded lovely. Yes, blissful, dreamless, sleep.

If only.

The doors opened with a bang. The Fourth Kazekage's outline walked toward Kaida, looking down on her with contempt.

"You've met my son, haven't you?"

Kaida looked up at him. What have him the right to question her? What gave him the right to even...

It all fit. It was his father. His father was the one who wanted this to happen, the reason why Yashamaru, an elite, questioned her before going to his death, the reason her jōnin brother tried to stop her. They had orders.

And they came from the Kazekage, Gaara's father.

There was no strength left in Kaida, but as her anger grew, she rose to her feet again.

"I will kill you. Its a promise that I make with my own clans blood."

She bit down on her pinkie, and broke skin. Blood trickled from the wound, but the deed was done. The pact was sealed, and carried heavy in her heart.

On this day, she didn't regret getting her family kicked out of Sunakagure.

Teehee I love cliff hangers. I also still don't own Naruto. =^_^=