-Gaara-

"Lord Gaara! We have a situation!"

One of the ANBU said as they ran into the room.

"What is it?"

I asked standing form my desk. It was rare that the ANBU ever had a problem they couldn't deal with on their own.

"A rouge Shinobi appeared outside the gate and is trying to get into the city. They have no papers and are wiping out all the ANBU we send after them like they are nothing."

The ANBU member before me said and I growled in annoyance. I used my sand and transported myself to the gate. What I saw shocked me. The rouge Shinobi the ANBU were talking about was Fayre. I knew she was a skilled Shinobi warrior, but I had never seen her fight before. I stared open mouthed as I watched Fayre dodge, block, and avoid the onslaught of ANBU warriors. Then she'd attack. I watched as she jumped over one ANBU only to land behind two others and kick them towards the first. She'd fight a few with just her hands while fighting those behind her with her sand. I watched in awe as she wiped out the entire ANBU squad without even breaking a sweat.

As she knocked the last one out I saw her straighten up and call her sand to her. It swirled behind her before forming a gourd, much like my own, on her back. It was smaller than mine and was strapped to her chest with a black sash. I regained my composure as she walked toward me.

"Damn, all I did was go for a walk and next thing I know I get attacked."

I heard her say as she walked over the unconscious bodies of the ANBU members and walk towards the gates. Her eyes widened when she saw me.

"Gaara! What the hell is the meaning of this!"

She asked and I looked at her confused.

"What do you mean?"

I asked and heard her growl, making a shiver run down my spine.

"I mean how your stupid guards wouldn't let me through just because I didn't have any papers. Then when I knocked them out the whole fucking ANBU squad shows up and treats me like a fucking rouge Shinobi! I don't know what the fuck was going through your head when you trained them, but I suggest you learn to control your people!"

She snapped at me before brushing past me and walking down the streets of Suna and disappearing in the crowd of people.

'Why the hell is she pissed at me?'

I wondered as I called the medical nin to take care of the ANBU outside the gates and headed home.

When I walked through the door I saw Kankuro sitting at the bottom of the stairs. When he saw me his eyes widened in fear, but it wasn't because of me, it was for me.

"Gaara!"

He yelled as he ran to me.

"What's going on?"

I asked as he stood next to me.

"Fayre came home slamming the door behind her then going up to her room. Temari and I tried to find out what happened, but she wouldn't tell us. Temari's been upstairs outside Fayre's room trying to get her to come out. We heard her mumbling something as she went upstairs and it sounded like she wanted to kill you man. What the hell happened?"

He asked after he explained what had happened.

"She left the village for some reason and when she tried to get back in the guards wouldn't let her. She knocked them out, but then the ANBU showed up treating her like a rouge Shinobi."

I said and saw Kankuro's eyes widen in shock.

"Why would they think that!"

He asked and I sighed.

"Because I taught them to treat anyone without papers like a rouge."

I said and Kankuro sighed as he shook his head.

"No wonder she's pissed at you."

He said before walking off. I sighed again as I climbed the stairs and headed to Fayre's room. Temari saw me and stood up.

"She won't come out and she won't answer me. Whatever you did, fix it."

She said before leaving and heading downstairs.

'Geeze, how was I supposed to know something like this would happen?'

I thought as I knocked on Fayre's door.

"Fayre?"

I asked, but got no answer. I used my sand and unlocked her door. I walked inside to see her room empty, but the window was open.

'No wonder she didn't answer.'

I thought as I walked over to the window. I felt Fayre's chakra from the roof and used my sand to get to the roof.

I'd just let my sand fall away when a kunai flew past my head.

"Go away Gaara."

She said and I looked up to see Fayre sitting on the edge of the roof with one knee propped up and the other dangling off the side of the roof. She was looking out over the city, but her gaze was focused on the desert beyond the gates. Her back was to me, but I could feel the emotions coming off of her. Anger, sadness, and hurt.

"Fayre, I didn't mean-"

I started to say as I walked closer to her, but stopped when a kunai landed an inch away from my feet.

"Don't come any closer. If you want to talk, fine, but stay there."

She said and I sighed. At least she was willing to listen to me.

"You have to understand, I trained the ANBU to treat all those without papers like rouge shinobis, it was nothing against you personally."

I said and heard her growl.

"They should know who I am by now! I've been living in your house for the past two weeks!"

She said and I sighed.

"All you had to do was show them your papers."

I said.

"My paper? My papers!"

She snapped as she got up and came over to me.

"I shouldn't have to Gaara, that's the point! I may not have lived here as long as anyone else, but I still think of Suna as my home! How would you feel if you were denied entry to your home just because you didn't have your papers!"

She yelled and my eyes widened as I realized what she was saying. I'd have felt angered and hurt.

"That's exactly how I felt Gaara!"

She continued.

"I lost my home. You know why. How do you think I felt when I was denied back into the city? And all because you told the ANBU to treat those without papers like rouge Shinobi! Well fuck you Gaara!"

She yelled as she pushed me. I stumbled back and looked at her in shock.

'I really fucked up.'

I thought as I watched Fayre glare at me. It hurt having her mad at me. I was so used to her smiling at me and blushing every now and then for no reason at all. I had to fix this, I just had to.

"You've got to understand, when I trained them like that I never expected something like that to have happened."

I said and heard her scoff at me.

"It doesn't change the fact that it happened!"

She said and I sighed.

"What do you want me to say Fayre?"

I snapped, finally losing it. I saw her eyes widen in shock a bit.

"You want me to say I'm sorry? That's all I can say. It's done and over with now. I understand that it hurt you and I'm sorry, but you shouldn't be taking it out on others!"

I yelled and her eyes widened again before narrowing at me.

"As true as that may be, you need to change the way you train your men!"

She yelled back.

"None of that would have happened had you just had your papers with you."

"None of that would have happened if your guys learned to recognize those in the village. Suna is my home Gaara, I shouldn't have to show paper work to get into my home."

She said, her voice going to just above a whisper and her bangs fell down to cover part of her face.

Silence followed and I frowned.

'Shit, I meant to make things better not worse.'

I thought as I looked down at Fayre. I saw something shimmer in the setting sun before falling to the roof and splattering. It took me a minute to realize Fayre was crying.

'Aww man, now she's crying.'

I thought.

"Fayre."

I said, but she didn't say anything or raise her head to look at me.

"Fayre, look at me."

I said, but when she didn't I reached out and tilted her chin up so she was looking at me. Tears were silently streaming down her face.

"I really am sorry. I'll be sure that the guards and ANBU know who you are so you'll never have to fight for your home again. But, considering the beating you gave them I don't think they'll be forgetting you anytime soon."

I said and she laughed making my heart feel lighter since she wasn't as mad anymore.

I moved my hand so that I was cupping her cheek.

"I really am sorry Fayre. You know that right?"

I asked and she smiled as she nodded.

"Good."

I said as I wiped her tears away with my thumb. We stared into each other's eyes for a while longer and I couldn't help but lean in closer, I almost smiled when I noticed Fayre leaned in as well. I noticed her lips parted a bit and a light blush covered her cheeks as we continued to get closer. I searched her eyes for any sign she was going to push me away, but saw none. Our lips were inches apart when I felt Temari and Kankuro's chakra coming up to the roof. I heard the door to the roof open and quickly stepped away from Fayre.

"There you two are!"

Temari said and I glared at my siblings for interrupting us. I saw Fayre's blush darken from the corner of my eye and couldn't help but smirk.

"We were worried when Gaara didn't come downstairs and then when we went upstairs to check on you, Fayre's door was open as was the window, so we came up here to make sure everything was ok."

Kankuro said.

"Everything is okay, right?"

He asked and I saw Fayre nod from beside me.

"Yeah, I've calmed down now. Sorry about earlier."

She said and Temari waved her off.

"Don't worry about it. Come on, dinner's ready."

She said before she and Kankuro headed back inside. Fayre followed, but stopped at the door. She turned back to look at me and blushed when her eyes met mine. I smiled when she turned around and all but ran inside.

'Interesting.'

I thought before walking inside, closing the door after me and heading for dinner.

'I wonder just how this is going to play out.'

I wondered to myself as I headed down the stairs and walked into the kitchen.