Thank you to all who have read it so far! I apologize if the chapters are a little short, I'm not all that good with visual description but I love dialogues. But I'd like to specially thank to alee26606 for your support so this chapter is for you;)

The little girl loved taking trips to the store, even at her age of six. All the yummy foods and tasty smells delighted her senses. And even though she was so young, she loved seeing expensive dresses that she knew she could never have for herself. She lived in a fairly poor household, but the family was content. It was only her, her mom, dad, and sister. She often wondered though why she looked so much different. They had dark hair and dark skin, she had indigo hair and pale skin. But this never actually bothered her, especially now while shopping.
Tomorrow would be her first day at the school so they were going out to get some new, nice clothes.

'What's going on?' the little girl thought to herself as she saw the sand in the air getting thicker. She turned back to see some kids running from a red-haired boy. He was cute, and didn't understand why they wouldn't want to hang out with someone as cool looking as him. Then she saw why: 'He must be the one controlling the sand that's chasing them. Oh dear...'

Eventually, the sand grabbed hold of one of the boys and he tripped. The others ran on. After a few minutes of watching, while her mom was in a shop getting some groceries, the boy was able to get up and run. The red-haired boy started to silently cry to himself, and walked toward her direction. She wanted to help him, but she didn't know how.

Then, it struck her. She still had some of her lunch left over, and in fact, it was her dessert. She opened her pack and pulled out her honeysuckles. It had been a special gift for her going to ninja school the next day, so her parents had gotten her a special treat. But she felt at this moment that someone should have it.

"Here, take it." The boy looked up in amazement with tears still on his face. It looked like he had eyeshadow surrounding his pearly green eyes full of tears. "Y-you look like you need something t-to cheer you up," she said with a small smile, shy and embarrassed by her stuttering. She didn't know why, but it had become a habit of hers.

The little boy carefully took it and looked at it, more like staring at it like he was not sure what to do with it. It seemed to her that it was completely foreign to him.

"Have you never seen a honeysuckle before?" Still staring at the little bunch of white flowers, he shook his head. "Oh... then let me show you." Taking one of the flowers, she pulled out the stem from the bottom of the flower and began to suck on it. "It's really sweet, try it."

He stared at it for a second longer, then grabbed one of the flowers and pulled out the bottom. Once the stem dropped the sweetness on his tongue, he looked up at the girl who had given him the treat. He was confused, he had just been denied by many people just now, but then this girl comes and gives him a gift. Was she pulling a trick?

'No, stay calm just a bit longer before letting any sand go. This girl may actually want to be my friend.' The thought itself made him smile and he introduced himself. "Hello, my name is Gaara. What's your name?"

Just then, a woman stepped out of the shop and nearly jumped in surprise when she saw him. "What are you doing with this boy?! Leave, you little monster! Come on, we gotta go or else he'll attack us."
"But..."
"No 'but's. We, are, leaving, now," and she grabbed the girls wrist and dragged her away. The girl took a look back at the boy. He was crying again. 'Why did MaMa call him a monster? That's not very nice to say to someone you don't know.'

Poor little Gaara, the shout made him cry again. 'I was just about to make a friend. Why does nobody want me to be happy? I've been alone all my life. Everyone looks at me like I'm a hideous beast when I just want a friend. And she was pretty. I've never seen anyone with eyes like hers, or hair so smooth and shining indigo like hers, her skin was so light...'

The girl herself put him in a daze, but after some time, he remembered all the events that led up to that current time and he started crying again, and he went toward the towering Kazekage house.

"MaMa, why did you call that boy a monster?" It was dinner in the small house, her little sister was still throwing a tantrum about why she should go to ninja school too. "I should be allowed to go! I'm just as cool as Hinata! Why won't you let me go?"
"Because you're not ready for such intense training. You still have a long way to go, my dear."
"MaMa, you still have not answered my question."
"I know, sweety. I guess it would be vital to tell you as he will probably be attending school tomorrow as well. Matsuri, you may go up to your room and read until bed time."
"But...but I-"
"No 'but's, now." And with that, the brown-haired girl left the table with her dishes, put them in the sink and went back through the dining room toward the stairs which led to her room.
"Why can't she stay and hear, MaMa?"
"Because knowing her, she would either freak out and hide for the rest of her life or she'd do something irrational. But here is the truth:

"A long time ago, there were monstrous beasts that roamed the earth destroying lands and villages. There were nine total, each with a different amount of tails. These beasts had enormous amounts of chakra and if they were ever controlled, they could be used as great and powerful weapons. Each of the five great nations would get one eventually in time, and Suna indeed got one. However, for these beasts to be properly controlled, they must have a strong host. Usually, it was easier for one who was older to control them by will, but at least two nations that I know of started them at birth: Konoha and Suna. Our village received the one-tail, the Shukaku, and from there, the Kazekage wanted to have the most superior weapon ever and have it under his complete control. So, he put sealed the Shukaku in his son not yet born. And with that, he created a monster."

Suddenly, outside a noise could be heard coming from above. The two ran to the window to see sand running free throw the night and screams of pain coming from the top of the Kazekage's mansion. "What in the world is that!" her MaMa cried out. She looked down toward the street and called to the pedestrians, "Do you know what's going on?

"No ma'am, we are wondering to ourselves the very same thing"

'What is going on? Is it... Gaara?'