Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Demon's of Konoha ❯ Gaara ( Chapter 8 )

Looking at the sand as it shifted beneath his feet Gaara barely felt the sand whirling around him in a rampage. Having never been to the desert before Gaara didn't know he had wondered into a sand storm, though even if he knew it wouldn't have deterred him. Sand was whipping by him at fast speeds and yet Gaara didn't look up from his feet. Hitting him against his body Gaara still trudged on getting sand stuck to the blood on his hands and on his face. Clothes billowing out behind him and still Gaara didn't notice, to caught up in his sorrow to notice anything around him.

 

`She's dead and I failed her' was all that was repeated in his head over and over again. Refusing to cry Gaara began hardening his heart.

 

`We will make Konoha rain blood for the betrayal they caused us' Shukaku answered into Gaara's head. `We will make sure she didn't die in vain. With my help Konoha will wish they never betrayed us. They will fear us, and we will show them all we can do. They will die for killing my sister' Shukaku bellowed, only to have Gaara agree with him.

 

`Teach me all you can Shukaku' Gaara answered the vengeance swearing demon entrapped into his body. `Together we will make them pay for what they did. No one shall get close to us.'

 

`That's right. For now on we shall only love ourselves. We shall trust only ourselves. Nothing will stop us.' Shukaku said with an evil, maniacal grin that matched the one Gaara was soon sporting. `Now move the entrance is up ahead.'

 

Finally looking up Gaara saw a big stone wall that appeared to suddenly appear out of the desert. Stepping closer Gaara came to a set of big doors made of rock and sand, hardened to be metal strong. Walking closer to the door, feet grudgingly moving towards the entrance Gaara was soon halted.

 

“Hey, you there who are you?” turning to the right Gaara seen a room cut into the rock. Sitting inside were two men dressed in dark colors with their hitae-ate's proudly displayed on their heads showing the symbol for Suna.

 

`Narrow your eyes and give your name in your coldest voice possible. Only give your name' Shukaku told his young vessel.

 

Narrowing his eyes at the two `guards' Gaara answered frostily giving the guards shivers at his voice “Gaara no Sabaku.” Hoping not to have to give more information, yet thankful he was able to do as Shukaku asked Gaara was secretly pleased to see the two ninja's began to move through some hand signs, shaking to try to open the big massive door.

 

`Watch everything you see here carefully boy' Shukaku said. `You are about to get an artificial bloodline limit.'

 

`What do you mean artificial?' Gaara asked still glaring at the two ninja's struggling to not manic as they moved tried to go through more hand signs.

 

`I mean that you will be achieving one of my abilities, not normally given to humans. Listen carefully Gaara. I am a known Earth Master. Any Earth Jutsu you see, you will automatically memorize and be able to use. Since we are not sure if you have a bloodline limit yet, this one is considered artificial because I am the cause of it and not genetics. Although if you ever have children I am not sure it can be passed down, but that is for another day.' Shukaku answered flashing charka to Gaara's eyes as he watched the guards finally do the hand signs in the correct order. Eyes widening in understanding at what Shukaku meant Gaara soon committed the hand signs to memory.

 

Slowly the doors opened outward as if to push off intruders. Gaara watched it slowly open yet watched the two ninja's fight in his peripheral vision. Hearing there hushed voices the one Gaara figured who had lost was soon in front of Gaara. With the guard standing up he was still half a head taller then Gaara, but he seemed to shrink under Gaara's glare.

 

“This way Mr. no Sabaku” the guard said nervously with his hands in front of him. Turning around as to hide the shakes he still had the ninja led Gaara reluctantly into the village.

 

Watching the exchange from a tall tower the Kazekage asked a shadow behind him “do you think he will be ready for the attack?”

 

“He will be if he isn't already” Orochimaru said stepping away from the shadows. “He thinks the Leaf betrayed him, and he appears to be without his companion. We can use this, just be careful he may become more powerful than you can control.”

 

“You may think that Orochimaru, but I have something he has never had before to hold him to my plan. A family in blood instead of just name” the Kazekage said walking to his desk covered with paperwork. “Now leave they should be here soon.” The Kazekage said sweeping his arm towards the open window.

 

`Won't he be surprised when he finds out he will find little for his `blood' family compared to his `name' family. He really should have done his research the fool' thought Orochimaru before disappearing through the window. `Still this will work well for my plans. Too bad we didn't get the girl also, damn you Itachi. I wanted you, but there is still your younger brother Sasuke. Train him well Konoha, for I want to own his body.'

 

The guard escorting Gaara soon stopped at a tall door that appeared to be made from the same material as the entrance into Suna. Appearing to look uninterested to the naked eye, Gaara was taking in all the detail he could about how to get into the tower, and wanted to smirk in amusement at the guard trying to hide his fear. Knocking briefly the guard soon opened the big door having Gaara follow closely behind.

 

“Kazekage-sama” the ninja said with a deep bow. “I have brought you Gaara no Sabaku like you requested.”

 

Hiding into the shadows of his hat the man behind the desk said. “Very well, you may leave. Gaara step closer to the desk.” The escort at hearing he could leave scampered out of the room as fast as he could go. Gaara trying not to look interested took in the man he knew to be his father.

 

`Watch out boy' Shukaku said `He may be your father but he can't be trusted. He is the man who had me sealed into you and I would bet he was behind our sister's deaths.'

 

Suppressing the killing rage he felt at the thought that his father was behind Hinata's death Gaara took in the man's appearance as if committing it to memory which he was. Gaara couldn't see his hair color which was hidden by his formal Kage hat, or even his body type from the deceiving robes he was wearing, but Gaara was taught to look `underneath the underneath' by one of Konoha's best.

 

His jacket looked loose on his body, making the Kazekage appears to be weak and fragile, but by the faint outline of muscles on where the jacket seemed taunt. His face attempted to look kind and gentle, but by the glint in his eyes, Gaara knew different that it was only an act. His fingers while looking long and elegant were covered in calluses from years of hard work. What ever image the Kazekage was trying to portray Gaara wasn't fooled, and judging by his escorts reactions, rightfully so.

 

“Gaara no Sabaku, welcome to Hidden Village in the Sand, or as others refer to it as Suna. You will find that things are different here than in Konoha. For one I am the final ruling here in Suna, and not Sarutobi. No one will be easy on you here and I expect you to be able to handle yourself. Unlike Konoha here you can become a Genin before you turn sixteen. Tomorrow you will be given a test to see if you can meet our standards. You are dismissed, the guard outside will show you to your room.” The Kazekage said as if he was addressing anybody and not just his own son, was his voice so void of emotion.

 

“Very well sir” Gaara said as he turned around and walked out of the room to find a guard waiting for his as his father mentioned. Following in step behind the masked ninja Gaara could tell by his walk and mask that he was apart of Suna's ANBU. Walking through many halls and constantly turning as if in a maze, Gaara was soon stopped in front of a room with a bronze nameplate beside the door that read `Gaara no Sabaku'. Looking down the hall Gaara seen that the hallway was filled with doors with little name plates besides the door.

 

Opening the door Gaara walked in shutting himself in before reaching out to turn on the light. Light glared showing a room with an open floor that could only be called a studio apartment. Two steps into the room and you were in the living and dinning room. If you looked to the right you would see a small stove, fridge, and microwave against the right wall, not even an entrance way separated the two. Another ten steps and to the left was the bathroom which again didn't have a door but at least had three walls to allow some privacy. Just passed the bathroom was a room with a closet and a single bed on it. One thing was clear about this room, everything was done in white. There was not a trace of color anywhere, almost like Gaara was stuck in a mental suite instead of a room.

 

Taking off his gourd and sitting on the ground Indian style, Gaara soon appeared to be meditating. To anyone who looked very carefully though you would find that Gaara was releasing small bits of sand allowing it to go into cracks and vents to find any cameras, or listening devices. Gaara was also trying to detect other chakra findings in his room.

 

`Not bad boy not bad at all' Shukaku mentally congratulated his young vessel. `Now tomorrow becomes the real challenge. You must seal off all emotions or else they would try to take advantage of you. Basically you must become the persona Itachi had you create all of the time. If anyone gets in your way, we will kill them like they did our sister. To go into this battle we will kill our hearts. `

 

`I know Shukaku' Gaara replied before standing up, satisfied at finding nothing out of the ordinary in his room. `What was once considered made up now must become the reality. We shall get revenge for the killing of Hinata. We will kill anyone who gets in our way of killing our sister. I will sacrifice everything for this purpose.' Gaara thought before heading to the shower to wash away the grime of his travels, and attempt to sleep.

 

`Kill. Kill. Kill. KILLLLLLLLLLLL” kept running rapid through Gaara's head, making him repeatedly shake his head in an attempt to get the voice out of his head. `Naruto if this is your idea of a joke I will kill you' Gaara thought before opening his eyes to unfamiliar surroundings. Looking around Gaara soon remembered where he was and what had happened. Looking outside noticing that it was a few hours from dawn, Gaara knew he wasn't going to get anymore sleep.

 

Quickly taking a shower and dressing for the day, Gaara made his way to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. Without turning around Gaara asked “who else wants a cup of coffee?” When no one answered Gaara turned around and saw he was still all alone. `That's right I am in Suna. No more Naruto to see how much food he can stuff into his mouth. No more Sasuke having to perform the Heimlich maneuver on him, before calling him a dobe. No more Hinata cooking breakfast, making sure we are all taken care of. No more Konoha, may they burn in hell for killing off Hinata.' Gaara thought as he rinsed out his mug and checked the cupboards in search for food, hopefully some of the instant variety. `Mental list' Gaara thought at finding no food. `grocery shopping, and unless I want to eat instant stuff all the time it looks like I better invest in a cookbook also.'

 

Making a mental list in his head of all the things he would need for his new home Gaara was soon brought out of his thoughts by a sharp knocking at his door. Looking outside Gaara saw it was just barely dawn. `People here must rise early' thought Gaara as he grabbed his gourd and answered the door. Standing at the door was another ANBU member wearing a mask covering his face.

 

“Follow me, your testing will begin soon” the ANBU member said before walking off expecting Gaara to follow without delay. Quickly putting on his standard ninja shoes, Gaara followed the ANBU member never loosing sight of the person he was meant to follow. Quickly they made their way outside in the morning sun. Ignoring the glare the sunlight was giving his eyes Gaara still followed the guard until they came to a stop at what looked to be a training ground surrounded by rocks and sand.

 

“Your opponent is this man, Yugashi here” the ANBU member pointed to a man covered in sweat and what looked to be dried blood. “Here in Suna things are different. This man was seen killing his old girlfriend, and her new boyfriend in front of his four year old daughter. He had badly beaten her before help arrived. If he defeats you he will be set free, but if he loses to you he will die either by your hand or by ours. In order to achieve you Genin status you must make your first kill in Suna in a challenge much like this. Now begin.”

 

Looking at the shirtless man in font of him Gaara began to eye him to evaluate him. `His upper body is ripped with muscles, proving he isn't just a commoner. His stance' Gaara noted `is facing forward with his feet should width apart. He looks like he would be sinking into the sand by his shear body weight, yet he isn't, so he must be a ninja. Only ninja are able to use chakra to stay afloat. His head is bald, meaning either male pattern baldness, and since there is no discoloration from a hat or hair growth I would guess it is suppose to make look like a bad ass, as Naruto would say.' Yugashi smiled as if he was guessing what Gaara was thinking but would be shocked to find he was wrong. `Bad teeth, he cares nothing for hygiene and are his teeth crooked. Eww I think something just moved from inside his teeth.' Gaara thought with a shudder.

 

One thing Gaara had always prided himself on was good hygiene and while he wasn't vain or anywhere near there he hated the thought that he would stink. Besides Hinata always had the rule: no stinky people at the table and since she was the one that cooked, unless you wanted to cook your own meals (which you really didn't) you made sure you took a shower and washed.

 

`Boy do something for me' Shukaku asked in Gaara's head.

 

`What would that be Shukaku?' Gaara asked as he watched his opponent begin the trash talk about wiping the floor with the little red-haired punk.

 

`Kill him quickly and with your sand, they must not know about your other fighting abilities for now' Shukaku said. `That way we can destroy them when they least expect it. I have a plan and we will talk about it later. Let him think he has a chance so don't move and guard yourself constantly with your sand. You have worked on this a little with Itachi. This is the results of all the chakra training.'

 

`It had better be a good one' Gaara said as he released the cork off of his gourd allowing the sand to flow. `I would hate to this is your great plan oh demonic one.'

 

Laughter was soon ringing in his ears as Gaara's opponent finally decided to charge bring Gaara's conversation with Shukaku to an end. Standing with his arms crossed to prevent him self from using them Gaara concentrated and brought his sand up to block the punch aimed at his head. Gaara stood behind his wall of sand and smiled `this will be fun' he thought before he began moving the sand around blocking each and every of his opponent's attacks.

 

Blocks and kicks were continuously raining upon Gaara as he blocked each and every attempt to hit him. `If he thinks this is hard he has never fought Sasuke or Naruto in Tai Jutsu. Hell Hinata's `wooden spoon of doom' is harder to block than this.' Jumping back, panting Gaara was able to hear the swishing sound of flying objects coming at him. Instead of moving he did something he hasn't done before. Activating all of his sand he wrapped it around his body into a protective ball. `This ball looks like an absolute defense' Gaara thought noticing how the ball protected him on all sides evenly. `And I did it without thinking' Gaara thought as he watched his opponent sweating heavily from attempting to weaken the ball by hitting it with chakra.

 

“Come out and fight you little punk” Yugashi screamed in frustration at Gaara. “I promise to go easy on you.”

 

“Did you go easy on your family? Do you have any remorse at killing them? Do you feel any shame for almost killing your own daughter?” Gaara asked without any emotion on his face, but in reality he was fuming mad at the thought that this man destroyed his family and attempted to kill his own daughter.

 

“My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner” Yugashi answered, smiling a deadly smile. “I would gladly kill them over and over again, hearing them scream in terror. Ahh, it's music to my ears.” The man stopped talking feeling the deadly aura that was surrounding Gaara.

 

“The die feeling terror” Gaara said as he raised his right hand up with his palm facing down. Refusing to break eye contact with Yugashi, Gaara said “Sabaku KyÅ«” raising the sand around the man covering his body completely leaving only his face uncovered. Watching the man struggle Gaara put a smirk of amusement on his face and then said. “You shall now know the terror your family felt as you can't move. Any last requests?”

 

“Who are you?” Yugashi stampered out after trying to break out of the sand.

 

“Gaara no Sabaku” Gaara answered watching Yugashi's eyes widened in fright at hearing his last name. `Soon people will fear me by my first name instead of my last' Gaara thought as he said “Sabaku SÅsÅ” hearing Yugashi's scream as Gaara clenched his fist commanding the sand to do the same. Without tearing his eyes away from Yugashi's Gaara watched as he died, his face whitening as if from loss of blood. Dying with a perpetual look of terror on his face.

 

“Congratulations Gaara” the ANBU member said making his presence known. “You are now a Genin of Suna. Here is your hitae-ate, tomorrow at six in the morning you will presently be receiving solo missions. You are dismissed until then.” The ANBU member said disappearing in a swirl of sand.

 

Gripping his hitae-ate firmly in his hand, causing it to dig into his hand making his hand bleed from the cut. “Soon Konoha you shall feel my wrath.” Looking down at his hand Gaara watched in amazement as it began to heal.

 

“And feel it they shall” Shukaku answered.

 

`Welcome back Shukaku' Gaara though as he made his way back to town. `What was with the repetition of kill in my head this morning?'

 

`We have to talk about that' Shukaku said `One of the reasons I was made a Demon Lord was because of my battle prowls. Everyone has two sides to them. One is their light side and the other is the dark side. I was well known for my battle rages and going into what my sister use to call blood thirsty mode. All I wanted to do was kill everyone and everything. She was the only one who could calm me down no matter what. After a while the rages began to hit at night and soon stopped me from being able to sleep. She was the only one that I was able to sleep in the same house with and not go crazy. A fear I think that may have been passed on to you. Soon my battle rages will go to you faster then my chakra will, since your seal is wrong.'

 

`What do you mean my seal is wrong' Gaara asked while doing his grocery shopping, thankful he can talk in his head instead of getting even stranger looks from the villagers. The minute he had walked into the store Gaara began getting strange looks and not quite out of curiosity, almost with a small look of fear was it.

 

`When I was sealed in side of you, the incantations or for you runes were not all in place. The circle was slightly off which is why a double sealing was able to be used instead of just one. Who ever made the seal was knowledgeable in the demonic runes, although they had a few things out of place. I am almost positive they didn't know they were out of place. The initial seal is to allow my chakra to flow into your body and while you may get a few of my tendencies you should not become a demon itself. Because the seal is wrong you are not only slowly gaining my chakra but you are also taking on my personality traits. That was what the kill commands you were hearing in your sleep. When you are asleep I can take control of your body, and we don't need that at this point. Especially when at night, I am insane.' Shukaku answered his vessel.

 

Walking down the hallway to his new home glancing briefly at the nameplates as he found his opened it up. Taking off his shoes, and dropping his guard after feeling no foreign chakra's in his room Gaara asked while taking care of the groceries `where are you located in my body? What do you even look like?'

 

`That's easy, go into your meditation pose again and relax' Shukaku commanded.

 

`Fine, but I'm first checking out the place to make sure no one has been here tampering with things' Gaara said sitting down in the Indian style position again. Slowly releasing the sand to check out his new apartment checking to see if any listening devices has been planted or if they were video taping him in any way. Finding nothing of the sort Gaara asked `Alright I am in position now what?'

 

`What are you picturing?' Shukaku asked wondering how he would direct Gaara to him. Usually when the vessel is in trouble and in need of chakra they show up, if not then it was a new experience.

 

`Nothing' Gaara answered, relaxing in his position.

 

“Good then follow the sound of my voice” Shukaku said luring the boy to him.

 

Gaara found himself following the lure of Shukaku's voice in his mindscape. Inside the mindscape Gaara began going down a series of hallways with deep red carpeting running down the hallway and candle's illuminating the path a few feet in front of him. Calmly Gaara walked down the path until he came to a huge wooden door. Looking at it cautiously and not finding any seals or anything Gaara slowly opened the door.

 

Walking inside Gaara found the room with bright red walls with a few pictures that appeared to be hanging in there. Unable to see what they were of Gaara begin to squint until he heard `They are of my family.'

 

Turning around suddenly Gaara looked at a tall man with black hair at the top that ended with sandy blonde and red at the ends. Black rings around his eyes as if he didn't get any sleep or played with his mother's eyeliner like some kids at Gaara's old school before they got kick out. He was dressed in a set of blank pants that Gaara swore looked like the ninja pants he wears and a black long sleeve shirt with a giant `E' on the side as if it was his family logo.

 

`Hello Gaara' Shukaku said eyeing his vessel really taking in his looks for the first time. Finding the faint looks of dark circles around his eyes to his red hair Shukaku wanted to smirk. `His red hair won't stay completely red for long' Shukaku thought with a small grin. `Glad to see you don't look as goofy as the Kyuubi kid you live with or even the kid with the chicken butt hair. Still you don't look a whole lot like your sister, but I think she must take more after your mother's side instead of the shifty bastard of your father.'

 

“Why do you look like that?” Gaara asked not entirely sure why Shukaku looked like a human instead of a demon. “I mean are you what a Demon Lord looks like?”

 

`Sometimes' Shukaku answered moving as if to sit down, but instead of falling he landed on what appeared to be a couch. `Demon's have two forms. There demon form and a human type form. This is my human form for when I have business outside of the demon realm. It's a lot easier to get things done if people think you are a demon instead of know you are.'

 

“Kind of like how Naruto can't go into some stores because people think he's a demon and yet Sasuke can go into all because of his name.” Gaara said showing that he understood where Shukaku was going with this.

 

`Pretty much like that. Just like when I go into battle though I am in my demon form with battle armor on. I was made the Demon Lord or as it were King of the Raccoon's because of my level head and battle skills. Also didn't help my best friend for the last thousand years was Kyuubi the nine-tailed fox, and his descent to the throne was already set up. He was already the King of the Demon Foxes when we were little.' Shukaku said grabbing a cup of tea from out of no where.

 

`Your place isn't quite what I was expecting” Gaara said “but then again I wasn't sure what to expect either.”

 

`I doubt anyone else's is like mine also. Since your seal is wrong I am not trapped in a cage like some others. I have control for the most part of my environment; just I am a little more unstable. The door though even without the seal I would have a hard time getting past your natural defenses, when your asleep though they are down. That's why it is imperative that you try to stay awake.' Shukaku said sipping more of his tea. `Since Itachi is no longer around to continue your training I shall do it for you and trust me I will not be as easy on you as Itachi was. Now leave for now I have work to do.' Shukaku said as a stack of papers appeared in front of him mumbling something along the lines of `even being sealed doesn't stop the paperwork from hell.'

 

Hearing Shukaku mumbling Gaara walked away and back into where he started. Slowly opening his eyes Gaara found himself back in his apartment still sitting as he was before. Standing up where he proceeded to cook some dinner. Gaara's second night was about to begin and so was his training.

 

`Boy do the following hand signs in order boar, dog, horse, snail, elephant, and ram. Hold the ram pose and form chakra around you. I will take care of the rest.' Shukaku said from within.

 

Slowly moving through the hand signs as to put them to memory Gaara soon did what Shukaku asked. Slowly the room started to blur around Gaara as it appeared to be reconstructing itself. In place where his bed was now a couple of training posts resided in its place. It had looked to Gaara that his whole apartment was now a lot bigger then what it was to begin with. `Space enlargement no Jutsu' Shukaku answered from beside Gaara in response to the bewildered look on Gaara's face.

 

“Nothing has changed to the rooms around you or anything. Your place is just larger that what it was. Instead of being roughly 600 square feet you now have 1800 square feet. No one unless they were inside would be able to tell the difference. You basically created a dimensional portal and expanded your house, hovel or whatever this place is.” Shukaku said looking around the small cramped place in disgust.

 

“How did you get out here?” Gaara asked the Demon Lord standing next to him.

 

“I'm not really here at all.” Shukaku said. `Right now I am just like a hologram standing next to you. Eventually we will work on making it stronger today we work on your chakra control and increasing it. But for now let's increase your weights and chakra restraints.” Shukaku said leaping gracefully onto the post in the middle of the room. “Now” Shukaku said getting situated comfortably on the stump “Climb that wall and to make it a challenge” Shukaku put his fingers to his mouth and blew. A puff of smoke appeared and with it a two black raccoons appeared and Gaara found meat tied around his ankles along with the weights he was already carrying. “Boys meet my apprentice” Shukaku said pointing to Gaara. “See the food tied to his ankles if you catch him they're yours. Anything goes. Starting…….NOW” Shukaku said as the raccoons turned their attention from their leader to the boy with meat strapped to his legs.

 

“Um hi guys” Gaara said. “Oh Shit” followed as they ran after Gaara, making him turn and run up the wall only to find it wasn't a wall anymore. It looked to be a tree. Gathering chakra to his feet without thinking Gaara began running up the wall attempting to get away from the raccoons. As soon as Gaara started to make headway up the wall the tree changed into sand. Not wanting to sink in Gaara adjusted the chakra to his feet and ran faster not wanting the raccoons to catch up. If they did Gaara knew they would not be merciful. Once he got his baring on the sand and began to move again the wall turned to water. Not just like a stream of water but a lake, Gaara was able to see the fishes under the water.

 

Hearing the raccoons closing in on him but not sure where they were Gaara had made one mistake. He turned to look, only to get a face full of raccoon. Not being able to see where he was going Gaara fell into the water landing on his back. With another shove onto his body from the other raccoon landing on his Gaara found himself feet up in the water as the raccoons tore at his ankles in an attempt to get the food.

 

Trying to kick them off but finding himself unable to Gaara gathered chakra to his hands to raise his body from the water. Slowly but surely Gaara found himself on top of the water resting on his hands with his feet in the air with raccoons still attached. Still balancing on his hands Gaara began to spin on his hands in an attempt to dislodge his `attachments'. Spinning faster across the water top Gaara finally managed to kick off the raccoons and jumped to his hands to begin running again only to fall flat on his face in snow.

 

`Snow now? This is one sadistic bastard' Gaara thought trying to pull himself up but finally feeling the affects of the weights and chakra exhaustion was wanting to kick in.

 

`That's enough' Shukaku said clapping his hands dispelling the `wall' to show Gaara on the floor panting from exhaustion. `That's enough for today. Tomorrow I won't be so lenient.' Shukaku said disappearing along with the raccoons, leaving Gaara by himself again. Slowly Gaara drifted off to sleep to have nightmares.

 

“KILL. KILL. KILLLLLLLLL” was being screamed so Gaara looked around to see where it was coming from. Finding himself on a battle field Gaara wasn't sure what to make of where he was. All around Gaara was dead bodies' parts some with limbs still attached. Looking at the heads and limbs Gaara knew they were not human bodies which can only mean he was in the demon realm.

 

Carefully stepping over the body parts littering around him, Gaara made his way over to the sounds of fighting to get a better look. What he saw would shock him to the core. Standing in the middle of the carnage was a giant raccoon, so tan he looked as if he was made out of sand. On his head and chest was armor that gleamed red, from style or blood Gaara knew not. Hearing his scream his mantra over and over again Gaara knew instantly who it was “Shukaku” he said under his breathe unaware he caught the attention of the demon lord.

 

“What's a crunchy chew toy here for, to take on the great Shukaku” the Demon Lord said coming face to face with Gaara.

 

Gaara crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at Shukaku and said. “I need to kill, teach me Master.”

 

It wasn't long until Shukaku was laughing a deep laugh. “Grab some armor and let's go kill some demon scum.” Shukaku grabbed a helmet and put it on Gaara's head, which was much too big for the boy. “Let's prove your worth in battle and from there we shall see if I shall train you.”

 

Following the giant raccoon careful not to be hit by his tail Gaara was soon brought into the Demon Wars of old. Watching the battle unfold Gaara seen Shukaku give his `kill' battle cry and charged what looked like demonic dogs with three eyes on their head. There's teeth were bared as they were growling showing their incisor teeth being extra long and sharp. Hair covered their bodies in an arrangement of colors. The only thing the same between them all was the glowing red eyes. `Must be the demon dog's we've read about when we were studying demons and their vessels. Where Itachi got that book I will never know.' Gaara thought readying some shuriken and grabbed some kunai with his other hand. `Hit the third eye and down they should go' Gaara thought to him self. Walking into battle Gaara soon was brought to the attention of the demon dogs by his unusual scent.

 

A howl went off not to far from where Gaara was and saw the demon dogs turn to look. `Must have figured out that I am here' Gaara thought as he got ready to fight. Looking at each eye until he focused on the middle one of each dog Gaara let loose a kunai at the demon charging closest to him. Hitting the demon on his third eye, the dog fell on his front paws first with his hind legs falling out behind him. Skidding to a stop across the floor Gaara sidestepped to avoid getting trampled by the dogs.

 

Moving out of the way again Gaara threw another kunai behind him hitting the dog creeping up behind him right in the eye. Grinding his teeth and going on Gaara readied another kunai only to be jumping over another charging demon. Watching over the fight was Shukaku `Kid's got spunk but his chakra is restricted. Let's release it' he said as he as he released his restraints. Instantly the surrounding area around Gaara began to glow red and his body was filled with the restrained chakra. Before he could only use a quarter of his chakra and now he could use it all. Screaming in agony and rage Gaara began fighting melee as he grabbed the jaw of a charging dog and broke it with his hands, only to pull his hand back and poke the broken creatures' third eye out. Pain continued to course threw Gaara's body but still he fought on breaking bodies as he went and throwing weapons. Gasping, trying to attain his breathe. Gaara looked up to see Shukaku looking at him.

 

`Good job boy, I shall train you. You're a blood thirsty bastard to have in battle and I am glad to train you. Keep me well supplied in blood and killing and I shall continue to train you.' Shukaku said as Gaara closed his eyes and seemed to fade away.

 

Knocking was heard at his door rousing Gaara out of his near state of exhaustion. Walking wearily to the door Gaara was shocked that he didn't have a scar on him in any way, or that his clothes weren't even out of place. Grabbing his gourd and putting on his shoes Gaara opened the door to see the same ANBU member from the test before standing in front of him. “The Kazekage wishes you for an assignment” he said as he turned to leave with Gaara following behind.

 

“You passed your test” the Kazekage said sitting at his desk in front of Gaara and the ANBU member who led him there. “You mission” he started “is to go to cloud and assassinate this man here.” Giving Gaara the photo of the man Gaara quickly glanced at it before looking back at his father. “If you are caught we will deny anything. You have three days, bring me his head. You are dismissed.”

 

At hearing the words of assassination Gaara got a big blood thirsty smile, much like the one Shukaku was sporting last night. With his newly formed dark circles over his eyes from lack of sleep, Gaara was beginning to look much like the demon he was becoming.

 

`With more training, killing and bloodshed Konoha shall fall by my hands' Gaara thought giving a low growl and smirked. `But first I need blood to make Shukaku happy. I shall be your puppet for now, but not even you can stop me, father.'