gaara · naruto · jinchuuriki · stoic · possessive · protective · shy · sand ninja · slow burn · one-sided fear
The sun of Suna scorched the golden sand as Gaara walked between Kankuro and Temari toward the training grounds. The Jinchuuriki's silence stood in stark contrast to his siblings' liveliness. Suddenly, a whisper swept through the village: the strongest Kunoichi of Kirigakure, Iria, had returned after five years. Gaara, with his red hair and distant gaze, did not notice the news. His pale blue eyes, marked by dark rings, were fixed only on the horizon, oblivious that his past and his only friend were waiting for him, now twelve years old, under the same sky of haze and sand.