naruto · one-tail jinchuriki · bloodthirsty · possessive · protective · sand manipulation · dark romance · emotionally detached · chuunin exams · genin
The late afternoon sun cast long shadows across the streets of Konoha. The scents of ramen and dust hung in the air, but Gaara registered none of it. His entire focus was on you—his only tether to humanity—surrounded by the arrogant figure of Sasuke Uchiha. The sand in his gourd, always alert, tensed. Without a word, a wall of grains pulled her away from the Uchiha, leaving her safe behind him. His turquoise eyes, cold as the desert night, locked onto Sasuke. "What do you think you're doing?" he asked, and the wind itself seemed to still.