Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, its plot or characters. I own any OC, my plot, and anything else you don't recognize unless otherwise stated.

That being said the bit of Lyrics below are from "My Demons" By starset. (I prefer the nightcore version)

Summary: She kept him sane. She calmed his blood lust and relaxed him. She'd been there in the beginning and promised to stay forever. Even when he pushed her away she kept their promise.

Very short summary I know. It's pretty much the song below that goes on to say "You make everything okay…" "You take all of the pain away…" I made the cover photo with a rinmarugames game.

Mayday! Mayday!
The ship is slowly sinking
They think I'm crazy but they don't know the feeling
They're all around me,
Circling like vultures
They wanna break me and wash away my colors
Wash away my colors

-My Demons - Starset

"La, la, la, la, la, la, la." Rin sat in the sand petting her stuffed cat. Her long blue pigtails swayed back and forth as she slowly moved her head from side to side while she sang. "La, la, la, la, la, la, la." A group of children, a few years older than Rin, were playing ball about ten feet away. Rin had asked to play with them, like she had every day since moving to Sunagakure, but they like every day before they had said no, called her weird and told her to go away with her 'stupid cat'. Rin figure it was because she was the 'new kid' and hadn't grown up with everyone else. But if that was the case why did that boy sit by himself on the swing every day. Surely he'd grown up there, or was he like her? The other children at least knew his name though. They whispered it in fear when they saw him. Rin didn't understand; the boy looked harmless.

"Hey." Rin opened her bright violet eyes and looked up to see two boys standing in front of her. She blinked up at them and tilted her head in a silent 'yes?' "Gimmie that!" One of the boys suddenly grabbed her stuffed cat. Rin's eyes widened and she quickly got up and tried to get it back. The boy held it high above her head.

"Give her back!" Rin squeaked. The two boys laughed. Rin's lip began to quiver.

"Awe, baby gunna cry?" The other boy teased. Rin lowered her head and brought her sleeves covered hands to her eyes.

"Hey, I thought you guys were playing with us?" A girl called over to the two boys. "Leave the weirdo alone."

"In a minute!" The boy holding the cat called back. "What's wrong? Don't you want it back?" He asked Rin. She nodded. "Then jump for it." Rin sniffled into her hands.

"Hey." The two boys turned to face the familiar voice.

"It's Gaara." The other boy whispered. Gaara was frowning as he clutched his own stuffed animal with his little fists.

"Give it back." He said. The boy holding the cat quickly dropped it and backed up.

"Let's go." He said to the other boy and grabbed his arm before they ran away. Rin sniffled as Gaara walked up to her. He picked up her cat and held it out.

"Here." Gaara said softly with a nervous expression. He was ready for her to run or scream. Rin peeked out from behind her hands and blinked at him. He blinked back. She reached out to grab her stuffed cat and hugged it tightly with her eyes closed. Gaara had a little smile on his face. Rin opened her eyes and smiled at him making him blink.

"Thank you." She said.

"Y-You're welcome." He said quietly as he looked down at his feet, holding his bear to him. Rin leaned over and pecked his cheek. Gaara let out a tiny gasp as his head snapped up and stared at her with wide eyes.

"Mommy does that when papa does something nice for her." Rin explained. Gaara nodded and looked away as his cheeks turned pink. "My name's Rin." She added quietly. Gaara looked at her.

"I'm Gaara."

"Why don't you play with the other kids?"

"They don't like me."

"Why not? You're nice." Rin said with a smile. Gaara gave a small shrug. "Do you wanna come to my house for dinner?" Gaara blinked in surprise.

"Really?"

"Of course!" Rin said with a small giggle. Gaara smiled.

"Okay!"

"Come on!" Rin grabbed his hand making his eyes widen as she started to pull him along.

Gaara's face was bright pink as the two walked through the village. Rin hadn't let go of his hand as they walked to her house. She told him about her moving the month before because of her dad's work. Her mother painted and her older brother was in the ninja academy. She asked if he was going to enter the academy when he was older and that she didn't know if she wanted to. When he told her he planned on enrolling she got excited.

"If you're gunna be a ninja I wanna be one too!" She said with a big grin. Gaara smiled.

"Okay, we'll be ninja together."

"I hope we're in the same class."

"Me too." Gaara said shyly.

"Rin!" The two looked to see an older boy, with blue hair that matched Rin's, standing in the doorway of a house.

"That's my brother!" Rin said to Gaara. The two walked up to him. "Big brother this is-" Rin's brother ignored her and pulled her into the house. "Kenta!" Rin squeaked as he closed the door. Gaara's eyes were wide and he heard yelling behind the door. He frowned and looked down at his feet. Of course, even if Rin wasn't afraid of him her family had to be. He was sure they didn't even know why they should be scared unless they were told about him. Gaara let out a sigh and started to leave. "Gaara!" Gaara looked up and saw Rin climbing out an upper window. She let out a squeak, and Gaara's eyes widened, as she lost her grip.

"Rin!" He reached his hand out and the sand around him shot up to catch her. The sand lowered her to the ground slowly. Gaara lowered his head. Now he'd done it. She'd definitely be afraid of him now, just like everyone else.

"That was so cool!" Rin squeaked. Gaara blinked and looked at her. She was still sitting on the ground but she was smiling. "How'd you do that?" She asked as she got up and ran up to him. Gaara stared at her.

"Uh…"

"Can you teach me to do that?" She asked as she grabbed his arm. "Please Gaara!" He blinked at her.

"You're not afraid of me?" He asked. Rin tilted her head.

"Huh? Why would I be afraid of you? You're so cool!" Gaara felt a smile tug at his lips. "Hey, you wanna go back to the park?" Gaara nodded and couldn't hold back a smile as Rin took his hand again.

The two sat on the swings, their joined hands between them.

"I'm sorry about my brother." Rin said looking down at her lap. "He can be a jerk sometimes." Gaara didn't say anything. "I don't think people should be afraid of you just because you're different." He looked at her. "I think it's really cool that you can move sand. I wish you'd teach me."

"I told you, I don't know how I do it." Gaara said.

"Yeah yeah, you just wanna keep your awesome powers to yourself." Rin said with a pout. The two laughed quietly.

"My brother just ignores me." Gaara said.

"You have a brother too?" Rin asked.

"Mhm, and a sister."

"I've always wanted a sister."

"She ignores me too."

"That's not nice." Rin said. Gaara shook his head. "You're nice." Gaara looked at her with a little smile.

"You're nice too." He said looking down at his lap as his cheeks went pink. Rin giggled.

"You're my first ever friend." She said.

"You're my first ever friend too." Gaara said.

"Hey Gaara?"

"Yes Rin?" He looked at her.

"Let's be friends forever, kay?" Rin said with a growing smile.

"Friends… forever?" Gaara blinked as a smile was tugging on his lips as well.

"Mhm. We'll always be there for each other." Rin said. "No matter what." Gaara smiled.

"Okay." He said.

I just love little Gaara and love the idea of him having a friend as a child. This will be a romance story but obviously not until much later. If anyone's interested I also have another Naruto fic that's mainly a Naruto/OC but does have a bit of Gaara/OC in it.