Pieces of Colored Glass and Stone:
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Word Count: 132
AN: I don't own Naruto or any of its respective characters, including Gaara and Matsuri; it all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, the creator.
She remembers the day when she first saw him so vividly. She had heard about the young boy, of course, but never had she laid eyes on him up till then. She was only five at the time, a year younger than him.
She had been warned about Gaara, the vessel for Shukaku, by many of the villagers. Even her peers advised her to stay away from him. He's a monster, they had said, he'll kill you in a heartbeat.
Yet, despite all their harsh words, Matsuri had felt drawn to the young redhead when she spotted him walking down a quiet street that evening. She couldn't explain why, there was just something about Gaara that captured her attention. The villagers said he was a monster, but that something told her differently.