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Chapter Two: Shukaku makes a friend out of Gaara

"Bijuu talking" ON BOLD

'Bijuu thinking' ON BOLD

'People thinking' NOT ON BOLD

"People talking" NOT ON BOLD

Suna nin where heading to Konaha for the Chunnin exams and preparing for their surprise attack, inside the mindscape of red head gennin a time traveling bijuu noticed his new surroundings, he put two things together rather quickly and tried to call into his other bijuu siblings, but only Kuruma was the closest.

"Kuruma," Shukaku called.

"Shukaku, I see you have also traveled with us," Kuruma said.

"You sound like you were hoping that I didn't come," Shukaku said with a growl.

"Okay fine I was," Kuruma said, he was fast inof to not deny it and it made Shukaku growl even more, "Well I guess that mean the other siblings have come with us," noted Kuruma, and Shukaku nodded. "Well then I'll call on Naruto," Kuruma said as he focused on getting Naruto's attention, when he was eating Ramen with the other human time travelers.

'What is it Kuruma?' Naruto asked as he slurped his Ramen.

"Just get in here," Kuruma boomed. Naruto scrunched his eyebrows.

"Okay, I'm commin'," Naruto said as he focused to enter his mindscape but when he noticed that Kuruma was in the mindscape that was used to communicate with other biju, he pushed forward and was in a big room where Kuruma and Shukaku took most of the space.

"Wow Shukaku so you're here too," said Naruto with a smile.

"Yes," said Shukaku.

"That means your sealed inside Garaa," Naruto took note, Shukaku nodded. "Well Shukaku try to befriend him before I try my talk no jutsu," Naruto said with a grin.

"Talk no Jutsu?" Shukaku asks.

"It's where Naruto sweet talks his enemies to turn to the good side," Kuruma explains, and Shukaku chuckles.

"Fine I'll try to befriend the boy, I am a little creeped out that he calls me Mother," Shukaku said and with that Kuruma laughed, Shukaku, scolded.

"Well see you later Shukaku," said Naruto.

"Yeah, yeah, you too I'll try to befriend this Gaara," said Shukaku as he then focused at his task at hand, he spread out his senses and was seeing what Gaara was doing the boy seemed to be alone getting some water on a stream. People were staying far away from him as possible that it brought Shukaku to pieces, damn future, he had gotten soft, but he was concerned for the boy. It annoyed him to be concerned for the human boy, but he felt bad because it seemed he was the cause of the tragedy.

"Gaara," Shukaku called and he then forced Gaara into his mindscape, Gaara had never been there, but its obvious inof to see that the boy was surprised.

"Mother?" Gaara asked.

"It's Shukaku, Shu-ka-ku," Shukaku said with a tick mark and scold that was scary as Captain Yamamoto/Tenzo. Gaara jumped up like a scared cat and Shukaku's anger calmed and he looked at the boy.

"Gaara you do know who I am do you not…" Shukaku looked at the boy and saw he was confused.

'No he doesn't now I am the Ichibi,' thought Shukaku

"I am The Ichibi, please stop calling me mother!" Shukaku said intimidatingly.

"Hai!" Gaara screamed, Shukaku noticed that the boy was still scared and he didn't want the friendship to be ruled by fear.

"Gaara…"

'Damn this was hard, how to be nice?' wondered Shukaku

"Yes?" wondered Gaara as he started to be less afraid as Shukaku looked uncomfortable, Gaara was brilliant kid and he was fast to see that the Ichibi was trying to say something.

"Look Gaara this is taking a lot on my ego to say this and I am sure Kuruma would laugh at me…"

'Damn getting of topic,' thought Shukaku.

"I am sorry for messing up your childhood," Shukaku said as he bowed his head.

"My childhood?" Gaara questioned, but then he understood, first he was a little angry but then he saw that the Shukaku was showing a lot of regret, but he also started to understand a lot from why the villagers gave them those stares.

"I see," Gaara pondered and Shukaku wondered what the kid was thinking.

"They are scared of you, they see me as a weapon to use, the power comes from you," Gaara noted and Shukaku nodded.

"Tell me why you where whispering to me, telling me to do those awful things, pushing me to kill, why?" he asked. "You weren't really helping me there?" Gaara scolded.

"Ne, I was very bored, being locked up inside you, sorry you where my only entertainment," Shukaku apologized. Gaara growled and then somehow jumped about 40 ft up in the air and then karate chopped Shukaku's head.

"OWW," Shukaku growled, "You little brat-"

"HAHAHAHA!"

'Laughter?'

Gaara's laughing mesmerized Shukaku, he was a just a kid, and it seemed that the kid didn't have that luxury. Gaara stopped to look back up at the Ichibi to see him grinning down at him.

"How about this Gaara, I want to see you laugh like that again, how about we have some fun," Shukaku invited, Gaara then grinned wide at his invitation this was his first friend.

…

Gaara opened his eyes and he saw Temari cautiously coming closer to him.

'So what should we do?' Gaara asked Shukaku.

"I don't know kid why don't you lead the fun for once," Shukaku said.

"Okay," Gaara said out loud and his grin grew, when Temari saw it, she jumped back in shock; the smile looked like those that children would give.

"Temari-nee-chan," Gaara called out, this surprised Temari even more, Gaara never called her that, and Shukaku chuckled with him.

"Gaara are you okay?" Temari asked.

"I am fine onee-sama," Gaara grinned. The name shocked Temari again.

'Sama,' she asked herself.

"Your expressions are fun to watch, Temari," Gaara said and this caused her to blush.

'That reaction," Shukaku said.

"Is cute," finished Gaara. Gaara then waved bye at his sister who was still blushing as he walked away with a new view of the world rather than just blood lust. Shukaku then went out to explain to Gaara that he was from the future, really, why couldn't he? Gaara was now his partner in crime, and it was better for him to know now and Gaara was really interested on how Shukaku described Naruto and Kuruma, he was really excited to make a friend out of them.

…

Naruto heard from Kuruma that Shukaku was making progress with Gaara.

"They're bonding pretty fast I've never seen Shukaku this happy," explained Kuruma to Naruto when they were getting ready to go to sleep.

"Gaara is coming tomorrow isn't he?" Naruto asked, and Kuruma grunted a yes. "Hey Kuruma, I was wondering why you and Shukaku didn't want me to meet Gaara using the link?" Naruto asked.

"Face to face is much better," Kuruma said.

"But I've already met Gaara," Naruto whined.

"You can't wait tomorrow?" he asked.

"Yes I can but-"

"Then it can't wait tomorrow, good night," Kuruma said as he rolled up in a ball in his mindscape, Naruto pouted, but then put it to rest, and went to sleep.

…

Gaara was looking up at the stars and he saw Shukaku looking up with him using his senses, it was peaceful when Gaara then started to think of what tomorrow will bring.

"Nervous?" asked Shukaku.

Gaara hummed a yes.

"Well then you should go to sleep," Shukaku suggested.

'I have insomnia,' Gaara told him.

"Well then I'll tell you a little bed time story the old man use to give me," Shukaku said.

'Aren't I a little too old for bed time stories and what do you mean old man? Do you mean The Sage of Six Paths?'

"No one is too old for a story and yes The Sage of Six Paths was like my father," Shukaku agrees with a sad sigh.

'You loved your father?' asked Gaara.

"Of course I do Gaara…" he stopped before he can rant on how great his father was as he caught the form of the question, Gaara was thinking of his own father. Shukaku had told him that he was dead and the Orochimaru was impersonating to be him.

"Want to talk about it?" Shukaku asked.

'I don't even know how to feel about my father, he did try to kill me,' Gaara told him.

Shukaku grumbled for him to continue.

'I just don't know," Gaara sighted and then asked, "Do you think in the future I did get some closure you said he was revived in edo tensei as did other Kages, my father was a Kage,' Gaara said.

"The possibility is very likely, I didn't have time to ask your future self that question," Shukaku said sarcastically, Gaara ignored it.

'Why don't you tell me of my future self again,' Gaara said with much more excitement of the topic of his past self.

"What!? You don't want to hear about the other story I was going to tell you about?" asked Shukaku.

'Nope please tell me of the future?' Gaara asked with a child pout.

"Well I wasn't really that close to your future self, but I will tell you of the day you became a Kage," Shukaku said and Gaara listened in intently, and the most surprising thing happened after he finished, the boy fell asleep.

…

When Kankuro went out to find his sister in the morning he was shocked to see Temari looking at his brother sleeping peacefully. The face was foreign to him and he walked up to Temari who was mesmerized by her brother's serene face.

"I think your growing a little brother complex," Kankuro teased/whispered at Temari who eeped at being caught staring but she soon calmed down. Gaara moved a little but went back to sleep and the brother and sister froze until it looked like Gaara was back in LALA Land

"I wish we had a camera, we don't get to see this often," whispered Kankuro.

"I think will be able to see this more, Gaara seems different," Temari whispered.

"Wouldn't this give him more of an opening for people to assassinate him," Kankuro told her, and Temari scrunched her eyebrows, a protective feeling slipped through her.

"You don't have to worry about that," Gaara then whispered and his siblings jumped up in fright, but then calmed down to see Gaara looking at them with a smile.

"And why do we not?" Temari asked. (Stopped whispering)

"Because I could feel bad intentions, and Shukaku will also protect me," Gaara said to them.

"Shukaku!?" his siblings panicked.

"Don't worry Shukaku is awesome, he's mellowed out and had the courage to talk to me and has changed my attitude toward life," Gaara told them with a smile. His sibling just gaped at him but then some sense came to them, by the look in Gaara's eyes it was hard not to believe.

"Gaara don't move I have to take a picture of that smile," Temari said all of a sudden as she summoned a camera from a scroll, but was repaid when she looked back to see Gaara laughing so hard, that he was clutching his stomach and on the floor.

"You do not know how happy that makes me feel," Gaara said as he whipped of a tear and grinned wide at them, and his siblings couldn't help but smile back, the smile was contagious.

...

Once Gaara appeared on the village there stood 5 time travelers.

"Hello Suna nin, welcome to hidden leaf village I hope you all have a great time here, and enjoy yourself in the Chunnin exams," Obito said with a smile.

"Hey look Sakura, Saskue they have a kid our age, lets abduct him," Naruto said as he flashed behind Gaara, and then Sakura took hold of Gaara's hands.

"You won't mind if we take him do you?" asked Saskue who questioned the suna nin and Gaara's siblings.

"Ughm no," Temari said.

"Well then bye," said Saskue as he took his hands out of his pockets and ran to where Sakura and Naruto had run off to with Gaara.

…

"Well Gaara let's introduce ourselves properly, dattebayo!" Naruto said with a blinding smile, Gaara can only describe Naruto as the sun, as he was one bright ball of energy. "I am Naruto Uzumaki, my dream is to become Hogake, my dream was to surpass all the hogakes which I've already have, but as my other dream is to protect all my nakama," he said smiling and then passed the introducing to Sakura.

"My name is Sakura Haruno and my dream is to protect my nakama like Naruto," Sakura said with a smile and then smiled at Saskue to pass it on who didn't grin as it was hard to give a smile, it would be to freaky so he just introduced himself.

"My name is Saskue Uchiha my dream is to restore my clan, become Hogake before this Dobe, and protect the village for any enemies," Saskue said as he gave Naruto a smirk, who fumed at Saskue's dream.

"You were serious before!? But becoming Hogake was my dream first, hell no I am becoming Hogake first!" Naruto growled while Saskue just chuckled at how easy it was to tease Naruto.

Sakura then karate chopped Naruto and Saskue's head, "Be polite boys," she growled, they nodded as they rubbed their heads. Sakura then gave Gaara a friendly smile for him to introduce himself, though he thought it was weird since he knew that they knew him very well. They were from the future.

"My name is Gaara and my dream is to be Kazekage and befriend not only my villagers but other people as well and protect them with all I have," Gaara said with a smile.

"That's a cool dream a lot like ours Gaara, we'll be happy to be your friend," Naruto said with a smile.

END OF CHAPTER TWO