This is a story of the 'beauty and the beast', my version of it anyway. And the pairings will be other Gaara/Sakura fic. But I do plan to make another story of 'the beauty and the beast' though with a pair in dragon-ball Z as I haven't made a dragon ball Z story in such a while so look forward to that . And some of the chapters will be short.

On a hot and sunny day in Suna many people were gathering in far lands to meet the people's king. Women especially were traveling to Suna because of the news that was heard around all the great lands and country, the king was to be married.

All the woman in Suna were delighted that their king was to choose a bride from his land, but hated that fact that he was also able to choose from others as well, but even so all the women who were unwed or single were all fighting over the prettiest dresses, shoes, hair styles and make-up.

It was war-zone all over the markets; no one can get any peace and quiet because of all the bickering the women were causing. Even food stalls we always crowned because of the fruit and vegetables that 'claimed' to be the foods to eat to become more beautifier.

The men were keeping their safe distance away from the woman and trying their best to not anger any of them, though a quarter of the men are currently in hospital from the injuries the women caused.

The king was highly amused by all this, though he wasn't too happy about finding a bride and marrying a woman, still amusing. No he rather spend his free time by himself; training with the new guards, sparring with just himself or killing a person who dares defines his order or killing people in general. Yeah that was the life for him.

He frowned and crossed his arms, his red cape flowing with the wind and the grown on top of his red hair was flowing along with cape, stepping closer on his baloney he stared at all the citizens below. How he hated what was to happen the next few days, it wasn't his decision to be married off; no he just wasn't cut out for the job of being a wonderful husband or thoughtful and nice father to anyone! And the counsel members knew that, but they still insisted.

He took a deep and calm breath and let it out, he'll just have to deal with it by the end of the ceremony.

"Lord Gaara" a messenger with a black hood that covered them whole and white mask called from the doorway.

"Yes" he replied gruffly.

"There is a woman here for you to meet and see if she is the one you desire" the messenger said.

"Hm, fine I'll go pay a visit to her than" he said angrily and stomped over the where all the women who were to meet the king at, the garden.

Gaara made it to the gardens just when the sun was telling everybody that it's retiring for the day, a romantic time for dates or couples but a living hell for Gaara!

He walked over to the bench were a figure was sitting with a brown coat that covered all the body and the head and a flower in the left hand.

Gaara stopped to where the figure was and grunted, "Hm, hello" he greeted kindly as he could, though scary the poor person.

"Uh, oh hello king" the figure got up and bowed, uncovering her hood and smiled a winkled smile with her grey hair high in a messy ponytail and blue-green eyes and old and out-grown ragged clothes.

Gaara's eye went wide, an old hag! Is this some kind of joke or twisted woman? Does she not know how old she is? Or has she forgotten? And just look at her face it's all palely and ugly, how can he marry that.

"Who the hell are you, and why the hell are you here to see me. Your old and scrawny and not to mention ugly" he said disgusted.

"Well my king, I'm Ino Yamanaka. And I have come here today to find out something very important" she said in a determined voice.

"And that is?" he asked clearly not amused.

"That you! Cruel men have no respect to woman who are this way in life" she raised her voice in anger and pointed her index finger at him.

"What very ugly and stupid, well than you clearly have no taste in anything as you think that way. A woman must be the most beautifies woman I have ever laid my eyes on to become my bride" he sneered at her.

"So you think beauty is all that a man should look for in a woman" she put her arms on her hips and raised her eye-brows.

"No I don't think I know a man should always have a beautiful woman as his bride or what else is there for a woman if she ugly like you" he shrugged his shoulders and turned away.

"So, if I was so suddenly so beautiful than any other girl in this world or whatever eyes you've set on a woman than you'd marry me, right?" she asked.

"If you were" he began to walk away till he heard call for him.

"So if I look like this"

He turned around and found no grey hair anymore but blond and in a net ponytail, her eyes were the same but her clothes fit her body nicely and were deep shades of purple with a short low-cut top and skirt that reach a little above her knees with matching sandals.

Gaara's eyes looked at her lustfully; "Yeah, like that" he walked to her again when he looked in her eyes and fell under her spell.

She held up a finger and waved it around; "uh, uh my king there is something I would like to give to you first" she said sexily.

"What" he said dreamily.

"Do you trust me" she asked seducible.

"Yes" he nodded his head as he continued to look in her eyes.

"Than" she whisper in his ear as they drew closer "feel pain" she piece his skin with the red rose she was holding and drawing blood.

He didn't know why it hurt so much as it was just a simple cut from a flower but as time was ticking his arm began to go numb and blood continued to flow downwards, a simple flowers thrones could hurt so bad who could of thought.

"Now my king you may suffer as been an ugly and degraded monster in all the land and far countries, for you must learn that with every flower must bloom and wither" with that said the castle began to darken and freeze and as the sun was forming a line on a horizon state.

Gaara watch to what was happing to his people and land, till he felt extreme pain in the arm that was pieced and looked down to see his whole arm slowly cover in red fur and slowly spread up towards his face and all around his body with two devils horns.

The bright and sunny day seem no more when darkness filled the once happy land, or what was kinda happy, and their ruthful king became what he was, a monster.

"Until you have accepted true beauty, you may remain a beast in all eternity. You must find true love if you want someone to accept you, but you must also accept theirs" Ino walked around Gaara until she laughed cruelly and slowly disappeared into darkness and left Gaara to his miserable self.

Why me? Was all Gaara called out.

Well this was longer than expected but what the heck R/R please thank you and I'll try to get the second one out as soon as I can.