All demons and Humans alike have pasts. Some have good pasts, while others are very horrible. This story however is different. It all starts a long time ago in the Sand Village Hospital. A brown haired godess named Karura walked with a baby in hand. The baby had blue eyes and purple hair. Just then, the baby cried loudly.
"Shh, it's okay Jessica," Karura cooed her fifth baby that she had just given birth to, "Mommy's going to bring you back. I promise." She ran out of the hospital and met her former teammate. The man in white clothing had blonde hair and black eyes. His name was Shukaku Ichibi.
"Karura-Chan, what's wrong?" asked Shukaku. Karura panted out her breath.
"The Third Kazekage is missing. Another person is going to steal his place! I want you at all costs to take care of Jessica, please!" Karura pleaded. She placed Jessica in Shukaku's arms, then ran back to the Hospital. Shukaku ran with Jessica in hand. He ran and ran until he bumped into a man who was holding magical potions.
"My potions! You idiot!!!" The man yelled at the clumsy preist before him. One particular potion spilled on Shukaku's whole body.
"Sorry What's-your-face, I don't have time for this!" Shukaku yelled back as he ran out of the village.
"I'm the fourth Kazekage, don't you forget that." The man said mumbling. Those were the last words Shukaku heard before he was running in the desert. To make matters worse, a giant sandstorm started to kick in. What the hell!? Shukaku thought. With his bare hands, he protected the crying Jessica. The sandstorm made contact and Shukaku blacked out.
When the sandstorm finally left, Shukaku opened his eyes to see the full, yellow moon shining above him. Jessica clapped as she saw Shukaku. Shukaku smiled as well and he looked at Jessica in his soft, warm claws....Claws!? Shukaku gasped at the sight of his massive claws. This isn't real....this isn't happening...maybe I should go see myself in the Oasis over there. Shukaku thought as he walked slowly to the palm trees and the lake.
Jessica smiled as Shukaku made a hammock for her to sleep on. Shukaku then looked at his horrible reflection on his body. He was still in his normal height, but he looked like a beige raccoon with blue veins on his skin and yellow eyes with black star pupils. Now it makes sense. The potion, the sand, the moon. That's what caused this monsterous transformation.
"Oh my god," Shukaku finally proclaimed after staring at himself for so long, "What the hell am I?" Suddenly he felt a growing sensation inside him. Quickly, he left the area as soon as possible. In a flash, Shukaku grew up to a one hundred foot tall tanuki. Also, he gained a LOT of weight because of this.
"So much for my 20th birthday..." Shukaku muttered to himself. Jessica, who watched the whole situation, smiled like the biggest idiot in Japan. Shukaku loved to see Jessica's warm face. He picked her with his huge tail.
"You still love me, do you Jessy-Chan?" Shukaku asked, "Now I'm crazy. I'm talking to a baby!" Jessica grabbed one of Shukaku's huge claws with hers. Shukaku looked at this with tears in his eyes. Although he is a monster, one person still liked him. He kissed Jess on the forehead, then put her gently on his head. Suddenly, both their stomachs growled.
"Gee, I'm hungry. I wonder what we could find on this land..." Shukaku said. He then saw the Sand Village ahead. If the village sees him like this, they'll attack for sure. Somehow, Sand started to slither secretly in the village and steal some food.
"I can control sand too? Awesome!" Shukaku yelled excitedly. The sand came back with a heavy load of food. Shukaku ate it all while Jess drank chocolate milk in delight. When all the food was gone, Shukaku was full and happy. He burped, causing an Air Bullet to float in the sky. Jess took a nap. Maybe being a demon wasn't so bad after all.
"Ah, this is the life!" Shukaku relaxed, "Eating, drinking, having a good time. Being a demon really pays off." But he was wrong...
"GET HIM!!!" Someone yelled. Ninja surrounded Shukaku with weapons and clones. Shukaku then saw a familiar face...the fourth Kazekage.
"You!" Shukaku pointed at the man, "You and your stupid potions transformed me!!!" The kazekage nodded and summoned his advisor, Yashamaru.
"Brother-In-Law," Kazekage ordered, "Put this tanuki in the teapot. As for the baby, send her with the poor, useless orphans." Yashamaru nodded, then grabbed Jessica out of Shukaku's claws. Jessica cried.
"No, no, no!" Jessica grunted one of her first words. Shukaku got very angry. He pushed all ninjas aside and plunged towards Yashamaru. Chiyo, the elder, made complicated handsigns.
"Teapot Sealing jutsu!" Chiyo yelled. Shukaku got forced into a large, but tight teapot. After one year, he finally got sealed inside a human boy. But that, my friends, is another story to tell.
~Jess
~Shukaku
Bold=Gaara singing
13 years later, a blonde girl with sparkly eyes went into the throne room. She saw what looked like a crib and in it was a 100-ft tall red head boy with tanuki ears, tail, black shirt, red pants, and a crown on his head, sleeping.
"Gaara. Oh Gaara!" The blonde girl called softly. The boy kept snoring, "WAKE UP DANG IT!!!!"
Gaara instantly woke up. He looked at the girl for 5 minutes, then said, "Who are you?"
"I'm Cate, your guardian angel," Cate said, "I tell you what's right and wrong and stuff."
Gaara scowled at Cate as if saying he didn't need advice. Then his tail snaked it's way up to the trash can to grab Karura's picture, which is broken.
"What's wrong Gaara?" Cate asked the teen. Gaara sighed.
"You aren't afraid of me? I have two names. One is Gaara. The other is King Shukaku. I switch my personality ever so often. But with the village, it's always King Shukaku. With you, it's always Gaara."
"Well, I have to watch over you. I wanna be friends with you." Cate said. Suddenly a violin was playing, "I was considered a freak at school. That made me emo. And no, I don't cut myself. And would the violin go away!?" A violin smashed into the wall.
"Not only that, I killed my mother when I was born," Gaara said as he looked at his mother's picture, "I always wondered if she hated me. Well, I'm going to make her proud someday."
With that, music is heard and the spotlight is on Gaara and the broken framed picture. Gaara picks up the picture and starts to sing.
Proud of your boy
I'll make you proud of your boy
Believe me, bad as I've been, Ma
You're in for a pleasant surprise
Gaara puts the picture down on the floor and goes out into the wild to change in his demon self. Cate follows.
I've wasted time
I've wasted me
So say I'm slow for my age
A late bloomer, Okay, I agree
Gaara climbs on a tree branch and swings from side-to-side as his hands turn into claws.
That I've been one rotten kid
Some son, some pride and some joy
But I'll get over these lousin' up
Messin' up, screwin' up times
Cate climbs up a tree, and saw a beautiful waterfall. She then gets snatched up by Gaara as he races to the waterfall. Gaara crosses his heart for a good reason.
You'll see, Ma, now comes the better part
Someone's gonna make good
Cross his stupid heart
Make good and finally make you
Proud of your boy
Gaara trips on a dead tree, making him tumble into the leaves. Cate has been bouncing up and down a lot.
Tell me that I've been a louse and loafer
You won't get a fight here, no ma'am
Say I'm a goldbrick, a good-off, no good
But that couldn't be all that I am
The rolling stopped when the teens went in the water. Too bad Gaara can't swim, but Cate can.
Water flows under the bridge
Let it pass, let it go
There's no good reason that you should believe me
Not yet, I know, but
Gaara and Cate finally went back into the throne room, soaking wet and dirty. Gaara goes up to his forgotten picture, and checks up his height and weight.
Someday and soon
I'll make you proud of your boy
Though I can't make myself smaller
Or smarter or handsome or wise
Gaara takes the picture out of the frame and puts it in a locket.
I'll do my best, what else can I do?
Since I wasn't born perfect like Dad or you
Mom, I will try to
Try hard to make you
Proud of your boy!
Cate was crying her poor heart out at the song
. Gaara picked up Cate with ease and hugged her.
"Ch-choking not br-breathing...un!" Cate wheezed out since Gaara is bigger than her. He let go of her, knowing that he ruined his whole reputation.
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Okay the next part will be a sailing adventure with Sasuke's crew. I have to find some lyrics. See ya soon!
~Shukaku
~Jess
