Suna no Mugetsu Re-ku (Naruto Fanfic)

Legalities of Guardianship

 Fear was never something Baki ever expected on feeling.

Yes, the man would find himself facing the fear of losing his life should he ever make the wrong step. He felt this type of fear all the time, as well as the fear of doing something wrong which would lead to his men loosing their lives. This type of fear though was different, and he found himself not liking the sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach at all. This fear, it was the fear that something would happen to Gaara, that something would happen to someone he held precious.

Ingrained into the minds of the Shinobi of Suna was to forget about such things as holding something precious, but in dealing with Gaara he quickly learned the one thing which kept the boy sane was the concept of holding loved ones dear, and Baki found himself adapting, even changing as the boy grew. Seeing Rasa again, and the swift movement Rasa took to stall him made Baki for a moment wonder if he was week, but then Rasa's words told him the issue lay in another place.

"Personally I'm far more concerned with Gaara tangling with that thing."

"That monster the man mentioned is real," was the first thought which came to Baki's mind, but the second was, "the Lord Kazekage actually cares about his son, and is willing to take me out just to protect what is precious to himself." Baki found himself inwardly cursing as Rasa placed a restraint on him. "No, the issue lies in the fact I underestimated Rasa. Gaara's always talking about how there is strength in the aspect of love for another person. I doubt the Lord Kazekage understands this though."

Soon the Shinobi which headed in the direction Gaara was came hurtling over, and looked at Baki in shock before quickly releasing the jutsu. "Lord Baki, I headed down one of the tunnels and ran into that thing. Lord Gaara went after it, and he's using his powers. Rasa's also there, so you're the only one who can handle the situation now."

Baki stood up. "I know that. I'm not sure I should at this point fear what Rasa will do with Gaara, but the end results of that child's fears." He hurried forward, and heard Rasa call out to Gaara from one of the tunnels, telling him to knock it off. The Sand ninja felt a tightening of his throat. "Well, I guess I also need to worry about Rasa's poor parenting skills."

He moved forward, and helped grab onto Gaara, so that the two got the boy out of the tunnel. Baki quickly picked up the fact Gaara didn't look well, with the saliva coming from his mouth, and the bloody side injury. "Don't forget you likely broke his arm when you landed on him." Rasa of course kept attempting to act like a father, though Baki was sure that the man would deny any form of affection for the child. "Affection though Rasa, is the way you get through to Gaara."

One chance of eye contact between Rasa and the boy of course made things worse, and Baki felt like vomiting. "It's not the smell, but that Gaara's boy couldn't handle any more physical, and mental stress. Lord Rasa's getting frustrated with Gaara just like in the past." It was thus time to butt in. "Lord Rasa, please let me take Lord Gaara." The man looked Baki in the eye, and the man made it clear that he didn't trust Baki. "Likely he doesn't feel my judgment sound, as he doesn't know what's going on. He's missing pieces of information."

Something thankfully made the man hand Gaara over, and he barked out his orders. Rasa of course did not wish to explain his logic. Baki followed after, and looked down at Gaara. "At least I can expect you to explain your logic, Gaara."

Baki felt the young fifth Kazekage lean into him, something Gaara would never do even under normal circumstances as certain boundaries remained, not because Gaara didn't wish to cross them, but because he worried about crossing the wrong ones. Stepping into the room, Baki found the atmosphere much to his dislike to be rancid with hatred for the boy he carried in his arms. He felt the young Kazekage flinch in his arms, and knew Gaara could sense the animosity as well.