Prime of the Elemental Nations (on hold)

Chapter 4

Garra POV

For the first time in my life I really wanted to go outside right as the sun came up. It wasn't really hard physically since I couldn't sleep that easily in the first place, but I had to let Yashamaru know where I was going. I didn't want the one person who cared for me to hate me like all of the other villagers.

'But Yashamaru won't be up just yet." Gaara thought before he touched his caretaker's door. 'Would it be okay for me to wake him up. With Optimus said to be there at sunrise, if I didn't show up, would he leave?'

"Yes! he would! So go there and kill him before your babysitter wakes up and kill him!" That dark voice in the back of my head kept chanting.

But if I did that Optimus wouldn't play with me anymore. Maybe He could be his friend the sand didn't act out towards him showing that Optimus was a kind person that wouldn't hurt him. With that thought, I knocked on the door. At first, there were some shuffles, but then the door opened up to reveal the kind face of my caretaker.

"Gaara-sama?" Yashamaru asked since this was the first time the little boy woke up since he was four when yashamaru explained the concept of sleeping when it was nighttime and not to bother him when he was sleeping, so he could have enough energy for the next day.

"What do you need?"

"Um...Yashamaru...", Gaara started to ask but trailed off unsure.

"Yes?", Yashamaru asked, curious to why Gaara was waking him so early in the morning. It was almost time for the sun to come out. Did Gaara want to watch the sunrise with him?

"Do you need my help Gaara-sama?"

"No, but can I go outside, please? I promised someone that I would meet them there at sunrise," Gaara asked shuffling his feet.

Yashamaru was caught off guard slightly. Did someone ask Gaara to meet him somewhere in the village this early? Normally people would stay away from or outright avoid his presence altogether. It sounded ridiculous and tickled his shinobi senses. He put on a tentative smile.

"Do you know who asked to meet you?" he asked." because I would also like to meet your friend as well." 'and see what their motives are.' but that last part was left unsaid.

Gaara looked up from the floor with eager hope in his eyes. "His name is Optimus and wear a blue helmet and the sand didn't react at all towards him he said that I was special just like him."

'Someone just like Garra could he be a jinchuuriki the question is which one, and why didn't the sand reacted to him could he be manipulating the sand like Gaara? How only those of the Sabuku clan has the closest ability to Shukaku's powers!' Hiding his inner panic and worry he asked Gaara when he was supposed to meet this Optimus Garra smiles with happiness.

"He said to meet him where we first meet, I'll find out today, so can I go?" cute big puppy eyes.

Yashamaru sighed. The only way he could find out was to meet this Optimus himself. "Yes, you can go. "But, I'm coming with you." Gaara beamed and he started to run to the front door. As soon as he was out of the door he started to sprint, Yashamaru following him. The sun was already rising. He had to hurry, otherwise, Optimus might leave.

As we reach the meeting place I couldn't help let a smile for my face, Optimus was right there waiting for me with, his red and white cloak with golden Flames blowing it softly Against the Wind as he stood there looking at the horizon, with kindness in his eyes Gaara took a few steps towards him but stopped when he saw Optimus turn around. "Ah Gaara it's good that you made it who is your friend," Optimus said with a small smile on his face.

Third-person view

As Optimus walked over to them until he stood right in front of the man and Gaara, the man tensed and his hand strayed to his thigh pouch. The air around him filled with a warning that Optimus could only predict as protectiveness and maybe...surprise?

'Oh, a family member. And from what he looks like a warrior.' Finishing the assessment of the man and looked at Gaara, "My, my I didn't expect a sparkling like you to be up at this hour" Optimus chuckled. " But never the less it is still early dawn, come there's something I want to show you when your companion can take along as well." Gaara smiles and nods and looks, at his caretaker Yashamaru sigh and nodded his head as they follow Optimus.

After a while of walking Optimus stop as he looked out at the village as the sun was coming up "look at the everything the light touches Gaara your home your people" Gaara stared at the village with all aw, never been this high up before he was not even allowed to be on the village walls he look back at Optimus because he was about to speak again. " Gaara yesterday I said that you're special, just like me." He smiles and not looking at Optimus with hoping his eyes praying that he was right " You can call us a Special case Gaara, where I come from my own people, were a fear me they didn't want anything to do with me, I was so alone and lost... but that change when my guardian my mentor came and rescued me for My Darkest Hour, he show me the way to make friends, let people open up to me now I'm going to teach you the same thing how he taught me because I won't let you fall into the path of darkness and despair you're young you should enjoy life as sparkling should."

"Really you could show me how to make friends." Gaara said excitedly than looked at his caretaker for permission Optimist teaching Yashamaru let out a sigh of defeat knowing that he couldn't say no to Gaara puppy eyes "you could teach him but I will be at close by keeping an eye on you to make, sure you're not just using Gaara or manipulating him."

"I understand and you don't need to fear I will never Loop or stoop that low to just use or manipulate a sparkling" Optimus said back to Yashamaru, Gaara let a huge smile show on his face and jumped into the air eagerly, that he's going to make friends and maybe his father could accept him.