Rasa has a Monster

Lullaby

{Time skip- 5 months}

"AGHHH!! DAMMIT GAARA, QUIT PULLING MY TAIL!!!" I yelped as the baby Gaara woke me up rather rudely. He giggled and rolled over to the other side of the play pen that he likes to sleep and nap in. I got to my feet and stretched as A.L grumbled about being woken up so early. Yeah, it's been a whole year and I still don't know his name. "PAY ATTENTION YOU IGNORANT TWO LEGGED FREAK!!!" Oh and he's still grumpy about what happened. But he's pretty cool. I looked up and saw Yashamaru pick Gaara up. I narrowed my eyes. "Oh good morning Mai." He said with a painfully obvious fake smile. "What are you doing with him?" I questioned as I climbed the netting of the playpen. "I'm taking him to see Lady Chiyo." He said walking away with me hot on his tail. "What does that witch want with My baby?" I said sourly. " He paused for a minute and continued walking. "It's a routine check up." He answered through gritted teeth. None of the people that I usually saw liked the fact that I hated Chiyo. And can you really blame me? That bitch sealed a monster into MY BABY GAARA!!!!! Ugh, I really hate her.

I got tired of walking and started clawing my way up Yashamaru's clothes to reach Gaara. I made sure to dig my claws in deeper than necessary. I could hear Yashamaru grunt each time I took a step. Haha sucker. "I say we bite his neck vein and leave him to slowly die and take the kid and raise it on our own." A.L grunted in my head. 'A.L we can't do that. How would we raise him exactly? I can't carry him for one and how would we feed and protect him?' I thought to him. "We can use that little red wagon the brat likes. And we are carnivores, we hunt for food and kill for protection. I know for a fact he eats solid foods." A.L grumbled 'Dammit A.L he's a toddler. Toddler's need more than just meat to survive. And we can protect ourselves from a lot of other animals yeah, but where would we go? The desert? He would die of heat stroke before we could build a decent shelter. And if by some miracle we made it out of the desert, what would we do if say a person or another ninja with bad intentions came along? I as a lizard can't do much at all against a adult human or a bigger predator!!' I yelled in my mind as I curled up in Gaara's arms. I didn't like when A.L brought this up. He had taken a strange liking to Gaara.

"You thought about this a lot haven't you?" A.L said quietly. ' YES! I've thought about it dammit!! This boy is not being raised right!! The only parent that actually loved him is gone and the one he has could care less about him! His older siblings want to love him but they can sense the villagers fear of the boy so in turn they fear him also!! THIS BOY ISN'T GOING TO HAVE FRIENDS OR A CARING PARENT!!! He's only going to have me. And that isn't going to be enough!!! He needs friends, and love!! He shouldn't be left alone!! NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT!!' I mentally yelled while tears of frustration rolled down my lizard cheeks. I always got frustrated when this subject came up. But I had never cried before, I didn't even know lizards could cry. A.L always found ways to bring this subject up and I hated it. I'm glad Yashamaru hasn't noticed my tears. "Uh calm down two legs, why do you care so much?" A.L tried to console but failed because he's a awkward lizard. 'I care way too much don't I? I have only been here for a little over a year, But I spent so much of my time with this baby. I shouldn't care at all. Hell I'm not from here, I should be laughing at all of their problems as I try to find a way back. But I promised Karura, and that woman deserves my faithful word. So I stayed and took care of this boy and NOW I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!' I ranted in my head to A.L as more and more tears of frustration fell from my black eyes. I used my tongue to lick them away because my arms are too short to wipe them. A.L had never asked me why I cared before, but I always thought about it. Why I cared, it's an easy answer. 'I promised Karura. But it's so much more than a silly promise. The way Karura asked, the look she had in her eyes. She entrusted her child to me because she knew. She knew the way Gaara would grow up, but then I came into the picture. I was that little ray of hope in her eyes. She believed I was some type of sign, a sign that everything would be alright. I had promised her, and now that's a promise I will not, and can not break.' I thought to him, in a much quieter tone. Tears fell down my cheeks.