Gaara of the Desert

Name: Gaara



First Manga Appearance: Chapter 35
First Anime Appearance: Episode 20
Name Meaning: "Self-Loving" ra=Kanji used in demons of myth
Hidden Village: Sand Village
Rank: Kazekage
Age: 15
Squad: Temari, Kankurou, Baki
Notable Features: Former Ichibi bijuu container, Controls sand in his jutsu
Notable Quotes: "Love only yourself, and fight only for yourself."
Special Abilities: Sand manipulation jutsu.

Stats:
(Pre-timeskip 10 Point Scale)
Ninjutsu: 9
Genjutsu: 5
Taijutsu: 4
Intelligence: 7
Power: 4
Speed: 6
Stamina: 10
Seal Knowledge: 8

(Post-timeskip 10 Point Scale)
Ninjutsu: 10
Taijutsu: 4
Genutsu: 7
Intelligence: 8
Power: 5
Speed: 6
Stamina: 10
Seal Knowledge: 8

History:
Gaara's life was one of torment and hatred. The sand that protects Gaara is the work of the one-tailed demon Shukaku. Kazekage had it imbued into the being of his unborn son Gaara by Sand kunoichi Chiyo. Though this incarnation protects Gaara from harm, it has caused him deep emotional and psychological harm. Whenever Gaara sleeps, Shukaku begins to eat more and more away at Gaara's psyche. This has led Gaara to limit his sleep to try and protect whatever mental stability he has left. Seeing that Gaara was unable to control the incarnation when young, Kazekage ordered Gaara killed. The sand constantly protected Gaara though and foiled any attempt at assassination. Gaara cursed his father and those in the village for what they had done to him but he still acted under their wishes to participate in the Chuunin Exam. It is during this period that Gaara begins to lose more of his mental stability.

After an exhausting fight with Naruto, the two were both knocked to the ground. Gaara remained motionless, only able to watch as Naruto summoned the strength to keep crawling towards Gaara to stop him from further hurting Sakura. Naruto explained to Gaara that he grew up in a similar fashion, that his life could have turned out the same had people not acknowledged and cared for him like Iruka and Naruto's fellow teammates. Naruto explained that one can become truly strong not by fighting for oneself, but for those precious to them. It was then Gaara was able to fully understand that he had been living his life in the wrong manner. Shortly thereafter Kankurou and Temari arrived to help Gaara. Gaara let them know he was finished fighting, and had the team retreat. As they made their way back to the Wind Country, Gaara did something surprising to both Temari and Kankurou, he apologized for hurting them in the past.

After Sand had retreated the country discovered that they had been manipulated into invading Leaf by Orochimaru and not under the direction of their Kage. After conceding defeat, Sand and Leaf became allies again. Months later when Shikamaru and his Genin team went on a mission to retrieve Sasuke from the hands of Orochimaru, Tsunade requested a favor from the Sand Country. When Shikamaru and his team were in a dire situation, the three Sand Genin returned to lend assistance to their allies the Leaf. Gaara assisted Rock Lee in fighting Sound ninja Kimimaro. Kimimaro went to his limits and would have surely killed Gaara, had his sickness not got the better of him and ended his life.

In the period after, Gaara ascended to the position of Kazekage some time after the death of the former Kage, his father. With a less hostile and more stable personality, he was welcomed by his people and popular, although it was later revealed that he and every Kazekage before him were more like figureheads with the village's council acting more in the administrative department. Gaara was attacked by Akatsuki member Deidara and sacrificed his own safety to protect the village when Deidara threatened to reduce it to rubble. He was taken to Akatsuki's base in the River Country and through a complicated process, had Shukaku removed from him. However, as with all victims of the process, he was killed by it. His corpse was kept by Deidara as a trophy, but Naruto and Kakashi defeated him and retrieved it, where Chiyo gave up her life-force to resurrect him. Despite having Shukaku removed, Gaara is still able to control sand with his own chakra.

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