"Kill them," It hissed.

"No.." he moaned, "can't harm...precious...people!"

Damn that stubborn boy. It couldn't get what it wanted if he kept fighting back. Damn that hyperactive, Jesus-complex riddled blond kid. Damn it all!

"Go away!" he repeated, hands scrabbling at the burning scar of the kanji 'love'. "Don't want you...don't need you here! Must protect my precious people..."

"Kill them, or I'll tear apart your mind from the inside out, boy!"

No reaction.

"I'll force my way out and then kill them while you watch helplessly!"

A pause. Still no reaction.

"We... we have cookies?"

"Make that brownies."

"Deal."

"Gaara, you sold us out for a brownie?!"

AN: If you happened to read the reviews for this, you will see that the last part was edited to fit the comments of a certain "Sakura no Kage". No, I didn't just rip off her idea. I am entitled, I say! She is my beta!