Yeah...Sometimes when Shukaku has been weakened enough, I think Gaara can take back control...which is ironic, because Shukaku usually tends to take control of Gaara when Gaara's in a particularly weakened state. No one really knows exactly what goes on for sure...

...I am still not getting that part, though. Gaara has always been the one to say that he in incapable of feeling love and/or affection towards any other than himself. I'm sure you see that tattoo on his forehead...