It was during the Chunnin Exams, that Sakura Haruno had acknowledged the exsistence of Sabaku no Gaara. She saw through his insanity and had a feeling that she could change him...Can she? Rated M for future chapters...GaaxSaku 333

Chapter 1: Shocked

It was in the middle of the night that Gaara sat on top of the roof. He looked completely serious, and expressed no emotion in his face whatsoever. It was only a few months before the real matches for the Chunnin Selection Exams. As he sat on the roof, a small breeze blew threw his flaming red hair. 'I live solely for myself. The purpose of my exsistence lies in the killing of others. I love only myself.' he thought to himself. Those words repeated like a broken record in his mind over and over again. He thought he could never love anyone but himself... But that was going to change very very soon...

"SAKURA!!!!!!! WHY DON'T YOU TALK????!!!! YOU HAVEN'T SAID A WORD OR TOUCHED YOUR RAMEN!!!!" yelled the obnoxious blond, Naruto. Sakura sat there still, staring at her ramen, not saying a single word. "SAKURAAAAAAAA!!!""" Sakura finally snapped out of her daze and focused her attention towards Naruto. "Naruto? Do you know anything about that Sabaku no Gaara guy?" she asked plainly. Naruto looked up at her from his ramen and slurpped up his final noodle. "Well if you ask me, I think that guy is a freak! Did you see him at the preliminaries? He almost KILLED Rock Lee!!! I mean, he's got some serious issues... Plus, he will never get girls if he's always smelling like blood and killing people intentionally." Sakura then frowned. She knew that there was something behind that armor of sand that protected his unloved physique.

"Is that all you think about him?" she asked, "I mean, what if he was raised to be like that? Or he wasn't raised right at all?" Naruto then glared at her. Sakura then felt weak. Why was she standing up for Gaara the Killer? Was it because there was something about him that sparked her attention? "Sakura... I wasn't raised by anyone, and I'm not a killer... Gaara and I are completely different, but at the same time we are so close to being the same... Do you understand?" He asked pointing his chopsticks firmly at her. She nodded and whispered a yes and then left Ichiraku's...

Sakura walked down the street. She looked at her watch and it read 4am. How could she have stayed up so late at the Ramen Shop?...and with Naruto too? As she passed a few alleys, she then immediately stopped in her tracks and became silent. There she saw Gaara sitting up on the roof staring blankly into space. Her body tensed up; she knew he could sense chakras within the vicinty. This, however, did not bother her at the moment. She wanted to know why everyone judged Gaara and everything about him... Why is he like this? Who or what made them like this? Is there any way to change him? Slowly, she crept up the ladder and snuck onto the roof. Fortunately, Gaara hadn't noticed her yet. Sakura came closer and closer to the redhead; and with every step, her body froze a little bit more. Finally when she was about 10 feet away from him, she decided to speak...

"Excuse me..." she said very quietly. Within a millisecond Gaara's head spun around and glared at her with his icy jade eyes. She instantly froze all over. She felt like she was paralyzed and could not move. It wasn't a jutsu, she just felt that way...

"What do you want?" he snapped. "I I just, I just w-wanted t-t-too ask you s-s-s-something." stuttered Sakura. She didn't know what to say. Besides Sasuke, she'd never been in such a commanding presence before. But Gaara's was more. It was more intense and breath-taking.

Sand was already wrapping around Sakura's waist before she could say anything more. She knew what was coming. He was going to crush he like he crushed Lee's arm and leg. Sakura was immensely frightened, and could not get out of his sand's grasp. The sand was squeezing her body and cutting off her circulation... She could hardly breathe.

Suddenly, Gaara did the unexpected. He commanded his sand to carry Sakura over to him. Sakura was relieved now that she wasn't going to die. When they were millimeters apart, Gaara crashed his lips upon hers enjoying every moment of pleasure he got out of it. Sakura immediately lost focus and pushed harder and made the kiss more passionate. Gaara was surprised at this, but he took the opportunity and snaked his blood thirsty hands around her waist allowing the sand to free her. But when Sakura was free, she didn't pull away. She wrapped her arms around his neck and asked for the entrance of her tongue. With a smirk on his lips, Gaara granted Sakura's wish and allowed her tongue to enter her mouth as he did the same with his. Finally, they both pulled away in need of air. Sakura, eyes wide in shock, fingers tracing over her lips, was more than shocked. Gaara just smirked and lifted her chin up to his face level.

"Bare this in mind Haruno," he said "You are now mine and mine only. I don't argue with any objections...If anyone tries to get in my way, I will kill them. And with that, he let her go from his grasp and within seconds disappeared in his sand. Sakura stood there, mouth agape, worried more than ever.