Hi there everybody! I'm BlackDragon333. I'm usually known as Dragon-chan or BD333. I've had a couple of good stories, but they were with easier characters, like Itachi/Iruka/Kakashi and Shino. This is the first story I've ever tried with Gaara that I've actually taken seriously. The first chapter here doesn't even have him in it, which is why the second chapter is going up right after this, tomorrow sometime.

Anyhow, I know that sometimes I tend to simplify relationships between characters. I'm going to try so hard not to this time, but if I do, please don't flame me. I know I'm pretty terrible. I try, though. Please be nice:D

Anyhow. Here's the first chapter!

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"What?! No way, Mom, we can't move! Dad, no, we gotta stay-!"

Her father's face hardened against his daughter's pleas, knowing that if he showed her any weakness she would exploit it without even realizing it, as ninjas will. "Yoshimo Sachiko, it's final. We are moving to Suna. We must."

Sachi turned pleading eyes on her mother. "Mom, please, we can't! I can't leave my friends here and move to Suna! I can't!"

Although Sachi's mother had tears in her eyes, the tone she used was one of no-nonsense. "Sachi, we've got to. Tsunade-sama has made a deal with the Sunian council. We are going to be living proof of the new ties between Suna and Konoha. Until the new Kazekage-sama is fifteen and able to be enstated as the village leader, we've been sent to Suna to show the other countries that Konoha will be there to aid them."

Sachi's ears perked up at that. "So...we're only staying there until the new Kazekage comes of age?" She asked with hope shining in her eyes.

Her mother looked away, and her father took over, his heart nearly breaking at the panicked expression in his little girl's eyes. "No, Sachi. We're going to live there."

The hope died in Sachi's eyes. Instead of crying and screaming, which her parents could handle, she merely stood and walked to her room as if in a trance.

"Honey..." Began her mother.

Her father shook his head. "I'm sorry, Nari. But our village needs us."

Her mother, unhappy with her husband, stood. "Well, so does our daughter."

Saying that, she walked off to her daughter's room, only to let out a scream. The window was open, and Sachi was gone.

Sachi wasn't running away, as her mother feared. She was going to say goodbye to Neji, her steady boyfriend of the past six months. With tears in her eyes, she found him training by himself in their favorite training spot. They had trained there so many times, and it was the spot where he had first kissed her. She sighed, remembering how hard it had been for her to get him to trust her, and what had finally done him in.

"Why?! Why do you care so much? Why is it that you want me to trust you?! You barely even know me, and yet you care so much...why?!"

"Please..." Tears shone in her eyes. "...please, don't yell..."

With effort, he held in his screams. In a calmer tone, he asked, "Why do you care?"

She looked up at him in surprise. "You're hurting inside. I...I just want to help."

That simple answer had been enough to get him to befriend her, and as their friendship grew, they developed stronger feelings for each other. Remembering this, Sachi let out a sob and ran to Neji, the most cherished of her friends in Konoha.

"Sachi!" Exclaimed Neji, dropping his kunai in surprise, then moving his hand to her back as she embraced him. "What is it, Sachi? What's wrong?"

"I...I'm moving, Neji."

"What?!" He exclaimed, a sense of urgency in his voice, but also something else. He held her close to mask that other something. "Why?"

"I...I really shouldn't say details, so...we're kind of a bond between Konoha and Suna now. I...Neji, I'm going to miss you!"

"I'll miss you too, Sachi. When are you leaving?"

"We're leaving tonight, Neji. In about five minutes. I just...I wanted to see you one last time before we left."

"Don't worry, Sachi, it'll still be the same, I promise! We can write to each other, and we'll get to see each other at the Jounin exams and everything."

She nodded. "Well...I gotta get home before they miss me. I'll see you soo---later, Neji."

"I'll see you, Sachi."

She walked down the pathway back to her house. She looked fine from the back, but to look at her face, you could see that she was crying. This time, though, it wasn't at the fact that she had to leave Neji behind. This time, it was because she had heard the relief in his voice when she had told him that she was moving.

Behind her, Neji resumed his training.

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Well, there was the first chapter. That's about all I've got there for this chapter, so yeah, we're gonna have to go with that. Hope you liked it!

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