Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Yuro and Launa. Those two were made by my friend and someone else from Fanfiction. So thanks and this is somewhat of a remake of Even Monsters Can Be Loved.

The children all gathered in their own places with their friends at lunchtime. The first day of Kankurous' second year at the academy and his friends had already picked a target to annoy. A little blonde girl sat by herself on the dirty sand covered ground eating a sandwich. She seemed to be unaware of the of the year older boys slowly migrating their way towards her. She finished quickly and gathered her things up and began to walk towards them without knowing their intentions.

Kankurou stood in front of the four other seven year old boys ready to humiliate the girl, but when he tried to stare her down with his cold dark eyes and evil smirk, she just looked blankly at him with her beautiful green eyes. Before she came to close to them she stopped, set her bag down on the bench next to her and took off her dirt brown, almost floor length jacket off to reveal a black t-shirt that fit her body perfectly yet draped a little over her blue pants, below that was black sandals. She laid the coat down on the bench like a blanket, and then she laid down on it.

"Tch." Kankurou was angered by the way she just seemed ignore them like someone who was to cool to notice their existence. "Come on. Lets go."

The boys swarmed around the bench all strategically placed around her with Kankurou at the head of the bench looking down at the girls face. She just lay there with eyes closed and her bag at her feet. Suddenly, the boy at the bottom next to her bag started rummaging through it and found a notebook.

She flung up into a sitting position and yelled, "Hey! That's mine!"

The boy taunted her by saying, "Is your name on it? Lets see." The boys gathered around the one holding the book except Kankurou. He just crossed his arms and laid back in his stance all cool like and watch his little demand helpers at work. The kid flipped through the pages and stopped on a page that had her name in the top right hand corner. "Oh, Launa is it."

The boys teased her for a moment about how geeky her named sounded. They all chuckled. Kankurou noticed how pathetic their teasing was and came up and grabbed the notebook out of the boys' hand and began thumbing through it himself. Humm. Lets see… Wow this is sad. Just pages and pages of drawings and poems. How boring? Might as well just give up on this one…. HEY! Wait a minute! He kept on one page as he read it in his mind. When, Oh, When? When will the shores that lap at my feet, rise to swallow me whole? When will the gentle wind pick up and sweep me away in its rage? When will the sky part and the gods come down to crush my body? When will the pain end? All the sleepless nights filled with screams. Never. They will never go away. The tears will never stop.

He broke out suddenly in dramatic poses as he read it aloud to his buddies and the girl, whose tears began to flow like rivers down her face. After the short little show he put on he tossed the book back on the bench before Launa and as him and his gang walked away with laughter, he said, "As if her name weren't bad enough. I mean, come on what kind of emo freak would write that kind corny stuff. Heh."

As they were walking away they were stopped by her words. "You know it's common courtesy to tell someone your own name."

Kankurou was angered at his comment and turn to face her with an evil glare. She still had tears running down her face and she was looking down at the notebook next to her. "Please, I would like to know your name." She looked up into his eyes.

"It's Kankurou." He said in a snappy tone.

"Oh. Ok." She said looking back down. The boys started to walk away when she said, " Kankurou, why do you take pleasure from other peoples pain?"

He just ignored her and so did the rest of them. They all just walked away and left her in tears, but Kankurou started to have second thoughts about picking on her. What the heck was up with her? She seemed like all the other crybabies, but there was something about how she acted. And that poem… Oh, well. Wow it feels good to be back in school and now there are younger kids to pick on.

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A few weeks had gone by since Kankurou read her poems aloud to get his daily dose of torture in on the innocent, unsuspecting, younger of the human race. He sat in the shade of a wall just acting cool, clearing his thoughts, and trying not to think about Gaara. Gaara apparently had made a new friend who was his age and just going into the academy just as the emo girl and himself. Kankurou just couldn't stop thinking about the night that their father let him bring his little girlfriend (they weren't going out it's just how Kankurou thought of it) over.

She was short like Gaara, was really thin, had long dishrag blonde hair, and wore green pants, a red tank top, and blue sandals. The only reason he couldn't get her out of his mind was because she told him to meet her out here because she wanted him to meet someone. Gees. Why did I have to agree to this? He shook his head and ruffled his brown hair.

When he looked up he saw something fly over his head. It hit the ground and rolled a little before sliding to a stop and folding out. It was a person, but Kankurou had to stand up to see who it was. When he did his expression changed completely. He had a moment of shock with his mouth wide open. Then Gaara's little friend Yuro came up beside him.

"You can't be serious." Kankurou managed to mutter to Yuro.

"Yep!" Yuro was really shy when they first met, but now it was like she wouldn't shut up with that peppy attitude. It was annoying to Kankurou, but it was somewhat of a good thing. Her happy attitude made Gaara act different. Less like he was going to kill everyone.

After Yashumaru had been killed by Gaara, and everyone started acting even more afraid of him, the only person he had was Yuro. Even though he probably didn't mean to get so close to someone, it turned out that way in the end. There was something different about her that made Gaara feel like she understood him. Kankurou noticed that ever since he went into the academy that he was acting different. And it was because of this girl. The one who had just brought something into his life that he didn't want.

"Ouch. That was stupid." Launa sat up with a strange look on her face.

"Launa, this is-"

"Holy Cow! I know who you are. Kankurou!"

"Well that cut introductions short. I suppose you know her name to?" Yuro asked him.

"Unfortunately. Yes" Kankurou said in a bratish tone.

"I wouldn't be the one complaining pretty boy. You weren't the one who had your personal life invaded by a bunch of punks." Launa yelled at him.

"What did you just say to me?" Kankurou clenched his fists together and glared at her.

"Now Launa, I know you heard mom talking about how you need to make friends with others. I'm just trying to help you out. If you keep that attitude up you'll never make friends." Yuro warned her.

"Yeah, yeah. I know. I'm not that forgetful. I think she made it pretty clear that I was an outcast and needed to try harder, but I would rather go my life without making friends than even pretend to be his friend."

"Launa?"

"Wait. Just hold on a minute," Kankurou had a sudden realization as they were talking to each other and had to question it. "Did you say mom?"

"Yeah. What about it?" Yuro asked.

"Well, I never would have figured that you to were related. I mean, aren't you to the same age." Kankurou was lost and confused.

Yuro looked at the horizon only to find that the sun was beginning to set. She suddenly looked as though she were in a panic. "Oh no. I got to go. Gaara wanted me to meet him at the playground. Have Launa explain it."

As fast as she spit those sentences out was as fast as it took her to get out of hearing distance. Launa got up and looked him deep in the eyes and said, "Nothing."

"What?" Kankurou really lost after that.

"I have nothing to say to you. Nothing what so ever." Her tone was cold and flat.

"You can't be serious."

"Oh, I'm serious all right. Dead serious."

"Oh really?" He drug out his words as almost to threaten her.

The look in her eyes got even more cold and harsh like she was ready to fight. "That's right. You heard me. And you have no right to bud in on my personal life. So, just get lost."

She turned to walk away. Then it hit Kankurou like an on coming kunai. "Hey wait a minute. What makes you think that you can talk to me that way, you little shrimp?" He ran up next to her and pulled on her shoulder to get her to turn towards him.

She gave him a deadly look that was returned just as powerfully by him. "Excuse me, but last time I checked you weren't the one who had the authority to push me around."

"Well what are you going to do about it? Huh, shorty?" Kankurou apparently had a new obsession with make fun of the fact that she was an inch shorter than him.

"If you think I am like the little crybaby you met three weeks ago, I've got a news flash for ya. She ain't any where around here any more."

Kankurou was glad no one was around to see this because what he was about to do would have been considered going way to far. He quickly raised one hand and smacked it across her face sending her toppling to the ground.

"Hey! What was that for?!" She wasn't to pleased by the stinging feeling on her cheek, but the fact that it was because of him aggravated her more. That wasn't the only emotion that came to her, though. Tears began to flow from eyes that use to be filled with hate and rage.

Oh, man not again. And this time she might go tell someone. Real smooth.

Gees I feel like such an idiot. Kankurou didn't feel to guilty about it, but he did not want to get his butt fried because of his uncontrollable anger towards the little crybaby. He pull out a small white cloth from his pocket and held it out to her. "Here. You don't want to go making a lake in the middle of a desert."

She shook her head to reject it, then stood up, dusted herself off, and wiped her eyes dry. "It's not your fault."

"What? What do you mean by that?" Kankurou felt as though he was walking in pitch black with this girl.

"I mean it's not your fault that I'm such a big baby." She seemed much more tolerant of his actions unlike the many others he had pushed around and made fun of.

"Heh." Kankurou had one of his cheesy grins on now.

"What?"

"It's just that you seem different from the other people I've… Well you know." Kankurou was extremely careful with his choice of words.

"Yeah, I do know." She looked at the ground and began to debate if she should tell him about what she said she wouldn't. Finally, without looking up at him, she gave in to her gut feeling. "I'm an orphan."

"You can't be serious." Kankurou was starting to put two and two together.

She nodded, "Her family has been giving me a place to stay since the beginning of the year. So, they are kind of like family to me." She looked up at him and smiled a little. "You probably don't care, though."

"What makes you say that?" Kankurou was now somewhat concerned for her and had forgotten that just a little while ago they were at each other's throats.

"Well since her family is kind of like mine now, and they're moving, what's the point of telling you this when tonight's most likely the last time I will get to see you."

"What?" Kankurou was in a panic now. "You mean to tell me, that this is the last night you and Yuro are going to be here?"

She hesitated for a moment then said, "Well yeah… We are going to live in Earth Country."

Kankurou stepped back and then he sorted through his mind. Then, without warning he just took off in a sprint in the direction that Yuro went to go find Gaara. Launa just stood there wanting to know why he left, but not motivated enough to go find out. She finally she just went on her way doing absolutely nothing.

Kankurou got to the playground only to find that no one was there. He made a quick dash for home. When he got there he flung open the door and ran up to Temari, who was sitting on her knees in a chair to reach the table where she was coloring (so cute!).

"Hey Temari, have you seen Gaara?" Kankurou was breathing hard, but his sister didn't seem to care, she just kept coloring a pretty picture.

"Yeah, he came in just a few minutes ago. He's in his room."

"Thanks." He made his way from the kitchen, down the hall, and to a large door that seemed to stare him in the face, and tell him that something bad lay behind it. He slowly opened it with caution. As he looked around the room he noticed how dark it seemed to be. Then, he saw something small curled up on the bed.

Walking slowly towards it he quietly called, "Gaara. Are you ok?"

Gaara sat up with his teddy bear in hand and tears in his eyes. "Why? Why does it always have to be this way?"

Temari walked in to the room with a paper in hand. "Here. For you Gaara." She handed the paper to him.

His siblings watched as his pretty blue eyes scan the paper and then the tears came faster. He threw it down in anger and screamed, "It's so unfair!"

Temari and Kankurou got the scariest feeling they had gotten from him in a few weeks when he glared at them with the intent to kill. Kankurou grabbed Temari by the wrist and pulled her out the door and closed it quickly behind them.

Leaning up against the door he asked her, "What was on that paper?"

"I drew him a picture of him and Yuro." Temari was almost petrified.

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The next morning Kankurou found himself walking towards the entrance of the village with Gaara following not to far behind with a pretty, white flower in his shaking hand. As they got even closer to the gate they saw four figures just leaving.

"Hey, it's them." Kankurou said with excitement. Gaara looked up and began to run towards the figures.

"Hey, wait Yuro." Yuro turned around and looked at him with excitement in her eyes as he smiled at her. He ran up and held out the flower to him. She just ignored it and quickly pulled him into her embrace.

As they held each other for a moment, then Yuro whispered, "Please don't forget me, cause I know I won't forget you."

They pulled away from each other, Gaara nodded to her, and then he put the flower in her hand as Kankurou walked up. Launa just watched the whole cute, little scene and couldn't help but get that warm fuzzy feeling inside, but when she saw Kankurou was standing beside her she felt extremely uncomfortable and edgy.

Kankurou noticed that the smile on Launas' face faded and she was starting to bite her lip. To break the awkward silince and to make it so Yuro's mother didn't make them leave so early he said, "Hey Launa, can you promise me something?"

She turned to look at him. "What is it?" She asked in a strangely sweet voice.

"When we meet again, can you promise me you won't be such a pathetic little twerp?" Kankurou had a playful, caring tone hidden in his annoying voice.

She gave him a big grin as she giggled a little, which made him give a small crooked smile, then she said, "Only if your less of a pain in the butt."

"It's a deal then." They shook hands and then the boys watched as the other two ran up to a somewhat large woman who was holding a small blonde boy's hand. They slow went their ways and each one hoped they would see each other again someday.

Sorry if you don't like it and if you do I should be coming out with a new chapter soon. Please no flamers and please review.