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Chapter One

Ichiran no Gaara

It was springtime in Hidden Leaf. Birds were chirping, the sun was shining, and the laughter of little ninjas floated on the breeze. All the genin had paired off and were out frolicking in the spring air, training forgotten for the time being. Ah, love was in the air, as well as some sand.

Gaara was lurking about the village. Several days ago a strange feeling had washed over him in the night; a strange hollow feeling that he could not describe. It wasn't pain, just an empty hollowness. He tried to fill the hollow in his usual way (I think you all know what that means), but no matter how many people he killed, it would not go away. "Is killing really not what I was made for?" he asked himself.

So he decided to journey to Konaha. "After all," he told himself, "those little weirdoes seem to know the reason for living."

Unfortunately, once Gaara arrived, he discovered that every one of the little weirdoes had found something better to do than to tell Gaara the meaning of life; namely, stick their tongues down each other's throats. Neji and Tenten were off walking and holding hands, Shikamaru and Ino were having a hug fest (or rather, Ino was having a hug fest, Shikamaru was kind of just standing there), Hinata and Naruto were talking and laughing, and Lee was giving Sakura flowers (and amazingly she was accepting them!) Even Kurenai and Asuma were making out.

"Maybe if I just ask one of them to help me for a moment…" Gaara said to himself. So he walked quietly behind Naruto and Hinata (who were now attached at the lip) and tapped Hinata on the shoulder. "Aiigh!" screamed Hinata (which came out a bit muffled since it is rather hard to say anything, much less scream, with your tongue in someone else's mouth.) Hearing this, Naruto's eyes flew open to see what had distressed his dear Hinata. Upon seeing Gaara, Naruto yelled in his usual knuckleheaded way, "Gaara, if you hurt Hinata, I'll hurt you!" Somewhat perturbed by Naruto's reaction, Gaara decided to go talk to someone else.

The next couple he found was Shikamaru and Ino. Ino and Shika were lying in a flower meadow where Ino was showing Shikamaru the wonders of flowers and Shikamaru was teaching Ino how to watch clouds. Neither one was really paying any attention to what the other one was saying (" Shika, this is a sakura, you see how the petals are so…" "This is such a drag. The clouds are so lovely today…") As Gaara walked up in front of them, they continued to ignore him ("And you see how this purple one has such a long stem. It would go very nicely to compliment this yellow one…" "The clouds are so lovely today. This is such a drag…")

"Okay, they won't be any help either. Maybe Tenten and Neji…"

Several shurikens later… "OK, not them. Maybe Lee. Ow. Ouch. Ow." (Use your imagination.)

After wandering around for a little bit, Gaara managed to find Sakura and Lee at a teashop. Sakura's back was to Gaara and Lee was so absorbed in Sakura that it looked like a lost cause. "Okay, maybe I should try my new ninjutsu. Sand finger!" A hand formed out of the sand and let its fingers do the walking over to Lee. "Tapping nuisance!" The finger began tapping Lee's back. Lee swatted at his back and went right back to talking to Sakura. "Pulling hand!" The hand began pulling at Lee's sleeve, and then in desperation, began pulling his hair. "Ouch!" said Lee. Looking up he saw Gaara. "Excuse me for just a moment, dearest Sakura-chan." "Alright, Lee…" said Sakura. "Cha! Hurry back hot stuff!" yelled inner-Sakura.

Lee walked over to Gaara. "What is it you would like, Gaara-kun?"

"I want to know something. Why is it that all of you genin in Konaha are always so happy? What meaning do you have that makes you so joyful?"

Oh Gaara-kun, it is simple! Love is what makes us all so happy! One special love in particular."

"The love of killing things?"

"No, Gaara-kun! There is one true love that everyone has. When you find that you will truly find love!"

"Oh Lee!" called Sakura. "If you will excuse me, Gaara-kun, my darling Sakura-chan is calling me! Goodbye, and may you find your love!"

"Goodbye then…" said Gaara. And so Gaara went off to find his true love.

Alrighty then y'all (hee hee, that's my inner South Carolinian coming out. FYI, I do not live in S.C.) Here it is. Gaara fans, your future happiness depends on me getting reviews (and everyone else, now that I think about it), AND I WILL NOT POST THE NEXT CHAPTER UNTIL I GET REVIEWS!!!! Remember, only you can post reviews. Insert pic of Smokey the Bear Bye then, y'all. You better post them reviews!