A/N: I'm so happy. My cousin will be leaving in a few days time. Not that that's a good thing. But she's been distracting me. I'll be able to work on my stories more. ;…
I've managed to tweak my settings on the computer. All of my windows are red. It looks really cool. I right click and the drop down task bar is black and red. SOOO cool. I really love it. Even if the color does distract me sometimes. ;;; I'm not use to seeing it. Writing is difficult when I'm looking too hard at this color. BUT I LOVE IT!
Sorry I've been away so long. Because I've been away so long I'm starting to work on a new story! Of course with my favorite non- conventional couple of Gaara and Sakura. Sooo wish me good luck with this new conquest. And please update. I'm not sure about this story I'm making it up as I go. I promise a double of chapter on my other story 'to kill the sandman's flowers' if you write a quicky review ; Not that any of you care for my stories. But hella. I really want to write. ;;;.
Hoshi
Disclaimer: HA ha ha! I had a dream about owning Naruto.I owned Gaara! He had a cute little cage and even a water bowl with his name on it. ;; Then I woke up. So don't sue. ;; I don't own Naruto.. hee hee only my dreams.
May I suggest listening to the Vandal's as you read this ; Because its good and its what I am listening to as a write this chapter ;;;;;;;
Congratulations on your new pet… Girl.
VERSION TWO!
Welcome to the Shinobi Academy. Where you will find all of what you need to survive in the outside world. Many ANBU started here. It was quiet enough. With all the modern facitlies a student would need. They went home everyday at the end of the day. The next day they went back. It was the average high school. Besides from the fact they were releasing students trained to track and kill. Most of them only lived to protect their village. And only if they were truly good.
Sakura Haruno. Her parents wanted her to take teaching. But she was no good at learning sciences and math. The numbers with the letters made her dizzy. She'd been disowned by the Haruno clan. But it seemed to make no difference to her. The pink haired girl only threw herself deeper into her studies. She was brilliant. Top of her medic class. But she was weak when it came to fighting.
She was sitting alone in the classroom when a rather rowdy group of students entered. They instantly began to tease her when she refused to acknowledge their presence.
Getting irritated the leader stepped forward. "Are you too good to listen to someone below you Haruno!" She snarled forming fists at her sides. The girl gathered chakra into her hands preparing to hit the girl.
"I'm not Haruno" She replied slowly putting down her book to look the girl in the eye. "I'm just Sakura"
"Too arrogant for your own clan are you Sakura!" The girl mock bowed at her.
"Something like that" she answered looking to the window as she gathered her books into her messenger bag.
Just before the disorderly cluster of students pounced on her she was saved. But by no means the person an angel who saved her ass. Not that Sakura would have minded going home to an empty house with a busted lip and black eye.. again.
"Sabaku!" The girls hissed backing away as the sand siblings stepped in front of her.
More or less it was Temari who was looking rather cheerful about the thought of a fight. And Kankuro who looked like a child about to try out a new toy. Behind him was the blonde haired Naruto boy who was around whenever the most brutal of the sand siblings, Gaara stepped out of line.
In the back corner of the room Gaara was standing looking rather smug. His red hair fell in his eyes messily. One of his ears was pierced with a large safety pin. The guy clearly screamed 'satan's incarnation' as his deep green eyes rimmed with black narrowed. He wore black pants covered with silver chains going in every direction. With a plain black shirt with belts all over it. A pack of cigarettes were tucked neatly into the top of his left sleeve.
Sakura turned around. How did they get there so quietly? Gaara looked up at her his face not changing from the smug smirk. Slowly he stepped forward. The chains clinked with each step closer he took.
"Sakura" He said as though he were being forced to.
"Gaara" she answered in response. Under her the hair that fell in her face she cringed. This wasn't exactly how the first month of school was supposed to go. The girl wished some of her friends had made it into the high school even if they only hung out with her because she was from the famous Haruno clan.
"Are you afraid?" He asked looking at her from the corner of his eye now.
"This isn't exactly my day Sabaku-san" she said tiredly looking up at him with dark eyes.
"I noticed" he chuckled sitting on a seat and putting his feet up on a desk next to her.
"Your not helping" she muttered under her breathe.
Gaara slowly turned to meet her gaze. "I don't help anyone other than myself Haruno"
She let out a dry laugh at the use of her clan name. "Just Sakura now" Gathering her bag over her shoulder she walked past the sand siblings and the group of harassing students.
It was like that since the beginning. It wasn't necessarily that Sakura was protected by the so called 'sand siblings'. But rather she was in the wrong place at the right time.
"Rule 52 do not panic if you are alone. Simply face the multiple opponents with a blank face and prepare yourself mentally" Sakura quoted turning to the man that had been following her since she'd left Shinobi campus grounds.
"Your kind isn't liked outside of your little school" He snarled pulling out what looked like a switch blade.
"Your fast" she noted not seeing him pull out the blade.
"And I'm strong too" he said viciously lunging at her.
She didn't move confusing him. "Kill me" she growled looking him in the eye. "I mean.. After all. All ninja's are the same. If one of us kills the rest do too right?" She moved forward intersecting the blade in her side.
"Stupid girl" He growled twisting the knife.
"Is… This.. dying?" She let out a cry. Tears fell down her face. Why did it hurt so much? Was this the real world? Is this really what she would be doing to others in the future?
"Not yet" He answered laughing coldly at her dazed expression. She'd fallen to the ground writhing across it in pain.
"Rule 21 A ninja will not express his or her pain when engaged with an opponent" Sakura spoke dizzily pulling herself to her feet. It was her only chance in surviving. If she were to remove herself from said predicament. Then she'd be free from danger. If only for a moment, if there were others.
A swift kick below the chin sent her sprawling. The pain was unbearable. She bit into her lip to keep from letting out a shrill cry. Her clothes were covered with dirt and blood. The knife made her feel as though she had no hope.
Training her eyes on the blade she threw herself out of its way multiple times. She wasn't sure what she was insistent upon living for. But somewhere her reason had to be out there.
Flashback
"Sakura-chan" Her mother cooed softly brushing Sakura's hair softly with a free hand.
"Mom" she whimpered softly. "How can you be so brave?"
Her mother let out a soft melodic laugh that seemed to ease Sakura into a sort of lullaby. "Everyone has a reason for living or for being brave. Mine is you and your father"
At the answer Sakura giggled "Mommy… But were people not reasons"
"You're my hope…and love. I'd protect you with my life" Her mother laughed patting her daughter on the head and went back to cooking at the stove.
"I'll be brave mommy!" Little Sakura looked determined as she stared up at her mom. "I'll protect you and daddy both!" Her green eyes dazzled to life in their murky depths. "I'll find my reason too" she continued
End Flashback.
"Haruno… Give me your hand" A rough voice called above her.
"Hai" she did it in the most doll like fashion. Her eyes trying to absorb her surroundings.
Everything had happened so fast. From her right Gaara had dropped from the roof. In a whirl of sand the man vanished. In its own way the man's vanishing in Gaara's sand was a silent promise to torture him later.
"Gaara-chan" She mused looking up at him. He was a good head or so taller than her.
"Sakura" He responded after her.
A faint blush tinted her cheeks noticing the suffix she'd added to his name without noticing it.
"Thanks" she muttered pressing past him out the alley.
"Your wounded" He reminded her in almost a cheerful voice. At that moment she let out a sputter and fell. With a harsh chuckled Gaara moved over to her with his usual grace and held out his hand again. The scarlet haired teen pulled to her feet. "Sakura?" He inquired looking down at her.
In each year of his attendance, or lack of attendance of high school he'd chosen someone to torment. A grin flickered across his face as she took his hand.
"You're my bitch this year Sakura-san"
She fell again. This time to scream at him while she sat back on her haunches. Instead she just stared at him looking dazed "errrrr" Her brow creased as the words formed. "There isn't enough left of me to torment Gaara" she blinked at him and slowly stood up.
"We shall see" His humility of the girls was almost infamous. Every girl had scattered after the first year it happened. No one wanted to be his next target. And now seeing how he chose. The girl's wouldn't be quite so much on edge. Some of them might even take pity on Sakura. Judging from the fight in the classroom though, it wasn't very likely.
"I just want to sleep" she muttered standing and turning her back to him.
"You can stay at my house if you want" he offered casually.
His sister and Sakura had gotten along pretty well. But she graduated already and that's why Sakura had no friends in school. They'd all taken off and left her. Not that they would do that intentionally to their friend. It just sort of happened. She moved to stay in school, hence her residing in Suna. The students from last year's senior class were successful in graduating. She was proud of them. Even if that meant she was all alone. Sakura… refused to be a selfish person.
"I haven't seen Kankuro and Temari in awhile" she murmured weighing her options.
"Hai. Temari was talking about you yesturday"
A small smile flitted across her face. "The thought of going home to an empty house and cold soup sounds nice at the moment. Sorry Gaara"
He shrugged his shoulders. "Not like I don't have all year to harass you in school" he answered as though she should know.
"I think… I need stitches" she said sighing softly.
"It would be a smart idea baka onna (stupid woman)"
"I'm glad you care Gaara" She said watching the world swirl around her. Things rose and fell out of sync. The next thing she knew was her face was planted in the ground.
Gaara looked like he expected it. He threw an arm around her shoulders and slid one under her knees. His dark ringed eyes closed as he exhaled. "this year will be most interesting"
The youngest sand sibling took care of her better than most others would. He cleaned and bandaged her wounds. Looking down at her unconscious figure Gaara tilted her head from side to side then let out a contented 'hn' He pulled back the covers on his bed and dropped her on it. Next he pulled the covers up to her chin and padded away. "night" he muttered.
A/N: that's it for now. Ha ha. Sakura is the chosen for his tormenting this year. That should spice things up. In the next chapter I promise. Stalking and bedtime stories! Yay for fluff and fighting.