Chapter 1: A Mission in Konoha

This is my first fan fiction… so be gentle! I just wish that I could have come up with something better.

FANBOYS BE WARNED: This is a Yoai, GaaraXSasuke fan fiction. I do not have the rights to Naruto or any of its characters and I am aware of the copyright laws so do not give me crap about it.

(Side Note: I do not indent)

In a small room in the middle of the desert, there was a boy who sat in the corner, hugging his knees. The red word on his forehead… the testament to his past pains almost shined in the darkness. His room smelt like salt and sand and looked like a rabid wolf tore through it. His short, chaotic, bloody-red hair matched the shade of his little scar from the roots to the tips. The black rings of insomnia wrapped around his narrowed gaze.

That boy… he had the same eyes that I once had. The eyes that told me a thousand tales of blood and revenge still haunt my thoughts. That raven haired, dark eyed, Uchiha boy.

"Gaara," said a familiar voice into the room of the feared sand shinobi, "If you don't wake up we will be late for our mission."

"I am awake…" Gaara replied in his usual monotone voice as he looked up at his blonde friend with restless, sea foam blue eyes, "Do you really think I care what becomes of this mission?"

"It is important, damn it!" Temari had to cover her own mouth with both hands in order to shut herself up.

"I told you already, just after fighting that Naruto kid," Gaara looked to the side avoiding Temari's stare, "I won't kill you… you are my friend; are you not?"

Naruto, the fox-demon kid... strange, I can't help but think that he is getting much better even as I think this.

Temari looked just as puzzled as when Gaara said, 'Sorry' after the so-called 'failure' in Konoha.

"Well, get ready, we need to go in a half-hour."

xxxxx

Gaara walked outside… a sand storm, as always. Temari and Kankurou were waiting outside for him. There was always this brown and tan shade over this village. Gaara was used to it by now.

"Gaara," Kankurou was obviously trying to act like a leader again by taking a commanding tone, "I will explain to you the basics of our mi…"

"Just tell me who the village wants me to kill this time." Gaara didn't have any patience… he needed to figure out that Uchiha kid.

"Well, we are a-actually supposed to support Konoha; there is n-n-no killing involved whatsoever," Kankurou said hesitantly, "You are to help h-hold the gate for a suspected attack."

"Fine," but what Gaara was really thinking was… Konoha, I can finally talk to that Uchiha kid again.

xxxxx

The doors to Konoha, that were completely demolished, seemed to wave a welcoming yet terrifying gesture to him.

Did Sand and Sound shinobi really do that to this poor village?

"Sabaku Gaara?" The onyx eyed boy looked at him from a distance through the broken gate, "I never thought I would see you here as an ally."

Gaara's face transformed into that of an apple and for some reason he was happier to hear that familiar voice than hearing the voice of Temari or Kankurou.

"Uchiha Sasuke?" Gaara's tone completely changed from the tenor of apathy to the high pitch of utmost thrill.

Sasuke raised one jet black eyebrow at the sound of Gaara's excited voice, "Well, as long as you are going to be enthusiastic about our job together I would like you to know…"

A billion things ran through Gaara's head as butterflies began tickling every nerve in his body. He has never felt this way before.

What will he say? Is he excited as well? I wish I knew what he felt about me! Why am I so eager to hear what he is going to say? Why do I feel this way? Why I am so giddy over just this?

"… I never wanted to see your face again after the Chuunin exam," Sasuke's eyes were fixed upon the younger boy's gourd, "you are almost as annoying as the fan girls that horde to win my love."

Gaara's heart fell into his stomach. In his mind, he was writhing in pain yet he still could not look away from the attractive Uchiha... Wait… since when had he found Sasuke attractive?

"Well, I am sorry that I caused you such pain," SORRY? Is that the best I can come up with! "I need not start a fight with you; I just want to get this mission over with…"

Lie…

"So, what is my mission?"

"Really simple," Sasuke took a slightly more serious tone (if that was even possible) and began, "One: Watch the gate; Two: Stay within close proximity of me; Three: Try not to get in my way."

"I don't think I can get in your way," Here I go again, making shit up, "I am hardly a threat to you."

"Whatever, just stay with me and your mission will be successful."

It is a slow start and kinda sucks, but it will pick up, I promise! Reviews please.