Chappie One! Heh this story is gonna blow Itachi-uke's AWAY! Oh please review.

Disclaimer:I do NOT own Naruto or any of it's characters! If I did I'd make Sasuke and Gaara a couple in the show, as well as Temari and Shikamaru!!!

Naruto awoke from a heavy sleep at 11:35 am. He dragged himself out of bed before realizing what time it was. He yelped and mentally kicked himself. Kakashi-sensei would be quite annoyed if Naruto arrived late... Although Kakashi-sensei was himself always late anyways. Naruto took his time showering and brushing his teeth before walking out of his apartment and heading to the designated meeting spot.

He passed Tsunade on his way, and they stopped to talk for a while."Hey Tsunade-sensei!" Naruto said with big grin.

"Hello Naruto-san. Shouldn't you be somewhere with Kakashi and the rest of your team?"

"Kakashi-sensei's always really late, so me being a little late won't matter at all!Believe it!"

"Huh, I just past them on the way here, they're all looking for you."

"WHAT?!? OH NO!" Naruto sprinted down the hallway and out the front door. He ran past a tree, and a slight shuffle could be heard above. Someone was fallowing Naruto, but he was too much in a rush to notice. Naruto got to the bridge, their designated meeting space, and was met with angry eyes.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, DOBE?!?!?!" Sakura screeched. "The ONE time Kakashi-sensei is actually here on time you're late!"

"S-sorry," Naruto said. "I got lost on the path of life!" said the blond-haired boy, mimicking the excuse Kakashi always used."Believe it!" he finished. Kakashi couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle.

"Now that Naruto's here let's get to doing what needs to be done," said Kakashi. "We have training today with the siblings from Sunagakure at..." he thought of the time. "About ten minutes ago."

"Well what are we waiting for?" said Naruto. "We can't keep them waiting!Believe it!" Something shot out of the trees from above, and hopped from tree to tree towards the direction of the training grounds. Sasuke looked up quickly to see a boy with short red hair and a large gourd made of sand. The white sash that circled the boy's shoulders and hung from his waist blew in the wind. 'Gaara...' Sasuke thought to himself. 'He must've followed Naruto here... but why?' Sasuke's eyes fallowed the red head through the air, but lost sight when Gaara dissapeared into the trees.

Group 7 began on their way to the training ground, Sasuke walking a bit faster than the rest. His short glimpse of Gaara hadn't been long enough, and he could hardly wait to see him again, to maybe actually have a conversation with him. To maybe get close to him. Maybe even-

WHAM!

"Sasuke!" said Sakura, running over to Sasuke. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah...what happened?" said Sasuke. Naruto practically fell to the ground in laughter.

"You... walked into... a... a... a tree!!!" Naruto said between laughs. "You didn't even notice it! It's like you wanted to walk right through it! Believe it!" Sasuke quickly stood up and brushed dirt off of himself. He shot Naruto a cold glare before starting on his way to the training grounds again. Kakashi helped Naruto walk without falling over from laughter. Sasuke heard a soft chuckle from the trees above. He shot a quick glance up, but whoever had been laughing was gone. Sasuke fell back into deep thought, but this time making a mental note not to walk into any more trees.

As they neared the training grounds, the bored-looking Sand Siblings came into view. Temari was sitting in the middle of the clearing, near the three large wood pillars. She fluffed one of her four blond ponytails and let out a releaved sigh after seeing the group they were waiting for come into view. Kankuro was asleep, and had to be awakened by Temari. And Gaara was over on the outskirts of the training grounds, leaning on a tree. His thoughts kept going back to Sasuke, his raven-black hair, his perfect features...He mentally slapped himself. He didn't swing that way, and besides, even if he did he hated Sasuke...didn't he?

He decided to prove to himself his hatred for the raven-haired boy. "Uchiha!" He called over. "Come here and... 'train' with me." Sasuke smirked and began walking over. He discretely readied a kunai knife, making sure Gaara wouldn't notice. As he reached Gaara he quickly sidestepped, so that he was to the left of the sand ninja. But Gaara had already calculated this plan, and his sand moved swiftly to knock the kunai away. His sand wrapped around Sasuke and lifted him into the air.

"Alright, you two, break it up." Kakashi-sensei had walked over. Gaara growled, but let Sasuke down. He knew he couldn't have done any damage to Sasuke anyways. He lept up into the trees and, for the third time that day, dissapeared from the eyes of a suddenly saddened Sasuke. "You okay, kid?" Kakashi asked Sasuke.

"Yeah...yeah I'm fine." He stood up and brushed himself off, and leaning on the tree that Gaara had been leaning on, watched the other four ninjas practiced.

AN

Ok, I know it was bad, but it'll get better! I promise!!!!