Title: Still Here After All

Chapter One: Pinned Down

Ages: (last names first!...) Gaara of the desert(Gaara-san)-17; Uchiha Sasuke(Sasuke-kun)-17; Santura Chirico(Chirico-chan)-16; Skellington Uriko(Uriko-chan)-17; Realis Jonah(Jonah-kun)-16; Uchiha Itachi(Itachi-kun)-18; Uzumaki Naruto(Naruto-san)-17; Hatake Kakashi(Kakashi-sensei)-26

- - - Chapter One-Pinned Down - - -

"Santura-chan!", yelled a voice. "Santura-chan! Where are you?", again he yelled. A young boy with black hair and jet-black eyes was searching for me. "Chirico-chan!", he yelled.

"I'm right here Sasuke-kun!", I said, coming out of hiding. "CHIRICO-CHAN!", hey yelled, and ran up to me and gave me a hug. Not a creepy romantic one, just the kind that little kids give each other.

Another small boy with spikey red hair, black outlines around his aqua eyes, and a light green shirt came running into view, crying his eyes out. "Gaara-san? Gaara-chan!", I yelled in empathy. "Gaara-san what's wrong?!", asked Sasuke-kun. "Papa keeps on hitting me! And I tried to hurt him; but I hurt Yashamaru-senpai by mistake!", he said, and started balling his eyes out again. "Gaara-kun it's okay!", I old him and hugged him (little kid kind).

... your memories cross your mind ...

All three of us are still great friends. We were all sitting together at a table in class.

"Santura-chan. Santura-chan!", yelled an older voice. I looked up and blinked. "Santura-chan...Pay attention during class! You will never be a shinobi if you don't pay attention!", yelled your teacher. "Sorry Kakashi-sensei...", I said. He sighs "Just please pay attention.", said Kakashi-sensei.

We're all sixteen and seventeen now, and as I said before, still all friends. Sasuke-kun still has those jet black eyes, and his hair is pretty spiky now. We're both closer than before. And Gaara-san is just...well...Gaara-san. His hair is REALLY spiky now, and it's a darker, blood-red colour. Also, he's got a dark red symbol on his brow.(It means love. Japanese symbol.)

"Now,", began Kakashi-sensei,"who is good at - - -" A kunai had been flung and punctured his shoulder. "Thank you,", he winced,"Chirico-chan..." I just stood there, following through with the stance. "Okay then...Naruto-san get this thing out of me!", said Kakashi-sensei. Naruto-san tried everything to get it out, but nothing worked. "Chirico-chan...can you please come over here and take this kunai out of my shoulder now?!...", he asked sternly; then winced. I mean, who wouldn't get mad if they were pinned to a wall by a kunai in their shoulder?

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei.", I said obediently. With the flick of my wrist the kunai desinigrated. Another wave of my hand healed my sensei's wound, and his pain was gone.

"Thank you, Chirico-chan.", he said calmly. I silently just sat down and nodded, staring quite egrigiously. Sasuke-kun turned to me. "What was that all about?", he asked me. "I knew what he was going to say.", I said. "So?...", he questioned. "No one's ever believed in me for who I am. I'm not worth anything.", I told Sasuke-kun. "We do!", he told me, pointing to himself and Gaara-san. He grabbed my hand and held it tightly. "Just because Kakashi-sensei doesn't like you because you're late a lot and don't pay attention doesn't mean that me and Gaara-san don't care.", he told me.

His face was merely cenimeters from my own by this point. I pulled away from the fear that my only love might do something to me. I blushed as I turned my head away. "Sasuke-san.", Gaara-san said quietly, still not looking our way. "Where...where do you think...Uriko-chan...is?..." "I...I don't know...Gaara-san.", said Sasuke-kun.

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