Disclaimer:Sadly i dont own Naruto either... Gaara and Sasuke are lucky though...

Gaara got out of his bed, not noticing another sleepless night. He rarely slept at all, he honestly couldn't remember the last time he did sleep.

Lately, whenever he did sleep, he had nightmares about his past. His past was the reason he, his brother Kankuro, and his sister Temari moved to Konoha nearly a year ago. Them moving was just another reason for his family to hate him, like they needed another. At least they didn't know about everything he did back in Suna.

Gaara shuddered at the thought of Shukaku and his gang, the Poison Spillers. Thoughts of that gang and his role in it made his skin crawl.

Not wanting to dwell too much on that in the morning, he turned on "The Hybrid Theory", his favorite CD, and brushed his teeth quickly.

He seemed to have a second skin in his tight black shirt, jeans, and ratty old Converse. He didn't bother hiding the cuts and scars on his arms, it was his chest and back he was worried about, there was no point in hiding the fact that he cuts himself.

"I watch as the moon sit in the sky on a dark night, shining with the light from the sun, but the sun doesn't give light to the moon, assuming the moon's gonna owe it one,"he sang, applying eye-liner to add to his bags from not ever sleeping.

"Gaara!"his sister called up to him. "Breakfast!"

Gaara glared at his reflection, growling under his breath. He wished his sister would disappear, his brother as well. All they did was add more pain into his already-broken soul. There was no mending that soul.

He grabbed his i-pod and bookbag and slowly walked down stairs. When he got there, he tried to grab the keys from his sister, but she held them above her head.

"Eat,"she commanded.

Gaara, being short and thin, didn't try to grab the keys. Instead, he stood there and crossed his arms. "Give me them, Temari."

She shook her head. This arguement went on for about fifteen minutes before Gaara grabbed a piece of bread along with his keys.

Once outside, he threw the bread and jumped onto his black motorcycle. Why is she so annoying, he thought to himself, letting the wind whip his hair around.

He hated his sister and his brother, they were both so anoying in their own way. Temari acted like she loved Gaara when he knew she didn't. Kankuro was annoying just by breathing.

He made it into his homeroom just before last bell. Sasuke Uchiha glared at him as he passed, and he glared back. "Damn bastard", he thought angrily.

"Why were you late,"Kakashi sensai asked as he sat down.

"I had an arguement with my sister,"Gaara said, looking away. Kakashi nodded.

"Why?"

Gaara just stared, why should he tell him? When they stared for two minutes he sighed and decided to give in.

"I wouldn't eat."

Teh class stared at him and he glared back. Everyone was smart and looked at Kakashi as he started talking again.

"I have a partener project for you. You have to research a village or country. To make it fair, everything will be randomly selected. Everyone on the right side of the room, come up here."

Gaara, along with everyone else on his side of the room, walked to the front of the room. He stood near the back, waiting for the hat with paper slips to come by. When it did, he pulled out a slip and mmediately groaned.

He got Sasuke Uchiha. Last year, in ninth grade, they had gotten into a fight on his first day at Konoha High. He won, but that didn't mean he didn't hate Sasuke. Honestly, he didn't remember why they fought in the first place.

Sighing, he walked up to Sasuke's seat and slammed his hand ont he table. Sasuke looked up at him with a look that could kill. Before he could speak Gaara broke the news to him. "We're parteners for this so get off your lazy ass and go choose a slip."

Sasuke's eyes widened from shock. Realizing this wasn't a joke, he got up to get a slip.

"What is it?"Gaara said as Sasuke approached.

"Suna."

Gaara smirked. "What,"Sasuke growled.

Gaara shrugged. "Used to live there."

Sasuke nodded. "Good," he thought,"I can done with this project quickly, get away from him, and find my brother."

Gaara walked to his desk and Sasuke sat down. Both boys spent the rest of class staring at the passing colors in their dark lives.