Published: 3-2-07

Redone everything for first time: 3-20-07

Reason: Wasn't taking it seriously.

Redoing everything for second time: 5-24-07

Reason: Fast-paced. Too many things happened in one day.

Arrite yesterday I worked on the first chapter and it sucked. Tell me if this chapter 1 is fine.

Added Genre: Tragic. MAJOR, MAJOR, TRAGIC.

Edited about the tragic genre:: Well see I was planning to have tragic in it. I already planned everything if it was that genre. But I'll just have an alternate version of the fic with the tragic genre in my LiveJournal. It ruins it.

I'll tell you guys when I'll actually write it. Omg it's so sad.

Summary: A pink haired girl, AKA Sakura, moves into a new school because her old one burnt down. What happens during her stay at the new school? SasuxSakuxGaara, HinxNar, ShikxIno, NejixTen, KibaxTemari. FIXED VERSION x2.

Konoha High

Chapter 1

Birthday Girl

Today was Sakura's 18th birthday. "Sakura," Gaara said in an emotionless voice. He stood next to her at her locker. The pink-haired girl turned to the voice, knowing whose it was.

"Oh hey Gaara. What's up?" Sakura said with a smile, looking innocent as ever. She knew what was coming.

The two were really close and were the best of friends since childhood. But Gaara couldn't admit that he loved her more than that...at least not in front of her. Sakura thought the same about him. But the two just played cool and just kept it as best friends because each was scared of what the other person thought.

One day Sai, another classmate, asked Sakura out right in front of Gaara. She liked Sai. She looked at Gaara who stood beside her. Gaara looked at her back at Sakura, but he had a look that wasn't saying anything. She turned back to Sai and reluctantly, she said yes. She thought since Gaara didn't like her, then she should go with someone who does. Gaara's heart broke at that moment. Sakura and Sai went out, and Gaara acted like it didn't bother him whatsoever. Sure other girls asked Gaara out, but he didn't like any of them. He only liked one person; Sakura Haruno. She was different; not like any other. A month later Sakura found out that Sai cheated on her. Gaara was there when she cried. He was always there. As a best friend.

"Here," Gaara said, reaching out a small, tiny, red, box to the girl. It was his birthday gift for her. On top of the box was a light pink ribbon, Sakura's favorite color. Sakura looked at what Gaara was handing to her. "Happy birthday."

"Thanks Gaara!" she said in a peppy like voice.

Filled with anticipation, she took the box from his hand and lifted the cover. There in front of her was a medium, diamond heart-shaped silver necklace. This must've cost a lot, Sakura said to herself.

...And it did. Gaara spent his whole 2 months allowance for this. He did everything he could just so he could earn the money and get this for her. He was sure this was the perfect present.

"Gaara...It's beautiful..." she said, almost tearing up. She couldn't stop smiling for some reason. Her body didn't let her.

"Open it. It's a locket," he said. Sakura took the necklace out of its foam and case. She opened up the said locket and found a picture of her on the right side of the heart, and Gaara on the left. Suddenly she wrapped her arms around Gaara's neck, clutching the necklace in one hand. Gaara hugged her back. He gave a smirk.

"GAARA THANK YOU!" the pink-haired girl yelled, but not an ear-piercing one. "I LOVE IT SO MUCH!"

"Yeah well I thought you would."

Sakura let go of the hug and said 'Here'. She handed the necklace back to him and immediately turned around. She pulled her hair to one side and Gaara knew what she wanted him to do. He put the necklace around her neck and locked it. The other students at the hallway witnessed this and looked at them in awe as they walked past them. They knew Gaara and Sakura liked one another.

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"Hey Gaara," Obito said to the guy next to him during art class. He had a crush on Sakura for a long time.

Gaara turned to Obito. "Yeah?"

"Hey can you ask her if she wants to go out with me?"

Obito didn't know that Gaara and Sakura 'innerly' liked each other because he has no classes with Sakura. But what he did know was that both Gaara and Sakura have the last few classes together, so Gaara could ask for him.

After he heard this, Gaara thought to himself, Not again. He didn't know if Sakura liked Obito back, but he didn't want to risk the chance of her saying 'yes' and seeing her going out with another guy once again.

"Uhm..." Gaara replied, really wanting to say 'no'. Silence rose, and he just didn't have the guts to answer what his conscience told him over and over to say. Obito asked again.

"...You don't have a problem with that, do you?" Obito asked in a suspicious voice.

"N-No...I'll ask her," he said hesitantly.

"Ariite thanks man."

For the last few periods Gaara never did ask Sakura if she wanted to go out with Obito. He didn't want to. But guilt rose every second. He told Obito he'd ask. But he just...couldn't.

"Hey Sakura..." Gaara said, about to ask if she wanted to go out with Obito or not.

Sakura turned to him. "Yeah?"

"N-Never mind..."

"Oh...Kay..."

He just...couldn't.

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A day earlier Sakura and Gaara planned to go to dinner after school for Sakura's second part of her gift. Her parents were out of town and no one was home so Sakura had open plans.

"Aa. Welcome to Le Meurice," their waiter said as the cherry blossom and Gaara opened the front door. The two had been there before, and it was a decent and perfect restaurant to celebrate the occasion. "Follow me." The two did as told and later were lead into a two-seater table. They got settled and ordered their food.

A couple minutes after they just got served and started to eat, Sakura's phone rang through her purse. Ring...Ring...Ring...Ring...

Sakura looked at Gaara. "Go ahead," he said. Sakura gave a smile and got her purse. She opened the zippers of it and took out her phone. She flipped it open and answered.

"Hello?" she said, still looking at Gaara.

"Hey this is Obito," Obito said through the phone.

"Oh hey Obito," Sakura said in a greeting-like voice.

Then after he heard this, panic, guilt, and shock rose all around Gaara's body. He didn't dare talk and interrupt though. It wasn't him.

"Hey Sakura. So what's your answer?" Obito asked.

"...What answer?" Sakura said, obviously confused.

"Well I asked Gaara to ask you if you wanted to go out with me."

"You did?" she said, sounding surprised. "Oh he must've forgotten."

"Yeah I guess...Well anyway would you like to go out?"

A short, quiet moment happened. She doesn't think of Obito like that. She just thought of him as a friend. But she couldn't say no to anyone. It'll be too mean. "...Uhm hold on..."

She blocked the bottom part of the phone tightly with her hand, so Obito wouldn't exactly hear what she was saying. "Gaara," she said to him in a low voice. Gaara knew what was coming now, and he prepared himself for it. "Why didn't you tell me that Obito wanted to go out with me?" she asked him.

Sakura wanted to talk to Gaara as a way to dodge her answer for Obito. She could never say no to a guy who wanted to ask her out. That was her weakness. She was too innocent and wouldn't turn anyone down.

"Maybe cuz I like you," he muttered in a low voice, taking the last bite of his food.

"What?" Sakura said. She couldn't hear correctly because his voice was too low.

He swallowed his food and turned back to Sakura. "Maybe cuz I like you," he repeated in a straight, slightly-louder voice.

"O-Oh..." Sakura said with a light blush. "W-Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"I don't know...Cuz you don't like me back," he said normally.

"And how'd you know?" she said really fast, right after he finished his sentence.

"Wait...Do you like me back?" Gaara said, emphasizing on the word 'do'. His eyebrows rose, as well as his confidence. If he knew where this was going...She would say what he wanted her to say for years...

Her light blushed turned into crimson red. "M-Maybe," she said.

"Oh," Gaara said with a smirk. Gaara waited hella long for this. Now they were not only best friends. They were going out as well. Silence came upon them, until Gaara said 'You're still on the phone'.

Sakura suddenly realized it and went straight back to talking with Obito. "Oh hey Obito I'm back."

"So...Do you want to go out?"

"No sorry...I'm already going out with someone," she said with a smile.

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A/N: sorry for short chapter. I think it's okay...Hope you're not too disappointed EternalxBlackness...Is it better? Yay my conscience cleared abt the horribleness of the other first chapter I made poorly/cheated off of yesterday.

Oh and no more poll about if he's poor or rich. Sasuke's normal thanks to tha suggestion of eternalxblackess.