Hi! This is my….let's see….third published Naruto Fanfic. It's a high school fic with OC's. The OCs are as follows:

Enko Sabaku [Gaara's twin sister

Kaname [her last name will come to me…eventually

Haru (AKA Haru-chan)

And the main pairings are:

Enko x Sasuke

Kaname x Gaara

Haru x Neji

I'll bring in just about all of the Naruto characters into the story! XD

Bear with me, here! And also, this first chapter is not full of much action; it's more of an introductory chapter. ;

So….R&R! Enjoy!

BTW NO FLAMING! Pointers and ideas are very much welcomed, though.

Chapter One:

Enter: Enko Sabaku

"Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand.
What you've been up there searching for
forever… is in your hands"

A 16 year old girl with shoulder-length crimson red hair sat hugging her knees on a long, wide windowsill. With light blue eyes, she gazed at the crescent moon. A slight breeze blew across her face through the large glass-less window. She was singing…

"All that I'm living for,

All that I'm dying for,

All that I can't ignore;

Alone and I…

I can feel the night beginning,

Separate me from the living.

Understanding me, after all I've seen.

Piecing every thought together,

Find the words to make me better.

If I only knew how to pull myself apart…

All that I'm living for,

All that I'm dying for,

All that I can't ignore;

Alone and I…"

The girl paused as she heard footsteps outside her bedroom door. She finished her song with, "The ghosts are gaining on me…" She didn't look away from the sparkling night sky when she heard someone open her door.

"Hey," the girl said, her voice soft.

"Hn," was the response.

The girl turned to her brother. Gaara was standing with his arms casually crossed. He had a pained look on his face, despite his relaxed stance.

"Aw, what is it?" The girl asked, shifting to a sitting position facing Gaara.

"Enko," Gaara sighed, "why do you sing such things?"

The girl chuckled, "I sing whatever comes to mind."

Gaara shook his head and said, quoting the song, "'the ghosts are gaining on me'?"

The girl, Enko, nodded.

Gaara looked into Enko's eyes solemnly. He let out a deep breath.

Enko let a crooked half-smile play across her face. "Well, g' night!"

"Hn." Gaara turned and left the room.

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Enko awoke to loud voices in her room. She rolled over in her bed, opening her eyes slowly. A girl with long black hair with blue highlights and goldenrod eyes was peering at her. So was another girl with brown hair in a braided ponytail and hazel eyes.

"She's finally awake!" The black and blue haired girl yelled.

"We tried waking you up for thirty minutes," the brunette pouted, "after your alarm clock blared for twenty!"

"Hnnnnnnn," Enko mumbled.

"Get up and get dressed, or we'll be late," the brunette said.

"Okaaaaay," Enko yawned. She threw back her covers and climbed out of her bed. Her bed was against the wall under her window sill; she often got up in the middle of the night, such as last night, to sing and ponder as she looked out the window.

Enko went to the bathroom down the hall and pulled on dark blue jeans and a crimson tank. She put on a chain necklace with a thin purple jade hooked on it. The jade resembled a life saver. Both Haru (the brunette) and Kaname (the black and blue haired girl) had one that resembled Enko's. This jade symbolized the 'cult' that they were forming. The two girls were Enko's closest friends.

Enko brushed out her hair and girly-ed up slightly before returning to her room.

When Enko came back into her bedroom, Haru had made her bed and was putting away laundry.

"Haru-chan, you are such a perfectionist," Enko giggled.

Haru shrugged. "Someone's got to clean up this mess."

Enko and Kaname laughed.

A boy with onyx colored hair and eyes leaned into Enko's room. "Hurry up girls, we're gonna be late."

"Okay Sasuke," Enko rolled her eyes at him.

Sasuke left the room and went down stairs.

Shortly after, the girls went down stairs as well.

"Gonna grab some breakfast to go?" Haru asked Enko.

"Nah," Enko shook her head, "I'm not really hungry."

"Stupid Anorexic Girl," Kaname laughed.

Enko glared in the direction of Kaname. "Fine," she said, rolling her eyes, "I'll take….this cookie."

Enko picked up a chocolate-chip cookie that had been conveniently on the counter. She held it up and paused.

All eyes were on Gaara, who was standing next to his best friend, Sasuke.

Enko slowly raised the cookie to her mouth. She parted her lips, preparing to bite. Slowly, dramatically, she licked her lips.

"Take something else," Gaara said, staring at the cookie hungrily.

Everyone laughed—except Gaara.

Enko held the cookie out to him. Gaara snatched the cookie from Enko and stuffed it greedily in his mouth.

Laughing, Enko went into the kitchen and took an apple out of the fridge.

She yawned, "Ready to go, guys?"

"Yep," Sasuke said, "and I'm driving." He looked sternly at Kaname. "That's right, I'm driving."

"Heh, heh…" Kaname muttered. Last time she tried to drive everyone to school they ended up crashing and wrecking into a light pole down the street. They never made it out of Enko's neighborhood.

So, everyone filed out the door and into Sasuke's car. The guys sat up front and the girls rode in the back.

A Paramore song came on and Kaname reached into the front and turned it up. Sasuke turned it back down as they entered the high school parking lot.

Kaname stretched as she got out of the car after everyone else. "So, who's pumped for the first day of eleventh grade?" She asked sarcastically.

The group went inside the large high school entrance, to be greeted by…FANGIRLS.

"Shit," Gaara and Sasuke said in unison.