Title: Failed Attempts
Authoress: Darka-Chan
Summary: AU The sand siblings stay in Konoha for 2 months, and Sasuke and Neji make a challenge; whoever wins Gaara's affections wins. More pairings inside
Main-pairings: SasukexGaaraxNeji, ShikamaruxTemari, DeidaraxKankurouxItachi, SakonxUkon, KakashixIruka rest undecided at the moment, but will be reported at further notice, requests possible and welcome
Chapter 1
"This is ridicules." Gaara groans.
"Come on, Gaara. It's only for 2 months." Temari sooths.
"EXACTLY! IT'S ONLY FOR TWO MONTHS!" Gaara yells angered.
Temari lets out a sigh. "Do you really want to stay home those two months?"
"As a matter a fact, hai I do." Gaara growls, scowling at his sister.
"Oh well, too bad. You know you can't, so you're going to school." Temari says simply.
Gaara's eye starts to twitch as Temari just smiles. "I hate you." He grumbles, looking away.
"I love you too." Temari grins.
Gaara lets out a sigh. "What's the name of the school, where is it, and what do I need to know."
Temari grins in victory. "The name is Konoha High, it's the red and white building two blocks from here."
"Wow, Konoha High; how original." Gaara mutters sarcastic.
"Shut up, you went to Suna High, that's unoriginal too." Temari snaps.
"You went there too…" Gaara retorts dryly.
"Oh well." Temari replies with a shrug.
"Do they have uniforms here too?" Gaara asks.
"Hai."
Gaara groans. "Iie…"
"Though the ones in Suna High look better." Temari ponders as she starts to describe the uniforms.
As Temari explains, Gaara finds out that while the uniforms in Suna High exist out of a black long sleeved jacket with the Suna High crest on the chest and black slacks, both with red rims, the uniforms of Konoha High exist out of a white t-shirt with the school emblem on the back and red shorts or a red skirt, depending on your gender.
Gaara's eye starts to twitch again. "I look horrible in white." He mutters, before continuing. "And I don't wear shorts outside of PE, and all in all, I refuse to walk around with their school emblem. I won't wear it."
Temari smirks. "Don't worry little brother." She says lightly. "When registering the three of us I also managed to pursue the principal into letting the three of us wear our Suna High uniform, seeing as we're only staying for two months, as long as we were prepared to be treated as out casts."
Gaara smirks. Neither of the three Sabaku siblings really care if they're treated as outcasts. To them, that's nothing new, and if this place wished to treat them as such too… Well then let them. He can bare going to Konoha High as long as he doesn't have to degrade himself to wear their 'uniform'.
"So… when will I be going?" Gaara asks, still not happy about the whole 'we're-gonna-be-here-for-2-months-so-go-to-school' thing.
Looking at her watch, Temari grins. "In 10 minutes."
Gaara's eyes visible widen. "KUSO!"
Temari can't help but to laugh as she sees Gaara speed upstairs to his room to find the uniform that Temari packed in one of his bags. "It's in the right bag!" she yells, before going into her own room, to pull out her identical uniform.
Gaara looks at his schedule in distain. He already checks for periods he has together with his siblings, but thusfar he only found lunch which all the students have at the same time, making Gaara wonder how big the cafeteria actually is.
Letting out a sigh, Gaara starts to ponder about the school-system. They have the Freshman-Sophomore-Junior-Senior system here, which he knows because he himself is a Sophomore, Kankurou is a Junior and Temari is a Senior. Gaara also found out, that even when they wear uniforms at Konoha High, the students can pick their casual clothing on Fridays, something Suna High never had.
"Have fun." Temari had grinned before disappearing into the school, leaving Gaara at the gates with a scowl on his face.
Gaara lets out a sigh. They have only moved into Konohagakure three days before, and already Temari has enrolled them into the school, picking up the books and schedules as well. Normally, people would wonder how a person can manage that, but Gaara and Kankurou know better then to question the ways their sister works.
Looking around him, Gaara memorizes all the groups this school has and which faces belong to which group. While looking around, he sees a group of girls in too tight shirts and too short skirts staring at him. The preps. Looking around better, Gaara finds everyone staring at him.
Snarling, he slings his crimson backpack over his shoulder before walking towards the entrance of the school. As he passes the preps, he glares at them making them sigh dreamingly, though it doesn't make him stop in his stride. Turning his head to them, he sees them all staring at them with love-stricken faces making him smirk sexily, before looking in front of him again and entering the school, though he could've sworn he hears a girl faint.
Kankurou yawns a bit, stretching his arms above his head. He looks at the clock lazily, hoping his hell will end soon.
'The others should be here by now…'
Looking around him a bit, his interest is captured by a group of so called 'tough-guys'. The group consists out of the people that think themselves too cool to be wearing the school uniform.
'Aka; The kind of people that make me sick.' Kankurou thinks disgusted. 'Those are the people that like to pick on smaller people that are younger then them.' An image of Gaara flashes through his head and he can't help but to smirk at the image of the group picking a fight with the read-head. 'He may look puny, but heh, that opinion changes as soon as you fight him.'
Looking at the group with one last glance, before turning to the clock again, his smirk widens. 'Looks like my brother can have some fun here.'
Temari steps into her assigned classroom. It's still a bit early, so the class is barely filled yet.
Walking to the teachers' desk, she notices the teacher has silver hair and wears a mask covering most of his face. 'Strange.' She thinks, but she shrugs it off.
"My name is Temari." She grins. "I believe you are my new teacher?"
The silver-haired teacher looks up from his book to check Temari over (DC: more like out).
"Temari, eh?" he asks. "That can be right, Tsunade said something about that." He nods. "My name is Hatake Kakashi. Please take a seat, you can choose whichever seat you want, this school doesn't hold assigned seats anyway. Though I do suggest you sit a little up front since you're new and all."
Temari nods. "Right." Before turning on her heal and plopping into one of the seats up front which is conveniently located almost next to the door.
After dragging himself through the hall ways a bit, mesmerising the hallways as he goes, Gaara finds himself in front of the classroom where he is supposed to be taught for the coming two months. Checking his schedule just to be sure, Gaara looks at the name behind his lesson. 'Homeroom - Iruka-sensei.' He thinks. 'room 116'. Looking at the door to check, he sees a big 116 on it. Shrugging, he opens the door and steps in.
Upon entering the room, Gaara automatically analyzes the structure. The class is build in a square form, and tables for two are lined up next and behind each other. 'Hm, In Sunagakure everyone just sat on their own.' He muses lightly.
Walking up to the desk at the front of the class, he notices a tanned man with a scar over his nose in a horizontal motion. "Are you Iruka-sensei?" Gaara asks bluntly, making the man look up at him surprised.
"Hai, I am." He says.
Gaara nods. "Good."
"And you are…?" Iruka asks puzzled, knowing that he hasn't seen this boy with the crimson hair before.
"Sabaku no Gaara."
Iruka nods. "Ah, I see… You're the new student Tsunade has been talking about before?"
All he receives in response is a blank stare.
"Just… Go and taka a seat somewhere, anywhere, the bell will ring soon." Iruka says distressed, even though he waves the behaviour off as nervousness for being new and all.
Gaara nods before taking a seat in the far back.
'This is going to be Hell.'
Kankurou lets out a relieved sigh as the bell rings. Unlike in Sunagakure, you have all your classes in one classroom at this school, and from one teacher. Of course there are some exceptions, but the schedule makes sure Kankurou knows where to be. If he doesn't, or forgets, he can always just follow his class anyway, it doesn't change.
Getting up from his seat, Kankurou lets his back crack, relief filling his sore body. He had carried a lot of stuff around for Temari yesterday, and feels the pain today.
Knowing he has a period off now, Kankurou just grabs his bag, leaving his books and pens on the table, before making his way outside to eat some lunch. The break is right after the period anyway, so noone would really think it strange to see him eating already.
Grabbing his cell, Kankurou starts to write a text-message to his siblings.
I'LL BE OUTSIDE.
Feeling the vibrations of her cell phone in her pocket, Temari grabs the mechanism before flipping it open. Reading the message under the table she smiles, ignoring the confused looks the students that come in send her.
Her smile widens as she recognises the number, remembering Kankurou has a free period now.
I'LL BE THERE AT LUNCH
Placing her cell back in her pocket, Temari knows fully well that Kankurou won't reply to that message.
As she pulls out her mathematics textbook, she frowns, remembering she has no ideas where to take off from. Turning in her seat, she sees a boy sleeping on the table behind her and pokes him.
"Oi, what're you doing." The boy questions slurs.
Temari smiles slightly. 'Just like Kankurou…' "What page do I start?"
"306."
"Thanks." Temari grins, turning back again.
"Say, you're new here, aren't you?" the boy says after about ten minutes, making Temari turn to him again.
"Hai." She grins. "Just moved here."
"What's your name?" the boy asks.
"Temari, yours?"
"Shikamaru… What's up with the uniform?"
"Maa, maa, you sure ask a lot of questions." Temari teases, making Shikamaru grunt. "Anyway, I don't like Konoha High's uniform, so I kept my old one on.
"Tch, so troublesome…" Shikamaru mumbles, before placing his head on his arms again and falling asleep.
Temari's grin widens. 'This school isn't that bad…'
Gaara rolls his eyes at the message, before leaning back in his chair and typing his reply.
GOOD FOR YOU, SO?
Not looking up as someone sits in the seat next to him, Gaara puts his cell in his pocket again.
"You're in my seat." The person, a boy, next to him tells Gaara flatly.
"Oh well." Gaara replies, voice equally flat.
The boy growls. "Get out."
"Iie."
One of the boy's onyx eyes start to twitch dangerously. "I said; Get. Out." He hisses, pronouncing every word clearly.
"I heard you the first time, baka." Gaara replies easily, looking out of the window that is conveniently next to him, easily ignoring the other boy.
The boy growls and seizes Gaara by the collar, pulling him to his side slightly so that Gaara faces him. "I, Uchiha Sasuke, demand you get out." He snarls.
Gaara easily pries Sasuke's hands away from his collar. "My, my. Aren't you nice to new people." He says dryly, ticking Sasuke off some more. "And such a shame." He continues, not once changing his tone. "You might've been cool if you didn't act so childish."
A chuckle is heard, making Gaara and one very uberly Pissed Off Uchiha look at the person seated in the seat in front of Gaara.
A pair of white eyes stares back at them, decorating the arrogant face of a pale boy.
"I think you finally found you match other then me, Uchiha." The boy says with a sly smirk.
"Shut up, Hyuuga." Sasuke snarls. "This has nothing to do with you."
The white-eyed Hyuuga chuckles again, smirking in an arrogant way. "But you're wrong, Uchiha. Everything that pisses you off has to do with me." Turning to Gaara, he raises a slant eyebrow in greeting. "My name is Hyuuga Neji." He says, looking the red-head in the eyes who only blinks.
"Oh." Is his only reply, as Gaara feels his cell vibrate soundless again, except for the small buzzing that the vibrating creates.
"And you are…?" Neji asks, growing slightly impatient.
"Here." Gaara replies flatly.
Neji's right eye starts to twitch. "What's your name, boy?"
Gaara smirks. 'Another one that I managed to piss off, go me, the lesson has barely started, hehe.' Deepening his smirk into such an arrogant way, everyone thought only the Hyuuga was capable off, he replies;
"None of your business."
Kankurou lets out a sigh as he looks at the water of the lake before finishing his reply to his brother. As he presses 'send', he lets his mind wander, replaying the events of the day up until now.
According to himself, the first hour went better then expected. He had to introduce himself, and his teacher, Kurenai, made him sit next to a guy named Deidara, which wasn't a bad experience either.
Deidara turned out to be a pretty cool guy, so Kankurou and he befriended pretty easily. He had noticed that Deidara is one of those people that wears their own clothing, but as it turns out, Deidara is just allergic to the material the school uniform is made off. He didn't hang out with the people that tried to look so 'cool' in their own clothing, but could only wear a few materials, and the school didn't have those.
Kankurou's first class had been biology, and the said Sabaku couldn't help but to groan when he read that on his schedule the first time. He had never been any good at the subject, but Kurenai was very patient and a good teacher, and even while Deidara wasn't a star in it, he had been able to help Kankurou a lot.
All in all, it hadn't been a bad day so dar.
Feeling a shadow fall over him, Kankurou looks up, only to be greeted by a pair of strange crimson eyes…
Temari almost laughed when she looked into the mathematic book. This is what she had to do in Suna while she was a freshman!
'Maybe I have Gaara's book…' she muses, thinking that this was Konoha High's sophomore things. Turning around in her seat, she shows the book to Shikamaru. "Do I have the right book?"
"Hai, why? Too hard for you?" Shikamaru mumbles, suppressing a yawn.
"Are you kidding me?" Temari grins. "This is freshman stuff!"
Shikamaru looks at her strangely.
"What?" Temari questions with a slight frown.
"You had this as a freshman?"
"Hai." Temari replies, the grin back on her face.
Shikamaru lets out a sigh. "So troublesome…"
"Temari."
Temari looks up at her teacher. "Hai, sensei?"
"Seeing as the class is finally complete now, please introduce yourself."
Temari grins at the silver-haired teacher. "Hai."
SO COME HERE WHEN YOU HAVE LUNCH!
Gaara rolls his eyes at Kankurou's message before deleting it. It's not like Kankurou expects him to reply anyway, he knows Gaara will be there.
Just as Gaara is planning on placing the cell back in his pocket, a new message appears. Frowning slightly, Gaara looks at the sender, before breaking out in a slight grin.
HEY BABE, HOW'S KONOHA?
Smirking, Gaara types his reply.
BOOORIIING, EASY, AND THE UNIFORMS SUCK. THOUGH I STILL WEAR SUNA'S. HOW'S SUNA? DID I MISS ANYTHING?
"Gaara."
Gaara looks up at his teacher. 'Shit! I've been caught!'
"Please introduce yourself." Iruka says, looking up from the blackboard where he has started to write what they are going to do today.
Gaara lets out a mental sigh of relief before rising from his seat, standing as straight as a military man, as was taught in Suna.
"My name is Sabaku no Gaara." He starts in an emotionless tone. "I have transferred to this school from Suna High. I am 16."
Looking at the teacher expectantly, he is met by a slightly unnerved look.
'So disciplined…' Iruka thinks. "Any hobbies? Sports? Anything?'
"I practice martial arts, and unless training is a hobby I do not have any."
"Aa…" Iruka clears his throat. "Well… does anyone have questions for Gaara?" he asks, looking around in the class.
"What's with the outfit?" a brash boy with red triangles going down his cheeks asks.
"This is the uniform of Suna High." Gaara says dully. "The one of Konoha High plain sucks.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" a girl with pink hair asks, which Gaara easily recognises as one of the preps of before.
"Iie."
At his answer, Gaara hears a few girls whisper and giggle excitingly.
"Iie, he has a boyfriend." Sasuke scoffs.
Gaara glares at him icily. "As a matter a fact, I do."
The giggles and whispers immediately die down.
"Kankurou, right?" the boy with crimson eyes asks.
"Hai, so?"
The boy smirks, sitting down opposite Kankurou, not even asking permission. Kankurou mentally scowls as he takes in the crimson shirt and the black leather pants that have a few golden chains hanging from them.
'Great, a show off…'
"My name is Itachi." The boy starts. "Over there are Kisame, Kimimaro, Sakon and Ukon." He continues, pointing at the others of his little group which are standing a little up ahead. "We were wondering if you'd like to join us?"
Kankurou raises an eyebrow in a silent 'why?' at which Itachi just smirks. "We were very pleased with your little… introduction."
"Please introduce yourself, Kankurou." Kurenai says when the class is completely filled.
Standing up straight, Kankurou grins. "My name's Sabaku no Kankurou, call me Kanky, Skanky, or whatever other nickname –especially without permission- and die. I'm about the same age of you all, so no use in telling any of you that. I have two siblings, a younger brother, and an older sister, and the three of us have enrolled this school and just moved around here. My hobbies are basically being lazy, fighting with my sister, and arguing with my brother –and losing by the way, but don't mind that-, and my job is being a puppeteer. I'm the best Sunagakure has." Kurenai smiles at the Sabaku sibling. "Thank you, Kankurou. Any questions for him?"
"Right…" Kankurou mutters.
"It takes quite a lot of guts to admit that you play with dolls as a guy." Itachi says, receiving a glare from Kankurou at calling his puppets 'dolls'. "You can hang out with us now." He continues, getting up from his spot on the grass, reaching out his hand to help Kankurou up.
"Iie." The puppeteer says flatly.
Itachi raises an eyebrow. "No one refused before, you know."
Kankurou just snorts. "Well, there's a first time for everything.
Itachi smirks, leaning down to let his mouth hover above Kankurou's ear. "If you change your mind, let me know. The invitation still stands." Before walking away to the rest of his group.
Kankurou lets out a sigh and let's himself fall on the grass completely. "You can come out now, Deidara."
Blushing, Deidara jumps out of the tree and lands next to Kankurou.
"Gomen, I didn't mean to eavesdrop, yeah." He apologises.
Kankurou waves it off with a smile. "Ne, don't worry 'bout it."
Deidara smiles, before plopping on the place where Itachi sat just a moment ago. "But if you don't mind me asking, yeah. Why didn't you go with him, yeah?"
Kankurou grins. "I prefer to hang out with you then with them." Looking at the shocked Deidara, he adds; "If you want too, that is."
Deidara smiles. "I'd like that, yeah."
"My name is Sabaku no Temari." Temari grins, looking over the class while she stands. "I just moved here with my siblings Gaara and Kankurou. My hobbies include cooking, reading, and generally arguing with Kankurou who is the oldest of the two. As I sport I play tennis, and I used to work as a waitress in a night club." Thinking over what she said, she adds; "Any questions?"
"Where do you come from?" a girl with two buns asks.
"I come from Sunagakure."
"Why don't you wear the normal uniform?" a guy with huge sunglasses asks.
"I don't feel like it." Temari grins.
"Will you go out with me?" a girl with red hair asks, making the class laugh and Temari's grin widen.
"Gomen, iie. I'm straight"
"Awh, kuso." The girl says with a mock-pout.
"All the good ones are all gay when you want them straight, and straight when you want them gay." The girl with the buns says, making the class laugh again.
Kakashi smiles from under his mask. "Thank you, Temari, for the introduction." He says, as which Temari nods and sits down again. "And thank you Tayuya and TenTen for the jokes."
"Who said it was a joke?" Tayuya asks, winking at Temari who just laughs.
"Let's continue with math now!" Kakashi says, making the class groan, all humour forgotten.
"What?" Sasuke asks perplexed.
"I have a boyfriend." Gaara repeats irritated, before looking at the class. "And if anyone has a problem, let them say it now or face a broken face when said later."
A few of the girls break down in tears while one or two even faint, and a few of the guys gulp at the threat.
"Well? Anyone?" Gaara asks impatient. "Iie? Good, it's not like I'm interested in any of you anyway."
Sasuke and Neji share a look before they both grab for their cells.
DID HE JUST ADMIT HE'S GAY IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS AT HIS FIRST DAY? Neji types at which Sasuke replies;
HAI. I WAS KIDDING WITH THE WHOLE BF THING TOO.
SAY, SASUKE HAI? HOW 'BOUT A SMALL… COMPETITION? … FIRST ONE TO GET A LOVE CONFESSION FROM GAARA WINS. WHAT? WE'RE BOTH QUEER SO WHO CARES BUT STILL! OR ARE YOU AFRAID TO LOSE? SAS-UKE? BRING IT ON.
And with that, a final glare is directed at one another, and the hunt for Sabaku no Gaara is opened.
13 pages, wow, love me o.o"
Hmm… I wonder who will eventually end up with Gaara, any suggestions? (A)
And like noted at the start, you can still suggest pairings for the fic.
Hope ya liked it n.n