YAY!!!!! This is my Gaara story!

Ai walked into her new school's office. She stood in a long line, her navy uniform skirt just above her knees, and her gray top tucked neatly underneath her brown belt. She fingered her violet scarf nervously, when she noticed the boy in front of her. His hair was bright crimson, and there was an odd gourd on his back. She ignored it and decided to check her long black hair in the compact mirror that was in her bag. Minutes later, it was the odd boy's turn, and he handed a note to the secretary. She read the note quietly and stunned, avoiding eye contact.

"H-have a nice day, Gaara", she said nervously. Ai saw the boy walk past and her blue eyes met his moss-green eyes. They appeared sad and lonely, and there were dark rings under them, most likely from lack of sleep. She felt so sorry for him.

"Next", called the secretary. Ai stepped forward and asked quietly for a class chart and period list. It read:

1st Period: Training

2nd Period: Team Training

3rd Period: On-on-One Sparring

4th Period: Lunch

6th: Math

7th: English

8th: Scrolls and Weapons

Ai found her 1st period class and walked in. Everyone stared at her, but then a purple haired girl walked up to her.

"Are you new?" she asked curiously.

"Ummmm... yes, and this the training class, right?"

"Yeah, but our sensei isn't here...yet", the girl continued,"but feel free to take a seat." The girl gestured around her, and Ai sat down in one of the blue chairs. "We normally don't do much training when the teacher is late, so make yourself comfortable." she explained, " I'm Mae by the way. Do you have anything to do after school?" "She talks alot, but she can't be that bad..." Ai thought.

"No, Mae, I don't have anything to do after school."

"Great, you can come to my pla-", Mae was cut off by a Jonin walking in with the gourd boy.

"Gaara, take a seat", the Jonin told him. The boy, Ai guessed was named Gaara, walked over to her, and just stood there.

"You're in my seat", he said quietly.

"Oh, I am? I'm sorry." she replied, embarrassed, and moved one seat over. Everyone stared at her, but then looked back to their sensei.

" Alright, class", the teacher said, "We have a new student today, and her name is... Ay."

"Excuse me sensei, but I think that you've mispronounced my name", Ai said, "My name is Ai."

"Yes of course, well, training will start tomorrow, and you better be ready for it."

Then the bell rang, and everyone started to leave. "I guess sensei was really late, considering the bell rang when he finished talking." Ai thought.

The period passed quickly, and Ai was already friends with Mae.

"You have to be careful around him", Mae said,as they walked to second period, pointing to Gaara, "Nobody wants to be around him." When they arrived, everyone was lined up against the wall. Mae followed suit, but took the last place away from Gaara, leaving one spot left. Ai walked over next to him, and looked to the teacher.

"Everyone has to be divided into new teams", said the teacher,"As most of you know, we have a new student, Ai." He began to call students into groups of two, leaving only two people left, Gaara, and herself. "Kumino Ai and Gaara." he called. Then everyone walked into corners of the room, where there were large wooden floors, and a Jonin stood at each one. Gaara walked over to the last square, and Ai followed. They had a Jonin that pretty much looked like all the others.

"So they finally gave you a team member, eh Gaara-sama?" said the teacher,"Well", he said to Ai, "I'm Baki, but you can call me sensei." He examined her up and down, finally saying, "Lets see what you can do." Ai crouched down, and she started making hand signs. Finally she disappeared onto the ceiling, and grabbed a shuriken that landed precisely two inces from Baki.

"Not bad", he said, "Not bad at all." "Thats all?! Not bad?! I worked on that jutsu for a week, and all this guy can say is not bad?!! " she thought. She suddenly flipped down, and moved almost inhuman speed behind Gaara. She removed a kunai from her belt, and placed it next to his neck. Then, his gourd uncorked, and an arm of sand came out, and pulled the knife from her hand. She breathed slowly, and then backed away.

"For anyone else, you would be a tough opponent, but for me, you are almost easy to defeat." Gaara told her.

"Gaara-kun for me, you are a lot tougher than any shinobi I've ever faced." Ai said in return.

"Only one person has ever defeated me, and only three have ever touched me in battle."

"Then... Are you really that powerful?" she said in a scared tone.

"Yes."

The next period was no different. She became sparring partners with Gaara. At one point, Gaara even said, "Stop holding back, I know you can do better." Ai was trying, but the thought of hurting him was just overwhelming. Those lonely eyes that were almost painful to look at. During sparring he didn't wear his gray uniform jacket, and she noticed the belt-like leather strap, that held the gourd of sand. Finally, after at least an hour and a half of sparring, the class ended, and she began to walk to lunch. Then she spotted Gaara and ran up to him.

"Hey, Gaara-kun!" She called, "Do you wanna have lunch with Mae-chan and I?"

He just shrugged and walked with her. She walked up to Mae, and they each picked up a bento box.

"Where do you usually eat, Gaara?" Mae asked curiously.

"Basement. With my brother and sister." he said, plainly and quietly. He motioned for them to follow, and they did. They walked down five hallways and two flights of stairs. Then there was a door, which he quickly opened. They entered the dimly lit room, where two people were sitting on a wood table. One was a girl with blonde hair in two blonde pigtails on each side, who had a huge fan tied to her back. The other was a boy, with a black hooded sweatshirt over the gray school jacket. For some reason, he wore a ton of purple make-up all over his face. He looked ridiculous, especially with the huge thing on his back that was the size of a human, but was wrapped up tautly.

"Temari, Kankurou", Gaara said,"this is Ai and Mae. They're my new friends."

"Gaara!" Temari said, "YOU have friends?!"

"This is surprising?"Ai asked.

"He's never actually had a friend." Kankurou explained.

"Wow." said Mae.

"Who's that?!!!" Ai screamed. A figure walked through the door.