Disclaimer- I don't own Naruto. If I did, the people who read and/or watch it would be really messed up.

Oh, and Gaara and them are 16, with the exception of the older kids, Neji, Lee, Tenten, Temari, ect.

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Chapter 1

Disappear

Sabuku Gaara sat in his first hour class glaring at the assignment his English teacher, Hatake Kakashi, had given them. Gaara hated English; the homework reminded him of the paperwork that his father was always working on. Gaara hated his father. Well, actually, Gaara hated almost everything. In fact, the only thing that made English bearable was the fact that his only friend, a hyper, fox-like, prankster named Uzamaki Naruto, shared it with him.

Naruto and Gaara's relationship was very strange, and very unlikely. Where Naruto was very hyper and outgoing, Gaara was very quiet and reserved. Naruto had spiky-ish blond hair and large cerulean eyes. He was a well known prankster and a fun guy, but for some reason, nobody really seemed to like being around him until about a year ago. He tended to wear orange and black jump suits all the time, with black combat boots. Gaara, on the other hand, had shaggy, blood red hair and black rimmed aquamarine eyes. He was a well known insomniac who always looked like he had stolen his older sister's, Temari's, eyeliner. People still didn't like being around him, claiming that he was the definition of creepy and they preferred to live, thank you very much. Gaara had a feeling it had something to do with the tattoo on the left side of his forehead, which was the kanji for love. He tended to wear fishnet ¾ sleeve shirts under black tees, with black baggy pants and black combat boots. Both he and Naruto were on the martial arts team, which was where they met. Naruto's friends only let Gaara hang out with them because Naruto told them that Gaara was trust worthy and a lot nicer than he looked. This did not mean, however, that Gaara considered them friends, although Sasuke, Neji, Shino, and Shikamaru came pretty close. They were all quiet, like him, but he was a little weary of them.

Nara Shikamaru was right about the laziest and smartest person Gaara had ever met. He was dating Sabuku Temari, Gaara's older sister. He had asked Gaara's permission before asking her out, stating simply that while he liked Temari a lot, he didn't want to go behind Gaara's back and destroy what little trust Gaara had with him. He had also stated something along the lines of that if he somehow, for any reason, hurt Temari, Gaara would not have to worry about hurting Shikamaru, nor would he have the chance, because Shikamaru would probably kill himself. Gaara had merely nodded his approval and walked off. About a week later, he'd walked into Temari's room intent on asking her a question about his homework, only to find them making out on her bed. He'd silently turned and walked out of the room, vowing to always knock on Temari's door before entering. He did not want to see that again. He was also on the martial arts team.

Uchiha Sasuke was chased by almost every girl in school, not including Temari and one of the girls in their group who went simply by Tenten, a weapon's obsessionist. He was currently single, also on the Martial arts team. Actually, there was only one person in the group who wasn't on the martial arts team, the group's food obsessionist, Choji.

Aburame Shino was another person people didn't like being around. He was considered the second creepiest guy in school, Gaara taking a reluctant first. He was a bug obsessor, like the rest of his family.

Hyuga Neji was a year older than most of the group, and was considered the second hottest guy in school, Sasuke taking a VERY reluctant first. Speaking of Neji, he had said something this morning about his cousin transferring to the school today. Neji had asked that if anyone saw her in class to make her feel welcome, apparently she was very shy and timid… Or, at least, she was the last time Neji had seen her, which was a few years ago. She had been living with her godfather, Jay, training. She had apparently finished her training and was going to give living with her father another try. It had supposedly not gone so well last time.

A soft creek was heard and the door to the classroom was opened by the principal, a very busty, blond, pigtailed, well-known drunk and gambler, who went by Tsunade. She glared at Kakashi, who was, as usual, reading his porno book, then at Naruto for calling her 'Tsunade-baa-chan,' then back at Kakashi again.

"Kakashi." Said man looked up at her with his one visible eye, and swung his legs off his desk. He also wore black combat boots, with long black pants, black long-sleeve turtle necks, green vests, a black mask that covered the lower half of his face, and a black headband with the school emblem stitched into it with silver thread covering his right eye.

"Yes, Tsunade-sama?"

"Your new student is here." She turned to the rest of the class, while gently tugging a girl into the room. "Everyone, this is Hyuga Hinata, she will be joining you for the rest of the year." With that, she left the room.

The girl had long black hair that ran down her back, ending at her waist. Her eyes were the same pupil-less lavender as her cousins. She wore blood red peek-toed stilettos, long black pants, and a black fishnet top under a blood red halter, under a black zip up hooded sweatshirt. She carried a black book bag, slung over one shoulder. She was blushing slightly from all the attention, and squirmed under everyone's gazed.

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Hyuga Hinata wished she could disappear. She didn't like attention, it made her nervous. One boy in particular was really off setting her nerves. He seemed to be glaring at her for some reason, but as per why, she couldn't fathom, she had never met him before, and so there was no possible way she could have ticked him off already. She glanced over the students in the class silently, trying to escape the red head's icy, black rimmed gaze. Her eyes fell instead on an enthusiastic blond, waving wildly at her from the back of the class. What the hell was wrong with these people? One looked at her like she had stolen his eyeliner, the other acted like he had known her all his life, but hadn't seen her for a couple months, and she had met neither of them. It was only after she finished that thought that she realized that the teacher was trying to talk to her.

"Hyuga-san? Hyuga-san, are you with us?" Hinata snapped her eyes back to the teacher and blinked rapidly.

"Sorry, just thinking." The teacher- didn't Tsunade-sama call him Kakashi? - smiled at her… Or she thought he smiled at her, it was kinda hard to tell with that stupid mask covering his mouth.

"Ah, well, I was just saying, why don't you introduce yourself, and tell us something about you? Then I'll tell you where to sit." Hinata nodded, and tried to think of something to say about her self.

"Ummm… I'm Hyuga Hinata, and I'm just moving back in with my family after staying with my godfather for three years. Before that I went to a private boarding school." Kakashi blinked, she hadn't really given him much to go on to seat her with. He looked around the room, and his eye fell on Naruto, still waving wildly at the girl. He sighed.

"Hyuga-san, please sit next to Naruto, I'm sure you can't miss him, he's in the back." Hinata took that to mean the boy still currently waving at her and nodded. Silently she walked to the back of the room and sat next to the boy. "Naruto, explain the assignment to Hyuga-san." Naruto grinned, happily.

"Sure, Kakashi-sensei!" He turned back to Hinata. "My name's Uzamaki Naruto, I hang out with your cousin, Neji. We're on the martial arts team together. He asked the group to help you out and make you feel welcome if we saw you in class." Well, that explained the waving, he had recognized her name. "Gaara's over there," he pointed to the red head who had glared at her, "he may seem kinda creepy, but don't judge him on that, he's a pretty cool guy! He hangs out with Neji as well." Hinata blinked.

"I wasn't going to judge him because he looks creepy; I was going to judge him because he glared at me like I had stolen his favorite eyeliner." Naruto chuckled.

"Hinata-chan, Gaara doesn't wear eyeliner." Hinata stared at him for a few seconds. "He's an insomniac. He never sleeps." Hinata seemed to perk up at this comment. She gave Gaara another once over.

"I'll have to get to know him, then." Naruto blinked a couple times, and then raised an eyebrow.

"Because he's an insomniac?" She nodded.

"Yes, they interest me."

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Gaara groaned under his breath. Why, oh why, did Naruto have to bring him up?

"Yes, they interest me." What the hell? This chick wanted to study him because he was an insomniac? Was she insane? He sighed, deciding to give her a piece of his mind after class, and turned back to glare at his assignment, while Naruto changed the subject, and began explaining the assignment, obviously as freaked as Gaara was that the girl found it 'interesting' that he was an insomniac.

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