Chapter One:
Meeting the beast
After walking to the office to get his and his siblings schedule, he walked around waiting for the last class to begin. As he was walking around, he notices the choir room. He reads a plack above the name plate. He reads it, "Kono high is awarded as the best choir in all of Asia."
As the bell sounds the hall is filled with noisy rude kids pushing through the crowds. He made his way easily into the classroom and stood at the front of the room and introduced himself to the teacher. "Hello, I am Gaara. One of the new transfers from Suna high, I'm sure you have been clued in on the reason for me and my sibling's relocation."
The final bell rang and the class room became silent as Mrs. Kurenai started the class off by introducing the new student. "Good afternoon class, please welcome our new student Gaara!"
When she was about to send Gaara to his seat, the room was filled with lyrics from Enter sandman. Gaara recognized the song immediately, he remembers as a kid it was his favorite song. Now the song is just a reminder that he is a monster.
As the lyrics came all the girls surrounding a girl with pink hair began to sing along to the song.
"Say your prayers little one, don't forget my son, to include everyone, tuck you in warm within keep me free from sin, till the sandman, he comes, sleep with one eye open, gripping your pillow tight."
Then Gaara remembered, he still loved this song ignoring the fact that it reminded him of the beast residing within him. Before he knew it he was singing along to the song subconsciously.
"Exit light, Enter night, take my hand off to never, never land, something's wrong shut the light, heavy thoughts tonight and they aren't of snow white, dreams of war dreams of liars dreams of dragons fire and of things that will bite, sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight. Exit light, Enter night, take my hand off to never, never land. Now I lay me down to sleep, pray the lord my soul to keep, if I die before I wake, pray the lord my soul to take, hush little baby, don't say a word and never mind that noise you heard, its just the beast under your bed, in your closet, in your head. Exit light, Enter night, grain of sand, exit light, enter night, take me hand, were off to never, never land."
The teacher took the C.D and broke it, Sakura almost cried. Then the teacher sternly addresses the class. "Now there will be no more out-breaks like that in this class! Sakura this is so unlike you, what's gotten into you lately…Gaara you will be sitting next to Sakura, Sakura raise your hand."
Sakura did as she was told and raised her hand, so Gaara went and sat by Sakura. Sakura says, "That was my favorite CD and she broke it I can't believe this…Oh hi I'm Sakura I'm the lead singer and normally a pretty well behaved child, but I thought I would surprise the teacher. I dint realize how it would back fire on me."
Gaara looked at her for a moment and said, "Hey, I have that song on my laptop at home, I can rip it onto a CD if you want."
She smiles he was expecting her to back away from the sound of his name but no she smiled at him then he asked her, "Sakura are you not afraid of me I am called a monster from where I'm from."
She looks at him in confusion as she tells him, "No I'm not scared of you at all! Should I be? Are you going to hurt me? Kill me? If not then why are you asking me this…hey if you can I would love if you could get me a new CD please. You're kind of cute and you have a great voice and your being really nice to me so of course I'm not afraid of you"
He likes her. She is the first person outside his family that's not afraid of him. He has every class with her and so she showed him where all their classes where. He had come to only the last class he's new to the town his older sister made him go to school for a few reasons.
One so he could check it out. Two too keep him out of trouble. Three keep him out of their way while they were getting the house ready to live in.
They had move here because Gaara got kicked out of all the other schools he went to but he doesn't want to get kick out of this one. He likes Sakura and he walked home as he was about to leave the building he saw her. She was going to walk home to it looked like. But she also looked like she was waiting for someone so he walked over to her and asked her, "Hey Sakura what's wrong are you okay"
She was holding her arm tight and he saw blood drip down her arm. He asks her, "Sakura who cut you come on please tell me who did this to your arm"
She answer him after a few minutes, "it was a girl named Ino it's because she thought I was going to try to steal her boyfriend Sasuke she's to blonde to see that the guy is clearly gay I was waiting for my friends to come walk me home but I guess that they got a mission to do so I was about to heal this and ask Mr. kakashi for a ride home"
Gaara was surprised she dint even look like she was hurt at all she was not showing emotion at all he grabbed her arm that was not hurt and put it over his shoulder and around his neck he also saw her leg was badly hurt to. He tells her, "Okay I can walk you home after you heal your leg and arm"
She blushed she liked him and didn't know why he was being so nice to her. She nodded her head and healed her leg and she couldn't heal her arm because she does not have enough energy. She thanked him, "Thank you Gaara you are so kind."
So then Gaara asked her,"So where do you live?"
Her answer was,"Not too far from here I live on rocky road I have to live close to the Akatsuki base. They're the ones I was waiting for. Ino is a girl I use to be best friends with but then for a short time I had a crush on the same guy as her and that is the guy she thinks is her boyfriend but I think he is gay and will make a good couple with rock lee. Rock lee has a crush on me but I don't like him at all. Oh an I'm pretty sure that my mom and dad hate me they blame me for the death of my little sister she died in a fire I tried to get her out but the firefighter took me out right as I was near her crib and trying to grab her out and he wouldn't listen to me and just rushed me out. They thought i was delusional but all that he saw in there was a bunch of dolls and no baby well that's because she has to sleep with all her baby dolls and they didn't save her and so my parents are mad at me for that but hey that taught me to be head strong"
Gaara was surprised that this happy girl has been through hell just like him. He tells her, "Gomenasai"
She was a bit calmed down by his words and somewhat confused. She asks him,"What is Gomenasai?"
So Gaara tells her,"Gomenasai means I'm sorry. It looks like I'm not the only one trying to find my place in this world"
She smiled. She says,"No your not, I'm looking for a reason roaming through the night to find my place in this world."
They were almost to her house and she could even see it from where they were and she saw that her dads car was home and even her moms, now she didn't want to go home that means that she's in trouble for something they normally weren't home this early unless she got a bad grade or forgot to do something before she left school. Sakura tells him,"Gaara can you stay in the yard I might come back out and that's to get away from them there never home this early unless I am in trouble"
He nodded and waited for her by a tree. When she got inside her dad told her to come to the living room and sit down he pulled out a report card his face was not showing emotion and then her mom walked In with a big smile her father said, "Sakura your grades are very good and so when I got this on my lunch break I went to the store and I got you a new I-pod here you go"
She was confused but took it anyway it has a note on it that says. Don't take this to school or I will take it and you will owe me enough to pay for it if you want it back. Of course she thought to herself there's always a catch. Then she walked out to see that Gaara did wait for her sitting under a tree near the road. She smiles and says, "Hey you did wait for me wow hey they told me my grades were better and gave me an I-pod it was weird"
Gaara thought this action strange as well but did not say anything. Sakura asked him, "So where do you live"
He wasn't sure what the street name was but he knows the way to the house. So he just brings her to his new home. He asks, "Do you have any other siblings?"
She said,"Yea I have a little sister and an older brother the sister is only a few months behind me, her name is Ten and my brother is Pain"
When they arrived at his house Kankuro and Temari were about to yell at him for being late but then they saw from the window he was with a girl and he was smiling.
Temari walked out the door and said, "Hey Gaara who's the girl, is she why your so late?"
Gaara just glares at her then Kankuro came out and asked him"Oh hello Gaara, so whose your new girl friend huh? This is really not like you to talk to a girl or anyone else for that matter"
He glares at them both and then Sakura introduces herself, "Hi I'm Sakura Haruno I met Gaara in class and he walked me home because I was alone and I had been hurt"
Temari whispered to Kankuro"This is still not like him to care about anyone let alone a girl and why does he care if she's alone or weather she gets hurt or not."Kankuro reply's"Do you think he likes this girl but he just met her this is so strange"
Gaara finally got tired of them and led her in to the living room to watch TV and talk while his siblings talk about what's happening to their little brother.
Sakura asks him,"what were they talking about this isn't like you. You don't normally interact with people why not?"
He said"like I told you I am called a monster for having a sand beast sealed within me when I was a baby my father was the one that sealed the shuku within me with hopes that I could become the great weapon for out village, but a sacrifice was made for this the shuku killed my mother and it was because of my father and so a few years later I ended up killing my father and the rest of my family as well. Me my brother and my sister are all that is left of my clan."
Sakura looked a bit sad by this. She tells him, "Gaara Gomenasai I'm glad that I can actually talk to someone other than the Akatsuki gang. Well there others in school I guess. I'm the lead singer in the choir and I'm the top of the class for English I write poetry and everyone tells me that they are good so I keep doing it, one teacher says that they are sad and/or morbid but still good. The first week after my sister's death and my older brother took my other sister away for a little while and that's when my father started beating me. When my mother would try to get in his way to help me he would hurt her, then the beating stopped when my brother came back he promised me he would never leave me alone again! my brother is a part of the Akatsuki and he convinced the gang to move the base closer to home so that if I call for him he can come and help me the Akatsuki are my friends and when I get in deep trouble they let me hide out at their base they really are nice well mainly to me though hey you look like one of the members um Sasori is he related to you"
Gaara's eyes lit up when he heard the name. He says,"What! Yes he's my cousin. He left our clan a long time ago and became a missing ninja. Now I know where he was. He was with the Akatsuki. Can you take me to their hide out sometime after school?"
She smiled and told him, "Sure we can go now if you want to you only live a little ways from it but I don't know if I can really show you. I will have to go alone they don't trust anyone at all so I can ask Itachi to meet you at your house it will be a surprise visit though I can't give you the day that he will show, I will go later tonight when my parents are asleep, father hates it when I run off the my brother."
He nodded and tells her,"That's fine I don't need the time or day or even the week as long as he can come"
Then Temari came in and asked,"So Sakura are you going to stay for dinner I'm making fried rice"Sakura nodded,"sure but I'll have to let my mom and dad know where I am first"
As she walked for the door Temari pulled Gaara to the side. "Gaara go with her it's not safe out alone at this time"so he told Sakura,"Hey Sakura ill walk you home so they'll know who your with"Sakura smiled,"sure I'd like the company"
While those two were gone Temari and Kankuro talked.
Temari:"do you think she likes him. Uh do you think that they will go out they are so cute don't you think brother"
Kankuro: "oh yea she's really cute yea I do think that she likes him and I also think that he likes her as well. Don't you see this is his first girlfriend?"
Temari: "I know what you mean but we have to stay out of this or we will mess everything up for him and we will never forgive ourselves for that"