Another Chance
Sequel to "Alone With You",
GaaHina Pairing.

A/N: On "Alone With You", the training of the Konoha nins was proposed by the Fifth Hokage not by Gaara. I just noticed it now since I had to read it again before proceeding to this one. Again, my aplogies to my grammar and spelling errors.

Chapter One.

He sat down under the stars, knees bent and crossing while arms were down his side and supporting his posture. He looked up to the stars glimmering in the endelss sky, he breathed out as he let the icy breeze touch his pale colored skin. He closed his eyes in the process, head tilted to the side and digging deep into his thoughts yet showing no change on his always clear face.

The night was deep, exhaustion was already circulating inside his body. He lifted a hand and covered his yawning mouth, his eyes shut tightly. Gaara felt a soft tickle up his spine. Things weren't the same since he was revived by the lady elder. His hand slowly landed down his tigh, thin lids of skin hid well the green orbs. He straightened his limbs and lied flat down with his arms crossed beneath his head.

"…H-hello."

"Stammering's familiar." His head rolled to the side and spotted a tiny face under thick, indigo colored hair. He maintained his physical appearance calm and unreadable even his insides were totally reacting the opposite. He sat up and crossed his legs and arms, "Hn."

"G-good e-evening, G-gaara-kun." She stepped up to the rooftops and lowered her head, being as polite as always. Gaara payed a little attention to the leaf nin, he nodded then turned back into the sky.

"U-umm…" green lids slid to the corner and examined her shivering figure. Her fingers were twindling and her feet was too much close to each other, anyone could tell that she's nervous. Too nervous. "C-can I sit down b-beside you, Gaara-kun?"

He closed his eyes and nodded.

"T-thank you." She lowered her head again and carefully sat beside him. She bent her legs to the side and placed her long hair over her left shoulder and brushed it wth her thin fingers, soon she ended up braiding it. Her lavander eyes suddenly met up with his and her cheeks automatically turned rosy red. She didn't knew that he was watching her play, she looked down at her feet and apologized. "S-sorry!"

He moved his head and looked directly at her.

"F-for the incident this morning, I'm really sorry." She bit her lower lip by the time all her words went out.

"How many times have you aplogized already?" he spoke with his usual empty voice.

"U-umm…" her brows furrowed and the blush on her cheeks just got more obvious. "S-sorry…"

He sighed, finding surrender in making her stop with the so-weak attitude. "You wanted to tell me something."

"Hmm?" she lifted her head and looked straight at him unwillingly, it was just one of those good manners when someone is talking to you that made her look. Her cheeks felt burning more. Her eyes slid away instantly, finding no strength in looking straight at the Kazekage.

He rested his eyes and replied, "At the bathroom this morning, you wanted to tell me something. Weren't you?"

"O-oh… T-that." She placed her hands right next to each other, she looked down at her playing fingers. "Well, Gaara-kun." She breathed in and took hold of the courage that is left inside her, "I w-wish you to find it out yourself." Her lips curled to a small sweet smile.

"Ugh." He gritted his teeth and acquired a strange reaction on his face.

"S-sorry! H-have I e-embarrased y-you?!" she leaned towards him and touched his cheek. "Y-you're all r-red! A-are you sick?"

"Uh, n-no." he looked down and moved back a little. "I'm stammering… What's with me?"

"I'm so sorry!" she moved back and landed her hands down to her lap, "I-is there something I could do?"

"Whatever it is that you're doing… Don't do it." He said will he covered his face with his hands. "Shit." He turned his back against her, gritting his teeth at the strange sensation that grasps him tight.

"I don't know what's making you react like this… I don't know which I should stop doing." she looked at him with concern, "A-apfhuu!" she sneezed, she had her hands over her nose and mouth. She then glanced up and caught Gaara looking down on her with cheeks still burning red, "E-excuse me." She smiled.

"She's cute when she sneezes. Oh, heck. What am I thinking?" he blinked, then looked away. He wasn't this nervous before, it's so strange… He's known to be a man of no feelings but now, he's blushing to a woman's smile. "Tch."

"I-I'm sorry! I did it again, didn't I?"

"Not really."

"A-are you angry? W-why aren't you facing me?"

"Don't mind me." He took a short glance at her and the strange feeling just got doubled.

"A-alright." She lowered her head, "I'll have my leave then." She straightened her legs and walked off the rooftops. Gaara turned his head and watched her leave, "Hyuga Hinata." He tilted his head up and watched the stars emitting their different kinds of light. Soon he lowered his head, rested his eyes and pouted his lips. "Whatever this is I'm feeling, I really don't like it." He tightened his grip to his maroon sleeves and forced the divertion of his thoughts.

The day after is the very last day of the Konoha nins training program at the sand-filled grounds, the jounins and chuunins lined up along with their gennins behind them. The nins maintained the silence and strange atmosphere which was originally brought by the Godaime Kazekage walking pass their faces. Three jounins were walking with him, Hinata grasps every single chance that she could take a look at him without being to obvious but by the time she saw the face of the other jounin escorting him, her eyse fell down to the ground and her hands clasped tight.

His escorts were his two older siblings and one brown-haired woman by his side. Hinata never knew this woman, but he didn't seem to mind being this close to her, if they want it, they could hold each others hands without being seen but the heiress no longer wished for informations like that. She thought that maybe that woman has a great importance to him that he let her be that close. Maybe they're real friends… Or maybe more than that.

"Gaara-kun."

She shut her eyes tight as the Kazekage passed by but something was about to explode inside her… and it did, she was unabled to stop it. "…E-excuse me!" the couple word slip out of her dry lips, her cheeks blushed.

The brown-haired jounin stopped first and looked back at her. Gaara ceased soon after, being a few steps ahead of her. "What is it, Matsuri?" he asked. It seems that his attention was one-hundred percent directed to the girl and not to anyone else, he might not even notice her.

"Nothing, Gaara-sama." She gave the heiress an empty glare then followed his master. Hinata lowered her head but a shadow seemed to have stayed before her.

"Hinata, isn't it?" a woman voice said.

"Y-yes?" she looked up and saw the blonde lady.

"I'm Temari, Gaara's sister. Can I talk to you for a moment?"

"O-of course."

Gaara stopped and looked back at his siblings who were talking to the Hyuga heiress, his eyes narrowed at the unwanted sight. "Gaara-sama?" he turned to the other side and faced his apprentice, "Something wrong?" she asked. Her brows were furrowed and her eyes were filled with concern. "It's nothing." He replied with a shake of his head. He continued his walk.

Gaara was far from her clear eyes could reach, that is, without using her byakuugan. Her brows were curled on its top, she wanted to see more of him but he doesn''t seem to notice it. A part of her wished to be noticed by those eyes, and the other is just too much terrified. She glued her eyes down at the sandy ground.

Too bad… Her happy days are over.

"Hey! Are you even listening?!"

"H-huh?" she lifted her head up and everything came back. She was too much drained by him that she forgot that she was talking to someone else, "I-I'm sorry, w-what is it again?"

"Oh, God…" she shook her head with eyes closed, "You've got it really bad."

"E-excuse me?"

"Never mind, be on your way."

"T-thank you." She lowered her head, "Temari-san." She turned and walked away. Hinata took her steps carefully even when her mind was wandering in another place, about another person…

Gaara sat down on his office, fingers intertwined and elbows over his desk. Soon the Konoha trainees will depart, and something has been bothering him about that but he couldn't tell what it is. He stared to the shadow down his table, he sighed and rested his eyes. There sure are things that he couldn't handle himself, too complicated… To much human.

The door creeked open, "Gaara."

"Yes?" he replied promptly.

"Too casual for me," she tilted her head to the side and smirked, "Brother."

"Temari." He leaned back at his chair and loosened his fingers, his arms hung down to his side. "What is it?" he looked up to her with tired eyes.

"Are you sick?"

"No."

"The Hyuga says—" Temari paused as she saw an awkward response in his face. "Um… Temari-san? I think Gaara-kun is sick, he was so red last night…" echoed the heiress's words inside her mind.

The sand ambassador burst out laughing hard, she clutched to her aching stomach as she cried joyfully. "Oh, I think I get it now! My little brother's inlove!!!" she giggled as she sat over his desk, feet crossed and hands supporting her form. "Teen love! So cute!" she teased.

"Temari, you're fired." Gaara grumbled as he crossed his arms.

"Oh, that's alright! I have a new job anyways!" she hopped off the desk and stuck out her index and middle finger, "From now on, call me Miss Cupid!' she grinned.

Chapter One: Guess Who's Inlove

A/N: Wow, amazing! I recieved seven reviews already on the first day! Woohoo!! Horay for me! And, oh... Ninjas could get fired? That's... weird :O