Hey everybody, this is my first story ever! So if anybody has any constructive criticism I'd be more than happy to read suggestions. This is just a story I been toying with now for a while and this is the first chapter for it. If people like I'll continue, if not, well it's only my first and everybody has to start somewhere.

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It was very nice summer night , Sakura thought as she walked away from the ramen stand leaving Naruto to eat his dinner...for the third time this night. Naruto always ate a lot after a mission. Sakura finally had the feeling that she was becoming a powerful ninja like everybody else who had something special about them. She was a medical ninja, not many ninjas could do what she did everyday, that was what made her special, that was what made her unique, she was a medical ninja.

As she walked home she glanced up at the moon, she had never really thought about the moon as being beautiful, but now that she was looking, actually staring at something that had her entranced, she thought it was one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen. She wondered how many people had looked up at the same moon that she watched right now? How many people had been entranced like she was at this very moment? As she walked along the street to her house, all the while looking at the moon, she noticed something atop of a roof. She couldn't quite tell what it was. She recognized the house, it had been for sale for ages. She noticed, however, that there was light coming from within the house. As she drew closer the house she could see who had apparently bought the old place. It was Temari and Kankuro inside and it looked like they were moving some things around, getting everything ready to make the place livable.

As she passed the house she stopped to look up at the moon one last time before she would have to hurry home, she realized that she had stayed out later than she intended. Before she broke her gaze she noticed the thing on the roof move. She turned to look at the thing when she realized at what she was looking at, it was Gaara. He was just standing there, noticing nothing but the moon that had entranced her herself.

"Hey Gaara", she said. Not yelling, but loud enough to get his attention.

"Hello", he replied with the quite reserved voice that could belong to no one else.

He disappeared in a whirlwind of sand, only to appear on the front stoop before her.

"So what are you doing here in Konoha?, she asked.

"Well...Temari wanted to have a place to stay when she visits here, instead of staying at a hotel. She basically wanted a place to stay when she comes here to visit Skiahamru, and Kankura wanted a change of scenery from just desert all the time, and me...well lets just say being in a village where the only two people who care for you are gone and everybody else turns their head away when they see you, isn't the most comforting place to be."

"Well...at least here you have friends who care for you, not just your family", Sakura said this like it was obvious, but still had a sad feeling towards Gaara. She knew that he had experienced a childhood like Naruto had. A childhood that nobody should go through.

"Friends...that care...I never really thought I had any friends".

"Of course you have friends", she was going to slug him in the shoulder like she would to most of her guy friends when they said something stupid, but she reframed knowing that one it would do know good since his sand might perceived this as an attack, and two he just didn't seem like any of the other guys she knew. He didn't joke around or looked like he would of had ever just goofed off.

"You and your brother and sister have helped us out when we were in need, and we gladly returned the favor, you will all always be friends of Konoha".

"Being friends of a village and having friends are two different things", he cooly said not taking his off of Sakura's perfect emerald eyes. This was one of the only people that had ever really talked to him, not that he didn't like it, he just wasn't used to it.

"Well..I'm your friend, and so is Naruto, and Lee, Shikamaru, and everybody else here. We're all your friends Gaara. So...see, you have plenty of friends that would help you if you ever need help."

"I...well...I never really had friends, I wouldn't know what to do with them".

"What do you mean? You don't DO anything with them...you just...well, its kind of hard to explain. I know!" she said as she snapped her finger.

"Why don't you just come with me tomorrow and hang around Konoha. I'll show you what to do with all of your friends."

Gaara thought about this. He was sure that what she had said was true about having friends here, but there was just something that he had never thought about. He decided.

"Okay", he said cooly as he returned he gaze back to the moon.

"Great!", Sakura said as she quickly took Gaara's hand.

This was something that Gaara was definitely sure hadn't ever happened to him. Gaara wasn't sure what to do, even with his sand armor he couldn't hide a surprised look on his face. He watched as this girl that he had only ever before had a short exchange of words with take a pen and write something down on his hand. As she was writing he noticed her female figure. Gaara had never really concerned himself with girls. Why should I ? he thought to himself. No woman would ever want me...not with...the monster he had once been, and might still be? Still, Gaara looked at her and noticed her real beauty. She had the most perfect emerald green eyes he had seen, and her pink hair was very soft as it brushed as it brushed against his cheek. This was another time he was glad he had sand armor over his body, other wise she might have seen him looking at her. She finished.

"There, that's my address. Come to my house at 10:00 tomorrow morning and I'll show you around Konoha, show you that you do have friends.", she said as she smiled at him.

They said there goodbyes and Sakura set of for her house. She laughed silently to herself as she thought about Gaara's expression. He must not be used to anyone holding his had, let alone a girl. It was funny, but at the same time there was something...mysterious about him. He was like any boy she had ever talked to. It was like he was hurt...or something had hurt him so bad that he didn't make connections with people. Well, she was going to make sure that wouldn't happen again, nobody was going to hurt him like that again, at least while she was around him.

"Oh man, I'm going to get when I get home.", Sakura said he she shook herself out of her thoughts. She quickly ran down the street to her house thinking about tomorrow and how she would attempt the hardest thing for a medical ninja...she would attempt to heal a hurt heart.