Battle Scars

by Leeai7

after 3 years of absence Gaara comes home from war, eager to see his love without realizing how much things have changed in all the time he's been gone,aside from dealing with the death of Lee on his conscious, he now has to fight to get the love of Hinata back. While Shikamaru actually for once in his life attempts to show his true feelings to Temari. HinaxGaara ShikaxTema ect

1. Homecoming

Battle Scars

Homecoming

It's been almost three years since I've been gone, fighting in a senseless war that had very little meaning to me; especially after what I had witness. I was returning home alright, but I was coming back alone, without the only other fool who would follow me where ever I went. I leaned my forehead up against the cold plane window, gritting my teeth.

"Damn it" I said only loud enough for me to hear it. Lee how could you? Why did you do that? It should have been me! You shouldn't have died god damn it!

"This is you're captain speaking, informing you that we will be landing shortly."

That's when it hit me, I was coming home, I would see my idiotic best friend, my friends, my family, but there was no one I wanted to see more than her. Hinata my love what have you been doing all these years, in my absence…As I walked off the plane and made my way into the airport to pick up my belongings, a familiar voice cried my name out.

"GARRA!" I looked over to see a familiar blond haired and blue eyed man dressed in a bright orange jacket and a pair of jeans running towards me at full speed. A faint smile painted on my face as he ran straight into me, embracing me.

"I've missed you man" said the young man, I smiled hugging him back.

"I've missed you too Naruto" I said only loud enough for him to hear, and for once in many months I could truly feel that I was happy and able to forget what was tormenting me. He let go of me finally leading me out into the parking lot and towards his car. In the car he began filling me in on what had happened in these three years I had been gone, apparently very little had changed since I had been gone Naruto was still with Ino, my brother was taking care of the family business, my sister was out playing super model along with Sakura and TenTen, Sasuke was still a dick, Shikamaru was still lazy and Kakashi was still a pervert…but although I cared for these people he had yet to mention Hinata…

"What's become of Hinata?" I asked calmly. As soon as I mentioned her name Naruto's expression became serious, I instantly knew something was up when he hadn't mentioned her. He sighed heavily making a sharp turn before speaking.

"It's Complicated" He finally said. Complicated? I raised my non-existent eye brow, what did he mean by complicated? What happened while I was gone? Before I knew it we were in front of the house, I reached for the car door handle, but before I could the door had locked.

"What the hell" I said, turning toward Naruto.

"Just pay attention to that house across the street" he said without a hint of humor I sat there patiently and watched.