He was starting the first day of Chuujitsu Academy year one out of all twelve years. Unlike all other kids Sabaku No Gaara wasn't to exited about the first day of Chuujitsu Academy. Sitting in his room, he stares at the open luggage he was supposed to be filling with his belongings. Even though he had an older brother by a couple of months, Sabaku No Kankuro, coming into the same grade year as him and an older sister, Sabaku No Temari, in year two, he didn't feel welcomed into this new enviroment. He never felt comfortable anywhere, people always called him a monster, all because his mother passed away from giving birth to him, well that's what Gaara suspected. Gaara's siblings weren't ever too comforting, and the kids in his village were cruel to him, he imagined the kids from the other villages coming into the same academy to be the same or yet even worse to him then the people who already knew him. Sighing Gaara gave up on sulking and started packing up.
"Let's go guys, we don't want to be late, trust me!" a blonde girl with four piggy tails hollered at her younger brothers busting the Kazekage Mantion door wide open.
"Hn," a simple reply from a little boy with messy red hair replied as he passed his nagging sister.
"Common' Temari," a boy with brown hair covered by a black beanie started saying getting near the doorway
"What could happen?" The whole village already knew, it was bright and early, the sun hasn't even rised and the three Kazekage's children were of to Chuujitsu Academy.
"The head mistress doesn't accept tardiness." Temari hissed.
"Since when do you care?" Kankuro asked.
"Since I met the head mistress." Temari started "She's scary." Kankuro shivered as he thought of what this scary head mistress looked like.
"Anyways I think you guys will like Chuujitsu Academy," Temari beamed "There will be lots of kids from alot of different villages." "You only get one roommate and usually they don't bother much." "Oh and the food, you'll love it!" "The campus is huge, too!" Temari went on.
"I haven't event even gotten there and it still seems to good to be real," Kankuro drooled forgetting the terrible head mistress. Gaara sighed, he still wasn't to convinced that Chuujitsu Academy was going to be as good to him as it was to Temari. The sun began to rise as the three Kazekage's children exited Suna's main gate, setting of to The Village Hidden in the Leafs.
Sakura was walking on the green lush grass on school campus. Her silky pink hair shining in the sunlight. So far she didn't see anybody from Kohana. "Guess I'm early," she sighed. A group of three sand ninja then appeared out of nowhere. "I told you using the power of the wind was faster!" said a bubbly blonde girl, she looked about nine.
"I think Imma puke!" a boy with a black beanie, about eight years, busted out. The two started arguing instantly. Sakura giggled as she heard their argument. She was too busy staring in admiringly at the strangers to notice the other person with them. Another boy with crimson red hair, who seemed eight, too, said nothing just stood there with the other two. Sakura stared at him with curiousity.
Gaara stood there listening to his siblings idiotic argument. The campus sure is big. There were about 20 different buildings. As he scanned what seemed about one fifth of the campus grounds, Gaara noticed a girl with oddly colored pink hair staring right at him. Why is she staring? He gave back a stare.
Sakura was to consetrated on the boy to even notice he was exchanging looks with her. Once she snapped out of her glance, she noticed him still glaring. Sakura instantly blushed. He's looking at me. His eyes were a aqua blue, they seemed sad and cold. "Who is this boy?" she mumbled.
"Sakura! Why are you all alone?" a voice interupted the moment. It was Yamanaka Ino, Sakura's best friend.
"Hi Ino!" Sakura grinned.
"Hey, I found out we're roomates!" Ino shreiked.
"That's great!" Sakura beamed at her blonde friend.
Gaara looked as a blonde girl chatted up a storm with the pink haired girl. They started jumping up and down, then walking off hand in hand. "Hey, Hello, Earth to Gaara!" Temari waved her hand infront of Gaara. "Lets go get our scheduals and dorm keys."
"Hn," Gaara's simple reply.
"This is year one's building" Ino said exited. "The girls' dorms are on the left and the guys' dorms are on the right, there are up to three floors,"
"You've sure been snooping around" Sakura said.
"Yeah, well what else is there better to do?" Ino shrugged.
Ino was Sakura's best friend since they were three. They were always together. Sakura was excited about sharing a room with Ino even though sometimes she was way to chatty and loved to gossip, annoying the hell out of Sakura. She was pretty, her hair was long and platinum blonde, she had clear blue eyes. Ino was the bright but would rather spend hours in front of the mirror or finding out who was dating who other than paying attention in class. Sakura was more laid back and would rather be active, instead of standing around to gossip, she spent her free time climing trees or punching that knuckle-head, Naruto around. Despite her tomboyish ways Sakura was pretty cute, her hair was silky and a rare pink color. It fit her quite well, her eyes were emerald orbs. Sakura, like Ino, was very bright, always knew how to handle sticky situations. Everyone in Kohana refered to them as Blondie and Pinky. "Well here it is floor three" Ino beamed walking to the doors on the far left, "And this is Blondie and Pinky's dorm!"
Sakura giggled a little, "How exiting." The room was dull and dark.
"Well were gunna need to glam it up a little" Ino cheerfully insisted.
It was going to be a long night.
Temari left Gaara and Kankuro to go find her dorm room in year two's building. "Well Gaara, lets go find our rooms, What room did you get?"
"131" Gaara replied.
"I got 135. Does that mean we're not in the same room?" Kankuro asked. Idiot. Sometimes Gaara had it in him to yell at Kankuro like Temari did. As the two Kazekage's sons walked into building one, a bunch of different kids ran around, causing havok. "I think were on the third floor" Kankuro sighed. As they made it to the third floor a chubby kid ran out of his dorm room.
"We're out of potato chips, Shikamaru!" the chubby kid ran to the vending machine in a panicing sort of state.
"What a drag," a boy with a ponytail came out of the dorm growning "Come on Chouji, breakfast is in a couple of hours!"
"Freaks" Kankuro whispered. "Hey here's my room!" Kankuro waved goodbye to his younger brother and unlocked his dorm room. His room-mate was a boy with raven colored hair, supposedly the coolest eight year old in Kohana, word said that he was the only person alive from his clan. As Gaara made his way to his dorm a boy with brown spiky hair came running out of his dorm, holding a little white puppy. "Get your flees out of Akumaru's fur!" the boy growled at a boy with shades & bugs buzzing around him. Next to that dorm was Gaara's. Great. Everyone here is just as loud as the last. When Gaara got to his dorm next to dog boy and bug boy a blonde boy with marks on his face resemeling a fox's whiskers jumped out at him out of nowhere. "Hi, I'm Uzamaki Naruto." "I'm eight, are you eight?" "Are you my room-mate?" "What's your name?" "What's with the kanji on your forhead?" "Why you got that gourd?" "Want some ramen?" "I LOVE RAMEN!" "I'm going to be Hokage!" "Battebayo!" the kid wouldn't shut up. Gaara walked passed the idiot and sat on the empty bed, the other covered with ramen bowls and wrinkled clothing. "Oh I get it! Your to tiered to talk." Naruto said. "I'm not cause I live in here in Kohana, exept I have no parents" Naruto got quiet, he looked at the floor.
Gaara turned around, "Why?"
Naruto looked up "Well I dunno, nobody ever told me. Not a lot of people like me, I don't know why. One time an old fart called me a monster." At that moment Gaara felt like he could finally relate to someone.
"I'm Sabaku No Gaara. I come from the Village Hidden in the Sand. People call me a monster, too. My father is the current Kazekage and my mother is dead".
Naruto frowned and then smiled after a while, "Well we can kind of relate to each other." The was a moment of silence. "Hey, since you aren't from around here lemme tell you about all the kids from our village, make you feel more at home!" Naruto insisted. Gaara nodded. "Kay. Let's see... the two guys next door are Inzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino. Kiba's a little rowdy but he's okay. He gots a dog, Akumaru, he's a ninja dog. Pretty cool, huh? Shino gots bugs in his body. I think he's kinda creepy but that's my opinion! The dorm infront of us, well I dunno who's in there. In dorm 135, there's Uchiha Sasuke. He's just a pretty boy who's kind of a jerk. He's got a pretty bad attutide about everything. If you ask me, he isn't as cool as they say. His room-mate...uhhh i dunno."
"He's my brother Kankuro" Gaara interupted.
"Well I feel sorry for that guy" Naruto went on " And in the dorm near the stairs is Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Chouji. They're best friends since forever! Shikamaru is a smarty-pants but really lazy. Chouji is, well, kinda really chubby... But never call him chubby! I did once, he pushed me down a well. Sakura-chan saw but just laughed."
"Sakura?",Garra interupted Naruto's story.
"Yeah, Haruno Sakura, I'm going to marry her but she doesn't know it. She has pretty pink hair and emerald colored eyes."
So her name is Sakura.
"I hear Hinata got stuck with some girl from the Village Hidden in the Sound. I think her name is Kin." Ino's gossiping started.
"You sure know everything, Ino" Sakura said putting a picture frame on her night table.
"Of course! Ask me anything." Ino said confidently. She sure did have a lot of that.
"Who's Naruto-baka's room-mate?" Sakura asked putting a comforter on her bed.
"That's easy!" Ino smirked "His name is Sabaku No Gaara. From the Village Hidden in the Sand. I even know what he looks like"
"Oh really?" Sakura asked hanging her clothes up in her closet.
"Yeah. He has messy crimson red hair and some pretty light blue eyes. He also has a kanji on his forhead, meaning love, I wonder who he loves." Ino went rambeling on. Sakura froze. Gaara.
"His sister is Temari, is in year two, I think she's our floor's advisor every floor has two, one for the girls and another for the boys. Anyways, he also has a brother in year one, too, Kankuro. The three Sand Village's Kazekage's children." Ino was still at it.
"Where do you get this from?" Sakura asked shocked.
"A good spy never reveles her secrets!" Ino grinned. The girls giggled in their purple room. The certains on there windows were white, they had pictures all over the room of themselves, them together, and family. They agreed to make their bathroom a lilac color since they couldn't decide from pink or blue.
An uproar of students came from the mess hall. It was dinner time. Sakura and Ino sat down next to Hyuga Hinata, a girl with pearl eyes that honed the ability of the Byakugan. She was a shy girl with no self-confidence, she was a sweet a girl though. In front of Hinata was Kiba, who was feeding a hidden Akumaru in his sweater. Kiba was talking to Shino about flees and how they hurt. Two seats down next to Sakura was Sasuke. Sakura stared at Sasuke. She had a crush on him for some time now but didn't have enough guts to tell him. Next to Sasuke was a guy that guy with Gaara this morning, he was staring at Hinata's cousin, Hyuga Neji, at the year two table. "Is that a girl?" he asked Sasuke, Sasuke just laughed. In front of Sasuke was a sleeping Shikamaru and next to him was Chouji stuffing his face. Out of nowhere, Naruto popped up next to Sakura, making her almost jump out of her seat. "Hello, Sakura-chan!" Naruto greeted her.
"Baka! You almost gave me a heart attack!" Sakura punched Naruto out of his seat.
"Oww! Sorry." Naruto said rubbing his head. "Hey have you met my room-mate" Naruto brushed it off pointing at Gaara who was behind him.
"Gaara, this is everyone I was telling you about!" Naruto smiled. Gaara sat down next to Naruto. "Not much for words, eh?" Kiba asked. No reply. Sakura couldn't help but stare at Gaara. Kiba grew impatient when he realized Gaara was ignoring him. "I'm Kiba and this is Akumaru" the puppy in Kiba's sweater yipped, making all the girls "aw". No reply from Gaara. "Hey Gaara, Im Sakura" Sakura finally managed to get out with a widw grin. Gaara looked her way. "Hey," he simply said and looked the other way.
After lunch Temari rounded up her girls "Okay all building one gloor four girls stand around me" the year 2 girl with four blond piggy-tails yelled around the main hall. Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and a bunch of other girls gathered around the blonde. "I'm Sabaku No Temari, and I am your advisor. From now on I tell you were to go before and after class, when lights should be out, ect. Those who don't listen to me will see from me and the head mistress. I've also been appointed to help you with personal problems, I want you all to think of me as your actual big sister. Any questions?"
"When will we meet this head mistress?" Ino asked.
"You will sooner or later. You don't want to anyways, trust me." Temari answered.
"W-What if we can't get ahold of you?" Hinata asked.
"You have phones in your rooms. Phone my dorm number 235 anytime. Any more questions?"
"No big sis." all the girls said in harmony.
"Okay your dismised. I'll be in your dorm building in 90 minutes." The girls when back to their dorms.
"Hello, I am Rock Lee! I have been chosen to be your advisor or as I like to call it, eldest brother!" Most of the boys laught, well just Kiba, Naruto, and Kankuro. Chouji ate his potato chips, Shikamaru stared in disgust, Sasuke leaned on the wall grinning at the poor sucker, Gaara stood not paying attention the the brushy eye-browed freak, and Shino just stood there. Gaara then saw Sakura and Ino leaving to the dorms. He left the boring presentation, hoping the blonde girl would go ahead, leaving Sakura to talk to him in privacy. "Hey, I'm going to go get something to drink later." Ino informed her roomie.
"Kay, I'll be in the dorm." Sakura replied. Once Ino left, Sakura sighed in relief "No more gossip. Now, were could Gaara be?" she asked herself.
"Looking for me," came a voice behind her. Sakura turned to face the were the voice was coming from. "Gaara!" Sakura beamed.
"I thought I would have scared you." Gaara frowned, not knowing why.
"You? Scare me? Of course not, silly" Sakura asured him.
"I don't?" he asked "But I'm a monster"
"Monster?" she seemed surprised. "Well your the cutest monster I've ever seen! Silly pants. I don't think your a monster." Gaara blushed.
"Thanks" Gaara whispered "Nobody's ever been so nice to me." Sakura smiled at Gaara. Gaara managed to play a tiny smile with his lips.
Gaara was back in Kohana, standing outside of Chuujitsu Academy's year eleven building. It seemed like yesterday when he entered year one. It seemed like yesterday when he met his room-mate and close friend for the past ten years, Naruto. About five years ago they found out why they were called "wonsters". Their bodies were home of Tailed Beasts since birth. That discovery only made their bond tighter. Gaara's tailed beast, Shukaku, was taken out of Gaara's body but Naruto's tailed beast, Kyuubi, still lurked inside of him, making Gaara a little protective for his "Demon Brother" as Naruto called him. It seemed like yesterday when his friendship with Sakura started, they've been like best friends since that day. Gaara was still withdrawn but had a little chit-chat with all the guys in his dorm hall, his relationship with his siblings also grew stronger. Chuujitsu Academy really wasn't as bad as he thought when he first got here. "Okay Gaara, I got the room keys." Kankuro said sneaking up behind his brother. Kankuro was taller andlost the beenie but he was still the same. "And the scheduals?" Gaara asked.
"Temari said she'd get them for us." Kankuro replied " I can't belive this is her last year here." Temari was pretty much still the same too. Although she was a little less patient and a little more violent but she was still caring and brilliant.
"Yeah. Father would have been proud of her if he was still alive" Gaara said in a low tone.
"Gaara, he would have been proud of all of us." Kankuro comforted his brother.
"He was never satisfied with anything I did." Gaara brushed off Kankuro's attempt of kindness. The two brothers started making their way into the building. Like always they were on the same floor, floor three. "Well Gaara, I'm going to see if I got here before that jerk, Sai." Kankuro's old room-mate, Uchiha, left Kohana back in year six and never came back. They say he was going after his brother, for killing everyone else in his clan when he was just a boy. Sakura sure was hurt, if he ever came back Gaara would kill him. Two years after that, an exchange student, Sai, was placed in Kankuro's dorm room. Kankuro doesn't get along with that guy, nor does anyone else.
"Hey Gaara, got any food on you?" It was Chouji, still chubby with swirls on his chubby cheeks, not much change in him.
"No" Gaara said looking at the hungry young man in the eyes.
"Kay, thanks. Take it easy," Chouji sadly replied.
"Chouji, don't bother others for food. Oh hey Gaara." Shikamaru yawned stepping out of the his room. "Hey." Gaara replied. He was still lazy but a total genius. That spiky pony-tail of his was longer then ever. Surprisingly had the guts to ask Temari on a date for next Saturday, something Gaara would never in a million years suspect. A guy with a hooded sweater and dark googles stood in the hallway. Shino. The two young men faced each other and nodded. Gaara then kept walking to be stopped by a giant white dog, wagging its tail at the sight of him.
"I see Akamaru missed you" Kiba smirked walking up to Gaara and his faithful companion. Gaara petted Akumaru, who layed down at his feet.
"So how'ya been?" Kiba asked.
"Good." Gaara said.
"Yeah, well hey I hafta go take Akumaru on his walkies or the head mistress'll kick us both out." Kiba and Akumaru said their goodbyes and Gaara kept walking to his dorm. He slammed the door open, waking a snoozing Naruto up and making him fall of his bed. Naruto was there first every year.
"Sorry about that" Gaara smirked.
"No worries, man. I'm used to bumps since I've known Sakura for... well, since forever." Naruto lazily repiled making himself comfortable on the floor. Gaara sat on his bed. With Naruto's mentioning of her name, Gaara wondered where Sakura was.
"Hurry up, Billboard Brow!" Ino yelled at the front door of Sakura's house.
"I'm coming, Pig!" Sakura yelled back.
Since the day Sakura honed the strength to tell Sakuke about her crush on him so many years back, the same crush Ino had on him, the girls friendship went down the drain. They made up two years later, forming a rivalry sort of friendship between them. They still enjoyed each others company and even though they were always arguing they were good inspiration for each other.
"Hurry up! Tsunade will kill us if we're late!" Ino impatiently growned.
"Okay, okay! Lets go." Sakura came running out from her bedroom.
"This summer went by so fast" Ino said as they walked past the Hyuga Mantion.
"Yeah, I can't belive were in year eleven already." Sakura said in a trance-like voice.
"I know! We're finally eighteen! We're pratically adults now!" Ino shrieked. "We can go clubbing and drinking!"
Sakura sighed. "Out of the point Ino, were almost done with our training in the academy. We'll be able to become sucessful Med Nins."
"I wonder if Kiba likes Med Nins" Ino said missing the point again. After Sasuke left Ino moved on and found herself crushing on the very rowdy Kiba. The only person to know is Sakura.
"It doesn't matter Ino once we become Med Nins we'll be important to the aid of our village and it's people, we can also be useful to aid all the surrounding villages. We'll live a meaningful life."
"And Kiba will ask me to marry him" Ino said in a dreamy voice.
"Must be nice in your little world." Sakura shrugged.
"If you ask me, I think Gaara likes pink haired Med Nins." Ino said with an evil smirk.
"Shut up, Pig," Sakura blushed "We're just friends. He'll never look at me like that!"
"Oh... touchy. Aren't we?" Ino said in a sing-song tone.
"YOUR LATE! WHERE WERE YOU TWO!" the head mistress growled as the girls walked into the main office for their room keys. She was beautiful, blonde with hazel eyes. Her body was banging. Sakura wished she had her body. She was intellegent, specialized in Medical Justsu, and had trademark superhuman strength. She also happened to be Blondie and Pinky's Medical Justsu Teacher. Set aside the unmanageable anger, gambleing obsession, and drinking problems, she was a great role model. Certainly the most enspiering woman Sakura has ever met.
"Uhmm..." Ino tried to find an excuse.
"It's my fault, Tsunade-sama, I held us up." Sakura took the blame. Tsunade looked at Sakura.
"Very well, for being honest and my best student, you're of the hook." Tsunade replied. "Get your keys and class schedules. Dinners in three hours. Dismissed."
"Hai" the girls replied.
"Oh and Ino..." Tsunade called.
"Yes, Tsunade-sama?" Ino repiled.
"If you try to get yourself through my course this year with your little tricks you'll fail and be kicked out of my course. I suggest you study hard this year." Tsunade warned the sly blonde.
"Hai!" Ino said with a shiver going through her spin.
"Dismissed, Miss Yamanaka. Have a nice year." Tsunade waved her off.
Sakura giggled. "Shut up Billboard brow!" Ino growled.
"Oh... touchy. Aren't we?" Sakura mimiced Ino's earlier remark.
This year of Chuujitsu Academy was going to certainly be something else. Sakura could feel it already.