Little. Lonely. Silent.

A/N: I got this idea from a song from Paramore and another song by Three Days Grace.

THUS LET THE STORY BEGIN!

Hinata Hyuga, a shy girl. Sasuke never really noticed her. Sure, she was kind of hard to miss with her eyes, hair, and fairly different personality. Well, actually, the Uchiha had to admit, the only reason he began to even spare her a glance was because of his arch-nemesis : Subaku no Gaara. Sasuke snapped out of his thoughts on the girl and stared at the red head coming in. "Tch, he thinks he's so cool. What a loser," thought Sasuke.

Gaara walked in and looked around the class. Sure enough, there was Hinata, sitting in the corner of the classroom and staring out the window with a completely happy look on her face. He walked down the aisle to get to the seat next to her. Unfortunately, he hadn't greeted Sasuke with his signature glare and was tripped by the Uchiha while walking to her. Gaara stood up and completely ignored his attacker and just kept walking to the Hyuga princess by the window.

"Strange," Sasuke began to watch the two. The girl's hair was a dark blue, nearly black. Her eyes shone like pearls. "Man, it sucks. She only ever looks at him. Can't she see he's a jerk and a loser who is just jealous?" Sasuke began to rant in his mind.

Hinata casually glanced over at Gaara. She noticed his stare was more intense than usual. "That's odd, his gaze is usually soft and admiring." Hinata worriedly looked at him. Gaara glanced down at her and smiled and then, he did the strangest thing. He glared at her. What did she do? He sat down next to her! Hinata stared at her pale hands neatly folded on the table finding them more comforting than Gaara's eyes at the moment.

Gaara's eyes twitched. Fairly usual, since he usually was battling his bi-polar opposite stuck inside him: Shukaku. But, Gaara's head was clear this morning. It was the Uchiha sitting in the front that made him twitch. Sasuke was holding his head like he had a headache or something.

"Iruka-sensei, may I go to the office?" Sasuke asked politely, though it was obvious he was in a lot of pain.

"I'll be his escort!" Karin's hand shot up. The redhead with glasses shot Sasuke looks of puppy love.

"I think it will be best if Hinata-san goes with him," Iruka replied lightly to the flaming red head who glared at the Hyuga in the corner.

Karin looked as the girl got up with grace that couldn't be taught. The redhead sitting next to the female shot her a warning glare. Karin got the idea, don't look or she'll be dead faster than she could say "Sasuke-kun".

"Come on, Hina." Sasuke whispered as she came to escort him out. She gave him a confused look. No one called her Hina except Gaara, it was a rule, at this point. She was Gaara's, he had marked her. It was law. They were even betrothed, though it was slightly awkward having been betrothed in high school. "Anyways, let's get to the office, my head is pounding." Sasuke said, his head in his hands as they kept walking down the hallway.

Hinata patted him on the back. He felt so warm when she touched his back, even if it was a touch. His eyes watered. He wasn't going to feel that sensation again for the rest of his life, probably. His eyes pricked with tears, and he sobbed silently as their journey down the halls seemed to get longer.

Just looking at him, she felt little. He was at least a head taller than her, just like Gaara. "Since when was Sasuke so tall?" Hinata's thought probed. Actually, Hinata felt that Uchiha-san was just like Gaara in a way. She also felt lonely because it was Sasuke, not Gaara. Though, the semi-cold presence he gave off did resemble Gaara's greatly. Sasuke lifted his head out his hands and tears when they entered the school's medical office.

"Ms. Hyuga, what seems to be the problem?" Shizune nodded at the Hyuga Princess who shyly glanced over at the hurting Uchiha. "Mr. Uchiha?" Shizune looked over at the Uchiha, he was in bad condition, it seemed.

Gaara sat in the corner of the classroom. His temper rising a bit. Why wasn't the plan working? His heart thudded and his eyes began to burn into the strangest sensation. "Interesting," thought Gaara as his eyes began watering and his heart began clenching. Physically, everyone else just assumed that Shukaku was taking over, but Gaara knew it was much worse.

"Hun, you can go back to class. This might need Ms. Sarutobi." The dark haired nurse began checking on the brunette's temperature and eyes. "Dilating pupils, uneven breathing, perspiration, all of these things I have never seen on Sasuke-san before." Shizune grabbed the phone on the counter next to her and called Tsunade. They only ever called Tsunade in extreme emergencies. This was no where near emergency. This is a catastrophe.

Hinata stared complete wide eyed as Shizune panicked to get the head nurse on the line. She gave Sasuke a look and left back to the class. She opened the door to walk out into the hallway.

"Hyuga!" Gaara came running down the hall. Hinata gave him another confused look. Was this really Gaara? Or some freak that had taken over his body? Or? Or... Goodness, her face was overheating and her eyes were slowly shutting down and she could feel the weight the gravity pull down on her. Gaara's calls became less and less clear until it completely slurred and the world's light suddenly grew dim. The air hung thick and Hinata felt the cold ground smack her in the shoulder. It was very dark.

What felt like moments later, Sasuke was looking down on her. Worry etched upon his handsome face.

"You were brought in, Hina," he said apologetically. "I couldn't bring you out of the coma like last time." Sasuke smiled lightly.

"Last time?" She blinked rapidly. Suddenly, Sasuke grabbed his head like once before and it hit her. Everything in her memories was clear up until she knocked out on the ground. But what did last time mean?

"Hyuga, you're awake." Gaara muttered from the corner. "You were out for a while," why was he being so rude? What was wrong with him? Weren't they supposed to understand? Wasn't that why he chose to be betrothed to her? Why was the world and her to-be husband crumbling so? It felt like they were back at square one. Like the first day they met at the meeting.

*Hinata's flashback*

Father brought me to a meeting today. I was so excited because he felt that I should be present for this. We had walked out of the Hyuga compound and into the Konoha streets.

A wind kicked up and the end of my light blue kimono swayed. My father's regular dark brown kimono with a black obi remained in perfect shape as it always did. He smiled at me and I smiled back. Over the first two years of high school, I had repaired my relationship with my father and it was going well. No one ever came between us.

Hanabi respected me now and was a great little sister even if she didn't understand that she couldn't learn a certain clan ritual because she was five years younger. I chuckled, the thought of Hanabi whining because Neji-nii didn't give her bubblegum was amusing. (Of course, Neji-nii caved in to Hanabi's demands).

Through all the thoughts, I was having, I had failed to notice we were heading to the Konoha Visitor building. The place was equipped with everything from restaurants to tea rooms. As we stepped through the front doors, I noticed there was an entire line of girls and their fathers (Sakura-san and Ino-san were in line... of course) for a meeting room that was labeled "For the Uchiha

Meeting".

Father and I, however, turned left into a meeting room that was labeled "The Subaku Meeting". The Subakus? They owned Sand Corps. and part of the Akatsuki since the heir of the corps and one of the members were related. I also recalled that they were stationed mainly in Suna, at least a two hour drive away. This must have been important if they drove two hours for this. The sliding doors revealed a man with oxblood colored hair and dark lined eyes in a fancy tan kimono. A woman with shoulder length blonde hair and bright green eyes sat next to him. However, I was guessing that this was about the boy sitting next to the pretty woman. He had bright red hair, which i guessed was a mix of his parents. His pale complexion was obviously from his mother and his dark lined eyes were also obviously from his father.

"Good morning Subaku-sama," my father bowed respectfully before sitting down. I also bowed and then boy with red hair eyed me, his eyes full of wonder. "Please forgive my Hinata, she is mute." I smiled politely as my father explained my situation. The beautiful woman smiled warmly, but there was no hint of warmness on the man's face.

"I am Gaara," his cold tone shocked me. I could feel it on the other side of the table. "Would you, Hyuga-san," he looked at his mother and then me, "like to have ramen at Ichiraku?" He was hesitant, but cold and sharp at the same time. I already knew the situation. I was being betrothed to this boy. I guess I will have to break through that cold shell of his.

*end of Hinata's flashback*

"Sasuke, I swear if you hurt her, I will personally have guards destroy you where you stand," roared Sasuke to Gaara as Hinata went back into the darkness.

"Look, Gaara, I won't lay a hand on the loser." Gaara rolled his eyes and glared at Hinata.

"She can't know about this. Our engagement is to be fulfilled in a month. We have a month, Uchiha. Reverse this before you do something to break Hina," Sasuke's growl was backed up by a growl that wasn't human. It was almost high-pitched and whiny, almost like a racoon.

"Subaku, if someone had told me how horrible it was being you, I would have never done this."