Well here's more of the story. Hope it keeps up to expectations .
InoxGaara? I can try and turn it to that direction and see if it works (Any suggestions about it would ne nice). And I shall try and Shino and Kiba somewhere in there later on.
(And if anyone wants something specific to happen you could suggest it and I'll see if I can encompass it in the story)
In the cozy environment of the diner, Gaara relaxed.
"So, Gaara, where you from?" Naruto asked.
"Oh! So I wasn't losing it!" Ino exclaimed.
"What do you mean by that?" Sakura asked.
"I was pretty sure I had never seen Gaara on school campus before," Beside Naruto, Ino was second best at recognizing and noticing people. Though, she was better at remembering them.
"I'm from Suna." Gaara replied. He knew there was no other alternative, he didn't want to make a big deal out of it. But, he didn't want them to automatically label him a freak. He was surprised that they already hadn't, since his basic attire included black pants and shirts that screamed of anger and hate. Today, his shirt of choice had been a red one, which at its center featured a bleeding heart.
"Suna? Doesn't Shikamaru have a girlfriend from there?" Negi asked. Gaara smiled. So they weren't shallow bastards. They were willing to give him a chance.
"Yeah!" Ino said, she knew about Shikamaru more than the rest of the gang, being that she had been friends with him and Chouji since elementary school. Even though they had drifted apart, they still kept in touch once in a while. "I think her name is Temari or something."
"Temari?" Gaara questioned.
"Yeah, why, do you know her?" Sasuke said.
"I should. She's my sister."
"Is she your only sibling?"
"No, I have an older brother also. Both him and Temari are in collage."
"So is that bastard Shikamaru!" Naruto said good naturedly.
"But I wouldn't think Shikamaru, in his eternal laziness, would ever try and graduate early and make it into college." Sakura inquired.
"Yeah, he wouldn't have done it, had it not been for his girlfriend," Lee nodded.
"So is your brother and ass like mine?" Sasuke asked.
"Huh? You mean like Itachi?" Gaara replied, "Nah, he cares and can be a bit protective now and then."
"You already know Itachi?" Sasuke asked, surprised at this.
"I saw you and the others defend Sakura against him." Gaara said.
"Oh! You saw that?" Sakura asked, blushing.
"Part of it. What did he want from you anyway?"
"That asshole wanted a date with her. He thinks he can always just take what he wants." Naruto said angrily. Gaara looked at him, then at Sakura, then at Sasuke, and back to Sakura.
"If you don't mind me asking…" Gaara wondered why Itachi had said something peculiar like that, seeing that Sasuke and Sakura were getting along just fine, "and you don't have to answer…" Gaara didn't want to scare of potential friends. He didn't care about being alone, in fact for most of his life he had been alone. But he liked these people, he liked being around them.
"Quit stalling and just ask it," Neji said, encouraging him to continue.
"Well, Itachi said something about his brother, you," he pointed at Sasuke, "hating Sakura. But here you all are hanging out, it looks nothing like what he said." Sasuke looked at Gaara, and then at Sakura,
"It's okay, I'll tell him." Sakura smiled at Sasuke. "You see, I used to obsess over Sasuke, and it was pretty obvious. Eventaully he couldn't take it and shot me down. But it's fine now, since we ended up as friends."
"But Itachi wants to cling onto that one moment, since he wants Sakura to go out with him," Sasuke added.
"Speak of the devil," Neji warned, spotting the man they had been talking about. Out of them, Neji was the greatest observer. Both when it came to noticing things out of place physically, and emotionally.
"Where?!" Lee asked. Neji jerked his head to the Mercedes.
"Oh shit," Ino cursed.
"I'll take care of him if you want," Gaara offered.
"Don't, you'll get yourself hurt. Itachi knows how to fight and so do those three," Sasuke cautioned.
"So do I,"
"Well, maybe he's here for an honorable reason?" Lee branched to a nonexistent limb.
"This is Itachi we're speaking about," Sakura reminded.
"Oh well, let's let him start something," Ino said, "Then it'll just look like we were defending ourselves. Besides, they have a record, so them starting something is plausible, even if they don't. Nonetheless, we should wait," Ino was best at figuring out what people would think or how they would react to an event. For this reason, she was best at gaining information from people by manipulating them and messing with their mind. When she was through, they would never even know they gave her what she wanted. But for the predictable Itachi, no manipulation was needed. Just some planning.
"I see the freak squad added another psychopath," Itachi said, indicating Gaara. His so called "friends" were behind him.
"Get lost," Sasuke spat out the words as if it were acid.
"You should be kinder, little brother, for I know where you live."
"Oh! REALLY?! WOW! That's a great feat there! Let us not consider the fact we live in the same exact house, you retard." More words were shot back and forth. Tensions rose. Finally Itachi said,
"Why don't we take this outside?"
"Bring it." Sasuke said. Gaara smiled, and rose with the others. This is what he lived for, the thrill of fighting. But he reminded himself not to get carried away. This wasn't Suna, afterall. Itachi and his group of misfits probably won't even put up an actually fight for all he knew. If he got himself too excited, he might kill them.
Kill them! He thought excitedly, then at once shook it away. He had to stay in control.
