The Ring

Chapter 2

Sakura p.o.v.

When class finally let out for lunch I hightailed it to the bathroom so I could read Gaara's note.

Sakura,
stay away from me. I'm not what, or who you
think I am. I don't want you to get hurt. I'm an illegal
cage fighter. You act fearless, but you don't know what harm
I could bring you. I'm begging you to stay away from me.
Please, stay away from me. It's not that I want you to,
its that I won't be the one to hurt you. I'm sorry.
Gaara.

The bathroom door opened just as I finished reading the letter. It was the girl from trig. who sat behind me. "So, Gaara gave you a note huh?" she asked. "I'm Temari, by the way, Gaara's my little brother. So's the idiot with the make up on his face." she continued.

"Uh yeah, I guess. It's more like a warning though. What does he mean by it? All it says is that he doesn't want me to get hurt." I told her, hoping she could help me understand.

"...He must like you, to tell you that. He's never done anything like that for anyone before. Not that he talks much, even to his siblings." she said, smiling. "Come on, let's go get some grub." Temari left the bathroom and motioned for me to follow her, I did, smelling something peculiarly familiar. "And this is the cafeteria" Temari laughed smiling.

"Ugh, this smells just like the food at my old school... looks like it too..." I told Temari as the lunch lady tipped some unidentifiable goo on my lunch tray. The look on my face must've been hilarious because the look Temari gave me said she thought it would freeze that way. "What?" I asked her as she led me to an already full table, and motioned me to sit down.

"Hey Gaara, scoot over so Saku can have a place to sit." She ordered her brother. As soon as he did I sat myself and my tray down, my thigh touching his. I quickly ate my lunch as Temari introduced me to the group. Kiba, a tan boy with brown hair, brown eyes, and a red triangle on each cheek. Hinata, a very shy, very pale girl with shoulder blade length midnight blue hair, and pupil-less eyes with a very light lavender tint. Shino, a boy with dark hair and sunglasses, who hid in a hood, and spoke very little. Naruto, a very blonde, very loud and tan boy, who spoke before he thought, and was most likely in a fight every day due to the noise he made. Shikamaru, the self proclaimed lazy head, with a spiky brown ponytail and brown eyes, who's catch phrase was 'troublesome'. Ino, a blond haired, blue eyed girl, who apparently liked the color purple. Choji, a larger boy who had red brown hair and dark eyes. Neji, a boy who looked like Hinata but a little tanner and with black waist length hair. Tenten a girl with brown eyes and hair that was in two buns. Rock lee a boy who had to love the color green because that's all he was wearing, with black bowl cut hair and black eyes. Sai, an artist who had paint on his face, black hair and eyes as well. Sasuke, a pissed looking boy with midnight blue/black hair that was spiky and black eyes. and of course, the Idiot himself, Kankuro, He had purple make-up on his face brown messy hair and brown eyes. "So, my new name is Saku huh?" I asked, The rest of the table just nodded, and continued to eat their lunches. Once they had stopped paying attention to me I dug a pen out of my sock and wrote a note to Gaara on the back of his. I could hear him and Kankuro talking about me.

'I'll wait' I thought, 'this might be worth a new school, and hiding from my dad...'

Gaara,
I'm not what you think I am either. You've heard
the name black widow? That's me. I'm just like you.
I don't get hurt so don't worry about me.
Sakura.

I slipped him the note, asked a couple more questions, and started talking to Hinata and Tenten, asking where the best stores were and when the best sales were. Just as the bell went off to signal the end of lunch a girl with red hair walked up to me and poured her tomato soup on me.
"Hello Freak," she said, looking like she wanted me dead. "My name's Karin. Just so you know, Sasuke is mine. Stay away from him."

"Sorry to disappoint you bitch, but it's obvious that he likes someone else." I told her, finding the way she was standing to be a useful bit of information for fighting her. With her arms crossed, and shoulders back, her high heels would only hamper her attempt to fight back. In less than two seconds I had a plan of attack ready for action.

"Oh, really now? who's the slut? YOU?" she shrieked.

"The only slut I see here is you, Karin-Chan. Oh, by the way I have something for you." I said calmly, while reaching around and hugging her, smearing the soup that she dumped on me, all over her shirt too.

"You bitch!" she shrieked even louder this time. My new found friends just laughed at this. Until she smacked me. that's when I tackled her to the ground, and grabbed her by the collar.

"OK Karin-Chan, if you want to fight with me I suggest you take some MMA lessons before you even try." I told her, my voice hard enough and sharp enough to cut glass.

"Bitch, I'm going to take you out, I don't need lessons." she said sounding pissed.

"I know your type, You think you're just as tough as me." I said "You think that you can take me, beat me up, and that I'll be afraid of you. Right? You've never been so wrong. In the real world people like you get killed every day, people like you die because they think they can fight, but they can't." I whispered in her ear.

"You don't know me!" she yelled "You don't know anything about me!" at this, she flipped me onto my back and punched me in the throat. I proceeded to get up, a feat she obviously thought I wouldn't be able to do, and wheezed, "If you want me to fight you, I'll meet you in the park down the road from here. Be there at 7:00 sharp. Bring all of your friends, I want them to see you get your ass kicked."

"Fine. I'll be there. Just make sure that you don't chicken out, Freak. I don't think that would be good for your reputation."

"Karin-Chan, you shouldn't worry about me. You should be worrying about you." I told her as I walked away.

Gaara p.o.v. - Lunch -

"Hey Gaara, scoot over so Saku can have a place to sit." Temari told me, motioning for Sakura to sit down and eat. I moved over, and Sakura sat down, her thigh touching mine, right shoulder brushing my left with her every move. Temari immediately started to introduce Sakura to every one who was present.

"Hey Gaara," Kankuro leaned closer to me so that he wouldn't be over heard, "you like her don't you?" It must have been obvious if HE had picked up on it.

"No. Just curious about her, I think shes one of us. She's not afraid of me, told me she could take care of herself when I told her to stay away or she'd get hurt. She looks fragile, but I don't think she's any where near as fragile as everyone takes her for, I think its a show." I said, looking to my left only to find a very... blank look on a pink haired girls face.

"Gaara, so long as I'm around you, or even within hearing, I suggest that you don't talk about me like I'm invisible." She looked at Kankuro and then me, as if to say ' do it again and find out what cruel, sadistical punishment I'll put you both through'. Kankuro visibly paled, and I'm sure I looked surprised, I hadn't thought she'd be paying attention, even if she could hear us talking.

"How'd you know -"Temari told me he"- Sakura pointed at me with her chopsticks - "doesn't pass notes, or talk much. Pretty much, she said that you"- pointing at me again, between bites - "don't care about anyone, or at least anyone in general. Even your family, and if you do, which I think you do, you don't show it. You should tell her that you care about your family at least." As she said this, she slipped a note into my lap, her small hand gently resting on my leg, I took her hand just long enough to take the note from her. She then leaned forward and whispered in my ear, "Gaara, are you the sandman?"

"Yes, And if I'm the sandman, then you're the Black Widow." I whispered back.

"Yeah..." came a soft reply. As if our exchange of words had never happened, Sakura started talking to Tenten and Hinata looking for the best shoe shops, or whatever it is that girls have endless energy to shop for.

A few minutes later the bell signaling the end of lunch rang, and the groups surrounding tables started to disperse. Karin, Sasuke's ex-girlfriend, happened to walk by, and just so 'accidentally' spill tomato soup on Sakura. The only response was the sharp intake of breath someone might take if they had just gotten soup dumped on them.

"Hello Freak," she said, looking like she wanted Sakura dead. "My name's Karin. Just so you know, Sasuke is mine. Stay away from him."

"Sorry to disappoint you bitch, but it's obvious that he likes someone else." she said, it was obvious that she wanted to fight, already amped, almost looking for the fight that was bound to happen.

"Oh, really now? who's the slut? YOU?" Karin shrieked.

"The only slut I see here is you, Karin-Chan. Oh, by the way I have something for you." Sakura said as she reached around Karin, and hugged her, smearing the soup that she dumped on Sakura, all over her shirt too.

"You bitch!" Karin shrieked even louder this time. The group we had been sitting in just laughed. Until Karin swung first, that's when Sakura tackled her to the ground, and grabbed her by the collar.

"OK Karin-Chan, if you want to fight with me I suggest you take some MMA lessons before you even try." Sakura told her, in a voice hard enough and sharp enough to cut glass.

"Bitch, I'm going to take you out, I don't need lessons." Karin said furious.

"I know your type, You think you're just as tough as me." Sakura said, "You think, that you can take me on, beat me up, and that I'll be afraid of you. Right? You've never been so wrong. In the real world people like you get killed every day, people like you die because they think they can fight, but they can't." Sakura whispered in her ear.

"You don't know me!" Karin yelled "You don't know anything about me!" At this, Karin flipped Sakura onto her back and punched punched her in the throat. Sakura got up, a feat Karin obviously thought Sakura wouldn't be able to do, and spoke,well wheezed really. It's hard to speak after just been punched in the throat.

"If you want me to fight you, I'll meet you in the park down the road from here. Be there at 7:00 sharp. Bring all of your friends, I want them to see you get your ass kicked." Sakura said, a new, even more dangerous tone in her voice.

"Fine. I'll be there. Just make sure that you don't chicken out Freak. I don't think that would be good for your reputation."

"Karin-Chan, you shouldn't worry about me. You should be worrying about you." Sakura told her as everyone walked away.

So there you have it, Chapter 2!

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