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Warnings: Emotional Sasuke, the truth about Itachi, Yaoi

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Orange Sand

Chapter 2: Emotional Pasts

"Karin, I may not know you very well but, If you insist at glaring at my back the whole way to Konoha then I will hurt you." This may seem like a warning but Gaara was ten seconds away from actually stabbing her with a kunai.

"I just don't understand whats so special about you. Why would Sasuke-kun want you around when he has me!" Gaara felt is non-brow twitch. Must resist killing her. Well maybe if I get her away from the group I could say she was attack by a bear. Hmmmm, maybe a random leaf shinobi would make a better lie?

"Maybe it's because he is attractive." Suigetsu's one comment led to a full scale agruement over what was Sasuke's type.

"He just likes redheads. Think about it. First it was me now, there is that one." She pointed at Gaara with a sneer.

"Yeah, redhead guys. Plus he likes attractive people, which means you are not someone he likes or could ever think about dating." Suigetsu just laughed as Karin stomped her foot and ran off. Now is my chance to rid the world of that useless girl! Just as Gaara was about to follow Karin he felt a cold hand touch his shoulder.

"Where do you think you are going?" Only one person could possibly annoy Gaara more than Karin, Sasuke.

"None of your business Uchiha. I can do whatever I please, I dont need your permission. So if you could so kindly move out of my way." Just then he felt the raven wrap his arms around his waist and rest his head on his shoulder from behind.

"Well Gaara, we are just about to set up camp so I can't have you running off. Now, since were are going to be spending some time together I think it's would be nice to get to know each other." He purred lightly in Gaara's ear before pulling away. "Suigetsu, set up camp! Juugo, go find Karin! Gaara, come with me." While the other two ninja's left, Sasuke held out his hand. Gaara slowly reached out and held the raven's hand. Sasuke smirked before pulling Gaara to sit next to him at the base of an old tree.

"So, this whole journey is to find someone to love you for you?" A small nod was the only response he recieved. "I guess it's like fan girls. They like you for looks and power not your personality. Being the Kazekage must get you alot of fan girls and maybe even some fan boys?"

Gaara felt himself blush faintly at the idea. Damn Uchiha!

"Did you ever complete your goal?" Sasuke just tilted his head to the side and blinked. "I mean with your brother?" At the word brother Sasuke's smirk he had the whole night fell and was replaced by a sad smile.

"You could say that. He is dead but, I dont feel very complete." A single tear slowly moved down the remaining Uchiha's face. "I always thought that once he was dead I would be overjoyed and finally at peace but, that...never...happened. He...was the one...person who ever cared about me. He put me in a status that meant more than the village in his eyes." Gaara sat up and turned to Sasuke and noticed he had a lone tear on his cheek. If he hated his brother so much, why would he shed a tear over his death?

"I-i don't understand. Don't you hate your brother?"

"I did for close to eight years. It wasn't until after his death that I realized how much he meant to me. The truth is Itachi didn't kill our clan in cold blood like a had originally thought. He did it to save Konoha from another war." War? How does murdering you clan stop a war? " The Uchiha's were plaing a coup d'etat to take over the village. If this happened it would have weakened Konoha to the point were other nations would come and take over Konoha, thus starting another shinobi war. The elders didn't want this to happen so they ordered Itachi to eradicate the entire Uchiha clan. " The massacre was a mission from the elders? "Itachi did eliminate the clan as you already know. He left me alive for one reason. Itachi wanted me to hate him and live to kill him. He knew I would push to become stronger so I could kill him." Itachi wanted Sasuke to kill him? What is the perpose in that? "My killing Itachi would make me a hero in the eyes of Konoha citizens. I could live a peaceful and happy life once again. Itachi chose a life of disgrace in the place of honor,...hate in the place of love, and...when he finally died right before my eyes he a smile on his face. Itachi loved me more than the village. If only...I...knew this...before..." By the end Sasuke had broken down into to tears at the remembrance of Itachi. He laid his head softly in Gaaar's lap facing the moon. Gaara gasped at the sudden movement but made no move to push the broken Uchiha away. It must have been tough to spend must of your life hating the one person who loved you the must. Gaara slowly leaned back against the tree and closed his eyes drifting off into a suprisingly nightmare free sleep.

Sasuke smirked at the knowledge that telling the tale of Itachi got him one step closer to Gaara's heart. Ill have his heart by the end of this trip if it's the last thing I do. The raven adjusted his head further into the redhead's lap before finally falling into a peaceful sleep.

NARUTO'S POV:

Naruto made his way to the Hokage tower after a long mission with team Kakashi. They had headed out to gather more information on any sightings of Sasuke but, no one seemed to have seen the last Uchiha. On they way back they recieved word that they needed to be back at the village ASAP for an important mission. Naruto tried to convince the team to stay alittle longer but Kakashi insisted on heading back incase the mission involved the Akatsuki or even Sasuke. Now here he was standing in Tsunade's office utterly confused.

"You're saying Gaara stepped down as Kazekage? Why would he do that after all he has done for his village!" NAruto couldn't understand why Gaara would step down after he died to protect the village. He is the best person to protect his village. He is a great Kazekage. I dont understand.

"I don't know either but, his siblings have requested team Kakashi to meet up with Gaara and rescort him to Konoha. They state that he left around two o'clock in the afternoon yesterday. He doesn't have his gourd with him so he could be in danger. You need to leave as soon as possible. Understood?"

"Hai Hokage-sama!"

Naruto was the first out of the office. Why would Gaara leave himself so unprotected like this? He always takes his gourd with him where ever he goes! Soon the rest of team Kakashi cought up with him as the sped through the trees hoping to make it to Gaara before anything happens. Please be ok Gaara! I couldn't stand it if you got hurt of worse die for good this time. Please, please Gaara just be ok!

I really hated writing the truth about Itachi because I cried the first time I read it. I mean this whole time he was a good guy and lived a horrible life just so his brother could have a good life in the future. Sasuke lost points in my book when he decided to destroy Konoha, the opposite of what Itachi wanted.

I decided to put alittle Naruto POV in this chapter becasue this is a NaruGaa and SasuGaa. Nauro needed to appear soon. Sasuke just didn't open his heart up to Gaara he knew that Gaara had a horrible childhood and was trying to bond with him by showing he has felt a similar emotional pain. ( He left out the part about destroying Konoha for a reason.)

Note: Temari and Kankuro are telling the allied nations that Gaara stepped down. He is still Kazekage at this point but only Temari, Kankuro, Sasuke(he could tell Gaara was lying), and himself know.

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