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CHAPTER 5

Saturday Morning

Gaara's POV

I slowly woke up from my brother banging on the door.

"Wake up Gaara!" Kankurou hollered from the other side of the door. "You have company!"

Who would possibly be coming to visit me?

I slowly rolled out of bed and lazily made my way to the door. When I opened it, there she was.

"What are you doing Kairi?" I mumbled sleepily. She smiled and held up her biology book. I groaned and was about to slam the door in her face. She somehow predicted that I was going to do that. She quickly slipped past me and stood behind me with an evil smirk. I glared at her, but she wasn't fazed at all by it.

I finally sighed in defeat. I moped over to my bed and quickly made it before taking a seat on top of the covers. I motioned for her to join me. All I wanted to do was get this over with, so that she could leave as soon as possible.

Kairi sat down on the bed and opened the text book. She handed me a notepad and a pen so I could take notes. I guess she figured that I wasn't in the best mood to be doing anything.

We studied the stupid chapter for almost two hours. Once again, she managed to explain it much better than the teacher. I wonder if she is going to be a teacher when she gets older. She'll make a good one if she does.

Temari busted into my room just as Kairi was cleaning up her things.

"Gaara, does your friend want to stay for lunch?" Temari asked. I looked over at Kairi and she looked over at me, as if she were asking for my permission. I looked back over at Temari and nodded. I don't know why though. Maybe she'll stay away if my siblings scare her enough.

Temari left, telling us that lunch will be ready in 10 minutes.

"I'm sorry I came over on a Saturday," Kairi apologized. "I'm leaving tonight and I'm going to be gone for 4 days." I nodded and got up.

"Will you take notes for me during class?" she asked. Again, I nodded. I didn't see any harm in that, especially after helping me after school with my studies.

The two of us walked downstairs and into the kitchen.

"Are you going to introduce your friend to us?" Temari asked as we sat down at the table. I sighed, but nodded.

"Kairi, that is my older sister Temari," I introduced, nodding towards my sister. "And that is my older brother Kankurou." I pointed at my brother sitting across the table. Kairi smiled and looked down at her feet.

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Kairi's POV

"So how did you and my little brother become friends?" Kankurou asked me, a smirk on his face. To be honest, I really didn't know. I didn't really consider us to be friends since we only hung out at lunch or after school when I helped him with biology.

"I just started helping him with his biology is all." Kankurou's smirk grew even wider, as if he didn't believe me. It kind of made me angry.

"Leave them alone Kankurou," Temari warned. She put a plate down in front of us and took a seat next to me. "I hope Gaara hasn't been causing you too much trouble." Besides the fact that he was always inside me head, he was really no trouble at all. He was someone I could just hang out with, even if all we were doing was studying.

"He's great," I told her. Everyone looked at me in complete shock. Even Gaara seemed to be a bit surprised.

I felt like a total idiot.

"He's very smart," I added, trying to cover up my stupidity. "If our teacher wasn't such a dope, I wouldn't even need to help him." Temari nodded and continued eating.

"I hated biology," Kankurou muttered. I smiled and chuckled.

"Why?" I asked.

"I just couldn't understand anything. I don't understand anything in the science field."

"That's not hard to believe," I replied quietly, smirking. Temari snickered and Gaara smirked. Kankurou glared at me and continued eating.

After I finished, I got the reast of my stuff together. Gaara walked me to the door and watched as I walked down to my house.

I hurried upstairs into my room and turned on my CD player. I sang along to Breaking Benjamin as I packed my suitcase. I was really excited. I was going away from all my problems at home for 4 whole days. I was going to be competing in a mixed martial arts tournament. I would be traveling with Gai-sensei and Lee. They are both really weird, but they are really great people.

I was also hoping that this trip would help me forget about Gaara. Either that, or help me find out why I can't stop thinking about him. I don't know, but it will hopefully help me in some way.

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CHAPTER 6

Gaara's POV

It has been two days, and I'm going insane. Not seeing her in school drove me crazy. I had hoped that her being gone would help me sort out everything that was happening to me. I had hoped that it would help me forget about her, since I wouldn't be able to see her. It only made things worse. I can't even concentrate in school. I do my best, but she's always there in the back of my head, threatening to come out. Why is this happening to me?

I sometimes wish that I never moved here. It has made everything so difficult. I wonder if she's enjoying the pain that she has been putting me through. I bet she's doing this on purpose. I bet my father put her up to this.

If I knew where the hell he was, I'd kill him myself. He had always loved seeing me in pain. That's why when Temari turned 18, she used the money mom left us and took us with her when she moved out. The only reason she took me along is because I was her brother. I don't think she really cared about me that much. If she did, she would have done more to stop father when he would beat me. Instead, she just cowered in the corner and let him do his worst.

Another day went by, along with another sleepless night. I used to be able to at least get a little bit of sleep. Now, I can't get any sleep. Kairi is haunting my mind. I keep telling myself that she's coming back tomorrow and everything will go back to normal. I know that I'm just lying to myself. I don't even know what normal is anymore. Ever since the first day Kairi and I met, my life has been nothing but normal. What is wrong with me?

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Kairi's POV

I had the most difficult time with concentrating. At least the first two days I did. It was horrible. I couldn't get him out of my mind at all. I ended up getting tons of bruises from my matches. I lost my practice match. It was a good thing that it was only a practice match; otherwise I would have been eliminated.

Each match lasted until someone was unable to continue, or until one of the opponents gave in. We had two matches a day, one in the morning and one at night. You don't find out who you're about to spar until your opponent on the mat. It's all about technique, adapting, and endurance.

I definitely had the endurance part. I get pretty banged up during the practice round and the first day. I had a huge bruise on my stomach, a busted lip, and a giant bruise on my leg. I was sore everywhere. Still, I just ignored the pain and pushed my way through. I was definately glad that I was a jujitsu user. It definately worked to my advantage.

After my match on the third day, Lee stopped by my room to talk to me.

"I can tell there is something on your mind Kairi," he said, sitting down next to me on my bed. I was trying to wrap up my wrist, but was having a bit of trouble doing so. He took my wrist and wrapped it up for me.

"How do you know?" I asked him, watching as he wound the bandages around my thin wrist. He looked up at me and smiled.

"You are the best fighter in your division," he said with a grin. "There is no reason for you to be taking so long taking your opponents out. Plus, you wouldn't be so banged up." I sighed and closed my eyes.

"I don't know why," I told him.

Lee has been my only friend for some time now. I only get to see him when I'm at training, or when he wants me to teach him so moves. He was like an older brother to me. I told him just about everything, over sparring of course. I would trust Lee with my life if I needed to.

He didn't always have the best advice, since he usually based his advice off of his own experiences. And trust me, his experiences are so uncomparible to mine.

"Well what's clouding your mind Kairi?" he asked. "If you talk about it, you might feel better."

"Why do you care so much Lee," I asked, looking into his brown eyes. He smiled and chuckled at me.

"I care for several reasons. One, I want to see you win your first tournament. Two, I'm your friend and that's what friends do. Three, when something is bugging you, it bugs me as well." I smirked at him.

"So you're having boy trouble lee?" I asked teasingly. Lee looked at me with wide eyes, making me laugh. Lee was one of the only people who could make me really laugh.

"Is that what is troubling you?" I slowly nodded. "Is he hurting you?" I shook my head.

"I like him, I guess. The only problem is that I can't get him out of my head. Most of my drawings and paintings have been of him. I think I'm going insane." Lee laughed at me and shook his head.

"I don't know much about this, being a guy and all." I smirked at him and nodded.

"Unless you are gay," I teased.

"Are we going to have to go through this again?" he asked, rolling his eyes at me.

"No," I giggled. "Even if you were, you'd still be my best friend." Lee smiled and thanked me.

"Anyway, back to your boy problem. I think you might be experiencing the 'love bug'." I gave him a weird look which made him laugh at me.

"How would you know about love?" I asked, folding my arms over my chest. "You have never had a single girlfriend." He smirked at me and patted me on the head.

"That doesn't mean that I haven't felt love before." I frowned and apologized. "You shouldn't worry about it to much, but you should definitely keep it in the back of your mind."

"I've been doing that and look what it's doing to me!" He put a gentle hand on my shoulder, telling me to calm down.

"Then you should definately talk to him." I looked down at the ground bashfully.

"I don't think that's a good idea," I mumbled.

"Why not?" he asked.

"He probably wouldn't take it very well. Plus, I highly doubt that he would return the feeling." Lee shrugged.

"So? The reason you should tell him is so that you can clear your conscience. If you end up getting hurt, I know you'll get over it. You're too strong hearted to let something like that get you down. You have a very youthful heart, on and off of the mats." I smiled and nodded.

"You are the youthful one Lee," I giggled. He grinned and nodded. I thanked him and gave him a hug. Lee was the only one that I didn't mind hugging. He was my friend, my unofficial older brother.

"Now, you better kick butt tonight!" I smirked and nodded.

"I'll have them on the ground, begging for mercy!"

"That's the youthful spirit I know and love!"

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Hehehehe... I just had to add Rock Lee into here. I didn't make his character as dramatic, especially in a situation like this. I've always thought of Lee as a compassionate type of person with a caring heart, so that is what I made him.

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