Sorry it's been a while since i updated i've just been soooooo caught up in school work and also i've kinda hooked on this feral heart game where i'm the awsome GAARA OF THE SAND MUAHAHAHA lol.

Here it is.

Disclaimer- I don't own the naruto characters but the others are mine so hands off :)

Chapter 3- Gaara and the Group

After Gaara had disappeared, Sakura turned around and made her way up to the third floor. She was so late, even though she told Hinata not to worry.

When she got up the stairs and reached the third floor, she went straight to her dorm.

She opened the door and was met by a bunch of annoyed faces. "Finally," Yuki said breaking the silence that surrounded them. "You promised, you wouldn't be late. Where were you?" she asked.

Sakura paused for a minute. Did she really want to tell them all that she was chased by a sadistical maniac, or did she just tell them a little white lie?

"I... umm... I got lost," she lied.

Hinata looked at her. "I-I-I could've waited, whilst you did what you needed to do in the classroom. I-I-I wouldn't have minded, that way you wouldn't have gotten lost and have been late," she explained.

"I know, I just thought you would want to get here as soon as possible, I didn't want to hold you up," Sakura told her. "I'm sorry."

Every stood looking at her for a minute, then Yuki walked over to Sakura and swung her arm around her shoulders. "Aww, don't worry. You're hear now that's all that matters," she comforted. Sakura looked at Yuki's cheerful face and smiled.

"Anyway, since you're hear now Sakura. Let's get this welcome party started," announced Kaya.

Then everyone started cheering and she put on some tunes and turned up the volume. Sakura danced and chat with her newly found friends. She loved it, maybe the school wasn't as bad as she first thought.

Meanwhile, in the Star House common room, Gaara and his gang were gathered around a fire place, the two girls and the other boy were sitting on a sofa, where as Gaara was sitting in the large armchair. They were discussing the new girl.

"How dare she say that to me," growled the brown haired girl. "Who does she think she is?"

"To think she actually had the nerve to insult me. I don't wear make up, it's face paint," moaned the brown haired boy.

"Who cares about you Kankuro," commented the blonde haired girl.

"Temari, I care, she insulted me," replied Kankuro.

"I agree with Temari, who cares about you Kankuro. What I can't believe is that she actually insulted Gaara, I mean doesn't she know that's practically suicide, and on top of that she called him creepy! Gaara isn't creepy," yelled the brown haired girl.

"I don't, think she quite know's what she's got herself into," Temari concluded.

"Well it's her fault, no one insults my face paint," responded Kankuro.

Temari sighed. "Oh shut up already Kankuro, everybody knows its make up, so just admit it and be quiet."

"No never! It's mak- face paint, I tell you," he argued.

"Ha! You almost said make up yourself," Temari pointed out.

"What? No I didn't. I said face paint."

"You said make up."

"Face paint."

"Make up."

"Face paint."

"Make up."

"I agree with Temari," argued the brown haired girl.

"Thank you. See Kankuro, just accept it. You haven't got anyone to back you up," said Temari.

"You girls always stick together and gang up on us boys," moaned Kankuro.

"What? No we don't, it's just you are clearly wearing make up," commented the brown haired girl.

"Yes you do."

"No we don't," said the two girls together.

"Yes you do."

"No we don't."

"Yes you do."

"No we don-."

Gaara had, had enough of all the arguing. "Temari, Kankuro, Renn that's enough," he growled. Everyone immediately stopped and faced him. "Can you here yourselves, you're biccaring like five year olds and it's all because that pink haired girl insulted you. She insulted me too, but I'm not arguing like little kids, no I'm sitting here contemplating how we are gonna show her where she stands in life."

The group gathered closer to listen to what Gaara had to say.

After everyone had finally left Sakura and Yuki's dorm. The two girls tidied up the place and got ready for bed.

Sakura collasped on her bed feeling pretty tired from the day she'd had.

Yuki turned off the light and lay down in her bed. There was silence for a few minutes then Yuki spoke out. Something was bugging her and she needed to get it off her chest. "Hey Sakura, why did you stay behind after class for a few minutes?" she asked.

Sakura paused again and thought about what to say. "Um... I forgot something that's all," she lied.

Yuki sat up. "You're lieing," she accused.

Sakura knew she couldn't get away with it forever, she was terrible at lieing. She knew that at some point she would have to come clean about, so why not now. "Ok... I lied, you want the truth here's the truth," she admitted.

"When I was in Science the teacher made me do one of those class introductions at the front. I told them my name and that I liked animals. Then I went and sat next to Hana. I felt a pair of eyes on me all through the lesson, but I didn't dare turn around to see who it was," she explained.

"Really? Why not?" Yuki asked.

"Well, I don't know why, but the person who was staring at me, made me feel uncomfortable and sent a bit of a chill up my spine."

Yuki nodded slowly, she had a good idea, who that person was and she didn't like it one bit.

"Anyway, after class, I turned to see who it was, but they were gone already. I went to leave the classroom and, well I don't really know how to explain this, but I felt that same sort of aura around this certain seat right at the back of the class. I walked closer to it and the feeling got stronger then I touched the desk and sort of blacked out for a second. When I came back to reality I realised I was already a few minutes late for the party, so I grabbed my stuff and rushed out of the building towards the dorms," Sakura continued.

"So, is that why you're late? It couldn't have been all that happened, I mean you were half an hour late for heavens sake," stated Yuki.

"No that's not the reason I was really late," admitted Sakura.

Yuki gave her a strange look. "Then what was the reason?" she asked being really curious.

"Well I was rushing towards the Sun House and I turned a corner, I didn't see where I was going and I crashed into someone." Sakura had a little fear in her eyes now.

Yuki was concerned. "Sakura..." she said slowly. "Who did you bump into?"

Sakura swallowed, all of a sudden her throat had gone dry. "He... umm... he had dark, red hair, black rims around his eyes and a strange marking on his forehead," she described.

Yuki's eyes suddenly went dark and the atmosphere around them got darker. "You... bumped into... Gaara," she said quietly.

"Yeh, I can remember one of the students with him mention that name. I heard the name Gaara mentioned and also Kankuro. I still don't know who the two girls are though."

"So, you bumped into Gaara and his group. How did you get away?" she asked.

"I... um... Gaara grabbed my shoulder, I sort of insulted the guy with purple make up on his face, I broke the grip Gaara had on my shoulder, then the brown haired girl mocked my hair and that got me angry, so I kinda insulted her and Gaara," Sakura admitted.

Yuki froze, her eyes were wide with shock. "You... you... you... insulted... Gaara," she stuttered. She was acting very unlike her usual self. She went quiet for a few minutes and Sakura started to get worried.

"Yuki, are you alright?" she asked.

Yuki didn't answer, so Sakura asked again. This time Yuki exploded. "YOU INSULTED GAARA!" she yelled.

"Shhh... keep your voice down Yuki, it is late," Sakura replied.

Yuki blinked a few times and calmed down. She turned back to Sakura through the darkness. "Sakura, don't you know that insulting him is practically suicide. He's the scariest kid in the entire school, not even the older members in his house will dare insult him," she explained. "You've got to stay as far away from him and his friends as possible."

"...ok..." Sakura responded, not quite getting what all the commotion was about. "But I don't even know who they all are."

"Then I'll tell you. Well Gaara is the leader of this group in his House, all together there are 7, including Gaara. I only know the three, who you met, the others are a mystery to me. So, there's Gaara, he's the main problem, the boy who you described as wearing purple make up, is Gaara's older brother Kankuro, he's not much of a threat. Then there's a blonde haired girl, who hangs around with them, she is Gaara and Kankuro's older sister, Temari, she can be a threat and finally the bitchy brown haired girl, Renn, she's nothing more than a common bully," Yuki told her.

Sakura took a mental note of everything she'd said. "Thanks Yuki, I'll be sure to avoid them," Sakura said. Then the two girls settled down and fell asleep.

Awoken by the sound of birds chirping, Sakura got out of bed and went to the window. She looked out into the woodland that surrounded the entire school. Who knew there was ever a school placed in the middle of no where, surrounded by nature, the one thing Sakura loved.

Outside she saw a little rabbit hop across the gardens below. The sun was just peeking over the top of the trees, it's rays lit everything up in a beautiful calming orange glow. It made Sakura feel warm and happy inside. It was a little strange, because she never got up early.

Despite this, she went for a shower and then got changed into her uniform.

Yuki was still snoozing in her bed, so Sakura decided to open the curtains and let the light fill the room. Yuki was blinded by the light, she rolled over and moaned, "Ugh... Sakura why'd you wake me up so early?" Yuki sat up, rubbed her eyes and looked at Sakura. "Uh... why are you wearing your school uniform?" she asked.

Sakura gave her a confused look.

Yuki noticed this, it was obvious that she hadn't been told about the weekends. "In the weekends, we're allowed to wear our casual clothes and we don't have any classes, but instead we do these club activities," she explained.

"Oh really, well nobody told me," Sakura replied.

"Yeh you get to choose two extra curicular activities, one for Saturdays and one for Sundays. They start aroud 11 o'clock, so there's no need to get up early."

"Ok, sorry for waking you, Yuki," she apoligized.

"Don't worry about it, you didn't know. That can't be helped," assured Yuki.

"Thanks," replied Sakura. She smiled at Yuki. "Anyway since I'm up, I'm gonna get changed into my casual clothes and go for a walk outside," she told her.

"Ok. I'm gonna go back to sleep for a bit. Oh and Sakura remember what I said yesterday. If you can't avoid them, then run as fast as can back here. It's the only place they can't get to you," Yuki told her.

Sakura nodded her head, got changed into her red and short black/red chequered dress, with her black belt and her black boots, that came just above her knees.

She brushed her hair and put it up into pigtails again. Then she rummaged through one of her drawers and pulled out her precious silver cross necklace, that had a small pink diamond in the middle. It was given to her when she was just a baby. It was the only possesion she had, that reminded her of her parents. She'd seen pictures of them and every single picture she saw, her mother wearing the necklace.

When Sakura was sorted, she left the room and made her way down the stairs, through the common room and out the double doors.

She stepped outside and was hit by a warm glow. The sun was just above the trees now, giving the garden around her a beautiful light.

Sakura wandered down the path. She stopped every now and again to appreciate the colours, that surrounded her. She loved to smell flowers, the scent of them calmed her.

She walked down the paths, going no where in particular. She just wanted to stretch her legs and maybe see a couple of wild animals. She hoped she would see at least one little fluffy creature prowling the garden.

Unfortunately the only creature that was prowling the gardens, wasn't exactly the cute and fluffy type Sakura was hoping for. This creature lurked in the bushes making sure it was out of anyone's sight.

He was carefully watching his 'prey' waiting for the perfect time to 'pounce'.

Fortunately for Sakura that time didn't come, because before he was about to 'pounce', Kiba came running up to her. This was the second time someone had intterupted him, when he was just about to make a move.

"Hey, Sakura. Whatcha doing up at ths time? Didn't anyone tell you, we don't need to do anything until eleven?" Kiba asked her.

"Hi Kiba, yeh I know Yuki told me. I just wanted to stretch my legs. Anyway why are you out so early?" she questioned back.

"Oh I'm just out walking Akamaru, he loves to have a stroll in the morning before everyone else gets up," he explained. "Isn't that right Akamaru."

"Arf," answered Akamaru. Sakura only just now noticed the little pup sitting beside Kiba. She bent down and stroked him.

"Hello Akamaru, I didn't see you there," she said sweetly to him.

The pup leaned into Sakura's hand, he loved to be fussed.

Kiba stood there watching, wishing he could be the one getting that much attention from a girl.

Sakura stopped stroking Akamaru and stood back up to face Kiba. "Are you alright?" she asked him.

Kiba had spaced out and hadn't quite heard Sakura, so she repeated the question. This time Kiba jumped back to reality. "Huh? Oh umm... yeh I'm fine, just day dreaming thats all," he answered.

"Oh, ok," she replied.

"Anyway... Sakura, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind me and Akamaru tagging along with you?" he questioned.

Sakura looked at him. "I mean... I know a great spot and all to sit down and talk if you want?"

Sakura thought for a minute. "Hm... ok sounds great," she replied.

"Great!" said Kiba. "Let's go then."

Kiba and Sakura disappeared down a different path, towards the 'great spot' Kiba said he knew about.

Meanwhile the 'creature' lurking in the bushes decided to come out of hiding. The sunshine lit up the red hair that belonged to him.

He was annoyed once again, by that one girl. It always seemed that when she was alone, one of her friends would always find her.

Gaara leaned against a tree and glared at the floor. His siblings and their friend were right, how dare this girl offend him and just over one little encountering with her, she had caused them to biccar like kids. No one had ever offended them before and no one was ever going to again.

He started back to the Star House to wake up his lazy, good for nothing brother.

Kiba had led Sakura to a clearing, with a bench, a small pond and a ring of flowers surrounding it. He sat down on the bench and Sakura sat with him.

Akamaru ran around on the grass chasing butterflies.

Sakura watched Akamaru jump, roll and run around. He was having the time of his life. "Wow this is lovely spot. Akamaru seems to be enjoying himself," Sakura stated.

"Yeh it is a nice place, I thought you'd like it," replied Kiba. "I come here to unwind. I love to just lie on the grass and also Akamaru loves this to chase the bugs."

Sakura giggled. The little fur ball was jumping about, now trying to chase a grass hopper. "Aww, he's so cute," she said. "You know, I've actually wanted a dog ever since I was a little girl, but my uncle won't let me. He won't even let me go to a normal school, instead of boarding schools."

"Really? You've wanted a dog ever since you were little? Me too! My mum only got me Akamaru not long ago and that's because I kept pestering her about it," he told her.

Sakura giggled again. "Well at least you got one in the end, I'm still stuck on my own."

"Hey you're not on your own, you've got friends here now and we won't go away. I can promise you that," Kiba said grinning stupidly.

"Yeh," is all Sakura said.

Just then Kiba and Sakura heard a small splash, they looked over to see Akamaru sitting on the side of the pond soaking wet. Kiba got up out of his seat and wandered over to Akamaru moaning. "Ohh... Akamaru, look what you've done. You silly pup, were chasing the dragonflies, hovering over the pond again."

Akamaru wagged his tail and barked happily. Kiba picked up the little bundle of fur and wrapped him in the jacket Kiba had taken off. "The water's freezing, you' ll catch a cold if we don't get you nice and warm soon, you silly boy," He groaned.

Sakura stood up and walked over to the two boys. Kiba looked up from Akamaru to her. "Ugh... I'm sorry Sakura I've got to go clean up Akamaru. I'll see you later, ok?" he told her.

"Ok," she replied. Then she waved to them and Kiba ran off with Akamaru in his arms, towards their House.

Sakura was alone again, so she made her back down the path she had come from, towards the Sun House. Maybe there were more people around now.

Sakura wandered into the common room. It was still pretty empty apart from a few people, so Sakura decided to go back up to the dorm and relax for a bit.

sorry guys but its gonne be a while until the next update cuz i got an english test coming up :( Wish me good luck cuz im really gonna need it.

Until my next update please read and review.

BTW i havent forgotten about my other story i will complete it one day. Just not soon...