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Hello, again, everyone! This chapter finally reveals all the bet announcements! The tension builds.... What will happen?! I hope you all like it, and enjoy reading!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters in Naruto.

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A Story for Myself

A Naruto Fanfic

Chapter 4

Lunch

Gaara slowly picked up his tray to buy his food when Sakura did the same right behind him. He had just gotten done with training and was pretty sore from last week. Shukaku hadn't spoken since Art earlier in the morning, and now it was finally 5th period, lunch!

"Did you here, Gaara?" Sakura asked him as they made their way through the lunch line getting school Spaghetti.

"Hear what?" He asked as he looked back at Sakura, smiling. She was so cheerful today; the girl's emotions always infected him, this time making him feel cheerful too.

"I won the bet, this morning, against Naruto!" She laughed.

Gaara smiled, remembering.

Why dose that seem like so long ago? He sighed.

"Which bet was that? I heard that there was a quadruple bet last Friday." He asked her.

"I bet Naruto that if you two would fight that you would win." Sakura said playfully smug.

"Oh?" He asked chuckling. "You know me too well,"

Sakura giggled too as they both walked to their group's table, table number 7.

When they all referred to 'their group' or 'the group' it always meant all their friends. The Group consisted of Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, Neji, Sai, Choji, Hinata, Sakura, Ino, Karin, and Tenten. They were the main people, but a few others dropped in and out at times. The group was made up of all sophomores.

"Finally, everyone's here!" Choji said as he kept eating. Choji definitely wasn't the thinnest, but he was strong beyond belief and his optimistic personality kept him in the Group.

"Yes," Neji said as he stood up. The rest of the lunchroom students kept on talking, but table 7 was deadly quite. It was a sort of custom when Neji was announcing.

"'Will Naruto actually throw a book at Gaara and then tackle him right after 1st period?' Results:" Neji chuckled, as did the rest of the table. Gaara laughed along too, rubbing his head where Naruto had hit him with the book. "Yes. Winner: Choji! Payer: Karin! Amount: 5 dollars!"

Karin crossed her arms and pouted before laughing. She pulled out her wallet and paid Choji as they all started talking.

"Damn that test I missed on Thursday, or I would have been in lunch on Friday," Gaara chuckled to Sakura.

She laughed with him.

Then a thought hit Sakura.

Did his memories start because he got hit in the head? Did Naruto trigger something bigger than just a bet?

"Maybe it was meant to be, Gaara," She whispered.

"The book? That hit my head?" he asked her. Then he got the same thought.

Oh. Oh, shit, maybe I just got a concussion and all the memories were fake. But…

As if reading his mind Sakura realized this too.

What if he really got a concussion?

They looked at one another with worried expressions and Sakura was about to say something but was cut off by Neji, who coughed to get everyone's attention.

"The second bet, 'Will Naruto remember to do bet #1?' Results: Yes. Winner: Sai! Payer: Tenten! Amount: 3 dollars!" Neji smiled at Tenten then shook his head laughing again.

Tenten stuck out her tongue at Sai before smiling, rolling her eyes, and giving him the 3 dollars she had in her hand. The table broke into discussion once again.

"Gaara, I'm sure Naruto couldn't have hit you that hard," Sakura said trying to convince him. He noticed that there wasn't a trace of her trying to convince herself, which meant that Sakura really believed that he remembered his parents.

But I never told Sakura about Shukaku, either.

Do you really think I'm not real?

I… I don't know… Gaara thought, remembering the memories that he had received of the dieing men in the Battle at Deserts edge.

What if the Battle at Deserts edge isn't real? What if I made it all up?

You didn't. I can prove it. Look it up, in a book, anywhere. The Battle at Deserts edge was a battle during the 3rd Great War between all five main countries. It was fought in the Land of Grass, the land that borders Sunagakure and Konohagakure. It is shrouded in great mystery, but it happened.

Fine. Gaara thought doubtfully. What if he didn't find anything?

What if I'm developing a split personality? What will I do?

Nonsense, Gaara, listen to Sakura, she has a good idea as well.

What? What are you-

But before he could finish thinking to Shukaku, Sakura started to speak again, and he did listen to her.

"I have an idea," She announced to Gaara.

"The third bet, 'Will Gaara and Naruto start fighing?' Results: Yes. Winner: Sasuke! Payer: Me," Neji laughed again. "Amount: 7 dollars!"

Sasuke stood up triumphantly and gave a 'hmpf' sound that almost literally said: What else did you expect? He was always that way with bets. On the outside Sasuke could seem like a stuck-up jerk, but he really cared about people he liked. The Group were just about the only people who knew this side of Sasuke, too.

The table erupted into talking once again as Neji paid Sasuke.

"Have you ever seen pictures, like real photographs of your parents before?" Sakura asked Gaara.

Gaara thought for a minute before answering.

"No,"

"Are you sure?" Sakura asked after he hesitated.

"Yes, my Aunt offered to show me once, but I decided not to see them, I'm pretty sure, but we could always ask her, too. She remembers anything and everything since I lost my memory, just in case I ever forget anything again." Gaara admitted. He noticed that Sakura always had this sort of charm to get him to say more than he would have to others. He also felt more comfortable saying more to his best friend.

"Good," She said reassuring whatever idea she had brewing in her head. "Then we'll just get the pictures of your parents and you can look at them to confirm what you remembered." Sakura knew that if Gaara hadn't seen any pictures then he hadn't ever seen his parents before. They died when he was five, and he lost his memory when he was six.

And the Battle of Deserts edge. Gaara thought to himself. He would look that up too.

Sakura's idea already made him feel relieved.

"Yeah, that's a good idea," Gaara looked at her and smiled. "How about you come over tonight? We hardly have any homework."

He watched her face brighten then soften when he accepted and included her in her idea.

"Unless of course you have something better to do," Gaara added smiling. He knew he had her.

"Oh no, of course not, Gaara! What could be better than solving a Memory Mystery and or Concussion Case with my best friend?" She rolled her eyes in a sarcastic gesture, then looked at him warmly.

Gaara liked the fact that even though this could be serious, Sakura knew that it could be, but didn't put to much tension on the subject. It made him feel better already, like maybe he actually was getting his memories back. And that would be a good thing.

But should I tell her?

About me?

Yes, about you.

She would understand, Gaara, and she wouldn't tell a soul. Who would be better to tell?

The only other person I could think to tell other than her would be equally Naruto…

NO! Don't tell him. Shukaku almost commanded in Gaara's head. Regaining his calm he continued. Unless you want everyone else to know, too.

Gaara thought about this for a minute, but then realized that Shukaku hadn't almost sounded commanding, it had sounded slightly panicked or frightened, maybe even a little bit angry. Plus, Gaara knew Naruto well enough to know that he was actually an extremely good secret keeper, even if the secrets got crazy. He was Gaara's other best friend.

What's up with you, Shukaku? Gaara challenged the inner voice mentally. He got no response.

Damn it, now I really am going crazy; look at myself, talking to a voice inside my head that isn't my voice. I'd say this is a Concussion Case.

He shook his head.

"Gaara?" Sakura asked him curiously. "Thinking about something again?"

"Yeah," He looked up unhappily.

"Don't worry, we'll figure it out, I'll help you," Sakura said trying to reassure him.

"Thanks, Sakura," Gaara said, and he meant it, too.

"The fourth and final bet, 'If Naruto and Gaara fight, who will win?' Results: Gaara! Winner: Sakura! And Payer: Naruto!" They table cheered as Sakura jumped up out of her seat and did a sort of dance with a smug smile on her face. Naruto shouted, with a competitive smile on his face, "You just watch out next time, Gaara, I'm gonna be stronger!"

Gaara laughed and said, "I believe it, Naruto, you nailed me pretty hard with that book."

"Amount: 15 dollars!" Neji announced, wrapping it up as Sakura collected her money from Naruto who laughed with her. "And that concludes the N.B.D. announcements and payoffs."

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Is Gaara really going insane? Or was there really a Battle at Deserts edge? Thanks a bunch for reading, everyone! Don't miss Chapter 5, coming soon! Please review! Any thing to make it better, suggestions or anything, I might include it!:) Or just anything you want to say!

Oh, and thank you who have reviewed previous chapters, you're what kept me going to write this chapter!

Thanks,

Gracie :)

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