AN: Yayz! Recovered and ready to write my ass off! Ok, here comes some bad news... Since school is starting and stuff I won't be able to update sometimes so I'll try and finish Part 1 soon and after October Half term Part 2 should be posted up!

Anyways me and my friend Kaye made a 20 ways to annoy Gaara fic and if you're interested you know where to look!

Disclaimer: Really... If I owned Naruto characters would Gaara even be able to live a peaceful life and the show Naruto would have been renamed to' Gaara'

On with ta story!

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Chapter 7: Dark

He looked up at the sky, sighing softly and turned his back from the window. He tossed and turned in his effort to try and sleep. Her words repeated themself like a parrot, each and every silable was heard and each and every word reached his soul and he could do nothing but just listen to her promises and remember how her lips moved smoothly and how she strained each and every word of that cursed sentence that was making him restless.

Damn You Haruno Sakura...

What have you done to me?

Insecurity... A feeling that Gaara had never felt in his entire life. Was he wrong to have pushed everyone away? Was he wrong about dreams, promises and his own destiny?

Why do you want to understand me?

What am I to you... Haruno Sakura?...

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The bright moon shone over her window, her eyes sparkling slightly by the moonlight effect. It had been a long day and one that she would never forget.

The day she swore she would live for Gaara.

The day she had promised to break down Gaara's ice cold heart even if it kills her.

She fell back on the bed, her heart racing again at the thought of him. What would happen now? Would he push me away and forget what I said? Would he let me in?

Please let me in Gaara...

I want to be there for you...

I want to be the person that you will finally open up to...

Please... Let me understand you...

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He woke up, his eyes crimson almost with a hint of black rings around his eyes. He hadn't exactly slept during the night. Thoughts of Sakua haunted him and memories arised from the dark area of his mind, tearing and destroying every self control he had built up over the years alone.

Damn You! Damn you to hell Sakura...

He hit his head with the palm of his hand, his anger did nothing to ease the pain of his dark past. Walking slowly to his wardrobe his head ached slightly with each and every moment and sound. From the sound of birds singing from outside his window to Temari shouting at Kankuro for some stupid thing. A pair of jeans and dark red T-shirt came out the wardrobe and he quickly put it on. He was late and even though the teachers were too scared of him to do anything about it like give him detention he still didn't want to be the centre of attention. He loved the Dark. It was his home, his refuge and he lived in the Dark for nearly the whole of his life. Now a ray of light was threatening to destroy his prison of darkness.

He growled at the thought of his privacy and his world crumbling at her feet. How did she get herself into his head? Why? The questions were killing him and if he didn't know he would die of need. The need for answer. The need of Sakura...

He was going to get answers and that was that...

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She looked around the room, her eyes scanning the area for a certain red-head but saw nothing. Emerald eyes found midnight blue hair and the pain in her heart did nothing but increase at the sight of him. She wasn't even entirely sure why she had said what she had said when she had that conversation with Gaara.

Do I mean what I said?

Will you except me and let me in?

Please don't hurt me...

She clenched her heart and tears threatened to fall down her face as she remembered the pain of her loss. She and Sasuke weren't even a couple but yet when he broke her heart it felt like the world had ended. She couldn't find a reason to live and it was dark...

That dark prison of loneliness...

The pain that just keep comming back...

The feeling that no-one could save you...

You're all alone...

In the Dark.

She never wanted to go there again. It was Hell and if she went there again she was sure there will be no return. Last time... He had saved her... Her pain subsided and was ignored by her intense need to help him. He had somehow pulled her out with his words. Awakened her from her sleep. He had been hurt and somehow deep inside he still had a soul. That part of him was the part that saved her. The part that she needed to bring out in him.

She would do it no matter what...

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His eyes scanned the room though none of his classmates had noticed. They never noticed him and it made things easier to do.

Brown

Black

Strawberry Blonde

Dark Blue

BRIGHT Blonde

How many colours of hair do they have in this class?

His forehead creased slightly at his annoyance. She was no where in site and he needed to find her and fast. The ache in his heart did nothing to slow him down and did everything to urge him to find her. She was an addiction, almost a need. How did it all happen with just a few words and looks? How did he break down?

How?

He needed to know why and the only way he knows is to find her and ask her that one word that plauged his dreams and destroyed his self-control:

Why?

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The pink-haired girl sighed. She had looked everywhere for him. She had an attraction to him. A single pull as clear as daylight. She looked from the classrooms they shared lessons with to the field and all the way across to the Art Department but he wasn't found. She felt exhausted at all the searches she had made during her lunch period and break time. She couldn't understand the attraction she had felt towards him but she knew clearly that she had to find out. Her tired head looked around the corridle slowly and a poster caught her eyes:

KONOHA HIGH ANNUAL TALENT SHOW!

All students must preform to their own year group!

From Dancing to Juggling,

Anything is welcome!

For more information go to room 56 and ask Mr Asuma for more details about the show!

She smiled. Maybe there is a way to break his heart of ice after all...

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A/N: SORRY! I'm so sorry I haven't updated as early as I had hoped and this chapter is an embarrasement to all the other chapters! I'm sorry everyone! I really wanted to finish this fic but I couldn't find the will to write! I have the whole plot set out but its so hard to type everything! I'm rethinking the idea of a sequel... should I leave it open or should I finish it? Maybe a sequel? Its hard work for me to write a sequel even though I have the ideas for the whole series... Anyways Thx for staying with this fic and reading this GIGANTIC drabble about how life is hard for me when its hard on everyone! Next update...? I dunno when but remember to put me on your alert list so you can keep up with the story!

Luv you all!

BlueSkyHeaven