Authors Note: Well here we go, its summer now so I might as well update! Sorry for the long wait its just meh my life is hectic as ive said before and well I don't have much time to sit and type out my stuff but Im making time to sate you readers' appetites. So enjoy and as always REVIEW.

Ch.6 Regrets, Repairs, and Relationships

The sun quietly hovered above the disaster area that had once been a quiet forest. Below, a bloody girl lay gasping for breath in a crater of solid rock, another girl was latched onto a red haired boy that seemed to have an aura of pain and danger. Furthermore there were two other guys lying next to each other unconscious from what appeared to be asphyxiation. This was a strange sight for the normal peaceful forest indeed. Gaara stood there calmly, his eye twitching in disbelief. What have I done? He asked himself as he looked down to see Hinata clinging to him "Stop Gaara-kun….please…stop…" Gaara's shred of humanity would have cried if he hadn't cried out all of his tears so long ago. Gaara nodded "gomen….Hinata-sama….." he whispered as he felt himself pull her closer in a tight embrace. Just then there was a crackling of rocks and Kara weakly stood up from the crater "aw….how touching…" she managed a smirk then fainted. Gaara sighed and used his sand to pick up Kara before she hit the ground. He looked over to find Sasuke and Naruto unconsciously holding each other in their rest. Gaara snickered and reached into Hinata's back pocket (which made Hinata gasp and blush slightly) to grab her digitial camera. He aimed and fired the digital camera's beam which took the picture of Naruto and Sasuke This is golden….Gaara thought as he put it back into Hinata's back pocket.

Gaara looked down at Hinata who was blushing from the way Gaara reached into her back pocket like that. Gaara was puzzled "Hinata-sama? What is wrong? Did I embarrass you?" he asked quietly in his monotone voice. Hinata shook her head "No…."she said quietly What Im blushing about is that I liked it……she thought to herself. Gaara simply nodded "okay then, we have to get them home………" he let go of her and wrapped Kara, Sasuke and Naruto in separate cocoons of sand, keeping a hole open for air this time. "Come, Hinata-sama" he said calmly as he walked away into the sunset toward his house. Hinata could merely gulp as she watched him walk off and found herself thinking the first physical thought of her life he's so……mmm….I want him to….she silenced her thoughts and shuddered with a smirk as she followed Gaara onward.

The Kazekage's palace was giant, however…….the abode with which he provided his son was equally as giant. Hinata's breath was stolen away as she saw the giant dwelling. "Gaara-kun….is this your house?" she murmured. Gaara nodded "Hai" he opened the door with a push of sand, the door creaked open slowly and finally opened all the way showing its marble halls and floors to all present……that were conscious. Hinata walked hurriedly behind Gaara, she was so dazed by the giant and luxurious conditions under which he lived that she wandered around confused. Gaara shut the door with a push of sand, the door slamming shut with a thundering BOOM. "Come Hinata-sama, I will show you your quarters" he said softly as he led her away.

Gaara laid down Naruto and Sasuke in the same bed but used his sand to arrange them in the spooning position with a snicker "I want to be around when they wake up…." He laughed to himself, Hinata couldn't help but laugh too. Finally they reached a room which had gold embroidered letters on the door which read "Kara Bentley". Gaara opened this one easily with his own hand, the door squeeked open and inside there was a bed with purple linen sheets and pillows with white sparkling carpet and various other royal items…….except one thing…..it stood out amoung the rest of the objects. A green patched up old and ratty backpack. Hinata was going to ask about it but then decided she didn't really want to know. Gaara unraveled Kara from her cocoon of sand and laid her in her bed. He walked over to her and kissed her head gentely "Goodnight sister" he said softly, his eyes softening but then going back to hard and tough. He walked out of the room as if nothing happened.

Hinata watched on in awe There is more to Gaara-kun…he can be sweet…maybe there is hope afterall... After Gaara walked out Hinata couldn't help but feel a ping of jealousy but then quelled it reassuring herself that Gaara would open up eventually. She followed the dangerous sand prince out of the room and down the hall. Gaara sighed and said "the guest room is right across from my room, if you need anything….you know where I am" he said opening the door for her with his sand. Hinata smiled a little and went foreward to hug Gaara. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him "Thank you Gaara-kun…..goodnight…" she kissed him on the cheek ignoring the burn of the sand that enveloped Gaara always. She walked inside of her room and heard the door click shut softly. Gaara sighed and opened his door with his sand and walked into his own gaping maw of a room.

Hinata sighed softly feeling the warmth that kissing Gaara had given her on the inside. She slowly opened her eyes and gasped. Before her own eyes was the single most beautiful room she had ever laid eyes upon. She wandered around looking for the goddess that lived here but finding no one she herself examined the room. She noticed the sparkling white carpet that felt soft as rabbit pelts beneath your feet, she rubbed her hands on the cream colored silk sheets of her bed, she let her hands splay across the ivory bathroom. She marveled at the lighting, it was unique in that it was completely candle based lighting. She noticed a door on the other side of the room with crystal knobs and pure glass body. She pulled on it and is softly opened, she stepped out and found that she had her own personal balcony. She looked up to the desert night sky letting her eyes feast upon the constellations and the stars that played out against the black sky. Gaara-kun….thank you…she thought. Little did she notice that on the door of her room, it did not say "Guest Quarters" but instead it said "Princess Quarters".

Gaara slipped inside his dark hole of a room. There was little to no light, and what light was there was provided by candles as well. Gaara sighed seeing the familiar black silk bed covers, black satin window covers and black soft as silk carpet. He looked at himself in the mirror of his ivory bathroom and browsed his library of dark novels and forbidden books. Tired of reading, he turned on his stereo which played Godsmack "I Stand Alone". He set it to random which cycled through Symphony X, Linkin Park, God Smack, Limp Bizcut, and Nickel Back. He sighed as he opened his door on the other side of the room and stepped out onto his personal balcony. He looked up onto the heavens and asked the same question he did everyday "Why?" and as usual……there was no response. He went inside dejectedly and laid down on his bed trying to drift off to sleep, and he almost gave up sleeping until he heard a loud but unmistakable voice yell "AGGH! SASUKE? I DIDN'T WANT MY FIRST TIME TO BE WITH YOU!" followed by another voice "NARUTO! NO! YOU IDIOT!" then there was an assorted series of thumps and crashes from the fight that surely ensued. Gaara let out his first real and heartfelt laugh This maybe the best night of my life…he thought as he fell asleep to the rhythmic thumping and yelling of Naruto and Sasuke fighting.

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Well there you go, hope you all like it. Until next time…….