Hey everybody! I'm so sorry this has taken me so long, I feel like I say that everytime I update. But I guess I do, well yeah I've written this chapter like 5 different times and either lost it or didn't like it but here's the final copy, I think… life's been really hectic for me lately so that would be why I am so extremely late, but I have a new schedule worked out so I should be able to update once a week now, hopefully it works! =^..^=

Skye does not own Naruto, or an of the characters in this story, they belong to Kishimoto-sama ^-^

Anyway on with teh story

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Gaara felt his lungs strain and throat constrict, he felt as if he had been punched in the stomach. "Dead? Haku couldn't be dead, that's just not possible," was all Gaara could think.

"I'm so sorry Gaara, I know you two were close." Sasuke said as sincerely as possible. At those words the redhead fell to his knees, sobbing, trying to choke back his tears.

"No, it can't be true, it just can't be." He rasped over and over.

Sasuke slowly sat on the floor and pulled Gaara to him, rocking him, gently cooing to the sobbing heartbroken boy. Not long after his cries began to quiet and he slowly drifted into an exhausted slumber. The Uchiha looked down at the beautiful boy in his arms and couldn't help but sigh, he looked so gorgeous and peaceful in his sleep, and gently wiped the tear tracks off of his cheeks and slipped him into the bed.

With one last look at the slumbering beauty Sasuke silently slipped from the room, intent on getting to the bottom of this.

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Sasuke had gathered the boy that had told him of Haku's death to try and get a hold on the situation.

He was a kitchen boy, mostly used for cleaning and sending for errands, with brown spiky hair, and deep brown eyes to match, he wore goggles atop his head and a far too log scarf about his neck.

"What is your name, boy?" Sasuke asked, slightly softening his voice for the young boy.

"My name is Konohamaru, sir."

"Konohamaru, I need you to tell me exactly what happened to Haku." The Uchiha said emphasizing to get his point across.

"Well you see sir…

-flashback-

"Konohamaru! Get in here, now!" came a yell from the kitchen of the Uchiha okiya.

"Yes Jiraiya-san?" the be-goggled boy asked, adding just enough stress on the "san" to annoy the chef.

"I need you to run to the store, immediately! We have a very special guest coming to the okiya tonight, and father wants me to serve uni. Go to the fish market and get me the freshest sea urchins you can find, and be quick about it!"

"Blegh stupid old geezer!" the boy yelled as he left the kitchen, sticking his tongue out. He slowly strolled through the street, taking advantage of the rare break. After getting himself a cone of shaved ice, he made his way to the fish market the quickest way he knew, which meant taking a few "not-so-nice" alleyways. As he hurried to get out of the slums, a flash of color caught his eye, as he turned to see what it was a very familiar sight caught his eye.

It was his long time crush, Haku, dressed in a simple cotton robe.

"Why is Haku-chan wearing that? He should be in his kimono…" he wondered.

As soon as the flutter went through him from seeing Haku, it stopped cold when he saw who was behind the geisha.

Just from looking at him Konohamaru could tell he was a nusumu, and then the pieces began to click in his head.

Haku had always talked about getting out of the city but due to the war, you were not permitted to leave unless you were military personnel. He knew Haku had wanted to leave, but to stoop as low as to have a nusumu sneak him out of the city?

"Haku-chan!" he called down the alley, causing the geisha to jump in fright and turn at the call of his name.

"I told you to come alone!" the nusumu hissed in the geisha's ear.

"No please honestly, I didn't tell anyone! I need to get out of this city please!"

Seeing the look of distress mar the geisha's angelic face, Konohamaru began to run to Haku.

"It's too late now, you blew it, how do I know that kid ain't gunna tell the cops? It's too late now." With those last words he drew his hand from his coat…

*BANG BANG BANG*

He turned tail and ran after he fired the last shot.

Haku just stood there with a look of utter shock on his face, before falling, dead before he even hit the ground.

"NO! HAKU!" Konohamaru yelled ran towards the fallen geisha with all of his might falling to his knees and cradling the fallen man's bleeding head.

"No, Haku, please come back!" he sobbed, as police cars and men jammed into the alleyway.

The scene was taped off and closed when they tried to pry the cadaver away from Konohamaru.

"Come on son," a sorrowful officer said, placing a hand on the boys shoulder, "let's get you home."

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Sasuke stared in horror at the tale he had just heard, but shaking his head snapped himself out of it.

"What about Zabuza? Weren't they supposed to leave together?"

"Apparently he had already made it out of the city, and is still waiting for Haku."

Sasuke took a deep breath to try and clear his head, this was too much information for even him to process.

"Alright, thank you Konohamaru, you may go for the day." The raven-haired man said while rubbing his temples. 'What am I going to do? With this scandal going on in our okiya not many men will want Gaara's mizuage, which will set us back quite a bit…'

A groggy Gaara tripped into the room "Oh Sasuke I just had the most horrible dream, I dreamed Haku was murdered!"

Gaara just took one look at the business man and he knew that it was no dream.

"Oh…"

"Haku's funeral will be held tomorrow and then we will continue your mizuage training as planned, ok?"

"Yes father." The geisha replied emotionlessly. Sasuke felt his heart breaking just looking at the boy, he had just lost his best friend and now he was being sold. 'What am I thinking?' Sasuke slapped himself out of it, 'Since when do I get attached?'

"You are dismissed Gaara." The boy bowed lowly, turned and left the room.

Sasuke turned back to his desk and tried to figure out what he was feeling, 'Could this be love?' he shook that thought away, he could never love anyone, it's impossible.

Picking up the phone he dialed the caretaker, "Yes we would like the funeral to be as early as possible tomorrow…"

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The room was a sea of gorgeous geishas dressed the same in the official kimono of the Uchiha Okiya. A man who never knew Haku was speaking of how wonderful he was and how he would be missed, Gaara thought this was a load of shit. That man didn't know Haku, Haku would have wanted them to celebrate his life while he was here not stand here and cry about him being gone. This whole funeral was a sham, none of these geishas cared about Haku; they had been glaring at Gaara all day because they knew that now he would become the number one geisha of the okiya.

Sasuke had never felt more uncomfortable in his life, he had never had to attend a funeral for one of his geishas before and now every one of them was vying for his attention because they knew the position of number one was open. Unfortunately for them had had already chosen, 'Gaara…' he looked at the boy and saw the fire burning in his eyes and he knew that he would never feel resolved until he got revenge for Haku.

"Now will you all please bow your heads in prayer…"

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"Gaara only one step is left before you are ready for your mizuage, your geisha name needs to be chosen." Sasuke couldn't look at the boy in front of him. Lately every time he saw him a pain went through his chest, and though he would never admit it he was scared. Was he truly falling for this boy?

"I have taken much consideration and your name will be Ai."

The newly named geisha nodded as he said "Thank you, Father."

'You will answer to that name only now, do you understand?" "Yes Father."

"Good. The bidding on your mizuage started just a few hours ago and will end at midnight tonight, that person will have the rights to your mizuage. Do you understand?."

He nodded and left quickly with tears in his eyes. 'I don't want anyone but you…. Sasuke'

While Gaara sank to his knees and leaned his head against the door, Sasuke gripped his head in confusion and sank to the floor, 'I don't want anyone to have you but me'

They both whispered, "I don't want anyone but you"

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Well that's it for this chapter!

More chapters soon to come.

This chapter took forever!

I wrote and rewrote it so many times because I wrote it in my notebook first but that just sucked , then I wrote it on my laptop and saved it to only my flash drive but then my flash drive died and I had no way of retrieving this chapter. So, I wrote it again and here it is!

Please comment! I think my writing style has gotten a lot better tell me if you agree or not, cookies for whoever comments!

Ja Ne!

~Skye