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Chapter 10

Gaara looked up at the two story house before him, or what was left of it at least. It burned down. Well, had been burned down. By Gaara's real father. He'd started the fire, covering himself in gasoline and setting the house, along with himself ablaze. That was how he had killed himself.

Burned in the house his wife had died in and Gaara had been born in.

The house was centered in the middle of the woods with only Gaara's paths and a long broken road winding it's way out.

The house it's self was huge. The outside, once a beautiful dark red, now a blackened brown from the flames. The windows busted in from where fire fighters had broken in the rubble, considering that was all that was left by the time they got to the lonely house on the hill. Some were said to have been broken in by Gaara's father, trying to vent the fire. Some people even said it looked like he was trying to get out. Maybe he had decided his life wasn't over after all. It didn't matter though.

By the time they got there, there was nothing left. Absolutely nothing to identify the body, except for the location and a burnt wallet located near where the bodies location had to have been when the fire was said to have started.

Looking through the windowsill, Gaara could see the black walls, where there once were pictures of Gaara's mother and father happy together. There had once been degrees and awards hanging there too. Gaara's father had been a psychiatrist for tortured youth and his mother had been a birth doctor. Fitting wasn't it?

Gaara had wondered many times what would have happened, had he not have been born to his family. He wondered what would have happened had he been born and his father not hating him. He also wondered about what would have happened had she not died giving birth and he had? Would his father have killed his mother over him.

What if Gaara had been born and his mother lived? What then? Would they still be a happy family? Would he have ever met his current parents? What about his siblings?

Sure his siblings got on his nerves but that was their job. They loved Gaara. They always looked out for him and never forgot his birthday or told his secrets. Sure, his father had been cruel, but that was tough love. The whole time he had only been trying to toughen Gaara up. And his mother. She loved him most of all. She'd never been cruel. Even after all the things Gaara had said or done to hurt her. Not when he refused to call her mother or when he'd gotten in trouble at school. She had always stood by him and helped him.

Gaara was truly lucky with his current family. Maybe this was his fate. Maybe this was the way it was supposed to be. Maybe his mother dieing was a blessing in disguise? No. Someone dieing is never a blessing, but maybe ending up with this family, his family, was truly a gift from the heaven and he just never realized it until now.

Yes, that was it. It was a gift from heaven, from his mother.

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By the time Gaara got back home, Gaara's mom and sister had come home and gone again to take Temari to work. His mom left a note too, just as he had done, only it included love. Though he hadn't said it in years, he knew his mother knew he loved her. That was good to know.

Gaara went to his room and wrote about what had happened that day, and everything that he had realized down in his journal. That night when his mother finally came home, Gaara walked up to her and hugged her tight, a solitary sincere tear making its way down across his cheek. His mother fell to her knees, to look up at her son and smiled at him, tears running down her own face.

She took her thumb and wiped away the tear. No words were said between the two that night, but more was said than ever before.

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(There goes my perfect ending!)

The next day at school was a bit hectic. Hinata was incredibly happy to have Gaara back in class, since silence in Orochimaru- sama's class had to be horrible. Orochimaru, himself had actually shown some curiosity at why Gaara had been suspended. It was rather funny to see the snake man, who had seemed so in control, being so curious. It was like getting your hand slapped out of a cookie jar for trying to get one before dinner.

Sasuke had apparently been suspended too. Kakashi had written him up for instigating a fight, which has the same consequences as fighting itself. He was back too, nursing an almost healed black eye.

Gaara had gone to him and apologized but Sasuke had shrugged it of, claiming he got into fights all the time and it was no big deal to him. He began talking to Gaara as if nothing had happened.

Neji had probably been the happiest to see Gaara back. As soon as he saw the redhead, couldn't help but scoop him up in his arms and passionately kiss the living daylights out of the petit boy. Sasuke, who had been also been in the room scoffed at the display of affection and promptly muttered for them to get a room while turning around, away from the sight of the two.

Shino and Manami were also very happy to see Gaara back at school. Shino gave Gaara a pat on the back as a welcome, confirming his weirdness. Manami gave him a hug and pulled him aside from the others. She looked a bit nervous. She had a question to ask.

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"Gaara? I have a question." Gaara turned his full attention to the girl now.

"I need some advice. Dating advice."

"And your coming to me for it, why?" He asked he curios to see her response.

"Because you're the only one I know in a successful relationship. Yes. That's it. Unless I want to ask Tenten," she flipped a look to the flirty girl and shivered, " and I really don't want to do that!"

Gaara nodded his head in understanding. He knew the question would probably have to do with his other friend, but he'd help them as much as he could.

"Okay, there's this guy, who kind of asked me out. I don't know if I like him or not, but he's cute, in a nerdy way, you know? Thing is I don't know whether to go out with him and see if I like him or I should refuse. I can't decide if I like him like that or if I like him as a friend and like another guy as that and I'm very confused, so help me!"

A bit taken back by this huge confession, he had to have a minute to let it sink in. Wait! Did she just say he asked her out? He knew his friend liked each other, but what the heck had happened while he was out! What could four classes a day together for ten days do to a person? What was he talking about! By the tenth day of having art with Neji for one class, they'd already arranged a date. Not to mention Shino and Manami had been alone, and they had always had first period gym together.

That's not even counting going to classes together and always being late for second period together. Had they had something secretly going on this whole time and not told him? So many questions arose, but Gaara knew he should help the two friends get together.

"Go for it."

"Really? You think I should?" Gaara nodded to the hyper girl.

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Turns out Gaara had a lot of make up work, though Naruto and Lee, still the ever clueless, offered to help him. Gaara politely thanked them but refused.

Every thing seemed to be right for Gaara. He had a boyfriend, with whom he had arranged a date with the following week, a great family, and terrific friends who were now going out as well. Well that was what Gaara thought before he walked out to wait for his car.

He saw a pouting, sulking Shino sitting on the wall with his arms crossed, glaring, or what would be called glaring through the dark shades across his face. Gaara followed his gaze to see something he instantly felt guilty for.

Walking out laughing, hand in hand, were Manami Kozakura and one of Gaara's oldest friends, Kiba Inuzuka.

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Ha ha ha! My rendition of a cliffhanger… Yes its short but I'm going to post these like everyday or twice a day or three times a day… Wow, at that rate I should be finished by, like Friday or something. I don't know, maybe three times a week or something. Maybe just randomly as I feel like but not only one a month like its been. I want this finished!!! I would also like review which I'm not getting so there… XP