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Darkness is what he woke up to. He quickly sat up; his hand suddenly covered the upper left part of his forehead. His head was throbbing and he could barely remember what had happened before. He removed his pale hand from his aching head and felt something in it. He brought his hand up close to his face and froze. Blood.
Memories played before his eyes. Panicking, he tried to search through the darkness, looking for anyone that stood among the darkness. He released his held breath when he was sure no one was standing by him. 'Yashamaru . . .' that name kept ringing through his head.
The red-head pushed himself off of the floor. He ignored the sudden jolt of pain that went through his body. He blinked a few times so his eyes could adjust to the dark. He started to walk back into the kitchen; he needed something for his throbbing head. He opened the medicine cabinet and grabbed a bottle of Ibuprofen. He closed the cabinet door, but froze, sensing someone else in the room.
"Gaara, Gaara, Gaara. It's about time you woke up. I was starting to worry."
Gaara dropped the medicine bottle and turned around. "Get away from me." His voice was shaky and filled with fear.
"But we haven't finished our little chat. I was patiently waiting until you woke up." Yashamaru said.
Gaara slowly started to back away. "N-no."
"No? I'm afraid, Gaara, that you have no choice. See, I always get what I want, and do you know what I want?" Yashamaru questioned as he slowly walked towards the frightened red-head.
He shook his head 'no.' Yashamaru smirked. "I want . . . you dead."
Gaara's eyes widened as he turned to run. "Where do you think you're going? You gave me the advantage running down here."
'What does he mean?' Gaara thought. He looked ahead and saw that he was cornered. He turned and saw his uncle getting closer with each step. He could see the moonlight reflect off a metallic substance that his uncle held. 'I have to run.'
Gaara quickly ran forward, trying to get passed his uncle, but was stopped when he grabbed Gaara's arm. "Let me go!"
Gaara faced his uncle and shoved him backwards.
But that's when everything seemed to have happened in slow motion.
Yashamaru let go of Gaara's arm and took a step backwards, trying to regain his balance. But once he took the step, his foot caught air. He started to fall backwards down the staircase that led to the basement, and Gaara couldn't move. All he could do was watch.
His uncle hit the bottom of the stairs; he lay there unmoving. Gaara saw something spread over the concrete below. He squinted and noticed that it was blood. His eyes widened as he started to take steps back. He had just killed his uncle on accident.
"What's going on out here?"
'Father!' He looked to his side and saw his dad walking towards him. His father looked down the staircase and started to grow angry. He turned and saw Gaara running to his room.
Gaara quickly closed his door, locking it behind him. He collapsed on his bed and started to hug his knees. His father started to pound on the door. Gaara jammed his eyes shut and covered his ears, trying to block out the sound.
'Bang!'
'Bang!'
'Bang!'
'Bang!'
"Come on, Gaara, open up!"
Gaara shot up from his bed, sweating and breathing hard. He closed his eyes and put his head in his hands. "Are you going to let us in or not?"
He looked up and leaned towards his window. He unlocked the latched and fell back onto his bed trying to catch his breath. Naruto and Sakura then climbed in through his window. Naruto went straight for the chair that sat in the corner of Gaara's room while Sakura sat next to Gaara. "Hey, are you okay?"
Gaara looked at her and nodded. "Are you sure? You seem a little warm." Sakura noted.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Nightmare is all."
"You know if it helps, you could tell us what happened and it would make feel a little better." She suggested.
Gaara sighed. "I-I can't."
Sakura nodded. "Well, Naruto and I will be here if you want to talk."
"So, what do you guys want to do today?" Naruto asked.
"We can just hang out, walk around the town."
The three of them were walking around town. Naruto kept telling them random jokes. "Okay, so a vampire bat came flapping in from the night covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep. Pretty soon all the other bats smelled the blood and began hassling him about where he got it. He told them to go away and let him get some sleep but they persisted until finally he gave in. "OK, follow me" he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him. Down through the valley they went, across a river and into a forest full of trees. Finally he slowed down and all the other bats excitedly milled around him. "Now, do you see that tree over there?" he asked. "Yes, Yes, Yes!" the bats all screamed in frenzy. "Good" said the bat, "Because I sure as hell didn't!"
When Naruto was done telling he immediately started to laugh. Sakura started to join in after a while. Gaara just sighed, deciding the joke wasn't that great anyway. Sakura wrapped an arm around her middle. "That was probably the only good one out of the six hundred you've said."
"What can I say? I'm that awesome of a person."
Gaara snorted at his comment. "Hey, I don't see you trying to say anything funny!" Naruto pointed at him.
"And why would I want to do that and make a complete idiot of myself?"
"Are you saying I'm making a fool out of myself?"
Gaara smirked. He looked down as heard something start to tap on the ground. "It's starting to rain. I'll see you guys later." Sakura said as she turned for her house.
"Yeah, same here. Hey, listen, Gaara. I know it may sound weird 'n stuff, but I want you to keep what Sakura said in mind. Maybe it's time to open up to someone. You can't keep running forever." With that, Naruto turned towards his house, leaving Gaara standing in the rain.
Sakura hurried into her house. She had managed to get home before the rain actually started to pour. She took off her shoes and her wet sweatshirt and headed into the kitchen. She entered her kitchen and saw that there was a note.
Sakura,
Had to leave for work early today. It seems that we're being slammed with patients at the hospital. You're on your own for dinner. There are leftovers in the fridge if you want.
Mom
Sakura sighed. Figures. She thought. Walking to her fridge, she opened it and began looking through it. Sakura grabbed a container and took off the cover. Pasta; I guess I could have this. She told herself. She shut the refrigerator door and walked over to the counter. Sakura sighed as she heard the doorbell starting to ring. She set the container on the counter and walked over to the door. Opening the door, she almost gasped at who she saw. "Gaara, what are you doing here?"
"Sakura, I-I need to tell you something that you should know."
Sorry it's kinda short, I wasn't sure what I was gonna do. I'm still open for ideas 'cause if I can't think of anything, this story will be ending in a couple chapters maybe. IDK yet. R&R