Ya'll must be sick of hearing this now but i'm really really REALLY sorry about the wait! :(
I'll admit, it was my fault this time. I was bored with it and couldn't be bothered writing for a while.
It wasn't fair on you guys and i'm REALLY REALLY REALLY sorry! :'(
Won't happen again. Promise. new chapter. Yay!
I'm about set for where i'm wanting this to go now after all the messing around of connecting the beginning to the middle to the end.
But now i have... a plan! -ish.

Aside from that,

Well, i hope you like it.
I didn't spend until half 3 in the morning writing this out of guilt for making you wait for so long, just for you guys to hate it.
You will read it!
You will like it!
You will review it!

Ok then. On with the show...uh...chapter.

Much Love! Kitty .x.

The new-found couple had stayed at the expensive apartment for longer that either of them had expected. Gaara had only been wanting to change his clothes yet they'd stayed for hours, simply sitting on the dark leather sofa, until Sakura had noticed that they only had half an hour until classes started. She hadn't really wanted to leave, she was more than happy curled up against the redhead, but Hinata would have thrown a fit if she'd skipped and left her without a partner for the science project.

So now the pinkette was sat in her first class of the day, trying not to pass out as her dark haired friend reluctantly dissected the frog they had been given. It might not have been so bad if she couldn't feel a certain pair of dark eyes watching her from across the classroom.

Sakura only had 3 lessons with Sasuke; Science, Gym – which she had next – and Citizenship, which thankfully she only had once a week and that was last on a Wednesday and easily skipped, since all the notes could be found on the school computers.

"Is he still watching?" she asked Hinata, not daring to look across herself because the last time she had been met by his stare.

"If that's what you want to call it, Saku." Hinata replied, only just managing to keep to her usual shy self, but oh how she wanted to wipe that smirk of his face again. Sakura grimaced and ducked down further in her seat glaring at the clock on the wall which stubbornly refused to go any faster. True, her next lesson was Gym which was with Sasuke but Gaara also shared the lesson with her and although they'd decided to keep their relationship quiet in school, she didn't doubt that Sasuke would keep well away from her while her red haired bodyguard was nearby.

She was distracted from her thoughts on her next lesson when Hinata suddenly passed out, she never had been good with blood or internal organs – human or otherwise. The pinkette couldn't help but smile as Naruto darted across the classroom and scooped her friend up before dashing out the door to the nurses office without even stopping to ask. The teacher, the blonde's guardian, Mr Umino simply shook his head and smiled before looking to Sakura and nodding his head towards the half dissected frog. She sighed before standing up and continuing her friends work.

By the time to bell finally rang she was just about ready to pass out herself, if only to be taken away from the view of the Uchiha. Quickly clearing away the equipment she was using and grabbing her things, she made a dash for the door, but her escape attempt was impeded by a strong arm wrapping around her waist and pulling towards the end of the corridor. She didn't even have to guess who it was and so automatically began to struggle against his arm, knowing that he wouldn't want to make a scene in the school.

Unfortunately, his arm held fast and before she knew it she had her back against the end locker with his pale arms at either side of his head blocking an escape, so she settled for glaring at him. She watched as once again his eyes trailed down her body, lingering on certain areas, but managed to keep calm with the knowledge that there were enough people around to deter him from trying anything.

"Hello, my Sakura." He said smoothly, slowly moving one hand to run his fingers down the side of her face.

"What do you want?" She asked, turning her head from his touch and looking up the corridor, hoping that someone would save her.

"You already know what I want, love, I want you back."

"Well that's not going to happen, Sasuke." She responded, still watching the other people in the hall. She flinched slightly when the ravens hand held her chin and pulled her to look at him again.

"Why ever not" He smirked "We both know that you're just being stubborn." He smirked and leaned towards her, still cupping her face to stop her from turning away.

"I'm taken, Sasuke." She said, glaring at him. His eyes widened slightly before turning into a frown.

"Who?" He demanded, his usually dark eyes flashing red before fading back to black

"I honestly don't see how that is any of your business. Now if you don't mind I have another class." the pinkette snapped, trying to move the tall boy away from her. However, Sasuke wouldn't move. Instead he pushed himself up against the pinkette and brought his face within millimetres of hers.

"Of course it's my business, you belong to me." He smirked and moved to close the gap between himself and the pinkette, who pushed back against the locker and squeezed her eyes shut, but before he could steal the kiss she vanished in a swirl of sand.

Sakura opened her eyes a few seconds later and was surprised to find herself looking into the sea foam eyes of her recently acquired boyfriend. Taking a moment to notice that they were standing around the corner from the Gym, and that the corridor was empty, she buried herself in the red heads chest and relaxed as his arms wrapped protectively around her, one hand smoothing her hair. He didn't say anything. He didn't have to.

The second bell rang, signalling that students should be in their classes, and Gaara gently took his arms from around the pinkette and pulled away, tucking one of her bangs behind her ear as he did so. Not wanting Sakura to be late, he guided her round the corner and watched her go in the the female changing room before leaning back against the wall and waiting for her. Gaara didn't need to get changed because he refused to take part in Gym, especially when they were doing anything martial arts related, lest he accidentally kill someone or, God forbid, Shukaku got too involved.

In the changing rooms Sakura found a still recovering Hinata. She had been advised to sit out of gym by the school nurse, but the navy haired girl never missed a gym lesson. Sakura was pretty sure it had something to do with Naruto being in the class.

The pinkette quickly changed into her gym uniform, consisting of black -almost- hot pants and a red spaghetti top. In all honesty she despised it. At the beginning of the year someone had the bright idea of letting the boys choose the schools gym clothes, including the girls. An almost non existent pair of shorts was the result. They had originally chosen a bikini top for the girls to wear but a firm line was drawn.

She stuffed her normal clothes into her bag and walked over to the door where Hinata was waiting for her. Together they left the changing room and the pinkette noticed Gaara was no longer by the door. 'Either in the gym or killing Sasuke' she guessed. Now joined by Naruto, Neji and Tenten, the group made there way up he short hall and into the large sports hall where most of the other students already were. She felt a elbow jab softly at her side and turned to Hinata who smiled before glancing across the room. Sakura followed her view and held back a laugh when she saw Gaara with a mixture of irritation and fear on his face as their gym instructor, who they called Gai, welcomed him to the class in his usual manner of 'glomping' the student.

"I'll be back in a minute" she said, earning a smile from Hinata. She had told the female Hyuga about her and Gaara at the beginning of science. She trusted her friend not to tell anyone else.

Quickly, the pinkette made her way towards Gaara and her over-enthusiastic teacher. She wondered for a moment if he was related to Lee. They looked pretty similar and both had a taste for green clothing – not to mention the random speeches about youth and such. In fact, that was where Sakura walked into the 'conversation' between the two.

"-such a youthful and energetic new student! I can hardly hold back my tears of joy! I must get you a uniform, perhaps one of these wonderful green jumpsuits?!" Gai was holding the red head by the shoulders, beaming brightly.

"Hn." Was Gaara's reply. He'd decided that forcefully removing the teacher from himself wouldn't be a good idea, yet he seemed to be getting ever closer to re-thinking that evaluation.

"Um, Gai?" The shiny, black haired teacher turned to address Sakura and instantly grinned, letting go of Gaara who held in a sigh of relief but sent a small smile of gratitude to his pink haired rescuer. "Garra doesn't take part in Gym, he-"

"-I changed my mind." She was interrupted by the red head who was glaring in the direction of the door. Turning slightly she saw that Sasuke had just walked in. He glanced at her and smirked before walking in the direction of his usual Gym partner, Suigetsu.

"That's just wonderful! Deciding to contribute your youth and love to today's lesson!" Gai exclaimed, startling Sakura slightly. "I shall get you a uni-"

"No thank you" injected Gaara before walking past Sakura and leaning against the wall, indicating that he was done talking for now. Gai looked momentarily upset before once again spinning to face Sakura who suddenly realised she was within glomping range. Luckily she was saved when the other gym teacher entered the hall.

"Right!" shouted the black haired, red eyed, female instructor. "Martial arts today, and I see we have a new student..." She glanced around until her eyes landed on Gaara who hadn't moved from his position against the wall and looked completely disinterested. "We need to see what level group you should go in so you're up first, anyone you'd prefer to fight?" she asked, entirely unaware that it was just what the red head was waiting for.

Sakura felt nervous as she watched her secret boyfriend push away from the wall and remove his long black coat, throwing onto a nearby bench. He had already removed his shoes, since they were banned in the sports hall. She watched him walk into the centre of the hall where the mats had been placed.

He turned towards the male students who had all gathered on the benches on one wall and smirked. He said nothing but locked his eyes with the Uchiha who visibly flinched under his gaze. Most of the students followed his eyes and chatter started up, some simply wondering why, others grinning and urging Sasuke to get up. Finally, he slowly stood, not moving his eyes from the red head.

Kurenai, the female instructor stepped forward. "Sasuke is one of the best in the class, perhaps you should challenge someone less experienced." It wasn't a question, but a statement. Gaara simply ignored it and stepped further onto the mats. Sakura worried her lip.

Realising that Gaara wanted to continue, Kurenai decided to let them at it. She stepped back, out of the way and stood at the opposite side of the matted area to Gai, who for once looked serious. Stepping forward, Sasuke removed his t-shirt while Gaara slipped out of his own, earning several squeals from girls around the room.

Sakura sat next to Hinata, still worrying her lip, hands clasped tightly together in her lap. Kurenai blow the whistle. Slowly the pair on the mats began to circle slowly to the right before suddenly coming together, hands and feet a blur as they fought. Looking closely, it was possible to make out the attacks, each one blocked by the other before going on the offence themselves.

Minutes ticked by and they still seemed to be even, no hits appeared to have landed on either of them and the class continued to spur them on. Out of nowhere, a kick slipped through Gaara defences and he staggered back slightly. Sasuke took the opportunity to up his attack and landed several more hits, including a harsh punch to the face before a kick to the stomach knocked Gaara to the floor.

"Look at you!" shouted the Uchiha, glaring down at his rival "You're nothing right now." He kicked the red head in the side, despite it being against the rules. Kurenai and Gai shared a glance but before they could move Sasuke was talking again. "Don't just fucking lay there! Where's your sand Gaara?! You're fucking pathetic without it!" With that he turned away to walk back to his his seat but stopped when the hall was filled with dark laughter.

'Find something amusing?'

'Why do you not fight, boy?'

'Where have you been for the last ten minutes, demon?'

'Watching you toy with him' Gaara grinned and Shukaku continued to laugh, pleased with his influence on his container.

The class tried to take everything in as they watched Gaara still laying on the floor, laughing. Slowly he began to sit up, still laughing, eyes wide and glaring at the Uchiha's back. Despite the injuries he should have had, he stood without flinching, as if the fight had never happened. Sasuke turned round.

Sakura watched on, too scared to move. No one in the room knew what Gaara could do except her and Sasuke and she was pretty sure the raven was in no to position to stop things. Gaara was pissed. She could practically see the anger radiating from him.

"Nothing, am I?" seethed the red head. "Pathetic, am I?" he took a step towards the Uchiha and stopped, sending him a truly evil grin. "You want to see sand, Sasuke?" He laughed again and Sasuke took a step back, suddenly worried that Gaara would reveal his secret in front of everyone. In the blink of an eye the red head was in front of the raven and with a movement so fast no one in the hall could follow it, he was holding him face down on the floor by his hair and a knee in his back. The room was silent and everyone seemed to be froze in position, including the two teachers.

"Be careful who you piss off Uchiha." Growled the demon carrier, digging his knee harder into the boys back. He grabbed the front of his black hair and pulled his head back, stretching his throat painfully causing him to cry out. "You will not touch her again, understand!" He let go of the Uchiha and stood up.

'You're letting him live?' The demon sounded outraged and about ready to finish the job himself.

'I can't exactly kill him here, in school, in front of the entire class. Nor would I want Sakura to see exactly how many ways I can damage someone without killing them until I feel like it.' He answered.

He was about to walk out of the gym and leave the class and teachers to remove the Uchiha from the floor when there was a groan followed by what sounded very similar to 'fuck you'. He turned back around walked to the ravens head and pulled him to a standing position, once again by his hair.

"What did you say?" His voice was low and threatening as he looked at the Uchiha who was yet to recover from having his face slammed into the floor.

"Fuck you." he repeated, this time more clearly.

'Do you feel like killing him yet?"

Gaara glared at the boy before releasing his hair in favour of grabbing him by the throat and throwing him back down in the floor, this time on his back, and pressing forcefully down on his neck receiving a satisfying sound from Sasuke as his oxygen was cut off. That same sound roused the class and teachers from their shock. Gai shot forward and began trying to remove Gaara from Sasuke while Kurenai began moving students out of the door and rounded up the few that hung back. One of them being Sakura.

She was mid-panic when Kurenai tried moving her from the room, telling her to get changed and head to her next lesson. Even in her state, she couldn't help but think it was a stupid suggestion. She refused to move and watched as Gai struggled to pull Gaara back as he continued to hold Sasuke's throat down.

Before she knew it she was running back across the hall to Gaara, ignoring Kurenai who tried to grab her. "Sakura, it's not safe!" She shouted. "We'll make sure Sasuke is ok!" The pinkette almost turned and shouted at her for that, but instead continued running until she was knelt down of the floor next to Gaara, gently holding the wrist connected to the hand on the ravens neck.

"Gaara, please stop." She asked. Trying to keep her voice as calm as possible. "He's not worth it. Gaara, please." She moved her free hand to pull his face to look at her and was worried when she saw the look in his eyes. He looked almost possessed, but it was still him, not Shukaku. Sakura was thankful for that. "Let him go. Please."

Slowly, the fire him his eyes subsided and she felt his hand pull back from Sasuke's throat. She began to panic when the raven didn't move. He didn't even seem to be breathing. She wasn't worried about him, hell no, she was worried about what would happen to Gaara if he was dead.

Coming down from his rage, Gaara saw the hidden panic in Sakura's eyes and mentally cursed. He looked back at his victim and then at Gai who was checking the ravens pulse. It was there. Gaara knew it was without checking. He was also breathing, only just, but he was breathing. Getting annoyed with Gai's attempts to check someone's pulse, Gaara leaned forward and rolled Sasuke into the recovery position before standing up. He took Sakura's hand and pulled her up before pulling her to him and wrapping his arms around her. He didn't care if there was two teachers and an unconscious bastard in the room.

"I'm sorry Sakura." he said softly. He was aware that the female teacher was watching them with a surprised expression and he had heard her call to Sakura that Sasuke would be ok. He held back a smirk at her mistake.

"You scared me." the pinkette whispered.

"I know. I'm sorry." He ran his fingers through her hair soothingly as she leaned against him.

Beside them, Sasuke groaned before coughing dryly. Kurenai walked over and stopped beside Gaara. "I think you have an explanation." She said before turning and walking towards the gym door, obviously expecting him to follow.

Gaara let go of Sakura and quickly kissed her forehead and pushed her bangs out of her eyes. "I'll be back later." he said, offering her a small, rare smile before following the black haired female out of the hall.

Sakura looked down at the Uchiha who was now awake but looking a little worse for wear. Gai stood up.

"I'm going to go and make sure the school nurse has been informed of our fallen comrade! Please stay with him until I return!" With that, he jogged from the gym, leaving one pink haired girl and one wheezing and irritated boy.

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