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Sinning on Sunday
Written by: Justina aka rAiNwAtEr
Summary: Sasuke was well aware that he was surrounded by his fellow classmates while they listened to morning Mass. He was also aware of his growing hard-on as he stared at the blonde a few pews ahead of him.
Un-Beta'ed (sp?) lol Get over it :)
Song inspiration for chapter XI:
"…Drinking old cheap bottles of wine,
Sit talking up all night,
Saying thing we haven't for a while,
We're smiling but we're close to tears,
Even after all these years,
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting, for the first time…"
The Script – For the First Time
Chapter Eleven: For the First Time
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"Tell me again why we agreed to skip third period with you?" Naruto asked Karin dubiously as he and Sasuke fallowed her down the East wing corridor. A squeaky sound bounced off the walls in the oddly, quiet, hallway, as the rubber soles of their sneakers made contact with the linoleum lining the school floors.
"Senior fever! You know when all you can think about is graduating and NOT being here." Karin huffed out irritably. "Honestly, you'd think I was leading lambs to the fucking slaughter."
Sasuke could only roll his eyes in aggravation. What possessed him to befriend these two idiots, he had no clue. Either way, he had a feeling that he was stuck with them. If he had to compare their presences to something it would be a non curable STD. Once you had them, you were stuck with them for life. The best you could do is buy some anti-itch cream and hope for the best.
"Karin, I don't think this is a good idea," Naruto, the voice of reason spoke up.
"Relax! What could possibly happen?" Karin asked slightly miffed. What was the big deal, they already knew they were going to graduate.
No sooner than those words left Karin's lips, a voice echoed down the corridor at them.
"Stop right there! Class is in session!" Sister Chiyo's voice croaked down the hallway at the jay birds.
"Run" Sasuke said as he took flight down the hallway and hooking a quick right. Naruto and Karin picked up the rear. Without thinking, Karin grabbed Naruto's and Sasuke's hand; dashing into the nearest room.
"The girl's bathroom?" Naruto asked in disbelief before he and Sasuke were shoved into a stall by Karin.
Karin shushed the two protesting boys as she locked the stall sealing them in. "Both of you stand on the toilet in case she looks under the door, quick!"
She could hear Sasuke mumble something along the lines of "Stupid fat hobbit" as he and Naruto stood on top of the rim to the toilet.
"Fuck!" Naruto yelped as his left foot slipped into the toilet. "God dammit, my sock's even wet!" Naruto complained loudly.
"Shut your fucking mouth someone's coming!" Karin hushed.
The trio strained their ears to listen for the slightest noise. They could hear the beating of their hearts, as adrenaline pumped through their veins. Sweat, from nervous anticipation, gathered at their temples slowly leaking down.
Suddenly the sounds of a pair of heals clicking down the hallway could be heard; each step vibrating so violently off the corridor walls that it felt like a mini earth quake. Every impact, heal against polish linoleum, created a tremor strong enough to cause water to ripple in the toilet bowl beneath Naruto's and Sasuke's feet. Clearly sister Chiyo didn't grasp the concept of abstinence.
The door to the bathroom swung in hitting the tiled wall behind it, as the clicking from her heals drifted further into the room. "I know you're in here! Come out at once, and I shall show you leniency." Sister Chiyo's voice came out crisply. She was almost positive that she had seen Karin's signature blood red hair, and where she was, the other two troublemakers were sure to follow.
Sasuke could only glare through the stall's door at where sister Chiyo's voice echoed from. This was just fucking great! The old hang had been looking for an excuse to toss him out on his ass.
Naruto could only bite the inside of his cheek. His father would kill him if he got expelled right before graduation! He would be grounded until he was forty!
Thinking quick, Karin did the first thing that came to mind. She held her hands out in front of her with her palms facing up. She licked the underside of her wrist before bringing both wrists together forming a U shape with her hands. Quickly, she placed her lips against her lower palms where the wrist joined, cupped her hands around her cheeks and forced air between her wet palms. A disgusting farting sound emanated forth like a trumpet. It sounded like diarrhea was being dispelled and loaded into the porcelain globe know as a toilet.
"Good lord help me dispel these demons!" Karin called out huskily as she continued to make fake bowl movement sounds.
Catching on to what Karin was planning, Naruto used his wet foot to smack the water to add to the effect.
"The Lord is testing me now!" Karin's voice yelled out as she took the tone of an old preacher; occasionally grunting in agony. "Judgement has come, AMEN!"
Sister Chiyo could only gasp in disgust as she took several steps away from the stall she had assumed housed her three famous delinquents. Unconsciously, her hand went up to cover her mouth. Although there was no smell yet, she was sure it was only a matter of time.
"Are you all right child?" Sister Chiyo asked in concern as she strained to hear a voice above the obnoxious noises coming from behind the stall.
"I'm fine just…" Karin's voice traveled off as she huffed and puffed exaggeratedly "Trial by fire!"
Horrifyingly embarrassed, Sister Chiyo backed up to the exit of the room. "Ah...um…carry on than, may the Lord be with you" Were her parting words as she dashed from the bathroom to continue her chase of unlawful students.
Karin, Sasuke, and Naruto waited a few moments in silence to make sure the tyrant was gone before busting out in laughter. Karin unlocked the door and fell forwards out of the stall and onto her knees as she laughed hysterically. Naruto howled in mirth as he slid down the stalls wall to collapse onto the floor. Even Sasuke himself couldn't hold in the chuckle escaping his lips.
This moment felt good, right even. It felt like how things use to be before feelings merged and mutated into something more. It was familiar and yet totally unique and in every way, simply just THEM.
It would be an everlasting memory.
Karin took a moment to compose herself before standing up from the floor in a huff. "I'm starved. I could use some freakin' greasy food and a nice fatty."
"I second that. I'm thinking Burger Dirt?" Naruto said off handedly as he washed his hands at the sink. Touching anything in a public bathroom, especially the floor, was disgusting. He needed to purge the germs off of him ASAP.
Before Sasuke got a chance to answer, a student entered the girls' lavatory and gasped. Standing in the door way, eyes wide and revolving like the exorcist was a petit, blond haired girl, freshman. Judging by the way her eyes continuously bounced from Karin to her two counter parts, it was easy to connect the dots and guess what she was thinking.
"FORNACATOR - THE DEVILS SEED, YOU WILL BURN IN HELL HEATHEN!" The blond shouted before running down the hallway in search for the head nun.
"God damn children of the corn," Sasuke spat out sarcastically as he moved to the exit. "Let's get the hell out of here before that thing comes back.
Karin and Naruto followed Sasuke out of the bathroom and into the, for now, deserted hallway. "As if I could be involved in a three-some when one of you is gay and the other is like a little brother to me!" Karin said miffed. "Now Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp on the other hand…"
"Karin please spare us the image," Naruto chuckled out as the trio made their way to the church connected to the school. "So what's the deal with food? We going, or are we committing suicide by school lunch?"
Karin pushed the door to the chapel open and quickly walked inside. Without missing a beat, Sasuke walked over to one of the pews striping ST. Michael's and took a seat on one of the stiff hard benches. Karin and Naruto choose to take a seat on the bench in front of the raven haired boy, sitting side ways as to see the boy behind them.
Sasuke took a moment to look around at his surroundings. They were seniors now; and after a few months they would be free to choose what to do with their lives. A thought passed his mind that he should be elated to be rid of the hemorrhoid known as sister Chiyo, but honestly he felt more conflicted than anything.
Thoughts raged through his mind like where he and Naruto would be in the next few years. Would they still be close, or would their relationship rot away like decomposing garbage left out on the sidewalk? Was school the foundation and strings holding them together? What will happen to them when those strings are cut? Would he become another lifeless dummy abandoned by his puppeteer? If that was the case he would rather suffer a hundred more years in this school.
"Earth to Sasuke, come in reject. This is Huston requesting substance" Naruto bit out sarcastically.
Karin could only smile at the two as Sasuke glared at the overly bubbly blonde. "I need to EAT! I'm losing precious calories. Are we chowing or what?"
Before Sasuke could answer, his cell phone went off. He quickly fished it out of his pocket and checked the front screen to see who it was. It was a new text message from Gaara.
Gaara - Is my princess hungry? I'm outside, let's blow this town up
Sasuke couldn't resist the raised eyebrow at reading 'Princess'.
Sasuke - Go die
"Don't ignore me asshole" Naruto puffed out in aggravation. Sasuke could be such a prick sometimes.
Karin couldn't help the small smile that crossed her lips at Naruto slight show of jealousy. It was true the two had been getting closer, and that Naruto has been taking advantage of the fact that Sasuke dotes on him in his own special way. However, she couldn't help wonder what the blond would do if Sasuke had someone else to monopolize his time. After all, Sasuke wasn't a saint and he wasn't going to go through life without a partner. With school coming to an end in less than six months, she wondered what would become of the two.
"Relax Naruto, Sasuke is just texting his new BF," Karin teased. It was always fun to push the jealousy button Naruto was beginning to develop ever since Sasuke and Gaara had been hanging out. The reaction was always priceless. True to form, Naruto didn't disappoint.
Naruto couldn't stop the uneasy feeling that began to bubble up from his stomach and into his chest. Ever sense this 'Gaara' kid had been hanging out with Sasuke, he had felt the lashes from the whip of jealousy. He sure it was normal of course. After all, Sasuke was his best friend and he didn't want that to change. But slowly he was beginning to feel the dynamics of their relationship shift. Surely it was all this, 'Gaara's' fault. Naruto was sure it was just that he didn't want to lose his precious friendship.
Before Naruto could say something snidely about the so called 'great' Gaara, Sasuke spoke up.
"You guys are going to have to fly solo, I got plans" Sasuke said matter-of-factly as he shoved his phone into his pocket and stood up.
Without a second thought, Naruto hopped up and quickly followed the raven haired boy out of the church through the back door. "What the hell? What do you mean? I thought we had fucking plans?" Naruto protested strongly. He matched Sasuke's stride step by step.
"You had plans, I on the other hand said nothing of the sort," Sasuke responded calmly as he exited through the back of the church and out into the parking lot. All the while he could feel Naruto drilling holes into the side of his face, and hear Karin's shoes scuffling up behind him.
The cold wind whipped at their hair and licked at their skin. Even the moisture in their eyes seemed to have frozen over. December was upon them, and with it the snow was surely to follow. The sky above the walking trio was a steel grey.
In the near distance Gaara came into view. He stood leaning against his Yamaha R1 with a helmet held against the crock of his right elbow and waist. His blood red locks swaying in the wind matched the red flames painted on his black motorcycle. Blue, ripped-up, jeans clad his legs while his chest sported a black T-shirt with Animal on it under his leather jacket.
Within seconds, his steely green eyes locked on to the trio as they approached.
Before Sasuke could walk up to Gaara, Naruto grabbed his hand and turned him forcefully to him. "Where are you going" Naruto said more as a demand than a question.
Karin quietly watched the current situation unfold. Whether Naruto knew it or not, his feelings towards Sasuke seem to be changing. In what direction Karin wasn't completely sure, but she did know that whatever the outcome; it was bound to come to a head soon.
"I have plans," Sasuke replied as he tried to shake Naruto's hold off of him.
Naruto audibly growled at Sasuke's evasive answer. Why couldn't the raven haired boy be straight forward for once? "What's going on between you two?" As he posed his question, he felt that uneasy feeling well up again. "What is he too you?"
Sasuke searched Naruto's eyes. He didn't know what he was looking for exactly, but he knew he would understand what it was if he found it. Maybe he was looking for a stronger emotion than that of friendship that could be dwelling inside the blonde; a sliver of hope to show him that he wasn't simply floating between limbo and this heartbreaking reality.
He saw nothing, and it was all the more devastating.
"What's it to you? It's not like you're my boyfriend," Sasuke stated a little more harshly than necessary, but he was hurt. He was sick of this never ending merry-go-round he and Naruto were stuck on.
Naruto felt taken-aback from Sasuke's words. His hand slipped from his grip on the other boys arm. He could do nothing but watch Sasuke put on the helmet offered to him and get on the back of Gaara's bike. Still his protesting words wouldn't come to him as he saw Sasuke wrap his arms around the red head's torso as they peeled out of the school's parking lot.
All he could hear was Sasuke's parting words repeating in his head, 'What's it to you? It's not like you're my boyfriend."
Karin choose to break the heavy silence left in Sasuke's wake, "Don't sweet it, we can grab a bight to eat down the road; my treat."
Numbly Naruto nodded his head in agreement. Without thought, he walked in the direction his car was in. For some reason, his best friend's words had set his heart a flutter and then crashing down like an unpiloted commercial jet. It felt like his stomach was doing gymnastics.
'What is this feeling?' Naruto thought confoundedly. Although the feeling was alien to him, it wasn't bad; just felt missed placed or new. It wasn't a far stretch to say he wanted to feel it again. Whatever it was, Naruto knew it was brought to life by Sasuke and that whenever the other boy was involved nothing came easy.
Putting his thoughts on the back burner, Naruto hopped into the car with Karin in the passenger seat. He was hungry, and in his personal opinion, one couldn't think clearly without substance.
"Burger Dirt" Naruto asked as he turned the key in the ignition?
"Hell yea," Karin answered with a small smile and a fist pump. "Time for some fucking awesome greasy onion rings!"
"Yea, well don't forget you're paying" Naruto teased as he pulled out of the parking lot. Briefly he gave thought to where Sasuke was, but then he shook his head to rid himself of thoughts about that bastard.
"Yeah yeah, just get us there stat you fucking Jew," Karin spat out playfully as she bleared her favorite song through the stereo speakers.
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All Sasuke could hear was the roar of the motorcycles engine and the howling of the wind as they road through town. He didn't know where they were headed nor did he care; just as long as he was far away from Naruto. He needed breathing room, point blank.
Sasuke's curiosity as to where they were headed was cured as they pulled into the downtown Chinese district. They pulled into a parking lot to a restaurant Sasuke couldn't begin to read the name of. He could only tell it was a restaurant due to the sweat smells wafting in the air from the establishment.
Gaara brought the bike to a halt in a parking spot, and killed the engine. Using his left foot he kicked out the kick stand before getting off the bike. Sasuke took off his helmet and handed it to the red head as he got off the bike.
"Hungry?" Gaara asked as he strapped the helmet to his bike.
"Starved" Sasuke answered as he carded his hand through his black locks.
Assuming Sasuke would follow, Gaara walked toward the entrance of the restaurant. "I hope you like authentic Chinese food. This restaurant belongs to my family." Gaara stated as he held the door open for Sasuke.
Honestly speaking it was rare for Gaara to open up to anyone. There was only one other person he had been able to open his self up to; and just by bringing Sasuke here it was a show of how interested he was in the raven haired boy. Although his original approach towards Sasuke was anything but incidental or pure, his feelings now were becoming genuine. But perhaps, that was him playing the devil's advocate.
Gaara shook his head as the memories from his past began to surface, and followed Sasuke into the modestly decorated restaurant chiming a bell upon their entrance. Behind the desk in the reception area sat his grandmother. The reception area had deep red colored wall with hints of gold blended in. The room was small with rice paper doors blocked the view of the dining area. Cushioned benches lined the right side of the little room forming an L against two walls at the corner.
At the sound of the bell, Gaara's grandmother looked up from her paper work and smiled brightly. Sasuke noted that the receptionist had a kind, but worn, old face. She brightened instantly when she saw Gaara. She was short with her hair pinned up in a twist. She looked like a petit, traditional Chinese grandmother. The stereo type made Sasuke smile.
The woman spoken in a language Sasuke couldn't understand as she embraced Gaara and smiled at him.
"Sun Zi, Tai hao le! Jinlai, Jinlai. Ni hao ma? Ta shi shei de pengyou ma?" She asked Gaara while smiling up at Sasuke.
Gaara couldn't help the chuckle that escaped him upon seeing Sasuke's confused face. "Ni hao waipo. Wo hun hao. Hao, ta shi wo pengyou. Gege, jie jie dou zai nar?"
Gaara's grandmother nodded her head before responding, "Gege, ji e jie dou hun mang. Qingwen, ni pengyou guixing?
Gaara turned to Sasuke as he spoke, "Sasuke this is my grandmother Lin-Na." He turned back to his grandmother to complete the introductions, "Waipo, tai shi wo pengyou Sasuke."
Lin-Na bowed to Sasuke and said, "Gaoxing renshi! Wo ming zu Lin-Na."
Not knowing what else to do, Sasuke bowed back and gave Lin-Na a small smile in return.
Lin-Na looked at both boys while asking, "Ni E ma? Chi fan?"
Gaara translated for Sasuke. "Sorry, my grandmother doesn't speak English. She wants to know if we are hungry."
Sasuke nodded his head. He was beyond starving at this point. Gaara answered in the positive and followed his grandmother through the dining area and into the chief's kitchen. Sasuke watched the two exchange words before Lin-Na departed and Gaara put on an apron and surprisingly started to cook.
Seeing the unfamiliar ingredients' the red head was preparing, Sasuke began to get nervous. He was more of a general Tao's kind of guy. Occasionally when he was feeling daring he would pop off some Lo'mein, other than that he wasn't so sure.
"So I'm thinking General Tao chicken," Sasuke voiced seriously.
Gaara sent him a mischievous, but sensual smirk, over his shoulder. "I told you we server 'authentic' Chinese food. It's blasphemy to mention that cheep, American, imitation crap.
"I'm not adventurous, and I 'LIKE' that cheap American crap," Sasuke replied smartly. There was nothing wrong with deep fried, glorious, chicken in an oozing sweat but spicy sauce. Fuck anyone who said otherwise.
The other boy simply smirked at Sasuke's words as he removed his apron. The room was heating up quickly, forcing Gaara to remove his jacket. With deft hands, the red head grabbed the bottom hem of his shirt and slowly lifted it above his head; giving Sasuke a close look at his toned body and perfectly shaped abs. The face of a Dragon was over his heart breathing fire over his abs and as Gaara turned around to put his apron back on, the rest of the dragon's body covered his back. The wings wrapped all the way around his sides onto his ribcage. Its shimmering scales were chameleon like with hues of red, blue, green, and gold.
He couldn't deny it, Gaara was beautiful.
Gaara floated around the kitchen with such ease and familiarity that it looked like poetry in motion. The flames roared up as Gaara started shimming the giant metal wok on top of the range. Various Chinese vegetables were added, and some unrecognizable meat. The smell would make anyone salivate.
Just as quickly as Gaara had started, he was done. He set the small kitchen on the table with chopsticks, and two small bowls of steamed white rice. He than laid a large platter on the center of the table and transported the contents of the iron wok onto it.
The red head sent Sasuke another mysterious smirk before sitting down and picking up one of the small rice bowls and began to eat. At Sasuke hesitance to sit down and eat he gave a questionable look.
"I promise it's good," Gaara said as he stuffed some of the main dish into his mouth.
"What is it exactly?" Sasuke asked as he sat down cautiously.
"In English it's called the Dragon," Gaara answered while laughing from the look on the other boys face.
Not wanting to seem childish, Sasuke began eating the rice steering clear of the main dish.
Noticing this, Gaara taunted him, "Don't tell me you're scared of a simple dish as this. Are all Catholic boys this pathetic?"
Sasuke was quick to send a glare of disdain towards Gaara before taking some of the offered dish and eating it. The texture was slightly odd, that was for sure. However, the overall taste was delicious. The vegetables blended wonderfully together in a clear sauce that melted over his tongue. It felt like liquid sex. He couldn't control the moan that escaped him nor the closing of his eyes. Fuck it was good.
A slight intake of breath caused him to re-open his eyes. Gaara's lids had lowered some, it seemed like his irises were glowing. "I'm fucking rock hard right now," Gaara rasped out without shame. A smirk tipping his lips up at the side.
Not wanting to open the Pandora box Gaara was offering, Sasuke thought it wise to change the subject. "So what is this stuff anyways?"
Taking the hint, Gaara sat back and deglazed his eyes. "Bok Choy, a type of Chinese cabbage along with some other Chinese vegetables."
"And the meat?" Sasuke asked as he stuffed his face with more of the tasty "Dragon" dish.
"Tripe" Gaara answered deviously.
Every part of Sasuke's body froze. He must have heard Gaara wrong. There was no way he was eating cow stomach. "As in…?"
The red head smiled almost deceptively lovingly, as he replied, "Yes."
Sasuke's eyes grew bigger as the food seemed to turn to dust in his mouth. "Stomach -."
Gaara's eyes positively glowed with his response, "From the very bottom."
"I'm going to be fucking sick," Sasuke said as he turned green. How such a glorious dish could be made with tripe! It was unheard of!
The red headed menace could only chuckle at Sasuke's dismay. "Putting that a side. I can tell Naruto has feelings for you."
Gaara's comment instantly sobered Sasuke. "Of course he does, we are best friends," he responded as he took a gulp of water.
Gaara watched Sasuke calculatingly before continuing, "It's more than that. I can see it by the way he looks at you and whether he realizes it or not, he wants more of you than you're giving."
An uncharacteristic snort came forth from Sasuke as he looked off to the side. He was done wishing and hoping that Naruto would have some longing for him. The blonde held no desire for him, and there was no use thinking otherwise. "No, you are mistaken."
Silence rained upon the two before Gaara spoke up, "Let me prove it to you."
Without permission, Sasuke's eyes sought out Gaara's. He felt foolish for allowing hope to simmer once again within him. He had thought it was all but dried up like vast deserted desert. Be he was only a simple flawed human, and his desires stilled ruled over him like any other man.
Was it possible?
"How," the words voiced themselves as he looked hard at Gaara.
For a moment Gaara felt a twig of pain resonant within his chest. Whether it be from memories long passed or the present that he was now confronted with he did not know, but it was just as real and unpleasant.
"All humans are the same; they crave for what they don't have. They long for what they lose, and desire the undesirable. Let me be your catalyst Sasuke." Gaara said seriously.
"What are you saying," Sasuke asked entranced.
"Naruto will fight for you only when he thinks he has lost you. Pretend to be my boyfriend, and he will go mad with envy." Gaara's voice washed over Sasuke like hypnotism.
Sasuke seriously contemplated the Gaara's words. They seemed too good to be true, too sacrificial. Nothing came without a price. "What do you want in return?"
The other boy sat back with a deep breath. 'What do I want huh?' Gaara thought. He was treading on a thin line. He was playing with fire, and although there was a real possibility that he would get burned, he craved the heat. "If he truly doesn't fight for you, you will give me a chance. Keep in mind that although I'll be the 'fake' boyfriend, I'll be aiming for the real thing."
Gaara's price didn't seem so high. After all, in a way, it was a win-win situation for Sasuke. Putting aside the red heads suspicious past, Gaara seemed like a generally nice guy. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and Gaara could be the devil in disguise.
"Fine," Sasuke agreed.
Gaara stuck out his hand to shake on it and as soon as Sasuke's hand touched his he pulled the raven haired boy close for a searing deep kiss. Just as quick as it happened, Gaara pulled away with a smile and said, "I told you I was rock hard."
"Rot in hell bastard," Sasuke said before standing from the table. "Take me home fucker."
Gaara laughed before standing up and removing his apron. He quickly replaced his t-shirt and leather jacket before leading Sasuke back out of the restaurant. They both wished the grandmother farewell, Gaara promised to come home right after dropping his friend off.
The ride to Sasuke's house was quick. The street lights were on and the hostel cold winds whipped at their skin once again. Once in front of Sasuke's house, the raven haired boy hopped off the bike handing the helmet back to its owner. Before he could walk up the path to his front porch, Gaara grabbed a hold of his hand.
"Although I'm helping you, I'll be fighting for you too," Gaara stated without beating around the bush. He was in this just as much for himself.
Sasuke looked into his sea green eyes for a few minutes before nodding his head in understanding. However he too needed to be straight forward. "I love him." It was true, he did. No one would ever be as good for him as Naruto. He knew this with all of his being.
Just like Sasuke, Gaara looked into his eyes for a few minutes before nodding his head in understanding. Love couldn't be forced but it could grow if the right environment is there.
"Night," Sasuke said before turning and walking to his door.
Gaara watched after Sasuke even after he entered his home and closed the door. Only after his cheeks were stained red from the wind did he put on his helmet and take off down the street. On his drive towards home he couldn't help but think; things were about to get interesting.
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TBC
Authors note:
I'm so sorry for the wait guys. I have had to deal with a few deaths from close people around me. I hope you all stay with me, and please know that all your encouraging words and ideas have kept this story alive and has made it what it is today.
Updates will be back on track. I hope everyone has liked the introduction of Gaara to this story. This is where all the fun begins! I have many more tricks up my sleeves, so stayed tuned!
Love you guys!