I'm reallllllly sorry for the long update time..but i'm lazy i guess. But here is the ending so please review and maybe i'll update some more of my stories including a sequel to 30 Ways To Annoy Inuyasha..if i get at least 10 reviews.

Thank-you for reading this story and not hating me for it.

-- 3 Aki

Chapter 11: Closure

Tmp, tmp, tmp. Gaara ran through the woods, fallen leaves muffling his footsteps.

'I've walked this way one too many times. Damn this feeling,' he growled silently. A bird swooped in front of him, black as coal, only with a red stripe on its head. It circled him five times and flew to his right. TO his surprise, he saw a small worn path. Curiously, he followed it. The path seemed to go on for eternity, maybe three miles in reality. As he got close to the end, he heard a soft voice.

Hey there, I know it's hard to feel like I don't care at all

Where you are and how you feel with these lights of as these wheels keep rolling on and on

Slow things down or speed them up, not enough or way too much

How are you when I'm gone?

There was a sudden change of pace in the lyrics.

And I can't make it on my own because my heart is in Ohio

So cut my wrists and black my eyes so I can fall asleep tonight or die because you kill me well

You know you do, you kill me well, you like it too and I can tell you'll never stop until my final breath is gone

Spare me just three last words, "I love you" is all she heard

I'll wait for you, but I can't wait forever

Gaara leaned forward, carelessly stepping on a stick in the process. The singing stopped abruptly.

"W-who's there?" a trembling voice asked.

The sand ninja fumbled for words; surely if he didn't answer then she would run.

"Sabaku no Gaara," he stated clearly. He heard a gasp in response to that name. The object of his tortured love stepped out from behind the bushes.

"H-how d-did you f-find this p-place?" she stuttered.

"A little black and red bird," he said in his usual monotone.

He watched as she whistled two clear low notes and two high notes. The messenger swooped down and landed on her shoulder. He stared at it, wanting to laugh for some odd reason. The creature had led him to the very person he was looking for and it turns out that it was her pet.

"A-are you l-lost or d-did y-you want t-to s-speak to m-me?" she questioned shyly.

"I-I..uhhh-" he turned abruptly and started back to camp regretfully. 'What was I thinking? She wouldn't love a monster like me in a million years no matter what Temari says,' he lashed at himself. He stopped when he felt something grabbing his arm. Slowly Gaara turned around and looked into lavender pools of light.

"T-there has to b-be a r-reason that Kurai d-directed you h-h-here," Hinata said to him, blushing. "He n-never r-revealed my special p-place before. N-not even t-to K-kiba-kun or Shino-kun."

"So that makes me special then?" Gaara questioned with naarowed eyes.

"H-hai."

"Maybe it was for this," the red-headed monster said before drawing her close in a loving embrace. He lowered his mouth to hers and light brushed his lips against hers. "Do you agree?" he asked smiling slightly.

"Hai," she agreed before claiming his lips with her own.

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