"What was that all about?" Naruto scratched his head as Sasuke smiled and all of the girls had glowing smiles on their faces. Everyone's expressions revolved around Gaara who had just recited a personal mantra before he threw himself over the couch behind him, his legs still hanging over the back. He whispered the entire thing but they still heard him clearly.

"It calms me down, Baka" Gaara said gruffly as the Uzumaki boy still had no idea what everyone was beaming about. Ino, Sakura, and Tenten vaulted over the sofa to catch a seat by Gaara, hoping to hear more of his poetic ramblings. He shut his eyes, tuning out his surroundings as everyone tried to talk at once. The voices, overlapping one-another one by one made what they were saying scrambled, and annoying. It was like having multiple radioes in one room, all tuned to different stations playing different songs, you wouldn't be able to make out any lyrics, wouldn't you? Wouldn't it drive you insane? Wouldn't it at least make you want to yell at the top of your lungs?

"Uuuuuggghhhhhnnn!" Gaara grunted, rolling over backwards and into a coffee table as his breathing and bodily jitters escalated back towards their full speed. Everyone jumped again, what happened, they all thought. Wasn't he okay a second ago? All that thinking, and once again, slow to take action. An idea came to Gaara's mind, lifting his right hand to the base of his neck. He made a fist, leaving his first two fingers and thumb out as he felt for a certain spot to grab on to. Finding the point of interest, nerve point to be exact, he squeezed as hard as he could, making his eyes widen before he fell over on his side, passed out.

"Wait! What?! What just happened?" Naruto ran over to the limp boy, slapping him to see if he was genuinley passed out. He sat Gaara up, and he just fell over again like a sack of potatoes. "How'd he do that?"

"He pinched a nerve until he passed out." Sasuke turned around, walking into the kitchen and pouring himself a cold drink.

"Like a ninja?"

"Ninjas aren't real, dobe"

"How do you know that, have you seen one? Hm?"

"No."

"So you don't know that! Nya!" Naruto stuck his tongue out at Sasuke, foolishly defending his childish beliefs.

"Shut up!" Sasuke reached inside a bowl on the kitchen counter, taking hold of an apple, and then throwing at at the blonde. The piece of fruit flew across the room, coming into full speed, it struck the idiot right in the head. It should've hurt, but Naruto only reacted by smiling and bringing the projectile to his mouth.

"Well? Should we wake him up?" Tenten nudged Gaara with her foot, making a hiccup exit his vocals.

"Yeah. C'mon, Naruto help me bring him outside, I have an idea."

"This is stupid. It won't end well"

The group had carried Gaara outside and set him down on the front lawns perect green grass. To wake the poor boy, Sasuke readied a water hose, obvious to everyone what he was going to do next. The garden utensil generating an arched stream of clear water, the black eyed boy slowly maneuvered the stream ever closer to Gaara's face. As the cold liquid was now landing on his face, the knocked out Uchiha continued to slumber.

"It's not working" Naruto pointed out the obvious, making a vein on Sasuke's head bulge out in irritation.

"You do something then!" he threw the garden hose to his friend, prompting him to attempt an idea of his own. He kept the stream over Gaara's face, and then used his free hand to clasp his nose shut. Now unable to breathe, his eyes shot open to see Naruto looming over him with that same goofy smile he always wore. He got up off of the lawn, his shirt and shorts soaking set as water still continued to run off the corners of his clothes like a river off a cliff. His attention was turned towards Sakura, who along with Naruto, was laughing with utter joy. An idea of revenge popped up in Gaara's mind as he designated his two targets. He walked over to Sakura, taking off his shirt and wringing it out over her head, and then turned to throw the now heavy article of clothing at Naruto's face, causing a loud slapping noise to occur as he fell over. Then, he uttered his own laughter before he left the group to go inside.

A few hours went by in the Uchiha house, and no-one had seen Gaara since earlier that day. He followed his normal routine, shutting himself inside his room, not leaving for anything until he decided to take a shower. The bodily cleansing process complete, the bathroom door opened slowly, a hot cloud of steam eerily pouring out of the frame of the door as a black silhouette raced through the fog and into another room. After the second door closes it opens again as the silhouette darts through the fog once again and back into the bathroom.

"What's he doing?" Sakura poked her head out over the couch, staring into the fog which cloaked the hallway while wafting a heavenly scent through the area. After a few more minutes the fog cleared, and she saw Gaara exit the bathroom and go back into his room, noticing something different in his appearance as he did so. Five more quick minutes pass, and Gaara walks back into the main room, now fully clothed. He wore a long sleeve red and black checkerboard flannel shirt that hugged his form perfectly, and a pair of black cargo shorts that went a little past his knees. He walked into the kitchen, grabbing a broom and dust-pan before he went back into the bathroom. After yet a few more seconds everyone watched him walk back into the kitchen to see him dispose of the contents held upon the cleaning tool, red hair.

"You cut your hair!"

"Yes, yes I did. So what?"

Gaara did in fact cut his hair, but it was only a little trim. His hair looked the same, but his shorter bangs left the tattoo on the corner of his headline visible.

"When did you get that?" Tenten pointed to the spot where he had his tattoo, a beaming smile on her face for discovering something new about her friend.

"Gotta go!" Gaara ran out of the house, car keys in hand as he was clearly expected elsewhere.

"I showed up. Now tell me want it is you 'need' to talk about so much"

"Us... I miss, no. I need you. I want you to be mine again."

"Don't... don't do that. Keep your hands off of me.."

"When my family moved over here I was so happy, so joyed that we could get a chance to be together again."

"Chance? No such thing exist. I told you before, you no longer mean anything to me."

"Don't say that... You know it's not true.."

"Wha-What're you doing? Get back... Stay away! Mmph!"

"Mmmmmm..."

"Get off of me! I said stay away! Stay away!"

"Gaara! Where are you going!?"