"Has he talked to you?" I sighed, shaking my head. "For the first few days he would leave the dorm before I woke up and if he got back when I was there he would immediately leave and then come back after I was asleep. Now he doesn't do that, he just stays sitting at his desk reading the books and writing down notes. He doesn't make any move to any of the food that I bring him or leave in the fridge for him. When lunch time rolls around at school, he takes off to go eat on his own." Gaara sighed while I took a bite from my sushi wrap. We were sitting in the park, trying to get me away from the study crazed roommate of mine.

"Oh that reminds me." I looked over towards Gaara to see him pull out my journal from his pocket. "All the pages are together now in that book." I smiled. "Thanks… I'm glad your uncle taught you how to mend books… I wouldn't have known where to put the pages since I don't bond well with folders." I put my sushi wrap in my one hand while I grabbed my journal from him and placed it into my pouch. "Akuma, you know you could stay with me until Sasuke is out of this phase." Gaara offered as he took a drink from his can. "I'm afraid that he will forget to eat though if I'm not there." I gave a light smile despite the long sigh that I let out.

"Listen… Temari and Kankuro are holding a party tonight for my birthday. They wanted to hold it tonight as a family sort of thing, and those two already consider you family. Why not break away from the room of boredom and eat dinner with us?" I sighed. "I'm just hoping he snaps out of it… but so far that isn't going like I want it." I took another bite from my wrap with a huge sigh. "Maybe you can make more of these sushi wraps there?" Gaara said, knowing that I did enjoy cooking. "Alright… you don't have to break my arm!" I said, giving a faint smile, which he returned.

"I'll come get you later tonight." I nodded as I stood up and threw my trash out. "At what time do I need to be ready?" I asked, turning towards Gaara. "Well I'm going to take you back to your dorm so maybe in an hour I will come get you, how does that sound?" I let out a long hum. "Actually, can you see me to the market?" Gaara stood up, throwing out his trash. "Alright I will walk you to the market then. You ready to go?" I nodded, picking up my pouch from the ground.

The walk went fast due to us talking about Gaara's birthday party that would happen tomorrow for friends. I went into the market after we reached there, and began my hunt for food to bring back for Sasuke's lunch and dinner. I cursed under my breath, remembering that I didn't ask Gaara if Kurama and Foxy could come with. I mean, Temari LOVES Foxy… and Kankuro tried to smuggle Kurama from me many times. They were probably considered family too right? I sighed. Just in case, I will pick up more food for them so that if Gaara said they couldn't come, I can leave food for them in the bathroom for them to eat.

Gaara's POV

I pulled out the key to Akuma's dorm and unlocked it before entering. I instantly noticed Sasuke writing in a notebook as he looked between several books. Foxy and Kurama came running to me, Foxy was meowing and Kurama was barking. I bent down; pulling them both into my arms as I kicked the door closed and looked around for Akuma. There was no sign that Akuma had actually come back from the market, causing me to frown. "Sasuke, where is Akuma?" I asked. He didn't say anything causing me to get irritated fast. "Damn arrogant Uchihas." I said as I pushed Foxy up so she can perch herself on my shoulder, turning my back to the dorm door before facing Sasuke.

"You don't deserve her, and you know it. You won't know what you had until you lost it… but by then; you might just be a mindless fool of the law." I could hear a low grunt come from Sasuke, but he made no motion to show that he was paying attention to anything I said. I shook my head before leaving the dorm to try and find Akuma. I left her at the market, which Teuchi and Ayame work at, so maybe they distracted Akuma since I was only gone for like what, an hour? Though with some minor delay…

"Gaara!" I looked around, trying to find the source of the yelling. I turned around to see Lee running over to me. "Lee?" He stopped running, looking around before he came over to me. "I was training earlier and noticed Akuma walking with a group of girls… those girls came back without Akuma. I fear our youthful friend might be hurt!" I glanced around. "Who did you see?" I asked, hoping Lee might know the people. "I recognize the transfer student since she is in one of my classes, but the rest I don't know." I nodded as Lee grabbed my wrist. "We must not waste time! I fear the worst for our friend!" Lee began his run, nearly causing me to be dragged along with him before he let me do my own running.

Having a cat sticking their claws into your shoulder while you are holding a fox in your arms… yeah, I can't let him drag me like he normally did, but we still had to rush to find Akuma before the worst was found. We made it to the back of the school, where the gym items were all pulled out. "I was training here when I saw the group of girls leading Akuma over… there!" he pointed to the school's back gate. It was closed, which wasn't normal since those gates weren't closed until around 8, when kids had no reason to be on the school grounds.

We raced over to the closed gate and began looking around it. It was actually possible for us to slip through the gates in order to get into that area. I went through first before helping Lee get through. "This place is filled with so much darkness…" Lee said. I had to agree with him. This entire area was eerie… and this happened to be where the school held its herbalist classes. I reached into my pocket, using my phone's screen light to light our way as we looked around.

As we walked in further, we could actually hear talking of some form, causing us to rush over to that area. It was only one of the teachers talking to the flowers that were growing in the garden. "Excuse me; have you seen a student with long blonde hair go through here?" I asked. The teacher turned and faced us. "I haven't seen anyone come through here… why?" She asked, looking between Lee and me. "We believe that a group of girls brought her back here to do harm to her once again…"

The teacher stared at us before putting down the water pitcher. "I will come help you look for her then." I glanced back towards the gate before turning to the teacher. "Do you know that the gate is closed?" I asked. The look on her face told me that she didn't know this at all. God damn that Uchiha and his neglecting traits…

-AN-

I didn't touch this chapter since its original write, so it still is in the original form that I wrote my stories. I'm giving an update as a Christmas gift to everyone… yes, everyone, even those that don't like the story. I'm trying to put effort into rewriting stories between all my shifts at work, but that really is hard.

At least I'm keeping to my promise of not putting a header at the top… I need to finish updating my other stories later today after I get done my dental appointment… that will be the longest appointment ever. Looking at my list… I'd be updating NHS, HoM and Caged… and questioning UT still of course. I just have to figure out where I put my Caged and HoM folder, since it isn't on this giga stick nor on my PC. (No I'm not worried about it being lost, since I know I can find it easily before I go to my relatives to have Christmas.) 'Why so sure about that Daemon? You normally can't find anything in the time you say!' Simple… because I have several memory sticks on my table, I just need to plug them in to update the story. Well, I'm pretty sure I fixed Chapter 3 for Caged anyway… Yeah… it should have been fixed…. I'm sure of it. Either way whatever it is for chapter 3, it will be put up as it is. Don't question my bad judgment!