Smothered
Gaara slumped in the tree he was sitting in, he had removed his gourd from his back and it was resting at the foot of the tree.
He raised his head slightly, summoning sand from his gourd. "Take shape." he commanded, the sand he was holding formed into a small bird. "Go home and tell Hino to send me another gourd with sand from my home." the bird squaked and flew away.
"Well, at least I'll get something more from my home land." he said looking at the ocean that was near his new school. "I can't believe it's been this long." he sighed, "I can't believe that it's been almost a year since I left the desert to seek the ocean.... I really miss them..."
"How sweet, is Gaara homesick?" came a deep voice from below him.
"Shut up, Zabuza. Like you would care." he growled, looking at the older man.
"That was quite a performance you gave Kakashi this morning." the man said jumping into the tree with Gaara. "Was it true you used your coffin against him?"
"Did you hear that I did?"
"Yes. I did, Gaara." Zabuza said, he had situated himself in the branch next to his. "You could have killed him, why did you hold back?"
"Because I could." he said sadly. "I didn't want to kill him like.... nevermind. Why are you bothering me anyways, Zabuza-sensei?" he asked, accenting 'sensei'.
"You look hungry," he said, Gaara could tell he was smiling, his bandages bent slightly at the corners of his mouth. "and, you look as though you want to go back to hidden sand."
"That's because I do, and I am a little hungry. I just don't want to face those mongrels, they'll probably hound me, asking how I 'almost beat Kakashi-sensei'." he said with disgust lining his voice.
"Probably, but other students would've jumped at the chance to become famous for that." Zabuza said with a deep chuckle.
"But I'm not one of those other students who don't take being a ninja seriously. I feel sorry for their homelands. They're probably going to be annihilated by one of the stronger ones anyway." he said looking into Zabuza's eyes. "Why did you take me into your home, Zabuza?"
"Because you interest me and Haku." the man said with an amused face. "Plus, Haku would've been pissed if I just left you there on the street." he started to mimick Haku's voice, 'Dammit Zabuza! What if someone snatches him up like a prostitute looking for a good time?! I can't believe you would be so insinsitive to that boy, who's obviously in need!!'
"Did he really say that about me?" Gaara asked, making a face.
Zabuza raised his hands and said, "I swear it on my life."
"I can't believe that Haku would say that about me!" Gaara said jumping out of the tree. He went to pick up his gourd.
"I'll take that." Zabuza said hauling it over his shoulder. "Geez, what do you keep in here, rocks?"
"Nope, just sand. Like always." Gaara said, laughing a bit. "I never did thank you two, did I?" he paused, looking at the older man who was strugling to carry his gourd. "Here, give me that back."
"Gladly." the other man said holding it out to Gaara, who took it gracefully and put it around his shoulders. "and, No you didn't."
"I will, eventually." Gaara said running up to the doors. "See you later, Zabuza!"
The other man shook his hand in pain. "Geez, my sword doesn't even weigh as much as his sand gourd!" he shook his hand a few more times before going back into the building.
Naruto was still in shock at what he saw, Kakashi, his teacher, was almost beat by a complete stranger!
"Hey, bone-head. Why're you so quiet?" came Sasuke's taunt.
"I can't get that... that boy out of my mind! It's driving me crazy." he said looking at Sasuke sadly. "I can't help it.... everytime I change the subject in my mind, it comes back to him.... trying to hurt Kakashi- sensei."
"It's not like there's much for you to think about in the small brain of yours..." Sakura said, pausing to look up at Naruto before continuing to eat her rice. "Anyways, get over it. Kakashi-sensei is fine. Iruka-sensei is taking care of him."
"Hey, here he comes." Sasuke said looking at the newcomer entering the lunch room.
Gaara walked slowly up to the lunch line. It was almost empty, so he took his place and waited for his lunch.
"What do you want to eat today?" asked the lunch server.
"Rice." he said, opening his eyes wider.
"Anything else?" she asked Gaara politely.
"No, no thank you." the red-head said, minding his manners. 'Haku had been persistant in making me use them, so might as well start here.' he thought as he recieved his rice, he walked towards the door.
"Hey! Over here! Come sit with us!" came a shout from his right.
He turned to see three students that were in his first class. He nodded and walked over to them.
"Are you sure you want me to sit with you? I figured that most of you would be scared of me by now." he mumbled to the trio.
"Yes, now sit down." Sasuke said to the other boy. "What's your name, again?"
"I am Gaara of the Sand."
"Going from the left: Uchicha Sasuke next to him is Uzumaki Naruto, and I am Haruno Sakura. It's a pleasure to meet you, Gaara." she said happily.
"Gaara!" came a high voice. "Gaara!"
The boy mentioned turned his head to see Haku running towards him. When the other man came up he sat down next to him. "How's your first day going so far?"
"Fine, it's not spectacular though." Gaara said looking at the girly figure next to him.
"Awww. I'm sorry, sweetie. If you don't like it here, I won't force you to come back. It's just that your mother would've been proud if her only son went to the same school that she did. I think it's nice." Haku said smiling. "Have you seen Zabby-chan any today?"
"Yup, in my first class and a short while ago. Why?" Gaara asked looking at the boy with a grin. He leaned closer and whispered to the boy, "You wanna jump his bones or something?"
"Gaara! Such a mouth on you!" Haku said with a laugh. "But, you're right, sweetums. I leave you with your friends." he placed a kiss on the red-heads forhead. "Bye."
"Wait til' you get home at least!" Gaara called to the retreating boy.
"You know Haku-sensei personally?" Sasuke asked.
"I live with him, nothing special." Gaara said turning his attention back to the three he was sitting with. "Zabuza's house, though."
Naruto who had been quiet through the whole conversation finally added, "That's so cool! Is it any fun living with sensei's?"
"I can be. Sometimes." Gaara said with a sad smile. "But when 'Zabby-chan' constantly teasing and bugging you...."
"Zabby-chan?" Sasuke asked.
"Zabuza." Gaara said, looking directly at Sasuke, unnervingly. "Haku and I call him 'Zabby or Zabby-chan'."
The bell rang, signalling that it was the end of lunch.
Gaara slumped in the tree he was sitting in, he had removed his gourd from his back and it was resting at the foot of the tree.
He raised his head slightly, summoning sand from his gourd. "Take shape." he commanded, the sand he was holding formed into a small bird. "Go home and tell Hino to send me another gourd with sand from my home." the bird squaked and flew away.
"Well, at least I'll get something more from my home land." he said looking at the ocean that was near his new school. "I can't believe it's been this long." he sighed, "I can't believe that it's been almost a year since I left the desert to seek the ocean.... I really miss them..."
"How sweet, is Gaara homesick?" came a deep voice from below him.
"Shut up, Zabuza. Like you would care." he growled, looking at the older man.
"That was quite a performance you gave Kakashi this morning." the man said jumping into the tree with Gaara. "Was it true you used your coffin against him?"
"Did you hear that I did?"
"Yes. I did, Gaara." Zabuza said, he had situated himself in the branch next to his. "You could have killed him, why did you hold back?"
"Because I could." he said sadly. "I didn't want to kill him like.... nevermind. Why are you bothering me anyways, Zabuza-sensei?" he asked, accenting 'sensei'.
"You look hungry," he said, Gaara could tell he was smiling, his bandages bent slightly at the corners of his mouth. "and, you look as though you want to go back to hidden sand."
"That's because I do, and I am a little hungry. I just don't want to face those mongrels, they'll probably hound me, asking how I 'almost beat Kakashi-sensei'." he said with disgust lining his voice.
"Probably, but other students would've jumped at the chance to become famous for that." Zabuza said with a deep chuckle.
"But I'm not one of those other students who don't take being a ninja seriously. I feel sorry for their homelands. They're probably going to be annihilated by one of the stronger ones anyway." he said looking into Zabuza's eyes. "Why did you take me into your home, Zabuza?"
"Because you interest me and Haku." the man said with an amused face. "Plus, Haku would've been pissed if I just left you there on the street." he started to mimick Haku's voice, 'Dammit Zabuza! What if someone snatches him up like a prostitute looking for a good time?! I can't believe you would be so insinsitive to that boy, who's obviously in need!!'
"Did he really say that about me?" Gaara asked, making a face.
Zabuza raised his hands and said, "I swear it on my life."
"I can't believe that Haku would say that about me!" Gaara said jumping out of the tree. He went to pick up his gourd.
"I'll take that." Zabuza said hauling it over his shoulder. "Geez, what do you keep in here, rocks?"
"Nope, just sand. Like always." Gaara said, laughing a bit. "I never did thank you two, did I?" he paused, looking at the older man who was strugling to carry his gourd. "Here, give me that back."
"Gladly." the other man said holding it out to Gaara, who took it gracefully and put it around his shoulders. "and, No you didn't."
"I will, eventually." Gaara said running up to the doors. "See you later, Zabuza!"
The other man shook his hand in pain. "Geez, my sword doesn't even weigh as much as his sand gourd!" he shook his hand a few more times before going back into the building.
Naruto was still in shock at what he saw, Kakashi, his teacher, was almost beat by a complete stranger!
"Hey, bone-head. Why're you so quiet?" came Sasuke's taunt.
"I can't get that... that boy out of my mind! It's driving me crazy." he said looking at Sasuke sadly. "I can't help it.... everytime I change the subject in my mind, it comes back to him.... trying to hurt Kakashi- sensei."
"It's not like there's much for you to think about in the small brain of yours..." Sakura said, pausing to look up at Naruto before continuing to eat her rice. "Anyways, get over it. Kakashi-sensei is fine. Iruka-sensei is taking care of him."
"Hey, here he comes." Sasuke said looking at the newcomer entering the lunch room.
Gaara walked slowly up to the lunch line. It was almost empty, so he took his place and waited for his lunch.
"What do you want to eat today?" asked the lunch server.
"Rice." he said, opening his eyes wider.
"Anything else?" she asked Gaara politely.
"No, no thank you." the red-head said, minding his manners. 'Haku had been persistant in making me use them, so might as well start here.' he thought as he recieved his rice, he walked towards the door.
"Hey! Over here! Come sit with us!" came a shout from his right.
He turned to see three students that were in his first class. He nodded and walked over to them.
"Are you sure you want me to sit with you? I figured that most of you would be scared of me by now." he mumbled to the trio.
"Yes, now sit down." Sasuke said to the other boy. "What's your name, again?"
"I am Gaara of the Sand."
"Going from the left: Uchicha Sasuke next to him is Uzumaki Naruto, and I am Haruno Sakura. It's a pleasure to meet you, Gaara." she said happily.
"Gaara!" came a high voice. "Gaara!"
The boy mentioned turned his head to see Haku running towards him. When the other man came up he sat down next to him. "How's your first day going so far?"
"Fine, it's not spectacular though." Gaara said looking at the girly figure next to him.
"Awww. I'm sorry, sweetie. If you don't like it here, I won't force you to come back. It's just that your mother would've been proud if her only son went to the same school that she did. I think it's nice." Haku said smiling. "Have you seen Zabby-chan any today?"
"Yup, in my first class and a short while ago. Why?" Gaara asked looking at the boy with a grin. He leaned closer and whispered to the boy, "You wanna jump his bones or something?"
"Gaara! Such a mouth on you!" Haku said with a laugh. "But, you're right, sweetums. I leave you with your friends." he placed a kiss on the red-heads forhead. "Bye."
"Wait til' you get home at least!" Gaara called to the retreating boy.
"You know Haku-sensei personally?" Sasuke asked.
"I live with him, nothing special." Gaara said turning his attention back to the three he was sitting with. "Zabuza's house, though."
Naruto who had been quiet through the whole conversation finally added, "That's so cool! Is it any fun living with sensei's?"
"I can be. Sometimes." Gaara said with a sad smile. "But when 'Zabby-chan' constantly teasing and bugging you...."
"Zabby-chan?" Sasuke asked.
"Zabuza." Gaara said, looking directly at Sasuke, unnervingly. "Haku and I call him 'Zabby or Zabby-chan'."
The bell rang, signalling that it was the end of lunch.