Tatiana Hime - Hello to all those still reading the fanfic. i hope your enjoying it. Needless to say it's looking like the next chapter will be the last. This story has been writing itself and it so didn't turn out how i orignally planned, but I'm enjoying it all the same. i like when the characters take over and write the story themselves. Makes me job easier. lol.
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Look forward to the last chapter. I'll be posting it soon so keep an eye out for it. ja mata ne

Chapter 10 - You Are Mine

Neji didn't stop running until he reached Lee's House. He paused in front of the dooralmost scard to knock. He spent a moment fixing his hair that had come out from all the running. Gaara arrived a few moments after grinning at Neji fixinf himself before knocking on the door. Neji Knew Gaara was there and quickly stopped fixing his hair but didn't turn to awknowledge him. He raised his hand and held his breath. He didn't know why simply knocking on Lee's door was so hard for him. His frustration of not understanding his own feelings really angered him and he knocked on the door a little to hard. The door broke right off of it;s hinges and fell forward into the house landing on the entry way floor with a loud thub. Neji's eyes went wide as he realized what he had done. Gaara's eyes went wide as the door fell. There was a deadly silence as both boys looked at the door now laying on the floor, then Gaara started to laugh. It was a small laugh at first but grew. He was laughing so hard that that he was holding his stomach and a tear was forming in the corner of his eye. Neji turned seeing Gaara laughing so hard. It was a weird sight. Gaara actually looked happy. The closest thing to happy Neji had ever seen on Gaara's face was his evil looking grin. Looking at Gaara in this state made Neji smile. He didn't want to laugh but soon found himself doubled over with the red head. It took a few moments for the boys to regain there conposure.

"I don't believe it" said Temari softly to herself. She was sitting in the tree out of sight just across the sstreet from where Neji and Gaara where. She couldn't help herself and had fallowed them. In all her years with Gaara, she had never seen him laugh. Not like that. There was joy in that laugh. A single tear ran down her cheek as she watched the two boys. She couldn't tell if the tear was from sadness from him never laughing in front of her or from happiness that he could feel joy and laugh like a normal person.

Once they stopped laughing Neji's smile quickly faded and he was suddenly serious again. How could he hate someone as much as he hated Gaara and still laugh with him and get along with him. Neji hated not knowing and decided to worry about it later. Worry had filled him again. Lee should have heard the door fall in and come see what happened and even if he hadn't heard the door there was no way he couldn't have heard them laughing. Neji stepped in walking on the door. "Lee!" he yelled. His voice seemed to echo off the walls of the empty house. There was no reply. Neji's heart started to beat high as horrible thoughts started to fill his mind. He didn't even bother to take off his shoes as he bolted up the stairs, down the hall and burst into Lee's room. "Lee!" The curtian was blowing a little from the wind of an open window but the room was empty. Neji walked over and looked into the bathroom connected to Lee's room but he wasn't there either. Gaara walked into Lee's room as Neji came from the bathroom. "He's not here. How can he not be here? Where would he go? If he's well enough to be somewhere other then home he should have been in school today." Neji wasn't really talking to Gaara. He was more talking to himself and Gaara didn't respond knowing these questions were not directed at him. Neji was looking at the floor trying to figure out answers to his own questions. As he was deep in thought he felt a hand run softly down his back. It jolted him out of his thoughts and turned to see Gaara had walked up beside him. Neji liked the feeling of Gaara's hands on him but he didn't want this. He didn't know what he felt for this red head but now wasn't the time to find out. "No, don't touch me." He gave Gaara a little push and started to walk to the door, he had to find Lee. Gaara did not take getting pushed kindly. Before Neji could reach the door his body was surrounded with sand. He couldn't move. He never thought Gaara would attack him now and hated that he let his guard down. Neji struggled againest the sand but only wasted his engery cause he couldn't get out. The sand lifted him in the air and slammed him againest the wall where the sand let him go and he fell onto Lee's bed. He winced in pain from his back hitting the wall and soon his arms and legs were pinned down with sand and he couldn't move once again. Gaara walked over setting his gourd on the floor next to the bed. He gracefully climbed onto the bed swinging one leg over Neji and sitting on his stomach. Neji hated the feeling of not having any kind of control over a situation and Gaara was started to worry him. what exactly was he going to do to him.

"I don't think you fully understand that's going on here. I told you already on the mountain that i was going to make you mine. Do you really think I was going to let you reject me." Gaara was enjoying this. He had a smile on his face but it was a smile you'd see on an insane person.

"I thought you loved Lee. I thought you were going to make him yours." Neji was trying to by himself time. if he keep the sand nin talking he may be able to think of a way out of this.

"Oh he will be mine, and so will you. As will anyone else in the village I deam worthy." Keep him talking Neji keep saying to himself. Just keep him talking.

"Well shouldn't we go and find Lee now, then we can pick this up later." Neji doubted this would work but his mind was racing and he couldn't think of anything else to say.

"Don't worry. they'll be plenty of time to search for Lee after." Sand came up and covered Neji's mouth. He knew i was stalling, Neji thought no longer able to talk. He tried struggeling but Gaara's sand was like cement. Gaara pulled Neji's shirt up exposing his stomach and chest. There was a small jolt of excitment that passed through neji but he pushed it away. this was no time to get excited. He had to stop this but at the moment there was nothing he could do. Gaara kissed Neji's stomach softly and again excitment filled Neji. He couldn't help himself. Gaara ran his tounge up the center of his body till he got to his chest. Then he slowly kissed over till his mouth was right at his nipple. He rolled his tounge around it in slow circles and Neji could no longer hold the excitment back. He let out a soft moan as Gaara fondled him with his tounge. Gaara then pulled his head back a little and blew on the spot he had just been licking spending a cold shock through Neji's body which made him moan louder. It was such a sensation that he would have called out but with his mouth still covered with sand he could do nothing more then moan. Neji's mind was racing. He didn't know weather to be happy, excited, angry or scared. Gaara was pulling at the string on Neji's pants when a blast of wind came through the open window so strong that it blew an unexpecting Gaara right off of Neji and to the floor where he was caught by the sand that always protected him. The sand around Neji released him and without delay he was on his feet and ready to defend himself if Gaara should try anything again. Gaara slowly got to his feet. He had a muderous look on his face but he was not looking at Neji but rather to the window that the wing had come through. Neji glanced at the window and in a split second decision he ran to it and jump out. If he was going to have to fight Gaara he wanted to have plenty of room to move around in order to avoid his sand. As he fell to the ground from the second floor he noticed a girl with four ponytails standing on the stone wall that surrounded Lee's house. She was holding a large fan that was fully open revealing three large dots on it. Neji landed on the ground and ran forward a little so as if Gaara was going to fallow him through the window he wouldn't land on him. Gaara was standing at the windows looking down at Temari who was looking right back at him. The look on Gaara's face was enough to cause a child to cry from fear. Temari had a determined look on her face but neji could see swaet dripping down the side of her face the releaved her true fear. Gaara jumped through the window landing on the ground. "Temari..." As if someone had just signed Temari's death sentence she gave a unvoluntary shiver as she heard Gaara say her name in such a murderous tone. Neji could tell she was trying to be strong and not show fear to her brother but the fear she was feeling right now was far to great to hide. She took a deep breath as if trying to calm herself before speaking.

"Gaara, this is not what we came here for. Remember your mission." She spoke to him like a big sister would speak to a little brother who had just done something wrong and it seemed to take everything in her to speak to him in this manner. Gaara did not get spokem to in that way. By anyone. Without warning Sand shot at temari so fast neither Neji or Temari were able to react before the sand hand formed into the shape of a hand and hand clasped itself around Temari's neck. she was flighted off the wall into the air where she dropped her fan clutching at the sand formed hand around her Neck. She couldn't breath. Neji knew he had to do something. Gaara looked like he was really going to kill her. He was holding his hand out as if he was about to grad something and Neji didn't understand this motion but Temari seemed to understand as her eyes grew wide and tears started to flow down her cheeks. Something bad was about to happen and Neji had to try and stop it.

"Byakugan" Neji called out and his eyes winkled as he charged forward. Neji jumped and punched at the sand that had Temari only to have it shoot out at him and grab him by the arm throwing him accross the yard and into the stone wall Temari had been standing on. Gaara was livid with anger. Temaris should not have tried to stop him from doing what he wanted and now she was about to pay the ultimate price.

"Desert Coffin" Gaara closed his hand and eyes. He heard the sound of crushing bone and splattering blood. An evil, satisfied grin formed on his face. "Worthless girl" he stated still not opening his eyes. Neji was able to get himself to his feet and seeing what just happened he could not hide his shock. He stood there wide eyed and jaw dropped. He could not believe what had just taken place. Laying on the ground a few feet away was Temari's body. She didn't move. There was blood on the stone wall and the ground. Neji took an unsteady step forward.

"Lee!" Neji called out after being able to find his voice. Kneeling on the ground just in front of Temari's unconsious body was Lee. He was holding onto his left arm which was now mangled and was bleeding pretty bad. Gaara opened in eyes in a jolt looknig to see Lee on one knee holding his injuried arm. His eyes went wide. It wasn't ment to be Lee. Not Lee. Gaara was beside himself in shock.

"How did you... when did... why?" Gaara wasn't able to make a complete thought. Lee got to his feet and turned to face Gaara. He looked very grown up and was keeping a straight face for someone who just had his arm shattered. Lee was extremely fast. His speed was one of his greatest weapons. He was able to get to the Sand arm just as Gaara closed his fist. the sand got cut off from temari but grabbed onto Lee's arm.

"I was going to the mountain to clean off the paint sence we never got to do it yesterday. I was about half way there when I realized that i hadn't brought a bucket, soap or anything to clean with so i was coming back to get these things and saw Temari being held in the air by sand. I knew you were on the other end of that sand Gaara and I knew you were going to do something you would regret later. I had to stop you in anyway I could." Blood from Lee's arm was slowly dripping to the ground. The pain was great but he kept a straight face. Gaara was still staring at him in shock.

"But... why? Why do you care what happens to her?" Gaara couldn't understand.

"Because she loves you." These words stung at Gaara.

"She doesn't love me. She fears me. Everyone fears me. I am a monster afterall." Lee just shook his head at Gaara's words.

"I don't fear you. I see you as a friend and as a friend i can't let you take the life of someone so presious to you." Lee's voice wavered a little wheil speaking. The pain was getting to much to bare and it didn't help that he was still recovering from his fall off the cliff. Gaara jolted as if he had just been hit with something.

"Someone presious?" Gaara looked down at temari who was still unconsious. Nehi had moved to her side and check to make sure she was alright. Lee smiled at Gaara. It seemed his words were reaching him.

"When I saw Temari, minus the sand holdin her into the air she seemed fine. No injuries. You said you were going to punish her and yet she seemed fine. I believe you told her to stay home from school yesterday to make it look like you had done something to her so you could not look like you gave an idol threat." Gaara's legs got weak. how did Lee figure it out. It was true that Gaara hadn't punished Temari at all. It was true he made her stay home so he could keep face. Did Lee really understand him so well. Lee winced at the pain but was able to put a clam expression on his face fairly quickly. Neji saw him wince and wanted to go to him. He wanted to help him but knew only Lee could end this right so he bite his tounge and stayed where he was. "I think in reality that you Love Temari, but you don't believe that someone can love you, so when someone did love you the first thing you did was push them away. I am your friend Gaara. Neji is your friend." neji never really thought of Gaara as a friend but after everything that's happened he couldn't really deny that part of him did see Gaara as a friend. Lee was very good at knowing people feelings. "Don't let her love go to waste." Gaara looked like he had been slapped in the face. His legs gave out and he fell to his knees. It all seemed to make sence to him now. All the things Temari did for him. the kind words, the warm smile when he walked into the room. Gaara took it all as she was mocking him. He thought she hated him even though he really did love her.

"Te... Temari..." He looked up seeing Temari on the ground and got to his feet. he walked over and sat on the ground beside her. He lifted her onto his lap and this movement seemed to wake her. She looked up seeing Gaara and smiled sweetly at him.

"I'm sorry Gaara. I just couldn't take seeing you with another. It broke my heart. i know you won't believe me and it's why I've never said it before... but I love you Gaara." A single tear fell from Gaara's eye and rolled down his cheek. He hadn't cried sence he was a kid but his heart just came back to life.

"Temari!" Gaara wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close. Lee smiled. Neji placed a hand on Lee's shoulder and also smiled.

"Good work Lee." Lee turned and looked at neji a cocky smile now on his face.

"What's this Neji. Was that a compliment." Neji actually gave a small laugh.

"Don't let it go to your head, it won't happen often." Both boys gave a small laugh. Lee then looked over to see that his front door was busted in.

"Hey what happened to my doo..." Lee's eyes rolled back and he started to fall to the ground. He had lost to much blood and had passed out.