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If: Woo. Chapter 4 already. I'm an updating MACHINE! ... I think I'm just particularly inspired and have waaaaay too much free time... but anyway. Woo for reviews! And those who right them! I love y'all to no end.

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Brooklyn'sGurl: Yeah, poor Gaara. He's just so stressed. I mean, he only has a gorgeous guy hanging all over and we all know how trying that can be.

YINGYANGBLOSSOMS : Woo! Thanks man! I'm glad you're liking it so much! And I'll try to put in as much humor as I can (though I suck at humor). Maybe Gaara'll start a fashion trend... (laughs thinking about all the girls in the school going out and buying Gaara's shirt to get Sasuke to notice them.)

wIthOUt A nAmE: OMG! I totally forgot to thank you last chapter:feels like a jerk: THANKS for the review. And I don't know about Neji. I know he'll be in the story quite a bit, but I don't know what'll be happening with him. We'll have to wait and see, won't we?

Woah, lots of people to thank... I might have to start doing this at the end. I'm sure people are gonna be like "OMG! Replying to your reviewers at the beginning! Put it at the end! We want story!"... or maybe its all in my imagination...


Lunch
Lunch. Lunch is a time for freedom. A break from the monotonous life that is high school. A time to get together with your friends and chat or rant about the days passings. This was the time that clicks would get together and gossip would spread even more than it usually did. Lunch was a time for freedom.
"That god damned bastard!" Gaara shouted. Nine pairs of startled eyes turned to look at a livid Gaara. Naruto was looking at his friend with some sympathy in his eyes, but anyone could clearly see that he was holding in the laughter. Lee, in green with his usual youthful exuberance, was nodding vigorously and egging on Gaara. Tenten, who was sitting next to Lee who was sitting next to Naruto who was sitting next to Gaara, bopped the green clad boy on the head, not wanting Gaara to go off any deeper than he already was. Hinata, the only other girl at the table, was trying to sooth Gaara and at the same time prevent Tenten from hurting Lee too much. Kiba, Hinata's boyfriend, was finding all of this hysterical and was laughing his head off. Shino was silent as always, just watching this entirely unexpected outburst. Chouji was too busy eating, but did notice the anger radiating off Gaara, and Shikamaru looked as if he were asleep. Neji, sitting next to Gaara, was rubbing his temple.

"Seriously! Who does he think he is!" Gaara yelled, banging his fist on the table, gaining everyone's attention. "Molesting me in my classes! Being in all my classes! What kind of creepy perverted stalker is he anyway! Why me!"

"It might have something to do with your shirt," Neji pointed out, poking Gaara's side, earning him the glare of untimely death. Rolling his eyes, Neji went back to passively listening to the out of character outburst.

"You know, Neji has a point," Naruto agreed. Gaara turned his glare to him. Naruto 'eep' ed and scooted his chair back a bit, away from the livid redhead.

"God damned fucking shirt! I knew I should have worn something else! Damnit! But its not like I'm advertising "hey, I'm gay molest me" you know. I'm not even gay! I'm asexual!" Gaara went on. Neji rolled his eyes and Naruto broke out into a laugh. "Stop laughing at me!"

"I… can't help… it," Naruto managed to say between boughts of laughter. Gaara's glare intensified.

"It is rather amusing," Neji added. Gaara turned the glare to him. Neji sighed. "I'm immune to your glare now."

Gaara growled.

"You know," Shika spoke up from the other side of the table. "It sounds almost as if you like the guy."

All eyes turned to Shika. Gaara twitched.

"Waahh!" Naruto suddenly screeched, causing everyone to wince at the tone and volume of his voice. Gaara stuck his finger in his ear.

"What Naruto?" he asked, pinning the blonde with a look, ignoring everyone else who had turned to each other to speculate over the fact that Gaara most likely did like this mysterious stalker guy.

"That teme, my old bestest buddy, said that he'd join us for lunch and he's not here!" Naruto exclaimed, striking the table with his fist.

"Would you people stop that, it's upsetting my lunch," Chouji interjected before going back to eating.

"What are you talking about you dobe?" a sadistically sultry and deep voice that Gaara knew only too well asked from behind him. Gaara hadn't noticed that he was twitching again. Cursing in his head Gaara didn't bother to turn around to look at Uchiha Sasuke.

"Teme! You're late!" Naruto shouted, turning around while grinning like a maniac. Sasuke lifted a thin eyebrow at his friend. Pausing to gaze over the people at the table, Sasuke recognized each and every one of them, especially a certain redhead he was currently stalking (but would never admit to stalking him). Sasuke smirked, pulling up a chair and settling it between Naruto's and Gaara's. Recognizing Naruto's "I'm gonna glomp you" look Sasuke quickly set his lunch down and braced for impact. Naruto crashed into him with all the grace of a 747 crashing into the landing strip. Though he was happy to see Naruto and was enjoying being around him, Sasuke watched Gaara out of the corner of his eye. Gaara was apparently thinking this was his chance to escape before he got "molested" again. Inconspicuously grabbing his bag, Gaara carefully stood and turned on his heel. Unfortunately for Gaara, Sasuke reached out and grabbed the back of his shirt. Gaara jumped, startled by someone grabbing his clothes to stop his hasty retreat to the library.

"Hey!" Naruto shouted, noticing Sasuke holding Gaara back from making a quick escape. "Where do you think you're going Gaara?"

Gaara turned his head to look at Naruto, the expression of "as far away as I can get" clearly written on his face. Naruto frowned.

"What's up man?" he asked, letting go of Sasuke and moving to stand next to Gaara.

Gaara didn't even deign that with a response. Simply tugging on his shirt, and ignoring everything but getting the Uchiha's hand off, Gaara tried to pry Sasuke's hand off, only to get his hand sucked up by the Uchiha's.

"Why Gaara, I didn't think you felt that way," Sasuke said smugly, stroking the back of Gaara's hand with his fingers. Gaara thought that his twitch was now more of a steady pulse now then a twitch.

"I don't. Now let go you bastard," Gaara growled, trying his best to get his hand free.

Neji blinked a few times before turning to Shika and indicating Sasuke with his head. Shika, noticing this indication nodded his head in response. Neji gave him a look that said "thought so." Turning back to watch Gaara's futile struggle, Neji almost laughed as Gaara got tugged into an embrace by the Uchiha.

"God damn you! Let me go!" Gaara cried out, feeling his sanity slip away. Sanity… Shit. Gaara's eyes grew wide and he struggled more fiercely to get free. Now was a very bad time.

"Nope," was Sasuke's reply, loving every moment of his embrace with Gaara (even though Gaara really wasn't embracing him).

Gaara panicked. Bringing his arm up, he bent it and somehow managed to elbow Sasuke in the side. Sasuke grunted and let go of Gaara, who scrambled away.

"I said, let go," Gaara spoke coolly, his voice darker and seemingly filled with malice. Naruto's eyes went wide and he quickly took stock of the situation. Gaara definitely was looking more crazy than ever, and his eyes… Naruto jumped out of his seat. Gaara's eyes were starting to not look like his own.

"Sasuke," Naruto said, coming up to the slightly bent over Uchiha. "Don't mess with Gaara right now…"

But Sasuke had already stood. A glare on his face and a growl in his throat, Sasuke was ready to beat the crap out of one Gaara Sabaku. Among the many academic things Sasuke had picked up with that snake-y pedophile, was the useful knowledge of hand to hand fighting. Bringing his fists up, in a ready stance, Sasuke was ready for a fight.

Gaara felt the second consciousness creeping up from the deepest, darkest corners of his mind, that clawing, bloodthirsty, angry entity that only wanted to torture and kill. Gaara had been so good for so long… he hadn't shown up for three years. Even the few times Gaara had gotten suspended because of behavior very similar to that of him, it had never really been him. Gaara knew that today he wouldn't be so lucky. It was taking over. Gaara could feel his willpower, his strength against the darkness fading. Gaara's face blanked.

Naruto knew it was going to be bad the second Gaara's face blanked entirely. Gaara's eyes were glinting with the insanity, the darkness. The smirk… Gaara's face held that evil condescending smirk, that smirk that betrayed his mental instability. It was a twisted smile. Naruto rushed over to his friend and grabbed hold of one of his arms.

"Gaara! Come back Gaara!" Naruto shouted, shaking his friend's arm. Gaara's eyes flicked over to him. The next thing Naruto knew was that he was flying backwards. Gaara had backhanded him into the lunchroom table that they had been sitting at.

Gaara turned his now sadistic smile to Sasuke. He was still fighting, still holding on in his mind, but the fog was closing in, and the other personality would take over if he didn't hold on. Sasuke growled at him.

"You…" he said, not even being able to form a coherent sentence. He charged forward and threw a punch at Gaara. Gaara easily blocked the punch and the hook that was sent after it. Grabbing both of Sasuke's arms, Gaara slammed his knee into Sasuke's stomach. Letting go, Gaara expected the Uchiha to fall, but he didn't. Sasuke threw another punch at him. Scoffing, Gaara ducked under it and slammed his own fist into Sasuke's jaw, sending him crashing to the floor. Arms wrapped around Gaara, pinning his arms to the side. A face buried itself between his shoulder blades.

"Gaara… come back," came the weak voice of Naruto. Gaara struggled, but he could feel the darkness backing away, afraid of the light that was Naruto. Gaara's shoulders sagged, his posture relaxed and his eyes became unfocused.

"Sabaku Gaara," boomed a bass voice from Gaara's left. Gaara turned his head to see Ibiki Morino. Gaara shivered. That man creeped him out to no end. "I see that you have been beating up on innocent civilians again."

Gaara looked at him as if he were crazy. "That ass isn't innocent."

"Silence!" Morino shouted. Gaara flinched. "Grab him and follow me."

Gaara sighed. It seemed as though he would be in trouble once again. Gaara shivered, it would be worse this time though, his father would be home to hear about it. The fog crept up in his mind again and it was all Gaara could do to keep it from gaining control. Sighing, Gaara gently pried Naruto off of his back. He turned to look at him.

"I'm fine now," he said. Naruto looked a bit doubtful, but Gaara gave him the tiniest of smiles. "Trust me."

"You make that very hard to do sometimes," Naruto replied grinning. Gaara's lips twitched, longing to smile in return.

"I'm sorry Naruto," he said softly, looking down at the ground.

"It's alright Gaara, you can't control it," Naruto said. Gaara looked up at him, the truth shining in his eyes.

"But you can," Gaara said. Naruto just looked stunned for a moment, before looking away from Gaara's honest eyes.

"Sabaku!" Morino shouted. Gaara jumped and whirled around to go grab Sasuke.

"Coming sir!" he shouted. A hand landed on his shoulder. Startled, Gaara jumped. Sasuke laughed as he wrapped his arm around Gaara's shoulders.

"I hope you don't mind," Sasuke said, indicating his arm as he leaned on Gaara fro support. "I'm finding I need a little help."

Gaara looked sheepish for all of one second before nodding and wrapping his arm around Sasuke's waist.

"Come on," he said, tugging Sasuke with him after Morino.