Disclaimer: Same as always, I own the ideas but not the characters or the anime.

Note for ye people:This is still kind of irrelevant.

Song of the fic:Give me envy, give me malice, give me your attention, give me envy, give me malice, baby give me a break…

--- Panic! At the disco

--- Time to Dance

Chapter Four: A weird Encounter

About three or four blocks down the road, I bumped into Naruto again. He was leaning against a building. His eyes were close but he started walking next to me as I passed him.

"Were you waiting for me?" I asked looking at him out of the corner of my eyes.

"Of course not, I simply thought I could walk with you for a while."

"Hmph. Do as you please but don't expect any responses from me."

"Naturally not. So… you let her live huh?"

"Heh, so you were following me?"

"Why? I thought you were bent or making everyone else suffer."

"I never said I wanted everyone to suffer, just to make me feel alive."

"Ok, same difference. Why would you let her live, you could've killed her just as easily as everyone else right?"

"Naturally, yes. Nevertheless, why would I want to be mix up with a possession? If I killed her, a demon would be without a host. Since I was the only person he could get to, I could have taken him in. However, a force inside me would not appreciate it. The force could have ripped apart from the inside out. Not literally of course, metaphorically. I would just have another burden to carry on my shoulders, and less self control than I already posses."

"So, you didn't kill her simply because you wanted control of your own body? That's normal."

"Oh but Naruto, even now I am far from normal."

"At least you spared her. See you do have a conscience, and it said to grant her mercy."

"Again, you don't understand. I do not have a conscience. I only care for myself. I love only myself because nobody loves me."

"I'm sure there's somebody in your life that loves you."

"Like who?" I asked getting slightly irritated.

"Well, your parents, friends, girlfriend, siblings… you know that kind of thing."

"Actually, I don't. Now, let me ask… did you listen to my poem in class?"

"Uhm… no I don't listen to anything in that class."

"Ok, it's like this, I killed my mother at birth, my father's been trying to kill me for the last six years, I don't have friends, I don't have a girlfriend. I have only myself to love me and only myself to love!" I stopped walking as I screamed this at him. People stared, "I hate everyone. I hate everything. I hate being alone but I hate anyone who trys to get close to me." I said calmer than before.

"Well there in lies your problem; you need to let someone in for once. Not everyone is the same. People are different. You need to try to love someone other than yourself for once."

"Hmph. You talk a lot. Why are you bothering me anyways! Leave me alone!" I ran off, Naruto tried to stop me by grabbing my gourd only to rip it off my back. I left him standing there, in the middle of a crowd.

"Uhh, sorry about that, he's just having a rough afternoon and all." Naruto said waving his hands in front of him followed by a nervous laugh.

I kept running, pass my house, pass the train station, pass the noise, the city, the children in costumes trick-or-treating. I ran with my head down so nobody could see me crying. I ran into the forest which where strictly forbidden. I wasn't sure why it was but I couldn't care less. I finally stopped running once I came to the ocean. I looked up at the night sky as tears fell, one after another. The waves gently hit my feet, giving me some peace.

"W-why?" I asked myself while my lip quivered, "W-what did I do… to deserve this? I thought that I could… how could I be so stupid! Why do I keep going? Why don't I just give up? Even if I wanted to fight could I?" I fell to my knees and looked at the ocean, "How could you be so calm, especially when the when blows so hard now. How I would give anything to be so peaceful. The only thing you ever have to worry about is oil spills, and even then, your waves would still not stop."

From behind me, a hand placed on my shoulder. I turned around to see a beautiful woman. She was wearing a costume. Her hair was unnaturally colored and decorated with a starfish and seaweed to make what resembled a crown. She had what appeared to be scales climbing up and down her whole body and spikes coming from the backside of her legs and arms. It was dark so I couldn't tell if she looked real or not. Another reason I hate Halloween, you can't see who you're talking to for what the really are.

"How long have you been standing there?" I asked wiping my eyes and pulling myself to sound like I haven't been crying.

"Long enough to try to help you."

"You can't help now leave me alone."

"Now my dear, I could give you anything you desire."

"Why don't you play trick-or-treat somewhere else, I'm not interested in your lies."

"How rude, to call a stranger a liar. You of all people know it's not right to judge before you get to know someone."

"I'm not interested in getting to know you."

"But I'm interested in getting to know you Gaara."

"How do you know my name!" I asked standing before her.

"Now now… settle down."

"Is this a sick trick! You're probably one of the girls from my class, the ones who sit in the back of the room and write notes back and forth about me. Why can't you just leave me alone! I'm not in the mood!"

"I said to settle down, not raise your voice at me and get in my face."

"This is your last chance to leave me alone!"

"Or you'll do what?"

"It's been one pointless fight after another. Anyways, I digress. I'm leaving."

"Why don't you kill me like you did the others?"

"You're not worth my time. I just need time to myself, and you're wasting it."

"Ooh, the only time with your loved one huh?"

"Shut up! You don't know me!"

"I know everything about you Gaara. Every little detail. Everything from your age to your weight. I have done my research. Might I say you are one very interesting specimen?"

"Specimen! What am I!" getting angry, "Have you discovered that yet, or is that something nobody will ever know?" I said in a sadder manner looking downwards.

"You are Gaara of the Sand. You are a ninja with unsurpassed skills. Your idea of fun is killing people. Your name means "demon who cares only for himself" You are not meant to live in a normal society because you are not normal."

"Hmph… so, how did you get all this information anyways?"

"Like I said, I have done my research."

"Ok, next question, why would you want to study me? I'm not all that great. Why don't you go find that Naruto boy? You two seem to have a lot in common. You're both annoying and talk a lot." I smirked in achievement.

"Hmm… Naruto Uzumaki. Twelve, blonde, possessed most of the time… interesting BUT… still not as interesting as you are."

"Look, whatever your name is, I'm not interested in getting your help. I only need myself, that way I know I'll never get hurt."

"So you don't get close to anyone because you're afraid?"

"I'm leaving."

I went to walk off, further down the shoreline, when I heard someone else talking to the woman. I went to turn around to see who it was but there wasn't anyone there. The woman from before was gone also.

Whoohoo, this is the fourth chapter… again relevance will be shown soon enough… enjoyith!