Hey guys sorry for the late update, didn't mean to keep you guys waiting for those who are constant readers (which are not many) so yea, well I guarantee that the next chapters are a lot better, the first chapters were boring because it was more of an introduction. And yes I know I did overreact with Gaara in the first chapter but it's my first fic with him being the main character, so I'm bound to make a little mistake now and again. Well here is the 3rd chapter, enjoy .

Gaara was silent on the way home, while Matty was constantly talking about how cool football is going to be this year. Gaara could care less. How stupid, all I do is go around hitting people, I was already doing that it's just that this time I have pads on. Matty and Aiko yawned simultaneously and Aiko used Gaara's shoulder as a pillow. Gaara liked it when she did that. Temari and Kankuro were up front snickering when they saw Gaara look at Aiko on his shoulder. Gaara had never really had another person over his house, let alone a girl.

"Look at Gaara." Kankuro whispered, snickering to Temari.

Gaara just gave him a glare and he stopped. They decided to just hang in for the day since it was Sunday. They got home and Matty plopped down on the couch.

"Gaara, can we talk to you?" Temari and Kankuro asked. Gaara gave a "Hn" but decided to go.

"How long are they going to stay with us? Are they a couple of homeless kids or something? Because if they are I don't want them in my house." Temari said trying to keep her voice low. Gaara understood where they were coming from, but these were the first kids to be nice to him.

"First of all, this isn't your house, it's our house, and no they are not homeless but they barely get by and they have no parents." Temari's annoyed look turned into a sympathetic one.

"What? They have no parents? Oh man, ok they can stay." Temari said.

"Hey guys." Gaara said to Matty and Aiko.

"Yeah?" Aiko said.

"Do you guys need to go get your stuff, because you are going to move in with us. Now you can do whatever you want with your room, just don't blow up the walls." Gaara said.

Matty and Aiko were jumping with joy. Aiko ran to hug Gaara and wrapped his arms around her. He felt so happy, but didn't show it, he just gave the usual "Hn".

"Ok, now guys, you can drink alcohol and shit, but no drugs, only the occasional joint, and that's only if Shikamaru comes over, and even then I really don't want you guys to do it, since I don't, only my bro does."

"Yeah man, that's fine, I'm not in on that, either is she." Matty said pointing to Aiko. So the rest of the day went smooth, as they all just watched T.V. and played Xbox all day. By the time they were done they were all tired and decided to go upstairs and sleep for school in the morning. Gaara did the usual thing and got some DVDs and some CDs and went into his room to wait until morning. He wished he could sleep, but he couldn't very often (He doesn't have Shukaku by the way so he can sleep, but he just doesn't to often.). So he just sat there and watched T.V. and talked online to kids across the country. By then it was sunrise and he decided to get everyone up. He knocked on Matty's door.

"Yo, get up its 5:30." And soon enough Matty was out and going downstairs. He and Gaara got up early as they needed to pack all of their football stuff so they did. When they were done it was six o' clock and the others were piling down into the kitchen for breakfast. They decided on pancakes and left it at that. The rest of the morning was quite silent as was the car ride. And soon enough, they were at school. Gaara realized the three of them had lockers next to each other.

"Wait, where's our homeroom again?" Matty asked.

"We have it with Mr. Asura." Gaara stated.

They got into homeroom and just sat and talked. So the next class was History.

"Look, this is an easy class, just don't annoy me and don't tell anyone else that I'm letting you roam free and you get an A+. So go on and roam!" The white haired teacher was really laid back, and always read some weird romance book. Science went by fast, mostly because most of the guys were staring at the teacher's chest. She was a busty blonde woman. And finally it was lunch. Gaara picked a table and sat. Matty got Aiko and sat there to. An unexpected visitor showed up.

"Hi, Matty." It was Lee.

"Oh, hi Lee, how' it going?"

"It's good, I just wanted to tell you that when we practice today it will be in full pads."

"Ok, hey Lee I see none of your friends are at school today, wanna sit with us?"

"Okay!" Lee seemed quite happy at the invite for a person who was just telling someone to wear full pads. After about 7 minutes Lee seemed to choke. Gaara looked at him and noticed he was staring at a brunette standing next to a pink haired girl. The brunette started walking up to him.

"Hey Lee! I was wondering when a good time to come over your house would be? You know, for the book report."

"Oh, uh- I mean- ummm…." Lee was stuttering and blushing like crazy.

"How about 7 today?"

"Yes! That is fine Ten Ten!" Lee screamed involuntarily. Ten Ten looked at him weird and walked off. When she did Lee collapsed onto the table.

"Lee are you okay?" Matty asked.

"Ugh, yea I'm fine."

"I can tell you really like that girl huh?" Aiko said.

"Yea, but I don't have the guts to tell her."

"Don't worry Lee, I'll help." Matty said. So the lunch bell rang and the rest of the day went by in a flash and it was off to football practice.

"Ok, well I have big news about the game on Friday. It was rescheduled for tomorrow, because the village hidden in the mist is going to have fog all day so they decided to play it here but tomorrow. So be prepared, I trust that you will learn the plays by tomorrow or you will be cut. If you guys run around like a chicken with its head cut off when the game is going on then you will be sorry." Coach Gai said with an ominous tone in his voice. "Ok? Well then we will just do conditioning today, ok give me 10 laps!" And so coach Gai sent them off and after about 2 hours of laps, sprints, and reviewing plays it was over.

"Ok, guys, tonight get a good night rest, and come to school raring to go tomorrow, wear your jerseys to school, which by the way I have. So line up and get your assigned number. First in line Matty, Position: Wide Receiver, Number: 1. Here is your jersey and other gear. I recommend receiver gloves. Matty nodded and headed to the locker room. After about 10 more kids went it was Gaara's turn. Eleventh in line Gaara, Position: Safety, Number: 27. Here is your jersey and other gear. Also I recommend gloves for catching and also a visor so you don't lose the ball in the sun. Gaara caught up to Matty and they both headed towards Temari's car which was parked in the parking lot. But then Matty froze.

"Matty? Are you ok?" Gaara realized what it was he saw Sakura on the side walk trying to pick up some stuff she dropped from her soccer practice. Gaara knew Matty really liked her but he had no guts to tell her about it.

"Go over there and help her." Gaara nudged.

"But what if she tells me to get lost."

"Believe me, she's not like that." And so Matty went over to her to help her.

"Need some help?" Matty said.

"Yea, thanks a lot." She said. So she and Matty talked all the way until she got to her moms car.

"Oh, by the way my name is Sakura, what's yours?"

"I'm Matty I play football so I guess I will see you on the field a lot."

"Yea, I guess. Oh, I am going to the game on Friday."

"Actually they just changed the date today, so it will be tomorrow."

"Ok, well then that's better. Well see you later." She said as she climbed into the van.

"Wait, well I was just wondering if maybe you had a screen name. Or a cell phone so maybe we could talk or something."

"That sounds nice." She said blushing a bit. "Um, here is my cell number and my screen name." She said as she wrote it down. Call me tonight if you want, I have nothing to do." And so the van drove away and left Matty there feeling better than he had ever felt in his entire life. He strolled back to the car and they all drove home. Since they all had some after school activities it was easy for them all to take the car home. When they got home it was around 7 o' clock. Temari decided she did not want to cook for 5 so she decided to order pizza. The pizza got there and they all ate and watched T.V. until around 2 in the morning and everyone decided to go to sleep.

"Hey, Gaara." Matty said.

"Yes?"

"Oh, well, you don't sleep to much right?"

"Yea, why?"

"Well I wanted to use your computer, so you know, I could talk to Sakura."

"Oh, I see, Matty has a little crush!" Aiko said from the stairs.

"Yeah man, you could. All I do is watch T.V." And with that Matty and Sakura talked all night, about stupid things like movies, music, and just trying to get to know each other. Soon it was morning and they were piled into Temari's car and they all drove to school. The morning flew by as they entered the last class, which was Gym. Anko made them all play dodge ball, so that went by fast as it was pretty fun. Soon enough the bell rang and it was 2:30, only 5 hours before the game. Matty was nervous, Gaara could tell. And he seemed more nervous as time went by. It started to get chillier and darker. By 5 o clock they were rolling in the lights for the field, and by 6 the Students and fans for both teams were piling into the stadium.

"Wow, I have never played in front of this many people before." Matty said nervously. Gaara wasn't too nervous. And so Coach Kakashi, Gai, and Iruka started instructing the players to get their equipment on and start warming up. It was now 7:15 the players were on the field warming up, the crowd was to bursting point so that kids and students were forced to sit on the ground to watch and stand up against the steel fence to get a better look at the game. The ref went to the middle of the field for the coin toss. Konoha won it and wanted the ball first. The crowd was going crazy.

"Hello, and welcome to the first game of the season for Konoha! They will be playing the Mist village led by Quarterback Zabuza and Runningback Haku. And lets get ready for the kickoff." The mist's Kicker kicked the ball to Neji, Neji brought it to the 18 yard line.

"Kick returner Neji brings it back to about the 18 yard line." Sasuke came into the huddle and told them the play. He got under the center. Gaara watched with anticipation. He wanted to see how Matty played in a game. Sasuke was calling signals.

"Blue 80, set, hut!" The uchiha dropped back to pass and threw a strike to Matty, but he dropped it. The crowd groaned.

"Ouch, it hit him right it the hands, how could he drop it." The next two plays was a run by Lee for about 4 yards and another dropped pass by Matty.

"Come on idiot! You made the team and you are dropping the ball." Sasuke said frustrated. Matty's head was hung low. They punted it and the mist had it at their 25. They called their play.

"Zabuza fades back to pass and throws it to Haku. INTERCEPTION!" Gaara had intercepted the ball and was running to the end zone.

"Touchdown Gaara!" Matty looked at him and gave him a thumbs up sign. The crowd was going nuts, and Gaara was greeted with fist pounds and high fives back at the bench. The rest of the game was quite quiet. The mist village kicked 4 straight field goals and the score was 7(Konoha) to 12(mist) with 1 minute left. The mist had the ball, it looked like it was over. They ran the ball once, running about 25 seconds off the clock. Then they lined up again on their own 16.

"It looks like it is over for Konoha."

"Anyone on defense just hit him hard and make him fumble!" Gai was screaming.

"Ok, Haku gets the ball and runs up the middle. Hit by Gaara and he fumbles!" The crowd went crazy. Konoha had the ball on the 20 with 24 seconds left. Sasuke called a play.

"Red 19, red 19 set, hut!" He scrambled right and threw it to Lee who caught it and got hit in bounds after 8 yards. Time was running out. Sasuke got to the line fast and spiked the ball with 5 seconds remaining, thus stopping the clock. The mist called a timeout to talk to it's defense. So Sasuke went to coach Kakashi to discuss the final play.

"Ok, well since Neji is injured Matty is our number 1 receiver now, try to get him open and get him in the side of the end zone." Kakashi instructed.

"What? The kid has dropped 4 balls this game how can you trust him." Sasuke said skeptically.

"Believe me he won't drop it." Gaara said.

"What do you know?"

"Can you just once believe me?" Sasuke looked mad but he agreed.

"Ok Sasuke we will run Shotgun out 13 L Scramble, hit Matty either in the corner or at the side." Kakashi said. Sasuke simply nodded, still looking skeptical.

"Ok Shotgun out 13 L Scramble on 2, Matty don't drop this. Gaara had a lot of confidence in you." Sasuke said. Matty nodded and went to his position. He looked at Gaara who just gave him a thumbs up.

"Ok, well it looks as if this is the last play so, all of Konoha just cross your fingers.

"White 19, white 19, set, HUT! HUT!" Sasuke yelled.

"Sasuke takes the snap and rolls left." Sasuke was looking at Matty waiting for him to cut left; he managed to dodge two linemen but didn't know how long he could do it for. Matty had cut just then and saw Sasuke throw it to him he only had one guy on him but still needed to get in front of him. Gaara watched in horror as it seemed it was going to be intercepted. Come on Matty make a play!

"Sasuke rolls left, dodges a defender throws on the run to Matty and…" Matty dove in front of the defender to try and catch the ball, and he made an outstanding 1 handed catch.

"The ball is thrown, and Matty dives and catches it with one hand! What an outstanding play! Konoha wins! Konoha wins!"

The crowd erupted in applause as Matty was embraced by Sasuke ad Lee as the whole school was tempted to run onto the field and just celebrate. They all marched up to the locker room as the marching band was playing the school's fight song and everyone was leaving the stadium.

"Ok guys, that was the best damn football game I have ever coached. I am very proud, you guys came threw when we needed it most. That is why the game ball for offense goes to the player who struggled all game and then came threw when we needed him most. Matty, this is for you." Gai said as he gave the ball to Matty. Matty smiled and pumped his fist. "And the obvious choice for defense was Gaara!" Gaara got the game ball and felt amazing. I feel so great, like I accomplished something that I actually cared about.

"You two earned it. Now our next game is next Friday so I am canceling practice until this upcoming Friday." The locker room was full of cheers as they all got changed into normal clothes and left the locker room. They were greeted by Aiko, Temari and Kankuro.

"You guys were great!" Aiko screeched.

"Yeah man, that was awesome." Kankuro added.

"Ok, to celebrate we are going out to eat, but you guys might want to take a shower first, you guys sweat a lot." Temari said. Matty saw a familiar raven haired boy making out with a blonde girl. Gaara noticed too.

"Yea Sasuke suck some face!" Matty yelled. Sasuke didn't even stop to breath, he just flipped them all off. Matty started to feel weak as he saw a pink haired girl come over.

"Matty, that was great. Can you come to my soccer game on Thursday?"

"Yes, no doubt about it." Matty said calmly.

"Thanks." She said, and she kissed him on the cheek and whispered "See you there." She then walked off. Matty was standing completely still and his face was like a tomato.

"You ok?" Gaara asked.

"Yea, I'm fine."

"Ok well lets hit the road peeps we cant stay out to late since it's a school night….psyche" Temari said. And so they piled into the car and went back to the house, took showers, and went out to eat. When they all got back they all went to sleep except Gaara. He was watching T.V. when he wondered if tomorrow might be different. He was definitely going to be popular, but he was wondering if Aiko was starting to get interested in him. He knew that tomorrow would have many more things to bring, and he just couldn't wait.

Well that was the longest chapter I have ever written. Yes I know some of you may not be a fan of football but that was really only this chapter, the other games are just mentioned and are not as dramatic as this. However I thought that this was a unique way of writing a Naruto High School fic because most High School fics just focus on relationships. In my story im going to have the whole package, there will be class, relationships, sports, sex, some illegal things and a lot of emotional baggage (Cheating, Falling in love, Heartbreak). So please review, this was my favorite chapter that I have ever written so it would be nice if you could comment on it so I could have a couple reviews. Well thanks, and the new chapter will be posted at 8 o' clock eastern time tomorrow. Peace out!

Next time: Matty tries to get Sakura to fall for him, can he do it? Also, Gym class turns to Health and the first thing is Sex Ed. So 4 people are in a group project, but more knowledge about sex can be a bad thing. Please read next time.