blak-flame –ToT im so sorry it's been so long! I started this chapter like 5 times but it was never good! …yeah, but im sorry! Okay, I think this one's just gonna be a filler and the next chapter's gonna have more of the plot in it…well, I might work something in…

Gaara stared mindlessly at the teacher from his seat in the back. He had no idea what that person was talking about. 'Wait…I think I get it!'

"And the answer would be -572.1356"

'Never mind…' Sulking slightly, Gaara went back to doodling on his paper, oh the woes of having to go to school. Suddenly a note fell on his desk; the red-head slowly opened it.

Hey, do you get this?

Gaara looked up, and saw Kiba giving him a desperate look, quickly Gaara scrawled down in his own messy handwriting; No, sorry. He tossed the note back to Kiba, barely making the desk, which was two desks over. The brunette read the note over, a look of distress apparent. The Sabaku was as lost as Kiba looked, but he

simply gave up and went back to doodling as the teacher droned on.

Sighing lightly, the young boy wondered when he could go back and live with his siblings. He liked being with Neji, and being in his house, but he also missed watching Temari and Kankurou stumbling around in the morning. Maybe, he would ask his dad if he could move back in.

Frowning a little, Gaara gathered his books and walked out of the classroom, Kiba complaining beside him. "Man, I don't get anything that teacher talks about! I'm gonna fail!" Naruto fell in step beside them as they walked outside. Gaara didn't always sit with his friends, sometimes he preffered to sit under his tree and simply read, but now he was glad for the company, afraid that those boys might come back.

The three boys sat down at a table, Naruto going on about some new video game, Kiba trying to talk over him about some stage on the game. A spiky haired brunette slowly walked over to the loud table, settling down next to Gaara and layed his head on his arms, "Tch, troublesome…loud…" He continued muttering to himself when a bag dropped down in front of Gaara.

Gaara smiled up at his brother, who winked at him and walked away. "Good to know someone takes care of you," Neji said, sitting on Gaara's other side.

"I get taken care of plenty."

Behind Neji, Gaara spotted two large boys glaring at him slightly, but when they caught his eye, they quickly looked and limped away. Neji turned around, to see what the younger boy was looking at. "Is that them?"

"Yeah," he responded quietly. Neji nodded, noting that they had mutliple bruises; apparently Kankurou had done a number on them. "I geuss your brother can handle himself," The long haired Hyuuga noted.

"Yeah, they weren't that bad on Friday and Kankurou's a good fighter."

Gaara hadn't even realized it, but suddenly Naruto was standing ontop of the table, pushing Kiba, who landed on Hinata, who continued to blush furiously. When had Hinata gotten there?

Naruto laughed and ran off, leaving a very angry Kiba behind. "O-Oh, umm…Ki-Kiba are you-you ok-ay?"

Said boy stood up, brushing a paice of Hinatas sandwhich off his shirt, and growled, "Fine…" He stalked off, in search of a certain loud blonde. A few minutes later, Sasuke came in search of Naruto. "He's hiding from Kiba somewhere," Neji informed the Uchiha. Gaara put down his food and stood up. Neji looked at him, confused,

"Where are you going?"

"I'm gonna go look for Kankurou, I have to ask him something."

With the the short boy walked off, in search of his older brother. He found him hanging out at a wall, wih a bunch of his friends. They looked slightly intimidating, mostly dressed in black and chains, but Gaara did his best to ignore them. He walked up to his older brother, "Umm…Kankurou?"

Said brother turned around, smiling, "Hey, little bro' what's up?" Noticing Gaara's wary look that was directed at his friends he said, "Don't worry 'bout these idiots, they're cool. These are my friends, guys this is my little brother, Gaara."

Some guy with a dark blue mokawk nodded at Gaara, "So, this is your little brother, Kankurou? …Not much of a resemblance." Gaara blushed slightly, making the blue-haired boy smirk, "Hey, no worries little man, its all about being unique anyways."

Another boy pumped his fists in the air, shouting, "Hell yeah it is!" A couple of heads turned in their direction, and about four of Kankurou's friends jumped on eachother, leaving Gaara wide-eyed and hiding behind Kankurou. Once Kankurou stopped laughing he turned to Gaara, "Ignore them, so, what's up?"

Gaara did his best to ignore the other boys, not at all surprised; Kankurou had always had friends that were like that. "It's...Umm…"

Kankurou looked down at Gaara, slightly concerned, quite sure this was headed in a bad direction. He pulled Gaara out of ear-shot of his once again calm friends, "What is it?"

The small boy stared at the ground, "I-I was wondering if…maybe I could…come back?"

Kankurou frowned, why was it that all their conversations during lunch ended up with his little brother miserable? "Gaara, you know the answer. It's not safe, for you, you can't come back! Look, once we're clear, we'll all move out, but we can't do that, not yet." Kankurou was doing his best not to yell at Gaara, but was struggling slightly, why did he want to come back? He knew nothing good would come of it! "Why do you even want to come back?!" That had just come out, Kankurou hadnt meant to say that, and as it was it came out a little louder than he had intended.

"I…I-I just…"

Kankurou flustered slightly, as Gaara's shoulders sagged and his eyes glazed over with tears. With horror, Kankurou realized it must hav sounded like he didn't like Gaara any more. "Gaara, no…I mean, you know I love you, Temari too, and I'd love for you to come back, but I only said that because you know nothing good'll come of it!"

Gaara nodded slowly, "I just miss you, that's all…"

Kankurou silently cursed the lump that was suddenly in his throat, "I know, Gaara. We miss you too." Kankurou silently put his arms around the small red-head, trying to comfort him. He hoped it was working, he knew Temari was better at this; she had more patience when it came to Gaara.

When Gaara left, Kankurou walked back to the wall, still worried about him. His friend, Gabriil, nodded to Gaara, "What'd you do to the kid?"

Kankurou looked up from the deck of cards he had pulled out and was now shuffling through, "You heard that?"

"Not all of it, man, but we heard you yelling."

Haru nodded, standing just behind Gabriil, "Go easy on the kid. We heard you yelling; something that sounded a little like 'Go away, pest.' He seemed kinda down after your little talk."

Gabriil nodded, "Don't go killin' the poor dude yet."

Kankurou growled slightly, "Don't tell me how to treat my little brother, you know nothing about this."

They both put their hands up in surrender, "Okay, okay. Just saying."

Kankurou looked back down at his cards, not sayign much the rest of the period, he was doing his best in taking care of his brother, but it just wasn't enough. The last thing he needed was other people telling him what to do. He felt bad enough already. Worse yet, he had no idea when they could simply go back to being the Sabaku Three. Kankurou groaned when the bell rang; the hardships of being an older brother were exhausting.

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Neji glanced down at his cell phone, wasn't that number familiar? …oh, yeah, "Kankurou?"

"Yeah, it's me."

"Why are you calling? We're in school, you could just come up to me, you know." Neji had been on his way to the locker room, to get ready for rugby practice.

"You think everybody stays after all the time? Hyuuga, I have a life."

A smirk was evident when Neji replied, "Meaning, you're working at some shitty place that you'd prefer not to be at, but have to?"

"Yeah, basicly."

"Anyways, why'd you call?"

"It's about Gaara, I feel bad talking about him behind his back, but make sure he doesn't try anything. He asked me if he could come back today; make sure he's in a better mood, too. And, I took care of those guys, but be sure they don't come around again."

Neji snorted, "After the way you took care of them, I doubt they'd be dumb enough to come within a ten-foot radius of Gaara. Anyway, is that why he got so ulky at lunch? After he went and talked to you, he came back kind of depressed."

Kankurou sighed, "Yeah, I lost my cool, I tried to make up for it, but I don't think it worked. So, you can take care of stuff for me, though, right?"

Neji shrugged, putting his bag own in the locker room, "Yeah, sure."

"Cool, thanks."

Kankurou hung up, Neji flipped his phone shut and got dressed for practice, when he got out on the field he glanced at one of the hills, where the red-head was sitting, reading. He tore himself away from staring at the younger boy when his coach blew a whistle. He did his best to focus during the practice, but couldn't stop glancing back at over at Gaara to make sure he was okay.

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It was six o'clock on Tuesday and both Neji nd Gaara were sitting on the floor to Neji's room, their homework scattered around. Neji looked up, surprised when he heard a snap. Gaara sat there, half a pencil in each hand, glaring at his text book.

The pale-eyed Hyuuga couldn't stop a small laugh from escaping his lips, "What's wrong?"

The boy looked up at him huffily, "It's the stupid teacher! She goes too fast and I don't understand any of it!"

"Yeah, when in doubt, blame the teacher. Why didn't you ask her for help yesterday? Or even today?"

Gaara blushed a little, embaressed, "Oh...Well…I-I…"

Neji chuckled, going over to sit next to Gaara, "Okay, what don't you understand?"

Gaara pointed at the page, "Any of it! What use is it, anyways?! None, it's completely pointless and it hates me."

Neji stared at the boy, "You just said the homework hates you."

Gaara pouted a little, "Well, it's true."

Neji smiled down at the boy, who was getting more comfortable around Neji and was in a …pouty mood at the moment. He did his best in explaining the homework to Gaara, who was slightly stubborn about it, but in the end he got it done. Gaara had been with him four days now, they were used to eachother, and Gaara had gained some weight, although it wasn't too noticable. Neji frowned slightly, he had to take Gaara to get some clothes, he was still wearing Neji's at the moment.

Five minutes later, Neji finished his homework and looked up fondly at his roommate. Gaara looked up, questioningly, "What?"

Neji smirked, embaressed at being caught staring at the boy, "Nothing, nothing."

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(It's Wednesday now)

Two men sat in a black SUV. The man on the right side of the car handed his companion a picture. "That's what he looks like?"

"That's him."

"How old is this?"

"Only a couple of months."

"Hmm…" The man holding the picture felt a small stir of excitement, "This might work out…"

"It'll cover the interest, right?"

Folding the picture and putting it in his pocket, he scanned the area, spotting who he was looking for. He smirked, turning back to his companion, he said, "Oh, yeah. It'll cover the interest." His smirk got larger, One of the perks of being a dealer.

They shook on it, the passenger saying, "It's a deal, then."

"Yeah, it's a deal."

Blak – flame: uh...Sorry if that sucked, I just wanted to post something...It might be choppy or something…ummm...Yeah…reviews please? Tell me wat u think pwease!