Savior

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Chapter 3: The Past

Gaara's POV

During middle school when I first met Hinata, we weren't always the best of friends. In fact my presences scared the living day lights out of her. During our 7th grade year we had the same classes, same seats, and we would always ended up being partners together during projects. So, lets just say we had to get used to each other. The more time we sent together the more we began to understand each other a little better. In fact she began to fear me less and less as the months went on that year. And I was finally able to open up to someone. I hadn't open my heart up to anyone since my aunt, but then she tried to kill me when I was like five!!!

One day we were working on a school project about families. This was a touchy subject for me since I didn't really have a family. Sure I had siblings, which I wasn't very close to, and forget about parents! My mother died giving birth to me and my dad was the one to order my death at the age of five.

Bastard. But what I didn't realize was that this was also a touchy subject for Hinata. I asked her what happen and she began to tell me her story:

"W-W-ell... my dad physically and emotionally abused me. It started when I was eight. My mother died giving birth to my younger sister, so she wasn't around to protect me. As you know I have a sister named Hanabi. My father has never abused her at all, just me. When ever I made my sister cry he would hit me and lock me in my room with a padlock. I would often ended up peeing my pants because of how long he'd leave me in there. Then when he'd finally let me out he would verbal abuse me because I peed my pants. Saying things like "Your worthless! What good are you! Your nothing but a weak and useless girl. Are clan dose not need such a weak and useless head. This is all your fault!" I would cry myself to sleep at night.

My dad stopped abusing me, now. It was only because he knew I was old enough to know it was wrong. During the years he abused me, he'd only hit me when he was intoxicated, which I think now he'd never admit it. He'd never hit my sister and took pride in her. he would often pin us
together to spar, to see who was stronger. When he first did that I won and my reward for winning was a terrible beating. As he was beating me he said,

"HOW DARE YOU HURT YOU SISTER!!! She is five years your junior. You are to go easy on her. She is a far better daughter than YOU!!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!" After that I would take a beating from my sister whenever we sparred, for it was far less painful than his. Don't get me wrong!!! I would NEVER want Hanabi being abused."

She had tears streaming down her face. Her eyes were red and puffy from trying to hold the tears back. She buried her head into my chest. At first I stiffen at her touch. It was just so foreign to me. I didn't know what to do. I looked down at the small fragile form in front of me. Her body was trembling from crying so hard. My eyes soften. I became less tense. I even began to pat her head and telling her, "It's okay."

"No it's not!!!" I looked at her with wide eyes as she looked at me with tear stained ones. "If I was a better daughter or if I didn't make my sister cry or if I just wasn't even born. None of this would have happen!!! Maybe things would have been different!"

Now I was royally pissed of. I grabbed her firmly by the shoulders and looked her straight in the eyes and said,

"Don't you EVER! I mean EVER!!! Say it was your fault. He was the adult. He should have known better than to treat his own daughter like that! No matter what you did. He let it get to him. It's obvious he knows self control because he never once hit or verbally abused your sister. You got THAT!!!"

My tone was harsh, but I had to make it absolute clear that she can't blame herself for other peoples
mistakes. She started to cry even harder as she gave a small nod of understanding. Then she once again was crying on my chest, but this time I was ready for it with open arms.

As you can tell I fell for this girl pretty hard. I never thought I was ever gonna love again. Not after the betrayal of my aunt. I touch the self tattooed 'love' written on my forehead. At first I thought she was like everyone else. She was afraid of me just like everyone else, but unlike the others she actually tried to get to know me for who I am. She didn't run and scream "Monster!!!" I haven't told her how I feel because am not she what she would say. I don't want to ruin the one true friendship I have with her. Its because of her that I was able to have more friends. But even if I was to tell her now she has a boyfriend. So, what's the point...

END OF POV...

Back to before in front of the school...

"Hinata! What did I say about blaming yourself? You know I don't like it." she just looked at me sadly as she whisper,

"I know Gaara-kun. But It's really hard for me not to blame myself, when all I was always told "This is your fault!" But I'll try. And with you here to help me, I know I can. You are such a good friend." And with that Hinata wrapped her arms around Gaara waist and hugged him. Gaara in return wrapped his arms around her shoulder.

Gaara felt someone pull him away from Hinata. He looked to see a very pissed of looking Sasuke. Sasuke was now standing in front of Hinata with his arms folded across his chest as he hissed,

"What they HELL to you think your doing with MY girlfriend?" Sasuke's eyes were narrow and sharp.

"W-W-we w-were just hu..." Sasuke quickly looked at Hinata and growled,

"I didn't ask you!" his attention was once again back on Gaara.

"Like she said, before you rudely interrupted her. We here just hugging. Friends hug each other every once in a while." Gaara also had his arms folded a cross his chest. Sasuke's eyes narrowed even more. As if he was trying to kill Gaara with them.

"Well, it's just wrong for a guy to HUG another guys girlfriend. So don't do it again. YOU GOT THAT!!!"

Gaara had a small smirk on his face as he replied,

"That's up to her. Not you. Your her boyfriend. Not her parent. She make her own choices. So back OFF!!!"

Sasuke grabbed Gaara by the collar of his shirt and brought his face close to his. Sasuke's injured hand was raise to hit Gaara but Hinata got in between them and screamed

"NO!!! Sasuke please stop. I promise I won't hug him anymore if it makes you feel uncontrollable."

With that said Sasuke let go of a very pissed off Gaara and put his arm around Hinata's shoulders and said,

"Good. Let's go to class."

They walked away with a very shocked and pissed off Gaara. As they were walking away, Hinata looked over her shoulder to see Gaara standing there shaking with tremendous anger. She mouth an "am sorry" but quickly turned around before Sasuke could notice.

Well that's it for this chapter.

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