Disclaimer: Hey I'm sorry I haven't been on… I'm kind of tired cause I'm working on new stories… but I have a new chappie!! Yay!!

"Gaara hey! Gimme some!!" On a beautiful morning, Sakura and Gaara were out eating some ramen. Sakura would always try to steal some ramen cup and they'd laugh when she'd miss.

"Gaara where'd you come from?" questioned Sakura with her wooden chopsticks in her mouth. Gaara finished slurping up some ramen and stared down with full-on sadness. "I…I don't…I don't wanna talk about…"

Sakura leaned over and smiled at Gaara. "aw… c'mon we're friends right? You can tell me anything…" Gaara looked at Sakura's perky face. (disclaimer: ugh) and blushed.

He looked down towards the ground again thinking to himself. "I come from the village of the sand…"

She stood up. "and who are your parents?" questioned Sakura with her emerald-like eyes staring into the blue sky.

Gaara stopped in his tracks, still looking down with his lightly-colored green eyes. "I never speak of my father… and my mother… I…"

She walked ahead a little and stopped, staring past her shoulder, Gaara's direction. There was a slight pause. "you?"

"I… I… I killed her… during birth…"

Sakura's eyes trembled with fear. Her arms and legs went weak and she fell to the ground. She slowly crawled back with caution.

"I was young! It was… it was a complete accident! I was so… so afraid."

Sakura looked up at the small boy, and with some of her strength, she got up to comfort him. She went up to the small boy and held him.

"its okay Gaara… I'm here… your not alone." She held him up to her chest and she gently closed her eyes. She wondered what it was like to have no parents.

Gaara's wide eyes that once shook, calmed and closed with a mere drop left behind.

"Thank you…" said Gaara leaning against her soft, warm chest.

"Gaara that baka! Stay away from Sakura!" It was Sasuke on a cliff above Gaara and Sakura. His black eyes filled with intense hatred toward the red-headed boy.

Gaara and Sakura were walking side-by-side towards the Hokage's office, to await their new sensei.

When they had gotten there, Sasuke and Naruto looked up. "Hey! Sakura, Gaara! Where were you guys yesterday?!"

Gaara had looked at Naruto, then at Sasuke with a faceless expression and suddenly, made an evil grin.

Sasuke's eyes momentarily trembled then stopped. He glared at Sakura then at Gaara. Sasuke looked up towards the sky with his big beady black eyes. They looked so lonely… and well… sad.

"Sakura…" Her eyes so gentle, cold and lonely looked up to Sasuke and she made a minor smile. "yes… Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke glared at Sakura with eyes that eyes she had never seen before.

She saw them…

Devil eyes… eyes she thought never existed towards her… especially from Sasuke. A sign for protection.

"C'mere" She walked up to Sasuke with a feared expression and shaky knees. "yes?" She answered politely knowing Sasuke were in a bad mood.

He whispered silently into her ear. "Stay away from that kid… he's dangerous." She clenched her fist and her eyes filled with frustration and annoyance.

She looked up to him and slapped him across the face, and a bright red mark was shown. "You're pathetic… don't tell me what to do!"

The echo of the slap caught Naruto and Gaara's attention.

"pfft… no you're pathetic!" He slapped her across the face too but with more force. Tears from the corner of her eyes seeped through.

Gaara's anger grew which caused the cork on his gourd to shake. Soon the door had opened which startled the team.

"Sorry I'm late… I came rushing when I heard fighting…" A tall Handsome man with Silver hair entered holding a orange book that read, "Come, Come Paradise" in big bold letters. He made a smile at Sasuke.

"I want all of you to meet me on the roof tomorrow. Be here early… 7:00. I need to be somewhere now and I'd like to get to know you better." The tall man walked out of the room with no comment with what Sasuke did to a girl.

(Disclaimer: sorry Sasuke Fans but since Sasuke hit a girl… HES A FAG NOW!! Sorry had a moment…)

"Sakura…" A fresh tear slid down her cold, pale cheek.

"C'mon Gaara. I'll spend the night over at your house." Sasuke's eyes widened with anger as if she hadn't listened to a thing he said!

Sakura looked away from Sasuke and walked with Gaara towards the doorway. "Sakura…"

Sasuke said bluntly.

She turned half-way around, with a pink hair blocking her emerald eyes. "You bastard… don't tell me what to do!!"

Leaving those words behind, she left leaving Sasuke in total astonishment.