…Don't ask about this chapter; just accept it for what it is. Ooo, I finally got over KakaIru writer block! YAY! -dances around- Thanks for the support for the KanNeji pairing! My readers are the best! Especially the ones who review! Arigato! -bow-

Random Fangirl: Tina-chan does not own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does!

Warnings: stuff and slight angst

Gaara and Naruto were walking around trying to get rid of their sugar highness. Even though the side effects were… interesting, Gaara realized that he did have a reputation to maintain. They were regretting the decision to walk in the street however because now the townspeople were out, and they did not sound happy.

'Look, it's the fox demon! Who's that with him?'

'Isn't that the demon from Suna? Sabaku no Gaara?'

'Why are the two demons walking together?'

'Oh well, with luck they'll kill each other off.'

Gaara was getting really pissed. What the hell did the townspeople know? Who were they to judge him and Naruto? Naruto was trying to make Gaara not use his sand on people.

"Gaara, it's not worth it! If you hurt them it'll just make 'em worse, and then you'll get kicked out of the village and I won't be able to see you anymore!"

Gaara relented and tried to calm himself down. Naruto smiled slightly and pecked him on the cheek.

"Arigato Gaara."

Gaara almost blushed in public. Almost. He grabbed Naruto's hand and started to walk down the street. They started to hear whispers again…

'Did you see that?'

'Don't tell me the two demons are-'

'How cute! Did you see that?'

'I know, look at them holding hands!'

'KAWAII!'

Gaara stopped and twitched slightly while Naruto whirled around to look for the two people who had said that. By that time they were gone, and Naruto was greeted with hate stares of various degrees. He turned around quickly and ushered Gaara down the street. Gaara was thinking that the two people had sounded suspiciously like the fangirls…

Actually the two weren't fangirls; they just thought that Gaara and Naruto looked cute together. In fact, the more they thought about it the more intrigued they became… Soon they wished that they had brought cameras with them when they had decided to shop that morning. Little did they know that their problem was about to be solved.

"Hey, do you guys like Gaara and Naruto?"

The girls turned around to see T.C. smiling at them, with Hyuuga Hinata behind her. The girls knew T.C. from around, and that she was a yaoi freak. Of course they knew Hinata, who didn't know the Hyuuga family? They did wonder why the two were hanging out together…

"Yeah, we thought they looked really cute together!"

"Too bad we didn't bring cameras; it would have made the cutest picture!"

"Would you like a picture?"

"…Really?"

"Yep! Hina-chan and I were on our way to the photo store to enlarge some of our pictures! You can come along if you want."

A little while later the GaaNaru fanclub gained two new members. Then those members showed pictures to their friends...

"SO KAWAII!"

Gaara and Naruto sneezed simultaneously. Naruto was confused.

"Are we catching colds or something?"

"…Maybe someone's talking about us."

"Come on Gaara, you know that's not true!"

"…"

The two had wandered onto the training grounds, hoping to get some energy out by sparring. Gaara had won of course, but they both got a good workout. Gaara was still thinking about the various conversations they had heard.

'…Demons. Is that all people think we are? How does Naruto still smile after hearing this everyday of his life? Wait, I know the answer to that. It's because he has precious people, people he loves and cares about…'

"…Naruto."

"Yeah Gaara?"

"…Am I one of your precious people?"

Naruto looked at Gaara, surprised. Of course Gaara was one of his precious people! Maybe one of the most precious… Actually, Gaara was special. And now he looked sad and alone…

"You're special, 'cause you know what it's like to grow up being hated for no reason. So don't ever think you're not one of my precious people, okay Gaara?"

Then Naruto put his arms around Gaara's neck and kissed him. Hard. He tried to show Gaara that he was special; that he was the only one who could take away Naruto's underlying loneliness and make him happy. Only Gaara and no one else.

Gaara understood. He kissed back and tried to show Naruto that he was the only one who could break him out of his shell, the one that could crack his mask and bring out his emotions. Naruto was the one who could make him human.

"…Would you two mind getting a room?"

Naruto broke away from Gaara and looked to see Hyuuga Neji. His voice was emotionless, but his eyes had a strange look in them. It's hard to tell when someone doesn't have pupils, but Naruto thought they looked different at least. Gaara was really pissed and shot the Hyuuga his best death glare. He would have crushed him in his Sabaku Kyuu attack, but he knew that Naruto would hate him if he killed one of his friends. So he settled for hugging Naruto to him possessively and intensifying his glare.

"…Would you mind going away Hyuuga?"

Neji left.

He left because he realized that he had a crush in Naruto, but there was nothing that he could do about it now. Naruto loved Gaara, and Gaara made him happy. Neji wasn't about to break Naruto's happiness because of his own selfish desires. Fate always seemed to be against him, and there was nothing that he could do about it… And even worse, he was now employed by a bunch of crazy fangirls to look after Naruto's and Gaara's relationship.

'Why didn't they just rip out my heart and stamp it into the ground instead?'

Neji didn't realize that someone had been watching him: Hinata. And she had seen the pain in her cousin's eyes.

Naruto had decided that he wanted to sleep over at Gaara's again. He would never tell Gaara, but he hated going back to his empty apartment. It always made him feel lonely… but now he could sleep with Gaara! Only Temari was downstairs when they came in, unloading her things from when she and Sakura had gone shopping. She had seen a cute guy there… He seemed kind of spacey though.

"Hi Temari-chan! Watcha got there?"

She saw Naruto and Gaara looking at her purchases. Slowly an evil grin spread across her face… She had gotten something special for her otouto. Gaara saw the grin and felt a shiver run up his spine. Why was his neesan grinning at him like that…?

"Actually, I got some new pajamas for you guys! Gaara doesn't have any, and I found some that would look perfect on you guys!"

"Really? Thanks Temari-chan, you're the best!"

"…What kind of pajamas neesan?"

"These!"

With flourish, Temari pulled out the pajamas. One pair was orange with little chibi foxes and pink spiral fishcakes all over it. The other pair was jade green with pandas carrying bamboo all over it. Naruto was happy and Gaara was mortified. He knew exactly which pair was meant for him…

"Wow Temari-chan, these are awesome!"

"…I'm not wearing them."

"What? Pleeeeeeeeeese Gaara? I'm going to wear mine!"

"…No."

Naruto did his most pathetic and endearing crying chibi eyes.

"Pleeeeeeeese?"

Gaara had no defense against those eyes; who did?

"…Fine."

"Yay!"

Naruto glomped Gaara and Temari smirked. Who knew that otouto was defenseless against chibi eyes?

Kakashi was sitting in a tree, frustrated because he didn't know what to do about Iruka. The physical approach had worked well at first, but what now? He sighed. Why did he have to like the chuunin so much...

"My eternal rival! Why is your face so marred by confusion and angst on such a glorious youthful day?"

Inwardly Kakashi groaned. It was the famed 'Green Beast' of Konoha… also known as Maito Gai.

"Yo."

"As always my rival, your response is so hip to the language of youth! I demand a match!"

"Sorry Gai, I'm injured."

Kakashi hoped that would get rid of Gai. It didn't work.

"What could have happened to you that you are too injured to fight me, my eternal rival? Your opponent must have been strong indeed!"

That just made Kakashi feel pathetic. What if Iruka thought that he was pathtic too? He sighed and took out Icha Icha Paradise, hoping that Gai would take the hint and go away. Unfortunately for him, Gai might have been weird but he wasn't stupid. He had something strange in his rival's eyes before he took out the infamous orange book.

"Aha! You are having relationship troubles, are you not? Of course! It shows in your face!"

Kakashi almost fell out of the tree. How did Gai know? He was so shocked he almost missed Gai's next words. Gai struck his 'nice guy' pose.

"Don't worry my rival! I, Maito Gai, the Green Beast of Konoha, swear to help you with your relationship problems! Now pray tell, who is the lucky girl?"

Kakashi could feel a headache coming on.

"I am not having relationship problems, and there is no need for you to involve yourself, thanks for your concern."

He then poofed out of the tree, leaving Gai still in his 'nice guy' pose.

'What did I do to deserve this? As if I didn't have enough problems...'


Gai was full of compassion for his rival. Who knew that Kakashi was shy? Too shy to even face the truth of his pain! He had made a vow, and he was not about to forsake it because his rival was in denial! All he needed now was to find his rivals love interest!

It took years of shinobi training for Kurenai to not burst out laughing.

'Hmm, should I tell Gai who the lucky 'girl' is? Naw, I'll let him find it out for himself! This is going to be amusing…

TBC

Sorry if the beginning was weird, that's just how it came out. It's really hard to write Gai, but I love him and Lee! They're awesome… Poor Neji got his heart broken! Also, lets all pity Kakashi's soul…

Gai: My rival! I will not rest until I find out your hearts desire!

Iruka: Nani?

Kakashi: It's nothing!

Kurenai: -snicker-

Please review. My soul needs inspiration!