Hey everyone! I hope you people liked the last chapter, and I promise this one will be the best I can do! If I take a while to update next time, Gomen Nasai but I have a lot more important things to do, like Quiz Bowl, Choir, homework, yada yada yada. Hope you like the new chapter! This chappie is dedicated to my pal Fergie (Dylan) who is in the hospital with a ruptured appendix.

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, Ino would die a horrible death, Itachi would be my personal butler/man slave, Temari would be a mad scientist, Kankuro would be a superhero, and Sasuke and Gaara would never be more than 5 feet away from me...

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Last Time

"Uchiha Residence."

"Hey, It's me."

"Hi! I knew you'd call!"

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Morgan woke when her alarm clock sounded noisily at 12:00 pm. For about two seconds, she felt happy. Then, she remembered the incident. The concert. The paper slip. The phone conversation. And how she had accepted Sasuke's offer for lunch at the ramen stand.

'Oh, crap! Lunch! I'm gonna be late!' She thought, looking at the clock.

Throwing off the covers, Morgan rummaged around in her suitcase, pulling out a pair of black cargo capris, a black camisole, and a black cropped jacket. She pulled on the clothes, put her hair in a somewhat messy bun, and ran to the bathroom. Morgan learned an important lesson that morning. Brushing your teeth with one hand and applying makeup with the other isn't as easy as it looks.

Morgan ran down the hall at full speed, trying to catch the last available elevator. It closed two seconds before she got to it. Cursing, she began to run down the stairs, eventually catapulting into the lobby... and ramming right into Gaara, who turned around, looked down, and extended a hand to help her up.

"Morning, sleepyhead," he said sarcastically. "Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

"I'm going to lunch," Morgan said, dusting off her jacket.

"Cool, I'll come with you," Gaara said.

"NO!" Morgan practically shouted. "Um, I mean... It's sort of a full house... maybe some other time?" she asked, trying not to give away the fact that she was going with Sasuke.

"Oh...Well...I guess that's OK then..." Gaara said, looking at her with a look that almost said "Sure, It's a full house. Where are you REALLY going?"

"Awesome!" Morgan said. "Okay then, see you later!" She shouted as she hurried out the door. Gaara waited a few seconds, an followed her outside. 'I'm going to find out what she's up to...' he thought, following her down the street.

When Morgan got to the ramen stand, Sasuke was already sitting there, talking to that blonde boy that Dayna had shouted at on her first day here...Naruto, wasn't it? She walked up and tapped Sasuke on the shoulder.

"You're late," he said smiling.

"Yes, Gomen Nasai(1) for being late, I overslept," Morgan said sitting down.

"It's fine. Oh, by the way this is my annoying teammate, Naruto," Sasuke said, pointing to the blonde kid, who scowled at being called "annoying"

"Sasuke teme, If you weren't paying me, I'd run off and tell Sakura where you are," The blonde, now officially identified as Naruto said.

"Sakura?" Morgan asked, looking puzzled.

"My other teammate, who happens to be obsessed with me," Sasuke sighed. "Anyway, what do you want for lunch?"

"Oh, nothing thanks, I'm not hungry." Morgan said, at the same time getting a funny feeling that she was being watched.

"Fine, then I'll show you around the village. One of Dayna's whirlwind tours won't cover it." Sasuke laughed, grabbing Morgan's hand and pulling her down the street. At the same time, behind a tree and a bush respectively, two pairs of eyes were fixed on the pair of Shinobi walking down the path.

Behind a bush, a certain pink-haired kunoichi was fuming. 'Who is this girl?!' Sakura thought, 'And WHY is she holding hands with MY Sasuke kun?!' Then, using her awesome ninja skills, (A/N: rotflol!) She hopped behind a tree... and knocked Gaara straight into a thorn bush.

"AGH!!!! WHAT THE HE..." was all Gaara got out before Sakura covered his mouth.

"Shut up!" she whispered. "If you're spying on them too, then we can team up. Just keep it down!"

"Wh-why would I be spying on them, Sakura san?" Gaara said, wincing as he pulled thorns out of his arm.

"Because," the rosette-headed kunoichi said softly, "You two were at the concert together yesterday, and you're obviously going out."

"N-n-no!" Gaara stuttered though more thorn extraction. "Well...not officially, we're not... It's just... I don't like seeing her with him... I feel like he's taking advantage of her somehow..."

"She is within four feet of Sasuke kun, and therefore must DIE!...I mean... We have to break it up! For the good of both of them! Right, Gaara sama?!" Sakura said, catching herself.

"Uh...sure..." Gaara said, getting to his feet. The pair of shinobi were hot on the trail in less than a minute.

Morgan and Sasuke ran around the village all day, closely pursued by Gaara and Sakura. The pair met up with Dayna and Lee at one point, walked around together for awhile, and then parted ways. Morgan finally met Hinata, and the two became fast friends while helping Neji shop for conditioner. At about 8:00 pm, Gaara and Sakura lost sight of them, because by that time it had grown dark. The pair of stalkers...I mean...mutual tracking partners...decided to turn in the towel and call it quits for the day. Meanwhile, Morgan and Sasuke were on the roof of Uchiha Manor, looking at the sky...

Three Hours Later

"Sasuke san?" Morgan said.

"Hmm?" the stoic Uchiha replied.

"Umm...It's getting a bit late..." Morgan whispered. "I really ought to go..."

"Just stay a bit longer, 'kay?" Sasuke said, putting his arm around her. (A/N: Don't worry, folks, kitsune chan doesn't write lemons!)

"Umm...okay..." Morgan said, blushing bright red. "Just a little longer."

Seven Hours Later

At 6:00 am, the sun came up over Konoha, and came up over a pair of shinobi asleep on the roof of Uchiha manor. Morgan was the first to wake up, sitting up and rubbing her eyes.

"Eh?" she said sleepily, looking over the edge of the roof. "How...why...Sasuke san?" she stuttered.

"Oh yeah, you fell a sleep, so I stayed up here with you," Sasuke muttered, stretching. " I guess I must have fallen asleep too."

" I really have to go!" Morgan gasped, looking at her watch. Gaara and Dayna are probably freaking out 'cause I didn't come back to the hotel! I really had a good time, Sasuke sa-... Sasuke kun. Would you like to finish that tour this afternoon?"

"Only on one condition. You know your name sounds kind of odd, don't you?" Sasuke said, walking over to Morgan.

"Yes, I know, my name is an English name... my mother was English. She...died last year. My father died also, when I was very small. Dayna's mother is English too, our mothers were friends on a tour to the shinobi villages." Morgan said, a sad look coming into her emerald eyes.

"Well would you mind if I were to give you a name in Japanese?" Sasuke asked.

"No, that would actually be nice! I wouldn't mind at all!" Morgan said, smiling. "But," she said, losing the smile, "I don't think Morgan translates into Japanese."

"Well then, we'll just have to make one up, won't we?" Sasuke laughed. "How about 'Yume'? It means 'dream.'"

"Th-thats so ... poetic," Morgan whispered. "I love it."

"Good. The name suits you." Sasuke said, looking off into the sunrise. "By the way, Dayna's translated name is 'Chiaki'. She loves it when friends call her that. See you this afternoon ... Yume chan."

"Yes, this afternoon," Morgan (now known as Yume) said quietly as they walked down the stairs.

"Oh, by the way, you forgot something," Sasuke said as soon as Yume was out the door.

"What did I forget?" Yume asked, walking back to the doorframe.

"This," said Sasuke, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Yume blushed a shade of crimson that looked absolutely inhuman, muttered an "O-oh...okay...", and shuffled out the door, her face growing redder the whole time. As she walked toward her hotel, she began to think. 'A new name...' she said to herself. 'It's like a new me. An entirely different person. I've been so antisocial since okaa san (2) died. I've been so hurtful to so many people that don't deserve it. Like Gaara. I never meant to call him a loser. Even though I think he likes me as more than a friend. I like him, but not like that. I just don't want to hurt him. I want... I want to fix it... my cold personality. I think Sasuke made me realize how much I really want to. Maybe with Dayn... with Chiaki's and Gaara's help I can try to make this new me... less cold and hurtful... I don't ever want to be cold...antisocial... distant Morgan again. I'm Yume now, and nobody else.

As the sun fully rose over the Hidden Leaf Village, a new chapter began in the life of a girl now known as Ishimaru Yume (3). As said girl looked out off of her hotel balcony she could only think one thing.

'This is gonna be one awesome vacation.'

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A/N: Yume's little monologue is where the title of this fic: Distant Dream came from, since her name is Yume, which means "dream", and she had a distant personality before Sasuke kun helped her out. Anyway... Woooooooooooo! another chappie down! Really the only reason I put the whole name thing in is because I thought people didn't want to read about OC's with English names, but I liked the way it put some drama into the story! I kept thinking I was gonna end the story here, but I just feel that I've left too many strings untied... So you lucky people get to sit through several more chapters of my crappy writing! Yaaaay! Also, I am sorry if anyone particularly liked the Gaara x Yume pairing, but I feel that they would be better off as friends. Sasuke just matches Yume's personality better in my opinion.

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(1) "Gomen Nasai" means "I am very sorry"

(2) "Okaa san" means "Mother"

(3) In Japan, you say your last name first, before your first name. Yume chan's last name is "Ishimaru" Also, I didn't mention that Chiaki's (formerly Dayna's) last name is "Matsuo"