Hey Folks! This will be the final chapter, but despair not! There WILL be a sequel! The first couple paragraphs were written by my co-authoer Dayna chan! (A.k.a. Akitooooooooooooooooooo!) Thanks for putting up with my crappy writing!
Disclaimer: Gaara: Kitsune chan does not own my friend from Naruto or me, but she owns my heart! (Shojo heart background)
Dayna was sitting on the floor next to her closet in the small apartment she lived in. She was sorting through a variety of objects ranging from normal items such as clothes and sheets and other things like, well, not even Dayna could tell what they were. She had finally decided to clean it out after almost being killed by the avalanche that fell out when she opened it.
"Keep, keep, keep, give away, blech! Throw away!" She heard the door open, and expecting it to be Lee coming back from buying her some closet deodorizers, and shouted "I'm still in the bedroom!" She was surprised to see none other than Yume leaning on her doorway, attempting to look, calm, cool, and collected... Despite the fact that she was still wearing the rumpled capris and jacket she had on yesterday.
"Where in the world have you been!" she jumped up and yelled.
"So I come to talk and that's the greeting I get?"Yume asked, clearly trying to change the subject.
"When Gaara called me at midnight and said that you never came back I ran over there and stayed until four o'clock waiting for you! We thought you got kidnapped by the mafia or something!" Dayna shouted.
"The mafia?"Yume asked. "Now isn't that going a bit overboard?"
Dayna ignored her. "I don't think Gaara slept at all last night! You have no idea what four hours of UNO and polka music can do to a girl!"
"Polka music?"
"The stupid neighbors wouldn't turn it down! I was about to call missing persons when Gaara called me at six thirty and said he just saw you walking into your room! Now Morgan, I think I have the right to know where you were!" Dayna said, looking inquisitive.
"Actually, it's Yume now," Yume stated.
"Yume?"
"Yeah, Sasuke gave it..."
"SASUKE!" Dayna looked as if she was about to explode. "Is that where you were all night? Gaara and I were worried to death over you and you were at SASUKE'S doing... who knows what?!" Dayna was practically screaming by now.
"It's not what you think!"
"Oh, and what am I supposed to think?" Dayna had her hands on her hips.
"Calm down Chiaki chan!" From the look on her friend's face, Yume knew that she must have said something wrong.
"Chiaki?" Dayna asked. "And I bet Sasuke told you that too. Gaara really likes you, ya know? You could have just told him you weren't interested." Dayna said, bristling at the sound of the name.
"Who are you, my mother?"Yume asked, raising her voice a bit
"By the way your acting someone has to be!... Omigod, I'm so sorry," Dayna said, remembering that Yume's mother had died a few months ago.
"Whatever, my mom didn't try to control my life, like you are now! Why can't you just leave me alone! I'm NOT a kid!" Yume shouted.
"Well then, If you wanted to know, I'm only trying to PROTECT you! You want to know WHY I don't like the thought of you and Sasuke?! I went out with him once and he CHEATED on me! He probably only likes you because you're from out of town, and he can easily date five more girls behind your back! To him, a foreign girl is probably like some... rare jewel or something! Just a prize to show off! Is that what you want to be, Yume chan?! A rare prize?! A trophy girlfriend?! Eh?!" Dayna yelled, panting from raising her voice so much.
"I know Sasuke, he wouldn't do that," Yume said, trying to calm down her friend... Let's just say... it backfired on her...spectacularly.
"If you are going to take the word of some guy you just met over the word of your best friend, then you can leave." Dayna said in a deadly whisper.
"Dayn..."
"NOW!"
Yume quickly left, bumping into Lee in the doorway. He walked upstairs to see Dayna standing by the window and sending death glares to the girl walking away from the apartment complex while a few silent tears leaked from her eyes. He set his Ninja-Mart bag on the bed and put a comforting hand on her shoulder as he heard her softly mutter, "She needs to grow up."
Yume walked back to the hotel on the verge of tears. 'I have to stop this,' she thought. 'What will Sasuke think if...' she bumped into Gaara before she could finish.
"Thank goodness," he said, pulling her into a hug. "Dayna and I thought something horrible had happened to you."
"Umm, Gaa kun?" Yume asked , looking up at him
"Yes?"
"Can you maybe come to my room in about an hour, we need to talk.."
Gaara's heart plummeted. "We need to talk." The classic "You are dumped" phrase. "Uh...okay...Morgan chan..." he said, trying to act nonchalant.
"Good... Oh, and by the way, can you call me Yume now please? Everyone does." Yume walked off to the elevators, and soon arrived in her room. She took a quick shower, put on a bathrobe, and went to pick out clothes.
'Black, black, black, more black, what on EARTH do I have in this suitcase that ISN'T black?! Ah, here we go.' She thought, selecting one of her "combat" outfits; outfits used when training or fighting; The knee-length kimono was red silk with a black sash and black trim. Mid-calf-length black leggings went underneath. Yume put this outfit on, tied a shuriken and kunai pouch around her right thigh, and set to fixing her hair. She pulled her hair up into a neat bun, and pulled out two strands of hair, which she put on either side of her forehead. 'Ready' she said to herself, just as Gaara knocked on her door.
Yume opened the door, and let Gaara inside. "Okay, Gaara kun. Please sit down. I have a question."
"Okay, and the question is?"
"Do you love me?"
"EH??!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Gaara was...erm... considerably surprised to say the least. "Well...erm...I...honestly, no, not really. Well, it's weird. I do, but not as, ya know, a girlfriend. Almost like a sister, but not that either."
Yume was giggling profusely by now. "I think the term you're looking for is 'friend'" she said. "Good, I feel the same way. Which is why... I've decided to go out with Sasuke."
"WHAT?!" Gaara shouted. "You can't go out with him! He's a jerk to everybody!"
"Not to me, he isn't" Yume said. "And if you're my friend, you'll respect my decision."
"I do," Gaara said, sitting back down. "I... just don't want to see you get hurt... It's an odd feeling... Like I want to watch over you, without having something in it for me."
"And that's called 'friendship'" Yume said giggling more. "And if he tries anything, I'll break up with him, I swear. I'm not the type of girl that hangs on tooth and nail to a guy that doesn't deserve her time. Now, I have to go meet Sasuke for lunch."
"Fine, just... look out for yourself, 'kay?" Gaara said as they caught the elevator to the lobby.
"I will," Yume said heading for the front door "Oh,"she said, looking over her shoulder "Tell Dayna that I'm sorry, okay? Ask her if she'll forgive me." Without waiting for an answer, she walked off.
Dayna sat on her bed, looking through an old photo album of her and Morgan when they were little. There she was, spraying Morgan with a garden hose... And there was a sopping wet Morgan, chasing after her with a raised kunai. There was Morgan's mother and Dayna's mother, lying on separate pool chairs wearing mud masks... And there was Morgan shoving Dayna into the pool as revenge for the hose incident. Dayna sighed and picked up another of her numerous photo albums. This one was about a year old, right before she and Lee had started going out. This album was filled with pictures of her and Sasuke, when they were together. There were the two of them at the ice cream store, sharing a sundae... There they were last summer at the pool... There was Sasuke, running out of the academy back door, waving his shiny new Leaf Village headband... There she was, smacking Kakashi sensei over the head for being a pervert, she giggled a bit at this, and then skipped to the last page, the last item on the page... a quickly written note in Sasuke's handwriting.
Dayna,
I seriously wasn't cheating on you. Believe me. That Sakura girl is totally OBSESSED with me! She's trying to make me look bad so you'll dump me. She's LYING, I swear. She and I are NOT going out and never will be. You don't have to believe me, but if you're happy with dumping me, I'll go along with it. I'm sorry.
Sasuke.
Dayna sighed again and closed the book. 'Ya know, it makes sense,' she thought. 'Sakura wanted to make me think that they were going out so I would dump him... which I ended up doing, anyway. I was really sad for awhile. Yume chan was the only thing keeping me sane, I bet. Then I met Lee, and I'm sure I'm better off with him. But that means that Sasuke didn't really cheat on me, and I totally chewed out Yume for no reas...'
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! Dayna's cell phone began going off on her bedside table.She picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Dayna? It's Gaara. Did something happen with Yume chan? She came back to the hotel looking seriously out of whack. Did you guys get in a fight or something?"
"Well, yeah, we did... but I want to apologize, can you put Yume on the phone?"
"No, Sorry. She just left for lunch at Sasuke's place."
"Oh... ok... Well, tell Yume that Dayn- that Chiaki said sorry, 'kay?"
"Roger that... By the way, Yume said to ask you if you'll forgive her."
"I sure will. Bye!"
"See ya."
Dayna (A/N: NOTICE: FROM THIS PARAGRAPH ON, DAYNA WILL BE KNOWN AS CHIAKI, A SYMBOL THAT SHE HAS FORGIVEN SASUKE! THANK YOU!) Hung up the phone and began flipping through the rest of the photo album. She quickly finished and stood up, heading for the door.
"HEY, LEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she yelled down the small apartment's staircase (Lee had stayed there since Yume left)
A loud "What?" came back up the stairs.
"Do you know how to get to Sasuke's house?" Chiaki asked, walking into the rather tiny kitchen
"Yeah, go down about two blocks, make a right, it's the huge stained cedar house on the left, you can not miss it. Why?"
"I've... been meaning to apologize... to someone... no, two someones," Chiaki said
"Uh, Dayna chan...?"
"Lee, could you do me a favor?" Chiaki asked walking up to him.
"Uh...sure"
"Call me Chiaki chan, everyone does"
"O-kaaaaaaaaaaaaaay then... See you later, Chiaki chan."
Chiaki quickly ran the two blocks to Sasuke's house and knocked on the door. Yume opened it.
"For the love of GOD, Dayna! We're not doing anything disreputable, and Sasuke isn't cheating on me, so what do you want!?"
"Actually it's Chiaki now," Chiaki said just as Sasuke walked into the hall.
"'Aki chan, good to see you!" he said, coming to the door "Come on in."
Chiaki walked through the door, slipped off her shoes, and went with Sasuke and Yume into the kitchen.
"So, 'Aki chan, what are you here for?" Yume said, quickly adopting the nickname.
"I came... to apologize... to both of you. Oh, and Sasuke?" Chiaki said.
"Yes?"
"You might be aware that Yume chan has no family. So therefore, as her best friend, I give you two my blessing in Yume's mother's place."
Yume beamed at this, and gave Chiaki a lung crushing hug. "I have good news, 'Aki chan!" she said.
"Yeah?"
"I decided to stay in the Leaf Village! I asked Tsunade-sama and my transfer was cleared! Sasuke said there are plenty of rooms in Uchiha manor, and I can stay here!"
"Holy...CRAP! Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Are you serious?!"
"Yes, she is," Sasuke said. "And, since we have the almighty 'Aki's blessing, it should be fine for Yume to stay here"
"It sure is," Chiaki said, grinning from ear to ear. "Oh, by the way Yume chan, someone's at the door for you."
Gaara walked into the kitchen, gave Sasuke a mild glare and sat down. "So it's true, huh? You're staying here? I have some good news as well, girls" (this was responded by "Did you just call me a girl, you emo sand freak?!" from Sasuke, but, MOVING ON!)
"My dad died."
"EH?!?!?!?!?!?! How it that good news?!" Said Chiaki and Yume simultaneously. "Oh, wait," Yume piped up. "His dad tried to kill him, so of course it's good."
"Yes that, and... Yours truly is officially the Fifth Kazekage!" After saying this Gaara found himself on the floor in double lung-crusher hugs from Yume and Chiaki.
"Oh my God! That's Great!" Yume said, getting up. "And it also means you'll be in Leaf on business all the time, so we can visit.!"
"Well, I just stopped by to say that before the bus left," Gaara said.
"Omigosh! The bus! I forgot!" Yume gasped. "Well see you back on business, Kazekage sama," she said, giving Gaara a big hug. "I don't want my best friendboy to forget me. Here's the phone number for this house" Yume said, handing Gaara a slip of paper.
"Thanks," Gaara said, and walked out the door.
"Well, I better go see him off," Dayna said. "Oh you know Ino and Gaara are going out now right?"
"YES!" Sasuke collapsed to the floor in triumph." Another fangirl off my back! Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Chiaki soon left, leaving Yume and Sasuke alone. They went up to their usual nighttime spot, lying on the roof, looking at the stars when Yume said "You know what, Sasuke kun?"
"What?" He replied.
"I think the night before I came here, I had a dream about all this. The vacation, Gaara, you. I couldn't seem to remember it, but it was kinda like deja vu. Distant, hard to grasp, but still there somehow. But you know what?"
"What?" Sasuke said again.
"My little Distant Dream..." she said, pulling over close to him. "It came true."
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DONE! ATTENTION FANS! THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL! I AM TAKING VOTES FOR THE TITLE!
1. A Dream Come True
2. Trouble in Paradise (this would be based around Sasuke leaving the Leaf Village)
Thank you for reading this, people, I have enjoyed your comments and support, and I hope you will enjoy the sequel!
This is kitsune chan signing off, and saying PLEASE REVIEW!