I'm starting to type this on Gaara's birthday, January 19, so all Gaara fans reading this, (I'm such a big one), call out with me, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAARA SAMA!!!!!

I needed to say that!

So, enjoy chapter 19, written on the 19th!

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Unwanted

Chapter 19 – Sasuke 'Brakes'

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"Sasuke, you're dead!" Naruto yelled as he dodged a giant flaming dragon that sped out from the hole between Sasuke's fingers. Unfortunately for Naruto, the dragon followed him.

"Dammit!" he screamed as he ran as fast as he could on the upright wall, using his charka so he wouldn't fall, but the dragon was gaining ground; fast. Naruto felt desperate, unable to think of any way to get rid of the giant flaming dragon that had unnaturally large flaming teeth off of his ass. By the time he thought of something, he had not only been able stay three feet in front of the dragon, but he also went all around the arena once, pretty impressive if you think about said dragon.

Naruto put his 'plan' into action, a plan that was not only lame sounding if explained, but also just plain lame.

He stopped running.

Everyone gasped, wondering what the obvious stereotyped 'dumb blonde' (A/N: hey! I'm blonde, too!!!) was thinking, not that anyone could ask him because his body was lost in the flames.

They couldn't see Naruto within the flaming dragon, and most spectators strongly believed he was burnt to a crisp and that there were no remaining parts of him left, all of which who thought that were terribly wrong.

The dragon's tail finally passed where Naruto had stood, and they finally saw the blonde, enclosed in a barrier none were expecting to see.

"Jee…" thought Naruto when the dragon had passed, "Sasuke would have killed me if I hadn't put this barrier up! I should have thought about doing this before I stopped running. He almost ate me!"

Naruto dropped down to the ground, a new plan in mind. "Sasuke's controlling the dragon, so if I take him out, the dragon will stop chasing me! Speak of the devil…" the dragon came rushing towards him again, he barely dodged.

And obviously, Anko had fled to a safer place.

Naruto charged towards Sasuke, and to his surprise Sasuke dodged Naruto's strike, and if Sasuke had really been controlling the dragon, the dragon would either have disappeared or Sasuke would have been too busy controlling it to move. Naruto checked for the dragon, it was still there, looking for Naruto, but still there.

Naruto cursed under his breath, and Sasuke smiled.

"I'm not controlling it, Naruto!" Sasuke yelled. "It has a mind of its own, I can control it if I want, but it seems more practical to let it chase you." he laughed.

"Sasuke, I thought this was going to be you vs. me, not me vs. the giant dragon that

has burning spit and will fry me to nothing if we make contact! Call it off!"

"You're right, Naruto," the dragon, who had been 20 feet away from Naruto without him noticing disappeared into thin air, and everyone watching gasped, "we'll have a 1 on 1 fight, you and me, just like it was supposed to be."

They both nodded in agreement.

A fierce Taijutsu session came quickly after, but only seemed to last without chakra use for about 30 seconds, because Naruto pulled out his Shadow Clone jutsu and once again tried his Uzumaki Naruto barrage. This time, it hit square on.

Blow after blow was inflicted on Sasuke, who could only watch the many Narutos flying around him, and endure the pain.

Sasuke was then sent flying into the ground, and Naruto went in for the finishing blow to Sasuke's stomach, a little flare he added to the move after he saw Sasuke's move, but not expecting it, Sasuke turned onto his side to get up, and instead of Naruto's attack hitting his stomach, it hit his arm.

"Oops…didn't mean to do that…" Naruto said as he landed on the ground and saw his friend stand up, grasping his arm. Naruto waited, thinking it only fair to let Sasuke have the next move, seeing as Sasuke couldn't perform more than half his jutsus with his broken arm.

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"Sasuke!" Sakura yelled from the stands, as Lee walked up to her.

"Sakura," he said comfortingly, "Sasuke is strong, he still has a good chance at

winning the match."

"I-I know, but it's just that, Lee, it was Naruto who broke his arm." she replied, almost in tears.

"I know." replied Lee, and Sakura stood up and hugged the green clad boy for comfort.

"Oh Lee! I-I w-want to t-t-tell you something, b-but I'm c-crying t-too mu-much right now s-so I-I…c-c-ca-cant!" Sakura cried into his chest.

"Sakura, shh, it's okay…" he stroked her hair comfortingly.

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Getting tired of standing, Katya surveyed the seats and saw Ayame sitting not far from where she was. She went over to join her.

"Hi, Ayame!" she reached over to hug her. "I missed you, and before you say anything, I'm sorry I left, so please don't talk about it, okay?"

"A-Alright, Katayanagi." replied her friend.

"Where's Cagalli?" inquired Katya as she let go of Ayame and saw that she wasn't

beside her.

"I don't know, I don't think she came." replied Ayame as she took a last look at the entrance.

"Why wouldn't she?"

"I don't know."

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"What are you doing? Aren't you going to watch that blonde fight?" as Gaara as he turned a corner to join a certain silver haired kunoichi, who looked out longingly at the Arena, which stood fairly far away.

"I don't know…where I belong. So I don't know what I am doing, and it wouldn't be right if I went to watch his fight." she replied, not even looking back at the red head.

"Bull shit." Gaara replied as he put his hand on her shoulder and spun her around and wrapped his arms around her. "You belong in my arms, Cagalli."

Cagalli paused a second, startled at Gaara's strange behavior, then she pushed him away. "What are you doing? T-That's not like you, Gaara."

"I thought about what you said, like how I mean nothing to you anymore, and how

you never wanted to see my face again, but here we are, talking together." he replied.

"I-I acted rashly, and said what I felt at that moment. I-I didn't mean any of that, I swear! I still love you Gaara, and I always will!"

"Even if I kill your two best friends?"

Cagalli paused, once again startled. "I-I don't know…"

"Well, as I was saying, I've thought about what you said that time, and I came up with something." he paused, wanting to make her wonder more. "I came up with something simple. You've always loved me, and always said you have, and all I've done is ignore you, so I came up with this; I'll love you back." he reached his arms out again. "Now, give me the pleasure of my first kiss."

Cagalli slapped his arm away.

"Something wrong?" he asked.

"You are not Gaara!" she snapped. "I didn't see through it before, because I was scared and alone, wishing for Gaara's company and love, I was blind. Show your real face, imposter!"

"But I'm not…"

"Don't try to lie your way out of this, tell me who you are!"

"Fine, fine, fine!" she heard a voice come from around the place the Gaara imposter had come from. "You got me, but it was funny to watch, none the less."

A black dressed boy, looking around the age of 14 or 15, came out from around the corner.

"My name is Kankuro. I believe we met before, am I right, Yakushi Cagalli?" Kankuro undid the transformation jutsu from his puppet.

"Refresh my memory, please?"

"I am Gaara's brother, Kankuro."

"You?"

"Glad you remember me."

"What do you want? And why were you trying to fool me with that fake Gaara?" Cagalli demanded.

"Oh, it was fun, I almost laughed and gave it away, though." replied Kankuro.

"H-How did you know what I said to him earlier?" she demanded.

"Would you believe me if I said Gaara paid me to stock you?"

"No."

"Alright then, that's a lie anyway. I was close by, so I spied on you. After that, I

thought of the perfect joke, 'trick the little kunoichi in love with my brother to think

he loves her back', and emotion that Gaara doesn't know."

"It's not nice to play with peoples feeling like that, Kankuro! I'm sure you don't know the meaning of love either, do you?" Kankuro looked at the girl, speechless. She was about to cry, he hadn't meant for her to cry, just to get her angry. "I thought so. B-But love is even worse when the person you love doesn't even know the meaning or love, or how it feels, and couldn't care less about you, or anyone or anything else for that matter! A-And when you are about to brake already and some ass hole comes around and thinks playing with your feelings if funny…" she couldn't continue, she was crying too much.

"S-Stop crying, ok? It was just a joke, I seriously didn't mean any harm!" he tried to comfort her, but in vain. "Stop crying already! Stoppit!"

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No, for all of you who are thinking that Cagalli's a baby, she's not. But I shouldn't have to explain why.

Anyway, please review, and I'll update soon!