A Past You Can't Forget (Part 1: Three Years Old, Innocence and Confusion.)
Julie arrived at the Sand Village Ninja Academy. It was her first day so she was a little nervous, but she was happy to be with other kids.
She was dressed in her favorite clothes: A white T-shirt with a heart on it, and a denim skirt.
As she entered the playground area she noticed a swing set. She skipped over to a swing set happily and noticed a boy her age with red hair sitting alone on a swing, looking really sad.
"Is this swing taken?" Julie asked.
"No." the boy said as he looked up from the ground.
Julie got onto the swing and quickly noticed her feet didn't touch the ground. She tried to touch the ground so she could get the swing going by moving one foot lower than the other but it didn't work.
The boy looked over at Julie confused.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"I'm trying to move the swing." She replied. "Usually my dad pushes me on the swing. I've never tried it by myself." Julie gave up on trying to move the swing, and sat the way she was before. "My name's Julie. What's you name?" Julie asked smiling.
"My name's Gaara of the Desert." Gaara said, confused at Julie's friendly approach.
"Are you in the Ninja Academy too?" Julie asked.
Gaara nodded in reply.
"We might be in the same class together, right?" Julie started to become excited that some one might become her friend.
"I guess so." Gaara said.
After Ninja Academy was over Julie started walking home. She was happy that Gaara was in her class. She just couldn't wait for tomorrow so that she could talk to him again. Just then something in her head told her to turn around. She was confused but she shrugged it off and turned around happily, just in time to see Gaara a few yards away.
As she watched she saw some kids running away from him, and being the innocently oblivious child she was, she thought that they were playing 'tag'. She knew that if she didn't get home in the next hour her father would get mad but she wanted to join. So she ran over to Gaara.
"Hey, Gaara!" She yelled, waving and smiling. "Can I play too?"
But Gaara just looked down at the ground.
"Gaara?" She asked. "What are you doing?"
Then she saw tears fall from Gaara's eyes.
"Gaara, what's wrong?" Julie asked. "Did you get hurt?"
No answer.
"Are you okay?" Julie asked. "Why are you crying?"
He still didn't answer.
Julie became very confused, and when she was confused she would cry. She tried to hold back the tears but it soon became too much and she started crying too.
Gaara looked up from the ground, tears still in his eyes.
"Why are you crying?" Gaara asked.
"I-I don't know." Julie replied, looking at Gaara with tears in her eyes.
The two just stood there. Staring at each other with tear filled eyes, and suddenly Julie started giggling. Then pretty soon she started laughing.
Gaara stared at her, confused.
"Why are you laughing?" He asked.
"Because I don't know why we were crying!" She said in between laughs.
"That is kind of funny." Gaara said as a small smile spread across his face. Then he started laughing too.
The two laughed for about five minutes until they calmed down enough to say good bye to each other. They knew that they were officially friends.