I am sooooooo sorry I haven't updated in a while you guys! I've had some family issues ensuing upon my writing.

Anyway, this long chapter will, I REPEAT WILL be broken up, just for the time change, but it will still be my promise kept, ok? OK!

Disclaimer:

author looks at Naruto and crew Do I have to?

Everyone: YES!!!

Me: Fine,fine, I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!!!!!Balls up and cries

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The adrenaline pumped through Sakura as she pulled the guy, face leveled with her (Him being a good foot taller than her) and spoke,

"It's people like you that really bug me, always messing with someone who is vulnerable, thinking that they are the brave ones, that they are proving they're worth, but all they are proving is that they are too cowardly to stand up to someone whose actually a threat."

At this point Sakura leaned in very closely to the guy's face, and glared at him with such intensity that she could freeze hell over twice.

As she prepared to say something else, she felt a small hand on her shoulder. Sakura turned to find herself face to face with a pair of shy opal eyes.

Sakura, in her moment of anger, had totally forgotten about the small girl pressed against the lockers. The opal-eyed girl spoke,

"Th-thank you f-for helping, m-me, I-I'm Hin-nata Hyuuga. W-why did y-you do th-that?"

'Why did I do that? I mean, what possessed me?' thought Sakura' Oops, I better reply'

"I did it because you remind me of someone I once knew…"

Hinata's eyes widened and she moved as if she was a bout to say something, but instead, Sakura felt herself being rammed into the row of lockers beside her.

'Aw crap! I forgot about him!'

Said guy cocked his hand as if to land a punch on Sakura's delicate face.

She closed her eyes and waited for impact, but it never came.

Sakura opened her eyes only to see white.

Confused, she reached out only to have a hand firmly grasp her wrist, fearing that it was her attacker, she tried to scream, but to no avail.

Sakura figured if she was going to fight she'd have to make an analysis of her opponent. She had only remembered his chicken shaped hair.

Opening her eyes once more, she expected to see white again, but instead found herself drowning in a pair of sea foam eyes. The pinkette attempted to step back only to find herself in between a wall of lockers.

Sakura began to speak only to be interrupted by a deep monotone voice,

"What were you thinking?"

"I-I..Uh..Well"

Hinata's soft voice interrupted Sakura's mumbles,"She was helping me, S-Sasuke was at it a-again…"

The red head closed his eyes for a second and finally turned around to an unconscious heap on the floor, or now known as Sasuke, and picked him up only to open a trash can lid and toss him into the pile of rotting garbage.

Casually, as if it never happened, the scarlet haired angel strolled back to the two girls and, looking at Sakura, spoke one word or rather name,

"Gaara."

'Gaara, hmmm, he's interesting…' Realization finally hit that he was waiting for her name.

"Oh! Hehe, my name, yea, it's Haruno Sakura."

Said girl began to blush under Gaara's scrutinizing gaze.

" Your name means cherry blossom, fitting." As he said this, he picked up a strand her her hair. (The pink part)"See you around. Ja ne."

Hinata turned to Sakura after a while and they headed off to second period.

All the while, Sakura's thoughts wandered off to Gaara.

'I wonder if I get to see him anymore today…'

The two girls arrived at their homeroom and Sakura gave the sensei her late pass.

While entering, no one took that much notice in Sakura, to her happiness, and she began to scan the room for a seat.

Hinata waved her over and she sat down in a group of new faces…all except one, 'Gaara'

"Hey guys, Hinata, Gaara!"

"Hey Sakura."

Suddenly, the whole class became silent and to her chagrin, turned toward the said pinkette.

A voice spoke over the crowd," WoW! That's the most I've ever heard you say Gaara!"

The only reply was a 'Hn'.

"Naruto you baka! THIS is the reason he never speaks, you always have something stupid to say!" yelled another blonde, but she had it in a long braid trailing all the way down to her mid-thigh.

Hinata then took the liberty of introducing everybody,

The loud male blonde, was Naruto.

The other loud Blonde was Ino.

Then there was Tenten, who had her hair in two buns and was being annoyed by a guy similar to Hinata in features, but had long, long hair-especially for a guy. His name was Neji.

There was a sleeping pineapple on the desk behind Neji, and that was told to be Shikamaru.

After introductions, Sakura laid low in the midst of their playing/arguing to make some observations. They were a family. All of them, whether they knew it or not, had formed a bond, then they asked her to become a part of that…they were different.

It didn't seem right, something seemed off. It seemed as if….it wasn't real…

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Ok, I'm updating later tonight, By the way Gaara is NOT insomniatic. Anyway, her's your piece of the long chapter I have conducted. Like I said, I will be posting another chappie tonight! Okay! Bye please read and review!

Sayonnara!

Crimson