Chapter two:
I gasped for air and sat on the ground. I was so out of breath from my high speed run. Gaara would never be able to follow me after THAT burst of speed. I took a big gulp of breath then stood up. I brushed the dirt off my new pants. How had all this happened? I blinked a few times then smacked my forehead with my left hand. THE FREAKING GEM!! I looked around quickly, then started to jog in the direction I came. Gaara had to of been gone by now, right?
Well, I decided to just walk, seeing as I was still a bit tired. Maybe I should find Naruto, too.
As I was turning around a buildings corner I collided with someone, again. I staggered a bit, but regained my balance.
"Sorry," I apologized then looked up at who I ran into. I almost fainted.
"O-o-o-oh... h-h-h-hi G-g-g-gaar-r-ra!" I greeted the red head then looked at my BARE wrist and said, "OH! Would you look at the time! I better be going, Coon-san!" I then waved and tried to run in a different direction, but my right wrist was then gripped by a strong hand.
"OW!" I yelped letting my right arm go limp, then I faced Gaara angrily. "HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT YOU BROKE THAT HAND?!!!!" I yelled in his face angrily and he let go. I blinked a few times then looked at Gaara confused.
"Are you going to choke me with sand?" I asked and Gaara shook his head slowly.
"You didn't put a paper bomb on my wrist, did you?" I asked and Gaara shook his head again.
"I'm not going to randomly burst into flames, am I?" I asked and again, Gaara shook his head. I narrowed my eyes at him. "Soooooo, you're NOT going to kill me?" I asked suspiciously and Gaara shook his head. I grinned and nodded. "Well, I believe you! I'm glad you finally realized that killing someone JUST because they ticked you off is bad!" I put my hands on my hips and grinned.
"I said I wouldn't kill YOU. Not anyone else," Gaara said flatly and I frowned.
"But, you didn't SAY anything! You just shook your head!" I exclaimed angrily.
"What is so important about this?" Gaara suddenly asked pulling out a sparkling object and showing it to me.
I gasped. THE GEM!!
"GIVE THAT BACK!!!" I screamed jumping at the gem in Gaara's hand, but a wall of sand lifted up in front of me and I collided with it, head on. I was suspended in mid air for a second, face against the sand wall, then I slid to the ground on my stomach. "Ow," I moaned.
"Well? Why is this so important?" Gaara asked again letting the sand wall collapse on top of me. I struggled out of the pile of sand and dusted most of it off me. I then glared at Gaara, no trace of happiness on my face.
"Give. It. Here," I ground out menacingly.
Gaara did not hand it over but lifted it over his head with his sand.
"Grrrr," I growled then jumped up for the gem, but the sand moved out of my way.
"I'll give it to you if you answer a few of my questions," Gaara said calmly.
"Bribing me, huh?" I mumbled then glared at Gaara. "What kind of questions?" I asked arching an eyebrow.
"Well, for one_" but I broke his statement off.
"If it has to do with anything I've said in the past to you, then, NO, I won't answer any of your questions!" I exclaimed turning my back to face the Shukaku holder.
"Fine. Then tell me how you canceled out my sand," Gaara demanded simply. I looked at him over my shoulder and blinked a few times, a blank look on my face.
"Wha?" was my very intellectual reply.
Gaara sighed and dropped the gem back into his right palm. "You canceled out my sand a minute ago, after you told me..." Gaara went silent and my face went tomato red, eyes wide. I turned to Gaara fully.
"Uuuuuuuhhhhhh... OH, YEAH! Now I remember!" I exclaimed pulling away from the awkwardness and forcing my blush back. "I honestly don't know!" I shrugged.
I think Gaara sweatdropped. That was SO weird to see! But I kind of cheered in the back of my mind that I actually made Gaara show some sort of emotion.
"How can you not know!?" Gaara growled squeezing the gem and I flinched.
"I just, don't! I don't know why! I didn't even realize that I had done that!" I yelled angrily crossing my arms and pouting.
"You little bra_" but Gaara didn't finish. He just froze there, in mid insult. I blinked and waved my hand in front of his face. Nothing. I poked him, but my hand went strait through him. I yelped and jumped away.
"What the?" I whispered looking around as everything froze where it was. The birds froze in the sky, the wind stopped, and all the village noises ceased. Everything I could see suddenly became a purple tint.
I looked around frantically. "Hello?!" I called out, but all that answered me was an echo. I started to panic. What was going on here?! Then, to calm my nerves, I screamed. Like, REALLY loud. When I was out of breath, I obviously stopped and listened to the echo of my scream.
"You are scared?" a dark yet soothing voice sounded from everywhere, yet no where at the same time.
"WELL, NO SHIT!!!" I screamed then froze. Had I just heard a dark voice from the shadows of where ever the hell I was AND ANSWER IT?!!!!
"There is no need for fear," a second voice sounded. It was much more soothing and calm then the other.
"No fear?! NO FEAR?!!! TIME JUST STOPPED EXCEPT FOR ME AND NOW I'M HEARING VOICES AND ANSWERING THEM!!! HOW CAN THERE BE NO FEAR!!!?" I yelled at the top of my lungs.
"Well, this won't be for long," said the dark voice.
"Yes, you'll be going back to the land of humans soon enough," said the calm voice.
"Really?" I questioned.
"Really," both voices said and then two figures formed in front of me. One in a puff of white mist, the other in a puff of black mist.
"ACK!" I shrieked jumping, like, ten feet in the air.
"Nothing to fear, child," said the calm voice, obviously coming from the one that came in a white puff. It was a white and blue she-dragon with glowing green eyes and a calm demeanor about her. The other was a large purple and black he-dragon with pure red eyes and razor sharp teeth, and a dark and menacing aura around him.
"W-who are y-you?" I questioned them pointing a finger at them.
"You came from the modern world, correct?" said the dark dragon.
I nodded slowly. "I came here with a gem that Coon-san, I mean, Gaara, now has," I said quietly.
"That gem is Allimnigar's Jewel," said the dark dragon.
"Allimnigar-what's-it?" I questioned arching an eyebrow.
"Allimnigar's Jewel," the light dragon repeated for her "partner." "It teleports a being from your world to the ninja world," the light dragon finished.
"Well, I figured that one out!" I exclaimed shaking my fist in the air, "But who the hell are you guys?"
"I am Luneria Dragoon," said the light dragon.
"I am Luneria's twin OLDER brother, Darkatiss Dragoon," said the dark dragon.
"We're the demon's sealed inside of you!" they both said in unison and I stared at them, wide eyed.
"You see, the only way for you to come here is if a demon becomes part of you! Darkatiss is too powerful so they had to put in someone to balance out his power," Luneria said.
"Apparently, from your training in your own world you have already got skills in chakra. When you canceled out your friends sand, you used some of my dark powers," said Darkatiss.
"You can now control both light and darkness because of us, and maybe more!" Luneria said smiled sweetly.
I stayed silent, gapping at them.
"Well, we best be going," Luneria said calmly then seemed to "shatter" in a glow of blue.
"And get the jewel back from your boyfriend!" Darkatiss called before shattering in a glow of purple. My face was a bit pink, and I was shaking all over.
NO WAY!
I wanted to scream, but couldn't find my voice.
I squeezed my eyes tight.
"_at!" I suddenly heard Gaara's voice in front of me and I craned my eyes open. I was right back to when I had "left" this world and met my demons.
I blinked a few times, staring blankly at Gaara. He narrowed his eyes at me. "What?" he questioned.
I stayed silent. I blinked a few more times, then simply, fainted.
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My eyes fluttered open. I groaned angrily and sat up. I felt so dizzy and my head was throbbing.
"Wh-what happened?" I muttered holding my head in my hands. One, simple, word. OW! Why was I so soar?!
"You fainted," a voice said to my left. I looked around and nearly fell out of the bed I lay in.
"MAKE-UP BOY?! WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" I yelled to the boy. He growled at me.
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Kankuro yelled back.
"NO WAY!" I grinned.
Kankuro gritted his teeth and glared at me. "You were talking with my little brother, G_"
"GAARA! GAH! O M G! HE IS SO DEAD! HE FREAKING HAS MY GEM!!! THAT RETARD!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and Kankuro took a step back.
"Uh, well, you fainted randomly while talking to him and he brought you here," Kankuro explained crossing his arms.
"WELL, I KNEW THAT! BUT WHERE IS THAT BRAT YOU CALL A LITTLE BROTHER?! HE HAS MY FREAKING ALLIMNIGAR JEWEL! WHERE IS IT?! WHERE IS IT?! WHERE IS IT?!" I yelled springing out of the bed and glaring at Kankuro.
"Eh, I don't know where Gaara is, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you!" Kankuro growled and I glared at him more.
"What time is it?" I questioned swallowing my evil retort.
"Night," Kankuro answered simply.
"How helpful," I stated sarcastically. Wait a minute! It WAS helpful! Didn't Gaara hang out on the roof at night? I then looked over to a window. I grinned and shot through it, shattering the glass.
"SORRY!" I called over my shoulder as I fell to the ground below. My feet landed on the earth gracefully and I looked around. I could feel my chakra pulsate through my veins and the power over darkness and light was evident in my chakra itself.
I then turned toward the building behind me and looked up at the roof. I thought I saw a dark figure up there, so I concentrated my power into my feet. I burst upward in a tremendous jump, actually jumping higher then the building itself, and landed lightly on the roof. I looked over to the dark figure, and sure enough, Gaara sat there.
"GIVE ME THE JEWEL BACK, NOW!!!!" I screamed at Gaara stomping over to him. I stood in front of him, glaring sure doom at him.
"Not until you tell me why it's so important," Gaara said blankly as he pulled my jewel out of his pocket. I gritted my teeth.
"FINE! I'LL SHOW YOU IT!" I yelled and suddenly, the gem was teleported into my hand. I blinked at it a few times, then decided it was my new light powers. "Come here, Coon-san!" I grinned and Gaara scowled, but got up anyway and walked over to stand in front of me. I thought that he was short in the show... I was wrong. He, Gaara, was taller then me by a few inches, while I was one of the tallest people in my class.
I smiled and held the gem up to the moonlight and the light that came out glittered over me and Gaara. I felt the same sensation as the first time and soon found myself plummeting towards the ground in the middle of a forest.
But, this time instead of blacking out, a glow of light formed below me, catching me right above the ground. The light gently put me down on my feet and I looked over at Gaara. He was on the ground, just lying there, unconscious. Why hadn't his sand worked? And why wasn't Shukaku taking over while Gaara was out?
"Eh," I shrugged and looked to the sky. I nearly screamed. The sun was high in the sky, probably around noon. OH CRAP! I sat down on the ground next to Gaara and waited. I thought too. The Naruto show was obviously in Japan, which was on the other side of the world, even if the villages and demons were made up. So, logically, when it was p.m. in the Naruto world it was a.m. in my world... CRAP!
I started to panic. I needed an excuse... I had it quickly. I then turned to Gaara. Still not awake. "Cooooooon-saaaaaan," I whispered, shaking Gaara lightly. No response. "Coooooon-saaaaaaan!" I whispered again a little louder and shaking him a bit rougher. Still nothing. I growled and narrowed my eyes. I then pulled out my storage box thing... wait a sec... why was THAT still here?! I looked at my clothes. OH, COME ON! My clothes were the same as when I was in Naruto... well, that threw my excuse of sleepwalking out the window!
I sighed, and summoned a blow horn out of the box. I placed it against Gaara's ear, then BWAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! Gaara jumped, like, twenty feet in the air with a shriek. When he landed back on the ground I was rolling around on the ground laughing so hard that my stomach hurt and my eyes were watering.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Gaara exclaimed at me. This just didn't seem like him, showing so much emotion. I guess I was just a master! Of annoyance, that is!
"WHAT?! YOU WOULDN'T WAKE UP!" I laughed.
"Wake... up?" Gaara's eyes had a flicker of surprise in them and I controlled my self to a giggle.
"Yeah, heh heh heh, but Shukaku didn't take over, hehehe," I giggled simply then suddenly took on a serious face. "Enough laughing already!" I said looking at Gaara like he had been the one laughing like an idiot, SAY NOTHING!
"Uh?" was Gaara's simple reply.
"Doesn't matter," I grumbled then started to walk towards the trees. "This is my home dimension. Welcome, yadda yadda yadda, and all that junk. Now come with me!" I then proceed to drag Gaara through the trees toward the exit.
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"OH MY GOODNESS, OLIVIA!" my mother was squeezing me in a bear hug, my dad right behind her and Gaara standing some ways behind me.
"Hi...mom...can't...breath..." I gasped out and my mom let go. She held my shoulders and looked at my face.
"Where have you been?" she asked angrily and I looked away. She could do scary so well.
"I, kind of, went into the Naruto show... heh heh," I answered.
"What?" my dad questioned me.
"YEAH! AND THIS IS GAARA!" I then pointed to the redhead behind me and my parents nodded to him. "You've watched the Naruto show with me so much, mom! You should know who he is!" I said to my mother.
"I do know who Gaara is, but it's just a show. It's not real," my mom said. Man, Gaara had to be so confused right about now.
"But mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom! I'm telling the truth!" I whined pulling out the gem. "This brought me there!" My mom took the jewel from my hand and inspected it. She looked over at me.
"Stop lying, Olivia. I know when you are. I always figure out," my mom said menacingly.
"But, I'm telling the truth! Go on, tell 'em Coon-san!" I turned to Gaara and he shrugged slightly.
"Fine," he said simply and walked up to stand next to me. "It's true, what she says. I am, in fact, Sabaku no Gaara," Gaara said to my parents.
"Really? Then let me see you use some sand," my mother said and Gaara nodded simply. Then, sand poured out of his gourd onto the ground, then started to circle around him. My parents gaped at him.
"TOLD YOU SO!" I said gleefully.
"I can't believe this," my dad said quietly and I smiled.
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"Why do I have to wear this stupid thing?" Gaara questioned me as my mom drove us down the street.
"You're here in my world, you aren't going back to your world right away, so, you're coming to school with me, and my school has uniforms, so YES, you have to wear it!" I growled to the Sand shinobi. Though, it was hard to tell he was a ninja right now, and a murderous one at that! I explained everything to my parents, the sneaking out at night and everything, the only thing I left out was the two demons inside me. Now, I needed to go to school and I did NOT feel like bringing Gaara back just yet, so I forced him into wearing one of my school's male uniforms. When we ordered the uniforms, we, for some reason, got a set of male ones by mistake along with female ones. My mom had covered Gaara's scar and the black rings around his eyes with cover up and some powder. He wore a black polo with SHHS printed where you would normally put a pin, and he wore grey jeans. He borrowed some of my brothers old sneakers, some black and white Nike's, and I put his hair in a normal fashion; if you've ever seen Freddie from iCarly, it kind of looks like that but with some hair dangling over his forehead helping to hide the area where his scar was. He didn't look right, actually. Well, if you knew he was Sabaku no Gaara from the anime Naruto then it didn't look right. But, if you didn't know who he was, then he just looked like a new redhead that just came from Japan. His made up story here was that he was an exchange student from Japan named Garret, I know, I'm evil, heh heh heh. Of course, I gave him a nickname because I love nicknames. I called him Garry. I think he wanted to kill me, but hey! Who wouldn't?! hehehe. Well, he was just going to be attending classes that day to see if he wanted to actually be part of the school, but remember, this was just a made up story. Garry, I mean Gaara, couldn't care less about this place.
"Still," Gaara groaned looking out the window. From what I understood, when we got to school, we went straight to 2nd period. We would recommend Gaara to have the same classes as me.
"So, what do you think of this place, Garry?" I questioned him, grinning.
"I don't care," he groaned when my mom finally turned on some music. "GAH! What the hell?!" Gaara was suddenly quite terrified by the music. I burst into laughter.
"The mighty Sabaku no Gaara is afraid of the radio?!" I laughed.
"Radio? What's that? A newly discovered jutsu?" Gaara questioned suspiciously.
"No, it's not a jutsu, Sand-for-brains! It just plays music for people," I answered simply, still giggling.
"Hm," Gaara looked back out the car window at everything they passed. "And, what do you call what we're riding in?" he questioned after a couple seconds.
"A car. Most people have them," I answered, my laughter all gone now. Soon, my mom pulled the car over to a curb. I zoomed out quickly and opened the car trunk. Gaara followed more calmly. I pulled out my lunch box, my purse, and my rolling backpack. I then got Gaara's bag lunch my mom made for him and my brother's old black and red backpack. He had stuffed one of his backpack's empty pockets full of sand. I told him that it wasn't normal for people to do that in my world, but he didn't pay attention to me.
"BYE MOM! I LOVE YOU!" I called to my mom through the opened window then pulled Gaara to the school office.
"Ok, now, people here don't believe in demons, so you have nothing worry about in that run! Don't say anything about your ninja life and don't use any of your sand. That means NO KILLING!!!" I put the guide lines down for the redhead.
"Like I care," Gaara groaned as we burst into the school office.
"HI'YA!" I greeted the desk clerk person... I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THEM!
"Hello. You are late, I presume. What's your name, I'll get you a tardy slip," said the woman opening up a book.
"Olivia Christine Wooton. I also have an exchange student here just for today. He'll be attending me on all of my school day," I answered the woman also gesturing to Gaara to show who I was talking about.
"Alright, what's his name and where's he from?" the woman asked.
"This is Garret Sabaku. He is from Japan. And don't worry, he can speak English!" I grinned and the desk clerk nodded. She wrote a couple things down in her book then handed me and Gaara a slip of paper.
"It's second period right now," she said before I zoomed out of the office, dragging Gaara behind me.
I dragged Gaara over to the high school trailer, which was way too small for all the people in the halls in between periods, and dragged him to my second period; Religion.
"HI ALL!" I exclaimed as I jumped in. I think I gave the class a heart attack... heh heh...
"O-olivia! You're late. Do you have a tardy slip?" my religion teacher, Mr. Meyers, asked me.
I nodded happily and handed him my slip of paper. "OH! And this is an exchange student from Japan! He'll be here for just today. His name's Garret Sabaku! SAY 'HI' CLASS!!!" I was quite hyper today, unfortunately for the class. That normally spelled immanent doom for them. Insert evil laughter.
"HI!" the whole class said in unison. Gaara didn't seem very fazed, just handed Mr. Meyers his slip of paper like I had and followed me to a seat. Apparently, my friend Avy Beard, who sat in front of me, wasn't there today, so Gaara took her seat.
"So, what I miss? Anything exciting?" I questioned the three boys that sat around my desk. We were all good buds. To my left sat my friend Spencer Little, behind him sat Zak Bermond, and behind me was Garret Carr. 'Great,' I thought, 'now we got TWO Garrets!'
"Nothing much," Spencer answered simply then turned to Gaara.
"Nice to meet 'cha, Garret. I'm Spencer!" he greeted Gaara who just glanced at him, then turned back to the front of the class.
"What an exciting person," Zak said sarcastically.
"Hm," I replied then turned to Gaara and whispered, "You know, you could be a bit more interesting! People here don't hate you like those idiots in Suna." Gaara glanced back at me, shrugged, then turned back to the board.
I growled to myself then turned back to my friends. "He's just a bit shy," I told them.
"Shy?!" Gaara suddenly turned towards us. He kept his voice down so Mr. Meyers couldn't hear.
"Well, yeah! It's so very obvious!" I answered simply, shrugging and grinning.
"I'm not shy in any sense of the word. And if you had any sense, you'd be quiet this very instant!" Gaara growled back. I just grinned at him.
"Great, another devious and disastrous mind," Garret behind me grumbled. Gaara had a flicker of anger in his eyes but I interrupted him before he could say anything.
"Yes, and the two main devious minds in this class are!?" I sounded like a talk show host.
"You and Spenc!" Zak finished for me.
"ME?! Evil?! I would never think of it!" Spencer said, pretending to be offended but smiling all the same.
"YOU ARE EVIL!" Garret, Zak, and I all said at the same time. We all started to laugh, except for Gaara of course.
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The school day was boring, as usual. The day just dragged on and on. Gaara stayed as silent as a pole the whole time, as expected. Now it was time for lunch. I had to drag Gaara all the way to the cafeteria and to me and my friends usual table. He sat to my left where it was normally empty. I ate my lunch calmly like always and listened in on the conversations. This was a time when I liked to stay silent.
"I'm surprised you're not talking," Gaara whispered to me calmly.
"Ah, so Coon-san speaks!" I grinned back at him. He just turned back to his lunch, or what used to be it... WHEN THE HECK HAD HE FINISHED IT?!!!
"When this 'school' is over, you're to bring me back to Konoha," Gaara demanded calmly and I just scoffed.
"That's up to me, now isn't it?" I growled pulling the jewel from my purse. "I posses it, I choose what happens to it," I smiled slyly. Gaara gritted his teeth then turned away.
I smiled and went back to my lunch deciding to block out all the noise and think. Back in Konoha, it was obviously time for the Chuunin Exams. I was going to be going back to that world, I knew that, so maybe I could join in. I had powers that I could probably master quickly, and I'm sure I could figure out the Henge Jutsu, the Bunshin Jutsu, and the Substitution Jutsu. They were the basics, and I was a hard working girl. So I was ok there. But if I were to join the Chuunin Exams I would need two more people for a team and a sensei. Who would I have as a team? Would the Hokage even let me become a ninja? And if he did, would he choose my team? Or would I have to find it? But I didn't know anyone in the ninja world. What about someone here?
My eyes cracked open swiftly. I hadn't realized they had shut. I looked around the lunchroom. There were quite a few people that knew about the show Naruto in my class. Some of my friends knew about it from me babbling on about it. But, would any of them want to join? And if they did, they'd have to learn the basic jutsu.
Let's see. I then had it! It came to me in a flash. Garret, Spencer, Zak, Alec, William, Hillary, Leah, and Liana. They all knew plenty of the Naruto show and I was good friends with them all. I had... "persuaded" them all to memorize all the basic jutsu's hand signs and a couple others. What? I was bored, I knew them all, they didn't, I wanted to share my knowledge! That's not a bad thing!
I got out a piece of paper from my purse and ripped it into eight different pieces. I wrote the note, "meet me, Olivia (Luna), in extended care after school." I then folded each one up and passed one to Liana, Leah, and Hillary. They all sat at my table. The others would be easy, too.
Liana, Leah, and Hillary read the notes, looked at me curiously, shrugged, put the notes in their own purses, then continued to chat. I zoned out again, some times glancing over at my crush from my own world at the other 8th grade table and some times glancing at my other crush who sat next to me.
"Hey, Peter," my best friend, Liana, broke me out of my thoughts. I glared at her angrily.
"My name's not Peter!" I exclaimed so that only the people at my table could hear.
"Peter?" Gaara asked me arching an invisible eyebrow.
"Doesn't matter. Just go back to being a quiet pole, GARRY," I mumbled. Well, I was touchy about my nicknames. It was one of my weak points. How Liana had come up with calling me Peter, I really didn't know.
Gaara glared at me and turned away again.
I sighed and turned to Liana, who was on my right. "First off, call me LUNA, remember?" I corrected her. I always wished my name was Luna, so I started calling myself Luna and asked my friends to call me Luna, and I put Luna on my papers.
"Fine, Luna, I have a question," Liana acted angry, but I knew she wasn't.
"Shoot," I smiled and Liana grinned evilly. She was almost as good as me on the evil looking account. I regretted letting Liana question me as soon as that smile stretched across her lips. She knew my weak points. She knew how to get me ticked. I may get ticked easily, but there are certain things that just get to me really easily.
"Are you and Garry in LOOOOOOOOVE?!!!" Liana questioned and Gaara spat out the milk he'd been drinking at the moment in a spray of white. I gaped at Liana, unable to form words.
"W-what?" I stammered finally as Gaara coughed in the background.
"You know! Like, are you two dating?" she asked me bumping my arm with her elbow playfully, grinning all the while.
Ok, I officially want to tear my best friend into itsy bitsy pieces then throw them into the ocean where they'll be eaten by an octopus!!!! But that could never happen. But HEY, a girl can dream, can't she?
"We're not_ I mean he's not_ I mean I'm not_" I couldn't form a good reply, I was in too much shock.
"Nothing's decided at the moment," Gaara said some what calmly and I stared at him in shock. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS BOY?!!!!!! I now want to kill my Naruto crush... very, very, VERY painfully!!!!
But wait, did this mean that he might like me? I then began to cheer in my head happily. I was very good at hiding my emotions on the outside, actually, so it still looked like I was shocked by Gaara's statement. Well, I had to be good at hiding these emotions, because I had to in front of my real world crush. He had no clue I like him.
"AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!" all my friends at my table went and my face went red with a blush. Ok, the blush was real.
"OUR LITTLE LUNA IS GROWING UP!!!" Leah exclaimed happily and I glared pure death at her. The glare did not work for two reasons. 1.) She and my other friends are used to it and 2.) It's hard to look frightening when your face is pink with a blush.
"Cut it out!" I yelled, this time the statement echoing through the cafeteria and the room fell silent. Everyone looked over at me and I blushed in embarrassment. I grinned sheepishly and waved a tiny bit to everyone. They all slowly went back to their own conversations making the room fill with the noise of chatter. I sunk down my seat and under the table.
"I'm going outside," I mumbled reaching out from under the table, grabbed my purse and lunch box, pulled them under the table, then zoomed out from under the table on the other side and went outside.
I sat at one of the tables outside with a bunch of the boys. I was zoned out once again. I wasn't really thinking of anything imparticular, just thinking.
"Uh, Tuna?!" the name sounded into my ear and I jumped slightly. I glared over at Spencer who had obviously spoken.
"Don't startle me like that! And it's Luna or Olivia! Take your pick!" I growled to the boy crossing my arms over my chest.
Spencer laughed then smiled over at me. "But Tuna is better then Luna! It fits!" he laughed and I felt like hitting him on the back of the head. He was known for being the strongest guy in my class, and no one knew of my training and new powers except for myself. Well, my parents knew about the secret training and so did Gaara, but they didn't know about my special abilities or that I had two awesome demons sealed inside of me! But, I'm sure that if I used my real strength I could send SHACK flying across a football field!
"What do you mean it fits?" I growled, standing up and putting my hands on my hips, trying to look dangerous.
Spencer wasn't fazed... as usual... god damn it!
"Oh, nothing!" insert snicker here, "and I've been trying to get through to you for the past five minutes! You were in serious zone-out-mode!" I glared at Spencer again then arched an eyebrow.
"Five minutes?" I questioned, but shook it off. "Well," I continued, "what do you want?"
"Well, now I have two questions," Spencer said grinning. I arched an eyebrow again. He was a bit more predictable then Liana, and I could tell he was plotting something too. But, hey, why not?
"What?" I groaned sitting back down and holding my head up by my right hand that was leaned against the table.
"Do you like that Garry guy? Is that who you zoned out over?" Spencer laughed and my eyes stretched wide. Why me? "What about your many other crushes? Like that Parker Mulherin guy? Or Griffin?" I HAD to tell Spencer my two main crushes names, didn't I? No, they weren't the one I was staring at during lunch. They didn't even go to my school!
I growled at Spencer angrily then saw Gaara walk outside through the corner of my eye. Oh no! Spencer, please be quiet!
"Or, what about those three mystery boys?! What about them?!" Spencer was laughing so hard as he spoke and I saw Gaara look over at us. He could hear us! "OH! What about Gaara?!!!" Spencer was in stitches and I felt like dying. NO!!!! DEAR GOD, NO!!!!!! "I thought you LOOOOOVED him!!! You wanted to MAAAAAARRY him!!!" Spencer laughed and I clutched my head in embarrassment. My mind was on only one thing. 'Kill Spencer! Kill Spencer! Kill Spencer!' I looked over at Gaara through the corner of my eye. His eyes were wide, and he didn't look like his normal self. I think he was twitching. Spencer noticed me looking over at Gaara. He grinned wickedly.
"There's your man!" he laughed and I flung my lunch box at him. I was a very ticked off girl! I then snatched the lunch box away from him, went over to Gaara, gripped his wrist, and dragged him over to the side of the cafeteria. I heard Spencer call after us, "BE GOOD, YOU TWO!!!"
I sat down on the dirt angrily. I. Was. Going. To. Kill. Spencer.
I looked up at Gaara who stood in front of me. He had no emotion on his face, and he stared at the clouds. I sighed and stared at the ground.
"You are not allowed to kill Liana, Leah, Spencer, or anybody else that says anything you don't like!" I suddenly made my point clear. Gaara looked down at me and I looked back up at him.
"When did they say something I didn't like?" he questioned me calmly. I blinked a few time before cocking my head to the side like a cat or dog. "You're the only one that's said stuff I don't like," Gaara finished crossing his arms. I pretended to look hurt.
"And what have I said?" I questioned faking the sound of disbelief in my voice.
Gaara looked down on me with an annoyed you-know-what-you-said look. "How about calling me Panda Man, Great Panda Lord, Coon-san, and a silent pole?!" Gaara growled and I grinned up at him.
"But they're just nicknames!" I smiled happily and he rolled his eyes. Then my eyes looked down to the ground again. "And the other people said some stuff about us... going out... especially Spencer," I mumbled not looking up at Gaara. I had absolutely no clue how he'd react.
"I don't really care..." Gaara whispered and I flicked my gaze straight back up to him. What?
"You... don't care?" I questioned, eyes wide. Gaara still looked down at me, then sighed. He knelt down in front of me and looked me straight in the eyes.
"No, I don't. Words don't affect me any longer. But I have two questions for you," Gaara said flatly and I shrugged.
"Go ahead! What's on your mind?" I cocked my head to the side slightly.
"Why do they think we are... together?" Gaara questioned, his voice sounding awkward and unsure.
I blinked a few times then shrugged again. "They just enjoy messing with me," I said simply. "Second question?"
"Yes, well," Gaara looked around, trying to look anywhere but me, I guess. "Why are you so upset about it?" he finally questioned me.
I blinked some more and looked away. "Well, I don't like people that just presume something's going up or something's going on. I've had to deal with those a lot in my lifetime. I still hate it when people presume stuff," I answered best I could. People had always presumed I was a freak for liking dragons and dinosaurs, stuff that was supposed to be for "boys." I hated it. So, I stayed the way I was and became a fear to be messed. I still hated it when people presumed stuff about me, like I had said. But a few things were acceptable.
"But, I thought you'd LIKE they were presuming such a thing," Gaara said and I flicked my gaze back to him.
"And why's that?" I growled glaring at him.
Gaara wasn't fazed. "Well, you DID say you liked me a while ago," Gaara said simply and I leapt at him.
"SHUT UP YOU!" I yelled as it happened. I collided with him and tried to pin him to the ground. It wasn't very hard. He was only good with his sand, nothing else like great strength, and I was trained in strength. "Look, we are to NEVER speak of that again! It just slipped out, ok?! No one will know of it!" I growled to him under me. My face held a strong blush, and I hated it right about now. Guess Gaara saw it.
"Then, tell me this. Why are you blushing?" Gaara smiled oh so very slightly. My blush became even more powerful and my eyes were a bit wider.
"Well... uh... I just.... well… you see... it's... um..." I didn't know what to say when Gaara's hand slipped out from my grip. I slipped forward slightly and found my face a bit closer to Gaara's. Holy shit!
Gaara's hand snaked to the back of my head before I could pull away. He shoved my head forward and our lips met. My eyes were so freaking wide, I thought my head would split in half.
WHAT THE FREAKING HELL?!!!!!!!!!!!
We separated after what felt like hours and I stared down at Gaara. He was smiling very slightly while I was in total shock.
"So, now what do you think?" he questioned still smiling. I just gaped at him. I started to shake, then flat out fainted on top of the redhead.