Chapter three:
My eyes opened slowly only to be met with teal colored ones. I shrieked.
"It's ok, Livvy!" another voice said to the side. Gaara moved away from my face and I saw my friends, the rest of my class, and a bunch of the school crowded around me. Leah had been the one to talk.
"Wh-what happened?" I moaned sitting up slowly, clutching my head in pain. It then came all rushing back to me. OMG! I glanced over at Gaara who just had his arms crossed, no expression on his face. That little devious child... I'M SO PROUD!
"We were hoping you would know!" said my teacher, Mrs. Carr.
"Hm... well, I can't remember. All I know is that I was talking to Gaar_ I mean Garry, and then everything went black!" I lied. Everyone looked at Gaara expectantly.
"I don't know what happened. She just collapsed randomly," Gaara said flatly, playing along with the lie.
Everyone looked at each other and a few people left the group. Another one of my old teachers, Mr. VanZant, or Mr. VZ, came up to me. "Do you want me to call your parents, or get you some medicine?" he asked. Good old Mr. VZ! He was always looking out for his old class.
"No, no, I'm fine! I'll just get a bit of water and be up and running!" I smiled and a friend of mine, Jacob, walked up to me with a bottle of water.
"I drank a bit out of it, but it's still cold, unlike the fountain water," he said handing me the water.
I smiled gratefully at him and took the bottle. "Yes, thank you! I'm not worried about cooties, or anything, so it's ok!" I said taking a sip of the water. I looked over at Gaara again and saw him glaring death at poor Jacob. I glared at him. Gaara caught my glare and stopped his own. YAY!! I TAMED COON-SAN!
"We'll be inside if you need us," said Mrs. Carr. I nodded and all the teachers went back into the cafeteria building. The crowd around me disintegrated so that only my friends from my class were around me.
Liana and Leah walked up to me and glared down at me. I hadn't noticed I was on the ground.
"Ok, what REALLY happened?" Liana demanded me. I raised an eyebrow and cocked my head to one side.
"Huh?" was my intellectual reply.
"Don't play dumb with us! We KNOW something else happened to make you faint!" Leah said and I stood up calmly.
"Look, I told you what happened! I just blacked out!" I lied to them and Spencer then walked up, grinning slightly. Oh, shit!
"I think I get it!" Spencer said slyly. Oh, shit!
"There's nothing to get!" I exclaimed as Gaara walked to stand next to me.
"YES THERE IS!" Spencer continued, still grinning.
"NU-UH!" I persisted.
"YES THERE IS! YOU AND GARRY DID SOMETHING, AND I SHALL FIND OUT WHAT!!!" Spencer exclaimed and my face went red.
"WHAT THE HELL!?!!" I yelled taking a step back, my face still holding a strong blush. "NOTHING HAPPENED OTHER THEN THAT I FAINTED!!!!!" I continued to rant till I felt a hand hold the top of my head. I looked over to Gaara, who had stopped me.
"It's ok. They can believe what they want, but we know what really happened," he said calmly. I nodded at him then looked back to my friends. I stuck my tongue out at them and walked over with Gaara to a table. We sat down across from each other, silent.
"Thanks for not telling," I mumbled finally to Gaara. He just shrugged. "Why did you do that anyway? Are you just a devious person when you have a friend?" I asked and Gaara looked up at me oddly.
"Friend?" he questioned calmly. I nodded without hesitation and with a smile on my face.
"Well, DUH! Of COURSE I consider you a friend! I don't have any doubts! I don't know if you feel the same, but hey, I think we're friends! Or... are we more?" I quieted down at the very end looking at Gaara expectantly.
Gaara just blinked a few times blankly and looked away. "Well," he said, trying to avoid my last question, "I guess I DO feel you as a friend. I don't feel the need to kill anyone, but..." Gaara trailed off.
I smirked. "You feel more devious! LIKE ME!!!!" I grinned widely and Gaara sweatdropped.
"Er... I don't know if that's a good thing..." Gaara said flatly and I looked at him with half lidded eyes.
"Oh, hahaha, you're a riot," I said sarcastically.
"Why, thank you," Gaara said smiling ever so slightly. I smiled back.
"I like it when you smile," I said and Gaara's smile vanished. "And it's gone," I finished, frowning and leaning my hand against my palm which was propped up on the table.
Gaara smiled lightly again and I smiled. It vanished and I frowned.
"You're smile's like an on and off switch!" I said cheerfully smiling, but Gaara still frowned.
"It must be broken!" Gaara said smiling slightly again, but I frowned this time.
"Apparently!" I said smiling. Gaara still smiled.
"OOP!! FIXED!!!" I cheered and Gaara just rolled his eyes.
"Now," I said getting Gaara's attention, "why did you... uh... you know... back there... with the lips and all..." I stuttered scratching the back of my neck nervously.
Gaara blinked a few times and shrugged. "I don't really know. Instinct?" he replied and I shook my head.
"NO! Stuff like that just doesn't go by instinct! It's the stuff after it that does!" I said grinning and Gaara's face went tomato red, maybe redder. I laughed a bit and shook my head. "Sorry! Sorry! My mind can be perverted sometimes!" I apologized, but Gaara's blush didn't cease.
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"Uh, well, anyway," Gaara mumbled quietly and I smiled still. Heh heh heh. I made Gaara nervous.
"Well? What is thou's answer?!" I asked the redhead.
Gaara shook his head slightly. "I guess, everyone's predictions were right," Gaara said starting to get up. I cocked my head to one side.
"Huh? What do you mean?" I asked, but Gaara didn't answer. He just smirked and walked towards next period. I hadn't even realized the bell was ringing!
"HEY! GARRY! WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!" I called after the back of Gaara. Still no answer. I started to run after him yelling, "GARRY!! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!! COME ON GARRY!!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!!!!"
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Me, Gaara, and the whole rest of the class sat in Computer discovery, stiff, eyes wide with fear, shaking all over. Standing, in the front of the class, was the worst fear that ever lived. A sign that dinosaurs really DID once exist. A creature of mass proportions it made you feel small, insignificant, and weak. A monster of ugliness beyond compare! Standing at the front of the class, face blotchy, and teeth clenched in a snarl of pure anger, was the evil, the vicious, the disgusting, MRS. CROCKER!!!!! (evil music plays) And she HAD to be scary if she could terrify Sabaku no Gaara!
"YOU ALL WILL BE QUIET, THIS INSTANT!!!" she shrieked in what me and my other friend, Parker, had dubbed her pterodactyl shriek.
"YES MA'AM!" we all said in unison, including Gaara. Mrs. Crocker nodded, still glaring at the class. She walked down the room to me, Spencer's, Gaara's, and David's row. David Otazu was an exchange student from Argentina.
She walked over to my seat, the glare still on her face, and looked down at me. I gulped, scared, and scooted slightly over towards Gaara. Suddenly, Mrs. Crocker's face became incredibly happy, which increased my fear.
"Are you ok, deary?" she asked me sweetly, making me shudder.
"Yes. Why do you ask?" I questioned.
"Well, I heard you fainted earlier, so I'm just making sure," smiled widely. I gulped as she walked to her personal computer in the back.
"I'm scared," I whispered to Gaara who sat to my right.
"Is she a demon in disguise?" Gaara asked me, but I shook my head.
"No… even worse," I mumbled then went back to the timed writing we were doing on the computer.
Gaara just sat there, staring at the screen. "What am I supposed to do?" he asked me and I turned to him, mentally slapping myself. He didn't know what a computer was!
I sighed slightly. This would take a while.
I began to tell him how to use the keyboard, the mouse... the screen... the power button... EVERYTHING! I almost got in serious trouble for talking, too!
Finally, Gaara understood it a bit better.
"Now, a timed writing is when you type as quickly as you can. You're copying the stuff on the screen, so it's easier to type without looking at the keyboard," I was telling Gaara.
"That makes sense, Olivia-chan," Gaara said in a hushed tone. My eyes went wide. I looked over at him quickly.
"Ok, it's new for me to hear you calling me by my name, but where'd the 'chan' come from?" I asked him.
"Do you not like it, because I can go back to calling you an insignificant worm if you like," Gaara said shrugging.
"No, no, it's ok. I don't mind. It was just a bit... unexpected," I said quickly.
"Well, I DID say that the things people have been predicting here are true," Gaara said and an anger vein popped on my head.
"What are you talking about?!" I whispered angrily.
Gaara smiled slyly and I gritted my teeth.
"Ok, the sly smile is getting annoying," I whispered and Gaara just shrugged, still smiling.
"Remember what everyone was talking about us?" Gaara asked me, STILL smiling.
"Uh, you mean that we'd make a good coup...le..." I blinked a few times in surprise and shock. Was he saying what I thought he was saying.
Gaara nodded a bit, his smile turning into a sweet one, no longer sly.
"A-are you saying that w-we're a c-c-c-" I couldn't form the words.
Gaara just smiled more lightly and nodded slightly. He leaned over and gave me a peck on the nose. "That's what I'm saying, Olivia-chan," he said, then turned back to his screen and began to type quite sloppily.
I put two fingers on the tip of my nose and smiled sweetly. I turned back to my screen too and typed smoothly. "That sounds good to me, Gaara-kun," I whispered and I saw Gaara smile through the corner of my eyes.
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smoke filled the room after the loud noise. It started to clear and there I sat in a high seat, covered in soot. My eyes were huge. Gaara sat to my left, two beakers in each of his fists, one tipped so that it looked like he was pouring something in it a minute ago, and he too was covered in soot. His eyes were also wide. Here's a hint. NEVER BRING A NINJA INTO THE SCIENCE LAB!!!! ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO A CHEMISTRY LAB!!!!!! THEY THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A WEAPON OUT OF THE CHEMICALS!!!I mean, COME ON! I THOUGHT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING IN THIS LAB THAT COULD MIX TOGETHER AND EXPLODE!!!!! The whole classroom was covered in dust, soot, and shocked faces.
I slowly reached over and took the beakers from Gaara's grip and set them on the table in front of us. The table, unfortunately, disintegrated and the beakers fell to the ground and crashed. I flinched after the crash.
"Garry, Olivia," said my science teacher, Mrs. Brust.
"Chemical shower?" I questioned quickly. Mrs. Brust nodded slowly, still in slight shock, and I swiftly dragged Gaara over to the shower like object that would let loose pounds of water onto our heads to get any dangerous chemicals off us. I used it first.
I pulled on the tab and was instantly soaked through. It was a good thing I was wearing my black uniform shirt instead of the white ones, or else... well... you know...
I then quickly shoved Gaara under.
"Wait. No. I'm fine! I'm ok!" Gaara was saying as I gripped the tab. I pulled down on the tab. "WAIT! REALLY! OOOOOOHHHH!" That's what I heard as the water fell. I looked back at Gaara and saw him totally soaked.
"Eh heh heh. Sorry, but it had to be done," I said to the wet redhead. I then looked back at the class. "S-sorry everyone! We promise we'll stay after school and clean up!" I said to them all.
Mrs. Brust walked up to us, eyes still wide. "W-what did you mix together, Garry?" she asked the redhead as he tried desperately to squeeze out the water from his clothes.
"Er... I don't know..." Gaara said emotionlessly and I smacked my forehead with my palm.
"How can you not know what you mixed?!!!" I exclaimed to the boy. Gaara just shrugged and I gritted my teeth.
The bell suddenly rang and everyone zoomed out of the classroom. Except me and Gaara that is.
I swung to glare at Gaara. "YOU IDIOT! I SAID WAIT AND LISTEN TO MY INSTRUCTIONS! I SPECIFICALLY SAID 'DON'T MIX ANY CHEMICALS YET'! SHEESH!" I screamed making the room shake slightly. I then noticed something I hadn't noticed earlier.
Oooooh, flipping ginger snap monkeys…
GAARA'S COVER UP WAS RUNNING OFF HIS FACE!!! ACK!!!
Obviously, Gaara hadn't noticed the make up running. "Sorry about that, Olivia-chan," Gaara said quietly and hesitantly and a bit angrily. But, in the short time we had known each other, he had learned NEVER to get me freaking pissed off TOO much.
"Uh, Gaara-kun…" I said slowly.
"Hm?" he asked.
"The shower_"
"You mean tidal wave," Gaara interrupted me.
"Er, the tidal wave, is making your cover up run off," I said. I could already see the scar on his forehead, bangs hiding it slightly, and the rings around his eyes were starting to show.
"DAMN IT!" Gaara exclaimed quite angrily as he felt the goop run down his face. What? I see make-up as goop you put on your face. I don't like make-up…
"SHH! You idiot! There are little kids outside! Don't let them hear you cuss!" I whispered angrily. I then went for my purse, which was surprisingly still in one piece. I got out some cover up I had brought just for this problem and started to put it over Gaara's scar and rings. I was done quickly.
"THERE WE GO!" I exclaimed happily, stepping back to admire my work, even though my eyes lead a BIT lower then his face… heh heh…
"Now we gotta clean this place up before extended care!" I said oh too happily, turning back to the room that looked like it had been bombed… well… it kinda had…
"Extended care?" Gaara questioned me.
"Yeah! I told some of my friends I'd meet them there, and YOU'RE coming with me!" I smiled at the boy.
"I didn't agree to this," Gaara said flatly.
"YOU RARELY 'AGREE' TO ANYTHING!" I exclaimed then went to find a broom grumbling slightly. I… "passed"… ok, "tossed"… OK! HURLED! A second broom at Gaara, hitting the poor redhead scare between the eyes… ow…
Gaara picked up the fallen broom, rubbing his soar head. "Ok, why isn't my sand protecting me? I was able to control it earlier today," Gaara grumbled.
I shrugged, starting to sweep the remains of a table into a pile. I was gonna have to pay for this! GOD DAMN IT! This would take FOREVER to pay for! …I hate my life… somewhat… (glance at Gaara)(blink)(look at reader)(smile deviously)… nevermind…
"Maybe Shukaku doesn't 'work' in this world, yet YOUR power over the sand stays," I suggested, making my best guess.
"Maybe," Gaara mumbled then went over to a pile of soot. He used his sand to lift it up and drop it all into a huge trashcan in the back. Because of the sudden drop, a soot cloud poofed out of the trashcan, covering me, who was right next to it, in soot. I stopped in my brushing and looked at Gaara with half lidded eyes.
"I hate you," I groaned angrily. Gaara just smirked, and continued to lift up the sand into the trashcan. I continued to be pelted with soot clouds and was soon quite irritated. I squeezed the broom tightly, then thought. I grinned wickedly and looked at Gaara. He noticed the devious look in my eyes and the wicked grin on my face. He turned to me cautiously and arched an invisible eyebrow.
"What?" he questioned me flatly. I shrugged, but continued to smile.
"Oh, nothing, just wanna prove my theory," I said slyly walking up to him, the broom dragging behind me.
"Theory?" Gaara questioned me, not fazed by my evil demeanor and sudden approach. I continued to grin.
"THIS!" I exclaimed hitting Gaara's head with the end of the broom, soot poofing around the redhead's hair and making his hair blotchy with black.
Gaara coughed a bit then glared at me when the cloud of soot vanished. "What was that for?!" Gaara yelled at me, his voice cracking slightly, making me giggle. Trust me. You haven't LIVED until you've heard Gaara's voice crack!
"Well, Shukaku didn't react! Let me check again," I smacked Gaara's head again.
"Hey!" Cough "Cut that out!" Gaara exclaimed. This was fun. This was VERY fun.
"Why? I'm just trying to see if Shukaku will react!" I smiled and smacked Gaara again on the head.
"Will," SMACK! "you," SMACK! "cut," SMACK! "it," SMACK! "OUT!" Gaara yelled at me… SMACK! … and I finally stopped. THAT WAS SO FUN! I gotta do this again sometime… (snicker)
"Ok, ok, I'll stop! But that smack_"
"Those," Gaara groaned.
"Er, THOSE smacks, was pay back for covering me with soot so many times!" I growled to him.
Gaara smirked slightly, and I gulped. What now?
Suddenly, I felt a small trickle hit my head. I looked up to see a bowl shaped thing of sand with soot sitting in it hovering straight over me. I looked back at the smirking Gaara with fear etched on my face.
"You wouldn't dare," I whispered, a slight growl in my voice, but fear oh so evident. Gaara just smirked and with a flick of his hand, the sand left and soot poured over me.
The soot covered me entirely. I groaned angrily and swiped the soot away from my brown eyes. I glared at the still smirking Gaara.
"NOW WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" I shrieked.
"For smacking me with a broom," Gaara said simply.
"BUT THAT WAS MY REVENGE!!! NOW I MUST GET REVENGE AGAIN ON YOU FOR THIS!!! YOU DID REVENGE ON MY REVENGE!! GAH! I'm confused," I finished throwing my hands in the air for emphasis then plopping down on the floor.
"You're always confused," Gaara groaned, frowning and looking away with crossed arms.
"THAT'S IT!" I yelled leaping at Gaara and tackling him into the remains of what used to be a table. We rolled over the dirt in our little spar, efficiently covering us both in soot, not like I was ALREADY covered.
He was finally able to pin me down on the ground, his face holding a bored expression.
"Nice try," he said flatly and I gritted my teeth.
"Who was it that pinned you down during lunch? Oh yeah! IT WAS ME!" I yelled up at him. I then proceeded to role and switch me and Gaara's positions, me pinning him down. "HA! You were saying?" I grinned down at Gaara.
"Shut up," Gaara growled sitting up making me fall onto my back.
"HEY!" I squeaked, still on my back.
"Just keep working on cleaning this place," Gaara grumbled getting up and continuing his soot clean up.
I got up too and started to sweep away a destroyed table, looking for broken glass.
"I hate chu' man," I mumbled briskly and with a weird accent flicking a dry, half lidded glare at Gaara.
"Sure, sure, whatever you say…" Gaara murmured and I grinned, continuing my work.
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"OUR WORLD IS COMING TO AN END!!!!!" Spencer shrieked in his oh so loud shriek. I cupped my hands over my ears and so did Gaara. I glared pure death at Spencer.
"STOP YELLING!!!" I yelled.
"BUT YOU ARE TOO!!!" Spencer whined.
"SO?!!!!! I DON'T CARE!!!" I screamed.
"SHAME, OLIVIA!!! SHAME!!!!" Spencer yelled striking his pointer finger with his other pointer finger.
"SILENCE! I KILL YOU!!!!" I yelled at him angrily.
Now, I'm sure you're all wondering why we're yelling. Well, that's because I just reveled that "Garry" was really Gaara. I had told Gaara my plan while we were cleaning up and he said he didn't care…HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING!!!! GAH!!!
"Look, guys, I'm telling the truth," I said to my group of friends.
"Oh, we believe you. It's just hard to understand," Leah said staring at Gaara.
"That's understandable," Gaara mumbled, crossing his arms.
"Yes, I understand that, too," I said nodding in recognition.
"I'm glad you understand," Liana smiled.
"Understanding is good," Alec agreed.
"It's good we all understand," Hillary nodded, too.
"CAN WE PLEASE STOP SAYING, 'UNDERSTAND?!'" Zak yelled at us all.
"You just don't understand us," I said matter-of-factly.
"NO ONE UNDERSTANDS YOU PEOPLE!!!" Zak yelled. I just grinned.
"Shouldn't we get back to the issue at hand," Garret suggested. Gaara and I nodded.
"Yes, well, I want you all to come with me back to the ninja world. I, personally want to participate in the chuunin exams, and I thought you all would enjoy coming too!" I smiled at them all and an awkward silence followed. I still smiled at them, waiting for an answer, and finally, I got it, from all of them…
"SERIOUSLY?!!!" they screamed, smiles covering their faces. I covered my ears and Gaara flinched slightly. They were louder then me! And that's saying something!
"Yes, seriously," I answered them, calmer then my usual self. Gaara glanced at me to make sure it was still Olivia Wooton who stood next to him. I just smiled at him and did a quick thumbs up.
"I… I can't believe this," whispered William, looking at the ground.
"WELL BELIEVE IT, FOO'!!!!" I exclaimed happily and everyone sweatdropped. I had been such a sweet, calm, kind person a second ago… Am I a good liar or what?!
"W-well, what do you need us to do?" Liana questioned.
"Oh, get some things together. If you gots any weapons or anything, bring em. Meet me at my house later today and don't wear anything fancy. GOT IT, LIANA?" I glared slightly at my best friend. She just smiled nervously ad chuckled. I rolled my eyes and continued. "Maybe right down a few jutsu off the internet. Ones you would like to learn in that world. Make sure you have traveling things, like shampoo, a comb, stuff like that. Get anything else you find is needed and meet me at my house this evening. Tell your parents about this trip, too. If they disagree, leave anyway, but leave them a note." At this, everyone glanced at each other with worried looks.
"But, I don't think we should go against our parents," said Liana. Why did I see this coming? Liana is always happy and fun, but she's a goody-two-shoes.
I sighed. "Guys, come on! When we're in the ninja world, we'll be hitting, fighting, and slicing others. I think this is a LITTLE problem to get around. I, personally, am sick of my parents saying no to me. I know when I go to far, I know when to leave, and I know how to take care of myself! I have common sense! And so should you!" I was surprised with myself for sounding so calm… Gaara was too… CAN SOMEONE SLAP ME, PLEASE?
Everyone glanced at each other then finally nodded. Wow… that was easy…
"Only if you let us visit them whenever we want," Leah said, crossing her arms with a huff. Of course there was a catch. Why was there always a catch? I don't like catches!
I HERE BY SENTENCE CATCHES TO DIE IN THE FIREY PITS OF HELL!!!
(Readers sweatdrop)
"Ok! Ok! FINE! Geeze, you people are picky!!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands into the air and started to walk away.