Woot!! New chappie, and it has fluff...finally

"Come on let's go see if we can find Sakura," Tayuya said as she tugged at Gaara's shirt to grab his attention.

"You go left, I'll go right," Gaara said shrugging and walked down the left corridor.

"Wait…Gaara…my left or yours," Tayuya's voice floated to him. Gaara rolled his eyes and continued to trudge down the corridor.

Sakura twisted around each corner searching in desperation where anybody, somebody, everybody was. This school was actually pretty big.

Ohmigod…I'm lost, Sakura thought and her breathing began to go irregular in her panic, she darted into a classroom, empty. She raced down the empty halls. She raced into a classroom and collided with a male chest.

Sakura fell backwards, she was a petite girl, and mechanically thrust her hands in front of her face.

"What do you think I'm going to do, slap you?" A voice asked clearly amused. Sakura looked up and too her horror she saw Sasuke. She cocked her head, but this wasn't Sasuke.

This guy looked like Sasuke, except this guy was older, he seemed more gentle and his voice was soft and calm.

"…Uchiha?" Sakura whispered staring at this man her eyes wide.

"Ah so you know me, pinky. The new question is, how?" The Uchiha boy asked smiling.

"…Who are you?" Sakura whispered still terrified.

"Uchiha Itachi," Itachi said and smiled. Sakura almost fainted, Uchiha Itachi.

"You're Sasuke's older brother," Sakura said as she realized why Itachi looked so much like Sasuke.

"You know Sasuke," Itachi said, "Why did I never receive the pleasure of meeting one of his loveliest friends,"

Sakura remained silent, not wanted to offend Itachi, yet wanting to scream she hated Sasuke.

"I'm lost," Sakura said finally after a few minutes of silent.

"Would you like my assistance?" Itachi asked warmly.

"No, she wouldn't," A new voice growled. Sakura and Itachi whirled around to see Gaara standing in the hallway glaring at Itachi.

"Ah, so are you two dating?" Itachi asked smiling innocently.

"No," Sakura and Gaara said firmly together. Itachi laughed.

"Peace, peace," Itachi said laughing, "I meant no offense. I see you are in good hands pinky. I do so hope we meet again and I can be graced by your company,"

Itachi walked past Sakura and kissed her cheek. Sakura blushed and looked away hurriedly. Itachi walked past Gaara and murmured something softly; Gaara flushed and looked up at Itachi in both surprise and worry.

Itachi laughed and slapped Gaara on the back.

"Good luck Gaara," Itachi said airily and left the two alone. The two lapsed into silence.

"…I'm lost," Sakura finally stated, Gaara smiled softly.

"Yah, we figured. Tayuya's looking for you as well, we best get back to the sophomore section and hope we don't run into the juvenile seniors," Gaara said then added thoughtfully "…Well...I suppose Itachi's an exception,"

"I hate most Uchiha…but Itachi's nice," Sakura said stiffly. Gaara nodded.

"Yeah, I hear you. It's like he can see into your soul and pull out all the goodness you were storing, goodness that you didn't even know you had," Gaara said, Sakura stared at Gaara in surprise, then smiled.

"Yeah," Sakura said then sighed, "He made me feel…beautiful…like I was wanted…like I was loved,"

"He told me that you were beautiful and that if he were me, he'd grab you and never let you go," Gaara said then looked away. What was this girl doing to him? He was talking to her like he'd never talked to anyone, not even Temari.

"He…I think knew that I was…" Sakura's voice cracked and she didn't finish the sentence as she began to cry. Gaara turned around, his eyes wide: he never really could deal with girl's emotions.

"I'm sorry," Gaara said and ruffled Sakura's hair.

"Gaara…why is it that I can tell you this stuff…and I've known you less then a day. I've told you stuff…my parents don't even know," Sakura said then stared at Gaara in wonder.

"I…I know," Gaara said looking away.

"I knew something happened to you the moment I met you," Sakura confessed, "And you intrigued me. You scared me and yet you pulled me closer. You are something else, Gaara,"

"Well pinky, I haven't met anyone quiet like you," Gaara said, Sakura smiled.

"Jeeze, what is with all these amazing guys calling me pinky," Sakura said and laughed slightly.

"Because us amazing guys have banded together," Gaara said smiling,.

"But there's only two of you," Sakura said slowly, Gaara smirked.

"I know," He said impishly.

FLUFF and i've introduced ITACHI

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