Howdy Kiddies!

I am BACK! Sorry for the long ass wait but I kinda lost all train of thought for this story. So, I'm just gonna kinda go with whatever I feel like writing lol.

Hopefully you guys still enjoy it because I totally love you guys for liking my story.

Anyways, some warnings as the first chapter. Enjoy!

"Let's be completely rational right now, man" Kiba said, taking a sip of his beer. He quickly took a glance around the bar before looking at Naruto, waiting for a response. "Is this such a good idea?" he asked.

Naruto shrugged, unsure of everything at the moment. He already felt like a huge idiot for even thinking that this change of image would help his situation. "I'm kinda of hoping" he said slowly. "I don't know man! I wasn't really thinking when I asked Gaara to help me out!"

Kiba chuckled. "When do you ever think?"

"Fuck you"

"Come on, man. Let's be serious here for a second" Kiba began. "Sasuke is a man whore and everyone in this shitty town knows it. He had a thing for your best friend when the two of you were going out and not to mention the creepy way he looked at our high school teacher Kakashi"

Naruto slumped over the bar. "I know..." he said with a sad look on his face. "But I-"

"But you nothing, man" Kiba interjected. "He sucks massive dick, I know it, you know it, Gaara knows it, even Saukra and Ino know it"

Naruto shrugged and took a long sip of his beer. "Just think of it this way" Kiba said, smiling big. "Gaara's cool enough to have rejected Sasuke with such ignorance that Sasuke literally cried like a little prissy bitch and ran off"

Naruto smiled at that thought, even though Gaara can be a cold-hearted bastard he did care enough to...wait, he's straight.

"Fuck you! Gaara's straight!" Naruto yelled.

"Yeah, right" Kiba smirked. "Straight as a bendy straw"

Naruto shot him a dirty look. "He is straight" he defended. "He's only been with women. Look at Matsuri, still clinging onto him for dear life even though they broke up last year"

Kiba shrugged. "If you say so" he chuckled. "What about that thing with Lee, like, two years ago?"

Naruto put his beer bottle down hard on the surface of the bar and shot Kiba a nasty look. Kiba looked away quickly. "That was stupid" Naruto said. "Gaara wasn't even, like, okay with it"

"So, what are you trying to say?" Kiba demanded. "That he's a 'nice guy'? Please, he dumped Matsuri because he was tired of her bitching and complaing, he even said that to her face!"

Naruto sighed. He hated to admit it, but his best friend is a complete asshole, right down to the core. He doesn't beat around the bush either, which makes a lot of the things he says sound like he's mean as fuck. Like, that one time they went shopping with Sakura for her prom dress. She tried on a frilly pink cocktail dress and Gaara told her she looked like a flamingo. That went well.

"I know that he's an asshole, okay" Naruto sighed. "But, not that mean...right?"

Kiba shook his head. "Enough about Gaara, you know that guy creeps me out" he said, chills running up and down his spine.

"Why does he creep you out?" Naruto demanded, a little hurt at the cheapshots that were being thrown at his best friend.

"Dude, when he transfered to our school in junior high, he looked like a fucking mass serial killer with all that black clothing and loner attitude" Kiba said, sipping at his beer. "And not to mention that huge fucking fight that broke out between him and Lee during gym"

"..."

"AND! The fucking fight he started with Sasuke a few weeks later, and not to mention the fight with you later that day!" Kiba huffed.

Naruto sighed. "That was all stupid" he said. "The guy was just a little...misunderstood"

"You sound like those bitches at school when he first started" Kiba sneered. "What are you, like, in love with him now or something?"

Naruto felt all the blood rush to his face. "N-no!" he stuttered. "H-he's my best friend! Of course I'm going to defend him..."

Kiba shook his head. "Whatever, man" he replied. "Hell will freeze over before I believe that"

Naruto sighed. Sometimes, there is just no way of explaining to Kiba that he is not in love with Gaara. This conversation happens more often than necessary. Which makes Naruto a very unhappy camper.

Kiba set his beer down on the bar after taking a long sip. "Just so you know" he began. And Naruto started to feel nervous. "You act like a complete ass when Gaara's around" Kiba said. "You act like a bitch when he's around, giggling and shit"

"N-no..."

"Y-yes" Kiba mocked with a smile. "You've been acting like you like him and shit and it's SO obvious"

"That's a fucking lie!" Naruto defended himself. "He's my best friend!"

Kiba leaned closer to Naruto which made him feel a little uncomfortable. "Who are you trying to convince?" Kiba asked. "Me, or you?"

XXX

"GAARA-KUN!" a feminine voice screamed from behind him.

Gaara turned around, an angry expression adorning his features. He really hated it when Sakura screamed his name at the top of her lungs on a public sidewalk. "What do you want?" he demanded when she stopped two inches from him, her arms open as if expecting him to hug her.

"I need to talk to you about something very important" Sakura smiled big, still waiting for a hug that would not be happening as far as Gaara is concerned.

"What is it this time?" he asked, taking a step back.

Sakura frowned and threw her arms around her best friend and breathed in the smell of him. "It's about Naruto" she began.

Gaara sighed, patting her on the back, hoping and praying she would let go of him very soon. "Okay..."

Sakura pulled away, with her arms still around Gaara and smiled up at him. "Sasuke-kun's flight landed an hour ago and he's meeting Kiba at the bar" she said. "But, Naruto is at the bar with Kiba and he doesn't know that Sasuke-kun is coming, and I'm SOOO afraid that Naruto's not ready to face him yet! But Kiba said to your brother that he has everything all figured out and shit but Temari-san said no and I thought that I should tell you because you're his best friend and shit and he would never listen to me if I told him to leave the bar with me and -"

"Breathe" Gaara commanded. And Sakura gasped for air, clutching her chest tightly which gave Gaara the opportunity to step back a good 3 feet away from the crazy pink haired monster he called a best friend.

"And what makes you think that Naruto would listen to me?" Gaara asked, folding his arms over his chest.

Sakura put her hands on her hips and gave him a nasty look. "He always listens to you" she said. "ALWAYS, I don't know why but you're like his voice of reason or whatever"

Gaara sighed. Unfortunately , Sakura isn't dumb. She always catches on to everything that is being said around her even if it's said in the most complicated way. And she never fails to catch little things that happen between people, like the flirting between Kiba and Kankuro, or the simple, childish flirting between Shikamaru and Temari. Or the fact that Ino was actually in love with Naruto after he rescued her from Sasuke's older brother in the 7th grade. Or, the fact that Naruto has been getting a little too friendly with Gaara over the past few months.

"I'm not going" Gaara said turning away from Sakura.

He began to walk away from her, counting the steps before he would reach the safety of his vehicle. Never before had Sakura bussed down to his work to tell him something that he had no intention of fixing. She actually knows him better than Naruto does and yet her she was, demanding him to do something.

Sakura grabbed Gaara's arm. He turned to get angry at her but noticed the tears in her eyes.

Sakura knew that Gaara was a sucker for crying women, especially if it's the women in his life that he cares about. and believe it or not, he cares about Sakura. Well, enough to have faked being her boyfriend to get that creepy Sai guy off her back.

"Fine" Gaara sighed. "Where is he?"

Sakura smiled big with victory.

XXX

Naurot ordered himself a Crown Royal on the Rocks and turned to Kiba. "How are things with Kankuro?" he asked, hoping that he wouldn't hear the nasty details.

"Not so good, actually" Kiba sighed. "He's been acting kinda weird lately"

Naruto's eyes went wide. The world must be ending if Kiba and Kankuro weren't doing good. Those two have been going out since junior high, they are the only ones that have lasted more then two years in a relationship. Shikamaru and Temari don't even compare and they have been dating for 4 years.

"What do you mean?" Naruto exclaimed.

Kiba sighed. "I think that maybe he's, uh...cheating on me" he said quietly.

Naruto shook his head in disbelief. "No way!" he said. "Kankuro is totally in love with you! He would never do that to you"

Kiba shook his head. "No, man" he said with a frown. "You don't even know what goes on between us when no ones around"

Naruto pouted. He was right, though. The only people that know about their shit is Gaara and Temari. They would never say a thing even if it meant life or death.

"Well, maybe you-"

"Naruto!"

Naruto turned around on his little bar stool and saw Gaara walking towards him. "Gaara!" he said, smiling big and feeling like the happiest person alive.

Gaara grabbed his arm when he reached him and pulled him off the stool. "We're leaving" he said.

Naruto pulled his arm away. "No!" he pouted. "I'm spending time with Kiba!"

Gaara sighed. "Don't act like a child" he said. "It's important that we leave now"

Naruto opened his mouth to say something but a voice behind him made him freeze up.

"Naruto" the sensual voice said.

Naruto slowly turned around and came face to face with the person he had been dreading to see since he heard of his return. Uchiha Sasuke.

Well, I hope you guys actually liked it. I wasn't really sure what I was doing with this chapter but I was TRYING to build up to something suspenseful. If you haven't already realized Isuck at writing. I haven't actually wrtten anything in years. But anyways, review and please tell me what you think!