Smirking pink haired Sakura and scowling blonde Ino were making their way to their room when Hinata was in clear sight. The shy purplish hair girl turned out to grow up into a beautiful young woman. She let her hair grow long, it swayed from side to side as she walked. Hinata was born lucky, into one of the most power clans in Konoha, the Hyuga Clan, not only that but being born into the main branch. Being the oldest makes her the heiress to the title of the clan's leader. Her cousin, Neji, already a year twelve student, was born into the a lower branch, the one protecting the main branch. He hated the main branch for the loss of his father but with slow timing peace with Neji and the main brach formed. Neji is like the older brother Hinata never had now that you think of it. Hinata was reading a book, looked interesting. Ino looked at Sakura. Sakura looked at Ino. They both smiled and keep walking Hinata's way silently.

"Boo!" the two girls yelled at the top of their lungs.

"Don't hurt me!" Hinata cried jumping up dropping her book and landing on the floor with her knees. Sakura and Ino kept laughing till they saw the look on the timid girl's face. "Sorry, Hinata," Sakura sincerely apologized.

"Yeah, sorry, Hinata." Ino repeated Sakura.

"I-i-it's okay Hinata" replied forcing a smile.

"No really Hinata, forgive us" Sakura said bowing, then looking up to sign Ino to bow. Ino bowed. "Really, I forgive you guys" Hinata said with a blush on her cheek. She really was sweat, so easy to forgive. "How about we treat you this Saturday?" Sakura suggested as a sign of how sorry she really felt. "What? No way! We're not rich you know, billboard brow!" Ino growled.

"Shut up!" Sakura slapped Ino on the head "So, what do you say, Hinata?"

"O-o-okay" Hinata agreed.

"Great" Sakura beamed "Cya at dinner!"

"Okay" Hinata waved goodbye.

Once the girls got to their new room, they decided to call their, big sis, Temari. They called her room number... "What is it?" a loud voice answered the phone "Can't you see I'm sleeping before dinner starts!" Yep, that was Temari.

"Hi, big sis!" the girls greeted her over the phone ignoring her response.

"Oh, hey girls!" the voice changed from menacing to sweet.

"Sis, were do we meet today after dinner?" Sakura asked.

"Uhmmm, how about in the building eleven loft?" Temari suggested to her little sisters.

"Okay, sounds perfect!" Sakura said in a happy tone.

"Kay, tell all the girls thats where we're meeting tonight." Temari told her little sister "Bye, girls." and with that there was a click. Sakura sighed, She always hangs up like that.

"Okay, so lets decorate the room!" Ino shouted out of nowhere. With that said, Sakura knew it would, once again, be a long night.

"Okay, so this year I say we met chicks, hook up with one here or there, and party it up!" Naruto rambled as Gaara started unpacking.

"Two problems" Gaara said over his shoulder.

"What's that?" Naruto asked puzzled.

"One, I don't think there are enough desperate girls in the whole academy willing to go out with you. And two, that lifestyle is to tiring and never gets you anywhere. Jjust look for a nice girl and start a sincere relationship." Gaara said hanging his clothing in his closet. Naruto wasn't an good looking kid but he was a little annoying and immature, so girls really didn't see much in him. All but one, the beautiful, timid Hinata had a crush on him.

"Easy for you to say Demon Bro, because, one, your the "handsome" one... and two, you have enough patience and charm to get a "nice girl" and "sincere relationship!" Naruto said stretching out yawning.

"So you think" Gaara mumbled.

"Hey, Gaara?" Naruto said, Gaara had the feeling Naruto was going to ask an annoying or embarrassing question.

"Yes, Naruto?"

"Do you like Sakura?"

There was silence. Gaara's feeling was right.

"How can I? She's one of my best friends and I don't think she feels that way about me, don't be stupid Naruto." Gaara replied covering up his true feelings.

"Oh, sorry, I just thought you did. I thought that this year you both could end up together... with some off my help." Naruto sadly spoke "Now I know that was a stupid idea. Forgive me Gaara."

Gaara said nothing.

"Don't let it happen again" Gaara said sitting down on his bed. Naruto smiled at his Demon Bro.

Dinner this year was just as festive as any other year. "And then Shino farted sooooo loud!" Kiba told Hinata, starting his yearly embarrassing stories about Shino. It was amazing Shino never said anything when he did. Chouji was pigging out, filling the whole mess hall with "Nom, nom, nom." Shikamaru, for once wasn't asleep, instead he was eyeing the year twelve table. A blonde green eyed Temari in his gaze. "They say he kissed him!" Ino was starting her gossip, telling Naruto about all the juicy rumors Sasuke back in year five. "No way!" Kankuro was arguing with Sai. "I told you their puppets, not dolls!" Tonight the table was buzzing with lots of commotion. Everyone was happy to see there classmates after summer break, everyone was adding to the commotion exept two people. Sakura was quietly eating her food while Gaara who was next to her sat there not even touching his food.

Sakura was a little too shy to talk to Gaara at the moment. She felt different around him. He was just so handsome, the best student in every one of his class, and one of the coolest guys in their class year. Sakura felt like if she would never be good enough for him, as a friend and definetly not as a soul mate. Sakura didn't know why she was thinking all of this all of a sudden but she did. Could she have fallen for Gaara all these years?

Gaara was always quiet but atleast looked up, tonight he wasn't even looking up from his plate. Gaara was thinking about what Naruto asked him. Did he like Sakura? Gaara never really thought about it. Now that he was, it was killing him. Sakura was just so beautiful, strong, intelligent, she was just perfect. Even if he did like her, Gaara felt she would never like him. As the question kept repeating in his mind it hit Gaara. He didn't like her, no, he loved her.

Sakura sat there in silence. Gaara sat there in silence. Neither of them noticed that the other was silent. Nor did anyone around them.

Youthful Lee stood up excusing himself to Neji, Neji's long time girl friend and Temari's dorm mate, Tenten, and Temari. Neji nodded, Temari rolled her eyes, and Tenten smiled at Lee. Tenten was pretty, she had two buns on the top of her head, large brown eyes, she was kind and bubbly even though she had a thing for weapons and others never got into it with her. Lee made his way to the year eleven table.

"May I have a word with Naruto, Gaara, Kankuro, Sai, Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, and Chouji?" he called all over the table. All the guys in that group of names hid under the table as all the year eleven student looked at them, all exept Gaara, Shino, and Sai.

Once Lee got them all together in the gallery, he had them sit around him in the circular sofas with him standing in middle of them. "What are we here for, big bro?" Sai asked instantly.

"Because my, Sai-kun, I wanted to read my final walk speech for you!" Lee said, expecting them to feel honored, that wasn't the case, all the guys groaned, wishing someone would shoot them.

"But isn't that at the end of the year when you graduate?" Shikamaru asked hoping to stop Lee.

"Yes, Shika-kun, but I want you to hear it many times!" Lee beamed at them. "I want to inspire you to do your best these last two years!"

With that said, Lee took out a scroll that seemed to go on forever and started reading. Everyone groaned.

"Yo, everyone" Temari cheerfully greeted her little sisters.

All the girls greeted her.

"Okay, well this is my last year with you all as you know." Temari started " I just want to say I hope to have a great last year with you guys and I'll miss you"

"Do you have to go?" Ino asked.

"Of course, knuckle-head! I'm graduating this year!" Temari cried out. "But just so you know... I'm taking up the job as a teacher assistant next year, so I'll be seeing you around next year!" Temari smiled. All the girls squealed in excitement and huggled around there advisor.

Sakura sat up in the still dark watching Ino sleep snugly in her . Her breath softly filled the room as she inhaled and exhaled. She was probably dreaming because Sakura could see a smile on her soft pale face. Sakura then turned her attention to the window. The moon was full tonight, glimmering and gave of a magical feel, the stars were bright tonight, making the scene of the school campus's woodland-like region the most beautiful sight Sakura had ever seen. I wonder if Gaara's looking outside his window at this, too.

Gaara stood at the window, looking at the scenery he would gaze at every year. He really seemed to think it was gorgeous. Just like Sakura. The night was aery though, a perfect night snuggle with somebody. Gaara went back to his bed, Naruto was loudly snoring. Gaara could hear banging on the wall "Shut up, Naruto!" Gaara could make out from the other side of the wall that and a lot of cussing, that was Kiba of course. Naruto sure was snoring loud. Gaara then wondered what it would be like if Shino was his room mate and Kiba was Naruto's, it sure would be quieter for Gaara. Then again, Naruto and Kiba in the same room wouldn't be such a good idea, both loud and all. As Garra kept thinking about the mischief Naruto and Kiba would cause if they were room mates he drifted off into sleep.

Sakura smiled as she thought about all the times she she spent her time with Gaara. She couldn't imagine her life without him now. Maybe she did love him, but she couldn't tell him, the same with Sasuke would happen. All this time Sakura knew that her love for Sasuke was just a crush. As she kept thinking about it, Sakura started to suspect that she just felt sympathy for Sasuke. He sure had a horrible past, maybe that sympathy clouded her thoughts, making her think she loved him. The feeling she had for Gaara was different. It was pure and felt so real. Gaara too had a horrible past but he broke out of the trauma it left him. He didn't want sympathy, of that Sakura was sure. Gaara wanted for others to see him as a normal person, set aside all that he's been through, he wanted to be respected for who he is and for what he tries to accomplish. Not treating him with false kindness and adoration like most people gave Sasuke. Sakura knew one thing for sure, as long as she and Garra remained friends nothing else mattered. Laying her heavy head down, Sakura yawned. Her eyes were slowly closing. Her body was tiered and her brain was going into rest, Sakura was asleep.

"Get your lazy ass up!" Ino yelled in Sakura's ear. Sakura quickly snapped her eyes open, hitting Ino on her blonde air head.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR, PIG?" Sakura growled.

"I didn't want you to be late for your class so I woke you up." Ino said rubbing a tear out of her blue left eye.

"YOU MEAN I MISSED BREAKFAST!" Sakura howled.

"Well yeah, you were so peaceful when they called us for breakfast that I didn't want to bother you." Ino said, a little scared now.

"BAKA, YOU SHOULD HAVE WOKEN ME UP!" Sakura yelled jumping out of her bed.

"What are you going to do now?" Ino asked.

"Well, get ready for class, baka!" Sakura yelled from the bathroom as the hiss of the shower water echoed.

"She's getting more like Tsunade-sama" Ino said as another shiver went up her spin.

Gaara was walking out of the mess hall, like always he ate two mouthfuls before Naruto or Chouji asked him if he was going to finish it, that or Akumaru was at his feet begging for food while his pet owner was at the other side of the table laughing with someone, not feeding Akumaru, some pet owner he turned out to be.

"G-G-Garra..." a voice came out form behind him. Gaara turned around to see shy little Hinata behind him.

"Yes?" Gaara said.

"Have you seen Sakura-chan?" Hinata asked.

"No" Gaara answered "I was just about to go back to the dorms to see if she wanted to walk to class already."

"Oh" Hinata softly said " Do you mind if I go with you?" Hinata asked.

"No, it's alright" Gaara said and started walking. Hinata followed.

"Sorry, she's getting dressed." Ino told Gaara and Hinata as they stood at the door after asking for her. "She woke up late, the lazy girl, and now is rushing to get ready." Ino whispered leaning in closer to Gaara and Hinata.

"Shut up, pig!" came from inside the room. Ino smiled, "You can come in if you want." Hinata walked in first passing Ino in the doorway. Ino smiled at Garra "Well..." she said "Come in!" It wasn't the first time Gaara was in Sakura's room, but he wasn't to comfortable being inside if she was changing or anything like that. Gaara was about to slowly make his way into the room, when Ino stopped him. "I know you to have the hots for each other. You can't hide it from me." Ino whispered in Garra's ear.

She really does know everything.

"I don't know what your talking about." Gaara cooly replied.

"Whatever, buddy. I'm watching you!" Ino hissed in his ear then got back and let him walk in. When Gaara walked in Sakura was getting out of the bathroom, clothes fully on, hair dripping wet.

"Hey Gaara" she smiled.

"Hey" he replied sitting on her bed next to Hinata.

"We're matching today" Hinata beamed at Sakura. Both girls were wearing

mini pink plaid skirts, white buttoned-up shirts , and a pink v-necked sweater, white leather high healed boots, and long white socks with a pink bow. Gaara couldn't help but stare. Looks better on Sakura.

"Hey, we are!" Sakura smiled.

"What? I can't be the only one not matching!" Ino cried. She was wearing the school standard uniform. A dark blue mini skirt, baby blue buttoned-up shirt, dark blue jacket, black high healed leather boots, and long light blue plaid socks. The blonde bimbo, as Gaara called her, ran to her closet and took out the pink uniform, and like if there wasn't a boy in the room began changing out in the open. "That girl has no shame," Gaara thought looking away.

"INO, GAARA'S IN THE ROOM!" Sakura growled.

"So? He's looking away, isn't he?" Ino pointed it out. Hinata giggled. "If I knew Gaara would look, I'd change twenty miles from here." Ino kept talking "Calm down, billboard brow, now if you began changing in front of him that would be different." Ino smirked starting to buttoning up her shirt.

"Shut up!" Sakura yelled throwing a text book at Ino's large head. Gaara heard a thud and yet another louder thud. "Sakura must have hit her on the head with something and the blonde bimbo must have feel from the impact" Gaara whispered to Hinata, still facing the other direction of Ino.

"Yep." Hinata said looking at a manga.

"Owwwww" could be faintly heard from where Ino was, although nobody was looking that way. Ino got up pushing Sakura from the mirror.

"You're lucky I don't have a bump in my head!" Ino hissed.

"Yeah, yeah" Sakura said straightining her hair.

"Hey this looks hot!" Ino pointed at her half buttoned shirt. It exposed her midriff. She put the v-neck sweater on and rolled it up under her breasts, tied the unbuttoned bottom part of her shirt below her breasts, and unbuttoned the top part the shirt at her breasts.

"Yea, I like it!" Ino squealed. Sakura looked up at her delusional best friend.

"Hey! Your right! Thats hot!" Sakura grabbing Gaara's attention. Sakura pulled off her sweater and undid her buttons half way, pulled the sweater back on and tied it like Ino. Gaara and Hinata stared in confusion of the starting new trend.

"Okay, Hinata, your turn!" Ino smirked. Sakura was smirking, too.

"Help me." Hinata whispered to Gaara. Just then Ino and Sakura jumped on Hinata basically undressing her. As Hinata cried on the floor with her attackers "fixing" her clothes, Gaara picked up the manga Hinata was reading.

"Stop!" Hinata cried "I can do it myself!"

"It wouldn't be fun then!" Ino evily smirked.

"Unbutton it a bit form her breasts!" Sakura commanded, "This one has big ones!" The madness went on for two minutes, just because Ino and Sakura were having so much fun, and Gaara kept reading. Once they were done the girls got off the floor.

"Hey Gaara, how does Hinata look now?" Ino asked.

Gaara looked up "Fine." he answered. Hinata blushed and gave a shy thank you.

"How about me?" Ino asked.

"Bimbo." Gaara said looking at her

"Thanks!" Ino smiled taking it as a complement.

"And Sakura?" Ino asked knowing his type of responce.

Gaara looked up at Sakura, who smiled at him.

"She looks... gorgeous"

Sakura blushed, "Thank you, Gaara." She looked in his eyes smiling. Gaara returned the gaze, warm expression in his eyes.

Ino then ruined the moment, "Now girls all over the school are going to copy my style!" she busted out with a smile. "And Kiba'll..." she suddenly stopped remembering Gaara and Hinata were in the room. Sakura rolled her eyes, and started working on her make up.

The bell then rang signaling it was time to get to class. Hinata and Ino left together because they had the first period together. Gaara and Sakura had first period together, too.

"I hate science." Sakura goaned as they walked in the hallway.

"Just two more years of it." Gaara said sounding bored.

"Yea, so how was your summer?" Sakura asked.

"Good. Kankuro found a girlfriend and then she dumped him the next day." Gaara said laughing a little.

"Poor, Kankuro" Sakura said giggling.

"Are you kidding? He fourced her into it" Gaara snickered.

"Who was she?" Sakura asked giggling even harder.

"Tayuya" Gaara replied.

"Her?" Sakura asked in shock.

"That's what I said when Kankuro told me she was his girl." Gaara said.

Once they got in class all the guys got blown away by Sakura's exposed body and the girls by how cute she styled her uniform. Gaara sure hated what all the guys were saying and the way they were looking at her.

"Oy, Sakura!" Kiba jumped up from his seat. "What's with the new look?"

"Oh, nothing Ino started it really. It looks better on her" Sakura smiled looking a little shy about the attention.

Gaara rolled his eyes. No it doesn't. It looks better on you.

"Really?" Kiba asked looking interested. "What class is she in right now?"

"Calculus." Sakura answered.

"Uhmm... Imma be tardy to class today!" Kiba said running out of the room.

Sakura giggled. Gaara was looking at the door, surprised that anybody would be that exited to see Ino. Sakura smiled and grabbed Gaara's hand, pulling him to the back of the room. By the time they were half way there Gaara noticed that Sakura was holding his hand, he could feel his checks get red.

Sakura couldn't believe she just grabbed Gaara's hand and was taking him to the back to sit with her. Once they got to the back they sat in the only empty two-seat table. Both sat in silence for while until Sakura started talking about her summer. Ten minutes later Kiba walked in the classroom, no teacher in sight. Kiba sighed in relief. "You were so right, Sakura!" he yelled across the room.

Unbeliveable, Sakura looks way better.

Just as Kiba made his way to his seat next to Kin, Hatake Kakashi pooffed into the classroom.

"I see you're tardy today, Mr. Inzuka." he called as Kiba was just about to sit down. A little bit of sweat came from the far right side of Kiba's forhead.

"Crap" he whispered.

Ooh's and laughter filled the classroom.

"Sakura! Sakura! Guess who came looking for me last period!" Ino shrieked as Sakura walked into Medical Justsu class.

"You can thank me for that." Sakura smiled.

Tsunade barged in two minutes later.

"No one make a sound and you can have free time!" she growled. And then feel fast asleep on her desk. I'm surprised I learned anything in this course! Sakura laid her head down.

Every got settled into their fourth period class. Sakura was sitting next to Gaara, Ino was sitting next to Kiba, who was just staring at her body, and Hinata was sitting next to Naruto, who was talking about how he could use that look for a new perverted justsu. This was one of Sakura's favorite classes, Theatre Arts. Sakura used to dream of being an actress when she was younger but gave up on her dream when she decided to go after something more important to set her life on the right track.

Gaara hated this class, the only reason he was in here was because Naruto dragged him used it as a way to try and "pick up on chicks". Probably the only reason all the other guys were in this class, well exept Sai, he seemed like the kind to like this crap.

"Hello, youthful students!" It was Might Guy, the theater arts teacher.

"Yo, Sensei." all the students answered.

"Okay so this is my year eleven class, as we all know I've had you since year nine." he smiled at everyone. "This year I have an interesting play for you to preform in the arts festival. Can anyone guess it?"

"Playboy!" Kiba bursted out, most of the guys laughed.

"No Kiba" Guy blushed. "Year eleven is going to do the famous William Shakespear's plays. Can you guess now?"

"Rumpelstiltskin!" Naruto yelled, more laughter.

Guy chuckled "No my over-caffinated lad."

"Romeo and Juliet" Sakura answered.

"Why, yes Sakura" Guy smiled"Romeo and Juliet! It's so youthful."

Gaara sighed. Tragedies are not not youthful.

Guy wrote on the chalkboard, it read "Cast" in his sloppy hand writting. "Okay, I want the beautiful Sakura to be Juliet." He wrote it down. "Romeo can be..." Guy looked around to look at the class. There was Naruto who was raising his hand exageratedly, snickering Kiba, creepy Shino, even creepier Sai, Chouji was sweet but not a good actor, Shikamaru would have given up after the first practice, Kankuro is a good stage prop man, so no, and then there was Gaara... perfect! "Gaara will be Romeo! Strong and handsome!" Guy announced. He wrote it down. "Ino can be Lady Capulet, Kiba can be Lord Capulet, Hinata is our Lady Montague. Naruto you will be Lord Montague. Please try to not mess anything up!" Gaara stopped paying attention, he was going to be Romeo with Sakura as his leading lady?

"Break a leg, Gaara" Sakura whispered, a smile playing on her soft face.

"We aren't starting yet." Gaara whispered back.

"I know but still!" She started getting louder.

"Romeo, Juliet, quiet or I'll seperate you two... with death!" Guy said laughing. The class snickered. Gaara looked at Sakura, even she was smirking. Gaara sighed and put his head down on the desk.