Many happy days, or sad ones whatever you feel like :DDDD


Gaara dully recognized the light pushing thru the window as sunlight. It was time to get up.

He felt low. He let his eyes shut, considering allowing himself to shut down for a while, he had to actually remind himself how bad of an idea that was.

Anger surged so fast he wanted to spit, his usual reaction to confusion.

As well as the discord of last night Shukaku had been particularly bat shit crazy in the night and early morning, rolling emotion after emotion thru him. Fuck of. He snarled for the hundredth time. His head pounding.

Sand stirred in his gourd resting against the wall. He sighed trying to give himself a little perspective.

Somehow Naruto had made him feel pure happiness, more happiness then he had ever been exposed to. Euphoria had ran up his spine. Somehow Naruto had been able to control Gaara's body like it was his own. Was everyone able to puppet his body? Was he a walking remote control? Shukaku had started laughing, further reminding Gaara just how out of control his body was.

Creaking started from the next room, Temari must have woken up. He mechanically stood and dressed refusing to acknowledge the heat leaving his skin as he shed his pyjamas to pull on clothes that had been exposed to the frigid air of his room.

He walked out to the small kitchen of the apartment they were renting. Sliding into a plastic chair a second before Temari's and then kankuro's doors opened.

He watched them walk out, tiredly muttering to each other all the way from their rooms; both were clad in pyjamas and looked less than their usual put together selves. Gaara watched the exchange, monitoring their expression as they noticed him there.

"Gaara, how was the party?" Temari asked cautiously tiptoeing round his chair to get a mug from one of the high cupboards.

"Interesting" he replied watching his brother soundlessly pour cereal.

"What where you drinking?" Kankuro asked looking up to meet Gaaras eyes.

"Kankuro, Gaara didn't drink" Temari snapped sliding into the chair opposite Gaaras

"vodka" Gaara replied choosing to ignore Temari's comment.

"fuck yes Gaara" Kankuro laughed surging up in an unrequited attempt to high five the boy "i'm proud of you bro" while Temaris eyes went wide

"Garra your 17! You can't drink who gave you vodka" Temari said her hands claws on the table

"I did drink" Gaara replied, feeling for once like a typical teenager

"yeah moran I know you have the capacity, yet I don't like the idea of you drinking" she said working out quickly who had given her little brother vodka.

"how are you feeling this morning?" kankuro asked before slapping his hands together next to Gaara's ear whilst giggling.

"fine" Gaara replied

"dam, of course you wouldn't get hangovers, lucky shit" he gwaffled over a large mouthful of cereal.

If anger was a symptom of a hangover then yes he had one.

"so who was there last night?" Temari asked "I'd imagine it was all the shinobi we met at the chunin exams?"

"yes" he replied, forgetting thease were the same people he was sent to kill "how was your night?"
Temari's surprise at Gaaras sudden interest in her life was quickly disguised

"yeah. No it was alright, I just stayed in and watched tv" she said

"oh god if we're here for another two weeks, were gonna have to start making friends; theres no chance I'm staying with just you every night" kankuro said glaring at his sister. Ignoring the fact that In suna they had done just that perfectly happy for many years.

"well, Tsunade said we were welcome to train with the shinobi here, soo that's what I'm doing today. Someone has to show konoha not to fuck with Suna" Temari said standing up and dumping her mug into the sink.
"I might join you" Kankurou said standing

"copycat" Temari teased before walking back into her room to get dressed, she doubted she could threaten anyone in teddybear pyjamers.

This left Gaara still propped up at the table. Yes training would be good, a outlet from the anger growing inside him.

However maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea, his fighting could become malicious with emotion. But he did need to train; his taijustu was severely lacking skill.

He stood up ignoring the sudden pain to his head, and grabbed his gourd, shifting the heavy weight onto his back and slowly opening the door.

Looking out, the ramen shop was clearly visible from the apartment they were renting, reminding Gaara of last night as well as the weird promise he had made to Naruto, to ask kankuro about sex. He frowned. Usually he kept his word but he really didn't want to. Temari would be more approachable anyway.

Speaking of his siblings they appeared dressed behind him

"so you're coming bro" Kankurou smiled, It was only recently Kankurou had started referring to him so nicely and it was very pleasant.

He nodded and they stepped out locking the apartment, there was a short argument over who should be trusted with the keys as they walked and kankuro eventually surrendered to throw the keys rather vishiously at Temaris head.

It took a few minutes to walk were their guide had pointed out to be a public training area and Gaara was pleasantly surprised to not feel any glares or stares from the villagers. he was almost a stranger here. Reaching the field he scanned the area, it was practicly a mud pit, his sand was flinching as kunai rained close to him.

Temari instantly called out to one of the men who had been showing of, issuing a challenge and Kankurou had moved to the side taking out both his puppets. Gaara felt awkward.

He wanted to practice hand to hand fighting but he was pretty shit, He didn't want anybody to see that.

He squinted towards the forest, spying a gap thru the trees, he quickly retreated to find somewhere quieter. Following the dirt path he came across a clearing, there was an old looking building with the words dojo pained on them.

His intention was to be far away from anything human so he turned to leave when there was a crash and he felt his sand catch a body that had slammed thru the wood and would of slammed into him. his sand placed the boy down and Garra calmly turned and stared into blue eyes.

"GAARA" Naruto squeaked his body laying flat in the soft sand. Gaara blinked his eyes dragging away from Naruto to witness the arrval of lee from the doors of the dojo

"Gaara of the sand" lee shouted hesitating in the doorway. It was silent for a few seconds.

As well as the obvious awkwardness with Naruto, Gaara realized he hadn't seen Rock lee since he'd fought him in the exams. Fuck.

"want to explain why you were about to slam into me" Gaara asked using his sand to stand the stunned Naruto on his feet.

"Gaara..I" he said aware Gaara had killed for a lot less. Fuck seeing Gaara again was turning Naruto into a mess, he had planned on avoiding Gaara for the rest of his life. Not almost landing on him.

"We were sparing and my kick was too powerful for my Dojo to contain" Lee explained. oh, his dojo? had lee built it? and Sparing, the thing that Gaara desperately needed to do. He considered asking to join but his pride wore out, he couldn't show how weak he was.

Meanwhile Lee was wondering what had happened to Naruto. Sure Gaara was terrifying, but he had been informed thanks to Naruto that Garra was now a friend of the leaf. He had forgiven Gaara the moment he'd learned of the redheads change. But Naruto was acting like he was petrified of Gaara, not able to speak a word.

"what were you doing outside my dojo Gaara?" lee asked praying it wasn't to challenge him. he didn't think we was quite ready to take on Gaara again.

"I was trying to find a place to train" He replied simply

"well you are welcome to train in my dojo" Lee smiled *as long as it is not sparing with me* he mentally added.

Lee again wondered why Naruto was massaging his thigh witch he had hit particularly hard on the wood, instead of have a potentially great conversation with his proclaimed new friend Gaara.

"another time, I'll let you get back to training" Gaara said, before turning and following a different trail round.

"Naruto, are you ok, I thought you said Gaara wasn't dangerous anymore?" lee said walking with Naruto the small distance back inside his dojo.

"he's not. I just, god I just felt awkward around him, that's all" the blonde said getting back into position.

"awkward? For what reason?" lee asked returning to his fighting position as well, Naruto lashed out with a punch to stop lee and himself from looking into it. The memory of Gaara's tongue almost caused him to be kicked in the head.

Meanwhile Gaara had found a place a little further down and had started by stretching.

He wasn't sure what to do after stretching. He had never been formally trained in Taijutsu.

He sighed as his thoughts drew again to Naruto. Sure he'd hated how Naruto had controlled him, but the pleasure was so-.

Gaara forced his eyes forward and mimicked lee and practiced punching. He felt stupid.

He needed a partner. After only about a minute, He sat down on the grass. Admitting he couldn't do Taijutsu was the same as saying he was defenseless in his mind. Lee was an expert. Would he train Gaara? He sighed, the boy seemed to trust him or at least not fear him when they talked. but Lee? if Gaara had any pride he probably would of walked far away from Rock Lee but that path had death written over it.

Well there was only one way to find out. He'd be killed if he didn't improve.

He walked back down to the dojo. He stared thru the gap in the barn to see Naruto and lee properly kicking each others ass. They looked amazing flipping and kicking quickly it looked effortless.

Naruto was fighting lee almost equally, at a glance you'd think they were equal, until every third punch wasn't blocked and caused Naruto to have to take a step. He wished Naruto wouldn't be here to see him grovel, but he trusted Naruto.

"Lee" Gaara said causing Naruto to fall backwards in shock and lee to jump.

"Gaara, your back" Naruto said forgetting why he would be awkward with Gaara and eagerly greeting the boy with a smile. Making Gaara momentarily stop thinking.

"come in, come in" lee urged smiling as he watched Gaara gracefully step thru the Naruto sized hole in the dojo.

"lee, can I speak to you" Gaara asked trying to indicate he wanted to be alone

"yes go ahead" lee said not understanding Gaaras hint

"what is it Gaara" Naruto asked, stepping closer to Lee. Gaara stared at Naruto a second before just deciding to get it over with.

"I wanted to ask whether you could help me train," Gaara asked fighting the urge to blush.

"train?" lee said confused " but I don't know any ninjistu"

"but I belive your very strong at Taijutsu" Gaara said, crossing his arms in an attempt to remain cool.

"you want me to train you in Taijutsu?" lee asked,

"yes I have two weeks here" Gaara said surprising himself by pledging his time.

"me to train you" lee asked making Gaaras sand clench in his gourd. Yes why wouldn't lee get it into his thick head, If he had to say it again he'd murder the boy.

"yes," Gaara replied, there was a sudden silence. Lee was considering his options. The most important being Gaara scared the shit out of him, to have to make him stronger, oh god. Yet, in a weird way he was fond of the boy. His back story was to terrible to make anyone hate him. He wanted to help but he did have too much on already. He was supposed to be on a mission starting tomorrow anyway.

"Gaara I will have to decline, I am sorry. I'm starting a mission tomorrow" Lee answered nodding his head in respect, but as Lee glanced at Naruto he was quick to offer "but Naruto is excellent at tai-jistu, I believe he would be an brilliant teacher" Lee answered.

Gaara glanced at Naruto to find him already staring at him, their shocked gazes locked on each other.

After avoiding each others gaze all this time this sudden intense eye contact was causing Narutos chest to seize up. They both sort of stammered, unsure where they stood.

Naruto felt stunned, his thoughts and speech just wasn't working. Gaara's name revolving threw his mind, while Gaara was trying to remain serious as he contemplated whether he would want to be trained by Naruto.

"well" Lee prompted, wondering if he had misinterpreted Garra and Narutos friendship as hate or some sort of intense rivalry.

"I-I yeah of course I would train you Gaara" Naruto said, He just hoped they could move past the handjob the other day. Stop thinking! he screamed at himself as Gaaras hard length entered back into his mind.

Gaara knodded. To be honest any one with even a basic knowledge of tai-jutsu would be a step up. His earlier shame at his abilities fading.

"well I'll leave you to train" Lee said "Naruto we still going out with the group later?"

"yeah we'll meet at 7 bushy brows" Naruto smiled

"I will be there, bye Gaara" lee waved before disappearing out of the training ground.

"Naruto" Gaara said unable to keep it in anymore "I am seriously awful at Taijutsu, I am sorry you'll have to see it"

Naruto laughed "Gaara I don't care, everyone's awful until they're good", Gaara considered this as he scanned the inside of the DoJo. It was surprisingly bright in the Dojo and a good amount of room to spar. It still had that do it yourself feel to the room though supporting lees claims he had built it.

"why didn't you go to Kakashi or one of the other jounin to help train you?" Naruto asked

"I'd rather have relaxed training" Gaara lied. Like hell he was telling Naruto he was too embarrassed of sounding weak.

"yeah they'd have you fighting in front of the village at the end of the weak" Naruto laughed moving further into the room, Gaara followed.


well wasn't this a different direction. yeah I'm gonna need your reviews on this. will be writing soon. thanks