((Okay, I'm startin' on it earlier than usual... so hopefully you'll get this some time within a shorter time limit lol))

xXTwilight-KunoichiXx

hahahaha the last line was funny anyways great chappie sorry i haven't update
i have so much school work plus i got on my math b test a 95 ya! so I'm not
stupid after all! anyways thanks for the chappie and update while you can

((good job on the math test! and I knew you weren't stupid... I didn't even need to see your math score! :P))

Gaara-frenzy

-twitch- is naruto going to die? because playing with gaara's patience is
rather stupid... so is the bet... oh well maybe gaara will have an epiphany
and fall head over heels for chi... or i hit my head too hard in gym. i hope
you update soon!! XD

((Naruto may very well die but it shall be funny to see how far he pushes the guy.))

Under A Killing Moon

haha! lol. i have a fork here, if you want it... it might not work for
pudding, though... sorry. but that was so funny! i don't know what else to
say. oh, and it's okay about the whole lateness thing. these things happen.
especially when you have school. we should set the teachers out as bait for
Gaara (minus Mrs. Schmuck. she's cool). maybe he'll kill 'em. then we catch
him... yeah. i'm okay. i swear, the coffee is DEcaffinated. i think...
anyways, update as soon as you can, pleaze? im so bored, because no one's
updating, and i hit a dead end with my unposted story, so i'll probably delete
that one and end up writing a new one. woo! anyways, enough of incoherent
ramblings, i liked this chapter, it was funny. short, but funny. keep up the
good work! i'll be sleeping!
((I shall accept the fork anyway. worse comes to worse, I'll just have to use my fingers and save the fork for a rainy day. but I think you should post the story and discontinue it because I wanna read it!))

Neji Uchiha

Ah... -reminisces- The yaoi joke was awesome! I don't care that ou haven't
updated yet. It's not a biggie.

((I'm glad you liked the joke!))

VampireGaaraCheesepuffs

"...DEAD serious"
I say that to my friends all the time .
...then usually whack them with somein...some actually flinch when they see
me XD Aw well, they know I'm just playing...I think O.o
YES! They are FINALLY considering to speak . GET DA BLUE'S CLUES NOTEPAD!
Give me a V-A-M-P-I-R-E-G-A-A-R-A-C-H-E-E-S-E-P-U-F-F-S!
((I love it when there's some connection to other people's lives in my stories! I'll try to find the vampire, I have Gaara on my bed, but the cheesepuffs will have to wait until tomorrow. :P))

sprite21

NO! Oh the cliff-hangerness! The joke in itself was a cliff-hanger! GRR .
But I understand why Gaara would chose Naruto... still... it's Naruto. hugs
Gaara plushie I love his scaryness too. I understand his pain. But I won't
get into that. GAH! Update soon!!

((I understand his pain as well. huggles sprite21 and her/his gaara plushie before going back to my plushie and I'm sorry for the cliffie))

The Angle Serenity

wow whens the seriousness going to come back! did you loce your emo
kitsune-chan? o.o NO YOUR EMO DIED KITSUNE-CHAN NO hug

((awww... that's so sweet. I have a cute nickname! :P anyway, I didn't lose my inner-emo-ness. I just decided to make these training days funny so that whatever seriousness comes next will have a bigger impact))

((And... let us begin this chapter on the foot that was always meant to be right! lol that was really wordy))

Chapter 30: Gaara's Training Day 2

Yesterday had been a total bust. Gaara hadn't learned anything about romancing Chikage and Naruto was a bloody pervert. Emphasis on the BLOODY part. Naruto had a broken leg among several wounds and wasn't supposed to leave his bed. So that meant that Gaara had the boy in a corner and until the blond relinquished whatever info he had on the matter of love, no ramen, no bathroom, no fun. The redhead was willing to starve Naruto for as long as it took.

Which was just three minutes. It was breakfast time and Naruto didn't have any access to ramen. Gaara had him pinned down by his sand so he couldn't get up despite the doctors orders. "Okay, okay, mercy!!" he cried out, tears falling down the sides of his face.

"Tell me everything you know about romance or else." Gaara had had it. Naruto's home was clean-- thanks to HIM. And how had the blond repaid him? By taking him to look at PORN?!

Naruto, in his fragile and very hungry state, decided that it was not the time to play around with the murderous sand-wielder. "O-okay... well, as you probably know, I've never actually been in a relationship but--"

"But...?" Gaara pressed, not easing up a bit. He didn't like that first statement. He hoped against hope that he would like the next.

"... I do know what girls look for in guys." With a little more pressure encouraging him, the fox-carrier continued, "They want a nice guy whose at least like a friend. You can't be a jerk to her or why would she want you in the first place?"

"She already wants me, you idiot. Next piece of advice."

"Well, have you ever taken her on a date?" A bit of silence later, Naruto replied, "Thought so. You have to go out with her and talk to her. She has to get to know you. So who's the idiot now?"

That last question was responded with a painful squeeze of sand. "You are. She's known me for as long as she can remember. She's drawn me in ways that no one else has seen. Is that all you have to offer me? Now I wonder why I've kept you alive this long..."

"She's drawn you? You let her draw you? That's nice of you..."

"I didn't let her do anything. She did it without my consent."

"But you didn't destroy the book or her so that's still nice of you. Anyway, um... uh... Sakura always tells me to slow down and do things right. If you want to be romantic... I'd ask Sakura what she'd look for."

"No outsiders." More pressure was added to Naruto. "Chikage isn't like her. She wouldn't know what to do if I suddenly acted how that pink-haired twit tells me to."

"Ino? What about Ten-ten?"

"No."

"... Lee?" Naruto asked with his last bit of air. His face was tinged blue.

Letting him go, Gaara shrugged. "He's still alive? I guess he can do a lot better than you... but he is an outsider. Has he ever been involved with a girl?"

"... no. Sakura's been nice to him after the incident but as far as I can tell, he loves her, she doesn't love him."

"You're useless. I should kill you but I'm in a hurry to get home. I've wasted too much of my time. Naruto... I probably don't have to tell you what will happen if you EVER gossip about this little training escapade..." he said. As a demonstration, he made his sand go to the blond's only lamp and crushed it with ease.

"Uh... I hear you loud and clear, Gaara, old buddy... hee hee..." Naruto replied, nodding as fast as he could.

"I'm sure you do... I'll be leaving now." He'd spent his time packing during the night, though he hadn't really made himself at home. And after his sand had retrieved his bag, he was gone in a cloud of the blood-soaked sand.

"HEY!! WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF ME?! MY LEG'S BROKEN THANKS TO YOU, GAARA!!"

((alright, this one I KNOW is shorter... there was a lot of talking in it and Chikage is waiting. Plus... I was running out of ideas... I know I'm pathetic... TT.TT (-- Kitsune Slave crying) I'm sorry and I'll make it longer next time... since it can't get much shorter than this without calling me lazy! so until next time! oh! and if you guys have anything that you want to see in this next chapter or the chapters ahead (if everyone doesn't get tired of this story because of me), just put it in your reviews and I'll try to work them in to the story line!))