This is where it starts to get cool...muhahaha
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Sakura's POV
The next morning I found Gaara waiting in the art room. When I entered he looked up, met my eyes, and jerked his head to the chair next to him. He wanted me to sit next to him! So I did (of course). Little did I know that this was the beginning of our new routine.
Every morning for the next two weeks I would find him waiting for me in the Art room and then afterwards we would proceed together to the Chemistry lab where he sat silently next to me while I chattered cheerfully with Kiba and Sasuke.
After class we would, of course, have to separate into our respective changing rooms for P.E. but when I came out into the gym he was always waiting for me on the bleachers.
Tenten and Hinata had study hall with us so I would spend a lot of my time talking to them while he worked wordlessly beside me. But on the odd occasion that I actually decided to work he would always work with me and help me whenever I got stuck. (Honestly I think it's thanks to him that I'm passing Chemistry)
Lunch time was always my favorite part of the day. When it was nice enough Gaara and I would take our lunches outside and sit against the brick wall, warming ourselves in the sun. While we ate we would talk...well...ok...mostly I would talk, but I did get Gaara too talk sometimes too and I made a game of trying to learn new things about him. (I learned that his favorite color is brown, that his favorite food is, of all things, something called gizzard tongue, (whatever that is) and that he has an older sister and brother among other things) After we were done eating we would play football and our team would almost always win (and if we didn't it was because I'm not a very good QB)
The rest of the day was slow and sleepy, I would only fully regain consciousness after the 3 o'clock.
Spending time with Gaara was great and in the back of my mind...ok not the back of my mind, the front, I was falling for Gaara. (Fast I know, but hey what can you do?) He was always there, gently helping me and making me smile. His constant presence was never annoying as a lot of my friends thought it would be, it made me feel safe and happy. Even on my dark days Gaara made my world brighter and for the first time in my high school career I didn't look forward to going home because I had someone who made me feel at home anywhere, as long as he was there.
And as I started to like him more and more I also started to wonder...how does he feel about me?
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Gaara's POV
"Five more minutes to freedom! Yea Friday!"
I looked over to the source of the happy voice and watched as the pinkette beside me stretched out her limbs and wiggled her fingers.
She looked over at me, a smile on her face. "What are you doing this weekend Gaara?"
I shrugged
"Oh. Well if you want," she rummaged through her bag and pulled a piece of paper and a pen, "you can give me a call and we can go do something. If you get bored that is." she said, blushing.
I took the piece of paper from her and pocketed it without any intention to call her, why would I bother when I lived on her roof? ( well, mostly that is, I still had my house up in the mountains where I went to eat and shower at night)
She stood up, slinging her purse over her shoulder. "I'll be right back; I'm just going to the bathroom, kay Gaara?"
I nodded and closed my eyes as she left the room. I watched her flaming green chakra, wrapped in black twisting vines, walk out into the hallway and into the bathroom (at which point I averted my eyes, I'm not a perv or anything)
Maybe you should 'give her a call' you know you want to, and it would be good for you to get out and do something with her
What are you talking about? I do everything with her
Not anything that lets her know of your intentions
What intentions?
Don't play dumb you stupid boy, I know you want her as your mate and it's time you admit it to yourself
I going to pretend you didn't just say that
Pretend all you want it doesn't change a thing and I am not going anywhere anytime soon
I refocused on the hallway outside of the bathroom, determined to ignore my idiotic inner resident. Of all the stupid things to say...
It happened very suddenly.
One second everything was normal the next my chakra vision had gone entirely black and I felt a chill steal through me whole body.
Sakura!
I bolted upright and opened my eyes. With my eyes open everything looked normal but the chill was still there; something was here and Sakura was in danger.
I dashed out of the classroom and burst out into the bustling hallway. I looked up at the clock and realized that school had just gotten out; it would be all the more difficult for me to find Sakura.
I ran to the bathrooms but then stopped with my hand on handle, it was girls bathroom, I couldn't go in there...
Out of the corner of my eye I saw the tall girl with brown buns, a friend of Sakura's.
I reached out and grabbed her arm, "You!"
She looked at me, startled, "Yes, me. What is it Gaara?"
"I need you to check inside the bathroom for me and see if Sakura's in there."
She shrugged, "Sure."
I waited outside the door ready to dash in there at the first hint of a scream. But Tenten came out without Sakura.
She looked at me, "She isn't in there, you should try by her locker."
I nodded and hurried towards our lockers though I was doubtful that she'd be there. With her level of chakra and its uncontained unstable state there was no way she wouldn't be able to feel the disturbance in the areas chakra and she would be very afraid. But where would she hide?
When I got to the lockers she wasn't there, but Sasuke was.
"Sasuke!"
He looked over at me and the girl named Ino peered over his shoulder.
"What?"
I grabbed his arm and dragged his a few feet away from the nosy blonde.
"Hey-what are you-"
"Where would Sakura go if she was afraid? Where would she hide?"
He looked at me confused, "What? What's wrong with Sakura?"
This was infuriating! Didn't he realize he was wasting time!
"Where would Sakura hide?"
"If Sakura was afraid? Probably in the janitor's closet, she used to hide there when she was upset-hey wait! What's wrong with Sakura!"
I was already gone and racing down the stairs. I whipped around the railing and threw open the door to the closet. I headed straight for the back, crouching down as the ceiling lowered. At first I didn't see her in the dim light, but then I heard a whimper from behind a stack of boxes.
I pushed the boxes aside and found Sakura curled up in a ball behind them. She looked up at me, terror in her eyes.
"Gaara!"
She flung herself at me and wrapped her arms around my waist, crying into my stomach. Relief flooded me, she's not hurt
"Gaara, Gaara something's out there. Something bad, Gaara I can feel it something bad is here."
"What's going on?"
I turned to look over my shoulder to see Sasuke Kiba and Naruto all looking down at us.
I gently untangled my self from Sakura's arms and led her by the hand out of the closet. Once we were out I looked around and found myself surrounded by a group of Sakura's friends.
Itachi stepped forward and pulled Sakura into his arms. She let go of my hand and buried her face in his chest still shaking. Sasuke, Deidara, Kiba and Naruto rounded on me.
"What's wrong with her? Why is she so upset?" Sasuke said, taking a step closer to me.
I opened my mouth to answer when I suddenly felt a wave of cold hit my back. I spun around to face the hallway and saw the air about fifty feet away start to move.
Sasuke grabbed my shoulder, "I said why is she ..." He had seen the moving air as well.
"What the hell is that?"
As we all watched the air twisted and contorted until it solidified in the form of a massive mountain lion. It smiled evilly at us and spoke in a deep purring voice.
"I'm here for Sakura."
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O MY GOD!!!
the lions gonna get Sakura!!!
Sakura-Help me Gaara!!!
Gaara-I won't help unless people leave reviews