Okay! New chapter everybody! -all cheer happily-

Gaara seethed as he read the note, hand shaking in pure anger. He glanced at the damn raven smirking at the blond who adjusted in his seat to advert his lecherous gaze.

'Damn him! What the hell is with this bastard! Damn whore thinks he can sleep with Naruto?!' Gaara thought gripping the paper tightly in his hands. He crumpled it up and tossed at the raven who glared. Gaara could see the raven mouth a very unfazed 'fuck you' and humph. He looked over at the blond who scribbled the notes down from the board, trying to distract himself from what was going to happen later.

Naruto had a very uneasy look on his face as he smiled weekly at Gaara who just stared impassively. Not as if he didn't care, just his emotions are lacking in that department. He sighed heavily as he recalled what the note said…

'My dearest blond, I know all about the reason why you transferred to this school. It would be in your best interest not to disobey me when I tell you to do something. You don't want that information leaking, now do you Naruto? I know all bout your past and what happened then. It'll be pretty interesting to see the outcome once everyone finds out about it.

After school today, you will come with me to my house and don't tell your 'sensei'. Yes I do know about Iruka too. My family has some experience with the police, so I know everything. Don't tell anyone about this or else.

Sasuke.

Oh that reminds me, that red head pain in the ass better not come along if you know what's good for you.'

'Damn that Uchiha! Fucking whore of the school!' Gaara thought as he imagined all the horrifying things he could do to the bastard.

Kakashi looked up form his book to check on the class only to be met with the ominous aura brooding the air. He stared toward the back of the class to see the culprits smirking and throwing daggers at their rival. He lazily flipped the page continuing his gaze on the select students, especially the blond who timidly sat in his seat. He could already guess that Naruto was somehow mixed in the situation and decided to back off until the problem progressed. He looked at the clocked and smiled.

Ring!

The students quickly packed their books and made their way toward their next class. Kakashi smiled to all his students and put away his book as he left for the teachers lounge trying to see if he could spot the brunette in there.

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Lunch came and went as Gaara and Naruto spent most of the time sitting silent in the courtyard, eating their food slowly. Gaara was never one to willing strike up a conversation so basically no one spoke. The lunch bell rang for their next class and Gaara watched the blond sympathetically, knowing that it was only one more class till school ended. The assignment was pure horror. Everyone had to be paired up with a partner and unfortunately it was decided in alphabetical order. So that meant Naruto was paired up with the bastard.

'Damn I wish we could've chosen who are partners were. I'd do anything to keep that Uchiha away from my angel.' Gaara thought, while he watched Naruto sigh as he and Sasuke headed toward the back of the class, picking out the supplies for the charcoal portraits.

"Hey Gaara, are we going to get stared on our project as well?" Lee asked questionably. He scratched his head hesitantly waiting for an answer but gone none when the read head left for the boards at the back of the class. Lee obediently followed closely behind the red head and seated himself in front of Gaara.

He glared at the overly friendly guy staring at him and crossed him arms. "Well. Are you going to start?" Gaara asked impatiently. The brunette quickly got to sketching his pose and Gaara took the opportunity to look over the teens head and watch Naruto sitting hesitantly in his seat smiling uneasily.

'Naruto better not take any shit from the Uchiha. He can go fuck someone other willing slut in this school.' Gaara thought when he watched Sasuke's lips move, understanding that the Uchiha was mocking the blond as Naruto shrunk in his seat. A light blush appeared on those tan cheeks and Gaara seethed at the moment.

"Uh Gaara, cold you stop frowning? I'm trying to make a nice picture of you, but with you glaring and pouting it's not going to come out right if you continue looking like that." Lee said erasing some facial features on his portrait. Gaara huffed and directed his attention on the teens head, avoiding any eye contact. He desperately wanted to punch the Uchiha in the face right now but had to control his anger for later. Gaara closed his eyes and fell in a day dream and by the time he had realized, Lee was shaking him out of his stupor telling him that class was ending.

Gaara took that time to immediately rush over to find Naruto hastily bent over putting his drawing in his portfolio. He noticed the Uchiha scooting closer to the blond and Gaara walked a little faster but in the end it was too late.

"Eeep" Naruto squeaked when he felt a hand grab his ass. He quickly turned around to meet face-to-face with none other than Sasuke, smirking. "Sasuke! Why did you do that you pervert!" Naruto shouted trying to push the raven away.

"Now now Naruto, we don't want to cause a scene do we?" Sasuke said pointing to the other students who had stopped putting away their things to look in their direction with curiosity. Naruto blushed and pushed the cabinet close with the back of his foot, realizing that Gaara was coming his way.

"Gaara!" Naruto squealed, pushing the raven away as the threw his body at the teen. He hugged him and smiled brightly pulling the red head by the arm and exiting the room as quickly as he could.

'At least he spoke to me instead of enduring all that awkward silence earlier.' Gaara thought as he smiled at the blonds hand wrapped around his own. He chuckled softly letting his anger die away with the warmth spreading throughout his body as they went to their last period. Gaara got to his seat along side Naruto who took his books out for class.

Naruto sighed as he remembered the letter Sasuke wrote to him. He knew if anyone… especially Gaara… found out about his past… then they would all think twice about him…

He snuck a peak at the red head who was busy reading the page in the textbook to notice his staring. He sighed and jot down couple of lines and skillfully passed the note to the boy next to him, startling him a bit. Gaara looked from the note to Naruto and then read it quickly. As soon as he finished reading it, he glared at the blond and threw the note back at him.

Naruto gasped at the sudden reaction from Gaara and picked up the paper off the floor before the teacher would notice. He tried to look at his face for any signs of expression but sniffled when Gaara ignored him and turned his seat slightly making sure that Naruto couldn't read his face. Naruto stifled the sniffles and glanced toward the other side of the class and saw the raven licking his lips seductively. He shivered and glared at the book on his desk and twiddled his thumbs to calm his nerves a bit.

But it was completely useless if the person you had immediately warmed up to, completely ignores you. Kinda makes your insides rattle a bit.

Naruto bit his lip and watched the clock tick, knowing in the matter of minutes, school would be letting out for the day and like he predicted the bell rang and he gathered his textbooks and book bag. He glanced at the Uchiha and smiled weekly when he noticed the seductive smile on the raven.

Gaara didn't even hesitate to wait for the blond as he exited the classroom and headed towards home. He knew he was being a little to harsh towards Naruto but he didn't want to reveal his emotions just yet. But for Naruto to tell him to forget about the Uchiha and him? Gaara wanted anything to stop the blond from going but Naruto insisted that he should back off and don't worry about it. He just didn't understand the blond when he gave him that note. He trudged on the empty side walk and glared at every passerby.

He reached home and headed upstairs toward his room where he decided that he was going to go to just sleep in for the remaining of the day. As he reached the top of the stairs he heard his name being called from behind and mentally sighed.

'Damn, I forgot that Temari's here.' Gaara thought turning around to face the blond quickly making her way up the stairs. He bit his lip and watched his sister reach the top and practically toss herself at him.

"Oh Gaara! I missed your company here yesterday! You really have to tell me who it was that you were with yesterday! I gotta know! So you gotta spill the details little brother!" Temari squealed at the top of her lungs. She dragged the red head down stairs and into the kitchen and sat him down at the table where she had already prepared some dinner for him when he would arrive.

"You can let go of me." Gaara said in a menacing tone. She only cocked her head to the side and stared at him with a bit of confusion as she settled the plate of food in front of him.

"Ne, Gaara? What's wrong? I can tell something is bothering you. You don't even show the slightest bit of emotions but yet I can totally tell your sulking about something." she said bringing her hand to his cheek and gently massaged his frown. He flinched when she touched him, but fell into the warm caress and closed his eyes.

'Maybe Temari would understand if I tell her what I'm feeling.' Gaara thought as he reached for an egg roll. H chewed it slowly as Temari retracted her hand and watched her from the corner of his eye. He really wanted to tell her what he was feeling but it was kind of hard when you never really opened up to anybody in the first place.

Temari noticed her brothers confused face and smiled a little. "Gaara? Does this have to do with the person you were with yesterday?" she asked hoping to get an answer out of him. He nodded slowly and continued to chew his food. She rested her chin in her palm as she sat in one of the chairs at the table. She sighed and twirled a bit of hair around her finger as she thought of a way to drag more information out of her baby brother.

"Do you like them?' she asked almost embracing for the impending glare that she thought she was going to receive. She scratched her head oddly when she saw her brother nod slightly. 'Now were getting somewhere.' she thoughts as she grinned. "So, Gaara. What's wrong? Since you confirmed it was about someone you care for, why don't you explain what happened. That's what I'm here for right? I care about you." Temari said scooting her chair next to her brother.

He sighed and pushed the food aside and buried his face in his hands. 'Maybe Temari's right. I should talk to her.' Gaara thought. He shifted uncomfortably and looked up at his older sister. "His name is Naruto." he said suddenly making Temari jump. He watched for her reactions but only saw the relaxing grin plastered on her face and continued. "I really like him, he just transferred here, but I spent the night at his house yesterday." he said twiddling his thumbs anxiously. "This is the first time that I've ever felt this way about anyone before and I know that this isn't just and infatuation." he finished as he glared at his fingers. 'He may be someone I just met but I know I really like him.' He thought looking at Temari's face.

She laughed lightly and smiled. "So what's the problem little brother? All you have to do is woo this so called Naruto." she cooed ruffling his hair roughly. "I totally believe you can do it." she said patting him on the back for reassurance.

He slumped in his chair unnoticeably and sighed deeply. He looked up at his older sister and threw her a meek frown. She saw the sad expression and patted his shoulder softly. "What is it Gaara? Is it bad?" she asked hesitantly. He nodded and glanced around awkwardly.

"The younger Uchiha has his eyes set on him too." Gaara sighed.

"What? You mean Itachi's little brother… Sasuke?" Temari asked not believing his words. Gaara nodded and slumped on the table.

"He's blackmailing Naruto. Today Naruto was forced to go to his house."

Temari looked completely baffled by the new information. "I can't believe that the two richest families sons are fighting over the same boy!" she shrieked clasping her hands suddenly. "He must surely be a sweetie right Gaara?" she said as she nudged at his side.

He grunted and shoved her away. "He's my angel. Not the Uchiha's." he said sternly. She laughed a little and relaxed in her seat.

"I'm probably going to have a conversation with the boss about this one." she said mischievously. Gaara saw the look and frowned. He knew that was his cue to leave and he went up to his room. He took a quick shower and flopped onto the bed. He stared at the ceiling quietly and thought about what happened earlier that day.

'Maybe I should check up on him. It wouldn't hurt would it?' he thought drying his hair as he marched over to his closet. He pulled out some black low cut jeans and a gothic style tee. Gaara got ready and made sure to sneak his way past his sister who was on the phone chatting away at some particular gossip she heard about.

It was around 7 so Gaara assumed that Naruto should've been home by then and quickened his pace. It took him around 20 minutes to reach Naruto's home an noticed Iruka's car. He walked up to the door and rang the bell. Iruka quickly opened the door and pulled the red head into a tight hug.

"Oh Naruto! You didn't tell- oh! I'm sorry Gaara! I thought you were Naruto for a second. I opened the door expecting it to be Naruto since he didn't tell me he was going over to a friends house." Iruka said scratching the back of his head nervously. Gaara watched the brunette and realized the information he was given . Naruto hadn't come home yet.

"So you mean to tell me that Naruto hasn't come home yet?" Gaara questioned. He watched as the teacher nodded slowly and quickly raced off in the direction of the Uchiha's home. He ran as fast as he could as the different scenarios played through his mind.

'I have to get Naruto home before-"

There was Naruto walking on the same path as Gaara as he rubbed his swollen eyes. Gaara immediately ran over to the blond and pulled him into a hug. "Naruto!" Gaara said looking over the blonds shaking body. He noticed the ripped shirt collar and disheveled uniform Naruto wore. He automatically knew it was the Uchiha's doing.

"Naruto what happened?" Gaara said in a deadly voice as he fixed Naruto's clothes. He could hear the small muffled cries as Naruto wiped away the tears. He softly ran his hand through the blond hair and waited patiently for Naruto to answer.

"H-He tried to do things…" Naruto whispered a he buried his face in Gaara's shirt. He could only wrap his arms around the frail body, thinking of a way to comfort the broken angel, but internally he was seething with rage.

'I swear when I se that bastard I'm going to kill him.' he thought tightening his grip around Naruto's waist. He let his head rest atop of Naruto's and took in his honey sweet scent. "Naruto, you need to tell me what happened or I'm going to go over there and find out whether or not if you want me to. I might lose my self control if that happens. You know my reputation around school and I will beat his ass." Gaara said pulling away from the blond and grabbing his chin to see his face.

Naruto sniffled and bit his lip nervously. "L-let's go home and talk about this." Naruto said gripping Gaara's hand and started walking home. He dragged the red head by the wrist until they had reached his home and quietly snuck in without alerting Iruka and made their way up his stairs.

As soon as Naruto shut the door, Gaara pounced on the unsuspecting blond and bombarded him with his earlier questions. "Tell me now Naruto. If that Uchiha did anything to you I swear I'm going to kill him." Gaara said glaring at the blond. He shrunk timidly on his bed and glanced up at the furious teen.

"W-well, when we reached his home, Sasuke and I were doing some homework. Then he made me something to eat and we were about to watch a movie when someone had called his phone. He had left the room for a couple of minutes and came back extremely angry and pinned me down. H-he was mumbling something about his brother as he was trying to undress me. I tried to fight back but he somehow pinned my hands above me and almost ripped my clothes if Sai and Neji didn't come in. Neji pulled Sasuke off of me and Sai helped me up. I ran out as soon as Sai let go of me and then I found you." Naruto said clutching Gaara's shirt tightly in his fist.

Gaara, completely palled by the blonds words, clenched his fists in anger. "That bastard will pay for touching you Naruto.." Gaara said ever so sadistically. Naruto flinched when he heard the menacing tone from the red head and looked Gaara in the eyes almost pathetically.

"No Gaara it's fine. Don't hurt him. He will stop bothering me." Naruto said coming closer to Gaara's face. The distance between the two closed ,as the blond slowly edged into the red heads personal space. Gaara gripped Naruto's side's roughly and pulled him against his chest.

"Naruto, I really care about you a lot. I just don't want to see you hurt." Gaara said pulling the blond into a tight hold. "I don't know what happened in your past, but it doesn't change the relationship between us. Even if you chose to reveal to me what did happen. I'll be here for you." Gaara said quietly near Naruto's ear. He heard the intake of breath and smiled lightly knowing he had gotten to the blond. Naruto had tightened his hold over the red head and wept softy against his shoulder.

'He made me think that he was going to kiss me. I don't think I'll be able to hold back if he does that again.' Gaara thought biting his lip. He patted the blond back gently as Naruto's cries died down. "Naruto it's getting dark.." Gaara said quietly pulling away from the blond. Naruto unintentionally pulled at the hem of Gaara's shirt and pleaded with his saddened eyes for him not to go.

"G-Gaara… please don't leave me…" Naruto sniffled. Gaara sighed exhaustedly and tugged at Naruto's chin so they were looking at each other. Gaara could see the hurt and abandonment in Naruto's eyes and slumped his shoulders in defeat.

"Fine. Of course I'll stay here the night." Gaara said getting up from the bed. He walked towards the door and heard a squeak from the bed. He turned and saw Naruto looking at him questionably and waved his hand back and forth. "It's fine Naruto, I'm going to talk to Iruka real quick okay?" he said opening the door after Naruto nodded in acceptance.

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Gaara had successfully convinced Iruka that Naruto was fine and was getting ready for bed. Iruka had already made dinner and sent two portions with Gaara as he went back upstairs to Naruto's room. They ate in silence as they watched a little tv. A little after eating, Gaara had taken a shower first and told Naruto to take one next. It was around 11 when they finally settled in bed and Gaara could suppress the feelings burning in his chest. Naruto nuzzled at his chest softly and snuggled closer to the red head.

"I'm so happy that you're here Gaara. I don't know what I'd do with out you. " Naruto said half awake. Gaara grunted out of agreement and ran his finger through the blond mop of hair and sighed. He heard Naruto mumbling and listen intently. "G-Gaara… mhmm… I-you… like you… much" Naruto muttered in his sleep.

Gaara flinched in shocked and bit back the blush that he could feel coming on. 'Naruto? Did he just- no he's thinking about me as he sleeps? Does he like me?' Gaara thought frantically trying to keep cool. He sighed desperately and plopped his head against the pillow and slapped his head wearily. 'I'm not going to get any sleep tonight..' he thought staring at the ceiling and then turning his attention toward the alarm clock.

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The alarm went off and Gaara glared at the annoying device. 'Thank god it's the weekend since I probably wont be able to keep awake during school.' Gaara thought turning his body on his side. His arms and legs were tangled within the blond limbs and chuckled ironically. 'I cant believe he can sleep like that.' he thought.

He wanted to stay like that for a little while longer, admiring the blonds beauty but that's when he decided to stir and open his eyes slowly. Those pure orbs of cerulean blue gazed at him sleepily and blinked hazily. Gaara smiled and traced the scars on the blond face. "Good morning angel." Gaara said knowing that he'd get a reaction from the blond.

Naruto jumped up surprised and blushed deeply at the red head lying in his bed. "G-Gaara! Gosh! Y-you scared me and… I'm not an angel like everyone thinks." Naruto said slumping his shoulders. Gaara got up and caressed Naruto's cheek lightly. He didn't feel like arguing with the blond right now, so he let it slide and got out of the bed silently. He looked over his shoulder at Naruto who sighed and collapsed onto the bed and shook his head.

" I have to leave for home, but I will come back later alright?" Gaara said pulling up his pants that had fallen a bit as he laid in bed. Naruto moaned against the sheets and waved Gaara away. He nodded and left the room and headed downstairs. He grabbed his book bag and headed towards home and pulled out his phone, turning it on. Just as he predicted, Temari had left him messages on his phone. He scoffed and continued his silent walk.

He rounded the corner of his house and quietly snuck inside. He noticed the lights were still off and threw his book bag on the table and stripped his clothes and tossed them in the washer. He walked upstairs toward his room and groaned when he saw that his door was slightly opened. He knew his sister had been in his room and sighed as he walked inside.

He glanced around the room and saw that nothing in particular was missing or disturbed and went into his closet to pull out some fresh clothes. He got dressed and headed into the kitchen and made some cereal. He was surprised that his sister wasn't at home and shrugged off the thought.

As he washed his bowl he heard the door open and looked around the corner to see his sister in the hall. "Gaara! Where have you been?!" she asked walking towards him. "I was worried when you left without telling me yesterday. I had spoken to Itachi about Sasuke and he told me that Sasuke could be a pain and that he'd take care of it." she said putting her purse on the counter.

"I see." Gaara said wiping his hands on a towel near the stove. She sighed and pulled off her jacket.

"Apparently, he had spoken to Sasuke or something along the lines of that and told his little friends about Naruto." she said waving her hands for emphasis. "I guess he was worried or something, I don't know."

He listened to her as she explained and then realized how Naruto happened to get out of that situation yesterday. He congratulated her use of meddling and how it happened to help him in out Naruto. "Thank you…" he said softly.

She smiled brightly and patted him on the shoulder. "No, it's alright. I had to do something to help my little brother out right? I couldn't leave you like, since I know Itachi." she said smiling.

He nodded in agreement and crossed his arms over his chest. Though one question remained on his mind. "How do you know Itachi?" Gaara asked curiously. She laughed happily and ran her hand though her blond untamable hair.

"Geeze Gaara, he's my boss." she said picking up her jacket from the counter. "And anyways, I think you need to get back to Na-ru-to? ne?" she said sending her brother a sly smirk. He rolled his eyes boredly and took her advice.

'I think I should take Naruto out today.' he said taking his keys from the drawer.

Yay another chapter completed! Whoo! Sorry for the wait guys but I got caught up with school and stuff. I'm glad I got this chapter out of the way and now the plot finally settles in. You all can basically guess that it revolves around Naruto's past. You might be surprised about what I have planned for the next chapter.

So please review.

Until next time,

-Urahara