Chapter 6

WHOOOOOOO! Man I am like so darn sorry for the wait! My computer has crashed and no one in my family owns a lappy sooooooooo…. Right now I'm fighting to write it in school and it's hard. It's really awkward with people peering over your shoulder to see what in the world you're writing then muttering freak as they find out it's an anime story and it's based on a character from Naruto.

Life is sooooooooooooooooooooo NOT fair *pouts*

Aside from that I hope I wrote this chapter good enough it was kind of rushed in certain areas and I was bored writing ( my most boring chapter for me ever!) it but I left it as something nice when u read the end :D really nice! *wiggles eyebrows*

Now I'm off to write the other chapter here… in school… that sucks :/

"You cursed filthy demon!" screamed a woman," get away from her now!"

"I saw you! You pulled down the building and then you encased her in sand and almost crushed her!" shrieked the person again, who I assumed to be the same woman.

They threw more objects; I waited patiently for them to come in range for my absolute defense to protect me. I hung my head low.

Why? Why…?

Then I heard the sound of metal colliding with solid objects. Its pinging sound rang out over the crowd. It was the girl; she had diverted the trajectory of the objects away from me.

"STOP!" she shrieked.

Amazingly they did.

"He didn't try to kill me he saved me! The so called building you said he tried to crush me with collapsed, the foundation was under strain and I was caught in its path," she screamed at them.

Wait… was she… defending me?

I was shocked. I stared at her; her back was turned to me. She looked like a cat ready to pounce on its prey; I could see all the muscles in her body rigid and tense.

"Why do you protect this demon bastard? He tried to kill you! What spell has he cast on you to make you so blind to this fact?" shrieked a woman while pushing herself to the front of the mob.

I felt Shakaku stir. This wasn't good.

"I'm not under any jutsu! Why can't you people see that he helped me and bypass the fact that yes he does have a demon in him!" she shrieked back, her voice rising in anger.

"He tried to kill you!" roared a man.

"He saved me you ass!" she growled at the crowd.

"Why do you defend him so? Does he have some significant meaning to you?" shouted a man within the crowd. She fell silent.

Shakaku lurched forward against my chest.

"Oh how easy it would be just to kill all of them! Just one encasement in said is all it'll take and we'll crush them!" Shakaku whispered beseechingly inside me.

I must admit it was a seductive idea.

"Well?" demanded someone, shattering my thought.

"He's the man who saved my life … a friend," she said confidently, her small hands fisted at her side.

A friend?

Those words repeated inside my head. Shakaku bawled in laughter before clawing at me to kill them all.

"No!" I strained, my ears shut to any further conversation.

Willing the sand I transported myself, to where I didn't know.

Naruto I don't know how you do it…

It seems I had transported myself far because I was on the outskirts of the village near a small winding stream.

"Hn," I grunted in satisfaction.

It appears no matter what I do people will still think of me as a monster…

My mind couldn't help but stray and dwell on Naruto for a bit.

How…? How do you do it?

It's so hard! Just to get them to notice you, much less past one fact which always builds up a barrier to people before they meet you.

We really do understand each other's pain but, I, with my stupidity went the wrong way and I feel as if I may be heading there again.

A demon who only loves himself is all I wanted to be…

Now as I look back on how I was… I was really such a fool. And I wish people could see my attempt to change.

Ah Naruto what would you do if you were in my situation?

I laid back against the grassy bank and stared at the clouds.

Unconsciously I rubbed my chest and then laid a flat hand over the left side of my chest. There was a heart in here. I knew it but, it didn't even feel like it was beating, it felt dead.

"Maybe you should just give up," chirruped Shakaku inside.

Maybe… maybe I really should.

Then her face flashed across my mind. I shot up from my position. I remembered how she went against her people for me. It almost seemed too good to be true.

A friend… Friend…?

That word reverberated throughout my mind.

Shakaku suddenly fell silent.

What had she meant by that?

Was it just a hoax?

Naruto I need to speak to you... why do you have to be out on a mission now?

I sat cross legged on the bank of the stream for several hours staring at the river, listening to the notes in which the water made as it sloshed and swirled over and around the numerous rocks in the stream.

"Hey there stranger!" chimed a female voice.

I stiffened in my position, it was her, she had found me.

"What are you doing here by yourself?" she questioned.

I didn't respond and continued staring at the stream. She sat down beside me, exhaling sharply as she did so.

"Why did you defend me?" I asked.

"You were accused for something that you didn't do," she casually replied, dropping her hand in her lap.

My brow creased as I analyzed her statement.

Wrongly accused...?

"I don't see that as a reason to help me," I stated.

"No one ever helps me," I mumbled softly afterwards.

"Gaara you saved me from being crushed and they thought you were trying to kill me!"She shouted, "They were going to try and hurt you... I – I just couldn't let them."

She inhaled deeply in an attempt to calm herself.

"People just don't understand you and judge you for your past actions," she said calmly.

"Ah ha ha ha! She thinks she understands you," laughed Shakaku inside of me.

"What a fool!" he roared.

Shakaku was right; she did think that she understood me in some way.

"And you think you understand me?" I growled, "all my life I've been thought of as a monster! My own uncle who I thought loved me tried to kill me, my father … my own father ordered people to kill me! The villagers avoided me like I was a plague!"

I stood, towering over her my hands clamped tightly. Shakaku was begging and pleading with me to kill her, I wanted to. Oh how I wanted to! She then stood, bringing herself to her full height and gazed at me softly.

Shakaku quieted once again. Those eyes! Why did she have to have eyes like that? I felt as if she were looking into my soul... I wanted to look away but, I couldn't. Some invisible force held me there making me stare back.

Reaching forward she firmly grasping my arm tugged me towards her and hugged me. She was touching me. No! She was hugging me? My eyes went wide in my head. I felt her arms wind themselves tightly around my waist as she held me close to her. Her soft body pressed against mine. I went rigid in her embrace, I didn't know what to do, and I wanted so badly to pull away. She then rested her cheek against mine; it was warm and soft like silk. I began to tremble.

"Don't worry... I'll protect you from those villagers and... Thank you for saving me earlier," she whispered in my ear.

Turning her head she kissed me, ever so lightly on my cheek and released me from her embrace.

I was still shaking badly, my eyes dead set on hers. They gazed at me softly, those large, round, warm, twinkling, chocolate eyes.

"Your welcome," I muttered as I regained my composure and sat back down on the stream's bank. I couldn't bear to look at her for another moment.

"Why did you call me your friend?" I asked.

"Cause I wanna be your friend," she replied while plopping back down beside me, much closer than the previous time.

She was strange. I had never quite met anyone like her, even Naruto feared me when he met me. This girl seemed like she lacked the fear gene or she was just plain stupid. I decided that I would entertain the idea of her wanting to befriend me.

"What's your name?" I questioned.

"Haru," she replied cheerfully.

"Yours," she asked playfully.

"Gaara," I grumbled.

She smiled at me; she seemed pleased with herself for something.

I observed her silently as she slipped off her shoes and splashed her feet in the stream. She had a light smile on her face as she did so.

"Umm… if you don't mind me asking, why are you still here?" she asked suddenly.

"I wanted to stay and help"

"Help with what?"

"Help with repairing this village"

"Really?"

"Hn"

"That might be impossible now considering what happened earlier, so I dunno what you're gonna do now. Are you going to go back home now?"

"Hn… I'm here to help"

She made no more attempt to talk to me after that and we sat in silence.

My eyes were closed but I could tell it was growing late; there was a growing chill to the air which signaled the closing of the day. I wrapped my arms around my body to ease the slight coldness which was building up around me.

Haru she said…her name was…

I heard her exhale and her clothes rustle.

Is she moving?

Suddenly there was something small and warm on my shoulder. My eyes flew open and I cringed away from her instinctively. She raised an eyebrow and a blast of cold water hit me squarely in the face. All the nerves in my face began to tingle from the coldness; I stared at her, baffled by her reaction.

She actually had the nerve to do that?

"I have to go now. It's late and my mom will be looking out for me… so bye!" Haru said before poking me in the forehead.

My brow creased in confusion, she had touched me again.

Then the sweetest sound I've ever heard erupted from her lips as she giggled happily at what seemed to be my reaction. It sounded like soft tinkling silver bells.

Wait had I just thought that the sound was attractive? What is wrong with me?

"Well see you around!" she chuckled as she made her way back through the trees.

I stared at her until she disappeared from sight, my mind calculating the events that had taken place.

I sat there for a while before I decided it was time to go. Picking myself up I transported myself to the other side of the trees using my sand, the afternoon was growing increasingly dark. The burning redness of the clouds was now thinning as twilight approached or had it already past?

I wondered aimlessly through the back alley ways of Konoha not willing to be seen after what had happened previously during the day.

I wonder where she lives?

I stopped in my tracks as the thought popped into my mind. I reviewed the thought wondering if it was the best of ideas to seek her out but, my ever growing curiosity over powered me. Connecting myself to the sand I willed it to find her and show me her position. Connecting to the right one I shifted straight to that area. It was a simple house that was one of many being repaired. I jumped to the roof opposite the house and peered through an open window, it seemed to be the dining room. It was little but designed tastefully, a small group of people sat around a table, I spotted Haru, she was sitting on the far side of the table next who a woman and two boys who I presumed to be her mother and older siblings. They were shouting, their voices heated. Creating a ball of sand I slipped it into the house curious to know what this family was squabbling about.

"How can you do that Haru? How can you?" shouted her mother.

"For the thousandth time it wasn't anything!" shouted Haru back at her mother.

"Watch your tone young lady!" scolded her father.

"Haru, he has a demon in him and you wanna become friends with him?" fumed the mother.

I froze. They were speaking about me; no they were confronting Haru about me.

"I never said that! Why would I want to become friends with a demon?" Haru fumed back.

"The reason why I said all that I said to the villagers is that I didn't want them to be killed… I don't think you know the extent to what he is capable of."

"I just wanted to end things quickly and make sure everyone was safe after the situation okies? That woman did save me and tomorrow I'll make sure and say thank you."

I smiled to myself.

I caught you. I knew it was too good to be true… who would ever want to protect much less become friends with me… Sakabu no Gaara. You probably just want to kill me too don't you?

I released my chakra on the small ball and leapt away to the pagoda in the middle of Konoha. There was a new moon tonight and I was seriously considering letting Shakaku loose.

Actually… I was going to let him loose.

Hmmmmmmmm? At least that's how i went when I finished re reading it XD which I did like over 10 times and I found so many mistakes each time but I'm tired now so… just tell me where my mistakes r and I'll be sure to fix them!

Stella Marris – I changed the name hope yah like and it's a unisex name! It has meaning behind it :D I'm not fond of it but I liked it meaning, no scratch that I wanted it to mean that.

SOOOOOO hope u enjoyed this chapter

Left it hanging there huh?

Poor Gaara so tired of trying and fighting he's just gonna give up now.

Will he continue his mission from the fake kage ( orochimaru) and create total destruction on the leaf or will something else happen? (I'm not hinting!)

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