yes yes yes! i know i know! u have every right to NOT be upset :P i know it's way overdue and i apologise but physics labs and exams come first! i still have alot of them to compleste still :/ this is a short chapter :( it's another not very well written one... i feel sad that i'm not able to complete them to the full potential that i want. *sigh* i have no time! i'm in school right now and i just finished it. I'm taking time off from finishing my homework to do this for you all! so be nice!

Chapter 8

I hopped off from the roof and landed on the pagoda in the middle of the village, my mind utterly and completely blank. The moon had fully risen.

"It's time," Shakaku whispered happily.

And it was, I felt the blood lust rising, consuming me, it was like an aphrodisiac.

No… I made a promise…

"Once wouldn't hurt," Shakaku purred and continued to say," Naruto doesn't need to know."

He was right I did need to release him and kill someone.

"Let's go after the woman from earlier," he sneered.

I really shouldn't… or should I?

"Or are you still thinking about that girl?" retorted Shakaku.

"She lied to you remember? You heard her… maybe she's the one we should kill instead!" he added.

I crouched down and cradled my head with my arms.

"Stop it!" I grunted.

I crouched there for a long time fighting to contain the blood lust and demon within.

Then I heard a silent tap on the cold concrete slab of the pagoda.

Was someone there?

I heard the pitter patter of their footfalls coming closer towards me. The person seemed to be bare footed.

I stood my legs stiff as blood began to circulate again.

I watched silently as the vague outline of the person came closer towards me. Finally they emerged from the shadows.

"My, my, my lookie who it is!" chortled Shakaku.

"What are you doing here?" I demanded.

It was Haru; she was wearing thin yellow pajamas and shivering violently.

"I needed to see you... I know you overheard me when I was talking to my parents," she stuttered through cold lips.

I narrowed my gaze at her, she knew I heard.

Blowing twice at her hands in attempt to warm them she continued," I just wanted you to know that none of what I said was true. I had to lie to them so I could continue with my ninja duty and still be your friend. What I told you earlier by the stream was true I do want to be your friend... please believe me."

Shakaku chuckled,"she's a very convincing liar isn't she?"

Slowly I extended my arm out towards her," I don't believe you."

I uncurled my fingers, the palm of my hand now parallel to her.

She gasped softly in fear, recognizing the hand seal I was going to make.

"Gaara please I know somewhere inside you want to believe me!" she cried taking a feeble step toward me.

Honestly I did want to but, I didn't want to fall for a trap at the same time.

"I'll do anything to make you believe me! I promise!" she pleaded.

Shakaku perked up "anything? Did she say anything?"

I could feel him smiling gleefully inside of me as he thought of something devious.

"Tell her to throw herself off the building and that she can't use any chakra to stop her decent," urged Shakaku.

Without thinking I repeated his request to her.

Haru looked alarmed.

Turning away from me she walked to the edge of the pagoda, her features calm but her eyes burning with determination.

Then she dropped, back first over the edge.

I regretted my choice as soon as she went over.

No…no...NO! What have I done?

Suddenly I heard a light sneeze, I froze.

What?

Then there she was crouched down, hugging herself on a platform of rising sand. I spun and looked at my gourd, sand was pouring out from it.

When had I?

She sneezed again and rubbed her arms furiously in an attempt to get warm.

"I knew you'd believe and save me… I just knew it," she muttered as she saw me.

I was bewildered the sand had moved on its own accord again. Why was this happening?

Flicking my hand forward I beckoned the sand towards me where it deposited Haru gently on the ground.

"Thank you for saving me again and… I do hope you believe me," she chattered.

"Hn," I replied.

I made up my mind, if the sand saw it fit enough to move involuntarily and save this girl, then it was proof enough for me to believe her.

"Why in the world is that wretched sand moving on its own and spoiling my fun?" bellowed Shakaku.

I don't know… but you're the sand spirit maybe you're doing it, some unconscious part of you probably wants to believe her too.

I felt him stiffen and vanish quickly back into my subconciousness.

She sneezed loudly this time and shuddered violently, her teeth chattering nosily as she tried to say something.

"You should go home. It's not good for you to be out here in such clothes at this hour," I slowly said.

She rose from the floor, her arms wrapped tightly around her.

"But…" she began to say.

"I'll take you home," I said immediately, cutting her off.

Grabbing her arm I yanked her off the roof with me and landed on a sand platform. Molding the sand around her I created a wind breaker which seemed to ease her shivering a bit.

"Gaara… Thank you for believing me," Haru whispered.

Her hand reached forward and grasped my arm, her hand was small and cold, yet somehow I felt a strange form of warmth radiating from the area she was touching me.

"We're almost there," I muttered as we floated over the various buildings in the village.

She drew her legs towards her chest and hugged them with one arm, her other hand still clutching my arm.

"Everything looks so different from up here," she mumbled as she peered over the edge of the platform.

I myself peered over too.

I saw what she meant, it was breathtaking. The moonlight cast the village in an eerie glow and the numerous street lights highlighted the winding roads, giving it the appearance of a golden snake.

"Oh there's my house!" she pointed out.

I lowered the sand platform by her bedroom window, reaching forward she knocked lightly on the window. Slowly it creaked open and her clone stood there smiling shyly at me before vanishing into a puff of smoke. Her hand released my arm and the area suddenly grew cold, and she climbed through the window.

As I turned to go I felt something tug my sleeve, it was Haru. She pulled me closer and hugged me through the window, her small body cold to the touch.

I crouched there limply on the sand platform.

"I'll meet you tomorrow night on the pagoda around this time okies?" she whispered into my ear before planting a small kiss on my cheek.

She retreated back inside and closed the window waving me off.

We'll see...

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will garra meet haru the follOWing night on the pagoda or will he fail to show. what's gonna happen next?

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