Okay so here is the next chapter, sorry for the long wait. . . I kinda fell asleep on my computer yesterday so I had to finish it today. ENJOY!
Chapter 8
Teamwork. That's what we were currently learning in gym. Joy. And you know what? I truly believe they are trying to kill me at this school. Otherwise, they wouldn't do this to me. They would not make me go through this. . .hell. A good kind of hell though, I guess. It depended on the way you looked at it. On one hand, I have a partner that could make a male model look like common footwear. On the other hand, if I looked at him to long, I'd have a nosebleed. If I didn't keep my thoughts in check, which they could get very, very graphic and didn't do me a bit of good, I would go into a coma. So it was an equal tilt. I was lucky and unlucky at the same time. Oh, and let's not forget I'm supposed to be a guy, so it was hard to keep myself in check. Especially when all I wanted to do was understand him. There is just some questions a guy doesn't ask.
It sucks to be a guy. It's so damn complicated! But, then again it was tough to be a girl to. I think females are to complex. Way more than males. We tend to overthink things. . . Which is what i'm doing now since I just completely missed the speech and instructions our coach just gave us. Though most of it was probably filled with the occasional 'power of youth' and 'may the youth be with you'. Another yoda. Complete with the green physique. How ironic could you get.
"Team Gaara. Your first. You have fifty seconds to complete the task." Coach Asuma spoke in his deep voice from beside the Yoda look alike, Gai.
My onyx eyes went wide with fear. I didn't even hear the instructions! What the hell am I doing! Why is Gai coming at me with a rope?! Back Yoda man, back! Mentally I jabbed at him with a red lifesaver. Apparently he didn't understand my look of 'GET AWAY', because he strode up to me with that neon yellow rope. The hell?
"Ok. Now hold still while I tie you up." he said cheerily as he gave a 'nice-guy' pose.
I don't know about the rest of the class, but to me that look was anything but nice. It just seemed to scream 'I-am-going-to-blind-you-with-my-inhumanly-shiny-teeth-and-beat-you-to-death-with-my-oversized-thumb-of-doom'. I could feel my right hand twitch, longing to impale his face and wipe that look into oblivion.
With a grunt of suprise, I looked down at my waist where Gai had just roughly tightened the neon rope. I was tied back to back with Gaara, my head just clearing his shoulder, with our arms free. I felt Gaara heave a sigh of irritation, and it almost sent me into a frenzy. DON'T DO THAT! I wanted scream at him. I couldn't take his body moving against mine like that, adding to the torture. Kami, you are a cruel bastard. . . On second thought, I take that back. I don't need you to smite me yet.
Calming down my erratic heartbeat and fast breathing, I watched as Asuma and Gai walked around the room tying people together. Naruto was tied with Lee, and didn't look to excited while Lee looked like one of those people off T.V. after they win the million dollar check.
Standing next to them was Kankurou being tied up with Kiba. Both were cutting up and making funny jokes as the rope slowly cut off the circulation to their lower half. I don't blame Asuma, I would have done the same thing. Mmm. Maybe I could post pictures of Kankurou and Kiba on the site as well. That's something to think about, I'd have to remember to ask Gaara about that later.
Not to far away from those two was Shikamaru and Shino. It seemed Shino was struggling to hold up his own weight, plus the added pounds of a napping Shikamaru. Shikamaru had his head resting on top of Shino's and his body leaning on Shino's back. It was a funny sight, and a snicker of amusement passed out of my mouth.
Then the last two, who seemed to be the one's having the most trouble, where off to the side a bit. Tobi and Deidara where their names, I had discovered once role had been called. Tobi, the one with the orange mask, was running in circles with the blonde known as Deidara tied to his back.
Tobi continued to scream in a frantic voice, "Deidara! Deidara! I lost him! Where did you go!" The blonde on his back crossed his arms on over his chest and held a very pissed look on his screwed up face.
"Damn it Tobi, I'm on your back!" Deidara screamed after three more frantic circles. Tobi halted his running and turned his face to the side where he could see out of the only hole on his mask.
With a confused look he asked, "Deidara? What are you doing on Tobi's back?"
"Just don't talk Tobi, just don't talk." The blonde shook his head disappointedly.
Everyone in the room gave muffled laughs and amused looks to the two in the middle of the gym floor. Deidara glared at all of us with his one visible sky blue eye, before he stomped to one of the bleachers, dragging a confused Tobi behind him.
"Ok, on the count of three, Team Gaara will begin." Gai announced triumphantly.
Shit! I nudged Gaara in the ribs with my elbow, and tried not to dwell to much on how godly muscular he was, to get his attention. I felt him incline his head toward me, and I turned my head a little to the side to look at him over my shoulder.
"Gaara, I wasn't listening! What are we doing!?" I asked frantically. I felt him heave out another breath, and it almost sent me into a second heart attack. Before this year was over, one of us would be dead. And it was most likely going to be me.
"We have to run to the mark, grab the red stick and run back before time runs out." he answered as he situated his feet into a running position.
"But I can't run like this! Our feet will get tangled and do you even SEE how far that marker is?! It's looks like a mile away!" I said as I looked from our spot in the gym, to outside and far down a path where the marker was barely visible. How the hell were we supposed to run that and back in fifty seconds?! This yoda was completly mental!
"Just hang on." Gaara snapped as he hooked his arms through mine. Our elbows were locked together, and I was facing away from the open door, staring at Gai as he held a stopwatch in his hands.
"Ready." He began.
I panicked in my head. I couldn't run tied to someone, much less the distance we had to go and with the time limit. There was no way I could do this without breaking an apendage.
"Set."
Shit! Shit, shit, shit! I was going to cause us both to lose! I hate you Yoda wanna-be! Why don't you go back to the starship or wherever the hell it is you came from! Don't you have to help the skywalker guy?! Run little green man, run!
"Go!"
Dammit! It's over! Why don't I just whip off this stupid ace bandage and show them I'm a girl! To much stress!. . . . .Wait a second. Why are my feet not on the ground...
And why are the trees passing by like that. . .am I running? On air?
I looked down at the ground and saw it passing under my levitated feet in a blur. I wasn't moving, but I could clearly hear a set of feet moving swiftly on the ground. I could feel Gaara's arms flexed around mine, and they seemed to be holding me in place. The hell?
A gust of air whooshed out of my lungs as realization dawned on me. No, I wasn't running and yes, Gaara was holding me in place with his arms because. . . HE WAS CARRYING ME ON HIS BACK!
I was suddenly hyper aware of his body against mine and the way his muscles bunched and realeased with every move he made. Everywhere his skin came into contact with mine, felt like fire. It burned, but strangly enough, I didn't want it to stop. The sensations that were pooling in the pit of my stomach, making it do constant flips, was invigorating. It was like his scent, addicting. Possibly an obbsession if given time, which I had had time to let it get to me.
Through the few seconds it took for him to run to the mark and grab the stick, was eternity for me. I thought I was going to die from the overwhelming emotions swirling through me. It was strange to me, my body wanted something, but my brain couldn't decipher what it wanted. Which caused it to get worse.
"Mat. Hold the stick." He said in a demanding voice.
I didn't hesitate to grab it with the hand I managed to wiggle out of his grasp. Anything that acted as some kind of distraction from this turmoil in my body was beyond welcome. Now that I held the stick in my hand, I could concentrate on the way the cold metal felt against my skin. It cooled down a fraction of the wildfire raging in me. But just a little. Enough for my head to clear for the next few moments it took for him to run back to the starting point, and set me on my feet.
My knees were shaking, and I knew as soon as that rope came undone, so would I. Without something holding me up, I wouldn't stay up long. Kami, just let me stay tied for a few minutes longer. But, like everything else so far, it happened just how I didn't want it happen.
"Good job. You beat the time limit with five seconds to spare." Asuma congratulated as he crouched at my left to untie the knot.
In my head I was screaming 'NO PLEASE NO!' I watched in slow motion as the knot slowly unraveled, along with my hope. If I fell here, in the gym, what would happen if they took me to the nurse? Sure they might not remove my clothes, but what is stopping them from removing my head cover? Nothing. What if the nurse wants to see if I have a head injury from my fall? What if they get suspicous of my hair, and decide to remove my shirt then? How will explain my ace bandage?
I could see myself blabbering on and on about it being a rare disease. 'Yeah I'm the only one in the world that has it, something to do with my genes. Just random boobs popping out. Nothing serious.' I saw myself say to a very apalled nurse. Yeah right, like they would buy that.
"There you go, now just walk it off and rel -" He stopped mid-sentence as my body crumpled to the ground.
I could hear everything distantly. Sort of like I was in a long tunnel and everyone else was at the other end. My vision was black, so I couldn't see anything. But I could finally feel my body relaxing from the unknown pressure and confusing emotions that had errupted in me only moments ago. I was glad that was gone, I didn't know how to deal with that.
And then. . . Down and Out.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O
Who's to know if your soul will fade at all
The one you sold to fool the world
You lost your self esteem along the way
Yeah
Good god your comin up with reasons
Good god your dragging it out
Good god it's the changing of the seasons
I feel so raped
SO FOLLOW ME DOWN
And just fake it if your out of direction
Fake it if you don't belong
Fake it if you feel like infection
Woah your such a fuckin hipocrite
And you should know that the lies won't hid your flaws
No sense in hiding all of yours
You gave up on your dreams along the way
Yeah
Good god your comin up with reasons
Good god your dragging it out
Good god it's the changing of the seasons
I feel so raped
SO FOLLOW ME DOWN
And just fake it if your out of direction
Fake it if you don't belong
Fake it if you feel like infection
Woah your such a fuckin hipocrite
Whoah Whoah
I can fake with the best of anyone
I can fake with the best of em all
I can fake with the best of anyone
I can fake it all
Whose to know if your soul will fade at all
The one you sold to fool the world
You lost your self esteem along the way
Yeah
Good god your comin up with reasons
Good god your dragging it out
Good god it's the changing of the seasons
I feel so raped
SO FOLLOW ME DOWN
And just fake it if your out of direction
Fake it if you don't belong
Fake it if you feel like infection
Woah your such a fuckin hipocrite
And just fake it if you out of direction
Fake it if you don't belong
Fake it if you feel like infection
Woah your such a fuckin hipocrite
Out of all the songs I had to wake up to, it had to be that one. Irony is a bitch.
I groaned as I rolled onto my stomach, and rubbed my eyes with my fist. I heard a shuffling noise, followed by the radio being shut off. I turned my head a fraction to the side, and gave a bleary eyed stare to someone standing in front of me. It looked like a giant blob. What was a blob doing in my room? Oh, wait. That blob was the cause of my enjoyable, to a degree, suffering.
"You passed out in gym." he stated bluntly.
Oh really? I didn't notice. I was more concerned with the havoc you were unknowingly wreaking on my body. Ugh. I feel lightheaded. I moved to a sitting position on my bed and kicked of the shoes that were still tied to my feet. Vaguely I was happy they didn't do the honors of removing my gym clothes. What an uproar that would have caused.
"So after I went down, what happened." I asked, hoping that I wasn't going to the nurse for a check-up.
"I carried you back to the room. Your light for a guy." He said as he turned away from me and walked back to his bed.
I was relieved that I had been unconcious for that part. If I had been awake, I didn't even want to think of the reaction of my body to his touch again. Though it was. . . wantable, I didn't want to be caught off gaurd by that onslaught again.
"Thanks."
He nodded in response, and then moved his jade eyes to the window. I stared in awe at his complexion from my seat. His crimson locks waved slightly from the air coming in through the open window, and his eyes seemed to glow from the fading sunlight. His lips looked so perfect, and soft. I wondered what they would feel like against mine, what he would taste like. . .
I let my imagination run away with me, and I didn't even try to stop it. I think I desereved a little fantasy from what I had to live through today. I could still feel the burns from the flames that had spread through my body like wildfire. I wished they were back though. Because he had caused that. He had made things happen to me that had never happened before. He made my body go crazy with just a simple touch.
What was wrong with me?
"Goodnight Gaara." I sighed.
"Night." He answered in a husky voice.
I felt a tremble go up my spine, and I wondered how I would survive this year. Or even the next hours of dreaming that was sure to include the red head. Kami, just give me some control. Please? But because I know how things work, I knew the begging was futile. Damn.
Okay so what do you think? I thought it was pretty funny, and I like how I did the yoda thing with Gai. Anyway, just so you know next chapter is a timeskip, by about a few months. and then the real fun starts when the secret is . . . . . well you'll just have to find out. Review please!