Negi walked over towards Naruto as Gaara watched with emotionless eyes. He felt like an asshole but he wouldn't show it, he just walked that way as well to stand next to Sasuke. When Neji reached Naruto he tapped his stick into his back. Naruto immediately paused the game and turned around to read what Neji had to say. "Naruto, lets go see Haku, these idiots are ruining the quiet", it took a while for Naruto to comprehend what Neji's lips mouthed but then Naruto smiled broadly and his eyes squinted shut as he replied, "Really? I hadn't noticed." Neji smiled minutely and reached his hand down to help Naruto up. Gaara was amazed at how gracefully and easily Neji moved and reacted, even with such a handicap. Neji walked off once again with Naruto walking behind him and they exited the game room into the halls. Sasuke glanced at Gaara and Gaara glanced back, both of them feeling a bit guilty but neither one of them admitting it. "Should we follow them?" Sasuke questioned.

Gaara answered by walking out of room and swiftly turning the corner, knocking down a patient. The boy was wearing a green spandex suit and his left leg from the knee down was non-existent. The boy had crutches but they were currently lying on the floor next to him. The boy had over grown eyebrows and bowl cut hair but the most surprising thing about his features were his large determined eyes. Gaara was about to wordlessly help him up when the boy spoke, or yelled, "STOP!" Gaara stopped and looked at him with one non-existent eyebrow raised. "I can do it myself!" With that said the boy in green rearranged himself so he was sitting on his bottom and his arms were by his sides. By this time Sasuke was standing next to Gaara watching curiously as the boy struggled to help himself. First the boy scooted towards his crutches and picked them up, and then he positioned them under his arms while trying to stand. As if life had ignored all his tedious efforts the crutch gave way and he began to pitch forward but just in time Gaara reached forward and saved the boy from a second fall. The boy rested in his arms and simply stared at the floor. "Could you hand me my crutch please". Sasuke reached down and handed him the crutch and the boy, defeated, gently grabbed the offending stick and headed off, trying to hold his head high. Gaara watched him walk off and for some reason couldn't handle the fact that he had failed. "What was that all about?" Sasuke asked. Gaara didn't answer and instead headed towards the exit and walked through the door, ignoring the woman behind the desk informing the youth that his 'volunteer work' had not been completed. Sasuke followed him briskly, annoyed by his friends pissy attitude.

When Sasuke got outside he saw Gaara walking on the crosswalk towards the park, he followed, walking a little more slowly then his moody friend. Finally, Sasuke reached his friend on the park trail, he walked beside him silently and simply watched Gaara from the corner of his eye. "This might be a stupid question to ask but is something wrong?" Gaara glanced back with a passive face but surprisingly his eyes were full of emotion. "Its not fair." Sasuke looked confused and just had to say it, "What's not fair?" "That shitty place they call re-hab! All of those people work so hard for something better, to finally be normal, and it will never fucking happen! They will live and die in either that building or a home or a retirement center and their lives will turn into a pathetic waste of time. You know what? I bet that most of those people could be healed with just a little medical help but their families are too poor to pay for it all! It's not FUCKING right!" The park was silent, greatly affected by the speech Gaara had given. At least, that is what it felt like with the overwhelming quiet surrounding the teens.

"Wow" Sasuke retorted, "I think that is the most you have spoken at one time". Gaara simply stared back at him until his cell phone began to ring. "Hello." "Hey Gaara, Dad seems pretty mad and if you come home I'm sure it will only get worse so can you stay at someone else's tonight?" "Sure Temari". "Thanks Gaara, see you tomorrow?" "Yeah, see ya." Gaara hung up the phne and looked at Sasuke, "I need a place to stay." Sasuke nodded his okay and they walked back towards the Center, their time was up even if half of it was spent at the park.


I am extremely sorry for the long wait but I assure you I will be updating my other stories as well as soon as possible. Nothing happened much this chapter but I'm hoping next chapter will work out better.