-Saya-

I yawned as I walked behind my sisters from the parking lot of the school to our usual hangout spot in the mornings.

"Hey Sheera. Star, Saya."

Sakura said as we reached the tree in the middle of the courtyard.

"Morning."

I said as I brought my hand up to try and stifle my yawn.

"Hehe, seems like someone didn't get enough sleep last night."

Kiba said as he nudged me with his shoulder playfully.

"Not now Kiba, I'm too tired."

I said and he frowned but nodded in understanding. I'd learned pretty quickly that Kiba liked me, and as much as I enjoyed the attention, I just wasn't in the mood for it right now. I leaned against the brick wall since I knew I was too tired to keep my balance if I were to sit on it and stifled another yawn.

"Morning guys."

I turned to see Temari and her brothers walk up.

"Morning."

Naruto said with a smile and I shook my head at him.

How in the world could he be so damn energetic this early in the morning?

I wondered to myself as I yawned again.

"Did you not sleep well last night Saya?"

Kankuro asked walking up to me and I half-heartedly glared at him.

"Kanki, I may be half asleep right now but if you fuck with me I will still kick your ass."

I said and heard the others laugh at the look of shock on his face, hell even Gaara laughed though he covered it up with a cough.

"How come you're so tired?"

Temari asked and I yawned again so Star answered for me.

"Sheera has a rule that all homework is to be done before we go to bed, but Saya likes to do anything else in the world but homework and stayed up playing video games until twelve and when she tried to go to bed Sheera made her stay up till her homework was done."

Star said with a smile and I glared at my eldest sister.

"Because of her ass I didn't get to sleep till around three and I had to wake up at six because our parents wanted a run down of how school has been so far."

I said as I yawned again.

"So in other words you're running off of three hours of sleep?"

Sakura asked and I nodded before yawning again.

"Alright dammit, go get a fucking cup of coffee or something."

TenTen said annoyed and I smirked at her as I moved to push off from the wall, but I stumbled in my half asleep state and Temari and Kankuro had to steady me.

"Maybe someone should go with her."

Hinata offered and everyone but me nodded.

"I'll go."

Gaara said and everyone looked at him surprised, but I didn't care, I just wanted my fucking cup of coffee. I moved away from Temari and Kankuro, but didn't get three steps before almost falling again, thankfully Gaara caught me before I did and helped me stand. He helped me into the school to the drink machines. I pushed the button for coffee with whipped cream on top and saw Gaara frown.

"What?"

I asked as I leaned against the wall waiting for the cup to fill up.

"You should get a decent amount of rest if you're this uncoordinated in the morning."

He said and I rolled my eyes at him before reaching for my coffee. I almost dropped it, but Gaara caught it. I shivered as his fingers brushed against mine.

"Dammit, pay attention."

He snapped and I pouted at him before I realized he had my coffee in his hand. I grabbed it from him and downed it. I squeezed my eyes shut and shook my head in disgust at the horrid taste of it, but I couldn't deny that it did the job in waking me up.

-Gaara-

If I wasn't so worried she'd hurt herself I'd say seeing her act this way was kinda cute. I blinked in surprise at that thought before shaking it away. I watched as she downed her coffee then made a face as if she couldn't stand the taste of it.

"Kami I hate coffee."

She said as she moved, this time without stumbling, and threw her cup away.

"Then why'd you get it?"

I asked and she looked up at me and I saw she was more awake than before.

"Because, despite the fact that it tastes like shit it does the job in waking me up."

She explained and I shook my head at her before following her back towards the doorway leading back outside, only for her to head down the hall instead.

"Where are you going? The others are all outside."

I said and she stopped to look at me from over her shoulder.

"I know this, but I do prefer some time away from my siblings every now and then."

She said before turning back around and walking down the hall and disappearing inside Kakashi's room. I shook my head at her before going back outside to join Naruto and them. Sheera and Star noticed Saya wasn't with me, but didn't say anything on it. When the bell rang we said our goodbyes and Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, TenTen, Shikamaru, Neji, Sheera, Star, and I all headed for our homeroom while Temari, Kankuro, Hinata, and Kiba headed to theirs. I sat down in my seat next to Saya to see her with her feet propped up. She dropped them the instant she saw her sisters and I smirked at her. I had noticed that when she was with her sisters she acted like normal, well normal for Saya, but when she wasn't around them she was more laid back.

"Good morning class."

Kakashi said, on time for once.

"Right, well did everyone do their homework?"

He asked and there was an equal amount of voices saying they did and some saying they didn't even know we had homework. Kakashi sighed before starting class anyway.

In my Study of Human Anatomy class it was pretty much the same, though Anko had us do another lab.

"Oh that's right."

Saya suddenly said and I turned to look at her curiously to see her digging through her bag for something.

"I meant to thank you for letting me borrow your notes again."

She said as she held out my notebook with a small smile. I blinked before taking it back from her and putting it in my own bag before going back to the lab. She shrugged before picking up her pencil and leaning over the tabletop of the desk to fill out our worksheet. I couldn't help but stare at her backside as she leaned over the table.

"Gaara, what's the answer to number seven?"

She asked bringing me out of my daze.

"What?"

I asked and she turned her head to look at me making her hair sprawl out across her back and I bit the inside of my cheek to keep from moving to run my fingers through her hair and making her shiver at my touch.

"Number seven, what's the answer?"

She asked and I glanced at the paper before answering her. She nodded and brushed her hair behind her ear before writing it down. I shook my head to clear it and finished the lab worksheet and Saya handed it to Anko on our way out the door. I found myself watching the way her hips swayed back and forth as we headed to the Music and Arts classroom.

"Hey Gaara."

One of the girls in the class said as soon as I walked in the door and I turned to see which one it was this time. It was some girl with brunette colored hair to her shoulders and honey colored eyes. I think she was a Water Sprite, but I wasn't sure.

"Hn."

I said with disintrest as I turned to see Saya look at the girl then roll her eyes and walk away.

"I was wondering...if maybe you'd like to work on our parts for the concert together."

She said and I looked at her boredly.

"No thanks."

I said before turning and walking over to my siblings. I heard the girl start to cry before she ran out of the room.

"Made another one cry."

Kankuro said as I took my seat next to him and I shrugged in disinterest and found myself looking over towards Saya. I hadn't been able to stop looking at her all day and I couldn't figure out why.

"Alright, asss you all know the concert iss coming up sssoon."

Orochimaru said as he walked into the room and sat in the chair facing everyone.

"And I've decided to give out sssspecial partsss to the play."

He explained and I heard several guys groan and almost all the girls cheer.

"Alright, the pairsss."

Orochimaru said and I tuned him out as he listed off names of people who would be working together and what they'd be doing until I heard Saya's name.

"Sssaya, you'll be working on the sssnowy foressst ssscene with..."

Orochimaru said trailing off and I couldn't help but wonder who she'd be paired with and found I didn't like the idea of her working with someone else for any reason.

"Gaara."

He said and I looked up surprised and ignored the protests from several girls in the room. I blinked in surprise and turned to see Saya's reaction. She seemed just as surprise, but when she saw me looking at her she smiled softly before going back to talking with her sisters.

"Alright, break off into your groupsss."

Orochimaru said and everyone moved into their groups. I got up and walked over to where Saya was standing with her sisters. Sheera and Star moved off to work together, leaving me and Saya alone.

"So...where do you want to start off?"

She asked and I glanced around the room to see several girls were glaring at Saya and resisted the sudden urge to growl at all of them.

"We can start wherever you want."

I said with a shrug and I heard her sigh before she flipped through the little script in her hands until she found the page she was looking for.

"Alright then, we can work from page four. You know the songs right?"

She asked looking up at me and I simply nodded.

"Great, then let's start."

She said as she leaned against the windowsill and I took a seat across from her.

-Sasuke-

I rolled my eyes and shook my head at Gaara as he and Saya started working together on the scene given to them. It was so obvious that he was into her, but he couldn't even see it himself. And Saya was as oblivious as he was.

"Sasuke, you ready to try again?"

I looked over towards Sakura and nodded. She smiled at me and I felt a smile tugging at my lips, but supressed it. Sakura had grown a lot since we were kids. She was no longer the little crybaby that would get upset whenever someone mentioned her forehead. She was strong and one hell of a woman. I went over my part with her and when she said we were done she sat down beside me and I glanced back at Gaara and Saya. I almost smiled at the fact Gaara seemed to stare at Saya whenever she wasn't looking, but then frowned when he caught himself doing so.

"So how long do you think it'll take before he realizes he likes her?"

Sakura asked and I turned to look at her in surprise. I thought I had been the only one to notice the subtle changes in Gaara's behavior. She giggled at my shocked look before smiling up at me.

"I pay a lot more attention than you think."

She said and I found myself smiling at her which made her blush and my smile widen.

-Gaara-

"Look, if you're not going to focus we can take a break for now."

Saya said and I blinked a few times before looking up at her face. I'd been looking at the curves of her body and how tightly her clothes clung to her when she'd suddenly spoken.

"Whatever."

I said as I got to my feet and headed out into the hallway to clear my mind. I couldn't understand why I was suddenly looking at her like that when there were millions of girls literally throwing themselves at me everyday, but Saya was the only one that seemed to stand out.

"Is that pretty little girl in there?"

I heard Sasori's voice and growled as I looked down the hallway to see him leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.

"Stay away from Saya Sasori."

I said and he laughed at me as he pushed off from the wall.

"Or what?"

He challenged and I growled at him as he came closer. I'm not sure why, but for some reason I wanted Saya to stay as far away from Sasori as possible.

"That doesn't matter, just stay away from her."

I said and he smirked at me before tackling me to the ground. I growled before grabbing his arms and throwing him against the lockers and getting to my feet. I didn't even have time to look at him before I felt him slam me against the lockers on the other side of the hall.

-Saya-

I heard a loud bang sound from the hallway and was out the door before anyone else could even blink. I stopped when I saw Sasori and Gaara fighting.

Sweet a fight.

I thought as I watched, but frowned when I saw Sasori slam Gaara's head into the lockers. I smirked when Gaara hit him in the gut and kicked him away from him, but then bit my lip when Sasori suddenly tackled Gaara to the floor.

"They're fighting again?"

I heard Kankuro's voice from beside me and nodded.

"Wonder what it's about this time?"

I heard Naruto ask and turned to see him and the others had joined me out in the hall while the rest of the class was huddled in the doorway trying to see what was going on.

"Like they need a reason? Those two will fight eachother just because they're in the same room."

Temari said and I frowned as I turned back to watch the two fight. It was then that I heard Sasori say something to Gaara that seemed to piss him off.

"She'll be real fun to play around with."

Sasori said and I suddenly saw rage flash through Gaara's sky blue eyes before he punched Sasori in the side of the face and send him flying into the wall only to be kicked back into the lockers and pinned there by Sasori.

Okay, that's enough.

I thought before running up to them and grabbin Sasori's raised fist and pulling it back to stop it. He turned and back handed me without looking and I heard everyone gasp in shock. I turned to look up at Sasori and saw him looking at me with wide eyes, as was Gaara. I stared at Sasori for a minute before narrowing my eyes and glaring at him.

"Oh shit."

I heard Naruto and Kiba say before I reached out and grabbed Satsori's wrist again and moved behind Satsori so I was pushing his arm up behind his back at an odd angle. I shoved my hip against his back and rammed his head into the lockers closest and let him fall to the floor unconcious.

"Slap me again and see what happens to your ass."

I said angrily before turning to look up at Gaara. He blinked at me in shock before narrowing his eyes at me.

"What the hell were you thinking?"

He asked angrily and I looked at him confused before frowning at him.

"I was thinking you two had beaten eachother senseless for long enough and I was going to stop it."

I said and he frowned at me.

"I didn't need your help."

He snapped and I glared at him as I put my hands on my hips.

"I never said you did, but to be honest I was getting tired of seeing you two hurting each other."

I said and heard him growl.

"Oh what, so now you suddenly care about the bastard who just slapped you? That's rich."

He said before wiping his mouth where blood was trailing down and pushing past me.

"There's no need for you to be such an ass."

I said to his retreating form and he turned just enough for me to see him glare at me before he walked into the classroom. Everyone moved away as if he was parting the Red Sea. I growled at him before turning around and walking off towards the one place I knew I could go to cool down. The roof.