Chapter 1: New Day, New school, New Fight

My dream or rather nightmare was like any other I had: I was consumed by darkness; Thrown into a bottomless pit of black with no hope of ever making it out but something strange caught my eye. Something different that smelt of blood covered up with lavender. Then I saw a white light shining out of nothing.

Before Gaara could get some sort of glimpse as to what it was that he saw he suddenly woke up in his room again.

It was only 4 in the morning but he decided to get up anyway so he didn't have to revisit the same abyss.

He went downstairs to the kitchen and made himself cereal for breakfast when Temari walked into the room.

"Gaara, I'm glad to see you're ready for school but why are you not wearing the uniform?" She asked.

"Because I'm not going to a Konoha school. Especially a private school." He replied.

"Oh yes you are! Suna private schools don't supply great educations the way Konoha private schools do, so you're going! Plus all the other private schools expelled you for fighting."

"Well then I'll just get into more fights and get kicked out of this school."

"Look Gaara, I don't really have time for your games right now. Mom would've wanted you to get a good education and that's what I'm doing so please don't start any fights." She told him with her hands on her hips.

Gaara rolled his eyes. "Fine but if they punch me first I'm gonna fight back."

"Just as long as you don't start it. Oh and try to at least make one friend this year. It would help me sleep better at night and Mom would've wanted it that way." She said.

Gaara was silent for a while. Temari was still there waiting for his reply.

"Fine. I'll try to make at least one friend. Are you happy now?" He said feeling irked.

"Yes I am, thank you." She responded and left.

He got up from the table and put his dishes in the dish washer then went to his room where he put on his uniform for school.

The uniform was average looking. Black pants, white jacket, and a choice between a plain white or black shirt under it. He chose the black of course and wore the jacket open.

Gaara hated the fact that he had to go to a private school but he had little choice in the matter.

He walked out of his room and into the living room where he took a seat on the couch and started reading.

As he looked at the time again he noticed he had a few extra minutes before he needed to leave but he decided to get a head start anyway.

When he arrived at school there was barely any students there. He saw a girl with long blue hair in the girls' school uniform and instantly thought she was a teachers' pet because she looked like the type who got all A's and loves to be at school, but as she passed he didn't see a look of joy instead she had a look of despair...

He saw that her locker was right next to his and that they had all the same classes together. He noticed that in each class she chose not to talk, though when she was called on she turned red but still gave the correct answer.

During the last period of the day, which was Algebra 2, Kurenai let the class have the last 15 minutes to themselves.

Gaara found himself watching the blue haired girl. He turned to a girl sitting next to hiim. "What's that girl's name over there?" He asked pointing to her.

"Oh, you're talking to me? That's Hinata Hyuuga. She's one of my best friends." The girl said enthusiastically. Gaara turned his head towards the girl called Hinata once more.

"I'm Sakura, by the way. What's your name?"

"Uhh...Gaara." He didn't really care about her name but he remembered Temari's words about trying not to start anything.

"So, you're from Suna right? Well, how come you moved to Konoha?" She asked.

Gaara felt she was getting too nosy but he answered,"Because my Sister wanted me to."

The girl was about to say something else but a blond haired boy caught her attention. "Finally..." Gaara mumbled to himself so no one could hear.

He watched the Hyuuga girl as she was reading. Everything about her seemed normal but he couldn't keep his eyes off her.

Suddenly the bell rang and the girl left the room before anybody got up.

Gaara got up and left too. He got his stuff from his locker quickly and started leaving. As he was turning the corner he ran into someone knocking them down.

"Hey! Watch where you're-" Before he finished he looked down and saw it was the Hyuuga girl.

"Sorry! I-I didn't mean to run into y-you. I-I wasn't paying attention!" She said gathering her stuff together.

Gaara helped with her stuff, then helped her up.

"It's not your fault. It was mine." Gaara said trying to sound polite.

"O-okay." Hinata said. Before Hinata could say anything else someone stood next to her.

"Hey, is this guy bothering you?" The guy asked.

Gaara recognized the black hair and the red eyes. It was one of the Uchiha sons. Gaara knew instantly he didn't like him.

"Oh no-no. He was helping me." She said quickly.

"So you're the new kid, huh?" Sasuke said.

Gaara didn't answer. Instead he began walking away.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Sasuke asked stepping in front of Gaara.

"Get out of my way way." He ordered.

"Why don't you make me." Sasuke said grinning.

Gaara stood there for a second gritting his teeth, then he suddenly pushed Sasuke out of his way and began walking again, but turned and face Sasuke determined to fight him.

Hinata saw that Sasuke was going to go after Gaara so she pushed him as well.

Sasuke was take off balance again. He fell to the floor, which made him hit his head on a locker.

Hinata was shocked at what she did. She was afraid of how he would react if she stayed so she ran out of the school as fast as she could.

Gaara witnessed everything that happened. He was expecting Sasuke to hit him. In fact he wanted him to hit him, so he could fight back and get expelled, but for some reason Hinata pushed Sasuke stopping him in his pursuit.

"Why?" Gaara thought to himself. he chased after Hinata to ask her that very question.

"She's certainly a fast runner that's for sure." He thought.

Gaara couldn't keep up with her and eventually he had lost her. Gaara found himself surrounded by rows of trees and he couldn't remember where he came from.

He was tired and out of breath so he sat under a great big willow tree and fell asleep. Dreaming about her...