Author's Notes: OMG an update after how many years? So, I was going to let this fic just die and collect dust after I lost the 3rd draft, but after lolistarkiller left a review here and on my recent Sleepy Hollow fic on Ao3 and asked for a new chapter. Because of that I went into my old hard drive and dug out the old draft from when I was 16/17 and cleaned it up just a little bit because my younger self writing was...funny.

This is for you lolistarkiller.💕💕 I promise a whole year wont pass for another chapter.

Flashback

The group of girls ran out of the alley and bumped into Gaara before running off again. Gaara glared at them, he looked to the area of where they came from. Curious about why they looked so pleased with themselves Gaara walked to the alley and heard light breathing he saw a body on the floor struggling to breath he looked down on the body. Blue eyes looked at his own before slowly closing. Gaara looked around figuring that he had to call for help as soon as possible before someone blamed him for what happened. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone and dialled for an ambulance. The girl on the floor groaned in pain and fox ears and a long bushy tail appeared on her.

"What the hell is this?" Gaara slowly reached down and moved the blonde hair that was covering the trembling girl's face. "Naruko." The brash loud girl that was up in his face during detention. Gaara removed his maroon leather coat and covered Naruko to keep her warm and stayed with her.

End flashback

Naruko growled and grabbed Gaara by the lapel and pushed him back into his house and closed the door, she then slammed him against the door and put her hand close to his neck in a threatening manner.

"Who have you told?" Naruko bared her sharp teeth at him, yet Gaara's face remained unchanged.

"No one."

"You better not be lying to me."

"If I did tell anyone don't you think that the press would have swarmed your hospital bed." Naruko tightened her hold of his shirt.

"Are you trying to blackmail me?"

"No. When I found you I was about to call the ambulance then you changed and I didn't know what to do. I gave you my coat checked on you by the time the ambulance arrived you changed back. Thought the whole thing was quite interesting." Naruko eased off Gaara and he smoothed out his shirt.

"You saw me like that and still helped me?"

"You were bleeding on the concrete, I couldn't just leave you there."

Naruko took and deep breath and scratched her then started laughing. "You haven't spoken one word to me since you moved her and the first thing you say to me is that."

"I didn't feel like talking."

"You should go back to not talking." Naruko retorted, she hissed when the pain had returned to her fingers. "Fuck."

"You're not fully healed yet? When I found you some of your cuts were healing right there on the spot."

"The drugs they put me on messed up my healing time, it's for the best anyway people would get suspicious if I recovered that fast." Naruko was confused at how comfortable she felt talking to Gaara after all she hardly knew him perhaps it cos he already knew her big secret and seemed so fine with it.

"I wasted enough time here sorry about the threating to kill you but you understand right." Naruko ran out of the house, this was just what she needed. Another person knowing her secrect, she wanted to kick herself but she wanted to kick the fanclub's girls more this was all their fault. Naruko caught a whiff of a familiar scent and turned around to see Gaara walking towards her.

"Why are you following me?"

"You forgot this." Gaara held up Naruko's book bag, she groaned and walked over to him to snatch the bag back.

"Thank you." They were now walking side by side, Naruko frowned. "Are you following me?"

"We just happen to be going in the same direction." Gaara replied simply.

"Hmm." They walked quietly together silently and Naruko stole glimpses of Gaara, she studied the tattoo on his forehead. Naruko could vaguely remember seeing it before she passed out, but her mind was still foggy.

"What is it?"

"Oh nothing." Naruko said, she stopped walking and blocked Gaara's path. "Alright is that tattoo even real?"

"It is."

"What? no way it's real" Naruko said in disbelief. Gaara stopped walking and leaned closer to Naruko.

"See for yourself." He took Naruko's uninjured hand and placed it on his forehead. Her fingers rubbed against his skin trying to see if the ink would smudge, Naruko was so close she could smell his scent and his clear blue eyes were locked on her own. Naruko face felt warm, she was blushing, she could even hear Gaara's heartbeat quicken. Gaara looked away, Naruko looked over her shoulder to see what had taken his attention away from her.

It was Sasuke. Naruko felt a wave of guilt wash over her as if she were caught doing something wrong, she pulled her hand away from Gaara and took step away from him. Sasuke didn't say a thing and walked away.

"Your boyfriend looks mad." Gaara said.

"He's not my boyfriend." Naruko shot back then marched off.

Naruko, Hinata Tenten and Neji had followed Naruko apartment hunting, she made it clear that spending another week with Tsunade and Jiraiya would drive her crazy. Naruko knocked on the door and it swung open. "Hey Naruko! I didn't know you wanted the house."

"Konohamaru, what are doing here?"

"My parents own the place, come on in." Konohamaru gave them a tour of the very spacious one bedroom apartment.

"This place is bigger than your last place, Naruko." Neiji said.

"Yeah, I like how everything is not in one box." Tenten added.

"How much is rent again?" Naruko asked.

Konohamru took a moment to think and used his fingers to count. "¥30,000 I think. Wait a minute let get my parents." Konohamaru ran out the apartment and down the stairs down the stairs to get his parents.

Naruko went to the balcony with Hinata to admire the view. "This place is amazing Naruko, you can see everything from here."

"Ramen Icharaku is so close too, I have to take it."

"Oh look there's Gaara." Hinata pointed at the red-haired teen standing in the street talking on the phone. Naruko scrunched up her face and leered at him from afar. "You never said what happened when you gave him back his coat."

"That jerk!"

"Why?"

He knows, when Gaara found me in the alley he saw me change."

Hinata gasped in horror. "Gaara saw what?!" Tenten shouted.

From below Gaara looked up and around at hearing his name being screamed. Naruko peeped through the bars of the balcony and waited for Gaara to walk away she breathed a sigh of relief that he didn't notice them.

"Sorry, but Gaara saw your fox form and you didn't tell us."

"I'm telling you now." Naruko said. She went back into the living room and sat on the couch.

"Should we be worried, did he seem like he was going to tell anyone?" Neiji asked.

"I don't know." Naruko shrugged. "He hasn't told anyone since he saw me and he still helped me but I don't know him so I can't say."

"Then what do we have to do?" Tenten asked sounding slightly defeated.

"All of us need to confront Gaara."

"Hinata is right we need threaten him." Neiji said sternly. Hinata gasped and shook her head nervously.

"N-n-no I-I didn't mean that at all." Hinata stammered.

"I already threatened him with my claws on his neck and he didn't look scared. I should've scratched him and drew blood to make a point.

"NARUKO!" Konohamaru burst through the front door. "My parents want to talk to you, don't worry I talked you up. You still have a job, right?"

Naruko yawned tired from the talk with Konohamru's parents they reduced the price of rent all thanks to their son and she arranged to move in by next weekend, it was nice to speak to landlords that weren't slumlords. She returned Tsunade and Jiraya's home and removed her shoes. "Hey guy's I'm, back and I found an apartment not too far from school."

"That's great kid." Jiraiya said. Naruko found her godparents relaxing watching a movie. Tsunade was sitting back in her favourite chair eating a box of chocolates whilst Jiraiya was rubbing her shoulders.

"Since you'll be moving out soon come join us and watch this movie." Tsunade said. Naruko plopped down on the sofa next to her godmother who handed her the box. Naruko picked one at random and popped in to her mouth, she looked at the assortments and furrowed her brow suspiciously.

"Where did you get this from?"

"Jiraiya bought it." Tsunade said.

"Only the best for my woman." Jiraiya said. Naruko gave him a wicked side-eye and jumped up and went to the kitchen to dig through the trash and found the box for the chocolates and went back into the living room. "Those were mine, I ordered them for Valentine's day." As a gift to Sasuke, she had the treat delivered to Tsunade's house to avoid Sasuke from seeing it when she was still living at the Uchiha residence so he wouldn't mistakenly discover it.

"I thought with everything that happened you wouldn't want it anymore."

Naruko threw the trash at Jiraiya's feet. "I want my money back old perv. I can't wait to leave." Naruko cursed Jiraiya under her breath and stormed into her room and slammed the door behind her.

"Get your hands off me, I can't believe you." Tsunade snapped.