IT ALL STARTS WITH A DARE

Hey! First fic so please review whether you like or dislike.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto(dammit!) butI have heard enough to know what I'm talking about. you never know what your talking about YesI do! yeah whatever

Summary: Sakura goes to talk to him on a dare but she never suspected they would become closer than either of them thought. (Sorry I suck at summaries.)

(The setting is 11 years after the chuunin exams)

Sakura looked around the corner of the building she was hiding behind, her long pink hair falling into her face.

There, sitting on a bench, was Gaara.

‘Well, that proves that he’s in Konoha,’ Sakura thought as she pushed the hair out of her face.

Everyone knew that Gaara had switched sides almost simultaneously as Sasuke.

Her ankle started to itch so she scratched it with her other foot.

She stood there staring at him for a minute. The itch persisted and soon became painful.

‘What the fuck?’ she thought as she looked down to see what was wrong. She was terrified at what she found.

Sand was slowly, and painfully inching it’s way up her legs.

“What do you want Sakura?” Gaara growled, not even bothering to turn around and look at her.

“G-Gaara-kun, please stop the sand. It’s starting to hurt.” She gasped as a new wave of pain ran up her legs.

Suddenly the pain was gone. Sakura looked down and saw the sand slowly retreating back into the gourd lying next to him.

She slowly walked over and sat next to him. After a few seconds he said, “You never answered my question.”

“What?” she asked, confused.

Slightly agitated, he raised his voice a notch as he said, “ I hate repeating myself.”

She thought about it for a second

“Oh.” She said, remembering his earlier question, “Um… I was just walking this way and when I saw you sitting here quietly I didn’t want to disturb you.”

“You’re a terrible liar,” he said, looking at her for the first time.

She smiled. “It was worth a try.”

He rolled his eyes and said,” Why are you really here?”

Her smile dropped and she started to fidget. “Well, um… I was… ah…” She dropped her hands into her lap and sighed. “ To tell you the truth I’m here on a dare.”

“What dare?”

“Well, some friends of mine dared me to spend a day with you. I had refused at first, like I always do, but then they called me a chicken and I just kinda snapped. I didn’t think it could be that bad so I took it on. I mean, I had spent years with cell 7 so I figured that after that I could take anybody on.”

He stuck a finger in his ear closest to her. “ You talk a lot.”

She looked down so he couldn’t see the blush creeping up into her cheeks.

“So,” se said, changing the subject,” Why are you here?”

“ I came to see the Uchiha but I didn’t know he had left.”

Tears sprang up into her sea-green colored eyes. ‘Yep. That’s right. He left, and didn’t even say good-bye.’ She thought.

Her vision began to blur from all the built up tears.

“ Let me guess,” he said, “ you were still in love with him when he left. Am I right?”

She looked up and glared at him, her tears now forgotten.

“ I was 15 when he left. I didn’t know what love was then, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt to have a friend knock me out and leave without saying good-bye.” She snapped.

He glared right back. “ How am I supposed to know? I haven’t had any friends. “

“ What?” she said, all anger dissipating, “ You’re telling me that you’ve never had one friend in your entire life?”

“ Yes; that’s what I’m saying.” He half yelled.

She grimaced. “ I can’t imagine what a life without friends would be like.”

“Like mine.”

They sat in silence for a few seconds.

‘ He’s never had any friends,’ thought Sakura, ‘That’s terrible!’

“Hmmm” she mumbled, looking down, her lips becoming a firm line.

Suddenly her head shot up. “I got it!” she said with a smile, “I’ll be your friend!”

“What?” he was truly surprised at her reaction but didn’t show it, “ Why would you do that?”

“ My personal philosophy! ‘You haven’t really lived life unless you’ve lived it with a friend.’”

She jumped up and grabbed his hand.” Come on,” she said cheerfully.

She dragged him out of his seat and started to head down town.

He grabbed his gourd as he stood up then reluctantly allowed her to drag him into town.

As they entered the busy part of town he became tense. She looked back to see what was wrong. He was looking around at all the people surrounding them. She looked too and found that almost everybody was staring at them.

She shook the hand that she was holding. “Don’t worry about them, Gaara”

He looked back at her. “ I’m not worried,” he sneered, “I’m just wondering why you would bring me where people can see us together.”

She smiled. “ What kind of a friend would I be if I was ashamed of you?”

She turned around again and continued leading him further into town.

A/N Well, that’s the first chapter. I’ll update as soon as possible but I hope that yu’ll review. Don’t you just hate it when people read you stories but don’t review!