Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Highschool Life ❯ Gaara and Rebecca ( Chapter 3 )

Hey people. I finally got some inspiration for the next chapter. School has been stealing all of my brain cells so it might take a while for the next update.

 

Recap

 

Rebecca had a scratch down her cheek where one of the girls had succeeded in scratching her. Leonie had a split lip. Just then the bell rang again, signaling the end of the period. `My life is officially over!' Sakura complained in her head as she followed Rebecca and Leonie out the door and to the next class.

 

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Sakura couldn't stop thinking about her rotten luck all during math. Sasuke's fan girls kept shooting her death glares. Sakura glared back at them and then rolled her eyes. Those fan girls were so possessive even when they didn't even have him yet.

 

Rebecca wasn't faring much better either. Although Rebecca secretly had a crush on Gaara, she and he had been arch rivals since last year. `Man, my old school in the United States was so much better than this. If only mom hadn't made us move so far after I was expelled. But no. She said that we had to go really far because I already had a reputation in all the other district schools and there was a better job opportunity in Japan,' Rebecca thought grumpily.

 

Leonie wasn't much happier than Rebecca. `At least when we were expelled Rebecca's mom was willing to take me along too. But I have to get stuck with Kiba. He's a stupid arrogant jerk,' Leonie thought.

 

All three girls were pissed, to say the least. All of them hated their partners and all of them hated their partner's fan clubs.

 

Just then the bell rang and all the kids stampeded out of the room except for Sakura, Rebecca, and Leonie. Their feet dragged along the tiled floor as they walked to their lockers. When Rebecca opened her locker, a note fluttered out. She picked it up and read it.

 

Meet me under the sakura tree in the courtyard. We're going over to my house to work on the project.

-Gaara

 

`Oh this is perfect. Well, he'll just have to wait a little because I'm not leaving without saying good bye to my friends,' Rebecca decided.

 

As Rebecca walked out to the courtyard, she saw Gaara, Kiba, and Sasuke sitting under the tree, obviously waiting for their partners too. Rebecca smirked inwardly. Then she turned her attention to the group of girls in the very center. “Who do you have for your partner for the science project?” Rebecca heard Ino asking Sakura excitedly.

 

“Sasuke,” Sakura replied gloomily. “Lucky!” Ino shrieked. “But I bet his fan club wants to kill you.” “They already tried when I was announced his partner,” Sakura informed Ino. Then she caught a glimpse of Rebecca standing there watching. “Hey Rebecca!” Sakura waved. Rebecca simply raised her hand in acknowledgement.

 

“Are you meeting up with Sasuke today?” Rebecca asked. “Yes,” Sakura told her. “Hey, who'd you get for a partner Rebecca?” Ino asked. “Gaara,” Rebecca said despairingly. “No way! You two got two of the hottest guys in school and you sound so sad about it. It's true, they're butts, but their totally hot!” Ino exclaimed.

 

“Who'd Leonie get?” “Kiba.” “That's just creepy. All of us seem to be paired up with a guy from the group of our arch rivals,” Ino stated. “Who'd you get?” “Shikamaru,” Ino muttered. Rebecca smirked. “This should be interesting. She's had a crush on him for the longest time.” The last part of Rebecca's sentence was directed at Sakura.

 

Rebecca suddenly sensed a presence behind her. Rebecca jumped around and her black eyes met black rimmed, sea green eyes. “Are you ready yet?” Gaara asked irritated. “No,” Rebecca said, watching him closely for his reaction. “Too bad.” Before Rebecca could even register he had touched her, he was dragging her out the front gates by the arm. “Hey let me go!” Rebecca demanded. Gaara glanced back at the struggling girl. “No.” And he kept dragging her down the street to his house. “Did you see that?” Ino asked unbelievingly. “Rebecca just let herself get dragged away by Gaara!”

 

“She was taking too long. So are you,” said Sasuke from behind Sakura. She eeped as he grabbed her arm and started dragging her too.

 

At Gaara's House

“We're here,” Gaara announced as he let go of Rebecca's arm. “Finally. I think you left a permanent bruise on my upper arm,” Rebecca muttered. Gaara glared at her as he dug through his backpack to find his house key. “We'll have the house to ourselves. Temari is working on her project at her partner's house and so is my brother, Kankuro.” `Nooooooooo!' Rebecca inwardly wailed. `This was supposed to be a little bit bearable because Temari would be here!' Gaara looked at her in amusement as he saw her face register shock then despair when he announced Temari wouldn't be home.

 

Rebecca followed Gaara through the door and sat down awkwardly on the couch. “So what do we do now?” she asked. “Ask each other questions.” Gaara looked at her as if she were really stupid. “I know that.” “So why'd you ask?” “I was asking about what questions we ask.” “Well why didn't you say so?” “I did. You're just too stupid to realize it.” “Am not!”

 

And so the fighting continued for a while until they finally settled down enough to start asking questions. Gaara soon learned that Rebecca was a seriously misunderstood person. She acted tough, but he realized it was simply to cover up how vulnerable she truly was on the inside. He was rather shocked when he learned that her mother was killed by her father when he was drunk, but then he killed himself. When Rebecca started talking about her mother, her face turned blank, her eyes dead, and her voice was emotionless.

 

Rebecca learned that Gaara was more than he appeared to be. He had a sensitive side to him, though he would never admit that out loud. His mother had been killed when Gaara was born and his father had sent him and his siblings away because he hated them.

 

Rebecca stretched a bit when they were finished. She felt Gaara watching her. “What?” she demanded. “Nothing,” he replied quickly, turning his head away. They sat in silence for a little bit. Gaara was the one to break the silence. “Would you like to stay for dinner?” “I guess. Leonie is the only one who would be at home, but she's over at Kiba's working on her project, so she won't be home for a while.”

 

Dinner that night was instant ramen from a cup. “Naruto would be going crazy over this,” Gaara murmured. Rebecca smiled in agreement. After having learned so much about the other the two had come to a truce of sorts. Rebecca finished her noodles, rinsed her bowl out, and left it in the sink. “Thanks for everything Gaara,” Rebecca said as she picked up her backpack that was lying on the floor next to the door. “I'll walk you home,” Gaara said as he got up from his chair.

 

Rebecca gave him a funny look. “I can take care of myself you know.” “I'm coming,” Gaara insisted. Rebecca just rolled her eyes and dropped the subject. There were some things worth fighting for, but this wasn't one of them.

 

The walk to Rebecca and Leonie's house was uneventful. Gaara said a brief good night when he left her at her door. Rebecca looked at his retreating back until he was out of sight. `That was a lot different than it would have been if I had been paired with one of my fan girls,' Gaara thought as he walked back to his house. `I actually kind of enjoyed it. She's an interesting person. She's definitely not like those other girls who wear an inch of make up just so they look absolutely perfect. I think it makes them look fake. I think I kind of like her.' Gaara stopped and shook his head at the thought. `I don't like her. She's my arch rival.' Gaara comforted himself with this thought as he finished his walk home.

 

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This chapter was the beginning of the Gaara x OC pairing. Bet you can guess which OC he's going to be paired with. For those of you who are upset because I didn't include any of the others, that's next chapter. Plz review!