Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ How Can I Live ❯ Chapter 2
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Gaara was up late other night reminiscing about the good times he had with Temari and Kankuro, as he walked to his locker he saw a note hanging out of it. He unfolded it and read the note, it was from the principal. It said how Tusnade felt for his loss and the numbers and combination's of Kankuro and Temari's lockers were written. Gaara was to clean out their lockers after school and take their stuff home with him. He refolded the paper and stuck it in his pocket.
Gaara opened up his locker taking and putting books in and out of it and into his book bag. As people walked passed him he heard them mumbling things.
"Hey that's Gaara right? I heard his brother and sister died."
Teachers also said things in passing,teachers he didn't even know followed the students and said cruel things.
"His last remaining family members died right? What a poor bastard."
"They died in a car accident right?"
"Yeah, I heard there was a lot of blood, wish I was there to see it. It would have been cool to see."
"Poor Temari, I can't believe she died. She was so nice at times."
"Was nice, she was a bitch when people would talk bad about her little family. It was like she was on her period 24/7."
"Thank God Kankuro died, he was such a creep, and he would always get caught peeking into girls in the locker room."
They all continued to talk,"Oh well two less brats to teach, am I right? Hahahahahah!"
Gaara was coming to a boil, he was getting mad and being torn all at the same time. He was ready to yell his lungs out and curse out the closest person that was bad mouthing Temari and Kankuro.
"Hey Gaara."
Hearing that one voice made Gaara slam his locker shut as his eyes grew wide and landed on the person next to him.
"Sai? I-I thought you were moving."
All Sai did was smile that little smile that I find creepy at Gaara. But as soon as the smile appeared it turned into a sad frown, complete with sympathy in his eyes. Gaara's shock faded quickly, he was tired of everyone looking at him like that.
"I heard about Temari and Kankuro, I just want you to know that I'm really sorr-"
"Stop it!" Gaara yelled, it caught some teachers and students attention.
"What?"
"I'm sick and tired of people saying they're sorry and giving me a sad look when they see me and talk to me."
"Gaara calm down." Sai reached out and took a hold of Gaara's right arm, but he pulled away from Sai's grip.
"I don't want people to say sorry. I had enough of that at Temari and Kankuro's funeral. I don't want people to tell me that everything's going to be okay. I just wish all of this never happened." Gaara's gaze was glued to the floor.
"Gaara." Sai reached for him again and Gaara stepped back.
"DON'T!...Don't touch me and don't talk to me like that."
"Gaara I-"
"I'm tired of hearing that tone of sympathy in others voices. I'm tired of seeing it their eyes.'
"Gaara jus-"
"NO!" Gaara looked at Sai, Gaara was deeply hurt, he was broken, hollowed out. Gaara was crying more, crying out all the tears he had held in when the police called him about Temari and Kankuro. The tears he held when he saw their battered bodies for the first time. The tears from the funeral and when he would remember the good times they had. Gaara decided to run and go somewhere, somewhere people rarely go to. The last thing he heard was Sai calling out his name as he ran away.
Gaara hit the nearest stairwell and ran all the way up to the roof of the school. Practically busting down the door when he reached the top and stumbling over his feet once out into the cool air. He fell to his knees and breathed heavily as he tried to calm down. All that Gaara could hear were bird chirping and students laughing. While his world world was spiraling out of control theirs were full of laughter and little problems, he screamed off the top of his lungs out of frutration.
"What are you doing up here Gaara?"
Said boy jumped up so fast it felt like he were going to jump out of his skin. The owner of the voice was none other than Kakashi, Gaara's English teacher. As his teacher walked away out in the open from the stairwell Gaara came out of.
"Kakashi sensei?"
Kakashi did a hand motion as if telling Gaara to come over to him. "C'mon Gaara your wasting my free period and your own time. I heard about what happened to your brother and sister,killing yourself wont help at all and if you decide to jump I wont save you."
"What makes you think I came up to the roof for that?"
Kakashi sighed and began walking towards Gaara."I've heard the teachers and other students talking about what happened. When people feel that they've lost everything they go into depression. And depression causes people to sometimes think suicidal."
Gaara shook his head as if denying what his teacher just said. Kakashi stoped walking and a good foot of distance was between them. The silver haired man shook his head as Gaara stood his ground and glared daggers at him.
"Get away from there Gaara you could hurt yourself and make the stupidest mistake in you life."
Kakashi took a few steps forward trying not to alarm the depressed teen before him. At first Gaara stayed put as Kakashi advanced on him,but soon he started to panic when Kakashi seemed to be at arms length. The red head ended taking a step back and slipped on the edge of the buildings roof. A surprised scream erupted from Gaara's mouth as he began to fall,he closed his eyes and waited for the rush of wind and a horrible impact with pain. It never came,Gaara opened his eyes to see a pissed off Kakashi staring down at him and gripping his arm.
"W-What are you doing?"
"I'm saving you from being bird poop on the windshield we call Earth."
Gaara stared at his teacher dumbfounded."But you said you weren't going to save me if I jumped."
Kakashi grunted as he tried to pull the teen back up to safety."You panicked and walked backwards it happens all the time."
Kakashi's voice was dripping with sarcasm. It was a statement not a question,Gaara had struck a nerve and it was never pretty when Kakashi was mad.
"But...Its my choice if I wanna go or not."
"YOU RETARDED TEENS THINK YOU CAN JUST THROW YOUR LIVES AWAY WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS! YOU SHOULD LIVE YOUR LIVES NOT BE IDIOTS THROWING IT AWAY!"
Gaara looked down ashamed and he got dizzy."G-Get me up....Pull me up please."
The boy started to sway more from the wind and a ear splitting scream came from bellow.
"SOMEONES HANGING FROM THE SCHOOL!"A flock of kids and adults pored out of the school to see what was going on. Some even began sticking their heads out of the school windows and look up at the scene before them.
"KAKASHI!" the principle busted through the door to the roof. "What the hell is going on?"
An angry Tusnade approached them as Kakashi began to lose his grip. The next thing Gaara knew he was flying through the air and slammed against the door that lead back inside. As he sat up Gaara felt something trickle down the side of his face and his first instinct was to touch it. Through heavy half opened eyes he saw blood on his hand and he saw one Tusnade and Kakashi arguing,along with Shizune,the vice principle, freaking out about something. Their voices were muffled and Gaara's voice caught their attention.
"Ka..kashi."
Everything went black and he heard Shizune shriek,"LADY TUSNADE I THINK YOU KILLED HIM!"
Gaara opened up his locker taking and putting books in and out of it and into his book bag. As people walked passed him he heard them mumbling things.
"Hey that's Gaara right? I heard his brother and sister died."
Teachers also said things in passing,teachers he didn't even know followed the students and said cruel things.
"His last remaining family members died right? What a poor bastard."
"They died in a car accident right?"
"Yeah, I heard there was a lot of blood, wish I was there to see it. It would have been cool to see."
"Poor Temari, I can't believe she died. She was so nice at times."
"Was nice, she was a bitch when people would talk bad about her little family. It was like she was on her period 24/7."
"Thank God Kankuro died, he was such a creep, and he would always get caught peeking into girls in the locker room."
They all continued to talk,"Oh well two less brats to teach, am I right? Hahahahahah!"
Gaara was coming to a boil, he was getting mad and being torn all at the same time. He was ready to yell his lungs out and curse out the closest person that was bad mouthing Temari and Kankuro.
"Hey Gaara."
Hearing that one voice made Gaara slam his locker shut as his eyes grew wide and landed on the person next to him.
"Sai? I-I thought you were moving."
All Sai did was smile that little smile that I find creepy at Gaara. But as soon as the smile appeared it turned into a sad frown, complete with sympathy in his eyes. Gaara's shock faded quickly, he was tired of everyone looking at him like that.
"I heard about Temari and Kankuro, I just want you to know that I'm really sorr-"
"Stop it!" Gaara yelled, it caught some teachers and students attention.
"What?"
"I'm sick and tired of people saying they're sorry and giving me a sad look when they see me and talk to me."
"Gaara calm down." Sai reached out and took a hold of Gaara's right arm, but he pulled away from Sai's grip.
"I don't want people to say sorry. I had enough of that at Temari and Kankuro's funeral. I don't want people to tell me that everything's going to be okay. I just wish all of this never happened." Gaara's gaze was glued to the floor.
"Gaara." Sai reached for him again and Gaara stepped back.
"DON'T!...Don't touch me and don't talk to me like that."
"Gaara I-"
"I'm tired of hearing that tone of sympathy in others voices. I'm tired of seeing it their eyes.'
"Gaara jus-"
"NO!" Gaara looked at Sai, Gaara was deeply hurt, he was broken, hollowed out. Gaara was crying more, crying out all the tears he had held in when the police called him about Temari and Kankuro. The tears he held when he saw their battered bodies for the first time. The tears from the funeral and when he would remember the good times they had. Gaara decided to run and go somewhere, somewhere people rarely go to. The last thing he heard was Sai calling out his name as he ran away.
Gaara hit the nearest stairwell and ran all the way up to the roof of the school. Practically busting down the door when he reached the top and stumbling over his feet once out into the cool air. He fell to his knees and breathed heavily as he tried to calm down. All that Gaara could hear were bird chirping and students laughing. While his world world was spiraling out of control theirs were full of laughter and little problems, he screamed off the top of his lungs out of frutration.
"What are you doing up here Gaara?"
Said boy jumped up so fast it felt like he were going to jump out of his skin. The owner of the voice was none other than Kakashi, Gaara's English teacher. As his teacher walked away out in the open from the stairwell Gaara came out of.
"Kakashi sensei?"
Kakashi did a hand motion as if telling Gaara to come over to him. "C'mon Gaara your wasting my free period and your own time. I heard about what happened to your brother and sister,killing yourself wont help at all and if you decide to jump I wont save you."
"What makes you think I came up to the roof for that?"
Kakashi sighed and began walking towards Gaara."I've heard the teachers and other students talking about what happened. When people feel that they've lost everything they go into depression. And depression causes people to sometimes think suicidal."
Gaara shook his head as if denying what his teacher just said. Kakashi stoped walking and a good foot of distance was between them. The silver haired man shook his head as Gaara stood his ground and glared daggers at him.
"Get away from there Gaara you could hurt yourself and make the stupidest mistake in you life."
Kakashi took a few steps forward trying not to alarm the depressed teen before him. At first Gaara stayed put as Kakashi advanced on him,but soon he started to panic when Kakashi seemed to be at arms length. The red head ended taking a step back and slipped on the edge of the buildings roof. A surprised scream erupted from Gaara's mouth as he began to fall,he closed his eyes and waited for the rush of wind and a horrible impact with pain. It never came,Gaara opened his eyes to see a pissed off Kakashi staring down at him and gripping his arm.
"W-What are you doing?"
"I'm saving you from being bird poop on the windshield we call Earth."
Gaara stared at his teacher dumbfounded."But you said you weren't going to save me if I jumped."
Kakashi grunted as he tried to pull the teen back up to safety."You panicked and walked backwards it happens all the time."
Kakashi's voice was dripping with sarcasm. It was a statement not a question,Gaara had struck a nerve and it was never pretty when Kakashi was mad.
"But...Its my choice if I wanna go or not."
"YOU RETARDED TEENS THINK YOU CAN JUST THROW YOUR LIVES AWAY WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS! YOU SHOULD LIVE YOUR LIVES NOT BE IDIOTS THROWING IT AWAY!"
Gaara looked down ashamed and he got dizzy."G-Get me up....Pull me up please."
The boy started to sway more from the wind and a ear splitting scream came from bellow.
"SOMEONES HANGING FROM THE SCHOOL!"A flock of kids and adults pored out of the school to see what was going on. Some even began sticking their heads out of the school windows and look up at the scene before them.
"KAKASHI!" the principle busted through the door to the roof. "What the hell is going on?"
An angry Tusnade approached them as Kakashi began to lose his grip. The next thing Gaara knew he was flying through the air and slammed against the door that lead back inside. As he sat up Gaara felt something trickle down the side of his face and his first instinct was to touch it. Through heavy half opened eyes he saw blood on his hand and he saw one Tusnade and Kakashi arguing,along with Shizune,the vice principle, freaking out about something. Their voices were muffled and Gaara's voice caught their attention.
"Ka..kashi."
Everything went black and he heard Shizune shriek,"LADY TUSNADE I THINK YOU KILLED HIM!"