Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Slasher ❯ New Endings, New Beginnings ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Summary: Basically, this is an AU highschool fic. Suna High, is modeled off of my own smalltown High School and Temari goes to college over in 'Konoha' which is based on a college in a big town fifty miles away from me that everybody goes to when they want to go anywhere.
Gaara has had an interesting day at school that leaves him stranded and wondering 'What now?'. Well, he's going to go to another school. Konoha to be exact.

A/N: I can feel the Yaoi approaching...just so many chapters ahead! I wish I could throw the plot away and just toss Gaara into a fagfest. Butt rubbing and spit swapping and total Yaoi mayhem. Just like an Only Flesh concert...

Side note: If you don't like Yaoi, I'd suggest you don't read past Chapter Eight. I plan on putting men in bed, if and or other places, with other men later on in this story. I've only written 1 story that is not Yaoi (except that Josh is gay, but only I know that). The other five or so are all Yaoi. There will always be Yaoi. You can count on it.

Disclaimer: If you think that I own Naruto, you have need of visiting a local and over-rated psychiatrist. I have, however, owned Gaara, Orochimaru, Kimimaru, and Sasuke (along with Itachi and all of them at the same time!) in my dreams. They were all over me and each other... I do own two boys that will show up next chapter (I said that last time, but I forgot to put them in...). They just don't know it yet. It'll be big news for them when they find out. Leroj and Elleoj are so hott...and brothers to boot! Only a year apart and they're like twins. I own them. They are unaware of it.

Ladies and Gentlemen! Prepare your eyes for a feast of all that your eyes can see!


Gaara walked along the moon bleached sidewalk and up to the house that he shared with his brother and sister. He had opted to walk home, rather than upset schedules anymore than they already were. Kankuro had to go back to school and do whatever. Temari was either there, or at home waiting for him.
Gaara walked in and shifted his binder in his grasp to shut the door silently behind himself. The house was mostly dark, except for a faint light radiating from under the door of the kitchen that meant that Temari was, indeed, home. He walked over to the couch and laid down on the marbled cushions. The door to the kitchen creaked open a little and he could sense Temari’s eyes watching him from the crack of light.
Gaara ignored her and glared out the window at the darkness that had settled over Suna. Pale stars sparkled against the heavens as the full moon cast her milky glow over the windswept dunes. The night sky soothed Gaara’s aching eyes and he closed them against the beauty of the nighttime world, wishing that there were some way that things could become better.
At that moment, the sweet silence was shattered into tinkling shards as the phone began to ring from beside Gaara. Gaara ignored it as best he could, but Temari entered the living room and placed the receiver to her ear. She listened for a moment before nodding and pressing the button. She stood there for a minute, silently looking from the phone to Gaara and back again before she set it on it’s base with a click.
Temari came around and sat on the edge of the couch beside Gaara. “Kankuro pulled your records and signed you out of school.” Her voice seemed unsure, not knowing of his and Kankuro’s plans. Gaara nodded and Temari continued. “He he wants to know where you want to go next.”
Gaara thought for a moment, his closed eyes narrowing in concentration. He thought back to his IM conversation with students from other schools. He decided, then spoke his thoughts out loud. “Konoha.” Temari nodded, taking his decision in stride and rose.
“I can make some dinner, or we can watch a movie and have popcorn.” she said. Gaara opened his eyes and stared at her for a moment before getting up an looking at the stacked DVDs they had gotten yesterday. He chose The Cave and put it in the VCR as Temari went into the kitchen to go pop some popcorn.
They settled on the couch in silence, waiting for the movie to begin as the first pops were heard.

Kankuro sat at the counter of a local restaurant and waited for his order of chili cheese fries to be served to him. He had stopped by on his walk home from school when he had noticed his stomach rumbling from a missed lunch. He had ordered some chili cheese fries and sat down to recount the day’s events.
A lanky boy sat a plate in front of him and asked if that was all he needed. Kankuro nodded and began ingesting fries. He had only eaten a rather modest handful when he felt somebody’s shadow over him. He looked up and his eyes widened noticeably as the long haired girl and the girl he had almost run into at school sat next to him on either side. ‘NightDreamer’ blushed and grinned at him and turned her head to the side as he continued to stare. The other girl perked up and grinned then.
“Stephanie likes Kankuro! I knew it! I just knew it!” She piped, straightening up and pointing at the taller girl.
“I do not!” Shouted Stephanie loudly in indignation, betrayed by her hotly burning cheeks. Kankuro stared for a moment more before turning back to his plate of rapidly cooling chili cheese fries. He had only managed to eat a single one, before being assaulted by ‘NightDreamer’ AKA Stephanie. She had wrapped her arms around him and was squeezing him tightly enough to cause any lesser man to explode. Kankuro groaned inwardly and tried to pull free. The blonde girl noticed and looked at her friend.
“Stephanie, I think you need to let go. You’re killing him!” She laughed and pushed at her friend who finally released the fuming Kankuro. “What a way to show somebody you like them!” She commented after Kankuro had growled at her tall friend.
Kankuro was stumped, but outwardly, all he showed was a grimace. Not too many girls would just walk up to him and hug him. He wasn’t used to it, and the reason why was because nobody ever hugged him. His surly attitude was all that was needed to discourage most, and a little effort could be expended to detour the more resolved ones. But for some reason, he didn’t really feel like putting up the struggle to make these two go away.
Instead, he single-mindedly focused himself to his plate of fries and polished them off. His stomach grumbled and he sighed, knowing that one plate wasn’t going to fuel him enough to make it home. He raised a hand and the lanky waiter returned, waiting for his order. Kankuro studied the menu hanging above the registrar and back at the two girls who stared at him expectantly. He sighed again and they grinned, knowing they had won.
“Three plates of chili cheese fries and sodas to go around.” He ordered, overpowered. The waited nodded and left to fulfill his order as the girls began to thank him for being so kind. Kankuro groaned and put his forehead on the counter. Just what have I gotten myself into now?, he thought. He laid there for about a minute before plates clunked down all around him and he sat up. Kankuro chowed down on his favorite food as the girls got their sodas filled at the self-dispense machine. He finished his fries in record time just as Stephanie and her friend sat down again.
“Now I know you just can’t walk home, I mean were the only customer car in the parking lot, so unless you own this place, we’re taking you home.” Stephanie commanded. Kankuro just stared for the thousandth time that night and tried to come up with a tough guy retort. Nothing came to mind and he ended up with a girl pulling him by each arm. Not even gathering the will to fight them off, he merely sighed and grabbed his empty soda cup and the bill. He fished out enough money for the food and a tip and left it on the counter as they steered him towards the soft drink machine. He filled up and let them drag him out the door, taking an odd pleasure in the way Stephanie’s hands were wrapped around his wrists, never mind the girl pushing from behind. They dumped him in the middle of the cramped seat of an El Camino and crowded in on either side, Stephanie behind the wheel.
“Alright Mr. Tough Guy, where to?” she asked. “Or else I’ll have Heather tie you up and help me throw you in back and we’ll go back to my place.” Kankuro regarded her predatory grin and had drifting thoughts of how women weren’t the only ones who got raped, and finally told her his address.

The small car pulled up outside the house of Sabaku, and Heather got out so that Kankuro could, too. She got back in after he had exited and Stephanie shouted at him.
“Hey, Kankuro! Can’t you just wait to see me at school tomorrow?” She and her friend laughed as he flicked her off and walked inside. A door slammed and laughter could be heard as an El Camino pulled away from the curb of a deserted midnight street on the outskirts of a town called Sunagakure. Meanwhile, stars and the full moon twinkled down on the land below as a family of three watched a movie in silence only broken by the crunching of popcorn.
Many things had happened on that day in Suna to make it an unpleasant one, but hope shone with the stars that night and one could only wait till morning to see what new beginnings fate had cast them. And a warm wind swept the desert sand around and around as the family of three sat in refuge beneath the house of Blood as lights flickered off one by one in waiting for the new day.