Youths of Konoha - Part 3: GaaLee

1 A new friend

Gaara's POV

With both of my siblings by my side, I walked towards the entryway of my new school, Konoha High. I could only hope that this school was going to be better than the one in Suna, but I didn't want to expect too much. Temari must have noticed my bad mood, since she tried to encourage me. "Don't worry Gaara, it's gonna be alright, trust me!", she said with a determined expression. I just sighed, knowing that nobody could convince my strong willed sister of something other than her own opinion, and gave in. "I know. It's just that I really want to make some friends, but I don't know how."

I remembered the people at my old school. None of them were my friend, until he came along, but that friendship was a part of the past now too.

Kankuro, who had been grumpy for the whole walk, spoke up too. "Come on, we can't be late for our first day! By the way, Gaara, I'm sure you'll do fine! And tell me if anyone is mean because I will beat the shit out of them."

I noticed Temari flinching at his last words, and I could understand why, knowing what had happened, though she quickly put on a smile again. "Way to make a first impression, Kankuro. But he's right. There will be consequences if anyone hurts you.", she assured.

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My first two periods were PE, literal hell. Not only two hours of doing something I didn't like, I'd have to walk around sweaty all day. 'Ughh, annoying.'

Walking into the boys' locker room, I noticed that almost everyone was gone already, since most of the lockers were taken, and only two boys, a blond and a black haired guy, were in here, fighting over a locker. The blond, who had whisker like lines on his cheeks, and bright blue eyes, yelled "I WAS HERE FIRST SASUKE, THIS IS MY LOCKER!". The other, presumably Sasuke, scoffed while pushing him away lightly, and put his bag into the fought over locker. "Whatever, dobe.", he grumbled, leaving behind a furious blond, screaming "BASTARD!", after him.

He only must've noticed me now, since he turned around with a surprised expression, scratching the back of his neck in embarrassment. "Hey, you must be new here, right? I'm Naruto Uzumaki, nice to meet ya!", he exclaimed. 'Seems like this guy has tons of energy. Especially social energy. But at least he's nice.', I thought, gaining a first impression on the boy in front of me.

"Yeah, I'm Gaara, I just moved here from Suna.", I told him calmly, putting down my bag, and starting to take my gym clothes out of it. As dense as he seemed, he got the hint that I wanted to change, and put his stuff into the locker besides Sasuke's, leaving after telling me "Well I'll let you change now, see ya later Gaara.".

When I had put on the clothes I had brought, a red t-shirt and black shorts, I exited the locker room, and joined the lesson, where I found a shouting teacher, with a black, shiny bowl cut, prominent cheek bones, bushy, black brows and a dark green tracksuit, telling the students to run 50 laps around the gym. He only saw me, when all the others had started running, and waved for me to come talk to him. As I did, he already started shouting "HELLO MY FRIEND, YOU MUST BE GAARA! I'M HAPPY YOU'LL JOIN US, PLEASE JUST CALL ME GAI! WE'RE DOING 50 LAPS RIGHT NOW, SO JUST JOIN IN!".

His yelling made the other students gaze towards us, making me, the new kid, the center of attention. Great. Between the jogging crowd, I saw Naruto, running beside Sasuke, and another boy, who looked kinda similar to the latter, just paler, with shorter hair and a fake smile.

Other than those three, only one boy caught my eye. He was sprinting through the gym for all 50 laps, and he looked like a younger version of the teacher, just with slightly bigger eyes, which made me wonder, if they were father and son.