The Five Nations Ninja Academy Gaara x Reader Naruto Modern School world

C29: Confusion

"You can't be with me," Gaara said and tried to remove (y/n)'s arms.

(y/n) displayed a confused and dumbfounded expression.

"But Gaara... So you did save me? Thank you so much... I-" I said, interrupted.

"Just please stay away from me, I'm not the person you deserve," he said.

"What are you saying? Gaara, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you, I owe you my life," (y/n) said as she looked at the teal eyes that pierced at her.

Gaara simply went downstairs without uttering a single word.

"Gaara, please, you can't just leave as if it wasn't a big deal, it is a big deal!" (y/n) said as she made a hand sign and teleported in front of him, stopping him. He tried to avoid her by going the other way but she kept going in front of him with her eyes glaring at him intensely.

Gaara sighed and looked at her. "If you're grateful then just leave me be," he said as he went pass her. (y/n) wondered what made him act like this, did something happen after he saved her?

"Gaara, if that's what you want then I'll go along with it but just tell me the reason," (y/n) said.

Gaara stopped with his back turned from her, his body turned into grains of sand and reformed again behind (y/n). (y/n) instantly turned back with her face very close to his, she looked up, maintained eye contact with him and reformed the glare in her eyes.

"(y/n), thank you for being my only friend, which is why I have to cherish my only friend by making sure that you are never hurt again, so please stay far from me, stay with Neji, he'll keep you safe," Gaara said.

(y/n) felt his breath for every word he spoke. "But... You saved me and I can never repay what you did for me, why are acting like you're going to hurt me?" (y/n) asked, still her eyes fixated on the teal ones that looked around trying to think.

"Because I don't want to lose you," he said bluntly.

"Then why do you want me to stay away from you?" she asked.

"That's my wish for my birthday," he lied.

(y/n) sighed and pursed her lips, trying to think of what to say. "NO," she said clearly. "What?" he asked.

"I said NO, I don't care if that's your birthday wish even if you truly want that but the jigsaw puzzles just aren't fitting together, I don't see why you don't want me around you especially when YOU saved me and I'M your only friend," she said.

Gaara looked rather shocked but still remained calm. "You're not going to stop aren't you?" he asked.

"Not until you tell me why, I mean come on you told me that you're like me brother right?" she asked.

"I did, and that's the very reason why," he said as he exited through the door.
(y/n) still at brim of emotions, unsure of what to do next. She clenched her fists and exited through the door. She walked to class with a gloomy face, avoiding all eye contacts. She sat on her spot and still in cloud of thoughts. Neji grabbed her hand, pulling her out the door and led her to a dark corner.
"What do you want...?" she asked softly, not looking at him.
"What happened?" he asked with a stern voice.
"I just slipped and fell but I'm fine now..." she lied.
"You are the most talented and skillful girl I've ever met how can you possibly slip and fall?" he asked with his brows furrowed.
"I'm having a bad day and I'm still human! I make mistakes and accidents," she scowled with her eyes near crying.
Before she knew it, Neji pulled her towards him bumping against her chest and hand rubbing against her long dark hair. (y/n) held her tears but little bits of tears rolled down her cheeks.
"(y/n), I'm here for you just tell me," he said.
He held her cheeks trying to see her face. But more tears escaped through her eyes. Neji who was a little taller, kissed her forehead. Making her gulp and reached her arms out for comfort.
"Neji..." she said.
"Hm?"

"I'm sorry..." she said.

"There's no reason why you should be sorry... Just know that I'll be there for you like these times," he said.

(y/n) chuckled softly. "Let's head back to class shall we?" she asked as she looked up at the snowy eyes looking at her, he smiled but remained to have questions in his eyes. (y/n) used her jutsu to teleport the both of them to class. Everyone stared at them curiously. (y/n) avoided making eye contact with anyone especially Gaara even if she wanted to. They sat without answering any questions. Surprisingly, Sasuke didn't talk at all, he just simply sat straight and said incoherent words softly under his breath.

"Alright, so it's the last tournament for this temporary class of dodgeball, we'll be battling a higher ranked class which will be a challenge but we'll do our absolute best," Kurenai-Sensei said.

Everyone else cheered while (y/n) and a few others remained silent. (y/n) felt a tap on her shoulder, she looked back seeing a concerned Hinata. She smiled and gave her back a reassuring smile. Their teacher instructed them a few more things before they went into the humongous gymnasium. With a lot of spectators, students and many more.

They all sat at the bleachers for the meantime until it was their turn. The Principal, Lady Tsunade, started speaking.

"As you all know, every year each classes will get to verse higher ranked classes to improve their teamwork, skills, strategies and many more required for this fun activity: Dodge ball," she said.

She spoke all the introductions until she called out for (y/n)'s class. Everyone cheered and made a round of applause until she called out another class.

"This class will be versing the Senior Jounin Class, the two of the best classes of each grade level," she exclaimed.

There were many taller and mostly intimidating looking students appearing one by one.

"Pff, we'll have to beat my brother's class, again," Sasuke muttered.

"UGGH! We're doomed! We lost already, we can never beat them!" Ino exclaimed.

(y/n) didn't bother replying to her complaint, she wasn't in the mood at all, all she did was look at the redhead in the corner of her eye while she crossed her arms and leaned against the wall, Neji caught her looking and said, "(y/n), get ready, it's going to be tough."

"Really?" she asked as she looked at the other classes' students, noticing a familiar face: Itachi.

"They look rather... strong and skillful, I can sense that they have high Chakra levels," (y/n) said.

"I can sense that too," Kiba said.

She nodded and spot someone with purple striped eyes. "Is that the legendary Rinnegan?" she thought in her mind. "This is going to be tough I can tell," (y/n) said.

Suddenly, a voice spoke to her from beside. "(y/n), use your Sharingan, my brother can cast Genjutsu in an instant but your Sharingan will not be affected," he said.

"Thanks, I guess," (y/n) said.

"Don't think I'm doing this for you, only because that class is way overpowered," he said straightforwardly.