[Discontinued] Missing Halves

Chapter 2

As the days pass by Asami continued to pursue Naruto. She studied him while he trained but he knew she was watching, against Temari and Kankuro's wishes she trained with Naruto even though that he is technically her enemy during the exams

*One day before the start of the exams*

Asami arrived at her and Naruto's 'secret' training ground Naruto wasn't there yet but a mass of red hair appeared in the tree in front of her.

"Oh no...." She stepped back a little "G-Ga...Gaara.... p-please. Don't be mad. Me a-and... Naruto are pretty good friends" she looked down scared of what Gaara might do "Asami" she looked up at him as he continued to speak "He is your enemy during the exams...." growling she points at him yelling "WHY ARE YOU SO AGAINST ME BEFRIENDING HIM?!" He glares at her "I have my reasons" his respond just made her angry "WHY CAN'T YOU TELL ME?!" because of her anger she didn't hear Naruto arriving

"He's a nice person and ACTUALLY enjoys my presence, unlike my OWN brother who treats me like.... like... SAND!" If Gaara was upset or hurt she couldn't tell but he did certainly look angry like always, without replying to her he leaves without blinking.

After he was gone she dropped to her knees. Naruto slowly approaches her "Hey, you okay?" he puts his hand on her shoulder making Asami jump a little "y-yeah.....I just haven't stood up to him like that well since we were kids and that was before he was cold-hearted" she turned around and hugged Naruto "You're a good friend, Naruto" he hugged her back smiling

*That Night*

**Naruto's POV**

'All I can do is think about Asami, we are WAY too much alike for it to be a coincidence especially our whiskers, age, and eye color are the same as well'

I rolled over in my bed staring at the wall of my bedroom

'I don't know much about her but I feel this strong bond when we train together. Ugh, and the revisits of Haku and Zabuza I get are extremely distracting..... but... the pain I felt when I thought Sasuke was dead... I can't even describe it, but the rage I felt was intense' I sighed and sat up in my bed

'I'm pumped up for the chunin exams but... I have a weird feeling that it's not gonna go well' Smirking I stood up "I WON'T LET THESE THOUGHTS DISTRACT ME FROM ACING THE CHUNIN EXAMS!" I fell back down with my hands behind my head and landed back onto the pillow 'I'll ignore this funny feeling, I gotta focus!!!"

**The next Day**

*Asami POV*

I haven't talked to Gaara since I yelled at him. I meant what I said but I still felt pretty bad, he was so nice when we were younger.

*flashback*

Asami ran around the home her bright red hair waves around in every which way as she hides in an ally, Gaara walks down the street looking around for Asami with his light chuckles filling the air. Gaara and Asami never left each other sides back then and always played together when there aren't many people outside, she hated seeing him get bullied around and called a 'monster' As he walked down the street, Asami made sure he didn't go too far from her sight but as she watched him a large hand quickly covered her mouth and two others grab her arms to prevent her from struggling