Chapter: The bet

Sora had just run out of her apartment, she wanted to meet Sakura in the forest so they could train together. She happily strolled through the streets of Konoha until she suddenly made an inconspicuous grimace.
Gaara walked in front of her with crossed arms, she didn't really like him, she had seen what he had done with Lee in the Chunin selection tests, and it was unclear to her why someone could be so cold as Sasuke was against the purest sunshine. She wasn't actually the person who judged others, although she didn't know him, but Gaara really was a mystery to her. She quickened her pace so that she could pass him quickly without having to be near him. When she passed him, she actually wanted to turn around to see him close, but she was too scared. As she walked, she noticed that people were staring at Gaara as if he were some illness, OK, she didn't like him either, but he didn't even deserve such mean looks. / Hmm, has he got used to the looks? / she wondered. Lost in thought she did not notice that she had slowed down and that Gaara was now walking in front of her again. She continued to stare at the floor and walk without looking forward. When she suddenly banged against something, a coarse voice rang out "Can't you be careful!? Next time I'll tear you up!" Said the Suna-nin menacingly. Sora just looked at him anxiously, but she was too scared to answer anything, she turned around and ran as fast as she could, she would for sure
tell Sakura first when she would see her.

When Sakura was already waiting for her in the forest, Sora was still deep in thought about what had just happened.
"Hey Sora, there you are at last, why did it take so long this time?" Sakura asked and smiled expectantly at her, "Uh oh man, this Gaara has once again proven that people can be colder than the Antarctic" she said something perplexed.Sakura thought about it for a moment until she opened her mouth again "Oh Gaara, I'm sorry, he's always so alone"
Suddenly Sora began to draw some sympathy "It's true if you are always so alone, it's no wonder that you become like that, but I still wonder how it came about, I mean he ..." She had the sentence why not talked to the end. Sakura began to speak again "Well something must have happened in his past that made him what he is today, at least that's what Naruto says, I think he's just, well how should I say, a bit crazy." The last sentence whispered they do more than talk to him. Sora tied her shoulder-length dark brown hair in a braid, individual strands fell over her shoulder, she closed her brown eyes, and a short time later she opened them again and the tearing began.

In the afternoon she and Sakura went to a café, where Ino and Hinata were waiting for them. “Hey, sit down with us!” Ino shouted. Sakura and Sora followed and sat down next to them "Well, I and Hinata have come up with something, well actually it was my idea, so we make a bet, but only one of us has to pay for it" All start to Ino "What ´ A bet? How childishly "said Sakura" What is Pinky scared about? "Ino asked with a nasty grin on his face. "You're just cheating again", Sora said, "No, so this time don't you dare or are you cowardly?" Everyone thought shortly after they agreed. "Well, so we write down the bet for that one, then we pull sticks, the loser has to cope with the task, if not the one has to cut her hair" Everyone suddenly started to curse Ino. How could anyone come up with such a stupid idea? After long arguments, they did it. "So now we just need the right task, it must be something difficult" Sora thought hard, like the others.Until Sakura took over the word "Hah! I've got the one who has to warm up Gaara" Everyone looked at Sakura in shock, Sakura, what? You said it must be difficult "" Yes difficult not impossible "But Sakura
it didn't matter, how high was the chance that she would pull the shortest, only she would be sorry if Hinata would pull the short straw, not because of the hair, which was already short anyway, but because she would then have to be with Gaara and well, that vulnerable soul and that monster?

Sora stepped in: "Guys, I wouldn't do that, I mean those are also Gaara's feelings" Sakura stared at her until she put her arm around her and said: "Now don't worry, he doesn't have any feelings at all, as if that mattered, "she said with a wink.
"Ok, let's move now" Ino held a couple of chopsticks in her hand and they pulled the chopsticks one after the other, they looked at each other and searched for the shortest, until their eyes stopped on the silent Sora, that couldn't be true she had the shortest.
When suddenly the door of the café was opened, um well, rather broken, they turned around and saw a Gaara who stormed inside.

The young Kazekage stormed into the cafe and ran to a table, where he grabbed a boy with a black cat suit by the collar and threw him against a wall. The boy looked pretty familiar to Sora, he hadn't fought the chunnin selection test with a strange doll he named Crow.
Gaara took a step on his older brother. "I told you, if I have to look for you again, you will suffer," the boy replied, intimidated, "It's okay, next time you don't have to look for me." Gaara gave him an even colder look Didn't understand? !! "" Y-yes "was the short answer of the older man.

Ino put a big grin on "Well, Sora, there is your victim, go get him!" Said the blonde with a giggle.Sora couldn't believe it / He victim? Um, I'm in the wrong movie, / "Come on, Sora, you will survive that sh ... um, I mean you can do it" was the attempted encouraging voice of Sakura. Ino mixes with "Sora, you lost and now you have to pay for it". Sora just shook her head desperately that something like that happened to her of all people. Sora got up and whispered "Ok, but I won't start until tomorrow" Ino opened her mouth again to answer "Oh what, by tomorrow you will be on the other side of the world, it would be best to start here" With that Sentence gave Ino Sora a push, so that she stumbled, broke a glass and slammed against Gaara again. Now she was on the floor. She put her hand on her aching head, as her gaze slowly wandered upwards, her eyes grew bigger and more desperate.
Gaara looked at her with visibly great anger. "E-I'm-sorry B-please ..." Sora was about to cry.

Gaara was about to get some sand out to do what he had threatened her that morning if she touched him again. He was just about to throw the sand at her when a girl with four pigtails appeared in front of her and held a fan in front of Sora and said, "Gaara, please calm down, we're in Konoha, please people are staring at you, come down , I beg you "Gaara's anger grew bigger and bigger, he walked past Temari and gave her a nudge.
It dissolved into sand. Temari leaned down to the totally shocked Sora worried "Come on, I'll take you home" She helped her get up and they went outside through the door. Ino only whispered with a sad tone "But I didn't want that"

Outside Temari had already put Sora on a bench so that she could calm down a little.
"I'm sorry that my brother scared you so much" the fan artist wanted to apologize.
“Wh-why is he like that?” Was the shy question of the brown-haired man.The blonde looked at her a little desperately "Well he was always alone, he doesn't know how to deal with people. He just knows that you can kill them and that is fun for him, at least I think. I'm his sister, though. but nobody really understands him "The blonde sat down next to Sora.
“Why was he alone?” Sora asked. “He was just different,” was Temari's short answer. "You should go home now, it is getting dark, if you want I will accompany you" offered the blonde "Oh, um, thank you, no, that's nice, but I think I can do it on my own, and thanks again for your help, without I'd probably be dead now. ”“ You're welcome, see you goodbye! ”Temari called out to her as she flew away on her fan.

Sora slowly walked along a detour that Sakura had shown her because the way she usually went was blocked by a construction site. It wasn't exactly a nice u
Environment. She was in a dark forest where there were a lot of strange noises.
She tried to ignore the noise as best she could. But inside she was terrified, well because the problem was that Sora was terrified of the dark, whenever she slept, she left the television on, or any other light. When she stopped jerkily, / I could have sworn there was a strong chakra source / she slowly turns around. But there was nothing there. When she went on again she noticed that on a very high rock, which was lit by the full moon, sat a dark figure with red shining eyes. She got even more scared. She took a few steps back, but fell backwards, which made the figure noticed and suddenly stood in front of her.

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