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endless_scrolls ([personal profile] endless_scrolls) wrote2006-10-09 04:06 pm

Random Facts: Sabaku no Gaara, Tenten, Uchiha Sasuke

Title: 20 Things You Would Have Never Guessed
Type: Fanfic
Fandom: Naruto
Character(s): Uchiha Sasuke, Tenten, Sabaku no Gaara
Pairing(s): GaaTenSasu
Warning(s): Mentions of adult themes; character death
Disclaimer: I own nothing but these words.
Dedicated to: [livejournal.com profile] ladii_chocolate

1. Sasuke met Tenten at the young age of seven when their parents became the closest of friends. They fought like cats and dogs as all children their age did. But though the two had a fickle friendship, there was no doubt that both would risk their lives for the other.

2. The two met Gaara a while later when his father came to Konoha on business. By special request from the Matriarch of the Uchiha clan, both were enlisted to watch after the young boy from Sand while the adults delegated.

3. It was only minutes after when a group of troublemakers approached them with the intent of hurting the son of the Kazekage that the demon residing within the young boy was revealed.

4. Confused as to why the knowledge didn’t discourage them from wanting to be his friend, Gaara laid awake for some time in thought, sandwiched between their two sleeping forms before slipping into peaceful slumber himself.

5. Gaara had only cried once in his young life. That was the night he witnessed the brutal killing of Tenten’s family and the near genocide of the Uchiha clan. Tenten and Sasuke would have been part of the death toll had he [or rather Shukaku] not saved them from the wrath of the murderous clan prodigy.

6. Tenten only allowed herself to cry twice in her young life. Once when she had to face the reality that her parents were gone, and again when Sasuke failed to tell the village that Gaara wasn’t the one who killed off his family. Eventually it was revealed that Itachi was the culprit, but the damage on their friendship had already been done.

7. Sasuke never cried in his young life, especially when Gaara and Tenten left his side. If he learned anything from Itachi’s betrayal, it was that no one could be trusted. He did however find an aching in his heart every time he’d see a full moon like the one that was out their last night together.

8. The three didn’t see each other again until their first Chuunin Exam, each treating the others as complete strangers in the presence of the other competitors. It was just as well, because the pain would have been too much when Gaara aided in the attack on the Leaf Village and Sasuke left for Sound.

9. Gaara’s change of heart towards Lee had been the deciding factor in Sasuke’s decision to return to Konoha. If a cold-hearted monster like what the sand-nin had become could be reformed, then why not a dark avenger?

10. Sasuke’s isolation after his return from Otogakure had been the deciding factor in Tenten’s decision to start training with the Uchiha heir. She knew what a lonely soul could do to the mental stability of an already crazed mind. Friendships couldn’t be mended in a day [or night as the case was], but at least it was a start.

11. Tenten’s forgiveness of the former missing-nin had been the deciding factor in Gaara decision to take back his control from the demonic sand priest. But he would need to call upon Sasuke and Tenten through a promise they had made to him long ago in order to achieve this.

12. Both had agreed to Gaara’s request for aid before he even had a chance to explain the situation. “After all, a shinobi’s word is stronger than any broken ties we have.” But by the end of their journey, they had managed to rebuild the shattered pieces of their long forgotten friendship.

13. When war broke out among the shinobi villages, their friendship was put on hold while Gaara returned to Sunagakure to take care of his Kazekage duties. Sasuke dealt with the loss by disappearing on a mysterious journey. Tenten dealt with the loss by going to the Sand Village to help Gaara.

14. Their friendship was forced to change after Gaara and Tenten started having a physical relationship during the kunoichi’s stay in Hidden Sand.

15. It become all the more complicated when Sasuke resurfaced and decided to add his feelings for both into the mix.

16. By that time, relations between the weapon specialist and sand manipulator had escalated to something much more than just temptations of the flesh. But after long debate, all three agreed that they were content with sharing each other.

17. Sasuke suggested that they change the agreement when it was discovered that Tenten was carrying Gaara’s child. Both Tenten and Gaara refused and persistently tried to convince the Uchiha heir to reconsider until he finally caved.

18. The three were never as happy as during those eight and a half months [the baby came a little earlier than expected] that Tenten was “with child”.

19. Unfortunately, by the time the baby was born, Gaara was on his deathbed from a mortal wound received in battle. Even then he never regretted lessening the power and control Shukaku had on him.

20. Sasuke and Tenten raised the child as their own, simply known as “Junior” to everyone else. But in the privacy of their own home, he was always called by his real name: Gaara.

AN: Ladii-chan, I have the partner fic for this but I'm waiting until your birthday to submit it.

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