Hello everyone. This is the first chapter to my story "Desert Love." I will only update if I have at least one good review.

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Chapter 1

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Suna had just entered a war with the Sound Village. One night, at 12:00 P.M, Suna made a direct assault against the Sound Village. Suna ninja and Sound ninja corpses lay dead on the ground as the moonlight glistened off the mountains nearby. A brown-headed girl named Matsuri lay severely injured on the ground. Her blood flowed on the ground and gathered in puddles around her. Matsuri was fatally injured and she needed medical attention immediately.

The rest of her unit was killed and one sound ninja had fatally injured her. The sound ninja moved a kunai to her heart. Matsuri tried to move, but she couldn't because she was to injured. "Sand Coffin," yelled Gaara. Sand covered the sound ninja as he dropped the kunai. Gaara raised his hand making the imprisoned sound ninja rise in the air. "Desert Funeral," said Gaara as he closed his fist. The sand imploded the sound ninja and his blood rained down from the air.

Gaara walked by Matsuri and looked at her injuries. He put some bandages and ointment on the cuts and scars she had. "Matsuri," said Gaara. "Ga…Gaar…Gaara-sensei cough," said Matsuri as she fell unconscious. Gaara could feel her heartbeat, but it was faint and low. Gaara knew she had to be taken to a medic fast or she may die.

Gaara picked up Matsuri. Sand flew out of his gourd. It formed under him and made a platform. Gaara flew through the air as fast as he could. After a couple of minutes of flying, he got tired of flying and made a single hand sign with one hand. He vanished in a wave of sand and reappeared in the medical tent.

Gaara laid Matsuri down on a table as a medic ninja walked by him. "Medic, see to it that Matsuri is healed and treated," said Gaara. "Yes, Kazekage-sama," said the medic. The medic got some more medics. They all stood around Matsuri and started trying to heal her. Gaara used his "Third Eye Jutsu" to watch them treat Matsuri. Computers monitored Matsuri's health and heart rate as the medics performed healing jutsus and used medical tools and medicine to heal Matsuri.

Gaara dispelled his jutsu and walked outside. He could see Suna ninja guarding the camp and he saw other units discussing plans and strategies before they entered the battle. He thought about Matsuri. How thought about her dying due to her injuries. He thought about living without his student, Matsuri. He thought about her over and over again. Thoughts of her death ran through his head. He said to himself, "Stop it, Gaara, she will live through this, I won't let her die, I will make sure she lives."

Gaara remembered how Orochimaru killed his father and nearly cause a war between Suna and Konoha. He clenched his fist as he said to himself, "Damn you Orochimaru, I won't let you kill Matsuri, you killed my father, but you won't hurt Matsuri, I swear it." Gaara heard the sound of metal clashing and ninja shouting the names of their jutsus. He thought about the sound of Matsuri's voice. He thought about the times her spent training Matsuri. He thought about her face. He thought about her over and over again.

Gaara had fallen in love with Matsuri. Gaara knew he was in love with her. The first day Gaara laid eyes on her, he had loved her. Gaara clenched his fist tightly and vanished in a wave of sand. Rage gathered inside Gaara and nothing but murderous intent against the Sound Village and Orochimaru filled his head. He was going to take his anger out on some sound ninja.

He reappeared behind a unit of sound ninja. Sand flew out of his gourd and quietly advanced on the enemy sound ninja. "Listen, the plan is-" the sound ninja was imprisoned in sand before he could finish his sentence. "Desert funeral," said Gaara closing his fist. The sand easily crushed the sound ninja. Gaara killed him like he killed that rain ninja in the Forest of Death. Blood splattered on the rest of the sound ninja and the ground. The sound ninja separated and gathered around Gaara, surrounding him. They all threw kunai and shuriken at Gaara. Sand blocked the kunai and shuriken thrown at Gaara. Gaara made a sequence of hand signs and said, "Quicksand in the Style of a Waterfall." On ocean of sand flew from the ground and smashed into all the sound ninja. The sand injured them and imprisoned them inside it. "Desert Imperial Funeral," said Gaara. The sound ninja were all crushed inside the large sand ocean.

The sand flew back in Gaara's gourd. Gaara vanished in a wave of sand and reappeared behind some sound ninja about to kill some injured Suna ninja leaning against some rocks. The sound ninja moved their kunai towards their hearts, but a wall of sand protected them. "Kazekage-sama," said a Suna ninja smiling. "Sand Coffin," said Gaara. "Desert Funeral," said Gaara closing his fist. The sound ninja were crushed and killed in the sand. Blood and crushed corpses fell to the ground. "Kazekage-sama, thank you," said the Suna ninja trying to get up.

Gaara pushed him back down gently and said, 'Sit down, you will open up those wounds and make it even worse." Sand flew out of Gaara's gourd. Gaara covered the Suna ninja in sand and teleported them to the medics in a wave of sand. The sand flew back in Gaara's gourd. "Kazekage-sama," said a medic behind him. "Treat these ninja," said Gaara. Before the medic could respond, Gaara had vanished.

The medic nodded. He gathered more medics and lifted the Suna ninja on to a table. The medics started treating their wounds. "While Matsuri is being treated, I will help out as much as I can,' said Gaara. He flew over the battlefield while looking for sound ninja. He found a unit of sound ninja below him. Sand rushed towards them. In a second, the sand smashed into them injuring them. Then, the sand threw them against rocks and the ground. Finally, sand imprisoned the sound ninja and Gaara said, "Desert Funeral." The sound ninja were crushed and killed.

Gaara teleported back to the medical tent. He saw the medics walking away from Matsuri helping treat other ninja. Gaara walked by one medic standing by the bed Matsuri lay in. "Medic, how is Matsuri," said Gaara. "Well, her condition isn't very good. She lost a lot of blood and many of her veins have been cut. She is lucky to still be breathing because her neck is cut badly to. I don't know if she will make it," said the medic. Gaara's face grimaced. The medic walked away seeing as how Gaara needed some time alone.

Gaara put his hand over Matsuri's and continued stroking her cheek. "Orochimaru you bastard, damn you Orochimaru, damn you," said Gaara. He felt tears fall down his cheek and touch Matsuri's skin. Gaara wiped away the tears at the sound of a Suna ninja approaching. "Kazekage-sama, Konoha is sending help, our forces are holding off the sound ninja. Our units are also securing the outer parts of the Sound Village. We can't get into the actual Sound Village and we our encountering the most resistance on their south side of the Sound Village, the leaf ninja have already arrived and they are currently backing up our units, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Kakashi Hatake are requesting your help to infiltrate the Sound Village," said a Suna ninja.

Gaara started remembering Tsunade's excellent medical and healing abilities. "Tell them to wait here and I will be there shortly," said Gaara. He picked up Matsuri and ran outside. Sand flew out of his gourd and made a platform. Gaara jumped on it and rushed towards Konoha. He was traveling twice the speed of walking and he would get to Konoha in a matter of hours. He had to imprison his feet in sand to stay on the sand platform.

After a couple of hours, Gaara flew above Tsuande's office. His sand flew into his gourd and Gaara jumped trough an open window. He said, 'Tsunade, this is my student, Matsuri, she has been fatally injured and she needs medical attention. Tsunade, please heal Matsuri, none of my medics could heal her very well."

Tsunade said, 'Very well, come with me." She led him through a couple of corridors and through some large double doors. Tsunade told Gaara to lay Matsuri on the bed within a large circle. Scrolls surrounded it and kunai had surrounded the scrolls.

Tsunade made a sequence of hand signs while sitting by Matsuri. Gaara leaned against a stone pillar watching this. Tsunade's hands started glowing as she put her hands over Matsuri's head. Her wounds started closing and she regained the blood she lost. She started breathing and taking breaths. And her heart pulse rose. She was almost healed.

Tsunade's hands turned to normal and she got up. "Gaara, Matsuri is fine now, she needs to rest." "Thank you," said Gaara. "Thanks for the help, Tsunade," said Gaara. "No problem," said Tsunade walking out of the room. Gaara walked by Matsuri and stood over her stroking her cheek.

Matsuri slowly opened her eyes. "Gaara-sensei," said Matsuri. "I told you to stop calling me that, call me Gaara," said Gaara. "Ok, Gaara," said Matsuri. Gaara smiled a little and started gathering courage to reveal to Matsuri how he felt. "Matsuri, there is something I need to tell you, I have felt this way about you along time, Matsuri, I love you," said Gaara.

Matsuri smiled and said, "I was wondering when you would say that, I have always loved you to." Matsuri stared into Gaara's eyes as he stared into hers. Gaara lowered his head towards Matsuri's head. He kissed her. Matsuri kissed him back. Gaara and Matsuri kissed passionately.

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That's it for this chapter. In the next chapter, Gaara and Matsuri will continue to help their forces at the Sound Village. The battle will end and Gaara and Matsuri will have another moment. I will only update if I have at least one good review.

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