"Maybe it'll just pass by you
Or ripe through your heart
Underneath the surface
We break apart."
-Circa Survive, Glass Arrows
It was a beautiful afternoon in Sunagakure. The sun was setting , all the pretty hues dancing around in the sky. The citizens of Suna were walking up and down the roads, talking, laughing, smiling. Some were even holding hands. In the Kazekage tower was Gaara looking out the window to view his village. He watched as the people walked by, all looking so happy, happy with other people. The Kazekage just looked, as much of a tough independent person he was he always wanted to know how it felt to have a friend. Yea sure he had Naruto and his siblings but he wanted someone closer. Someone her could walk with, talk with, laugh with, smile with. Someone he could spend time with when he was lonely and have intellectual conversations with. He knew Naruto and Kankano weren't the 'Brightest' people; and Temari just always wanted to talk about shikamaru. Was there anyone out there that could be his friend, anyone…?
"Ummm Lord Kazekage..?" Gaara quickly turned his head to the direction the voice was heard from. There stand Temari and… "Sakura." Gaara turned his body to be standing behind his desk. "Is there a reason as to why you are here?" Right as Sakura opened her mouth Temari interrupted. "Gaara don't you remember weeks ago when you signed those documents with Lady Tsunade about Sakura helping to train the medics in Suna hospital? Why do you think I rented that apartment in the building near the hospital and went shopping all week?"
"Why would I pay attention to that?" He said quickly and jaded. He inverted his gaze from his choleric sister to the Kunoichi next to her. Without looking obvious he looked up and down Sakura. She grew her hair out, long and shiny. Her body looked thinner most likely from stress from her medic job and lack of nutrition. She looked like she was prepared for Suna weather by wearing a strapless short red dress with the Haruno symbol on the bottom right corner with peeking forest green biker shorts on. She wore normal female low heel black ninja sandals on but there was something else about her that was different. A design, cherry blossom flowers and leaves wrapping around her left leg from her ankle to the shorts. 'Is that a tattoo? Yea it is..' Gaara realized he was staring at Sakura's leg and quickly looked at his sister.
"I might have forgotten, but now leave. I need to discuss her mission here in Suna." Temari crossed her arms and sighed. "Fine, meet you back at home. Sakura I'll have Kankano carry all your belongs to your apartment ok?" The pinklette turned her head toward her and nodded. "Thank you Temari…." She couldn't finish her sentence before the blonde grabbed her and wrapped her into a bear hug. "Oh my gosh I'm so happy to be having a female friend around! We can do our nails and gossip and…" Temari hugged tighter while Sakura gasped for air. "Temari…" She looked over at her brother, getting the message from his death glare to leave. "Oh right, I'll leave now." She let go of the pinklette as she fell to the floor; Temari sped to the door and closed it quickly. Sakura quickly got up to her feet and wiped her knees from the little amount of sand that clinged onto her skin. "Come, sit." She did as told as Gaara went to sit at his desk. He lend over, crossing his arms over the desk.
"So as you may know you'll be helping the medics in Suna hospital to learn and improve their skills. As accepting this task you will be staying at one of the very nice apartment buildings near the hospital. You will be provided with all the food you want and comfort of having your own apartment. Is this ok; well if you aren't it doesn't matter the offer wont change." Sakura nodded her head. "I am very grateful for your offer, thank you lord Kazekage-sama." Gaara didn't respond but observed her. 'She seems to have changed, more matured and less annoying.' She felt awkward while the red-headed boy stared at her. 'Is there something wrong with my face? Is this a test?' "Ummm Lord Kazekage, is there something wrong.?" "No." "Ohh…." She looked down at her lap. "You just look really different. It isn't bad if you were going to ask that next." She looked up at the Kazekage and nodded. "Ok, well Lord Kazekage may I be excused? I would like to see where I will be staying and settle in." He closed his eyes and nodded. "Yes, if any other questions you may have you may find my here in my office or home." She stood up, grabbing her working papers and a sheet with her apartment address written on; she then turned to head to the door; opening it and walking out. "Sakura." She turned around to look back into the room. "Glad to be having you stay in Suna with us." "Thank you for having me here." And there it was, a smile that Gaara has never witness himself. He felt something pound hard in his chest and felt his body tingle. Sakura closed the door and walked away. She walked out the tower and looked up to the sky. "Hello Sunagakure, Haruno Sakura has arrived."
Howdy everyone! This is my first Fan fiction & let me tell you I now understand why it takes people FOREVER to upload! It's a lot of typing. Well anyhow I really like how I pictured Sakura appearance in the story. I wish she looked like this in the series; I loved how she looked with long hair. Also I have to ask; do you reviewers prefer my typing this are paragraph to paragraph or do how others do it with line spacing between peoples conversation and thoughts. Please tell me in a review. Thank you for reading! Will upload as soon as possible!
Btw: The Song lyrics quote is because when I write/draw/type I like to listen to music as motivation and inspiration. So I will name chapters & give quotes based on the song I was listening to. Hope you don't mind.
