Annyeong everyone! This GaaSaku fanfic has been created by me a while back...like 5 years ago in deviantart and I had stopped. I moved it to this site as a continuation of the fan fiction! Gaara and Sakura has always been my favorite pair and I always shipped them together. I really hope Mr. Kishimoto makes them interact more :3 It'd be nice! Anyways please enjoy! \m/

Oh and I do not own Naruto! :3

Chapter1: The Coming Of The Kazekage

"Naruto Uzumaki! If you throw one more ball at me again, I swear I'll send you flying over the village!"

shouted Sakura Haruno at Naruto, her friend. The one who claims to be the future Hokage someday.

Naruto chuckled nervously, "Hehe, Sorry Sakura. I really didn't mean to -hah!" With one hard throw, he sent a ball flying straight towards her.

But Sakura was quick enough to dodge it and yell, "Naruto you asked for it!" She began to chase him around. Naruto sure was quick though. He jumped from building to bulding laughing like a maniac at the angry Sakura.

"OUTTA THE WAY GUYS!" In a flash, Naruto zoomed by Neji and Lee only to receive a shaking fist from Rock Lee. He had almost crashed into them.

"Sorry guys!" Sakura, without a sweat, jumped over the two ninjas and continued to chase Naruto all over the village.

''It sure was nice of you to accept our invitation, Kazekage-sama. Where are your siblings?" asked Tsunade-sama, curiously.

"They had to stay back for patrol duty," he answered shortly. The reason why Gaara was in Konoha was because of Tsunade and the counselors who decided that it would be nice if they invited the Kazekage of the sand village to the festival that was coming up less than several days. He really didn't wanted to go, but Temari and Kankuro insisted him to. For a little break. Besides, ever since Shukaku has left his body, his behavior towards other people changed. But he still he was a bit quiet. All that has happened, him being kidnapped by the akaktsukis and all, they wanted him to forget the whole thing and have a great time at the summer festival that was coming.

Tsunade glanced at the clock and frowned, where can Sakura be? She asked herself. a few days ago, Sakura had volunteered to escort The Kazekage to the hotel since nobody else wanted to. Her helper, Shizune, wasn't in the village, she fleed to some other village to do some business there for a short matter of time.

The Kazekage and Hokage stepped outside. Waiting for Sakura to arrive. After a few minutes had passed by, they both heard shouting an hollering.

''Naruto! Get back here!'' shouted Sakura.

Tsunade-sama recognized that shouting from anywhere. It was Sakura. What took her so long? It was about time she arrived!

''HAHA~~ You can't catch me Sakura! Admit it, you're too slow-woh!'' Naruto was just about to crash into the Kazekage but was quick enough to jump up over him and Tsunade.

Frowning and her hands on her hips, Tsunade punched Naruto from the top of his the head, '' Ahem! HELLO! The Kazekage is here!''

Sakura who was running so fast that she couldn't see anything pass by, headed straight towards the Kazekage.

Gaara turned around to see who was coming next. But when he saw a pink haired girl coming at full speed he stepped aside along with Tsunade and let the pink haired medic tackle Naruto.

The two friends wrestled on the ground, ''HAH! Who's slow now, tough guy! Who's SLOW NOW!?'' shouted Sakura pinching Naruto's nose and hitting his head non-stop.

The Hokage cleared her throat, ''Sakura! Come here,'' she demanded

Sakura looked up at her teacher and smiled nervously, remembering that she promised to escort The Kazekage to the hotel since Tsunade-sama had a meeting to attend in a few more minutes. She got up and fixed her headband that was loosened from the chase and walked towards her teacher. Why does he need an escort? She asked herself.

Naruto who just noticed Gaara's appearance, smiled widely, ''Hey Granny...Gaara!'' He got up running passed Sakura and shoving her aside which made her face turn more scary than what she already was.

Happy to see the Kazekage again, Naruto smiled, ''It's great to see you again, Gaara. Hey you accepted our invitation, I see! And-"

Tsunade sighed, irritated. The wind blew hard against their faces and black clouds were moving in quickly. The Hokage noticed, ''Naruto, weren't you supposed to meet Kakashi at the training field like 15 minutes ago?''

Naruto totally forgot about his sensei. He quickly turned to Gaara and said goodbye and purposely shoved Sakura aside with his elbow.

''Sakura I'm late for my meeting. Now you escort The Kazekage to the hotel, got it? Later on I need to see you in my office for a talk.'' Without saying anything else, Tsunade disappeared into thin air and left The Kazekage and her student alone.

Sakura, who didn't know what to say, just cleared her throat and lead the way. At first she tried to have a conversation with him, but it didn't really work out well. The two continued on walking in silence. Until Sakura broke it, ''Do you need some help carrying your luggage?'' She offered nicely.

Gaara just shook his head in response.

What am I supposed to say to the Kazekage? She asked herself. It was pretty difficult to ever get to talk to him. So she gave up and just stayed silent. The hotel he was staying in was near the ramen shop that Naruto usually goes to everyday. It had been constructed during the winter. It was brand new and lots of people who came from other villages stayed there. Why couldn't The Kazekage just walk there by himself? I mean it's near the ramen shop. I have so much catching up to do on my med-

''Haruno... how have you been?''

The question caught Sakura by surprise. Finally he said something. Sakura looked at him and smiled, ''I've been great. Lots of training lately,'' her gaze fell upon the road as usual when you feel akward, ''How about you? How's it going in Suna?''

''It's ok..I guess. Everything's back to normal for the moment.'' Gaara looked back at her and noticed that she looked different from the day she came to rescue him from the akatsukis. Well, maybe she still looks the same, only that he didn't take a good look at her before.

Sakura caught him looking at her and pretended not to notice, ''How's Temari-san and Kankuro-san? I haven't heard from them in a long time ever since...you know.''

The Kazekage focused back on the road too and sighed, ''They're okay. They couldn't come since they are in patrol duty. And well...busy. They might be attending the festival if they get a 2 days break from all the work they have been doing."

Now what made Sakura feel uncomfortable was walking beside the Kazekage. She felt pretty embarrassed too. Because she couldn't save him that day when he didn't wake up. 3 years of hard training and she couldn't save him or bring him back to life. When he laid perfectly still on the ground, lifeless, it made her burst into to tears. Well Naruto burst into to tears also and was going mad. Sometimes she thought it was her fault that Elder Chiyo died for using that jutsu. If she tried harder on reviving him then-

''I know what you're thinking about, Haruno...and I don't blame you for Elder Chiyo's death. You should just forget about it and know that she's resting in peace now. You did try your best to bring me to life...and I thank you for that.''

Sakura's eyes widened a bit, how did he know what I was thinking about?

Gaara closed his eyes while walking and opened them as he looked back at her in slow motion. ''The way you're always glancing at me and have an upset expression on your face. That's how I knew you were thinking about that. Quit pondering, Haruno. I'm no longer a major threat. " The warm breeze played with their hair as they walked. There was no rays of light, only black clouds approaching them and getting ready to cover the leaf village like a blanket.

''It's just that...I didn't try my best to save you that day. I bet you thought that I didn't care if you died or not...but I did care that day. I felt like a part of me had died...just seeing you lie on the ground so still...not opening your eyes...not feeling a pulse from you.'' To Sakura, Gaara looked different now. As she stared at him, she noticed the dark circle around his eyes were disappearing a bit. A bit taller too. Maybe he was getting some sleep now. Sakura continued walking but Gaara stopped, ''Why'd you stop?''

''We're here...'' he answered quietly.

Sakura looked to back and there it was. Some people greeted the Kazekage while walking by. Sakura's face turned a light shade red, ''oh...sorry. Umm...well I guess I'll see you later or...tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your day, Kazekage-sama and I hope we get to talk some more during you time here in Konoha.'' Sakura gave him one last warm smile that made him grunt. Hearing him grunt made Sakura's smile turn into a worried one, ''What's wrong?''

Gaara looked down and shook his head, ''Nothing, Haruno...nothing. I'll see you later maybe. I'm not planning to stay inside a room all day.''

Sakura watched him go inside the hotel and sighed. It began to rain just when he went inside. A crack of thunder hit the sky like a belt. The rain poured all over the village, darkness shrouded over the village like a blanket. Small raindrops ran down Sakura's cheek as she just stood in the same place where she had watched Gaara go inside. What could of Gaara thought of when she smiled? Did she startle him? Or remided him of somebody? Well, Sakura didn't know the answer to her questions. Kids were playing in the rain puddle and villagers taking cover from the rain. Sakura turned her back, but glanced back at the hotel and caught a glimpse of Gaara looking out a window from his room. Was he looking at her? She shrugged and headed down a road that led to the Hokage tower along with raindrops splashing her face, clothes, shoulders and her pink, silky hair with her headband on top. After a few minutes, thunder stroke again and the raindrops came down hard this time. Sakura began to jog, her hair stuck to her soaken wet face.

Gaara watched her jog down the road. He placed a hand against the window saying her name aloud. His breath fogged up the windown and he wiped it quickly, but the medic had already disappered around the corner. When she smiled at him, it made him feel nervous. Her smile had really affected him. Something about her made him feel so nervous.

''-I did care that day. I felt like a part of me had died...just seeing you lie on the ground so still and not opening your eyes... not feeling a pulse from you,'' she had said. That really meant something to Gaara. Someone cared. Of course he knew Naruto cared too, and so did Matsuri, a couple of his students and his siblings. In fact, he has gained respect from his village even thought they still had some fear lingering in the air. But Sakura Haruno cared also... What made her different from the rest who cared? Gaara hoped that he would get to talk to her again soon. Not tomorrow, but sooner that day.

I hope you guys liked the first chapter so far! :3 please review! lemme know what you think!