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Beyond Emerald Eyes
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This is my second Gaara x Sakura fanfic and I hope I did a good job doing the first chapter:) This story might go a little bit longer than my first one was, but I will have to update slowly, as I have 3 more fics that I have already posted... I am personally dedicating this story to my psycho friend, Inulover4eva! She keeps my motivated and keeps my going and going and going. She nearly smothered me to death when I told her I was going to make yet another Gaara x Sakura fanfic... I'm an update whore, as she has said... lmao
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Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto!!!
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WARNING: This chapter contains mild adult content!!!
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Chapter I: Her Sworn Duty
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Sometimes if you let yourself be guided by currents in life; things you would have never thought to hava happen to you, will unexpectedly be discovered... Like every living thing, plants, animals and humans; everything will one day come to an end...
Do something daring and bold, rather than something shy and naive... For just a few hours, do something you would never imagine yourself to do, even if it doesn't last very long...
Like a lonely caterpillar... Everyone will find their true beauty; whether it is inner or outer, any type of beauty will stand out... And with beauty, respect soon follows afterwards...
Everyone has a different perspective of what beauty truly is... Maybe it's just a statement or maybe it's something much deeper than that... People see beauty in different angles while others see beauty as what it is heard as...
To be beautiful...
And like a once uninteresting caterpillar; soon it becomes a captivating butterfly... Its wings decorated in an array of colours and many designs... Like a cherry blossom in full bloom... When the season comes around, all the blossoms float gracefully to the ground; just waiting for someone to pick it up and let it drift away with the breeze once again...
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As Haruno Sakura watched the sun rise beyond the horizin, her body wills the pink haired woman to leave the seat she had been sitting in for the past hour... Sakura was always known to be an early riser; thus why she always awoke at the earliest of hours...
Now for instance, which is only a mere minute away from 6:00 O'clock... Sakura stretched her legs for a bit while holding back a yawn and heading into the kitchen where she began to prepare a hot cup of coffee...
Sakura had been told many times that her eyes were like a never ending sea of emeralds glittering in the pale sunlight... Tsunade-sama, best known for her skills in medical jutsu; is her teacher since 2 years ago...
Sakura is now 17 years old, soon to turn 18 in a few more months... She had been pulling double shifts at the hospital lately, but oddly enough she never felt tired... Where as, Uzumaki Naruto did nothing but sleep all day, unless of course he was on a mission...
A sigh escaped her throat as the kunoichi shook her head slowly and began to pour the contents within the pot into a small porcelain cup...
Adding a few tablespoons of sugar and then some cream, Sakura took a small sip but quickly pulled back when the hot liquid burned the tip of her tongue... She placed the cup on top of the kitchen counter while urging herself to get dressed...
Today, Sakura had to go out all the way to Suna to retrieve a scroll for Tsunade-sama... No, this was not a mission to gather scrolls of other clans and villages in secret; merely a scroll that Suna are willing to give them, Konohagakure...
Sakura pulled on a tight black skirt that reached a little above her knees, not forgetting her grey shorts underneath... The kunoichi then hastily pulls on a white tank top over her head while at the same time slipping on her sandals and combing her long pink tresses until any tangles were gone...
Glancing at the clock, Sakura noticed that it was now 6:25 and hurried into the kitchen... She drains all the dark liquid from the cup and began to head out of her house... Tsunade-sama wanted Sakura to report to her office in the hokage tower before leaving off for the scroll retrieval...
The pink haired woman decided to walk instead of run the the hokage tower, stopping on the way to purchase an apple as she placed a few coins in the man's calloused hand and continued on with her rather short journey...
Sakura's mouth is dry as she takes on last bite of the half eaten apple and tossed it into a trash can as soon as she enters Tsunade-sama's office...
"Morning..." She says as the kunoichi smiles weakily...
Tsunade merely nodded her head, not sparring Sakura a single glance as her nose was buried in a few documents... Sakura sighed as her hand unconsciously runs through her long and smooth hair, waiting until the hokage speaks...
"Sakura..." She breaks the lingering silence, though still not looking at her student...
"Hai..." Sakura said quietly.
"I expect you to report here as soon as you get the scroll from Suna..."
"Is that understood?"
The said kunoichi nodded her head slowly as Tsunade smiled in contentment and shooed her out of her office... Sakura scratched the back of her head as she headed out of the hokage tower and proceeded in the direction of Sunagakure...
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Tucking a strand of pink hair behind her ear, Sakura let out a muffled cry of shock as she was pulled against a nearby building... Her eyes were tightly shut as she took in deep breaths, trying to calm herself down...
"God, your such a baby..." The person drawled on.
I'm a what!?!
That jerk!
Punching the Uchiha look-alike in the upper arm, Sakura gave Sai an annoyed look before turning on her heel and walking away with both hands on her hips...
He's such an ass!
Rubbing his sore arm, Sai let a smirk spread across his features as he ran up behind the disgruntled kunoichi and pulled her flush against his muscled chest...
Sai and Sakura had been dating for a number of months; no one thought that the relationship would last more than a few days, since the two of them practically took pride and pleasure in seeing the other in either pain or humiliation...
"Sakura-chan..." He purred next to her ear, almost sounding seductive...
Rolling her eyes, Sakura shoved the Uchiha look-alike away from her as she crossed her arms over her chestand began to walk away once again... Now, Sakura had grown to be a quite mature woman since her childhood years...
She was strong and independent, she no longer stood in the sidelines and cheered her teammates on, how could she expect to cheer for her long time crush when he had left to obtain power from Orochimaru...
Naruto had gone against the hokage's wishes a while ago, when she prohibited the kyubi container from going off and doing something reckless that would get him into deep trouble where as he would most likely end up dead...
Tsunade was only trying to protect Naruto; she knew of his habits and wasn't in the least surprised when Hinata had reported Naruto missing... The young woman was close to tears while Sakura was left to comfort the black haired Hyuga...
He didn't make a difference...
Sasuke is still with Orochimaru...
Sai placed a hand on Sakura's tense shoulder as he ran his other hand down the side of her stomach, feeling the heat rise to her cheeks, Sakura turned her head to look the Uchiha look-alike in the eyes...
"Where are you off to?" Sai asked out of the blue...
Sighing, Sakura let him in on the scroll retrieval mission...
He nodded his head as he buried his face in the crook of Sakura's neck and took in her close to intoxicating scent; almost driving him over the edge of self control...
"Why don't you come over to my place for a bit...?" He breathed while nibbling the skin on her neck...
She blushed fiercely when Sai did this and parted her lips to lecture him...
"Sai-kun, not here..."
She said it in almost a whisper, luckily Sai had heard and began to carry the woman off towards his house on the outskirts of Konohagakure... Sakura's arms wrapped tightly around his neck as she held on for dear life...
Arriving at the front door, Sai hastily unlocked the door and guided the young woman into his surprisingly large home... Offering the woman his hand, Sakura gratefully took it and was led into the kitchen where Sai offered her something to drink...
"Just water..."
Pulling open the fridge door, Sai poured a glass of crystal fresh water into a tall glass cup as Sakura thanked him and took a quick drink while licking her lips... Sai watched her intently as she placed the empty glass into the sink...
His eyes trained only on her, or more specifically, her delectable lips that he had kissed many times before, the sensation never ceasing to feel old or dull... Always sending a wave of pleasure down his spine as he was lost in the feeling...
And before Sakura knew what was happening, she found herself being picked up and placed on the kitchen counter while Sai captured her quivering lips... Losing herself, the kunoichi ran her fingers through Sai's hair while parting her lips for him...
He plunged his tongue into the kunoichi's sweet mouth, memorizing each and every crevice, wanting the sweet taste of Sakura to continue to linger on his taste buds... His hand subconsciously reached the bottom of her white shirt...
Sliding it under the material, passing her tight stomach until he reached her plump breasts concealed behind a black bra she had on... Growling with impatience, Sai merely squeezed one of her mounds in his hand; hearing Sakura moan in satisfaction...
"Sai-kun, not... not now, I have to..."
Her words began to tumble out of her mouth as she tilted her head back and gave into the male's sinful ministrations...
He removed his hand from her breast and slid it out from under her shirt; Sakura's breathing coming out in ragged breaths as she regained her composure and gave into the final kiss Sai placed on her bruised lips...
Parting, Sai took Sakura in his arms and placed her down on her own two feet, making sure that she could walk properly first before releasing her...
And with a nod of his head, Sakura said a quick goodbye to the black haired male before rushing out of his house and towards her first destination...
Sunagakure...
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Sakura hadn't been in Suna for such a long time that she could hardly recognize anything! Everything look completely different from since 2 1/2 years ago that she could hardly believe it... I mean, she doesn't even know who the current kazekage is; last time Sakura checked it was Sabaku no Gaara...
That may have changed...
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"Gaara!" Temari as her younger brother struggled to stand...
They had been on a mission for almost 2 days now and were all in pretty bad shape... Gaara had nearly wasted all of his chakra before and they had never expected an ambush by the Sound nation, especially this soon!
Gaara didn't have any time to recover properly and both his elder siblings feared for his life that was on the line!
"Move, Temari!" Called Kankuro as he controlled his puppet, Crow to re-direct its attack towards the Sound ninja and to another that was currently in the process of striking his sister... Temari gave her brother a weary smile as Crow took out the ninja...
"Thanks, Kankuro..." She said while jumping away from another attack.
"I've got you're back..." He reminded her.
Nodding in agreement, Temari unfolded her large fan and sent a whirlwind towards a group of Sound ninja who had no luck dodging it... Falling to one knee, Temari took in deep breaths of air as she watched her younger brother, Gaara struggle to dodge a soaring kunai...
Now only 10 Sound shinobi remained against the 3 of them and another 5 Sand ninja... Which made it 10 to 8, and things weren't looking good for the Sand nation... They were losing men by the minute...
And their strongest man, Gaara the kazekage was in deep trouble; he knew himself that his chakra level was deathly low and decreasing by the second...
I can beat them!
I'm the kazekage dammit!
His sand weakly blocked a ninja charging towards him, but failed to notice the kunai that was directed at him until it was too late; now it was embedded into his back. making him cringe in pain as he slumped over and had to quickly dodge a ninja's series of kicks and punches...
Kankuro was the one who destroyed the Sound ninja attacking Gaara, with the help of Crow who stabbed the ninja with a poison tipped dagger... Causing the shinobi to fall, dead to the sandly ground...
This is not looking good...
And it was at that moment that Gaara fell to the ground as well, but instead of getting back up or even attempting to stand, he merely stayed where he was; struggling to take air as he felt like he was restricted from doing so...
Gaara, get up!" Both sand siblings yelled as they each defeated a Sound ninja...
No response from their younger brother...
Nodding to Kankuro, Temari ran to her brother's side and picked him up, ignoring the cuts on her legs and arms that began to sting uncontrollably...
I knew this was going to happen...
He over exerted himself...
But, so did the rest of us...
Kankuro was able to defeat all but one Sound shinobi... He and Crow were at their last amount of chakra and without chakra to control Crow, Kankuro was as good as useless... Though, the last remaining ninja glared at the two as he began to feel slightly overpowered and ran in the opposite direction...
Falling to his butt, Kankuro released the chakra strings which allowed him access to control his puppet, Crow... He wiped a trail of sweat from his creased forehead and looked over to where Temari and Gaara currently were...
He summoned all his remaining strength and stood on his two wobbly legs that were about to fail him and send the sand sibling tumbling once again to the ground...
Slinging Crow over his shoulder, Kankuro walked over to where Temari and Gaara were and parted his chapped lips to speak...
"We should go back..."
Like that wasn't already obvious...
"Let's bring Gaara to the hospital, he needs to recover..." Temari replied.
"Okay..." Kankuro finally said.
The remaining sand ninja all set off back to Sunagakure where they would all be sure to check into the hospital in the middle of the entire village...
We have to hurry!
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Now as Sakura stood with a scroll in hand and a smile on her face, her eyes began to close as she willed herself to stay awake; she guessed all those double shifts have finally taken their toll on the pink haired woman...
So tired...
Have to get back home then I'll take a nice long nap...
Yawning while covered her widened mouth with her free hand, Sakura's ears picked up the sounds of running footsteps and shouting voices... Turning her head to the side where the villagers of Sunagakure began making a pathway, her emerald eyes widened as she witnessed the return of the sand siblings!
Though she should be happy, since they were all acquainted with each other, Sakura's heart began to skip a beat as she looked at their beaten up and bloody bodies...
Quickly, she tucked the scroll into her holster and hurried over to the group of Sand ninja.
"What happened?" Sakura asked in pure shock...
"Mission..." Kankuro barely managed to choke out withour losing his balance...
Sakura looked at who Temari was carrying and her eyes went wide once again...
Gaara!?!
Even though she had never really grown to like the youngest sand sibling, Sakura found a place in her heart that was begging with her to help him... The kunoichi instructed Temari to lie Gaara down on his stomachon the sandy ground, while she griped the kunai sticking out of his back and pulled it out in one fluid motion; blood staining her clothes...
Sakura began to gather chakra to her hands as she pumped all of the energy from the palms of her hands into the injured sand sibling...
Temari and Kankuro both knew that Sakura and Gaara weren't on good terms with each other as of late; even after she had saved Gaara's life when Chiyo killed him... There was something about one another that they both disliked about each other...
Either I'm too annoying...
Or, he's too cold...
"Why?" Temari finally asked in a hush.
Sakura came up with only one answer...
"Because it's my duty..."
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Author's Note
That was the first chapter of my second Gaara x Sakura fanfic and I promise that the next chapter will not only be long but ultimately better! Tee hee... I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I will try to update soon...
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P.S: Sorry for ANY spelling mistakes I made or grammatical errors you have spotted
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