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DISCLAIMER: If I own Naruto there would be Sakura's arc now and so it only means one thing, I do not own Naruto.

SUMMARY: Sakura Haruno, the pink headed medic-nin will be the secretary of the sand master kazekage Gaara for one week. After one week Sakura left and back to Konoha. Then days later, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro decided to spend their 3 weeks day off to Konoha. Matsuri decided to come to them since she doesn't want the Kazekage with any girl except her and Temari, but most of the reason was the certain pink headed medic Sakura.

"talking"

'thinking'

(authoress note)


Chapter I

The pink haired kunoichi sat at the edge of the window of her apartment. The shining brilliance of the full moon streamed through the window and lighted up the room. She looked up at the sky and stared at the bright full moon as her jade eyes glistened from the reflection of the shining orb.

'So beautiful' She thought to herself as she stared at the lonely orb.

Her name was Sakura Haruno, a seventeen years old kunoichi, medic-nin and apprentice of Tsunade- the current Hokage of the leaf village and one of the Legendary Sannin.

Sakura Haruno as a medic-nin knows how to heal and by the teachings of the hokage herself, she now has a monstrous strength and besides that, she was smart and beautiful too.

But she was not that impressive. Compared to her teammates, they were more stronger than her. Compared to Shikamaru, he was more smarter than her. And compared to Ino, the blond kunoichi was more attractive than her as Sai called Ino 'beautiful' and her 'ugly'. But alas, she doesn't know that her teammate was thinking the opposite.

Just like ordinary girls and everyone in the world, she was not perfect either. She still has many things to learn. Once, she became a fan girl too and failed at the chuunin exam back when she was at the age of thirteen.

She sighed tiredly as she stared back at the plain white wall clock and noticed that it was already midnight. She then closed the glass window as she slowly walked to her plain but cozy bed.


Jump to the hot country of Suna, the crimson haired kazekage was staring at the idle full moon too. He was at the rooftop of the Kazekage Tower and was enjoying the cold breeze of air. It was really fun to watch the moon as it was the brightest thing at the sky. It was like touching his heart and removing his stress from all day work.

"Gaara-sama?" Someone with soft girly voice called. He calmly turned his head as he looked at the person whom he already knew.

It was the sixteen years old Matsuri, his former student and obviously his admirer. Gaara had gained fan girls too as they saw how strong, handsome and good kazekage he was. But Matsuri has a lot of advantage as she knew him personally. Her appearance has changed a lot too as a more matured young woman.

"What are you doing here?" He simply asked with his deep soft manly voice. "This late at night" He added as Matsuri's cheeks reddened a bit.

"Erm,..." She started as she put both of her hands at her back. "I just want to see- I mean,.. you have work tomorrow, you have to rest" She said as she played uneasily with her hands at her back. He was so handsome as an angel in disguise, she thought.

"A young girl like you must be inside home at this time, it's dangerous here alone" He plainly said but the brown headed kunoichi took it as him being caring and worried for her.

"I'm sorry Gaara-sama. I must leave, but you have to rest now" She reminded as she looked worriedly at the kazekage yet gave him a real smile as she thought he was being caring to her.

"Hn" Gaara replied as he looked back at the black sky. The moon surely made the black sky to be look even brighter as it shows the smokey dark clouds and few stars.

Matsuri then bowed as she realized that the kazekage wanted to be alone and left quietly.


-krriiiiiiiingggg-

The bright sun had risen as the birds were chirping, singing on their way up to the sky. Few people could be heard outside and so were the few dogs barking. The cat meow-ed outside the window as it stretched its leg and walked attractively out. The insects and frogs at night however, had been quiet as the sun rose.

-krriiiiiiiingggg-

The very sleepy Sakura opened her eyes forcefully as it stings from the bright light and punched her annoying rose pink alarm clock. It stopped ringing as it was completely broken. Sakura knew she have to buy another one after that, she really have to change that habit of her whenever she was too tired to wake up. As a matter of fact, Sakura was buying alarm clock every two weeks.

And jump to the Sand Village, the very tired and sleepy Gaara crushed his loud and annoying as ever silver alarm clock using his sand. Every alarm clock had known very well as he broke each of their kind everyday that he was not a morning person. He did stopped from killing innocent people but he would obviously never stopped crushing every alarm clock that annoys him every morning.

Then the both jade eyed ninja went to sleep again.


After an hour.

"Sakura" Someone whispered to her delicate ear. "Sakura" A guy who was wearing a mask whispered once again but even louder from the first try.

Still, the snoozing kunoichi was not waking up. The anbu then stood up as he crossed his arm and tried to think of a better way on how to wake up the heavy sleeper lady on his front. After a minute of thinking, he removed his anbu mask as he bent down to where the medic-nin is. The pink headed lady was still asleep, drawn to her own dreams and smiling as if she was dreaming her own fairytale.

"Oooouuuuccchhhh!!" She yelled loud enough as she suddenly raised half of her body from surprise.

"Now you're wake up" The anbu said.

"Why did you pinched me?" She asked bitterly with slight tears in her eyes as she held her cheek from where he pinched her.

"To wake you up" He simply replied.

"You don't have to do that, you could just call me or yell my name!" She said a bit angrily as she walked to the mirror. "Look! It turned red!" She said bitterly as she pointed her cheek which was now turned red because of the pinch.

"Don't you like rosy cheek?" He teased as she glared at him and bit her lower lips to show how angry she was.

"Shut up!"

"Oh, sorry" He chuckled as if he was enjoying at how pissed Sakura was and do not really care how mad she was.

"Neji, I hate you!" She said angrily as she pouted. He of course knew that it wasn't serious and she would never really hate him just because of that reason. Sakura was a loving and caring friend, although, she was scary when she was really pissed. In fact, the only person who enjoys her being pissed was he himself.

Hyuuga Neji, Lee and Tenten were already an anbu. And on the other hand, the other nine also known as when they were freshmen, the rookie nine, turned into a jounin.

"By the way, why are you here?" She asked, still looking at her face at the mirror. She knew of course that he just came back from the mission as he was holding his anbu mask and very dirty. He would not be there for no reason so she thought that the Hokage called for her.

"Tsunade-sama wants to see you" He replied as he sat at Sakura's bed. She noticed it and he was making her bed dirty. She would have just shove him away from her white bed but she did not. She knew of course that he was tired from the mission and instead of going to his home to rest, he came to her first just to tell to her that the hokage wants to see her. Industrious? No. He was workaholic and he badly needs some day-off. Although, she could not blame him because she herself was a workaholic either. She then looked at him curiously.

"Why?" She asked while still touching her right cheek.

"For a mission, I guess"

"Oh, ok"

Neji then stood up after a long pause as he wore his mask. He was tired as hell and he needed to take a hot bath first. Being a ninja was a pain, but being a ninja was also his whole life. It was his destiny to be a ninja after all.

"Hm, I'll be leaving now"

"Ok, thanks, bye. Oh,.." She called as if she remembered something important that he really must listen from her. "Welcome home" She said warmly as she gave him a bright and sweet smile. It was like she brightened like an angel to his eyes. Being welcomed like that specially by her was the reason why he loves coming back to his own country.

He smiled under his mask and tapped Sakura's hair as she smiled happily like an elementary student being praised by her teacher. He sure was taller than her now. "Thanks" He said and then before she knew, he vanished.


"Hey Gaara wake up!!" Kankuro yelled as to the point where his voice could be heard outside their house.

The scarlet headed kazekage groaned. He slowly opened his sleepy jade orbs and saw his older brother. Good God it was Kankuro and not his older sister, Temari. He then lazily stood up. "Morning" He greeted sluggishly.

"Yeah, and you're late at your work. Geez, I've been yelling here for an hour! Men. How I wish that Temari was here" He sighed bitterly and then continued to his lecture. "I don't want to babysit, and damn it! My date got canceled just because of waking you up. I really think its better that you have an insomnia,." He sighed once again.

"I'm not baby, and stop talking, you're becoming like Temari" He said as he was becoming to be annoyed. Temari was sure twenty times worse than Kankuro. She would just never stop until Gaara was about to leave for work as her voice could be heard ten houses from theirs.

"Hey!!- Oh and by the way, since Temari was in Konoha. The councils thinks that you might need personal secretary until Temari comes back and don't worry, we made sure that she's not a fangirl and she's definitely a strong kunoichi and she's from Konoha but, we still do not know who's the lucky kunoichi that Hokage-sama had assigned"

"I don't need secretary"

"No. You need secretary. Besides, don't you like that your work will get more easier? Men. Bro. You're late" Kankuro replied as he glanced at the wall clock.

Gaara then ignored the topic and just walked to the bathroom.


-knock knock-

"Come in!!" The Hokage yelled as her desk was full of paperwork's. She sure has a lot thing to do. She really wanted to take a rest and drink sake for a while but she knew she couldn't because if one of the elders knew that she was not doing her work, she would be inhumanly and irritatingly criticized.

"Ohayoo, Tsunade-sama" The pink haired medic-nin greeted as she walked inside the room, hoping that her master would forget the time.

"You're late" The blond Hokage replied a bit angrily as she stepped aside her work and focused her attention to her former student. It seems like Kakashi was influencing her a lot, she thought. It was out-of-Sakura-character of being late because she was the perfect student who was well ordered and always on time.

"Gomen" She apologized as she forced a smile and rubbed her head sheepishly. Actually, she hadn't slept for two days because of work at the hospital and so she blamed it to that as the reason why she was late. But she did not tell it to the hokage of course, she could never blame her work to her master.

"Never mind. You have a mission" The Hokage announced as she smiled impishly to her student.

-knock knock-

"Come in!!" Tsunade yelled as she stopped smiling like a playful teenager.

"Good morning Tsunade-sama" Kiba greeted as he grinned from ear to ear showing his wolf-like fangs to them. He then smiled at Sakura as he noticed her and then she smiled back at him too.

"Hn, it seems like it's the day of lates." The Hokage muttered as even Hinata and Shino had been late for their mission. "Morning then. Now, I have a mission for the both of you" She announced as her normal boyish self came back from the annoyed woman just few seconds ago. "Sakura, although this mission was very easy for you, I want you to give your one hundred percent of effort to this mission because you will be working for Suna- our best country ally. For one week, you will be the Kazekage's personal secretary" The gondaime explained as she rested her chin to her crossed fingers.

"Errrr,...huh??"

"I think you're the best for this mission because you and the kazekage already knows each other so it wasn't difficult for you two to work with each other and besides, you're not his fangirl, he hates fangirls, just to let you know"

'I hate those who hates fangirls' Sakura thought to herself as her eyes darkened a bit but then brightened again as she wondered why would the kazekage dislike fangirls.

"Isn't that Temari his secretary?" Sakura asked.

"Yes. But Temari, along with Shikamaru was in charged for the chunin exam." Tsunade explained stiffly. "Now off you go" She then said as she relaxed at her chair.

"Erm,...Tsunade-sama, what's my mission?" The owner of Akamaru asked.

"Oh yeah, you will be escorting Sakura." Tsunade answered as she realized that she just forgot to explain Kiba's mission. Her mind really need some rest and peace. "This mission was also too easy for an excellent jounin like you but this mission was for you to be able to rest and relax for a week at Suna" She explained as she was getting envious with him getting an almost day-off. "That is all. Good luck" Tsunade finished.

"Hai" Kiba and Sakura replied as they poof-ed outside the Hokage Tower.

"This mission is so easy, right Akamaru?" Kiba said as he grinned to his huge dog. He was happy he would be able to relax. He'd been wanting that opportunity for a darn long time. He was also happy that his mission was in Suna as his friend Kankuro was there whom he haven't seen for such a long months.

"Arf"

"I need to pack my things up first" Sakura said.

"Ok then see you at the gate" Kiba replied as he grinned. He need to pack his things too.

"Ok bye Kiba and Akamaru"

"Arf"


Gaara was doing his paperworks. Just like the Hokage. He really hate such a thing. Paperworks are so annoying.


Sakura got packed and departed with Kiba and Akamaru.


-after 3 days-

-knock knock-

"Come in"

"Hey Gaara, your secretary will be arriving here today" Kankuro informed excitedly as he tapped the table from where Gaara was working with his paperworks.

"Hn" Gaara replied absently as he was doing his paperworks. It seems like Kankuro was the only one who badly wanted to know who would be the kazekage's secretary.


Sakura and Kiba showed the scroll to the guards of Suna as they let them in pleasantly since they already knew Sakura very well as she was the medic-nin who saved the kazekages's older brother. Two guards accompanied them until they reached the outside of Kazekage tower. Sakura and Kiba thanked the guards and walked inside the tower.

The Kazekage tower was almost the same as the Hokage tower although it was a bit smaller. It has refined architectural design and historical features. As the two konoha ninjas stepped inside the tower, they both realized that none of them know where was the kazekage's office. The pink headed kunoichi had been to kazekage's office trice but that was a long time ago and it seems like they changed the interior.

They looked around as their orbs fell at the group of women who seemed to work inside the tower based on what they wear and ID's. Their appearance proves that they were in their 20's as they have such seductive form of body that could be seen easily from the tight and short skirts they were wearing. It seems like it was their break as they were doing nothing except to enjoy themselves with gossip, magazine and manicure. The two walked to them as the group of women stared at them with their eyeshadow painted eyes.

"Excuse me miss. May we know where's the Kazekage office?" Sakura asked politely to the woman who was busy painting her nails blue. She looked at the certain pink haired medic-nin from head to toe then back to her head as if she was examining her deep within. Sakura then felt very uneasy and astonished with her criticizing eyes that were staring at her.

"Who are you?" The woman finally spoke but it was obvious to Sakura that that woman does not like her at all. The woman of course noticed that she was a ninja from Konoha so she thought that she was there for a mission but still she makes her feel very uncomfortable and irritated. Her odd pink hair, her innocent emerald orbs, her petite body, and her decent look makes her feel like she could easily seduce her future husband -the kazekage- from the moment she got near to him, even though she knew she was a lot prettier than her.

"My name is Sakura Haruno, medic-nin from Konoha" She introduced herself as kindly as possible. She knew to herself that the woman she asked- no, in fact, all of them doesn't like her for some idiotic and childish reason. What could be better to do when you need the help of the person you knew that doesn't like you? Pretend that you knew nothing and act as if you were innocent.

"Don't care, what do you want from Kazekage-kun?" She asked rudely as her voice raised up a bit. Sakura frowned slightly but then she just decided to show to them the scroll so that she would stop asking and give her the direction to kazekage's office. The woman along with the others read the letter fastly and their smokey eyes widened. They look at Sakura again from head to toe then they finally glared at her as if they were saying 'We're better than you. Why you?'.

'Why are they glaring at me?' Sakura asked herself as she sweat dropped and forced a smile. Showing the scroll was not a good idea then, she thought. She was like Snow White who stumbled upon the territory of the many wicked queens. But those queens knew nothing about Sakura except that she was a kunoichi and they were just simple staffs at the tower.

"The Kazekage's office is at the third floor then turn to right" The woman that Sakura asked answered, realizing clearly why she hated that pink headed kunoichi.

"Arigatou" Sakura said as she smiled kindly and bowed as a respect to them even though deep inside her, she never wanted to see them again or those glaring, criticizing and piece of art eyes would be ripped off from their face. Ino would be glad to help her if she would told the story to her rival friend.

While Sakura and Kiba were walking heading to the kazekage's office, the hateful women glared at the certain kunoichi's back. If those glares could melt everything, Sakura could be melting by now. Kiba, however, has no idea about the awkward situation of Sakura and those ladies.

"I like her dress" The woman who was reading magazine said. "I hate her" She continued as she frowned.

"Her hair was freaking me out" The other female said.

"She's fat" Another woman commented.

"And she's not pretty" The woman whose Sakura asked said. There would be no way that her future husband would be adored by that kunoichi with weird hair color, she thought.


-knock knock-

"Come in!!" Kanukuro yelled louder than the yell of the Hokage. The two leaf ninjas flinched a bit before Kiba slowly opened the door and walked inside the office together with Akamaru and Sakura. The room has a lot of things than what they expected and was a bit messier too because of the paperworks. Kankuro and Gaara were the only persons inside. The puppeteer was a bit surprised as he saw his old friends. "Hi Sakura-san. Hi Kiba-san" Kankuro greeted lively as he gave the two a smile.

"Hello Kankuro-san" Sakura greeted and smiled back.

"Yo" Kiba greeted as Akamaru barked as a greeting.

"Hokage-sama, did not informed us that you two were coming" Gaara said plainly, sitting at his couch while playing with his silver and a bit heavy ballpen. He was wearing his kazekage robe and was looking expressionless as ever.

Sakura then showed the scroll she was holding and the red headed kazekage along with his older brother read the letter. Their eyes widened while reading and was paralyzed for a moment after reading. They did not expect that Tsunade would pick Sakura for that mission, never came to their mind that Sakura would be the temporary secretary of the Kazekage as she was already jounin and has a lot of harder and better missions to do. Was that really hard to pick a non-fangirl secretary for them to pick the awesome pink headed kunoichi?

"Hokage-sama picked the right kunoichi" Kankuro snapped as everyone's attention focused on him. "She's strong, she's a medic and she's definitely not your fangirl- do you even talk to each other?" He asked as he chuckled and the kazekage gave him a cold glare. "Well except for the chunin exam" He continued, ignoring the glare he was recieving from his younger brother.

The chunin exam indeed was when Gaara and Sakura first met each other and they were enemies. It was pretty ironic to work with someone who tried to kill you when you were thirteen. But it was just a part of the history and his older sister became a friend of her. They both forget the past and started a new relationship as a comrade and friend.

"Of course I am not his fangirl, I'm here because its mission" Sakura said as Kankuro didn't stopped chuckling.

"I expect the silent type girl" Gaara said expressionless as he put down his pen at his wooden table and crossed his arms. He knew of course that Sakura became a fangirl of Sasuke too and so he thought she was not a silent type girl.

"Sorry Kazekage-sama if I am annoying" Sakura said as she gave him a blank look. Why does she have to work with him? It was like working with the cold heart-ed Sasuke with different appearance. Their personality were almost the same. Cold and expressionless. She was not the annoying one, it was him. 'Relax Sakura, he was the kazekage, you must respect him for the sake of your friend Naruto and your own country' She thought to herself. She knew of course that Naruto and Gaara were friends and it was important to Naruto because they both had the same sad childhood experience. She would treat every Naruto's friend nicely as if she was also a friend.

"I didn't said you're annoying" He replied as he also gave her a blank look.

"Its the same as noisy girl, I know that's what you mean when you said that" She replied as calm as possible. Although, both Kankuro and Kiba noticed that Gaara and Sakura would have a hard time getting along with each other as the two were like yin and yang with red as a black and pink as a white.

"I am glad you know that you're noisy"

What did he just said? He said she was noisy. She was not even shouting at all. Was he picking a fight with her or he was just lack of social experience? "Jerk" She thought aloud, enough for everyone to hear.

"What?" Gaara asked.

'You want me to repeat that you're jerk?' She thought but then she just laughed sheepishly and rubbed her head ."Nothing Kazekage-sama, I said I must start to work" She said as she forced a smile although a vein had popped out in her head. Kankuro and Kiba sighed in relief as the kunoichi tried to change the subject. They would not want the two fight at their first day working together.

"You two will be sleeping at our house." Kankuro explained. "Kiba come on I'll show you Suna and Suna girls" He continued as he smiled and chuckled deviously.

"Ok" Kiba replied excitedly as he grinned impishly. He knew it would be fun to be with his friend Kankuro. However, he did not noticed that the pink headed kunoichi was looking at him, trying to use telepathy and saying, 'Kiba, don't leave me here'.

"Bye" He said as the two shinobi along with Akamaru walked out.

'He left me' Sakura cried in her mind. Telepathy doesn't work at all and she knew very well that she doesn't have that kind of power. She should learn it someday then. 'I wish this week will end now,' she thought to herself.

Then a long silence reigned in the room as the certain pink haired kunoichi and the crimson haired sand master looked at each other blankly.


A/N: So what do you think? Sorry for the wrong grammar and spelling. Please review but no flames please it hurt feelings. That's all, thanks.

---Tsuki---