Tortured Hearts

PoD- hello, I'm Panda-of-Doom. And this is my very first fanfic. I hope it goes over well or this was a waste of time. Heh heh. Well, I love Naruto and thought this would be awesome!

Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto or any of the characters, but I do pretend I am Sakura and my best friend is Neji, Lunar Kestrel. You should check her out, 'cause she's awesome.

Prologue

"Urgh..." Sasuke fell back onto the cold, snowy ground, lying there lifeless and limp. Sakura starred at him in terror. Sasuke's lifeless body lay on the snow covered earth and the white snow began to turn red as it absorbed the sweet nectar of Sasuke's blood. Sasuke's eyes were dark and lifeless. He had no steady beating of the heart, that Saukra long to love, and his mind was blank, the very same mind which Sakura wished would be filled with thoughts of her.

"Sasuke, no!" Sakura screamed. She stumbled up and trotted through the soft snow to where Sasuke lay. She kneeled beside him as the tears ran down her face and onto his cheek. "Sasuke! Wake up! Please, wake up!"

"Sakura..." Naruto whispered. He stood over Sakura as she cried. He gritted his teeth as he looked at Sasuke and the puddle of blood that he lied in. Small flakes of snow began to fall over them. Sakura shielded Sasuke's face from the freezing wind and the soft flurry that had began to fall.

"Sasuke!" Sakura screamed she shoved Sasuke and tried to awake him. "Sasuke, please!" Sakura looked at Sasuke's cold face and began to cry even more. She held his body in her arms and felt the warm blood on his back and stomach. "Sasuke, please!" Small grains of sand lay beneath his body and among his drying blood. Sakura looked up still sobbing. She laid Sasuke back onto the cold snowy blanket that covered the ground.

A boy with blood red hair stood there with a satisfied smirk on his face. His arms were folded across his chest and there was a small wall of sand that lied at his feet. He starred into Sakura sad emerald eyes and his expression remained the same; satisfaction.

"You..." Sakura's voice was filled with rage. "You did this...to Sasuke!"

"Sakura..." Naruto looked surprising at her. He reached out his hand, but withdrew it. He watched Sakura climb to her feet and take a step toward Gaara. He never really saw Sakura like this before, the only time close it was when Sasuke first got Orochimaru's curse seal. "Sakura..."

"Why! Why did you kill him!" Sakura shouted at him, she clenched her fists. Gaara raised an imaginary eyebrow and let a small chuckle escape. "What...! I'm going to kill you!" Sakura began to run toward Gaara with a devilish expression on her face. She raised her fist and channeled her chakra to her hand.

"Sakura, no!" Naruto called after Sakura. Sakura stopped and turned to Naruto. Naruto starred at wide-eyed at her. Sakura was struck with fear; Naruto's eyes were directed at her feet. She quickly turned her focus on her feet...Gaara had caught her. Sand held her to that spot and her heart began to rise. "Sakura!"

"Eh...Naruto!" Sakura screamed. Gaara took a step closer to her. Sakura's eyes were filled with fear. She peered into Gaara's cold, aquamarine eyes and her eyes widened with fear. Her heart raised as Gaara crept closer to her. I...I have to get out of here... "Naruto!"

"Sakura! Hang on!" Naruto called. He began to run toward Sakura, making sure to dodge Gaara's attacks. Sakura... He lost focus for a moment, lost in memories of the past. Naruto was hit from the side and flew into a near by tree. "Urgh!" Naruto lay under the tree his head hanging and blood seeping down his face. His body was limp and without movement.

"Naruto!" Sakura screamed. She struggled and tried to get out, but the sand crept up her legs and now held her at the knees. She looked back toward Gaara and he now stood directly in front of her. Sakura's lips quivered and her eyes shook. What does he want? She thought. Gaara grabbed her shoulders roughly and looked into her fearful eyes.

"You'll thank me for this later..." Gaara growled. Gaara pulled her toward him and kissed her passionately. Sakura was wide-eyed as Gaara kissed her. She felt like putty in his grasp and began to cry. For what reason? Joy? Fear? She wasn't sure. The sand around her legs rolled off onto the ground and Gaara released her.

Sakura felt weak and fell to her knees. Her face was stained with the tears of a lost love; a lost friend. And the fear of what had just begun. Sakura looked at her blood stained hands. The blood of Sasuke; the blood of the boy she loved. She looked up and Gaara had vanished. She looked back to Sasuke and screamed. "Sasuke! Naruto!"

Four years later…

Sakura walked around the quiet town that was Konoha, in search of Sabaku no Gaara, she was desperate to find him. For what reason? She needed an answer. Sakura seemed to see everyone except him, she was beginning to loose hope. Sakura sighed and went on the road toward the Konoha Academy.

Orange, brown, yellow, red and brown colored leaves floated gracefully toward the ground. Sakura made no notice. She was focusing at the task at hand; finding Gaara. The autumn sun shone through the shedding branches and marked stepping stones along the way. Sakura had been in search of Gaara since dawn, but had not seen him yet.

When Sakura began to close in on the Academy she noticed someone with blood red hair. Sakura took a deep breath and approached him. Even though the autumn sunlight brightened her face, she was not cheery. The colored leaves beneath her feet made no noise as she entered the range of the well-known Sabaku no Gaara.

Why was Gaara in Konoha? Well, he came back for Sakura...after that day four years ago he returned every once in a while to see her. And Sakura had been waiting along time for him to return. She was finally going to ask him. Every time he came back she tried to ask him, but he would then have to leave.

"Gaara?" Sakura asked quietly. She walked up behind Gaara and looked at the ground. Gaara turned to look at her; he had the same emotionless expression as he did so many years ago.

"Sakura..." Gaara replied looking down at her. As always his arms were crossed and his face was an empty slate. Gaara raised an imaginary eyebrow and smirked. "Well..."

"Eh?" Sakura was surprised. Was he actually going to listen this time? Sakura looked up at him.

"I wanted to ask you something...about the event from a couple years ago..."

"What about it?" Gaara growled. He rolled his eyes and leaned against the achademy wall.

"I wanted to ask...why you killed him?" Sakura asked. Her eyes became teary and she gripped her right hand tightly as she remembered seeing Sasuke's bloody face.

"Not this again..."

"Please, Gaara! If you tell me...I'll never-"

"Fine..." Gaara bushed back his hair. It had grown a lot over the past four years, unlike his personality. "He was going to kill you...and I had a secret love for you even then..." Sakura was surprised there wasn't any emotion behind those last few words, but you couldn't ask much of Gaara.

"Eh...kill me? Sasuke?" Sakura's lips quivered and she looked away. Gaara laid a hand on her shoulder. "Gaara...?"

"Sakura, he was going to kill you...I had to do it..." Gaara assured without feeling.

"Gaara, but I still don't understand-"

"Sakura..." a voice came from behind Sakura. She spun around and starred wide-eyed at a man who was once a boy; Sasuke. Sasuke had a grave look upon his face and a longing look in his eyes...

PoD- Well, how did you like it? Well, I hoped you like it. So please send a review, that'd be awesome!