Restauratore della mia anima

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto –sniffs- oh well, I can always dream, the title mean 'Restorer of my soul', at least I think so, if it's not right blame the online translator. I might change it though –shrugs- I'm not sure yet. Flames will be used to either roast marshmellows or used to burn those who annoy me -grins- Constructive Criticism is welcome however.

This is also dedicated to

Hiei Girl 003,

Naru-Kit,

Fractured Dreams, and

Hiei098, thanks for reviewing my first story guys :)

Warning: Yaoi! And the characters might be OOC, but that's ok, it's a fan fiction, right? and slight AU since Sasuke never went with Orochimaru

Pairing: Gaara/Naruto…possible Mystery Person/Naruto, Kakashi/Iruka, other pairings vote for!

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Previously: Naruto decides to run away, Iruka went to his apartment only to see it destroyed.

"Naruto…isn't here anymore?" I asked myself

"Where do you think your going?"

"Gaara?"

"What friends?" "What friends?" I repeated in a whisper

"Don't leave them; your friends…don't…" I looked at Gaara…"Don't leave me" he finally said as he

pulled me into a tight hug, my eyes wide.

"We should go let your friends know that you're ok and still here"

A bruising kiss

'Damn it! Naruto was to be mine' I thought

And Now:

"Naruto! Your ok" yelled Sakura before hitting him on his head, "ow" Naruto muttered, "You baka! I was really worried about you" she finished, ignoring Naruto verbalizing his pain, with tears in her eyes while she hugged him.

"I'm sorry Sakura-chan, really, Gaara straightened me out, no more running off for me, ok" Naruto said while thinking 'Sakura sure has some scary mood swings'

"Good, you have my thanks, Gaara" this from Kakashi.

Gaara just nodded. "We should go find the others and let them know your ok" said Sakura "They were pretty worried about you too."

"Even Sasuke?" asked Naruto, one eye brow raised.

Sakura bit her lip, "well, Sasuke-kun wasn't with us, so he might not even know you were missing"

Naruto just shrugged, "its ok, if he doesn't know, he can't give me a hard time about it, come on let's go, I'm tired and like you said, the others may still be looking for me."

"Ok" said Sakura grabbing and holding onto Naruto's arm, Naruto looked at Gaara who just shrugged and was slightly surprised when Naruto grabbed his hand and entwined their fingers while walking away. This earned a half-surprised, half-amused look from Kakashi and a knowing smile from Sakura.

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While walking through the village, a frantic Iruka came running up to them. "Naruto!" he called while squeezing him.

"Iruka-sensei, I think he needs to breath" Sakura said pointing to the slightly turning blue Naruto.

"How troublesome" muttered Shikamaru, when he spotted them.

"So I see they found you" Neji said while Kiba jumped on Naruto, seemingly wanting to beat him senseless and hug him at the same time, earning a glare from Gaara that promised a slow and painful death, should he go with his former idea.

Kiba gulped and jumped off of Naruto, patting him on his back saying, "good to see your ok" while sweating slightly, his eyes darting from Naruto to Gaara and back again.

Naruto just smiled, pretending not to notice, before letting a yawn out. Iruka was immediately by his side, worrying over him.

"I'm ok, Iruka-sensei, just a bit tired"

"Well then you should go home and get some rest, Naruto, I'm sure it's been an emotionally draining day for you"

Naruto just shook his head, "I can't go yet Iruka-sensei, the others might still be looking for me"

Sakura glanced at Naruto, "don't worry Naruto, the others and I can find them, you should just go get some rest"

"Are you sure?" asked Naruto, to which Sakura nodded her head, "ok then, thanks a lot Sakura-chan"

"It's no problem"

"Tch…troublesome" said Shikamaru, who then got elbowed by Sakura.

"Naruto, remember no missions or training tomorrow" Kakashi reminded him, Naruto nodded his head. With that done, Kakashi grabbed Iruka, who let out a little squeak, and puffed away. Naruto thanking Sakura once more, turned to the rest gathered there, "sorry for all the trouble guys" he said, before grabbing Gaara's hand, that he had to let go of when Iruka hugged him, and started to walk away, dragging Gaara with him.

Gaara looked over his shoulder and at the shocked looks, he smirked, before turning to Sakura "tell my siblings that I'm staying with Naruto" turning back around he picked up Naruto running the rest of the way to Naruto's.

"H-How? Err…When?" stuttered Kiba.

"When Gaara brought him back, I guess he confessed his feelings" Sakura stated.

"Yeah, but…I don't know…" Kiba shrugged helplessly.

Sakura glared at him, "don't even start Kiba, he still him, so what if he likes guys."

Kiba turned red, "N-No it's not that, it's just…with Gaara, why him? I mean you know the whole killing thing"

"Naruto changed him" Neji said, while shrugging, "after all; he does seem to have that affect on people"

"And everyone deserves a second chance, especially with love" cried Lee, who startled the others.

"When did you get here Lee?" asked Sakura

"Right when Naruto-kun, grabbed Gaara's hand, LET THEIR YOUTHFUL LOVE AND PASSION LAST FOREVER!"

"Err…right, well, we should split up and go look for the others" Sakura said, "otherwise they'll be really mad at us"

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A/N: Sorry this is short, a lot shorter than I wanted actually, -shrugs- but I figured that I kept the people who read the other one waiting long enough, see, I'm not dead –smiles- well, I'm taking votes on pairings, so if you review just put what pairing you want to see in the story, just so you know:

No Sasuke/Sakura, Naruto and Gaara are already taken as are Kakashi and Iruka, other than that it's a free for all, but don't be sad/mad/disappointed if you don't see your pairing in here, I'm taking the ones with the most votes, and one of them might not work, since there's that mystery person who wants Naru-chan all to their-self ;)