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Greetings all ye readers! Thankies for picking my story to read… . I greatly appreciate it!

Peace Michiru!

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Gaara looked out over Sunagakure. He sighed. The thrill of being Kazekage had died out some time ago with the recent meetings with the surrounding nations. Now it was only politics. No defending his city from attacks. Nothing to help him defend from this monotony. He sighed again. In the words of Naruto, he thought to himself, 'This blows…' Gaara walked over to his desk and sat. He really needed to find something to do in this lull. There was a knock on his door as he traveled into his thoughts. He stood.

"Come in…"

The door opened and two teenage shinobi walked in. Gaara's eyes widened slightly. They were Naruto and Sakura. He smiled.

"My friends…" he muttered.

Naruto shook his hand with a broad grin. Gaara looked over at Sakura, the kunoichi who had captured his attention in Konoha during his travels there so many years ago. She had grown into quite the woman, her chest and hips showing that she wasn't the thirteen-year-old he had met in the exam. Her eyes, those scenic emerald eyes, locked onto his and she blushed slightly as she noticed Gaara's eyes tracing her frame.

"Gaara-san…" she said and bowed her head slightly.

Gaara smiled at her and nodded.

"Naruto-kun, Sakura-san… How have you been…?"

Naruto grinned and plopped in the chair behind Gaara's desk.

"Well, we're your escorts!" he said and propped up his feet on the woodwork, totally missing Gaara's question .

Gaara looked bemused. Sakura smiled.

"You are coming to Konoha with us. Your sister has agreed to take your place in your stead…"

"And what are we doing?"

Naruto smirked.

"Us? We're taking a vacation…"

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Gaara arrived in Konoha with Sakura and Naruto a couple of days later, looking up at it's gates as he entered. They always had presence when he entered, even though he had done so over a hundred times. Sakura, who was walking next to him, grinned.

"Reminiscing?"

Gaara jumped and looked at her. He had been lost in his thoughts again.

"Yeah, kind of…"

Sakura looked at the gates.

"It's ok, I do it all the time…"

Gaara smiled at her. He seemed to do that to her the most out of all of his friends. He walked a little closer to her. Sakura glanced at him.

"Hey, Sakura…?" He said so that the wayward Naruto could not hear him.

Sakura now looked at him.

"Nani?"

Gaara turned red now that her full attention was devoted to him. He cleared his throat.

"So, um, so what are we doing on this vacation?"

Chicken… he thought to himself. Sakura shrugged.

"Basic stuff… the beach, stuff to relax and take our minds off of the assemblies…"

Gaara blushed at the thought of the beach and seeing Sakura in a bikini. Sakura looked at him.

"Are you feeling well…?"

Gaara nodded a little more quickly than he had to. Sakura shrugged.

"Okay…"

They arrived at Sakura's place a little while after. Naruto continued on.

"I'll see you two in a couple of hours!"

Sakura chuckled and unlocked the door to her apartment. She opened it.

"Welcome to my humble abode… make yourself at home…" she announced and walked it.

Gaara smiled and followed her. He was slightly surprised at the sight that met his eyes. It was a normal looking apartment with a few pictures of Sakura's family and her team on the walls. What it wasn't was, was the girly residence that Gaara had pictured. He chuckled softly at his own ignorance. Sakura's voice floated from her room.

"There's stuff in the fridge if you're hungry or want something to drink…"

Gaara turned toward the living room. A picture on the end table caught his eye. He turned on the lamp next to the table.

"I'm fine…" he said and picked the picture up.

It was a photo of him and Sakura in a silver frame. He smiled. He remembered that day. It was the last time he had seen her before the present. They were celebrating The Festival of the Nations in Konoha two years ago. The picture had been taken right after a parade. Sakura had more or less drug Gaara into it.

"That was fun, wasn't it?" came Sakura's voice.

Gaara jumped again. He really needed to stop letting her sneak up on him liked that. Smiling at her, he set the photo down.

"Yeah… I don't mind this picture so much now…"

Sakura grinned.

"Sorry, I was a bit… giddy… then…"

"It's ok…"

Sakura looked around with a bemused sort of expression. She shrugged.

"We have a couple of hours, what do you want to do?"

Gaara sat on the couch. He patted it, gesturing for her to sit.

"Talk… I haven't seen you for so long that I'd kind of like to know what has been happening around here," he said with a smile.

Sakura blushed slightly and sat next to him. Gaara stretched his arm out on the back of the couch. He looked down at Sakura as she began divulge events, Kakashi helping Jiraiya with Icha-Icha, the Hokage making new renovations in the schools, among other things. Finally, she got to herself.

"I've been ok…" she said with a small sigh, "Since… the "Sasuke Incident", I've not really had anything to do… I actually, silly as it sounds, don't really feel for him any more."

She chuckled shortly.

"Kind of surprising, considering that I had the biggest crush on him…"

Gaara smiled at her.

"Maybe there is someone out there you can still crush on…"

Sakura looked up at him.

"Huh?"

There was a knock on the door. Sakura rose, still confused, and went to the door. It was Lee.

"Sakura-san!" he greeted her enthusiastically.

He wrapped her up in a hug, pushing her back through the door. Sakura pried herself from him.

"LEE! I told you to stop that!" she cried.

Gaara stood and walked out to the entry behind Sakura. He put his hand on her shoulder. Lee's eyes bulged.

"G-Gaara-san!"

Gaara nodded.

"You really shouldn't go against her will like that…"

Lee straightened up, scratching the back of his head.

"A- A joke! J-Just a joke!" he stammered.

Gaara raised his eyebrow. Lee looked at he and Sakura.

"So, you two are…?" he said.

Gaara smirked.

"In a way…"

Lee looked mortified.

"I see, well, see you later then…"

He left. Sakura was bright red by now, looking up at Gaara. Gaara smiled.

"It got rid of him, Hai?"

Sakura nodded numbly. Gaara let go of her shoulder.

"Come, show me around… I would not mind another tour from an old friend…"

Sakura was still speechless and nodded. It was only when she had locked the door behind her that she spoke. She smiled.

"I wish I would have thought of that sooner…"

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Naruto knocked on a door a few blocks away. He cleared his throat slightly. A girl with long black hair and white eyes answered. She blushed heavily a the sight of Naruto.

"N-N-Naruto-kun!" she squeaked.

"Hinata-Chan!" he said with a grin, "May I come in?"

Hinata quickly moved aside, letting him in. Naruto turned to her as she closed the door.

"Ya wanna go to the beach?"

Hinata turned a deeper shade of red if it was possible. She put her forefingers together.

"Sure…." she said, looking at the floor.

Naruto approached her. He put his hand under her chin, lifting her face.

"We're leaving around five o' clock… Meet us at Hokage's place?"

Hinata shuddered, on the verge of fainting or something of the like that. Naruto held her up.

"See ya then!" he said brightly and left.

Hinata collapsed as he closed the door.

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