Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Trust me, you'd know if I did.
So yes, this is my first GaaSaku story, and I really plan to FINISH this. I have this annoying trait not to finish things, especially my fics. But I uploaded the first chapter, so maybe I'll have motivation to keep working with this.
Of Raindrops And Chocolatepopcorns
Chapter 1: Her class
"Nice to meet you, class," Haruno Sakura said as she entered the classroom. "From today on, I'll be your medic teacher, whether you like it or not." She paused for a moment as she took a look at her class. Fourteen students, most of them being girls, sat in front of her behind desks, looking at her.
"Suna's got a huge disadvantage when it comes to medic nins, and because of that, I'll train you to become excellent medics. Suna needs you, guys," she said, "but, apart from that, my name is Haruno Sakura, and I come from Konoha. I'm the apprentice of the Hokage herself."
She sat on her desk in front of the class and took her notebook. "So, tell me your names then, so we can start taking a look at each one of your chakra control abilities, for that is the key thing being a medic."
After two hours she dismissed her class for that day and looked at her papers. The class really showed talent to her, and she felt confident about the future of their studies.
"I really look forward to this, Haruno-sensei," said a brown haired guy who was the last student in the class.
Sakura looked at the guy. He was quite tall, year younger than her. His brown hair was quite short and his green orbs looked at her intensively.
"Nice to hear that, umm... Kenichi-san," Sakura said after taking a quick look at her papers, and smiled. Kenichi smiled back and grinned. "It's nice to have such an attractive sensei, it makes learning so much more interesting and fun."
Sakura giggled a little, "n-nice to hear that too, but for your own sake, I'm not going to give grades of complimentary, Kenichi-san."
Kenichi's grin grew even wider. He was such a flirt. He swayed his hand before leaving the classroom, leaving Sakura alone. She sighed and called it a day for herself too. She gathered her papers and put them into a folder.
"So, how was your first day teaching the brats, Sakura?" Sakura's blond-haired roommate asked when she entered her home.
"It was quite good," Sakura answered as she took her shoes off, leaving them near the door. She walked across the living room towards her room. She was staying at Temari's during her stay here in Suna.
"Any difficult ones?" Temari asked as she took a sip from her coffee. She was sitting on her purple couch, reading magazines.
Sakura dropped the folder on the table in her room and yawned.
"No, they seemed like really nice students. Expect there was this one flirt," she said as she made her way back to the living room, attached to a kitchen.
"Oh, tell me about it," Temari insisted as Sakura sat on an armchair, similar looking as the couch where Temari was sitting on.
"Ah, he just complimented me, maybe for hopes to become my pet," Sakura said and laughed.
"Don't tell me, was it Tawara Kenichi?" Temari asked her.
"Y-yeah, why so?"
"Well, he really is such a flirt, and player too. Funny that he wants to become a medic though," Temari answered and put her coffee on the table. "He's even tried hitting on me, which was just ridiculous. Don't take his words seriously, Sakura, he's a scumbag."
Sakura raised her brow. "I don't remember saying that I have a crush on him," she said as she stretched her arms. "I don't like guys like him. And besides, he's younger than me, and I don't like guys younger than me."
"Yeah, you got a point there. I couldn't imagine myself with a younger guy either, that'd be just... gross," Temari said and took the magazine again. "Hey, here's horoscopes! What's your sign, Sakura?"
Sakura laughed. "You're not saying me that you believe in stuff like that?"
Temari looked at her under her brows. "Sometimes they are quite true, you can't deny that."
"Well, my sign is Aries," Sakura answered and waited for Temari to read what it says.
"You're working hard with your own things, but that's the funniest way to spend a day off. Give yourself time to relax also, but seems like you think that doing something is the best enjoyment."
"Okaaay, whatever that means," Sakura said, "I don't think that I'm going to have a day-off anytime soon."
Temari shrugged and smiled. "Hmm... my sign is Virgo..." she searched the right section from the page, "You're dreaming of a thing that can't become true yet. Don't forget it though, but try to proceed towards it purposefully. Sooner or later it'll eventually come into your arms."
Sakura smiled, "hmm, you're going to find a guy for yourself?"
Temari laughed, "as if! Not going to happen, no one's able to stand my personality, I'm sure of it. Well, I'd also say that 'whatever this means'."
Temari put the magazine aside and sighed. "Aren't you supposed to report to Gaara about your first day at the academy?"
Sakura felt a twing in her stomach. "Ah, yes! I almost forgot," she said as she stood up from her seat.
"Come back soon, Sakura, I've ordered us some food," Temari said and smiled. Sakura's stomach growled as she heard Temari's words. "Ah, yes!"
Sakura knocked on the door of the Kazekage's office. She heard a mild "come in" coming from other side of the door, and so she grabbed the handle and stepped in.
She saw Gaara standing in front of one of the windows of the office. He didn't budge even though Sakura proceeded further into the office.
"I'm here to report you about my first day at the academy," Sakura said. She waited for an answer from the Kazekage, but didn't receive one.
"U-um, everything went really well, and the students were cooperative, Kazekage-sama."
"That's good to hear."
Sakura was surprised to finally hear his low, yet delicate voice. "I assume there wasn't any problems."
"Yeah, I'm really looking forward to get into the real deal with the class. Tomorrow I thought- hey, why everyone thinks I'm having problems with the students here?" Sakura regretted her sudden words for the Kazekage and bit her lower lip. Fuck Sakura, he's the Kazekage!
"Have you ever heard the phrase 'just asking', Haruno-san?" Gaara said and Sakura could see him smirking a bit.
"U-uh..." she didn't know if Gaara was joking around or what. Gaara joking around? Why that feels so bizarre.
"S-sorry for my previous words, Kazekage-sama-"
Gaara turned away from the window and looked at her with his pure, turquoise eyes.
"Gaara," he said to her, "you can just call me Gaara."
"H-hai, Kaze- uh, Gaara-san," she said and felt a little embarassed. Why the hell she was messing around with her tongue at a time like this?
"It looks like there's going to be quite rough storm tonight," Gaara said as he took a look out of the window again.
"Is it a common thing here?" Sakura asked, "the storms?"
Gaara just shrugged. "Sometimes there's more storms, sometimes less storms. It is easy to foretell by the colors of the sky and such."
Sakura made her way next to the red head and watched out of the window as well. Clouds were gathering and the sky looked very dark. "Mm, yeah, you're right," she said. She could see almost the whole city from the window, and the horizon far away. Almost like watching out of the Hokage office's window, expect here the view was much more... well, sandy. She could feel the Kazekage gazing at her. She tried not to blush for the feeling of his eyes piercing her, and then moving towards the window again. Why the hell was she feeling this odd near him? It wasn't fear, and neither it wasn't tension. Shyness, maybe? Why should she be shy near the Kazekage, she's seen him many times and even helped saving his life. She had healed him several times during the Fourth Ninja War, and she has personally delivered few messages to him from the Hokage. She has seen him change from the cold-blooded, seriously messed-up young teen boy into this handsome young man, who is now fully acknowledged and admired by his people. Heck, he became the Kazekage of Suna! He is much more talkative and emotionally capable than he was before. His whole being has changed, and the aura that flows from him feels so comfortable, and caring.
Wait... did I say handsome?
Sakura didn't want to lie to herself. The Kazekage really is handsome. His red hair, now somewhat longer than before but still short was sexy, messy but still gorgeous. His features were very statue-like, but not too masculine. He was couple of inches taller than her, and anyone could tell that there was one heck of a body under those layers of clothes he was usually wearing. Sakura couldn't help but stare at him. He wasn't wearing his usual gourd behind his back. His eyes were concentrated on the view that can be seen from the window. He seemed somewhat tired, and still some sadness can be seen through his impression. Sakura knew what he had to go through when he was a child. It was a miracle that he was now standing there, as a Kazekage.
"Is there something wrong at me?"
Sakura woke up from her thoughts. Gaara was now looking at her with curious eyes.
"I.. no, no there's nothing wrong, I just... got wrapped in my thoughts, sorry for that," she said and scratched the back of her head. No, don't you dare to blush in front him!
"Is that so?" he simply asked. Sakura knew that he must be suspicious about her behavior, he wasn't stupid.
"Well, I think it's my time to leave, Temari-san said she had ordered us some food tonight, so I want be there when the food's still hot, you know," she said and started to walk towards the door of the office.
Gaara's mouth curved a little in something you could barely call a smile. "I must warn you."
Sakura stopped and turned around. Gaara sat on his chair behind the desk and looked at her.
"She likes rather odd foods."
"Well, I think I'm hungry enough to eat even small rocks, so I think I'll manage," she said and smiled.
Suddenly a bright light flashed and after that a huge rumbling of a thunder could be heard. Then everything became dark.
"W-what-" Sakura tried to look around her.
"It's just an power outage, it's because of the thunder," she heard Gaara speaking. "This isn't anything new here during autumn."
She heard him open a drawer of his desk and soon there was a candle lit on the table.
"I just startled to death," Sakura said, "I think I'm not too used to thunderstorms and blackouts. Those kind of things never happens in Konoha. Maybe once a year."
Gaara smirked. "You'll get used to this in no time. It's just this time of the year."
She heard raindrops raping the building, like little kunais were thrown at it.
"I think I'll have to go check the generators," Gaara said and stood up from the chair. "Usually they start working by themselves after a while, but it's not always 100 percent sure."
He made his way towards her and the door.
"I can come with you," she said, offering him a smile.
"No, it's cold and wet outside, you'll just catch a cold. I suggest that you go back to Temari's to enjoy the meal," he said and went out of the office door, keeping it open to her.
"Hey, I'm a medic. I have high tolerance. And I'm curious also, I want to see how things are working here," she also walked out of the office and Gaara pushed the door shut after her.
"I really don't think that'd be good idea, Haruno," he said as both of them walked along the corridor and down few pairs of stairs.
"But if I insist," she said, looking at the Kazekage.
"No," he answered. Soon they were at the entrance of the building, watching the rain coming roughly down the sky.
"I'd get wet eventually even by going to Temari's house, so I don't see any difference if I went with you," Sakura said.
"I hope you're really not that excited about this weather," Gaara said and started to walk forward.
"H-hey, you're such a pervert!" she shouted after the thought hit her.
To be continued...
I hope you guys like the first chapter!