Gaara walked out of the apartment and saw Sasuke and Naruto stuffed in a trashcan.
He started laughing. "Well well well, she really DID take out the trash now, didn't she?"
"Ugh," Sasuke mumbled. He looked like his brother with that scratch mark on his forehead protector. Suddenly, Gaara got a horribly fantastic idea. He grabbed Sakura's wrist and whispered in her ear. A huge grin spread across her face. (A/N-And mine too. HEHEHE! Im soo evil. WATCH THIS)
Sakura made her face grow pale and Gaara ran away screaming.
"OH MY GOD! SASUKE! IT IS ITACHI! AHH! HE'S GOT ME! HELP SASUKE! AHHH!"
Gaara voice played Itachi's voice. "I've got you now, Haruno!" He picked up the mirror Sakura gave him and placed it in front of the trashcan.
Sasuke bolted up and saw the mirror. He screamed and threw his fists at the mirror at a fast rate.
"DIE ITACHI!" Sakura and Gaara were rolling around the ground, laughing hysterically. Sasuke was confused then looked at 'Itachi'. A broken mirror stood in front of him. He activated his Sharingan.
"YOU'RE BOTH DEAD!" A few more giggles escaped them as they disappeared in a mixture of sand and cherry blossoms.
(A/n-I was laughin so hard at this there was a unbelievable amount of spelling mistakes.)
-At Tsunades office-
Gaara and Sakura were in a fit of laughter still. They told Tsunade and she called them cruel black-hearted demons.
"-Sigh-Unfortunately, I can't protect you from Uchiha." Tsunade mumbled.
Gaara let out a snort like laugh. This sent Sakura to another fit if laughter and Gaara fallowed her. Tsunade sweat dropped. Well, he did deserve.
"I'm sending you to Suna. Gaara, you've been away for far to long and Sakura needs a break from Sasuke and Naruto before she kills them or they kill her." Sakura was happy and Gaara grimaced at the picture of ALL THAT PAPER WORK.
"OK!" Sakura chirped happily.
XxX
Gaara HATED Tsunade more than he had ever in his life. He didn't want to go back to Suna at all. Yes, he missed the heat and sand, but he refused to consider missing paperwork. Maybe he could threaten Kankoro to do his work. No, he would just make it work. Well, if he was going to hire someone he might as well quit the job and get away somewhere….
While Gaara was planning his future…Sakura was busy happily packing for Suna. She couldn't wait. She had managed to get Gaara to open up and lighten up around her. It was going to be fun. Sure. He tried to kill her a few years ago, but that was a few years ago. A lot can change in a few years. Sakura was glad to have Gaara the one protecting her from herself. But…when he was around other people, he made sure he kept his murderous reputation up. She was glad. She didn't want to share the nice and sarcastic Gaara. (A/n EEKK possessive much? I HATE THIS LAPTOP!)
"Gaara-san! I'm ready!" He slightly grimaced. Her enthusiasm was going to be the death of him. It only meant that they would get there faster. Ugh. To a brand new shiny pile of papers sooner. He smirked. He pulled out a scroll.
Maybe a few delays would do them good.
They set out after fully packing. Gaara made a stop at the delivery stand to drop off a 'business' scroll. After a while Sakura got bored walking.
"Ne, Gaara-san, can't we jump. Oh, I have a better idea! Transport us!"
"…No."
"Why?"
"Because I want to spend a little less time from paper work."
"….Lazy-."
"Don't even finish that," he said shoving her over with sand. She stumbled to the side and made a quick recovery, glaring at him. She wanted to shove him back, but that wouldn't be a good idea. Instead, she decided to toy with him. (A/n am I REALLY evil with this prank and toying stuff or what?!)
"Ne, Gaara-kun? Don't like being compared to Shikamaru?" She asked sweetly.
"Uh, no, not re-," he froze. First, because she used kun. Second, because she snuck behind him and nipped at his ear, tracing her finger up and down his back.
"Um, Sakura…."
"Yess?"
Was she tempting him? Hmmm. He decided to temp her back. He turned around and leaned toward her neck. Hot breathe swarmed around her neck.
"What was that for…?" She froze. 'He's good.' She pulled back and smirked, brushing past him.
"Payback for the rude shove." She started to run to Suna.
"C'mon! We'll be late!"
Gaara smirked. "My businessmen will be arriving soon," He mumbled. He caught up with Sakura. It was getting dark.
"Oy, Sakura."
She looked at him, running next to her.
"Hm?"
"It's getting too dark to stay out here for long."
She sighed. "Okay…"
They stopped and Sakura waited for Gaara to unpack the tents so she could put hers up. When he only took out and set up one, she looked at him confusingly.
"Where's mine?"
"Right there." He pointed at the tent.
"Where's yours?"
I shot a glare at her. –Sigh-. Calm down.
"I don't sleep. Remember?" She looked down turning red.
"Sorry." She got into the tent, ashamed of herself. She sighed and shook off the feeling. Getting changed into more comfortable clothes, she stepped out of the tent and stumbled over to the fire.
"Sakura, could you go to the stream to get some fish?"
"Sure!" Sakura grabbed a fishing pole and headed over to the stream. She started humming when she heard grunts and struggling over by the fire.
She dropped everything and ran over.
"Gaara!" She froze. About a dozen Sound nin were surrounding Gaara. 'What's this? This isn't what I sent for!'
Gaaras' sand was flaring around his feet. He looked over at Sakura desperately. He knew this wouldn't be good. At all. He recalled other battles. Oh my god, he thought. This was going to be hell. Shukaku got out when he was fighting Naruto! I mean, 12 Sound Ninja wasn't going to have a good outcome.
Sakura realized the same thing. She trembled. She really didn't want this too happen. Gaara sent his sand to Sakura and it wrapped around her. She let a tear slide. She knew exactly what he was going to do.
"Gaara, please I can help you!"
"No…Sakura…It's too risky." She slowly began to fade in a sand vortex.
"No…Gaara…"
"Gomenasai, Sakura. Good-bye."
"GAARA!" Sakura screamed. She disappeared, but her scream echoed throughout the forest.
Sakura appeared in front of Kankuro in a vortex of sand.
Kankuro didn't look up and thought it was Gaara.
"Welcome back. I thought you would nev-," He stopped when he heard a sob. He looked up.
"S-Sakura?" Sakura nodded and said something that he amazingly understood.
"KankuraweneedtohelpGaara!Abunchofsoundninjaattackedwhileiwasatthestreamand-and-andwheniheardagruntiranbackandtheywerearoundhimandhesaid-imsosorry-sob-andg-goodbye!"
"Kuso...TEMARI!" Temari came in. Before she could say anything Kankuro explained everything.
"Kuso…OY!" the office suddenly filled with Sand ninja. A lot of them. Sakura stepped back. Temari was telling them what to do, to start an ambush.
-Sakuras' POV-
I stumbled back. I wanted to puke. A wanted all theses feelings a guilt and fear to spill out. Tears streamed down my face. Will this happen again? I couldn't even bear Sasuke and Naruto's fake death. How will I handle Gaara's death…if he dies? I started to sing 'Whispers in the Dark' curling myself in a ball. Temari was finished explaining and walked over to me. She sat next to me and rubbed my back.
"Why-sob-di-didn't he come wi-ith me?"
"Sakura, Gaara is one to protect the things he loves." Sakura looked up startled.
Temari didn't notice.
"He would do anything to protect his village. With such a horrible past, I would want to too. He stayed to beat them, to make sure they wouldn't leave without doing heavy damage to them." Temari sighed. "Don't worry. I'm sure he'll be fine."
She disappeared in a whirl of a strong wind.
XxX
I clutched my right ear. I couldn't believe how strong the sound attacks were. I killed four off already, the scrawny and weak ones. But they managed to hit me with the waves(sound waves).
My brain was rattling and throbbing. Blood began to seep threw my fingers. I don't think I've ever been this hopeless before. To the waves, my sand was a joke. They ripped right through it, no matter how much Chakra I pushed into it.
"Are you going to be defeated so easily?"
"No. I hope not."
"Then, allow me."
"Whatever. Just don't kill any sand nin that come to help."
A surging pain went throughout my body. I gave the sound ninjas one last look of murderous insanity. It freaked them out.
"You lust for their blood, Shukaku.
…
Feed that lust until you can't hold anymore."
"With pleasure."
-Normal POV-
The Sound Nin watched in horror as sand engulfed the young KazeKage's body. He had a hideous, murderous grin spreading across his face. His eyes were narrowed with insanity (A/N I die when I see this face).
"His lust…is your absolute pain." Said Gaara in a shattered voice. He made a hand sign.
"SHINA!" Gaara screamed. Gaara's jade pupils disappeared and that was it. He murmured the words…. "Tanuki Neiri no Jutsu!" (forced sleep technique)
The Sound ninja took a step back. Gaara fell asleep, his body swaying forward.
Shukaku began to take form. There was a poof and all the sudden a huge, ugly demon that looked like a raccoon came into view.
"YAH-TAH! I'M OUT AGAIN!" Shukaku pointed at the sound ninja.
"Gaara told me too kill you! I want to see the blood oozing out of every open space of your body! HAHA!" Shukaku used his claws and stuck them through six of the ninjas. He swung them across the desert, which was in view from where they were in the tree's.
-Sakura's POV-
I lay on the couch in Gaara's office. I stuffed my face into his pillow and breathed in. It smelled of his wildness. His-BAM!
"AHH!"
The now squished and bloody bodies of two sound ninja were slowly glooping (A/N Shut up. It's a word now!) down the window. I ran to the window and screened the horizon. I saw nothing. Just more dunes.
"Okay…" I made a few hand signs and looked out, using stronger vision. There,
'Is that…? OH MY GOD!'
-Normal POV-
Sakura disappeared in a vortex of soft pink petals. She reappeared a few feet away from the battle. Hiding safely behind a tree, she waited.
"NOW?! WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THE REST OF YOU?!" She gasped. That was the obnoxious voice of Shukaku, the demon that lays in dormant in Gaara. Gaara was the container, the medium. Shukaku was placed in him at birth. For protection use. The plan backfired and when he was about six he became the village nightmare. But im sure we all know this story.
"Gaara…" Sakura whispered. Shukaku screamed again.
"ONLY TWO MORE LEFT! HA!"
"And they're mine!" Sakura whispered, pulling out a kunai.
"I wouldn't."
"Why not?"
"Shukaku's a blood-thirsty demon, right?"
"Yes…But what does that change?"
Inner Sakura sighed.
"Gaara probably let him out so he could feed that lust so it wouldn't build up inside of him."
Sakura put her kunai away reluctantly.
"Right. We don't want that too happen."
"No, we don't." Inner Sakura replied, laughing.
"Good-luck…Gaara…"
"How much longer?"
"Only a little bit! Just two more left!"
"…"
"Okay."
"That girl is here. I felt her chakra a few moments ago."
"Sakura?!"
"Yep."
"Kuso…I sent her back so she could be safe. Not to come back and risk getting killed."
"I'm DONE!"
"Let me out." Pain etched throughout Gaara's body and he felt a bolt of some kind of energy.
"Whats going ON?! SHUKAKU!"
"Gaara, don't-,"
It was too late. Gaara had pushed himself to the limit. The sand seeped away with a long ffshhh. Gaara's body was limp.
-Sakura's POV-
Something was wrong. I turned around to see Gaara and a large amount of sand fall toward the ground.
"GAARA!" I ran out from under the tree and stepped under his targeted land. He was unconscious. 'Oh my god, something must have gone wrong during the transformation back.'
"GAARA!" I tried to catch Gaara but he ended up plowing me into the ground. I lifted him easily and stood up, turning around to see who called out his name.
-Normal POV-
Temari ran over to where Gaara and Sakura were. Gaara was unconscious and seemed to be having a nightmare.
"Has this happened before?" Sakura asked looking at Gaara with concerned eyes.
"I-I don't know. He never fell unconscious during a battle before." Sakura looked down, which made her bangs cover her eyes. Temari's eyes widened.
"Sakura, what is it?"
"I don't know. That's just it."
Sakura watched Gaara in the hospital bed. His breathing came uneasy and unsteady. Every once in a while he would let out a disturbing whimper. It was extremely abnormal for Gaara to whimper. Sakura walked over and started to trace over his love tattoo. This seemed to calm him. She got up and locked the door, not wanting to be disturbed. She was a fully trained Medic and didn't need help. He was in bad shape. His entire body was pale. He shivered. He whimpered. He had hot flashes. He thrust around at night. It wasn't good. Sakura sighed. She dicided to take a shower. Giving Gaara one last glance, she closed the bathroom door behind her. As she stepped in, the hot water ran down her body as relaxed on the shower bench.
"AHHH!!" Sakura bolted up.
What was that?
She ran out of the shower, wrapping her towel around her. Gaara was having a violent attack. She rushed over and pushed his body to the bed.
"Stop moving." She muttered as he thrashed under her.
"DON'T LEAVE!"
"I won't, Gaara. I'm right here." He relaxed a little. He was trembling.
There was a knock on the door. Sakura got up and unlocked it. Kankuro and Temari stood on the other side.
"How is he?" Temari asked. Sakura shook her head.
"It isn't looking good. Can you watch him while I take a shower?"
"Sure."
"Thanks."