Disclaimer: No, I don't own Naruto. Or Gaara. Or Lee. Or Sakura. Or, well, you get the point.
Put THAT Back Together
"Oh, hello Sakura." said the young Kazekage.
"H-Hi Gaara." Sakura said nervously.
"Have the guides left yet?" Gaara asked in his usual monotone voice.
"Um, yes. They said something came u-OW." Sakura was interuppted mid-sentence. Gaara hunched over a bit when he said it.
"Gaara! Are you okay?" Sakura asked with a worried voice while running towards the hunched over Kazekage.
"Yes, I'm fine." Gaara said in a barely audible voice.
"No, you're not. Look, your bandages are soaked in blood. Come here." Sakura said, dragging the hunched over bleeding Kazekage to the kitchen.
"Ok, I think that'll do for now. I sealed up all of your wounds, replaced the bandages, and cleaned your shirt. Now, go get some rest. Here's an ice pack, when you get up in the morning replace it with a heating pad. You're not going to work tomorrow. Temari will take over for you, and Kankuro will be here by the time you wake up. Got it?" said the medic-nin in a polite but firm tone. Gaara was in too much pain to reply, so he just gave a nod and started for the stairs. "Gaara, wait." said Sakura. Gaara turned around only to be hit with a shirt in his face. He held back a laugh, took the shirt off his head, and glared at Sakura. "Put your shirt back on Gaara." laughing from the unpleasant glare she was getting from the wounded Kazekage. Gaara left the room with a small smile on his face. He finally couldn't ignore the argument that was going on inside his head.
'WHEN WILL YOU STOP BEING SHY AND KISS THAT GIRL ALREADY!' Yelled Shukaku for the fourth time that night. 'Why should I kiss her? She'd be utterly repulsed if I did. I mean, who could like a guy like me with a perverted raccoon in his head?' 'I'M NOT A PERVERT! And anyway, I can tell she likes you. You saw the way she was looking at you, right? Or I guess you didn't notice the way she blushed when she saw you without a shirt?' teased Shukaku. 'Just shut up.' Gaara demanded. 'Oh, what are you hiding? I mean, why don't you just send her out to the desert? Remember the good 'ol days?' 'Shut up. I'm Kazekage now. I would never do something to harm my village.' Gaara said, a little ticked. 'I don't know if you remember, but she's not from YOUR village.' '...Just shut up.' This made Shukaku laugh.
Meanwhile in Sakura's head...
'WHY DIDN'T YOU KISS HIM? HE WAS RIGHT THERE!' said Inner Sakura. 'I'm an apprentince to the Hokage, and he's a Kazekage. In other words, we're too different. And besides, I'm pretty sure Temari set him up with someone by now.' 'Then I'm guessing his girlfriend is going to be pretty tweaked when she finds out the way he was smiling at you when he put his arm around you?' 'HEY! He needed me for support to walk. The guy was doubled over in pain, anyway.' 'Then I guess that wasn't a blush you saw on his cheeks.' 'JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!' 'Aw. My little Sakura has a boyfriend. (sniff) They just grow up so fast nowadays!' Pushing that thought away, Sakura reached her room, plopped on her bed and quickly fell asleep. The next morning she was heading out to work when Kankuro walked through the door.
"Oh, hi Sakura. How's my little brother?" asked Kankuro sweetly, putting down his puppet. (cough doll cough)
"Well, he's still sleeping. I left a tray of breakfast up in his room, though. I just hope he wakes up soon. Oh yes, he's supposed to change the icepack I gave him to a heating pad when he wakes up. I healed all of his wounds, they opened up suddenly when I saw him last night. Nothing major, he should be fine. There's some bacon and eggs on the table, and Temari already left for the Kazekage Tower. I'll see you all when I get home. Bye Kankuro!" she said hurriedly, giving him a friendly hug and a small kiss on the cheek. She practically ran out the door. Kankuro turned around, only to be met with a fairly angry brother, from what he could tell. "Hey little brother. Shouldn't you be in bed? You don't look so good."
"I'm fine." Gaara said, fists clenched. "What were you doing kissing her, Kankuro?" Gaara said in a semi-sort of bloodlusty tone.
"What? Oh, she was just saying goodbye to me. Why? She does that to all of her guy friends. Or at least Naruto too. She's like a little sister. That's all." Kankuro said, slowly backing away from the steaming Kazekage. "Why do you care anyway?" Kankuro asked in an accusing tone.
"Kankuro, I need to talk with you. Come with me." Gaara led his older brother to his room, where Gaara layed down on his bed, Kankuro sitting in the chair next to his brothers bed. "Kankuro, I need you to tell me something." said Gaara. Meanwhile, Temari, who had come to check on her brother's during her lunck break, stopped outside the hall and listened to the conversation.