Tracks to Listen to:
"I'll Be Waiting," by Lenny Kravitz.
"Mad World," by Gary Jules.
"Here Without You, Baby," by Three Doors Down.
Well, my lovely GaaraxSakura supporters. It's time for the sequel to "The Sands of Time." What will happen to Gaara? Is he dead? What about Sakura? Can she ever get over him?
...What happens if he comes back?
We'll find out, won't we? Fufufu.
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"Owowowow, Sakura-sensei!"
"What did I tell you?!" she was pulling on his ear, yelling at the raven-headed boy.
"Ohayo Sakura-chan!" said a blonde woman, waving and smiling.
Sakura looked up to see Temari approaching her team. she smiled a bit and replied, "Ohayo, Temari-chan." she let go of Kenshi's ear to embrace Temari, sighing a bit.
"How are you?" the woman asked, smiling at her.
"I'm okay," Sakura replied wearily, shooting a glare at the still complaining Kenshi. "My students are giving me a time."
"Should I straighten them out?" Temari said, winking.
Sakura giggled. "I think it'll be okay, but if I ever need you to scare them, I'll give you a call."
Temari chuckled, and released her. "I'll see you later then, Sakura-chan," she said as she walked off, waving. Sakura waved back, smiling.
She rounded on Kenshi. "You screwed up the mission today, Kenshi."
"I said sorry, Sakura-sensei!" Kenshi whined.
She huffed. "You say that every time you screw up a mission! But do you learn?? No!"
"I'll do better, Sakura-sensei! I promise!!" Kenshi said, seeing the look on her face.
"Aieeee!" he screeched, running.
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Two years previously
It'd been two days. He finally awoke from unconsciousness a deep throbbing pain in his chest. He could feel his heart beating faintly in his chest. The wind ruffled his blood-matted hair and clothes. He struggled greatly just to lift his face from the dirt, and infected cuts pulsed in pain. He scowled, growling and struggling to get up.
"...S..." he could speak, his voice was almost completely gone. "Sa.."
He croaked, desperately wishing he had water. "Sa..kura.." he mumbled, reaching out the best he could. He dug his fingers into the ground, to try and pull himself in no certain direction.
The blood had dried and he could feel the infection of the hole in his chest. He could hear the squawking of the buzzards circling overhead in the hot sun.
'I can't die,' he thought desperately. 'Sakura..'
'Oh, so you've finally given in?' the organ beating faintly in his chest snapped. 'Well it's a little bit late for that, don't you think??'
'I need her, I can't live without her..' he thought back, choking a bit. Blood spurted on the ground.
'I know you do, and neither can I. Those medic skills could be of help right now..'
'It's not that..' Gaara choked, tears coming to his eyes.
"I need her, I want her, she's mine.. I'm not giving up until I have her!"
xXx
Present Time
She geared up, for a mission to Mist. She'd bought new ninja tools earlier, from TenTen's shop. She always shopped there. TenTen was probably the closest to her out of all of her female friends. So, she supported TenTen's story by shopping there.
Before the fall of Suna, she hadn't been too close to the brunette. But since Neji had become her lover, she'd spent much more time with his teammates, and they'd grown close.
Sometimes, she thought she was happy.
But she knew that as soon as she had nothing to distract her, back the memories would come. and so would the tears. And the pain.
"Gaara.." she whispered, sniffling as she finished packing.
She headed out the door, to the Hokage's office.
xXx
"He looks familiar," one whispered.
Another looked at him oddly. "Is that the--?" he began, but another interjected in a hushed voice.
"Impossible, Suna's deserted. Probably some look-a-like.."
He wore a large hood, covering his face and body. It was black as midnight, and though it made him stand out, he preferred to stand out for his cloak than to reveal to the entire village who he was.
He remembered how he got there. Two years previously, a woman had found him.. He didn't know why she was in the ruins of Suna, only that she'd saved him. He couldn't even remember what she looked like, only that she'd tended to his wounds rather nicely. And she obviously didn't know who he was, for after she healed him up, she left him.
And so, he'd spent two years roaming the Mist, and the Waterfall villages.
He couldn't bring himself to go to Konoha, couldn't bear to show his face there.
After all, he was solely responsible for letting Suna fall. Something in the back of his mind told him that wasn't true, but he wasn't listening.
There was one sole thing on his mind: 'Sakura.'
"A hundred days have made me older, since the last time that I saw your pretty face," he whispered to himself. "A thousand lies have made me colder, and I don't think I could look at this the same.."
"And all the miles that separate," he murmured, "Have disappeared and now I'm dreaming of your face.."
Pink hair and green eyes brimmed to the front of his mind, and he continued to murmur to himself, "I'm here without you baby... But you're still on my lonely mind.. I think about you baby.. And I dream about you all the time.."
Someone stared at him. He turned away, and walked faster. "I'm here without you baby, but you're still with me in my dreams.."
"...And tonight, it's only you and me..." he looked up at the sky, which had turned a cloudy grey.
"Rain," he whispered, just seconds before water droplets came down on his tired face. The pink hair and green eyes remained in his head, and his heart began aching all over again.
In a similar country, not too far away, the rain began as well. A certain woman stopped in the middle of the street, looking up into the rain, the droplets coming down on her tired face. Red hair and black-rimmed eyes entered her mind, and a few tears mixed with the rain running down her face. Her heart began aching all over again.
(A/N: Haha, it's like half a chapter. Anyways, chapters will be much shorter, sadly. But that just means there'll have to be twice as many chapters, right?! D Anyways, please find it in your wonderful hearts to review for me. –Hearts-)