Chap 2 up! hope you like it!!
Sakura struggled to get to the surface. But her dress was making her go deeper and deeper. Her father had refused to let her take swimming lessons, because it was un-princess like to be seen swimming about. She mentally cursed her father, and kept trying in vain to get up. She couldn't hold on any longer. Without thinking, her body automatically responded to not having air, and made her take a breath, only to have her lungs filled with water. The last thing she saw, before passing out, was a flash of red. And felt something tugging at her dress.
Moments later, Gaara reappeared and Kiba helped get Sakura back up. Gaara climbed up and kneeled next to her, half over her. He had ripped her dress off, because it was so heavy and just made them both sink. She laid there, motionless, in her underwear and corset. Gaara took a dagger and quickly cut the corset in half down the front. Water came from Sakura's mouth as she coughed. She gasped for air and opened her eyes, to meet jade orbs. Gaara had his hands on either side of her head, and was looking down at her. Her chest touched his bear one with each gasp she took. (She still had a bra on!)
"Are you alright?" Gaara's voice was filled with concern. Sakura looked at him dumbly for a few seconds, before shaking her head. He reached behind him, and grabbed the blanket Tamari had ran and got when Gaara jumped in after the girl. He helped Sakura sit up and wrapped it around her small shaking form. "Get her some dry clothes." He nodded for Ino to take her as he grabbed his shirts and pushed his arms into them, carefully watching Sakura. She was watching him.. Well LOOKING at him. His well toned body made her melt. But then she disappeared into the hall way, with Hinata by her side, and Ino leading them.
"Here," Ino went to a closet and flung the doors open. "We don't have any of those fancy dresses you wear, so you can use anything in this room that you like. Plus, this stuff is SO much more comfortable than those dresses anyway." Ino smiled and left them to get changed.
Sakura let the blanket fall around her ankles and she removed the corset from her body, before walking over to the clothes that were neatly hung up. She grabbed a grey spaghetti strap shirt that ended a few inches above her belly button and a strapless black bra that was oddly her size. Then looking at the pants and shorts, her choice was jean short shorts with chains hanging from them. She moved away from the things to let Hinata grab some stuff, before she raided the shoes for something she liked. After Hinata moved away, Sakura went back over and grabbed black boots that went up to mid calf, and had buckles that ran up the outer side to keep them on. Hinata ended up grabbing a grey t-shirt that stopped just before her belly button, and some dark red capries with some AC-DC sneakers.
Once they had changed they went back out to the deck. Ino, Ten-Ten, Tamari, and even Kankuro complimented them on how much better they look as a pirate. They both smiled and blushed a little. Hinata had warmed up with the blonde Naruto kid quiet well, so Sakura slipped away from the group and went to the front of the ship. It was now dark out, and the moon and stars peered down on her. The stars made her long pink hair glow in their soft light. The scent of the salt water made its way to her senses, as a soft breeze pushed Sakura's hair across her face. She gently tucked the strand of hair behind her ear and looked up at the full moon.
Gaara sat on a box near the wheel. He had set their course and was now relaxing. He had heard everyone fussing over the two girls on the deck, then moved inside to move away from the cold biting air of the oceans nights. Gaara was looking up at the moon when he heard footsteps coming from the lower deck. He glanced down to see the pink haired princess walking over to the front of the ship. They hadn't spoken sense the incident that happened earlier.
Gaara noticed how the soft light coming from the stars and moon made her hair glow as she walked. Now that she was wearing short shorts, and not that dress, Gaara could see her curves better. The boots that she wore made her long legs look smooth and strong. The shorts hugged her butt and hips. They swayed as she made her way to sit on a box. Her grey shirt was small showing off her well toned stomach. The shirt was also low cut, so a lot of cleavage could be seen. And she still wore her family crest around her neck.
Gaara's crimson hair blew in the soft breeze, and saw Sakura tuck hers behind her ear. He didn't know why, but this woman made him curious. He hadn't even known her for a day, but already wanted to know more about her. Gaara slowly rose from the box and quietly made his way to the lower deck and near the girl.
Sakura was lost in her thoughts. When would she get home? Would she get home? Why weren't her father and mother sending more ships to get her? But even though she it made her sad that only one ship had came and tried to rescue her and her friend, she didn't want to leave. The people were nice on this ship. The, supposedly, mean and uncaring Gaara had saved her life. A she looked pretty damn good in the stuff she had on. There was something about the ocean, the ship, the crew, or.. The captain that made her not want to leave.
For so long Sakura had wanted to get away from the palace, to get away from everything.. To get away from Sasuke. She wanted to know what it was like to be a 'free women', and now was her chance to find out. No one on this ship treated her like royalty, and she didn't want them to. She wanted to be treated like everyone else.. To be treated like a normal girl, and not a princess. She hated how no one back home would ever let her do anything she wanted. The only time she had ever been able to be herself, was around Hinata, or at the party's her mother and father let her throw on special occasions.
Gaara watched her face as she was deep in thought. He was standing a bit behind her, and to the side. She face twitched as her thoughts ran threw her mind. "What are you thinking about?"
Sakura jumped and looked over her shoulder to see Gaara looking at her with curious eyes. She put a hand on her chest, in attempt to calm her racing heart. "You scared me, Captain Gaara." Sakura sighed and looked back out to the ocean.
"Just Gaara." He sat next to her on the box and followed her gaze to the sea. "What were you thinking about?" He repeated, giving her a quick glance, before looking up at the full moon.
Sakura waited a few seconds before answering him. She was trying to decide if she should tell him or not. "What it's like to be you." She saw his questioning look from the corner of her eye. "What it's like to be free." She whispered.
"What do you mean?"
Sakura let out a small sigh and pulled her knee up and rested her chin on it, looking at him sideways. "I'm always stuck in the palace. I never get to have any fun. Hinata's my best friend, but my only friend. My mom and dad never approved to letting me go to a public school, so I was home schooled. And... Well, Hinata's family is one of the higher ups, and we got schooled together, and quickly became friends." She frowned as she continued. "The only time I ever got to see anyone else my age, was when I got to throw parties, and that's only when my father gets back from a long trip. I don't even get one for my birthday." Sakura could feel tears stinging her eyes, and quickly looked out to the ocean, avoiding Gaara's gaze.
Gaara nodded, fully understanding what she meant. He took this chance to look her over once more. She had a small frame, but a strong one. Her hair and eyes glowed in the dark. "It must be hard."
"Yeah." Sakura sighed and looked at him, catching him staring at her. She blushed and rested her cheek on her knee, fully looking at him. "It's nice to get away. Even though I'm your prisoner... Thanks."
"W-what?" Gaara was confused by what she meant. Was she really thanking him for kidnapping her?
"It sounds weird, I know." She smiled at him softly. "But I really needed to get away from that hell hole." Gaara snorted at her use of words, which made her giggle. They both just stared into each other's eye for awhile, not seeing or hearing Hinata and Naruto walking over to them.
"Hey, Gaara." Naruto said in a low voice, but still scared the crap out of the two. Gaara just whipped his head around to them. But Sakura jumped, and fell backwards, landing on her back.
"Ow." She groaned and sat up, glaring at the dumb blonde for scaring her so bad.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, Sakura." Naruto rubbed the back of his neck with a grin on. "Uh, I was wondering, where are the girls going to sleep?"
"In the extra cabin." Gaara said and held out his hand to Sakura, and pulled her up to her feet.
"It needs to be clean before anyone can sleep in it." Naruto kicked an imaginary stone and said, "I have an extra bed in my room that Hinata could use." He glanced at her and saw her blush, which made him blush, which made her blush even more! "Sorry Sakura. There's only one extra bed."
"That's fine. Hinata, why don't you take it, and I'll find somewhere else to sleep for the night." Sakura smiled as warmly as she could to her friend, telling her to take it.
"Y-you s-sure, Sakura?" Hinata asked and got a nod from her friend. She only had time to smile, before Naruto pulled her away.
Sakura laughed and looked back out to the ocean. "You can sleep with me." Gaara's voice surprised her, and she looked at him with doubt in her eyes. "There are two beds, so you don't have to actually sleep with me." He smirked, causing her to blush and turn away.
"T-that would b-be nice... T-thank you." Sakura whispered and looked back at him with a smile. She yawned and Gaara motioned for her to follow him, so she did.
Sakura pulled off her boots and sat down on the bed to the right of the room. Gaara was sitting on the left side on another bed. He was pulling off his shirts and boots. Sakura watched and giggled when his shirt got stuck on his head. When he got it off, he glared at her, which made her giggle more. "What?" He hissed.
"Nothing." Sakura smiled and laid down on her bed and pulled the blanket over her pale body. She glanced back over to see Gaara still glaring at her. "What?"
"Go to sleep." He grumbled and blew out the small candle that served as a light. Sakura could hear him lying back and covering up. She smiled and felt her eyes closing, and soon the darkness pulled her into a deep sleep.
Sakura was sitting on a beach; a soft wind blew the salty cent of the ocean to her nose. A small smile crossed her lips as she fell back onto the sand and looked up at the few clouds that scampered across the sky. Sakura fixed her bikini top and folded her hands behind her head, so the sand didn't get into her long pink locks.
She could feel the soft breeze crossing over her body, and closed her eyes to take in the soft feeling of the cool breeze. The hot sun beat down on her pale form as she laid there, turning her pale skin a soft tan color. The sun warmed the sand that was around her, and she spread out her arms and legs, not caring about sandy hair anymore. She took in the warmth of the sun from above and below, until something blocked its warmth from above.
Sakura slowly opened her eyes to see dark lined jade orbs looking back at her. Gaara smirked and bent down, so he was inches from her face. "Sakura…" He whispered and leaned closer until their-
Sakura bolted up right and looked at the door as it opened. Tamari and Ino walked in. "AWW!! MY LITTLE BROTHERS GROWING UP!" Tamari shouted and ran out the door as a pillow was thrown at her. Sakura giggled at it, but stiffened as she realized the pillow came from her side of the room.
Sakura looked at the other side of the bed and saw a lump under the blankets. She pulled the black blanket away from Gaara's face. He was looking at her as she laid back down, facing him. "Gaara, why are you in my bed?" She whispered.
"I got lonely." He whispered back. Sakura saw his hand was resting on the pillow, facing up. She laced her fingers with his and smiled at him.
"Well, you're not lonely anymore." She smiled and closed her eyes, missing the red head's blush. Gaara half smiled at the sleeping girl next to him, and slowly letting himself be pulled back into the world of slumber, not wanting to forget how peaceful her face looked when she slept.
When Sakura woke again, Gaara was not in the room. But a clean change of clothes were set on the end of her bed. Sakura quickly changed into the crimson belly tank and the jean short shorts with chains. After she strapped on the same boots as yesterday, she walked out of the cabin and up onto the deck. Gaara was standing over Naruto, who was scrubbing the floor muttering swears under his breath. Gaara had an evil smirk on his face while he watched Naruto scrub the deck. Sakura shook her head and went up with Tamari who was steering the ship.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty." Tamari smiled at Sakura as she came to stand next to her.
"Good morning." Sakura turned her back to the rest of the crew, and looked out over the ocean in back of them. "It's so pretty out here."
"It is." Sakura spun around to see Gaara taking over for Tamari. "That's why I love it out here." Sakura smiled at him and walked over to the edge of the boat.
"Yeah." She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, letting the small breeze run over her small frame. When she opened her eyes again, she could see a ship coming up fast. "Gaara!"
Gaara spun around just in time to see the ships flags. "Sasori." He mumbled. "Tamari and Neji! Get your asses up here!" He yelled. Tamari and Neji dropped what they were doing and ran up to Gaara. "Sakura, take Hinata and go hide below the deck." Gaara said as he grabbed her hand and started pulling her away from the edge of the ship. "Go now!"
"What is it, Gaara?!" Tamari ran up, but stopped when she saw the flags. "Fuck." She turned back and grabbed Sakura's wrist. "Ten-Ten! Take the princess and girl below deck and don't come out until I say! The rest of you get ready for battle!" Just as the three girls got below deck, a ship with black flags with a red cloud in the center stopped next to Gaara's ship, and they started to jump on this ship.
Ten-Ten dragged them by the wrists, down into the storage part. They ran to the way back, and crouched behind some big boxes. Sakura's heart skipped a beat as she listened to the metal clashing with metal. The frantic girl with pale eyes, looked as though she was about to faint, when they heard Naruto scream out in pain. Ten-Ten was trying to calm her down, so she didn't notice as Sakura slipped away and slowly walked up to the cabins.
The pinkette grabbed one of Naruto's extra swords and slowly made her way to the deck door. Sakura held the sword at her side as she inched the door open, and looked out. Naruto was lying on the floor, clutching his bleeding side. Neji was standing over him, blocking all of the attacks thrown at both of them. Sakura's eyes scanned the deck, until her eyes fell on a certain red head captain. Gaara was fighting another red head, that looked a lot like him, but a bit older.
Suddenly, the door swung open, and Sakura fell onto the chest of a stranger. He had long black hair, that was pulled into a low pony tail, and his black coat with red clouds covered most of his face, but she could see his piercing black eyes looking back at her.
"Well well… What do we have here?" The man grabbed Sakura's arm, and pulled her out into the open.
"Let go of me!" She screamed and pulled her arm out of her grasp. Gaara heard her scream and spun around, to see Sakura lifting a sword at Itachi.
"Sakura!" Gaara yelled and started to run towards her, but Sasori, the red head, stopped him and swung his sword at Gaara.
Sakura swung at the man called Itachi, but he dodged and sent a sharp kick at her side. Sakura fell back a little and clutched her side. She raised the sword again, and charged at him. She sliced his jacket, and revealed his mesh shirt. He looked at the slice with a pissed face.
"Now, you're going to get it." Itachi pulled out his own sword and swung it at her. Sakura blocked it, but fell on her back from the force he used. She held up her sword with all her might, not letting him push both of the incredibly sharp objects to her neck. "That was my last one."
"Get off of her!" Gaara kicked Itachi, making him roll off of Sakura. "Come on!" Gaara held out his hand and pulled her to her feet. Then he blocked one of Itachi's attacks.
"Gaara!" Sakura yelled and lifted her sword and blocked Sasori's attack directed at Gaara. They were both pushed back to back, and Sakura just glared into Sasori's blue eyes.
"I told you to go hide! What the hell were you thinking?!" Gaara yelled at her, without looking over his shoulder at her.
"Naruto's down! You needed my fucking help!" Sakura yelled back. "So shut up and fight, damn it!" Sakura pushed Sasori backwards, and ran at him.
"Watch your back!" Gaara yelled and ran at Itachi.
Sakura had managed to slice Sasori's arm, before they retreated back to their own ship. The pinkette slid down the wood pole with a deep sigh, as she watched the ship leave. She was breathing hard, and closed her eyes to let the small breeze cool her down.
"You told me to shut up." A voice from in front of her hissed. "No one tells me to shut up." A small smile came to Sakura's lips as she listened to Gaara's angry words. "What?!" He snapped at her.
Sakura opened her eyes and stood up. She started walking away, when she stopped and glanced over her shoulder at him. "I just did." She smirked and went through the door to go tell Hinata and Ten-Ten it was safe to come back up. As she was walking down the hall, she saw Ten-Ten running towards her, with Hinata not far behind.
"Hey Ten-Ten," Sakura started, but the brown haired women cut her off.
"Not now, Sakura. I have to tell Gaara that Sakura's gone!" She yelled running past her. Sakura stood there with a confused look, then turned to Ten-Ten. She had stopped in her tracks, and slowly turned to face the pinkette. "SAKURA!" She screamed and hugged her very tight. To the point where Sakura turned blue from lack of air.
"C-can't… b… breath!" Sakura struggled to get out of Ten-Ten's death grip, and finally she let go. Sakura fell backwards into the wall gasping for air.
"WHY THE HELL DID YOU SCARE ME LIKE THAT?!" Ten-Ten yelled and smacked Sakura upside the head. Sakura grumbled something under her breath as she rubbed the new lump on her head.
"Ten-Ten, p-please calm d-down." Hinata whispered and helped Sakura up. "Why d-did you le-leave l-like that, S-Sakura?"
"I had this feeling that something bad was going to happen if I didn't help." Sakura leaned against the wall and tried to explain what she had felt. "I… I don't really know what I felt, but I knew that if I didn't do something… Then someone could have died." Sakura finished in a whisper. As she stood there, waiting for her friends reactions, she nervously fiddled with the end of her shirt.
Ten-Ten stood there with her mouth opening and closing, like a fish gasping for air. She was totally confused and didn't know what to say, about what Sakura had just said. Hinata smiled a little slyly, knowing that Sakura just didn't want a certain red head to get hurt. A painful scream rang threw the hallway, and brought all three girls back down to the ship.
"That was Naruto." Ten-Ten looked at the door that lead to the deck.
"OH MY GOD! Naruto's hurt! Come on, we have to help him!" Sakura grabbed them and ran towards the screams, practically dragging them behind her.
When they made it to the deck, Sakura wanted to puke. There was blood and dead body's everywhere, from the fight. Emerald eyes scanned the deck, until they fell upon Gaara standing over Naruto, who was on the floor clutching his side and screaming bloody murder. As Sakura ran over to them, she heard the faint thud of Hinata fainting.
"How bad is it?" She asked as she fell to her knees next to Gaara.
"The gash is deep, and has shredded his muscle." Gaara looked away from his best friend and wiped his face with his hand. "There's nothing we can do." He whispered. It was pretty obvious that Gaara really cared for the dumb blond, and hated to see him in pain like this.
"There may be nothing you can do, but… Hinata, get over here!" Sakura called over her shoulder. Sakura looked back at the boy and rolled up her sleeves. Hinata was behind the pinkette within seconds. "Get me clean water and lots of bandages." Hinata nodded and ran off, careful not to look around at the blood that Gaara's crew was cleaning up.
"What are you doing?!" Gaara yelled as Sakura grabbed Naruto's hand and pulled them away from his body.
"Hold him down." Was the only reply Gaara got from the girl. Sakura took out a pocket knife and sliced Naruto's jacket and shirt, and pulled them away from his side. "I said, HOLD HIM DOWN!" She didn't yell, but her hiss was enough to scare the shit out of Gaara, and make him do as he was told.
"Here, Sakura." Hinata placed a bucket of clean water and tons of bandages by Sakura's side and waited to be told what to do next.
"Thanks. Thread the needle, please." Sakura cleaned Naruto's gash while Hinata got the sewing needle ready. "Thank you." Sakura took the needle into her bloody hands and looked at Gaara. "This is going to hurt like hell, make sure you hold him tight." After Gaara nodded, she looked back at Hinata. "I know you hate blood, but I need you to hold the gash together while I sew it. And if you don't, your boyfriends going to die."
Hinata blushed when Sakura called him her boyfriend, but held the ripped flesh together for her. Sakura set right to work, while Gaara held down Naruto's thrashing body. The pinkette hurried to finish her job, so Naruto could rest.
Gaara watched Sakura the whole time. How her face looked determined, how fingers gracefully sewed up the long gash. She didn't seem to mind all the blood, which was good. After a few minutes Neji, Ten-Ten, Tamari, and the rest of the crew, stood over them watching Sakura work her magic. Sakura seemed unfazed by all the people that were watching, and kept up her fast pace. Gaara let his gaze wander on the pinkette's body.
Sakura had pulled her hair up into a messy bun, with a few strands framing her face. Her skin was a pale creamy color, and her tight fitting clothes seemed to complement her skin. Sakura had a flawless face, and muscles on her tinny frame.
"Neji, take him to his room." Sakura wiped a bead of sweat from her forehead as she stood up. "Hinata, I want you to stay with him, and let me know if something happens." Hinata nodded and followed Neji down below deck. "Can I get some water to wash my hands, before I throw up?" She held out her hands and turned her head away, with her eyes shut tightly.
Naruto's hurt!! will he die from infection.. or will Hinata 'smack' him back up onto his feet?? R&R!