Help in Unexpected Places
Summary : It's been years since Sasuke left, and Naruto and Sakura are dating. But when a rumor started going around(curtisy of the hyuuga heiress) about Sakura sleeping and possibly doing it with Sasuke while Naruto and Sakura were dating, and Naruto hears, he turns to beating Sakura. Confused, Sakura begs Tsunade for a mission and gets sent to Suna. Discovered crying one night on the roof of her apartment, will she confess her feelings to the person she least expected help from? GaaraxSakura.
Disclaimer: I don't own naruto. If I did...well, I don't think you wanna know.
Note: Naruto is extremely OOC as is Hinata.
"Bla" talking.
'Bla' thoughts
'Bla' Inner Sakura/Shukaku
Forest
Sakura pulls on her bag strap again as it slips down her shoulder. She had been traveling for almost 3 days now and would soon arrive in Suna. Thinking back, Sakura wonders who was spreading rumors about her. Tears sprung to her eyes at the thought of Naruto but she fought them back. She would not cry any more. Sakura promised herself that she would try to forget about Naruto and what he did to her on this vacation. She fiercely wiped away the tears and focused on the soon ending forest. She hopped onto the ground and looked out. Sand. Everywhere. Sakura stared at it. A slight wind blew, stirring it up. Sakura sighed and set off, dragging herself through the endless sand dunes. A particularly strong gust rose sand and blew sand into Sakura's eyes, causing her to stop to get rid of it. Sakura sighed. What was the point? It's not like she had any friends in Suna, but she did remember Tsunade saying that she would be staying with the sand siblings. Oh joy. A guy who plays with dolls, a serial killer, and an extremely violent girl. Gee, sounds fun. Sakura sighed(again) as the Suna gates came into view. She walked up to one of the guards and handed over her scroll. The guard took it, scanned it over, then handed it back, saying she was free to pass. Sakura nodded and walked through. Inside the gates the wind was less harsh. Looking around, Sakura gasped. Suna was beautiful in it's own way. The elegantly shaped buildings that seemed artistic, the desert flowers, blooming freely, adding vibrant splashes of color to the village. Sakura smiled slightly and walked up to what she thought was the Kazekage building, considering it was the biggest building in the village. Entering the doors, Sakura sighed in relief and looked around, taking in the building's design. Deep orange-red walls covered with laws, signs, and pictures of the old Kazekages. A few deep brown chairs for waiting people and dark brown almost black tile floor. Sakura walked over to the secretary, who had her back to Sakura. The hair seemed formiliar(sp?) but she couldn't place it.
"Excuse me." the secratary spun around to reveal...
"Temari?"
"Sakura? What are you doing here?"
"Oh, um, just visiting. Tsunade sent me here for a vacation." Temari snorted.
"Not the most relaxing place." Sakura nodded.
"I need to see Kazekage-sama."
"You mean Gaara? Sure, he's open. He should be in his office. Go right ahead. Third door on your left." Sakura thanked her and walked up the stairs, slightly nervous. I mean, the last time she saw this guy, he had nearly killed her. Oh well. Sakura took a deep breath and knocked on the solid oak door. A quiet 'come in' was heard, so she opened the door. Gaara was sitting at his desk, doing paperwork.
"Temari, if this is another thing about me taking a break-" Gaara started stoicly until Sakura cleared her throat. Gaara raised his eyes to look at her and put down the paper he was reading, looking directly at Sakura, who hesitated before speaking.
"Um, Kazekage-sama-'Gaara scowled.
"Call me Gaara. I get sick of everyone calling me Kazekage-sama." Sakura nodded and started again.
"Gaara-san, Tsunade-sama sent me here for a three week vacation. She said that I was supposed to stay with you." Sakura said quietly before handing over the mission scroll. Gaara's eyes narrowed. What was with her? The last time he had seen ner, she was more outspoken. Something was up, but Gaara decided not to pry into her life. He took the scroll, scanning over it. He nodded and handed it back. Pushing a button on his desk, he spoke into a small speaker.
"Temari, come escort Sakura-san to our home, where she will be staying. Show her to her room, then take her shopping for things she might need." a slightly fuzzed reply came, then the speaker turned off. Gaara leaned back in his chair and waited, observing Sakura. She was hesitant with everything, marks and scars once littered her face and hands, but she had healed them, or someone else had, but Gaara saw them. She seemed too skinny and deathly pale, even for her. Her rosette hair was dull and ragged, possibly from being yanked on. Her emerald eyes were dull, the playful light gone from them. They flicked everywhere, almost nervously. Her slight figure trembled slightly, even from the warm weather. She constantly shifted back and forth, and she repeatedly clenched and unclenched her hands. He could see almost invisible tear stains on her cheeks. All these were the signs that she had been abused. Who would abuse her, Gaara didn't know, but decided that that was the reason she had been sent here. To get away from it. Temari opened the door and smiled, leading Sakura away after she bowed to Gaara. He sighed. Something was wrong with that girl, but it wasn't his place to ask.
With Sakura and Temari
Temari stuck up a conversation with Sakura as she led her down a road that was slightly off to the side of the others. Walking along it, Sakura gave another half hearted reply to a question Temari had asked and returned to her thoughts. Back in the office, she had felt Gaara gaze on her and felt that he could see all the signs that she desperatly(sp?) tried to cover up of her being abused. She silently thanked Temari when she had walked in and had to restrain herself from running from the office. Sakura snapped back to reality when Temari spoke after a long silence.
"Well, we're here." Sakura turned her head to the front to look at the house. It was definatly big. No, not big, huge. Not even huge. It was frikin mansion for pete's sake! The 3 story mansion was a beautiful deep brown color that blended with it's surrounding's. It had a big, blood red Sand gourd on it that symbolized Suna. Sakura stood in awe as Temari smirked at her reaction. She then lead Sakura inside and pointed everything out. Apparently, you could get to the entire first floor from one, white marble hallway in the middle.
"That's the kitchen. It attaches to the living room where we have one of our TV's." Temari said as she pointed through an archway into a huge kitchen filled with every appliance possible. The cupboards were a dark red mahogany and the walls were a wine red, with chocolate brown appliances. The living room had two couches, a chair, a book case and right in the middle, a huge plasma screen TV with dvd's and movies surrounding it. The walls were a dark chocolate brown and the couches and chair were a roan(brown) red. Temari showed her the first floor bathroom, the game room, the workout room, the outside battle arena, the inside battle arena, the indoor pool and hot tub, and the library filled with possibly every book in existance. The second floor had all of the bedrooms.
"This is Gaara's room. Do not enter unless he gives you permission." Temari explained as she stopped at the first black wood door on the left in the deep red hall. A little further down, on the right was the second door.
"Kankuro's room. He doesn't like you in there, but it's ok if the door is open." Temari said as she passed it, heading to the next door on the left hand side.
"My room. Since your a guest, you can come to me if you have a question. My door is always open, unless it's something really important." Temari said as she smiled. She then led Sakura to the last door on the right.
"This will be your room." Temari said as she opened the door. Sakura walked inside and froze.(AN:I want my room to look like this.) The walls were a wine red with black trim bordering the black ceiling. There was a thin line of gold beneath the trim. The floor was a beautiful black hard wood oak floor. The canopy bed had wine red sheets, black over-hangings, with black pillows that had a gold stripe across the middle. There was a side table on the right that was black oak with a gold knob with a gold lamp and a wine red lamp shade on it.. On the other side there was a window that had black curtains which were open, giving a fantastic view of the village. There were 2 other black mahogany doors. One led to the bathroom. It had a black sunken tub(AN: like the ones in the floor), a black sink with a gold faucet and gold handles. The shower was a wine red shower curtain with a gold shower head and black tile walls. The towels were wine red and the toilet was black with a gold handle. The other, on the left side, led to a huge walk in closet that was filled with tons of clothes and shoes. There was even a big cupboard of weapons. Sakura was amazed. The room was huge. Bigger than her apartment. Sakura took a step forward, then ran and jumped onto the bed, lying on it. She threw her bag onto her bed and ran to hug Temari.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love it! Oh, thank you so much! Let's go shopping now." Sakura squealed as she dragged Temari down the hall and outside. Temari smirked. Sad and hesitant to happy and jumpy in 15 seconds flat. This would be interesting.
Me: Hi! I hope you like it. I came up with an idea, and since so many people liked it, I chose to update. Please review!
