"I don't know why...but I want to go after him." Sakura replied slowly.
"Don't go after that sand freak, he is a lost cause." Sasuke said and got shocked when Sakura slapped him.
"Would you stop talking shit about him! Go fuck Ino or something just get the fuck away from me!" Sakura screamed and Sasuke roughly grabbed her arms.
"Look here you dumb bitch I'm giving you a chance! Don't you care about that at all? You love me, I see it in your eyes Sakura." Sasuke said and pushed her into a tree; Sakura felt her back get scratched up, "Don't you see? Isn't this what you wanted?"
"Sasuke! Stop it! Please! You're hurting me!" Sakura pleaded, suddenly a bunch of sand pushed Sasuke off of Sakura. W..What was that? She thought to herself, she looked down at the bracelet that was now forming back to it's original shape. Gaara...
Sakura took this chance and ran into the forest trying to find Gaara ignoring the pain in her back, and her now bruising arms, "Gaara! Gaara! Where are you? Please Gaara!" Sakura screamed to no one and she heard Sasuke behind her, following her.
"Sakura get back here! You're making a big mistake! Gaara will just hurt you! Then he'll kill you!" Sasuke yelled.
"Shut up Sasuke! Gaara isn't like that!" She yelled back.
"Yes he is! You just can't see it yet!"
"Gaara!" Sakura yelled one last time before she ran into something, and felt herself get pulled closer. She looked up to see Gaara who's focused on Sasuke and has his sand holding her to him.
"Sasuke, what did you do to her?" Gaara said his voice evil like. The bastard hurt her!
"What are you talking about Gaara?" Sasuke smirked, "She was all over me, she hurt herself!" He said lying through his teeth; Sakura buried her face into Gaara's shirt.
"He's lying Gaara, he hurt me, and he tried to rape me." Sakura said and started to cry, "He's trying to make me sound like the bad person...I don't love him, not anymore. Please Gaara...protect me." Gaara glanced at Sakura before he looked back at Sasuke.
There's that love word again...what is love?...and why does Sakura trust me enough to protect her? "Okay Sakura, don't worry Sasuke won't hurt you." As Gaara was talking sand was going towards Sasuke.
"Gaara hand her over, don't start another war between our villages!" Sasuke said taking a step towards them and as he did the sand started going up his body, "What the fuck?" Gaara stretched out his hand and slowly started to close it making the sand around Sasuke tighter.
"Desert co-" Gaara started.
"Don't kill him Gaara..." Sakura said her voice mumbled by his shirt. Gaara waited until he saw blood come out of Sasuke's mouth before letting him go, he watched his body land on the ground.
"Pathetic."
"Is he dead Gaara?" Sakura asked not wanting to look.
"No he isn't...I didn't kill him because you told me not to." Gaara said before he picked up Sakura and started walking away from the village, "Come on."
"Gaara...where are you taking me?" Sakura asked holding onto his shirt afraid he would drop her.
"Away from Sasuke." Gaara said, then looked at her, "I'm going to protect you Sakura-chan."
"Gaara..." Sakura smiled. "You're so sweet." Gaara blinked when she called him sweet.
Sweet? That's the first time someone has said that to me... "Thank you Sakura..." Gaara said a little embarrassed.
"Your welcome Gaara." Sakura said smiling, "But do you have any idea where we are going?"
"To my village of course, I'm sure Kankuro and Temari won't mind a new roommate...and if they do I can always shut them up." Gaara said staying focused on where they were going.
"But Gaara...weren't you not allowed to go back to your village for a month?" Sakura asked confused.
"Yes...but my village wouldn't keep away their strongest mission, they probably just needed a break from me...which reminds me I'll have to explain why I kidnapped you." Gaara said deep in thought.
"It was for a good reason though Gaara..." Sakura said looking up at him.
"I know...but my village doesn't understand that." He sighed and kept walking, "If they take you away from me, don't freak and answer their questions honestly...then they should give you back to me, if not then I'll get you back somehow." He shook his head and looked at her, "We will camp here tonight, then we can travel more in the morning."
"Alright Gaara." Sakura said after he set her down. Gaara made a make-shift bed out of his sand.
"Try to sleep Sakura...I hope the sand is somewhat comfortable." Gaara said leaning against a tree watching the sun go down.
"Thank you Gaara...for everything..." She said before she sat on the sand bed, smiled, then laid down and fell asleep.
A few hours passed and Gaara was looking up at the moon when he heard Sakura mumble in her sleep, so he looks at her, "Mom...dad...don't go..." Sakura quietly mumbles before she starts to cry. Sakura...what are you dreaming about? Gaara thought to himself before he quietly went over to her, picked her up, returned his sand to his gourd, and then sat down leaning against the tree, with Sakura in his lap. Sleep well Sakura, no more nightmares. He looked down at her and saw that she was smiling and smiled a little himself.
In a few more hours it was morning and Gaara was carrying Sakura and walking again.
"We are almost there Sakura." Gaara said staring ahead.
"Okay Gaara..." She said. They were greeted by a pissed off Temari and Kankuro.
"Gaara, why did you bring her here?" Temari yelled. It's a wonder he didn't kill her.
"You know it is forbidden." Kankuro said his expression unchanging.
"I understand that, but before you start judging me...she was in danger." Gaara said calmly.
"Since when did you ever care about someone being in danger." Temari asked crossing her arms.
Since I met Sakura. "Since...I don't have to answer to you." He said and glanced at Sakura.
"You'll have to go to the Kazekage." Kankuro said and sighed, "You could have at least picked someone better looking, she has such a big forehead." Gaara glared at Kankuro and hit him with his sand.
"Shut up Kankuro she does not." He said and started walking towards the Kazekage's tower.
"You're making a big mistake Gaara!" Temari yelled after him, "She won't be able to help you!"
"They annoy me..." Gaara mumbled and walked inside; the person at the desk gasped, "Shut up."
"Gaara, what are you doing here? Why do you have someone from the leaf village?" They asked.
"Shut up." He answered and walked to the Kazekage's room, he walked in and sat Sakura down before crossing his arms.
"Gaara...what is it you have here?" The Kazekage asked.
"Her name is Sakura Haruno, she is from the Leaf Village." As Gaara said this two guards walked into the room. Fucking bastard doesn't trust me. Sakura moved slightly closer to Gaara.
"Why is it that you have brought her here?" He asked leaning forward on his desk.
"Sasuke Uchiha, he was abusing her she was in danger of getting raped or killed even. I told her I would protect her. This is the safest place that I know of. As long as she is with me."
"Understood..." The Kazekage said then he waved his hand and the two guards grabbed Sakura. "We will talk in private." Suddenly Sakura was being dragged out of the room and Gaara looked at her.
"Remember what I said." Gaara said then he looked back at the Kazekage, "What is the meaning of this? She didn't do no harm."
