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"What do you mean 'your house'? Shouldn't he be staying somewhere more…I don't know… elegant?" Sasuke said, gripping her hand tighter.
"Well, he requested to be placed at my house since I'm his personal nurse. I've beentreating him for a while now and it makes sense to me that he stays at my house." She squeezed his hand trying to comfort him.
"But-"
"Sorry, Sasuke-kun, but I got to go and clean up and stuff. I'll see you tomorrow." She cut him off, not wanting to hear any more questions from him. Kissing him once more, she took her hand and ran towards her apartment.
Sasuke stood there anger rising. What was it that everyone was keeping from him? He thought to himself. He could chase after Sakura and make her tell him. That seemed like a bad idea. Sakura would just get mad or worse, upset and begin to cry. He couldn't handle that right now, and decided to leave it till later and go train on his own.
The morning Sakura ran around making sure that everything was ready for Gaara's stay at her place. Why would he request that? He usually stays at Naruto's or with the Hokage. Why her place? She looked over at the clock. 11:00. They had to be there at 11:30. It doesn't hurt to be early, she thought heading to the door of her apartment. Suddenly a large knock was heard with the sense of a familiar chakra. Sasuke.
She pulled the door open, "Hey Sasuke-Kun, what brings you by?" she asked innocently.
"I thought we could walk to the gate together." He said calmly, not moving an inch.
"Alright, lets go." She said, taking his hand in hers, pulling her door shut as they began walking towards the gate into the city.
Naruto had yet to arrive when they got there; Sasuke saw this as the perfect time to ask Sakura what was going on. "Hey, Sakura-Chan?" he said sitting both of them down on a near by bench.
"Yeah?" she looked at him curiously.
"Why is everyone acting all weird lately?"
There was a long pause, "I don't know what you mean. I hav-."
"Sakura-Chan, Sasuke, is he here yet?" Naruto yelled running up to them.
Great, another interruption, Sasuke thought.
"Not yet Naruto-Kun, but they should be here soon." Sakura told him.
Naruto seemed extremely excited, "I can't wait to train with him. This is going to be so cool."
"Calm down Naruto, you don't even know how long he is staying. For all we know he could leave tomorrow." Sakura told him, a little agitation in her voice.
Sasuke suddenly felt a familiar chakra and turned towards the entrance. Two figures walked towards the city. Sakura must have felt it to, her whole body tensed beside his before she got up and looked at the same direction he was. He stood up as well.
"All right! He's here, he's here!" Naruto yelled as he began to jump up in down in excitement.
It took all of Sakura's will to keep her feet planted where they were. She watched as Naruto continued to jump around besides her, but on her other side, Sasuke was anything but happy. Finally the figures came into view as she could see Temari in her usually black mesh and white tube top and skirt, and Gaara in his all black with the white sash. He was no more than twenty feet from her when he smiled at her, Naruto still jumping around like an Idiot. Her self control snapped at seeing his smile. It had been seven months since she had last seen him. She released Sasuke's hand and ran towards Gaara with all her might. Jumping into his arms, he picked her up and spun her around.
"My little Cherry Blossom." He whispered to her.
"Gaara-Kun, how I've missed you so much." She whispered back to him. He slowly put her down again, his hands still at her waist. Words could not express how much he cared for the little kunoichi in his arms. There was nothing he wouldn't do for her. Her huge smile melted his heart.
"What about me, don't I get a hug?" Sakura turned and hugged Temari. Naruto ran up beside him.
Sasuke just watched as His Sakura ran into the arms of another man. They had seemed so happy to see each other. Was Gaara the one that had written her the letter? His anger flared as this man continued to hold his Sakura. Finally letting go of her, she turned to hug Temari. At this point Naruto had run up and began pestering Gaara about training with him.
"Hey, it's about time you got here. I've been waiting for someone decent to train with for a while."
Sasuke heard that remark, "Hey dope, you still haven't even beaten me yet."
With that, they all turned to Sasuke.
"I could beat you any day; I just don't feel like showing you up in front of Sakura." He laughed, giving one of his playful grins.
Sasuke was about to say something when Gaara spoke "So the rumors were true, Uchiha is back." He could see the hints of anger in his eyes.
Sasuke returned the anger, not noticing Sakura come to stand beside him. He felt her fingers lace with his, "He's been back for almost three mouths. Isn't that great?" she seemed to be trying to relax the situation. "Oh, Gaara-Kun, the Hokage still needs to see you, she's waiting in her office." That's when it all clicked in his mind. Gaara was the Kazekage; the Kazekage was staying with Sakura, which meant Gaara was staying with Sakura!
Sakura could feel both of their anger rise, as Gaara walked calmly to stand beside Sakura, "Well then, we shouldn't keep her waiting."
All was silent as they walked over to the Hokage's office.
Gaara could see that Sasuke was gripping her hand possessively as they walked. He hated the Uchiha for what he had put Sakura through when he left. The rumors of his return to Konoha worried him. But Sakura did seem happy and safe. To him that was all that mattered. She was no longer the weak little girl at the Chunin exams, but a strong woman of the world. He just hoped Sasuke new this.
Flashback
Gaara watched as Sakura was on her knees, panting for breath a few feet away. She looked at him with determined eyes, refusing to believe she had lost again. How he loved it when she got like this. She slowly got up but her knee gave out and she went down once more. He was at her side in an instant, holding her in his arms. They had been training since noon and the sun had already set. He himself was exhausted.
"Put me down, I'm not done yet." She said to me.
"Sakura-Chan, we both are exhausted, we can continue this tomorrow. Besides, you can barely stand." He said, picking her up bridal style.
"But-" She said
"No buts. I'm taking you home and that's final." He looked down and noticed that she had already drifted off to sleep, her head upon his chest. To tired to even continue arguing, he thought to himself. Sakura had grown much stronger since the first time they met. Her speed matched Lee's and with the super strength Tsunade taught her, she was a force to be reckoned with.
End Flashback.
His meeting with Tsunade was going to start so the others left him to his business with the Hokage.
"Temari, are you staying with me as well, or will you be staying with Shikamaru again?" Sakura asked.
Temari smiled, "I'll be staying with Shikamaru-Kun. I'm just glad he finally has his own place now."
Both girls laughed and Temari dismissed herself to go find her lazy boy toy. Sakura turned to Sasuke, "I didn't get a chance to train yesterday, would you help me today?"
He was still upset, and she could feel it, "Yeah sure."
She smiled up at him, "Great, let's go." She turned to Naruto, "See You Naruto-Kun." She pulled Sasuke towards the practice field.
At the field, still feeling the anger and confusion in him she asked him the dreaded question, "Is something wrong Sasuke-Kun?"
There was a long pause, "Yeah, I was just wondering since when have you been close to Gaara and them?"
She was surprised. She had only expected him to grunt and say 'nothin'. The truth was better from her than from someone else.
She sighed, "Well, a lot has happened while you were gone. Gaara became Kazekage a couple years ago. We where sent on a mission to Suna to rescue him from the Akatsuki who wanted to take the demon out of him. We were able to save him and return him to Suna. Of course we already knew each other and were already sort of friends but that mission brought us closer together. Tsunade asked me to stay a little to make sure that Gaara was in top shape because of everything he had gone through. He and I just sort of became even closer. He helped me through a lot of things in my life, like you leav-" Sakura stopped herself.
Sasuke knew what she was going to say. He felt a pang in his heart. So it was his fault she sought comfort from the sand demon. "How come you didn't tell me this yesterday?" he asked.
She looked up at him, "Well I didn't think it was that important."
"An other guy is going to be staying at my girlfriend's house, how is that not important?" he hissed at her.
She looked up at him angrily, "So, what, now you don't trust me? Well thank you for questioning my character. For your information, Gaara and I haven't thought of each like that since our-" Sakura put a hand over her mouth trying to take back her last few words.
Sasuke rose an eyebrow, "Since your what Sakura, tell me."
She bit her lower lip, looking up at his angry eyes, "Since our breakup." She whispered.
TBC
ooooooooo... the truth has come out... well not all of it... but close...
