Ch. 4
Sakura and Neji stood looking at each other for about 2 seconds when Sakura jumped into the air and threw 8 kunai at Neji. Neji easily dodged them and threw some of his own. Gaara flinched when he saw the kunai hit Sakura, but it was a substitution. Neji stood looking around for Sakura.
"You have gotten better at hiding your chakra, but that won't help with my byakugan." Neji yelled out into the trees. He activated he's byakugan and looked around. "Found you." He said.
Neji ran up to a tree and ran up halfway and jumped he was upside down and threw 4 kunai he picked up before in to the bushes. There was a loud clank and Sakura ran out.
"Dang you and your byakugan." She said. Then she had a thought.
Right before Neji hit the ground she ran as fast as lightning and flung her leg up to kick him in the stomach, but Neji blocked it with he's arms. He smirked at her and Sakura smiled deviously at him. He's smirk quickly turned into a confused look when Sakura twisted around with her foot pressing on he's arms causing him to spin with her. They were in mid air when Sakura put her hands on the ground and pushed up and kicking him at the same time.
Sakura swung her feet so she was right side up again and punched him in the gut. Neji coughed a little bit, but recovered quickly and grabbed her fist and flipped her over his shoulder and onto the ground.
"You've gotten better but you still need a little work." He said staring down at her on the ground.
Gaara sat looking at Sakura and Neji train. He didn't like the thought of Sakura getting hurt so he kept a very close eye on her. If something happened to her it was going to be the in of the world for him.
Sakura had gotten up and was now doing some hand sings.
"Let's see how you like this." She said to Neji.
Sakura closed her eyes and then released her genjustu.
Everything started to sway for Neij but just as it started it ended. He saw Sakura standing a little ways away and Kakashi behind her.
"Sakura you need to go home and get ready for the chunin exams. Don't go fooling around." He said to her.
"Kakashi I was just training for the chunin exams. You're acting like your my dad." She said.
"Well sense you don't have one and you stay with lady Tsunade outside the village in that old house I'm like your father for a while." He said.
"What do you mean by that?" She asked crossing her arms across her chest.
"I mean now that the chunin exams have started you are not allowed to leave the village so you will be staying with me."
'O no we're not.' Inner Sakura said.
"WHAT I'M NOT STAYING WITH A PERV. LIKE YOU!!!" She yelled.
Neji smirked at Sakura; he knew that Kakashi was a perv. So it was amusing that she just yelled it in his face like that.
"Sakura I understand that you don't want to, but you have always had a problem about running off somewhere to go and train until you're half dead. I know if you mess up on one little thing you go and do that every night."
"Fine but drop the father act. Bye Neji, see you at the chunin exams." Sakura said walking over to Gaara. "Come on Gaara lets go I know where Kakashi's house is. We can get my stuff and bring it here." She said starting to the gate of the village to go to her house.
"You better be back in the village before 7:00 or I'll come get you myself, and I'm the only one allowed to be late." He yelled to her.
"Fine" Sakura yelled back.
When they got away from the training grounds Gaara asked "Why do you live outside the village?"
"Well now I live with Lady Tsunade and she has never really liked being in the village unless she is gambling or getting drunk." She said waving at the guards at the gate that you enter and leave the village.
"So you go in and out all the time?" Gaara asked or more like stated.
"What's up with you not talking when we're with everyone, but when we go off you talk all the time?" She asked back.
"I guess you just interest me." He said.
Sakura smiled at him and grabbed his hand.
"Well I'm glad we're still friends." She said swing their arms back and forth thing of a little tune to a song.
Gaara blushed at how she could hold his hand with no fear and so lovingly.
"So how have you been scene I left Sand?" She asked looking to him.
Gaara didn't really say anything. He didn't want to tell her that it was horrible, which it was, because then she would feel bad about leaving when she couldn't help it.
"Will I guess it doesn't matter because we get to see each other now, and we will make it last right." She said seeing as though he wasn't going to answer her question.
Gaara smiled about how positive she was. He hadn't smiled for such a long time that it felt a little weird, but knowing it was because of Sakura made it all better.
After walking a little while they came to an old little house with a garden beside it and vines on the wall. It was made of brick, and had a tin roof.
Sakura walked to the door and opened it. She walked in with Gaara behind her. She took off her shoes and so did Gaara.
"TsunadeI'm home!!" She yelled.
She walked into the livening room and Gaara followed. When they got to the living room they saw Tsunade setting on the couch with a beer.
The room was small but in was warm and smelled sweet. The walls were wooden on the inside. There was a couch, two recliners, and a TV.
Sakura walked over and sat on the couch with Tsunade and Gaara sat in the recliner closest to the window.
"Who is this?" Tsunade asked.
"This is Gaara, you know the boy I told you about that I meat in the Sand Village."
"O yes I remember you telling me about him." She said.
"I'm entering the chunin exams." Sakura said to her.
"Really? I remember taking the chunin exams." Tsunade said thinking about the past.
"Kakashi is worried, so I have to stay in the village. He said I will stay with him at his house." Sakura said.
"Well scene you have to do that I'm going to go to the next village to do some stuff K." She said.
"But I don't want to stay with Kakashi, how about you give me some money to stay at a hotel or something." Sakura said hoping she would give the money to her.
"Sakura, why would I do that when you could just stay somewhere for free?" She said standing up and headed for the kitchen. Sakura stood and fallowed her.
"But" Sakura stated but Tsunade cut her off.
"Sakura you will stay with Kakashi." She said grabbing another beer from the fridge.
"Fine but don't spend all our money gambling." Sakura said.
Gaara sat on a stool in the kitchen watching Sakura try to get out of staying with Kakashi.
"Hey Gaara lets go and grab my stuff." She said walking to the hallway. Gaara gave Tsunade a nod and followed Sakura.
They went up the stairs and to Sakura's room. Her room was black with wood floors. The bed had blood red sheets and pillows. She had a desk with papers everywhere on it and her closet was a mess.
"Sorry about the mess. Other than my team and Neji you're the only one to come over so I don't really get people coming over randomly." She said.
Gaara noticed one the wall was notes written in chock. "Why is there chock on the wall, won't it ruin your paint?" He asked.
"Nope it is a different type of paint; it can come off no prob. see." She said walking over and whipping some of it off. (My friend has some of that and it is awesome. We take pics. Over our self's after my draw stuff. She got the black and it is the best. There is one that you can make it where you can put magnets on your wall to. Ok back to the story)
Sakura grabbed a back pack and grabbed the things she would need and stated to put them into her pack.
"So Sakura you want to have dinner with me tonight?" Gaara asked.
"Sure I would love to. With the chunin exams tomorrow this could be our only night to do that." She said still packing.
"About the chunin exams I don't think you should enter." He said with his arms crossed over his chest.
"What do you mean." She said turning to look that him.
"I don't want you to get hurt." He said.
"Gaara it's nice that you're worried for me but I can take care for myself." She said packing again.
"Sakura I am worried that is why I think you shouldn't do it." He said walking over next to her.
"Gaara I'm a ninja I do stuff like this all the time. Anyway I need to get stronger; I've always been the week one all ways being protected, but not this time. This time I will not be the helpless little girl that everyone has to save. It will be Naruto and Sasuke's turn to watch me back as I fight." She said looking down at her hands on the bed.
"Sakura if you feel so strongly about it I guess I'm ok with it but if you get hurt I'll kill anyone that touched you." He said hugging her from behind. He didn't really want to let her, but he could hear the sadness, anger, and determination in her voices and he didn't want to crush her.
"Good because you couldn't stop me anyway." She said finishing her packing and throwing the bag over her shoulder. When she walked past Gaara to go out she pated his cheek and walked out the door.
"Hey!" Gaara said following her down the stairs.
"I'm going Tsunade." She said walking by the living room entrance.
"K, good luck at the chunin exams." Tsunade called to her.
Sakura put her shoes on and opened the door as she walked out with Gaara behind her.
They got back to the village and saw Naruto waiting at the gates for her and Gaara.
"Hey you two I wanted to go to Kakashi's house with you!" He said. Naruto leaned over to Sakura so he could whisper in her ear. "Maybe we can find his book and burn it to hell."
Sakura giggled a little bit and started to Kakashi's house. Gaara staid right beside her the whole time they made their way to the house.
"So Sakura you doing anything tonight?" Naruto asked putting his arm around her.
Gaara glared at him a little trying not to kill him then and there because of touching Sakura so lovely.
Sakura was slightly annoyed; Naruto has asked her out every day since they were put on the same team. If it was a different guy she would have got told him that she already had planes, but it was Naruto so she hit him upside the head and watched him fall to the ground.
"Naruto how many times do I have to tell you I'm not interested? Anyway I have planes with Gaara." She said watching him rub his head from the hit Sakura gave him.
Naruto quickly recovered and hopped up running after Sakura and Gaara as they started to Kakashi's house.
When they got there Sakura knocked on the door. The door opened and Kakashi was standing there.
"There's my little girl." He said going to huge her. Sakura jumped back making him fall to the floor.
"What the crap are you doing? I told you to drop the father act." She said watching Kakashi stand and brush off the dirt on his close.
"That is why I'm being your father." He said hugging her.
Sakura sweat dropped and tried to get away but Kakashi was holding her too hard for her to get away.
"I said to drop it." She said pounding her elbow into his head. Kakashi slid to the floor and Sakura walked in the house with Gaara behind her. Naruto stepped on Kakashi and went into the house.
"But Sakura I just thought you would like it." Kakashi said popping back up with anime tears going down his face.
"Whatever, which room am I staying in?" She asked turning to look at him.
"In the one at the end of the hallway to you right." He said setting on the coach just like Tsunade.
'Yep it will be just like home, I hope.' She thought.
"Come on Gaara lets go to the room so I can unpack." She said grabbing his hand.
"You better not do anything bad up there Sakura." Kakashi said with a joking tone of voice.
"Shut up Kakashi." She said going up the stairs with Gaara.
They got to the room and Sakura threw her bag in the corner and plopped down onto the bed. "Gosh I don't know if I'll make it through the chunin exams with him." She said closing her eyes. She felt the bed shift and opened her eyes to see Gaara setting on the bed next her. Suddenly they heard a knock on the door to the room.
"Who is it?" Sakura said setting up.
"It's Naruto, open up before Kakashi comes." They heard him say in the other side of the door.
Sakura got up and opened the door. When she did Naruto ran in and shut it fast locking it.
"Naruto, Sakura open this door right now." They heard Kakashi say banging on the door.
"NEVER!!!" Naruto shouted.
"Naruto what did you do?" Sakura asked with her hands on her hips.
"I got his book." Naruto said with a devilish grin.
"Really let me see!" She said.
Gaara sat on the bed watching as Naruto and Sakura were coming up with evil plans for Kakashi.
"OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!!!" Kakashi yelled.
"We well give it back, IF you do a couple things for us." Sakura said with a wicked smile.
"No you will get it to me NOW!!!!" He said.
Sakura motioned for Naruto hand her some paper that was setting on the desk next to the bed. He grabbed it and gave it to her.
"Hey Naruto you think we should give it to him?" Sakura said still smiling.
Caching on Naruto said, "I don't know."
Sakura ripped the paper that Naruto handed her. "O no I ripped a page out, O well." She said trying not to laugh.
"NOOOOO!!!" They heard Kakashi yell.
"If you want your precious book to live you must do what me and Naruto said until the chunin exams tomorrow." She said smirking.
"Fine just don't hurt it." He said.
Sakura opened the door and Kakashi fell to the floor because he was leaning into the door so hard.
"Alright first you have to go and get me some rice, Naruto some Ramon, and Gaara do you want anything?" She then asked Gaara.
"No I'm fine" he said.
"Ok now Kakashi go." She said pointing to the door.
"I'm going with him so he gets the right Ramon." Naruto said walking out the door with Kakashi.
Sakura closed the door and walked back over to the bed and sat next to Gaara. She stretched her back and then fell back into the soft bed. Gaara lay back too and looked at her.
"So what should we do while we wait?" Sakura asked him while looking at the ceiling.
"I don't know" He said looking at the ceiling too.
Sakura rolled over to her side to face Gaara, and he did too. He looked in to her eyes and thought about how much he mess those beautiful green eyes. He got closer to her and she got closer to him as well. Suddenly Gaara leaned in a kissed her.
Gaara put he's arms round her waste and pulled her close to him. Sakura was wide eyed and didn't expect it. After she was out of shock she closed her eyes and put her hands in his hair. Gaara licked her bottom lip and Sakura opened her mouth. Their tongs danced and Gaara flipped her so he was on top of her. They pulled apart both gasping for air.
"Wow!" Sakura breathed.
Gaara smirked down at her. "How about another?" he leaned down close to her face and was about to kiss her again when Naruto barged in without knocking.
Naruto was shocked; he walked in to see Gaara on top of Sakura about to kiss.
"WHAT THE HELL!!!" Naruto said pointing at Gaara. "GET OFF OF SAKURA!!!"
Kakashi was right behind Naruto and walked in to see the same sight. All the Ramon and rice he held fell to the floor. He stood there wide eyed and mouth wide open. "Sakura what are you doing?" he asked choosing not to believe what he was seeing.
"Kakashi umm…. We were just…. Just start yelling at me." Sakura said not being able to come up with anything.
"Gaara I think you need to leave." Kakashi said as calmly as possible.
Gaara glared at him then looked back to Sakura.
"It's ok, I'll see you tomorrow." Sakura said to him to make sure he didn't freak out.
Gaara nodded and walked to the door pasted Kakashi and Naruto, before he left he glared at Naruto and Kakashi. He stopped in front of Naruto and whispered to him, "She's mine and you'll never take her from me."Gaara left the room and out the house.
Kakashi turned to Sakura and looked at her seriously in the eye. "Sakura stay away from him." He said.
"Yea he's bad news." Naruto added in waving his arms in the air.
"You don't know him." Sakura said setting strait up with her head down.
"And you do?" Kakashi asked.
"I know him better that anyone if even if I haven't seen him in 6 years, because I'm the only one that has lessened to him. He needs me, and I'm the only one that can help him." She said looking up to the two of them with anger.
"Sakura listen to me, he will hurt you." Kakashi said.
"He won't, and even if he does it would be an accident. I'm willing to take the chance to save him from the loneliness." Sakura said standing up and walking to the door. Before she walked out she gave them both a glance of hurt.
She stormed out of the house. She walked to the training fields to take some of her anger out on something.
When she got there she saw Gaara setting at a tree looking up to the stars. Sakura noticed that his face was so creamy and smooth.
She walked to him, and when she was about 3 yards away Gaara spoke, "You want to come set with me or are you going to go kill something?"
"How did you know that I would come here?" she asked walking over to him and plopping down in his lap.
"I heard you yelling so I knew you would come to blow off some steam." He said hugging her. "You know you don't have to stick up for me right. I'm used to people saying all sorts of things to me." He said.
"I know but I want them to see you how I see you." She responded. "Hey can I stay with you tonight? I think it would be qword if I go back to Kakashi's." She said.
"Hn" He said.
Sakura stood and Gaara did to. "Lead the way." Sakura said.
Sakura followed Gaara to the hotel that he and his team were staying in. Gaara walked into the lobby, and it looked like a ghost town. Sakura followed Gaara up the stairs to a room that the door that looked like it opened on its own. Gaara pushed the door open farther so they could walk in. When Sakura walked in he shut and locked the door.
"So where is your team?" Sakura asked setting on the bed.
"They give me my own room." Gaara said walking over to her. "It's getting late and you have to wake up early so go to sleep." He said.
"But I want to *yawn* stay up with you."She said.
Gaara smiled at her, "You'll see me on the morning ok." He said laying her down. He leaned down and kissed her lips calming her mouth. "Now go to sleep." He pulled the covers over her.
Sakura rolled to her side facing him and said "I love you."
There you go.
I didn't really like the way I wrote these so please tell me what you think.
