Chapter 3

When Did I Get So Weak?

God, the sun is bright in Sunagakure. I got off the bed,walked up to the window, and looked at the same thing I see every morning, Gaara training (sometimes he meditates). I had told him it was a good idea for him to be active as much as possible so he now trains every day for at least six hours (he also trains in the afternoon). Gaara trained without a shirt and changed into a hakama (traditional fighting pants) when he trained. even from the second floor; I could see the sweat glistening off of him.

I have been here for three weeks now, and I still blush when he takes his shirt off for daily check-ups (when he's not training; he wears all black which even makes me sweat). He has skin like ash not the color but the feel. He has a hard body, but he's still really thin. The black rings around his eyes are still there. His hair has gotten slightly longer but not by much.

Kankuro was right though, Gaara did have girls over very often (I blushed at the thought). Every time he brought a girl over; they would go to a different room. I usually had to tell him about sexual factors in his weekly report.

Once I had caught Gaara and one of his many "friends" getting it on in the third office

(there are eleven offices in all). The girl was sitting on Gaara's lap, her back had been facing me, her shirt was on the floor, and she was kissing Gaara's neck. I had only caught a glimpse before hiding behind the wall, but I swear when Gaara's eyes opened and looked up, I think he saw me and smiled. I couldn't look him in the eyes or talk to him for a week except during check-ups.

He walked into the room, and I bowed to greet him.

"Good morning Kazekage-sama." His breathing was heavy and his eyes were glazed over. He swayed a little and fell onto the bed. I ran over to him and checked his pulse. I could feel it.

"Kazelage-sama!" I knew something was wrong. He was too heavy for me to move by myself, and if I went and asked someone for help he could be dead by the time I get back. I decided to transfer some of my chakra to his body.

I put both my legs on either side of his chest and placed my hands above his heart. Oh god, this felt weird. I was shaking. I closed my eyes and focused.Okay Sakura. Breath. Focus. Collect chakra. And-

" You should be more careful." It happened so fast. Gaara had pinned me down and had a shuriken against my neck. he smiled. he held both my wrists in one hand above my head.

"Gaara, what are you-" My eyes widened. He began to press the shuriken into my neck. Oh, my God. I could see the lust for death lingering in his eyes.

I shifted just slightly and felt the pain, I could feel the blood running down my neck. The shuriken cut me. His eyes were piercing through me. He traced his tongue from the cut to where the line of blood ended. he didn't stop licking, but he threw the shuriken out the window, and my eyes shifted just in time to see he hit a bird. God, he is a freak. He's gonna kill me.

To my surprise, he got up and said, " Training at 7, be there. That's an order."

I heard the door slam. I just laid there.

6:30 p.m.

I woke up to the sound of a knock on the door. I walked over and opened it.

"Kazekage-sama has requested you in the training room." Aiyori, one of the maids, spoke in soft but clear voice.

"Um,yawn could you just tell him that I'll be there after I change? Thanks." She flinched when I had said 'he' instead of Kazekage-sama. I started to close the door, but Aiyori stuck out her hand to prevent me from doing so.

"Yes?" I said in a chirpy voice. She was ticking me off.

"Immediately." her voice was completely flat. What a bitch. First she wakes me up (though not necessarily her fault, but whatever.) then, she rushes me.

"Okay, fine." I walked out and shut the door behind me. She bowed and walked ahead of me. I followed.

We got to the training room and it was pitch black. We walked into the middle of the room and Aiyori left. I just stood there.

"Are you afraid of me?" I knew someone was there. Gaara seems to have gotten even better at weirding people out.

Where does he get the nerve to ask me a question like that? That freak tries to kill me then asks me if I'm afraid of him.

"Should I be?" I shifted, he was coming my way-dammit he grabbed my wrists from behind and I could feel his chest on my back. He leaned in.

"Yes." His lips brushed my ear.

"Wh-what are you doing?" He can sense my fear. at this moment i'd suspect anyone could sense my fear.

"Tell me, Sakura what do men and women do..." He was whispering into my ear again. "...when they're alone?"

"I-I d-don't...I d-don..." what the hell is he getting at?

"C'mon Sakura, you know this one, you are a medic nin, right?"

I stayed still. I could feel the heat of his breathe on my face.

I felt a shift and then he was in front of me.

"One fight. If I win you do as I say for 24 hours. If you win I let you go back home." I blinked from shock.

"I accep-" That bastard attacked me! He was randomly attacking me at every angle. I kept on moving across the floor to keep from getting injured by that freak.

"I sense your other presence." He just can't stop talking. Screw you Gaara.

"Don't worry about it." i could barely say this with out getting my head chopped off.

We both took out our Kunai. He attacked from the right and cut my leg. Okay, no big deal. He attacked again and I dodged it. Ha! He thinks he's so good. I lunged forward and attacked his left side. He dodged it and pinned me to the ground, his knees on my sides. I felt the tip of a kunai against my throat.

"Say you give up or I kill you." Damn him. My fault that I believe him when he says he'll kill me though.

"I..I..." What the hell am I doing? I stopped giving up along time ago. I threw a kunai at him. It stopped mid-air.

" Let's not play games Sakura, I'm a very serious person. Sometimes, it's good to be submissive, this is one of those times." Oh, my God. he was right in front of me.