A/n: OMG there is so much fluff in this chapter I almost died from having a fan-girl attack just writing it. I think I got Gaara a little too much OC but you know what I DON'T CARE it's totally cute!!!! Well I really hope you all like this chapter I really did work hard on it!!!!

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Gaara sat on the village gate the sun was raising slowly and he closed the diary now having read every entry of the girl's private life. Not only was he positive she was trying to get rid of the feelings she had for him she tried going out with Lee.

Gaara looked down seeing a group of three walk into Konoha one being his good friend, Naruto. He was about to jump down and say hi but stopped, he had made up his mind about the pink haired girl. He disappeared as his sand took him to his hotel room.

He placed the diary on the side table and took out the sand. He stared at it for awhile before putting it back in his pocket. "Alright Sakura," he said opening the window and looking around. "So you should be at Naruto's house" he told himself as he jumped out and headed over to the blondes house.

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Sakura tried everything she could to try and get her friends attention. "NARUTO!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. But he didn't even flinch, not in the least bit. Sakura sighed and stopped following him on his way home.

"This is no use" she told herself and sighed. "Ugh!" she winced and held her held onto it as she sank to the ground. She shut her eyes tight and couldn't open them.

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"Ugh looks like she still isn't dead yet" a rugged man said glaring at the beaten girl through the bars.

"Don't waste your time on her she's near death should only be another day or two" he laughed and the two walked off.

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Sakura flashed back to Konoha and was breathing hard. "I'm going to die" she cried still kneeled down. "Gaara, please" tears spilled from her eyes. "Please help me"

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Gaara stood atop of Naruto house looking around. "Why isn't she here?" he growled and looked around the big village.

"Gaara! Hay, what are you doing up there?" Naruto smiled and waved up at his friend. Gaara completely ignored him and continued looking around.

"SAKURA!" he yelled hoping she would hear him where ever she was. He jumped down and ran right past Naruto who had a very concerned look on his face.

He walked down the street quickly calling out her name hoping to find her, "Sakura!" he yelled again not caring about the looks he was getting. He froze completely and wondering if he was going crazy. But there she was kneeled in the middle of the street.

He pushed past the villagers and kneels down beside her. "Sakura?" he called softly beside her. Sakura froze and turned her head slowly to see him.

"How did you find me?" she asked trying to wipe away her tears.

"I don't know I can see you, somehow" he told her wishing he could help her wipe the tears from her face. "What's wrong? Why are you crying?" he asked.

"In 24 hours, I will most likely be dead. But it's not like you care, we barely know each other" she glared and faced the other direction.

"Sakura, I do know you . . . at least now I do and I want to help you. I kind of stole your diary and read some of it" he said quiet nervous of the girls wrath.

Sakura went wide eyed and stared at him. "So you were the one who snuck into me room and stole me things" she glared. "I was freak out, jerk. What gives you the right to invade someone's personal things?" she huffed and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Look can we please do this when we have time I don't want you to die, so come on show me where your body is"

"Why do you want to help me?" she asked placing her hands on her hips.

"Well because . . . Naruto, yeah Naruto would be very sad if you died and I don't want him to be sad and you were right I'm the Kazekage now so I must do what I can" he said, completely lying to her.

Sakura stood up and watched as Gaara stood and towered over her. She turned away from him placing her hand over her heart and trying to keep her breathing under control. 'Now Sakura calm down just because a super cute, tall, and handsome Kazekage is helping you doesn't mean he likes you he's just helping Naruto and this village and the Hokage" she nodded trying to relieve herself of her building tension.

She looked off and then had a strange look on her face. She turned halfway around and looked up at Gaara, "If you were the one in my room give me my sand back" she said her voice filled with authority. She stretched her hand out and waited.

Gaara stared back at her, "You mean this?" he asked pulling out the bottle from his pocket. "I like it and as Kazekage I think I deserve such a thoughtful gift" he smirked and dangled it in front of her.

Sakura tried to snatch it away from him her face on fire from his words. But her hand went right through the bottle. She growled and crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him.

"You can have it back if you can take it back once you're not dead" Gaara said tauntingly. He placed it back in his pocket and then crossed his arms mimicking her. "Now if you would kindly show me to where I can find your body so I can save you" he said in a prideful tone making Sakura twitch and want to punch him in the face.

Sakura just huffed and turned around heading towards the gate of the village with Gaara following silently. Once they reached the outside Sakura lead him down the path he had come to get Konoha. "Now I don't remember what happened, except for the fact that I was attacked in this cave" she told him.

Gaara nodded taking in the information. "So am I going to have to kill anyone?" he wondered.

Sakura thought about it and wondered herself. "I wouldn't think so; I mean they probably left the cave after they attacked me. What more reason would there be to stay?" she asked glancing back at him.

"I guess not. So I just have to go to this place and get your body and bring it back to get medical work?" Gaara questioned still following her.

"Well yes. I would hope so, since I'm dying Tsunade-sama will have to start healing me and then I guess I'll just return to my body. At least I hope so" she sighed and faced forward once again.

They walked through the forest for about 30 minutes and Sakura finally began slowing down as they came near a small mountain. "Ok I know it's around here somewhere" Sakura said walking beside it and looking up.

"Ah ha! There it is," she said pointing up to a barely visible cave on the side of the mountain. Gaara let some sand fly out and it lifted him from the ground and he walked into the mouth of the cave.

Sakura jumped up, being almost dead she WAS a spirit. She looked around and Gaara saw the panic sweep over her face. "Where is it?!" she said shakily. She ran further into the cave and looked more "It's not here!!" she said falling to her knees.

"Sakura, shhhh" he said with a finger over his lips. Sakura stopped talking and Gaara listening carefully. He walked further down the cave then she was and the noise he was hearing became louder.

"Sakura I think those people who attacked you, I think this is their base." He whispered so that he wouldn't give them away. He walked even further and peaked around the corner too see a larger portion o area lit with tons of torches and men everywhere.

"Alright I know your body is in here, I can barely feel you" he told her getting a nod. He was about to step out when he felt her force grab the back of his shirt.

"Please, Gaara . . . be careful" she said looking up at him with saddened green eyes. All he could do was stare at the girl until a tiny almost undetectable smile graced his features.

"Don't worry Sakura. I'll be fine; I am the Kazekage after all"

Sakura tried to give him a reassuring smile and finally let go and with that he continued forward with her close behind. "HEY! Stop! Who are you?!" one of the men asked.

"I've become aware you have something that doesn't belong to you. A girl looks about 21, pink hair, green eyes. You wouldn't mind giving her to me would you?" Gaara asked professionally. What would rogue ninja's like them need with a nearly dead girl?

"What would you possibly want with her?" another asked glaring at Gaara.

"Why else would man come to reclaim a woman's body obviously this fool is in love with that girl" one to the right blurted out. Sakura reddened at the thought of Gaara valiantly rescuing her from evil men.

"Just give her to me" Gaara said his tone becoming colder and more threatening. "Don't make me kill you" Gaara's glare now turning icy cold.

"Ha-ha. You here that boys the young one thinks he can take us all on by himself" they all laughed at the though and Gaara merely stood there.

The cork on his gourd began to try and push out, "Then you will all die" he had somewhat a sinister look on his face as his sand shot out and they all went wide eyed.

"Let's kill this boy!" one yelled and they all started to run at him. Gaara's sand blocked the first wave of shuriken.

"Pathetic." Gaara whispered under his breathe and he dodged a kick easily and made one of his own connecting straight with one's head. Suddenly there was a shudder in the earth. They all froze and Sakura looked around, "Gaara, that felt like a foot step" she gulped.

Suddenly one of the other door ways was smashed and a huge fat man thudded through. Gaara stared wide eyed at the large man. "What no earth?!" Sakura practically screamed.

"Oh you've got be kidding me" Gaara groaned as all the other men cheered.

"Crush this insect, Jiranbo!" they all shouted in unison as he stomped on the ground making it rumble once again and some of the rocks from above fell to he ground. Gaara jumped out of the way to avoid being crushed by the ceiling.

The giant clapped his hands making echoes go everywhere. Everyone had their hands over their ears trying to mute the loud shouting. "Jiranbo will crush!" he cheered and started jumping up and down quickly.

Gaara went wide eyed and the ceiling began plummeting down. "Gaara please get out of here or you'll die!" Sakura screamed tears spilling from her eyes.

"No! Not until I get your body! I won't let you die!" he yelled over the loud sounds.

"Please no! You'll die trying to save me!" she cried.

"Don't worry about me Sakura just wait for me at the front of the cave" he told her reassuringly. Gaara ran off deeper into the cave leaving Sakura's spirit behind. Sakura closed her eyes and made a silent prayer before running out of the collapsing cave.

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Gaara ran down the hallway carved out of stone that was becoming more and more unstable as more of the ceiling gave way. He pushed open doors and searched them before moving on. "Where is she?" he asked himself as he ran down the hallway.

He finally opened a door that was filled with cells and saw a figure inside one. He came up to the cell and saw Sakura's half dead form and yanked the door open only to see the ceiling give way above her. Gaara went wide eyed and dived wrapping his arms around her cold body and dragging her with him.

He got up to his knees and winced a bit but picked Sakura up in his arms and held her close to him. "Ok, now to make it back out if it's not caved in yet" he told himself standing up and exiting the room.

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Sakura stood outside on the edge of the forest where it met with the mountain. "Gaara please," she held her hands tightly together tears falling from her eyes. "Please make. I wouldn't be able to go on if you died trying to protect me" she whispered keeping her gaze focused on the cave entrance.

Suddenly it all crumbled down and rocks slide down the side of the mountain. "NO!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. "Gaara!!" she cried falling to her knees.

"Sakura relax!" she heard Gaara's voice from beside her. "I made it" he said quite weakly. She looked beside her seeing Gaara on the ground with her own body held close to his. "I'm out and I found your body. So lets just get you to the hospital" he told her laying her body beside him and sitting up.

He grabbed Sakura's body once again and carried her in his arms. "Come on now" he said as he began his way back to the village. Sakura ran up beside him and looked at Gaara's bruised face.

"Gaara . . ." she began making him stop and look at her. "Thank you, so much" she smiled and looked up at him with tear filled eyes. He was once again caught in her green.

"Don't worry about it" he said breaking out of the hold she had on him. "And don't cry, even if it's for something happy tears make me think your sad" he said quietly.

Sakura tried wiping the tears from her face and smiled up at him. "I'm sorry" she said as she followed him back to the village. After a very painful walk Gaara finally saw the gates to the village and the two Jonin at the front ran to him to ask what was wrong.

"Go get the Hokage, I found her student and she's about to die" he told them and one ran off to inform their Hokage. The other offered to take Sakura from Gaara bet refused to give her up. "I can take her to the hospital myself" he told him and set off for the hospital that was thankfully close by.

He pushed open the doors to the hospital and the medics up front immediately rushed over to him. He let them take Sakura and they placed her on a rolling bed and rushed her down the hall. Gaara braced himself with the wall and Sakura looked at him oddly. "Gaara's what's wrong?" she asked placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Kazekage-sama! You're seriously injured we need to," the medic stopped letting out a loud gasp as he collapsed to the ground. "Hurry up The Kazekage need immediate attention put him with Haruno Sakura in the emergency room!" the medic ordered.

"Gaara!" Sakura shouted feeling herself begin to cry again. "Gaara no! I told you to just leave me! Why didn't you listen!" she screamed making the red head hear but it only brought a small smirk to his face.

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Sakura sat on the edge of Gaara's bed, she looked over to her own body too see the wonderful job Tsunade had done on reviving her. Now she was just recovering from being near dead for so long. Sakura climbed up and hovered over the unconscious Gaara, "Why you idiot?" she asked shaking her head.

"How am I supposed to live without you? Especially after this," she cried feeling her tears run down her face. "How could you leave the person who loves you all alone" she whispered leaning down only centimeters away from his lips.

Sakura gasped feeling herself slammed into her body. She looked around to see the hospital ceiling and hearing the steady beeping of her monitor. She turned her head painfully to the side so she could see Gaara.

"I hate you, you stupid idiot" she muttered under her breath. She went wide eyed hearing his cocky laugh.

"That's not what your diary says" he smirked and leaned his head over seeing her gaze at him. She blushed a light red and avoided his direct eye contact.

"Why didn't you just leave? You wouldn't have gotten hurt if you just left" she asked.

Gaara laughed lightly once again. "You know I thought I had learned what protecting people who are precious to you when I fought Naruto. Then I became Kazekage and protecting my people was easy because I was fighting for them. But ever when fighting for my village I don't think I have ever been more driven to protect someone then when I was trying to save you" he admitted.

Sakura went wide eyed not believing what she was hearing. "Protecting people that you hold dear is a whole lot different then trying to protect or trying to save the person . . ." he stopped and looked at her straight in the eyes, "To save that person you found you love more then anything"

Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing. "You . . . you love me?" she asked wanting to make sure this was no dream.

Gaara nodded, "I love you, you stupid pink haired girl" she smirked seeing her annoyed face. "You won't ever have to worry about getting hurt ever again because I assure you I will never allow it" he promised making her face soften.

Sakura reached her hand out and left it hanging in the air. Gaara stared at it for a moment and then stretched out his own. They both interlocked with their pointed fingers. "You better not die" she smiled.

"Same to you if you don't live after all I've done for you I might be a little angry" he laughed. Sakura laughed lightly and closed her eyes feeling herself drift back into sleep.

Before she lost all consciousness one thought flew through her mind 'Gaara, you better not die'