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Lauren
A Blossom In The Wind, Chapter 6: Hello, Goodbye
Gaara walked quickly along the corridor, bowing his head in minute shows of respect to the passing village elders as they made their ways down the stairs to go home for the night. As he rushed upward the elders ambled downwards, hampering his attempt to climb the three levels that separated him and her. Just then an arm reached out from a doorway to his left and he was pulled into the dark recess by his older sister, Temari.
"Where are you going in such a hurry hmm?" she asked, too curious for his liking. "If you'll excuse me nee-san I have a tour to conduct" he sneered, pulling away from her. "Oh do the duties of the great Kazekage never cease?" She asked mockingly. Gaara exited the small enclave back into the hall and was immediately bombarded once again by an exodus of people. He growled in frustration as he shoved his way up the stairs toward the first of two floors that housed the Kazekage, his family, and close members of his entourage.
He felt eyes on his back, mischievous, scheming eyes, watching his difficult ascent with mild amusement. Baki waved at the passing Kazekage but received not even so much as a curt nod. 'Boy he's determined to get somewhere in a hurry' Baki thought, not bothering to make any further attempts at claiming the leader's attention. Gaara shoved onward and onward until finally he reached the ornate door that led to the first corridor that housed his close entourage members.
Inside the door laid a very long corridor that curved in both directions and looped all the way around the buildings perimeter. There were so many doors, one would be busy for a month just trying to find their own door if there weren't names on them. All the doors down here looked identical except for the names adorned on them. At the end of the corridor there was a wrap around staircase that led up to the second floor, the floor which housed the Kazekage, his family, and his assorted diplomatic and personal guests.
Gaara very nearly flew across the corridor and up the steps. Here he knew which room was which. At the end of this corridor, exactly in the center of the complex, was his room. The door was huge, inlaid with rubies, jade, topaz, and carvings of desert roses. A few yards down on the left was a door inlaid with a carving of a fan. In the fan were aquamarine jewels, three of them. Under that, the name 'Temari'. To the right was another door, carved with intricate abstract designs, donned with beautiful amethysts. In the center, 'Kankuro'.
Another few yards still from these, on the left was another gorgeous door, another of his designs, a banzai and cherry tree intertwined, both blossoms and rubies like cherries adorned one tree, the other speckled with emerald. This was her room, Sakura's room. The rest of the doors were of no concern to him at the moment, her door stood so close, just a few yards away. He strode quickly, knocked three times. 1…2…3… no answer, another three knocks. 1…2…3… still no answer. "Ms. Haruno, I'm coming in…"
He opened the door, and was greeted with… emptiness. The faint scent of cherries and something else… blood? He strode quickly from room to room, finding no one and then at last he was in the bedroom, the source of the metallic scent. The bed curtains were drawn, concealing what he hoped wouldn't be there. 'The body of Sakura Haruno' He thought, 'another life on my hands…' he strode to the bed and pulled back the curtain to reveal… nothing? Nothing but a note, or, a jutsu rather, written in blood. Shigai ijou no jutsu. A body transfer. His hopes were fulfilled, then dashed. Her body wasn't there… but then… it could be anywhere and unfortunately, anyone.
A/N: Ha successful cliffhanger. Take that! Ok I finally wrote chapter 6!! Reviews plz!