Hiya Sorry it took me so long to update its just I am lacking motivation. I see people read this story and favorite and alert it and stuff but nobody really reviews. If that is the case than the updates will probably take longer because I will be more busy with school and stuff. I also have a summer project that I have been procrastinating with but its not your fault its really boring and I procratinate a lot. Not that you people care about my life I am just lazy. I figure I will update before I start volleyball and I am doing this because a reviewer had a very good point. I am mostly posting it now for her because her review really made my day and I started writing as soon as I read it. So this chapter is for said reviewer: vampgirl8. Thanks again for your review it really meant a lot to me! Well enough of me blabbing on lets get to the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
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Sakura left her house and was on her way to Gaara's until something rather someone tackled her.
"Naruto its good to see you too but do you have to tackle me I just saw you yesterday?" Sakura asked while Naruto apoligized and helped her up. Sakura just smiled at him. Naruto always had a way to make her happy even when he didn't try. Truly he was the best friend she could ever want. Underneath the clumsy and dumbness that is Naruto is a all around great guy.
"My bad Sakura its just that you disappeared yesterday and well…" Naruto said scratching the back of his head. 'typical Naruto'
"I know but I was doing the mission I didn't just let you two take care of it I was with Gaara."
"Yeah I know I saw you two and I um asked about him too" A concerned look took over his face, "He didn't hurt you did he?"
"No! of course not!" Sakura scowled "How could you even think that when you don't even know him" She shouted. They were close to the complex the sand nin were staying at so they came out Sasuke showed up too. But the look on the Sand nins face was of complete shock.
"Sakura you act like you know him but you don't." The smart remark made by none other than Sasuke Uchiha.
"I know more than you!" she defended herself. The sand nin finally made themselves known.
"Look umm—
"Names Sakura" She said frustration evident in her facial features and voice.
"Right Sakura, your teamate is right you don't know who the actual Gaara is." Said Kankuro. Meanwhile in the shadows looking at the whole scene unfold. 'is she defending me or herself?'
'not to sure kid lets hope shes defending us because I want another kiss from her!' Gaara agreed to the first comment but ignored the second one and just watched silently hoping Sakura was different. Sakura's anger just grew with that comment. She snorted.
"Oh really I bet I know more about him than you! You're his own sibling and you are scared of him! You. Can't. Talk." More venom leaking out of her voice with each new word. She would be damned if these people will tell her what she doesn't know about her best friend!
"Listen here girl! You may think you know Gaara but you don't there is a reason that he has his own room okay?! Yes we are his siblings and we may not know a lot about him but that doesn't mean we don't care! I will not have some little pink haired girl tell me about my baby brother! I want to be close to him but he won't let anybody near him! He won't let people in his life and even when he threatens us I still want to help him you got that! Don't tell me about my family that you barely know!" retorted a now angered and sobbing Temari. 'I want to be there for him I really do its just that he pushes me away' But Temari hit the spot with that one. Gaara contemplated her words and he felt kinda bad. Kinda. She did approach him a lot but he always threatened her not wanting to trust anyone and get hurt again. 'maybe I'll try and let her in next time' Kankuro surprised by his sisters speech but agreed nonetheless. He nodded in approval.
"Look Sakura they didn't mean anything just saying that Gaara can be unstable and—
"I know he kills people and I don't care okay! I know what he has done in his past and that still doesn't matter to me. People make mistakes and it wasn't his fault he turned out like he did."
"What are you talking about? How do you know this stuff about him?" Asked a now very confused Temari.
"He told me for one. What I am talking about is exactly what I said it wasn't his fault."
"Hn as stupid as ever Sakura, the guy is a freak"
"That's it!" Sakura had enough. She pounched Sasuke right in his pretty little face and sent him flying across the street. The rest of the party and bystandards were shocked from the outburst. Sakura walked right to the fallen Uchiha and picked him up by his collar. She looked him straight in the eye and said "Say what you want about me Uchiha but as soon as you go so far to insult my friend whom you know nothing about that's where I draw the line!" Sakura dropped him on the ground and walked towards the group.
"Pfft you really think you matter to him. Only you would befriend a monster who killed innocent people" Sakura froze and turned towards him. She was surprisingly calm.
"That is only one way to look at it." Everyone gave her a puzzled look and she sighed, "who do you think made him that way? Who do you think shunned him as a child? Who do you think sent him hateful glares and made their children hate him as well? Who was it that tried to go as far as to KILL a little kid? Do you think he would ask for something like that? No! no one would. He was born with the Shukaku spirit in him, meaning he didn't have a choice! Frankly the way I see it it was the peoples fault. They claimed he was a moster when he did nothing but so much blink in their direction. They claimed he was a cold blooded killer when all he wanted was someone to see him as a human being; someone who would see underneath the underneath, someone to love him. Look what they got, the little boy who never hurt someone on purpose grew up to be what they claimed. He became what they saw him as. Like they always say be careful what you wish for because you just might get it." To say they were shocked would be an understatement. The speech she gave was incredible. Naruto thought to his past and remembered the hateful stares and words. 'would I have become like him if my friends didn't save me?' Sasuke was speechless not that he actual spoke much but his comrade had beat him in this verbal battle not that he would admit it. He had a reputation that he was the best. Kankuro and Temari saw the truth in her words and this just got them wanting to know what Gaara could actually be like. Apparently this konoichi had gotten to him and they wanted to know how. Gaara was by far the most surprised. He never had anyone stick up for him. Hell when he came to topic everyone agreed he was a monster there was nothing left to discuss. But of course Sakura just had to be different than the rest. He was happy that he met well re-met Sakura. Gaara looked at her and smiled, it was small but still there. 'Good thing she can't see me she did say she was going to make me smile and she did' 'I told you she was different kid' 'well excuse me for ignoring the monster that got me into this trouble and I can't believe you like her' 'what can I say she likes blood!' 'stupid raccoon'
"wow I can't believe he let you in that much" Said Kankuro finally out of his shock.
"Yeah well I'm stubborn and I made a bet with him" Sakura giggled at the memory.
"Wait you made a bet with him?" questioned Naruto
"Yeah we went to the training grounds—
"You fought him!?"
"Not exaclty"
Flashback
"You won't even be able to touch me." He said in a bored tone.
"Well Mr. I think I'm so great, if I can touch you once than I get to ask you a couple of questions that you have to answer." Sakura stated proudly.
"And if I win?"
"Ummm I'll leave you alone?"
"No."
"Then what do you want?"
"I want to ask you some questions to and then you take me for food"
"What happened to I want to get rid of you?"
"I changed my mind" Gaara growled.
"Deal! So either I get knocked out or an hour passes or I touch you the battle is over sound fair?"
"Let me just ask the questions and get the food now konoichi" He smirked while she was fuming 'does he really think I'm that easy' 'Show him what you got!'
"hahaha hilarious I wish you would go back to your quiet self"
"Can't take the insults?"
"Let's just get started Panda" Gaara was shocked at the nickname that he didn't see her coming for him. Sakura reached out to touch him but it was blocked by sand. So this is why well I'll have to be quicker or just make the sand to heavy to keep up.' Gaara snapped out of his shock and saw Sakura's hand blocked by sand. He smirked at this that's why he made the bet. But then he saw Sakura smirk and got confused but didn't show it. Sakura jumped back and hid in the trees. But she wasn't really hiding she was looking for something. She came up to a tree with a hole in it and pulled something out. Gaara than called out to her.
"Are you gonna hid the whole time because if you are I will just take my prize now." Smirk growing on his face.
"I am waiting for the right moment Panda!" Her voice called back but it sounded like it was coming from every direction around Gaara. Then he heard something in the bushes to his left and sent sand towards it and pulled it out toward him. It was Sakura.
"Now just say you give up so I can take my prize I don't want to waste my time waiting for you to wake up." But Sakura just smirked at this. "what are you smirking at you lost."
Meanwhile the real Sakura was behind him ready with her weapon to take down his sand.
"Not exactly" Gaara was completely confused until he felt his sand surrounding him fall behind him. He threw Sakura across the field and she dissappeared in a poof of smoke to reveal a log. 'a subsitution but than where is the real one' Gaara looked behind him and saw Sakura with a—
"Squirtgun?!" Gaara gave a wtf!? Look but than realized she used it to water down his sand. He looked down and saw all of it at his feet. Gaara tried to pick it up but it was too heavy and it crumbled and fell right back down. Then he felt something on his shoulder and looked up to see a hand.
"I win!" Sakura screamed. "Now whose so strong Panda!"
End Flashback
"wait wait wait what?" Said a very confused Naruto
"You used a squirtgun?"
"You actually touched him?"
"You actually beat someone?"
"He let you call him Panda?"
"He didn't—
"STOP!" Sakura hit Naruto on the head for his confusion and turned her attention back to the group of confused nin. "Yes I used a squirt gun, Yeah I touched him and yes I did win. No he didn't let me call him Panda but I did anyway so…"
"One last question." Said Naruto still rubbing his head
"I am not explaining it again but otherwise go ahead."
"Where did you get the squirtgun?"
"Oh that's easy we were at the training ground where we train and I keep it there for my revenge." Sakura said as if it was normal.
"Revenge for what?"
"For Uchiha but now I don't get to use it cause I told you already." Sakura sighed. She was sure that would work. "Oh well time for phase two" Sakura snickered.
"Phase two?" the group asked.
"Yup when I want something done I do it right! It was a full proof ten phase plan, well now a nine phase plan!" Sakura smirked. Gaara chuckled. 'just when I was beginning to figure her out' Sasuke inwardly gulped. Naruto and the others laughed at their friend.
"What now?" asked Kankuro
"We better find Gaara" said Temari. She was eager to try to get through to him.
"No need to." Replied Sakura.
"Why?" everyone said in unision. Sakura smiled
"He's up in that tree," Sakura pointed and sure enough sand came down and he was right in front of them, "See now we head out!" Acting like it was nothing.
"How long were you up there?" Questioned Kankuro
"Long enough to hear her speech and your outburst." Everyone's face grew pale except for Sakura. 'he heard me bad mouth Sakura and say my speech' thought Temari. Gaara ignored the faces and turned to Sakura.
"How long did you know I was up there?" Sakura put a finger to her chin as if thinking.
"Ummm sometime after I punched Sasuke." Everyone's jaw dropped even Gaara's did a little 'She knew that long?!' they all thought. Sakura's smile just grew.
'damn she is good'
'yeah we didn't make any noise. She is very sharp.'
"But… than…I am so confused" Just guess who that was
"Me too me too" Replied Kankuro
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Well not one of my longest ones but it will do. I will update soon because I got ideas fresh in my head now! I was going to continue but I wanted to get it out. Next chapter could be expected sometime tomorrow if I get enough motivation or either Tuesday or Wednesday at the very latest. Well that's about it, REVIEW!
Another shout out to vampgirl8! Thank you so much for your wonderful review!
Until next time
BluePanda!
