Chapter 7 Sasuke's Vengeance *cough* Attempt *cough*

The two love birds returned back to Konoha the next day. Being the wonderful sister she was, Temari decided to call the school and inform them that Sakura and Gaara were ill. This gave them a three day weekend. Well, it gave Gaara a three day weekend.

Sakura told Gaara that starting Saturday, she would be training with Tsunade. Apparently, Jiraya, their principal, thought Sakura would strive much better with Tsunade as her mentor on the side. It was not that he didn't believe in the teachers, no he had full respect for their abilities, but he saw Sakura as the only possible student with a brighter future. And who else to help her reach that future than the Hokage herself?

"That's great, Sakura-chan." The sand boy forced a smile at her. He was happy for her, but that also meant he would be spending less time with her. Something inside of him knew she could tell what was going through his mind. That little something was right.

"Gaara, we will still be spending time together. It just means that Saturdays will be like another school day for me. "She smiled sympathetically toward him. Emerald was a perfect color for her. Those beautiful eyes were one of the many reasons Gaara knew he'd never get his way with this girl. There would never be a day when he tired of looking into them. Just like there would never be a day when he would stop wanting to kiss his cherry blossom. And he planned on kissing her then, had they not been interrupted by a 'youthful' green fellow.

"Sakura-chan and Gaara, you two are being invited to a very youthful party tonight. It will be taking place at the most youthful place of them all, THE UCHIHA HOUSE! Be there, and dress youthful, at seven o'clock!" The green bullet took off before any questions could be asked or answered.

"Please, Gaara?"

"I don't want to."

"Why not?"

"It's Sasuke's house. We all know that he just wants you back."

"Pretty please, Gaara?"

Dude, how can you say no to her?

'I'm not looking at her. If I do I will surely get sucked into going.'

…Gaara, look at her…

'Fine…'

Gaara mentally thanked the Shukaku. Before him stood an angered Sakura, holding his large gourd above her head. Threats were running through her eyes. It struck fear into Gaara. He saw a tiny bit of Tsunade in her already, and it made him tremble at the thought of her becoming more like the blonde kunoichi.

The redhead dove for the gourd as Sakura threw it toward the ground. Growls were emanating from both of their throats as they glared at each other. Gaara hugged the gourd close to him as he stared at her hair. One glance into the eyes and he would be done. He'd be forced to go to the ridiculous party with Sakura. The gourd slipped out of his hands a bit and as he readjusted it, his eyes caught Sakura. He'd pushed himself into his own demise.

"Fine, we'll go to the stupid party…"

Sakura squealed happily and jumped up. Gaara stumbled a bit as a pink blur attacked him with a hug. He wrapped his arms around her and laughed a bit. This boy could not be any more in love. He laughed, smiled, and even allowed her to touch him. It was like he was a different person. The only dent in this new personality was that the Shukaku grew in annoyance.

I'd hate to put a damper in your plans, but you owe me a dead animal.

'Are you serious right now?'

Yes, dead serious.

'Sure, whatever. We can do that later. It'll give me a reason to leave the Uchiha's house anyway.'

You'd really ditch her during a party?

'Shukaku, Sakura would understand. Plus I trust her. And I could always send the blonde idiot to watch over her.'

That is very true.

To Gaara's misery seven o'clock came quickly. Sakura had already gotten dressed, three times that is. The first time she was wearing red shorts, a black tank top, and black wedges. The sand boy argued with her that it was much too inappropriate until she walked away and came back down with her second outfit. This time she was wearing a short yellow dress slashed with purple from the left short sleeve to the right end. Her feet still wore the black wedges. Instead of arguing Gaara simply murmured, loud enough for her to hear, "Yeah that'd be perfect, if you wanted to cheat on me." Sakura stomped away and after several minutes of what Gaara was sure of glass shattering she came back down. Now Sakura was dressed to Gaara's preference. She wore a light pink halter top, black skinny jeans, and black heels.

"Finally," Sakura muttered when the redhead gave his nod of approval. They walked under the beautiful evening sky to the rather large Uchiha home. They knocked on the door and were greeted by Choji. Of course, the boy was eating from his bag of chips and stared at him. In his right hand was the bag, but in his left was a clipboard. His eyes roamed over the paper and, using the clipboard, pointed to Gaara.

"He isn't allowed in. Sakura is, but I'm sorry to say, Gaara your name isn't on the list." The crunching of chips drowned out any fright in his voice from seeing the demon boy. Gaara's emotionless face scrunched up with anger, before Sakura placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Relax, I'll go in and get Sasuke to let you in." The pinkette began to walk in despite Gaara's calls for her not to. Instead of continuing to call out, Gaara sat on the sidewalk and waited for his girlfriend to return and drag him inside.

After ten devastating minutes he started to grow aggravated. He heard the click of heals walk out and grab him by the shirt. A livid Sakura dragged him into the house, shooting Choji a death glance when he attempted to protest. Gaara, completely oblivious to why she was mad, was faltering to find words to ask her what happened. His confusion grew as Sakura took his hand and started to dance. The redhead mentally questioned what was wrong with her as he danced with her, ignoring the glances and whispers coming from those around them.

"Sakura, what happened?"

"Sasuke happened." The emotions in Sakura's eyes said not to test any waters at the moment. He would find out what happened later. And to Gaara's absolute joy three things occurred.

Sakura calmed down.

Everyone purposed to play truth or dare.

Sasuke wasn't near.

Several people sat down in a circle. Some of the few Gaara paid enough attention to remember were Lee, Naruto, Hinata, Kiba, Ino, Sakura, Neji, and the other few kids from school. Many of the teens were holding cups of a mysterious liquid. The redhead dared not drink it and was considering the consequences of Sakura drinking it. But he decided to go with his better judgment and not let her take in the liquid.

The game began with Ino, who was obviously intoxicated and had been drinking the liquid. According to what he knew, Gaara suspected it was alcohol. Why the Uchiha had alcohol he did not want to think about. Instead he focused on the platinum blonde as she slurred her words.

"Tenten, truf or dare?"

A brunette with hair placed into Mickey Mouse Ear buns chuckled. "Dare me you drunk blonde."

"I dare you to… kiss Neji-kunn!" The brunette blushed and did her dare before asking the next victim which way they'd like to be humiliated.

"Shino-"

"Truth." The boy with sunglasses looked up from his bug that was crawling on his finger.

"Are you dating one of your bugs?"

"Yes, my queen ant. Naruto?"

"DARE ME, BUG BOY!" The loud blonde boy was yelling loudly. Gaara feared what might happen if anyone was to give him alcohol. Maybe he would give him some before leaving.

"I dare you to hug the girl you like." Naruto, being the idiot he is, went around hugging every girl. "No you idiot. The girl you really like." It took a minute for the blue eyed imbecile to process what Shino meant. Then he got up and hugged Hinata very tightly.

"Gaara, truth or dare?" Naruto stared at him intently, as if trying to force him to choose a specific option.

"Dare, I guess." Gaara watched the blonde smirk.

"I dare you to smile." Gaara hissed at Naruto. The sand boy thought for a minute and turned to look the blue eyed menace in the eyes. He smirked at him.

"There, I did it."

"YOU CHEATER! I SAID SMILE NOT SMIRK!" Before Gaara could react, Sakura pulled his pale face away from looking at Naruto and kissed him. The pinkette pulled away softly and kissed his kanji symbol before sitting back into her spot. Without noticing, he began to smile. "Thank you Sakura-chan!"

Gaara glared at a giggling Sakura once he realized what she did. "Sakura…"

"Dare me, Gaara-kun."

"I dare you to let me leave and kill an animal, for Shukaku of course." While everyone else cringed and most of the females made faces, Sakura sighed. She nodded and waved him off. His pleasure was uncontainable and wrote itself in his features. He ran out the door and towards the forest.

He escaped into the dark green forest. Slowly, half of his body covered in sand. His left eye flickered golden with black diamonds inside. In a different way, he resembled Zetsu. His sand side grew a bit longer. Then he took off with inhumane speed.

"You should've brought Sakura…"

"Shut up and find the prey of this week. When I get back to her I'm definitely dragging her home."

"If you get home that is." Sasuke walked out calmly from behind a tree. His right hand held a katana. Two seconds drew out for what seemed an eternity. Then Sasuke attacked. His katana attempted to cut Gaara. The redhead simply let Shukaku fight. The battle was over in ten minutes. The Shukaku, rather pleased with himself, retreated no longer needing an animal as sacrifice.

Gaara stumbled out of the forest and made his way to the Uchiha home. He entered to see Sakura in the corner and most of the others kissing their partner. Making his way to Sakura he saw that she was looking at a picture. Upon further inspection he noticed that it was Sasuke as a child with his brother Itachi.

"He was an innocent kid back then…"

"Hn… Yeah, that so called innocent kid just attacked me in the forest."

Sakura looked up shocked. She placed the picture down and dragged Gaara to her house. After tossing him onto her bed, she began checking him for any injuries. Silence settled in between them. Pink slowly tilted forward until it landed on the sand boy's chest. Sleep took them each into swift dreams.

A/N sorry I couldn't describe the fight between Gaara and Sasuke. I'm writing at like one in the morning and my brain is shutting down. SASUKE IS NOT DEAD (sadly)! Uhm….. I love you guys and I guess please review. See ya!

Sincerely,

D.A.R.N.