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A Story for Myself

A Naruto Fanfic

Chapter 7

Sheena

"Sakura," Gaara said. "Thank you, so much, for everything,"

Sakura smiled before pouncing on Gaara, who was sitting on his bed.

"Gaara, I'm really glad I could help." Sakura said as she hugged him. He hugged her back.

Gaara noticed that she had sort of knocked him over, onto the bed, and that she was on top of him.

As soon as Sakura noticed this she blushed, and stammered a "S-sorry," to Gaara before starting to get off him.

He rolled his eyes and smiled, then pulled her back down on the bed with him.

"It's fine, Sakura," he said with a smile.

"Gaara," She said, calmer and not as nervous. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure, anything," Gaara responded as they both lay on his bed.

"About what Karin said earlier," she laughed. "What do you think?"

Gaara looked over at her, playing dumb. "About what part?" He laughed too.

"About… us," she responded smirking.

"Well, the part about us making a great couple?" Gaara asked, still playing with her.

Sakura smacked him on the arm, playfully. "Of course!"

"Ouch!" He laughed. Then he looked into Sakura's eyes. "I, personally think, it would be very true," he said, quieter. "What do you think?"

Sakura looked in his pale blue eyes. She noticed the dark circles around them. He had always had those, they were apart of him. She didn't think they made him ugly, not at all… If anything then Sakura felt attracted by his entire face.

"Very, no, extremely true," Sakura said.

Gaara smiled, trying to make it seem casual to why he was moving slowly. Even though his body hurt, and his limbs ached, he didn't want Sakura to worry about him anymore. He really cared about her. He really loved her.

They both sat up on his bed.

"Well then, Sakura," Gaara took her hand in his, looking down at their fingers as they intertwined. "Will you be my girlfriend?" He looked up into her bright green eyes.

"Of course," She answered, smiling, before she leaned in and kissed him.

Gaara kissed back with passion as he felt her other hand rest on the back of his neck.

Sakura felt Gaara's hand press against her side, and she answered him by moving closer to him. They both pulled away at the same time. Their intertwined hands loosened, and Sakura wrapped her arms around Gaara's neck as he wrapped his around her waist. As they dove into another kiss Gaara pulled Sakura closer to him, and then there was no space between their bodies.

Suddenly Gaara and Sakura were connected. He could feel their souls, joining with one another.

Sakura felt her inner-self merging with Gaara's spirit.

They pulled apart again. Smiling, each started talking at the same time.

"You first," Gaara told her.

They still held each other.

"Did you… feel that?" Sakura asked. "It was like I could feel something more than just the present, I felt my life, with yours,"

"Yeah," Gaara said. "I guess it's an added affect."

They both laughed.

"Sakura, Gaara." Lana yelled from what Gaara supposed the middle of the staircase.

Their laughing turned into concerned looks as both parted.

"If she asks, what were we doing?" Gaara said. He was fresh out of new ideas.

"Well, we'll tell her sometime, right?" Sakura asked as they sat opposite from each other on the bed.

"Of course, but maybe just a little later. This scene would look suspicious to you, if you were an Aunt too, right?"

The door clicked.

"True," Sakura said, giving him a look that said 'play along'.

"Oh, hey, you guys, I was just wondering what time Sakura planned on leaving, not to rush or anything, but for dinner," She explained.

Lana had let Gaara and Sakura alone for years after she saw that they were just friends, and that Sakura was Gaara's best friend.

"Well, we don't have really any homework, so whenever is fine with me," Sakura said happily. "My parents are out on a business trip, so they wont be back until tomorrow evening."

"Oh really?" Lana asked. "Well then how about you just spend the night?"

This was also another perk with Lana. She was pretty cool about everything. Sakura's parents knew she got lonely at home sometimes too, being an only child, and they were really good friends with Lana. This wouldn't be the first time that Sakura had stayed over.

To Sakura this was like her second home. Her parents didn't mind, and both her and Gaara were well trusted between both families.

"That'd be great, thanks a bunch, Lana," Sakura smiled.

"Good, I'll call your parents, then?" She asked.

"Yeah, thanks again," Sakura said.

"No problem," Lana said as she started to walk out the room.

Gaara was moving. He had gotten up and was at the computer right as Lana began to speak.

"Ah, what is this, Gaara?" Lana said, looking at the screen.

"Oh, I'll just close all this up," he said. "Sakura and I are doing a report on the Five Great Nations in Social Studies."

"Oh, well that's good," she gave up as all the screens disappeared.

"Yeah, last report of the year," Gaara sighed, then smiled at Lana. He was acting completely natural.

"Oh, aren't you so glad summer's almost here?" Lana welled with happiness.

"Definitely." Sakura said, still sitting on the bed.

"Yeah," Gaara responded as he opened up another window on the computer, to look like he was doing something else.

"I'll call you two down when dinner's ready, okay?" Lana told them.

"Okay,"

"Thanks,"

She shut the door.

Gaara sat back down on the bed. Sakura sat right in front of him, in between his legs. Gaara wrapped his arms around her middle and pulled her against him. She leaned back on his chest.

Gaara placed a soft kiss on her pink hair. She smiled, and cuddled into him.

"Would you like to watch a movie?" He asked her.

"Sure," She replied happily.


Meanwhile…

Lana had just got finished chatting with Mrs. Haruno, Sakura's mother. She walked over to the sink to start their dinner.

Then she froze. There was a cold, metal feeling on her neck.

"Lana," the lady greeted as she withdrew the kunai from Lana's neck.

Lana let out the air that had been trapped in her lungs and clutched the counter for support.

"Congrats, you just about gave me a heart attack, this time," Lana said bitterly, wiping the small scratch on her neck. It was bleeding. "And you made me bleed."

"Get over it, Lanes," the lady said. She was sitting at the small table in the kitchen. She had blond hair, and violet eyes. She was wearing bright blue jeans shorts and I deep black, thin jacket. She had on gloves that revealed different fingertips on both arms.

"Don't call me that, Sheena," Lana said as she pressed a towel against her neck. "Now what do you want?"

"Report please," Sheena waited.

Lana made a mistake by being hesitant.

"Nothing new, no activity."

Sheena smirked. "So he's started to regain memories of Shukaku?"

"Did I say that?" Lana asked.

"Your voice didn't, but your face just did." Sheena responded. She got up from the table.

"No, wait!" Lana said, grabbing Sheena's arm to keep her from walking out the door. "He only said that he thinks he started to remember his own past, from before he was six."

"That's still too much," Sheena sneered at her.

"Why do you have to do this?" Lana asked.

"To protect Konoha, Suna, the five Great Nations, and whatnot and so on, I've told you before, Lana, that he will have to be given a new host if he starts to intrude in Gaara's thoughts,"

"But Gaara would die then, Sheena, do you not understand that you'll be taking his life?" Lana asked her. Tears started to well in her eyes.

"What does it matter to me?" Sheena snarled. " To me, and to everyone else he's just a host, a holding tank, for something that would other wise kill us all,"

"You're so sick," Lana said, tears dripping on the kitchen floor. "He's a person just like you, just like me. He has friends, and he's making himself a story of his own, he has a life! You can't just throw it away!"

"Watch me," Sheena said and tore out of Lana's grasp.

"Sheena!" Lana made sure to not yell to loud, or else Gaara and Sakura would hear her.

"What?"

"You're going to be in for some trouble, I'm warning you,"

"Why shouldn't I just kill you now and take him with me?" Sheen grabbed Lana by the neck. Lana grabbed her arm and tried to get Sheena off her.

"Because he's befriended the nine-tails of Konoha, and the spirit child of Madara. He-" Lana struggled for air. "even knows the physical line of Madara."

"What?!" Sheena said, letting go of Lana.

Lana stumbled and caught herself on the table.

Then Sheena was gone.

Lana coughed. "I hate that woman," she mumbled to herself. "And, I'm sorry, Gaara," She whispered as she made her way to the bathroom to clean up the scratch on her neck.

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