Ommmmgggg! I'm soooooo sorrry! It took me sooo long to update! I've been really busy in school with finales, plus i had a writers block! I don't even know what to say. . Man, i hope this chapter makes it up! I thought so hard on it! And now i'm beginning to re-plan everything but don't worry about it! It'll all be fixed soon! :O promise! ^.^


Chapter7:

Suki was asleep, stretched out across her bed and Gaaki-Chan laying on her stomach, also asleep. She started to wake up, though, due to the mumbling of deep voices and footsteps. Opening her eyes slowly, she seen two figures talking to each other above her. She snapped her eyes open and sat up, looking at the two males who she didn't recognize. They both looked at her startled as Gaaki-Chan meowed lowly and moved to the corner of the bed.

"Who're you?" She asked, her voice slurring slightly since she had just woke up. The taller one, who had blond hair and green eyes, looked to the shorter one, who was a brunette with blue eyes.

"Should we tell her?" The taller asked.

"Well, everyone else knows." The short one said.

"Knows what?" Suki asked, everything catching up with her as she woke up completely. They exchanged glances, then looked back at her.

"Lord Kazekage has gone missing." The shorter said. Suki's eyes went wide. Missing? What does he mean, missing? As in he disappeared or as in he was taken?

"W-what?" She breathed out.

"We can't find him and no one has seen him since last night. Have you?" The tall one questioned.

"Well…" She squeezed her eyes shut, closing out all the bad things that could be happening to him, then looked up at the two men. "We came back from our outing around ten, and around twelve we were up on the roof and sat there for a good twenty minutes, before I went to bed, but he stayed up there."

"Hm, that curious. We checked up there but he wasn't there." The short on mused, making a concentrated face.

Suki looked out her window, taking a quiet breath. Where was Gaara? Where could he have gone? Did the Akatsuki take him last night when she left him alone? How did no one hear if he did? He should of put up a fight, so how could no one notice? She clenched the sheets in her hands, her teeth grinding against each other. She had to find him and make sure he was ok.

"Can you guys get out please? I need to get dressed." Suki said to the men. They nodded politely, bowed than left. She jumped out of bed and got dressed in black short and a blue tank top, she yank her shoes on and pulled her hair up, than ran out her room in search for Naruto.

Suki headed straight for the training field, thinking the blonde would be there training himself, but she was surprised to find him and everyone else crowed around the front entrance. She stopped and blinked at them, before making her way over there to investigate. Naruto was standing outside the door, apparently kneeling over something and Sakura was on the ground a tired look on her face. Temari caught sight of Suki and gestured her over. Suki pushed through the small crowd and ran over to them, shock washing over her face when she seen was the attention was on.

Gaara was lying on the ground, body battered and bruised, eyes closed and seemly not breathing. Sakura had her hands over his chest, a small green flow of chakra healing him. Suki looked around, confused at what was going on.

"We just found him lying out here a second ago, with this note on him." Temari said, handing Suki a folded up piece of paper. Slowly, she peeled it open, reading it over more than three times, more shocked and fear consuming her after every word.

Dear who ever finds the brat first,

You better be lucky we didn't take your precious Kazekage away from you, we have no idea how we surprised him, he must have been in deep thought. It wasn't easy to take him down without making much noise, but we handled it greatly. Don't you think? He squirmed a lot and my partner thought about snapping his neck, but chose against it seeing as we needed to keep him alive for a while.

Since we've got your attention, the Akatsuki are planning on making an attack on your village during the next full moon. Twenty eight days from last night, correct? Our leader doesn't wanna surprised you guys, he wants you to be there to hear all the screams and cries of pain from your comrades as they fall by the hands of Akatsuki and then you can watch us drag off those two Jinchuriki. Oh, and the girl. Suki, my little sister.

She's something you don't understand, she has power no one has, and we need it, so tell her we're coming for her too. You'll be watching us drag her off as well, and Suki if your reading this…

Remember me?

D&S

Suki's eyes widened. Who the hell was that? Who else knew about her power except team seven and…there was no way. She covered her mouth, eyes watering up with tears. Someone grabbed her shoulders gently.

"Suki, don't listen to it, that's-"

"T-t-the cloak…" She turned around to looked Sasuke in the eye. "Do…d-d-does Akatsuki cloak had red clouds?" She steadied her breath. She hoped, hoped that her thoughts wouldn't be right.

"Yeah, why?" Suki's world cracked. Her mind spun, everything blurred or maybe it was the tears clouding her vision. "Suki?" She touched her forehead and stumbled forward into Sasuke, her mind going blank and black.

"What happened?" Naruto asked, looking up at Sasuke who held Suki in his arms.

"She fainted." Sasuke said, lifting her up bridal style, concern filling his eyes, but he kept a blank face. "Maybe from shock or fear even."

"But that's not like her…"

"He's awake!" Sakura exclaimed and everyone's attention was turned on Gaara who began to stir. He squeezed his eyes and groaned loudly. "Gaara-sama?" Sakura whispered studying him carefully. After a couple of seconds, jade eyes open and locked with bright green ones. "You ok? Your head feel ok?" She asked. He frowned.

"No…it hurts…" And just then he passed out. Sakura sighed and pushed his hair back.

"He's gonna be ok, but he needs rest. He should be out for a few days." She looked up at Kankuro. "You should take him to his room and put him on his bed." The puppet master nodded and lifted Gaara up and situated him onto his back, carrying him into the tower. Naruto helped Sakura up and they went to Sasuke who was still holding Suki in his arms. Sakura put her hand on Suki's forehead and the chakra flowed from her hand.

"Is she ok?" Sasuke and Naruto asked together. Sakura nodded.

"Just…a bit of…well, she's like…something's wrong." She scrunched up her face and closed her eyes. "It's like her mind is going against itself, like she's fighting herself." Sasuke pursed his lips.

"The person who wrote the note, he knows about her power, so maybe he's someone she knew when she was younger. Anyways, what exactly is this power she has? I know she looses herself and becomes much stronger, but why?" He asked, looking at Sakura.

"It's the same feeling I get when I heal Naruto, it's just not as powerful. It's a demon, but no where near the power of a tailed beast." She explained, taking her hand off Suki's forehead and staggered roughly. Naruto caught her before she fell.

"Sakura, take it easy!" He scolded. She smiled weakly and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Sorry for worrying. Just used too much chakra." She said. Naruto sighed and put her arm around his waist and put his arm around her shoulders.

"Come on, let's take them to their room." Naruto and Sasuke took the girls up to their room and laid them in their separate beds, hoping they would get some rest. Sakura tossed and turned, not being able to sleep, it was about noon and she wasn't used to laying down this early. She was worried about Gaara and Suki. The note was written to Suki, or at least part of it, and what was on there must of brought up old memories and overwhelmed her. It was odd, but not rare. Gaara one the other hand had taken some severe blows to his head, knocking him out and leaving him in a weak state. It also seemed like his heart was constricting like it wasn't pumping blood as good as before, but she had fixed the problem.

She turned on her back staring up at the ceiling. For some odd reason, she felt slightly comfortable as Naruto brought her up here. It felt so right being in his arms, it was unbelievable. But she couldn't think like that! Sasuke was her only eye candy now, but she had a feeling he was starting to like Suki. He had been looking at her weirdly lately. Even though Suki had her eyes all over Gaara. Naruto liked her, she liked Sasuke, Sasuke liked Suki and Suki liked Gaara. Who knows who Gaara liked, reading him was like trying to figure out a rubix cube for a beginner. All of a sudden, whimpering was being heard.

Sakura sighed, thinking it might have been the cat out the door, but cats don't whimper. She looked over at Suki who was wiggling around a lot. Beads of sweat rolled down her face which had turned a sickly pale, and she clenched the sheet. Sakura pulled her covers off herself and stood up, eyeing Suki cautiously. Suki's mouth opened and a skin crawling scream erupted from her throat and she started thrashing around. Sakura's eyes went wide and she ran over to her bed, trying to hold Suki's arms down but it didn't work.

"Suki! Suki calm down!" She yelled, trying to get her voice louder than Suki's scream. Sakura grunted and got off the bed and opened her door. "Kakashi Sensei? Naruto! Sasuke! I need some help!" She shouted down the hall. Kakashi and Sasuke walked out their rooms a second later, confusion and concern filling their eyes. "Something's wrong with Suki." Kakashi was the first to walk in the room and see her thrashing around on the bed. He ran to her and grabbed her arms, holding them to her side roughly.

"Stay back." He snapped to Sasuke and Sakura who tried to move toward them. Suki tried to move out his reach, but Kakashi held her firm, pulling her into him. She screamed again and then stopped abruptly. Everything was silent, waiting for a response from Suki. "Suki?" Kakashi mumbled quietly. She stirred gently and lifted her head to look up at him.

"Ka…Kakashi…?" Tears filled her eyes and she lowered her head onto his shoulder, sobs began racking her body. Kakashi let her arms go and they instantly wrapped around him desperately, gripping the back of his shirt. His eyes softened and he put his hand on her head letting her cry on his shoulder.

"Kakashi-Sensei, what's wrong with her?" Sakura asked, her voice quiet.

"She's just…nothing to worry about Sakura. Just nightmares." He said, smiling at her behind his mask. She bit her lip and looked over at Sasuke who shared her concern for Suki.

"Do you need us to do anything?" Sasuke questioned. Kakashi shook his head.

"No, she'll be fine. I'm gonna lay her down. You guys can go." He said. Sasuke and Sakura glanced at each other than walked out the room. Kakashi sighed as he felt Suki's sobs slow down and her breathing become steady. He laid her back down in bed and covered her up. It had been a while since she had been suffering from nightmares and it was weird that she started getting them again. He rubbed his eye and chuckled lightly, she was getting to big too quick, he remember the first day he found her.

(Flashback)

Kakashi flipped a page in his book as he laid down on the grass in the training field. He was bored and tired, having nothing to do. He had just gotten back from an S-ranked mission that morning and he was planning on having a day to himself before he had to go out on a week's mission with Guy, something he wasn't looking forward to. He turned another page, just as he heard something rustle in the bushes behind him. Blinking, he sat up and turned around to find empty woods looming there.

"I heard you, now who's there?" He asked, glaring towards the woods. There was a whimper and another rustle. Kakashi stood up and walked over to he bush he heard the rustling from. "Hello?" He leaned over it and what he saw took him by surprise.

It was a young girl, about twelve maybe eleven, with choppy, messy, dull blue hair and large round, bright purple eyes. She was curled up in the bush, wearing a tank top and baggy black pants that had a string tied around her waist to keep them up. Her skin was a sickly pale and she was very skinny.

"Hey you alright?" Kakashi asked, stepping forward making her whimper and scoot away from him. He frowned and kneeled down to her height. "Don't be scared. I'm not gonna hurt you." She shook her head quickly and moved back again, nearly all the way in the bush. "It's ok. Do you wanna tell me your name?" He asked. She looked down and bit her lip, pushing herself farther into the bush.

"Su-Suki." She muttered quietly, her voice barely audible over the rustle of the wind, but Kakashi heard her.

"Well, Suki. What are you doing out here all alone?" He asked, taking a step closer.

"Waiting for my brothers to return." She whispered, still not looking at him. Kakashi knitted his eyebrows.

"Who are you brothers? Where did they go?" Suddenly, she began crying. She wiper her tears with the back of her hand.

"They…they left me two months ago." She mumbled burying her face into her hands and sobbing loudly.

"Well, they don't sound like very good brothers, do they?" Kakashi said, standing up.

"No… I guess not." Suki looked up at Kakashi, her eyes sad and red.

"Well, Suki, would you rather wait around for those brothers of yours? Or come live with me?" He suggested. He didn't know what it was with this child but he felt like he needed to protect her.

"I don't know…." She looked away. Kakashi stood up and held out his hand.

"Come on. I'll make sure you'll never cry again." He smiled gently. Suki looked at his hand, then reached hers out and placed it in his, glad someone would finally take her from this life.

(Flashback end)

Kakashi sighed again and caressed her cheek gently, that scared little girl had turned into a smart, outgoing young women. He turned around and flicked off the light, he really didn't understand how he could love these kids more than he loved himself but he did. And he loved every minute of it.

About a week after the note had come, the leaf had confirmed that they were sending some shinobi over to help out when the attack took place. They were only sending three, but they were supposed to be high ranked ninjas. Gaara had waken up on Tuesday and gone right back to work, not uttering a word about what happened Friday night. He was either embarrassed about being taken down so easily, or just didn't want to tell anyone, but of course Suki got it out of him. He was just taken by surprised, since he was deep in thought, and two of them took him down easily.

Everyday Suki was practicing with Sasuke in hand to hand combat and sword fighting. She'd get hurt and rarely hurt him, but she got better every second and she was very happy about it. Sasuke wasn't taking it easy on her, he almost broke her arm, and her even pulled her shoulder out of place, which hurt like a bitch, but luckily Sakura was there to fix it. He would talk crap while they were sparing, but praise her when they were done and Suki loved the way he did that.

Ever since Sasuke and her had become friends, they had become closer than ever and it was really bothering her. Not that she didn't like being friends with him, she noticed some difference in his behavior. Like him being nicer and kinder, he even made some jokes around her, trying to make her life, things he's never done before. They went out Thursday night and she had a great time with him and she was so comfortable like she had been friends with him for years.

Was she falling for Sasuke? It was a question that had been going around in her head for days. She couldn't forget about him and it seemed he was everywhere and he didn't give her a chance to forget. Even for a second. Gaara barely took him off her mind, but then again she couldn't get the red head out either.

Temari had told her that Gaara had been opening up to her in a way she had never seen. Was that true? Had Gaara never been open to anyone like this before. Suki was sure she had never been this open with anyone so quickly. She had only known Gaara for a two weeks and she felt like it had been years and years. She felt so right when she was with him and felt like she could tell him anything and he wouldn't judge her no matter what she said. He seemed to let her in on a couple things also, things she would never think that he would think or do, but she didn't judge him either way.

What was wrong with her lately, she had only ever had feelings for one person and now she felt like she was stuck between something she didn't wanna be in. It sucked and she hated not knowing or understanding what she felt. She was absolutely sure she liked Gaara and Sasuke, but then the question was, Who did she like more? It wasn't an easy question to answer and she knew it would take time to answer that question, but soon she knew it would come to her.

At the moment Suki was hanging out with Gaara in his office, chatting about random things. She was sitting on top of his desk and he was sitting in his chair. He told her to get off and go away so he could do his work, but she thought he needed some time off so she refused.

"So, what are you supposed to be doing that's so important, Panda-Chan." Suki said, leaning back on her hands and swinging her feet.

"I have to do some filing and answer some letters. Nothing fun, but it needs to be done." He answered her question, giving her a pointed look.

"Now, would you rather do boring paperwork, or go out and hit the town with me?" She winked. He rolled his eyes.

"I'd rather do work." She sighed.

"Panda-Chan!" Suki squealed and glared at him. "You've done nothing but work since you've woken up, why don't you take a break and stop being so uptight." A small smile crossed Gaara's lips.

"Well, sorry. And if I'm so uptight and boring, than why are you here?" He asked. Suki smiled brightly.

"Cause I like you." She said. His eyes widened quickly, but he looked away.

"Well I like you too, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna bother you every five minutes."

"When you say you like me, does that me you like me? Or like, like me?" She questioned bluntly leaning towards him. Gaara couldn't hide his shock this time nor his blush.

"Wh-what?" He stuttered. Suki giggled into her hand.

"You heard me." She looked at him slyly.

"Um…When you say you like me, do you mean like, like or just as friends?" He re worded her question. She smiled, he thought he would catch her off guard but he was wrong.

"I like you. Like, like you." She said truthfully which completely caught Gaara off guard, leaving him flustered.

"I-I…" He looked away. "I need…I need to do paperwork…" He turned his chair around, facing the window. Suki touched her finger to her chin.

"Your paperwork is under my butt Gaara not by the window." She said. "What about you? You never answered my questioned." He sighed and turned back towards her, a light blush still dusting over his cheeks.

"I…I li-" He was interrupted by a knock at the door. They both looked towards the double doors, waiting for another knock and it came after a second. Gaara cleared his throat and shooed Suki off the desk. She got off the top and stood in front of his desk.

"Come in." He said. He door opened and Suki screamed happily when she seen who entered.

"Neji!" She yelled running over to him and jumping into his arms. Neji Hyuga was the prodigy to the Hyuga clan and he was also Suki's best friend. He had long, deep brown hair, with a small tail at the end. His eyes were a trait from the Hyuga clan, pearl eyes that were void of pupils, but they held a secret technique. He had a strong, upper build and a long sleeved, white shirt that opened up a bit at his chest and black pants.

"Hey Suki." He said, squeezing her tightly as he held her in the air. She leaned back and kissed his nose happily.

"Neji, I didn't know you were the one being sent down here! I'm so happy to see you!" She hugged him again.

"Yeah, I offered to get sent here, so did two other people you should be happy to see." He said letting her down gently.

"Who?" She asked.

"Shikamaru and Kiba." Suki lit up.

"Really?" She began jumping up and down. "Where? Where are they?" She shouted.

"Well I'm right here, Kiba on the other hand is still downstairs." Shikamaru Nara said strutting in. Suki smiled brightly and ran into Shikamaru's arms. He had thick brown hair pulled up into a high ponytail and dark brown eyes. He wasn't as physically built as Neji, but he was the smartest boy she had ever met. He wore a chunin jacket, since he was the only kid from the genin nine that graduated.

"Shika!" Suki giggled into his chest. "I can't believe you're here, it's been like forever!"

"Actually, it's only been about two weeks and three days." He stated. Suki rolled her eyes, a smile still playing at her lips.

"Well, I know I didn't miss that." She pulled out of his hug and looked back at Gaara. "We'll finish our conversation later." She ran out the room and down the hall towards the steps. She was so happy that they were all there, but then again something in the back of her mind wasn't so happy about it. Kiba was the first person she ever liked and she thought she was gonna be over him when she came here, but would seeing him change that? Would it make her start liking him again? She hoped not. She did not need more guys confusing her right now.


Was it good? Did it leave you questioning yourself? :o Oh no! lol it's like 12:30 am and i'm like soooo hyper! I pushed myself to stay up and write this chapter! xo I hope you loveed it!

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