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I'm so sorry that the last chapter was probably really bad. I hope that you enjoy this one. It's not over yet.
Gaara and Naruto reached the gate. The sight they saw was for sore eyes. There stood Sasuke and his team, but they were bound by chakra absorbing ropes. Neji, Shikamaru, Hinata and Sakura were there. Naruto was overjoyed to see his friends again. "Hinata-chan! Sakura-chan! I'm so happy you're back!" He shouted as he ran to hug them. Sakura was obviously not in the mood because before he could get to her she ran off.
"Jeez Naruto. We just got her in a good mood and you ruined it." Shikamaru said. Neji nodded in agreement. Hinata shook her head and punched the two's arms.
"You did nothing wrong Naruto. I'll find her." Hinata said. Her stuttering had stopped when she found out about Naruto's fan girls. With that she was gone.
"So you brought the jerk back." Naruto said facing the two. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"I see you're still an idiot Naruto. Who's the freak?" Sasuke asked. Gaara didn't show any expression. His mind was still on Sakura.
"Oi, no bad talking about the Kazekage." Shikamaru said sternly. Sasuke was shocked to find that the red head was the Kazekage. Gaara was surprised that someone had defended him.
"Naruto, since Sakura and Hinata-sama are gone could you and the Kazekage help us?" Neji asked. Gaara and Naruto agreed. After they had gotten Sasuke and his team to the Hokage they left. They ended up meeting Hinata.
"Hey Hinata, what's up?" Naruto asked her. Gaara, Neji and Shikamaru were with him.
"I can't find her." Hinata said quietly. Gaara was shocked to hear that. Where could she be then?
"We'll help you." Naruto said. He gave Hinata a kiss on the cheek. A light blush was visible on her face. Neji and Shikamaru were already gone due to the fact that Neji was ready to kill Naruto, but Shikamaru was stopping him.
Before he left, Gaara was stopped by a small hand. "Kazekage-sama?"
He turned to see Hinata. "What is it?" he asked politely.
"Sakura is in the forest under a cherry blossom tree. She's always there whenever she's thinking." Hinata said.
"If you knew where she was then why didn't you tell the others?" Gaara asked her.
She smiled. "She doesn't need the others right now. She needs you." Hinata explained. "Oh, if you can't find her there's a small stream with petals in it. It leads to a pond."
Gaara nodded and headed to the place where Hinata had pointed to. It was getting late and there was a full moon out. He had gotten lost. Remembering what Hinata had said he started looking for the stream. Gaara had found it and she was right, there were pale petals floating down with the current. He followed it and came to the spot Hinata had described. It was breathtakingly beautiful. There was a small waterfall that poured water into the pond with water lilies and cherry blossom petals. The tree was pale pink and petals fell gracefully and that's when he saw her. She was sitting on a branch twirling a cherry blossom in her hand. Her green eyes looked up and saw him. She was frozen. What enhanced the beauty of the site was that the moon was shining just right and its light had hit everything just right. It made the pond glow and it made Sakura look like an angel. "Sakura." He said. Her eyes were still on him.
"Gaara." She whispered. It sounded like the wind. He made his way to her. She made room for him and he sat with her. They stayed silent for what seemed forever. "I'm sorry."
"What are you sorry about?" He asked.
"I'm sorry that I avoided you. I'm sorry that I treated you poorly during my stay. Can you forgive me?" She asked. Her eyes were filled with sincerity.
"I already did." He replied. Sakura looked at him. "Sakura, that morning when you said that you were in love with me, I was wondering if you still were because I know that I'm in love with you and…" Gaara ranted on and on. Sakura felt a small smile come on her face.
"Gaara," she interrupted. He looked at her. "You don't have to wonder about me being in love with you because I'm still in love with you." Sakura said. Gaara smiled.
He kissed her. At first it was a slow and cautious, but once their lips touched all that was felt was love, longing, peace and comfort. When they released they just stayed in each other's embrace and enjoyed the other's presence.
"I can see why you like it." Gaara said referring to her thinking place. Sakura smiled.
"It's my favorite place now because I get to share it with you." Sakura told him. He kissed her head.
"I'm glad." He said. Then a thought came to him. "Why did you come here?"
"Just seeing you brought back what I did to you and seeing Sasuke again just brought back painful memories." Sakura confessed.
"What did he do to you?" he asked.
"He left me." Sakura said. She didn't care what he did to her anymore. She let it all go away. Gaara sensing that she had forgiven the raven haired boy said nothing.
"Sakura, will you be my girlfriend?" Gaara asked.
"Yes." She said. They shared another kiss before falling asleep in the cherry blossom tree.
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The next morning Naruto was having a panic attack. He had not seen Sakura or Gaara since the day before. Hinata was having a hard time trying to calm him down. "Naruto-kun, please, worrying about them isn't going to help."
"I know Hinata-chan. It's just that Sakura-chan and Gaara seemed so depressed." Naruto whined.
"Naruto-kun!" a lot of voices cried. The two turned to see Naruto fan girls running towards them.
"Come on Naruto-kun. We have to go now." Hinata said. She stood up and tried pulling him away from the running crowd.
"No. Hinata-chan I've always been running away from them and I always forget to ask you. You know Sakura-chan is always bugging me to ask you to become my girlfriend and whenever I don't she tosses me in the group of fan girls. So I'm asking you this. Will you be my girlfriend?" Naruto asked.
Hinata was as still as a statue. She squeaked a 'yes' and Naruto kissed her full on the lips. That day Naruto had no more fan girls. He sure picks weird times to ask a girl out.
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Sasuke wasn't in the best mood that day. He was sent to prison with his team. He could still remember the conversation he and Sakura had before she beat him into a bloody pulp.
"What do you want Sasuke?" Sakura asked. She was deeply annoyed.
"Will you marry me my sweet blossom?" he asked her.
"Why would I marry you? You left me when we were twelve, you tried to kill me when we were fifteen and now you want to marry me? I would never do such a horrid thing. I love somebody else!" Sakura screamed at him.
Shikamaru, Neji, Hinata, Suigetsu, Karin and Jugo stopped their fighting. They all stared at the two. "Who is it then?" Sasuke asked.
"Gaara." Sakura said. Sasuke's eyes widened. She punched him in his 'oh so pretty face'.
"Don't do that to MY Sasuke-kun!" Karin had shouted. Sakura shrugged. Hinata took that opportunity to strike.
Sasuke remembered Hinata and Sakura talking.
"You love Gaara? The Kazekage?" Hinata asked.
"Yes, but I don't think he likes me at all." Sakura said.
"I think he does." Hinata replied.
Sasuke sat in his cell. I lost to the Kazekage.
"No." a voice said. Sasuke saw a shadowy figure. Red eyes looked directly at him. "You were never part of the game."
So what did you think? Please review and I do know that they were probably out of character, please forgive me.
