Chapter 9
Gaara watched as the doctor took a deep breath.
"All we know right now is that she is stable, though there might be something else. Ms. Haruno seems to be getting weaker, and we don't know why. However, we are trying to figure out what's causing this. We will get back to you as soon as we get any information," the doctor finished.
Gaara gave a slight nod and the doctor walked off. Gaara wasn't sure what to do. He turned to Alan and Jessica.
"The doctor said she's stable," he said flatly. Gaara didn't tell them about the mystery illness because he didn't want them worrying.
After a while it was decided that Gaara would go home, along with Jessica. Alan would stay for a few hours while Gaara and Jessica went to get some sleep, coffee, and showers, then Gaara would come back to take Alan's place in case Sakura woke up.
The drive home was silent and Gaara couldn't even figure it out. Normally the silence didn't bother him but today it felt like death. Like there was a silent creature dragging him down to the bowels of hell and he didn't even know it.
One thing kept running through his mind.
~FLASHBACK~
Gaara stood by the door as he watched the paramedics load Sakura onto the stretcher. When they carefully took her out of the room, Gaara heard her say something. It was barely audible but he heard her. He watched as her clammy body passed and his name slipped from her lips.
And it had shocked him.
~END FLASH BACK~
Gaara slammed his head on the steering wheel. He didn't even realize he was not parked in front of his apartment.
Gaara slid out of his car slammed the door behind him. He slowly walked up the stairs and shoved his door open before slamming it just as loud as he had his car door. He slid off his and headed to the bathroom to take a relaxing shower.
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Sakura felt like she was floating nothing but endless black. It almost made her feel comfortable. She felt as if nothing could hurt her.
"This is nice...." she mumbled to herself. If it was her choice, she would probably stay here forever.
Suddenly a light penetrated her darkness and blinded her.
She let out a groan and walked toward the light and suddenly she was in her bar.
'Was that all a dream…?' the bar was just as she remember it was.
'Did it not burn down after all? Did I dream all of it?' Thoughts kept coming to her head, faster than she could even sort them out. Had anything she thought about been happening in the past few weeks actually happened? Or was she someone who should probably go to an insane asylum because she was dreaming that her bar had burned down by one of her worst enemies because she had rejected them, and then he came back to kill her for it? Had she dreamed that she loved Gaara?
'Wait? I love Gaara?' Strangely enough those words didn't sound so wrong in her head. They felt oddly comforting.
"Did I really just admit that I fell in love with a crazy classmate and customer of mine?" Sakura laughed. She'd really done it. She'd really gone out and fallen in love with him. Now the bigger problem was, did he feel the same way? Sakura smirked. 'I am going to have to find out,' she though as she looked around her bar. She noticed most of the regular costumers but Gaara wasn't there. Sakura walked up to Jessica, who was working at the counter, and smiled
"Hey, Jessie, is Gaara here?" Jessica shook her head
"No, ma'am. Haven't seen him here all day." Jessica giggled.
Sakura frowned, thinking about where he could be, when she heard the bell for the door chime. Sakura whipped around a big grin on her face when she saw the red head walk in. Sakura nearly melted when he smiled at her. She immediately ran to him, but before she could touch him, she felt the darkness sucking her back in.
A black vortex opened up and sucked in the bar along with Sakura.
"NOOO!!!" she shrieked and watched as she got further away from Gaara. Into a nothingness worse than she could ever imagine.
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Gaara had just barely stepped out of the shower when his cell phone rang.
He wrapped a town around his waist and walked into the kitchen and went to grab his phone off of the counter.
"Hello?" he asked nonchalantly.
"Gaara? It's Allan"
"Allan, is something wrong?"
"You might want to get here as fast as you can." Alan's voice sounded strained
"Why? What happened?" Gaara started to panic a little. Something wasn't right.
"They're losing her..." Alan's voice trailed off.
"WHAT!?" Gaara questioned loudly. He couldn't believe Alan.
"Sakura's dying!" With that Alan hung up.
Gaara was in shock. As if on auto pilot, he got dressed quickly, grabbed his keys, and drove to the hospital so fast. I'm just waiting to get pulled over.
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