The Hospital

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Gaara was yelling at a nurse, his eyes flashing with furry. Temari and Kankuro cowered in a corner, afraid that he would lose it. According to the head nurse the only one who could heal Ryoko was a Hyuga- but they all refused. Needless to say, Gaara was unhappy.

"Look you sorry excuse for a nurse, you fix her internal bleeding or I will make you bleed. A lot. This room will be coated in your blood. I will unleash a storm of anger and furry upon your village, they Hyuga's will die first." Gaara snarled in the Nurses face she just scowled and spit in his face,

"The Meisu are sorry excuses for ninja. I will gladly die if I can take her with."

This did not sit well with Gaara. He snarled and the gourd on his back exploded in sand. Temari screamed,

'Gaara STOP!"

Little help it did.

"You will save her or I will slowly tear your body to pieces starting with your eyes." Gaara growled as the waterfall of sand wrapped around the nurse. There was fear in her face now, but she still stayed silent. Temari pulled a radio out of her bag,

"BAKI! Gaara's lost it! He's about to kill one of the nurses here in the hospital!" Temari screamed into the radio. Baki replied fast that he was coming, but the jounen on the other line knew that he would not make it on time. If Gaara wanted to kill her, he would.

A Nurse ran into the room and screamed when she saw the scene. She tried to jump to help, but Kankuro pinned her against the wall,

"If you try and stop him he will kill you too. We can't help I'm sorry." Kankuro hissed. And he was. He didn't like it when Gaara killed. There was just so much blood. Gaara snarled in contempt as the nurse screamed in pain. A senbon stuck out of her eye.

"If you don't heal her I will stab the other one. Then I will bring you to the Hyugas. You will be a disgrace, useless to your clan." Gaara snarled. The woman stayed quiet. "You made the choice." Gaara snarled. His sand constricted snapping her ribs, legs and arms. Sand graduals filtered into her good eye socket and the woman screamed again as he slowly put pressure on her eye, blood leaked out of her wide open eye as she screamed and screamed, more blood, now mixed with sand and pieces of the eye tricked from the socket.

"Gaara." Came a soft voice. He looked up and saw a weak looking Ryoko leaning against the wall, "Gaara… stop… please."

Gaara's eyes softened and the sand retreated back onto his back, dropping the now blind woman to the floor. He walked over to her wiping the blood off his hands and cupped her face in his hands,

"Ryoko-hime…" Gaara frowned, "You should be lying down. You're hurt."

"Don't worry Tanuki-kun. Jashin won't let me die." Ryoko's red eyes were misty from pain.

"Please Ryoko… go lay down. We'll find you a healer." Gaara murmured and kidded her blood stained lips softly. Ryoko complied and went back to her cot and lay down.

"We need to find the Hyuga boy." Kankuro growled.

"No. No more pain." A girl with pink hair peeked around the corner, "Miss. Tanichi is teaching me to heal. I'm very god for a kid… I can try. All I can do is help."

"Good. Now help." Gaara growled. "I'll take this useless Hyuga to her compound.

The girl edged into Ryoko's room followed by Temari and Kankuro.

"You can help Imuoto right?" Temari whispered.

"Yes. I think her I internal wounds are minor enough." The girl whispered as to not wake the Scythe wielder.

"What's your name?" Kankuro asked.

"Haruno Sakura. I almost made it onto Ryoko-Chan's team, but I failed. Her Sasuke and Naruto worked together better." Sakura whispered as her hands took on a warm green glow and she placed them over the ever darkening bruise on Ryoko's belly.

"So you became a nurse." Temari said. Sakura nodded. "I'm glad. You… I don't think you have what it takes to kill. You're caring, you can only help." Temari smiled, then did a double take at her brother staring at the kango-shi. She shook her head and smiled,

"Im Temari, and this is my brother Kankuro. The red head is also our brother, Gaara. He has a very strong thing for Ryoko. A very strong dependence and love to say it bluntly." Temari explained.

"I know. His eyes… they are empty and devoid of emotion, unless they are looking at Ryoko-chan." Sakura smiled, "I hope someone loves me that way someday."

Back with Gaara and the Hyuga nurse, he was walking to the compound with her slung over his shoulder. He walked through the gates, his sand smacking down the two guards who tried to attack him. He walked right into the inner house and slammed his foot into the door, knocking it inwards. There was a family eating lunch there. Two young girls a woman and a man.

"You are Hiashi, the Hyuga head, right?" Gaara growled. The man stood.

"I am."

Gaara slung the woman to the ground where she whimpered from hitting the floor. The elder of the two girls screamed, and covered her violet shaded eyes. He recognized her from the forest of death.

"D-Daddy! Ge-get him out of here! He-he's ver-verry dangerous." She whimpered.

"Quiet Hinata."

"Maybe you should listen to you little girl, Hiashi. This wench"-he kicked the woman eliciting a short cream- "Refused to fix my mate. Now, she's blind, one eye useless, and the other possibly fixable. You better train you nurses that even Meisu get treated, or maybe I'll kill them next time." He snarled he turned to walk away only to be pursued by Hiashoi. Gaara turned and his sand whipped out, drawing a welt on the older man's cheek,

"You watch it old man. I am the Shukaku, Monster of Suna, don't cross me. You little girl is smart."

In the hospital Sakura was gasping, having almost finished healing Ryoko. Kankuro and Temari had shared some of their chakra, but it wasn't enough. Sakura knew her charge wouldn't die, but she didn't want to leave the job half done. Just then the red headed boy walked in followed by a shaking woman, a Hyuga.

"You can stop, Sakura. Mimo will finish. Kankuro, take her and get some food." Gaara growled and sat down next to Ryoko as the pale eyes woman too her place with shaky hands. The boy with purple paint leaped up and led Sakura out of the room. She looked up at him,

"Does Ryoko love Gaara back?"

"Yes very much. Gaara placed a brand on her when they were young and her father had brought her with him to Suna for a diplomatic visit. He feels her emotions from the brand. If she didn't love him back, h wouldn't be so happy. Ryoko is the Monster of Suna's salvation."

Sakura nodded and Kankuro's words. She decided then, Ryoko was cocky, but she was a good person as well, and she was glad she had helped heal her.

Tanuki- Raccoon

Kango-shi- nurse