Chapter contains violence
The sun had risen and rays of lighting sneaked thru curtain cracks. Gaara woke and felt to his side to notice the bed was empty. He sat up and looked around. "Sakura, are you in the bathroom?", he hollered out then he felt something brush against his hand.
A small peice of paper with something hastily scribbled on it, " Have went to the flower shop to see Ino." He felt relief an then outrage. What if Naruto tried attack her again or she was kidnapped?
Garra flew out bed still in his plain marron pajamas and shot out the window. He jumped roof top to roof top until he heard her very familair yelling. He stopped and looked down , his blood boiled.
Sakura stood in the street back lurched forward as a blonde held her back. A man in green with horrible eyebrows stood in front of her yelling. His finger poking her in the chest at every word he spoke.
"How could you?! Get engaged to anyone but me?! I can protect you better than he can!!!", Rocklee screamed in Sakura's face. " HA! You make accusations but he can kill you without having actually touch you!!!", Sakura screamed back slapping him across the face. Gaara smirked for a second until Rocklee moved again.
POP. Rocklee punched Sakura and sent her flying into a near by wall despite the blondes attempt. "Sakura!!!!!", The blonde ran to the pinkette. Blood trickled down Sakura's head and one her arms looked broken.
Gaara jumped down in an instant and grabbed Rocklee's throat. He threw him into a wall than went a picked him up again only to repeat the process 3 more times. " Lord Kazekage please stop. Why are you doing this over bussiness that does not concern you?", rockless whimpered and spat out. Gaara let out a dark chuckle ,"Doesn't concern me? Oh it very well concerns me you worthless pig. You see that is my fiancee you just punched into a wall. In a months time she will be Kazehime. I am in my every right to kill you." He chuckled again, "By the way I think I'm excrise that right. Im going to fucking kill you , you bushy browed little bastard."
Rock lee went to run but Gaara's sand was quicker. Various hand sighs and then he spoke ,"Sand coffin", he was about to release the final signal , crushing Rocklee but he was stopped. "GAARA NO!", Sakura came limping towards him with Ino as support. " Why should I Sakura?" , Gaara growled, "He hurt you. Your limping for fucks sake!" "Gaara, look he isnt worth it! He isnt worth the blood on your hands!", Sakura pleaded. " Oh I wont be getting any blood on my hands, ill be getting it on my sand.", Gaara turned his attention back to Rocklee.
"Gaara stop, Lady Tsuande will handle it!", Sakura pleaded one last time. " Then where is she?!", Gaar roared the red in his vision becoming overwhelming. "I'm right here!!!", Lady Tsuande popped up in a poof of smoke. " Lee to my office NOW! We do NOT attack civilains! Nor do we attack other nations leaders! You can cost a fucking war! You and Naruto both!", the blonde screamed.
Gaara dropped his sand and ler Rocklee drop to the ground. "Thank you Kazekage for your kindness at letting me handle this matter.", Lady Tsuande bowed at the waist. Gaara simply waved his hand back and walked towards Sakura. grinning has he heard Rock Lee screech each time Lady Tsuande kicked him on way her office.
" Are you alright? What all is damaged?", Gaara asked Sakura. She merely looked at him, her eyes suddenly to heavy. Her body fell forward as darkness incased her. Gaara caught her and roared. Rage overtook him and he went after the direction Lady Tsuande took Rocklee.
"Lady Hokage!", The blonde whipped around eyes wide. Sakura laid a crumpled mess bleeding and broken. Pink hair matted to her scalp as close as its shoulder blade length could be. Lady Tsuande ripped Sakura away from Gaara despite his protest.
" Lord Kazekage please escort Rock Lee to my office. You an me shall discuss his punishment later. I shall handle Sakura.", Lady Tsuande then leaped off. A speed Gaara nor Ino knew she could posses.
Time passed and Sakura woke to a blinding light. She felt stiff and sore. Some places more painful than the others. Out of habit she went to heal herself but nothing changed. Nothing happened. There was no flow, no power. She was normal, just a normal civilian.
Tears instantly streamed down her face , a hand placing itself against her shoulder. She looked up to blonde hair. "Lady Tsuande? Where is Gaara?", she sobbed out. " He is helping escort Rocklee to his trial. Since he attacked you much harder than you slapped him, unlike when you attacked Naruto and it was equaly matched, he is being charged with overly agressive assault."
"How bad will his punishment be?", Sakura wiped her eyes furiously. " In a normal case it would be suspension from missions for a year. Since you are now a leader of Suna, more likely he will lose his charaka and no longer be considered a shinobi.", Lady Tsuande gave a serious look, "I don't want you feel bad Sakura. Rock Lee seriously injured you and it was announced that morning you were to be considered a civilian. He broke many laws, he couldve cost us a war if you had not been from the Leaf. Guy always said he had an anger to him now he is paying the price. Now Sakura, it is time to discuss you.", her eyes softened.
Sakura nodded the best she could but her head hurt. " You were in a state of coma for 5 days. You have a concussion. I had Neji block off your charaka in yoursleep so you wouldnt feel the added pain of the situation. This does not mean you are not a shinobi. You are one the greatest ones to ever live. You decided to lock away your freedom for your village. Even if you and Lord Kazekage have come to agreements, you still agreed to this arrangment. You are very strong. You always will be. Now rest some more. Gaara will be here after the trial an I must make sure things follow thru correctly. I will be back.", then Lady Tsuande bent down and placed a kiss on Sakura's forehead. In Sakura's state of sleep she heard simple words ,"I love you my pink headed daughter." Sakura smiled somewhere in her mind as she came alittle closer to being at peace. She was strong even without her former abilities.
Her dreams formed. Peaceful dreams with reflected parts of her new life that had yet to pass. She saw Gaara smiling down at her from a walk way covered in cactus blossoms. The next image of Gaara swinging her in a circle laughing at a food fight during dinner, red sauce everywhere. Images of a elderly looking woman doctor confirming new of her first child. She was powerful. She didnt need strength to be a shinobi, she just needed her heart.