Mkay, yesterdays chapter was the shortest chapter I've ever written. And I'm sorry I had to cut it so short, but you guys have to remember, I'm using my neighbor's computer. So again I'm really really sorry for the short chapter. I hope this one makes up for it. And I guess many of you may be wondering where all the GaaraxSakura stuff is. Well I didn't want to rush it too fast, but you'll see in this chapter, that things between them are about to change a little bit. And pretty soon this story is going to take off into action express. Just thinking about it makes me realize I'm going to end up writing like thirty chapters or more. I have so many idea's yet to come. Soo don't give up on me guys, the fun stuff is about to begin.

I sighed as Ino, and Tenten finally left my house. I texted Ino before she could have invited anyone over and told her I only wanted her and Tenten to know where I lived. She was a bit surprised at first, but I explained to her that maybe if people thought I was rich, they'd treat me different. She seemed to understand this from her past reference, and decided she wouldn't invite anyone to come visit me after school, and told me I had just texted her in time. When they came over, they brought me my homework. I laughed.

"Guys I'm going to be home schooled from now on." They shared a look.

"Why?"

"I'm not sure. My grandmother thinks I'd get a better education if she hires some big shot teacher." I tried to make it as believable as possible."And it's going to suck guys. This means I have to learn even when I'm sick. I never get a day off, I'm not even sure she'll give me a summer vacation."

"No." They both said. I had hid the smile tugging at the corners of my mouth. If only they could have seen their face's. I had nodded, looking as serious as possible.

"Yea. But we can still hang out on the weekends." Ino had jumped in.

"Hell yea we do."

Well the sigh that had escaped my rosy lips wasn't exhaled because I was happy they were gone. It was because I hated to lie. I had never lied before, stretched the truth to mean a few different things, but never a full blown out lie. Even if it was a little white lie. I shook my head, just happy I had those two out of the way. I doubted the Government could find I was in that school, if my records had been erased, but even if they could, no one but Ino and Tenten knew where I lived, other than Gaara, and Temari, and they'd never say anything. I didn't know that for a fact, but I deeply believed that. My grandmother still hadn't returned home and there wasn't much I could do. I was just about to find my way into the kitchen when a call from a butler stopped me.

"Ms, Haruno there's a, Temari here for you?" I nodded and shooed him away as I swiftly made my way to the door. When she saw me open it slightly, relief seemed to ripple across her face. I stopped her before she could talk.

"Hey come on in." I opened the door wider for her. "We'll go up to my room." She nodded and made her way past me, as I shut the door behind her. I suppose I didn't have to show her my room, since I ended up following her, as she followed my sent up to my room. I told her to take a seat on a couch in my 'lounge room inside my bedroom' as I called it, while I went and grabbed her newly washed gray vest. When i came back I handed it to her, and sat down on the couch across from her own.

"I was worried about you. Last night I knew you were in bad shape, but you seemed alive. But when I didn't sense you in school, the whole day I kept kicking myself in the ass for not sticking around. I thought you were dead."

I shook my head.

"Nope, still alive and kicking." I shoved my foot in the air to make my point. Her face stayed serious.

"I'm going to have to find a way to keep Gaara away from you, he's just to dangero..."

"NO!" She looked at me startled and shocked. Luckily for me, my heart was pounding to hard to allow any blood to settle in my cheeks, and no blush crossed my face.

"Temari, you can't keep Gaara away from me, I feel like, I need to befriend him. Like I need to help him be like you and your brother."

"Sakura that's just his vampire charm working on your ju.."

"No Temari it's not. It's not him influencing my judgement, it's my instinct. I know it is. My mind and heart are telling me, that Gaara can control himself, he just needs to work this out himself. Give him a chance to regain control. So what if he sucks out my blood until I'm barely alive? I believe in the last few seconds he'd stop and he'd learn to have control over his hunger. Then no one else will get hurt. I'd rather he learned on me, I can take the pain, rather than a normal human who'd die in immense pain without a clue of what to do, but panic. It's sickening."

She gave me a confused look.

"I don't quite see what your saying."

"I'm saying, as you know, I'm not just human. I can handle whatever Gaara throws at me, to a higher extent than a regular human being. What I'm saying is, if he can gain control over his thirst now, with me, no one else has to be hurt by him again. It's better he learns over my life, rather than maybe hundreds of lives of others." Temari shook her head.

"But he only looses control around you."

"Yea, and how do you know there won't be other people with the same effect on him as me? There's no guarantee Temari. Just let him go and learn, I know he can do it. Or I'd be dead by now." I knew she understood what I was saying. I think she was more confused on how selfless I was being. I held out my hand to stop her arguing from continuing any farther.

"When did Kiba reach you anyways?"

She slumped in her seat obviously not used to defeat.

"During lunch. I skipped it."

"So he didn't tell you I was alright?" She shook her head.

"The bastard said he didn't know. Damn wolf. And I would have been able to smell you scent if it wasn't for his overpowering stench." She wrinkled her nose and I almost had to laugh.

"Yea, well werewolves don't seem to be all found of you guys either." She scoffed.

"That's because we're clean." We both laughed lightly and I could tell Temari felt better.

"Hey Sakura?"

"Hm?"

"Can I see that mark again?" I held up my pointer finger, and ran quickly into my room, pulled off my black over-sized t-shirt, and slipped on a red tank top, while running back towards the 'lounge room in my bedroom'. Temari seemed quite amused.

"Ha, the semi human girl moves faster than a human in human eye's and slower than a snail in vampire eye's." I grimaced.

"Well if you guys run faster than a werewolf, I'm never hitching a ride." It was her turn to raise a brow.

"Oh we run faster. About 12 knot's faster." I waved it away not wanting to think about it. Running from Gaara, definitely not a go. If i could run at about ten miles an hour, I didn't want to know how fast a vampire was if that was considered a snail. Driving away from Gaara. Probably not going to happen either unless my car can get to over sixty miles an hour from the get go. I leaned forward and let Temari take a look at the mark. Her being near me gave me a very faint feeling of pain and pleasure again, but no where even close to Gaara's effect on it. I decided to keep my mouth shut about the matter. She said she knew someone who may know about it. She'd fill me in.

"The person I have in contact won't be able to give me much information unless she can get down. But there's one person I want to have a look at it. You know Shikamaru right?"

I nodded surprised Temari knew him.

"Smart boy, a genius really. He knows how to find information on things like this, and him and I'll have to go over some possibilities sometime soon." I nodded not really thinking.

"Hey Temari how come vampires can walk out in the sunlight?" She glared at me,

"Oh Sakura that's just old stories based on the fact in our early years we only hunted at night in order to keep a low profile." A smiled.

"Ah okay, did you bring your car?"

"Uh yeah, why?" I gave her a curious look.

"The government is out to get me, Konohagakure to be exact. Turns out they'll be switching they're government to an alliance to ours. My grandmothers not sure, but she thinks the two governments will be sharing files, so to be safe she erased my records of ever being here, and if any government officials do come to Suna, I'll be stuck inside the house most of the time. Take me the hell out of here, so I can have a few last days of freedom."

She put her finger onto her chin, and thought for a moment.

"How about.....hm. No." Her face scrunched up in deep thought, and I was about to suggest something, when she flew up from the couch exclaiming "I know!" I jumped, realizing she wasn't sitting down anymore, and was now standing up. I blinked standing up. Before I could ask, she grabbed my hand, and we flew down the stairs. I called goodbye to the butler who had called me before, telling him I'd be home latter, and was out the door before I could hear his reply. Seeing her beautiful Saleen S7 made me smile, as i swung the door upward, sunk into the leather seats, and swooped the door down and shut.

"I love this car." Temari laughed.

"I do too. Though I have to admit, getting your blood off the seat wasn't much fun, good thing Gaara hadn't been around." I gave her an apologizing look, remembering the day we had went to the mall. Stupid silvery mark. I couldn't even wear Tank-tops with it.

"Oi Temari I still have a tank-top on."

She shrugged.

"People will think it's a tattoo. I'll get you a shirt later." I motion down to my black girl boxers.

"Sakura where we're going no ones going to care." I wiggled my bare feet. She sighed. She got out of the car, and came back with a pair of black flip-flops.

"There." She started the car before i could protest and took off down the road. I pouted, slipping the shoe's on, wanting my jeans, a t-shirt, and my damn flats. I pulled my seat belt on looking out the window.

"So where are we going?" She smiled wickedly.

"Boardwalk. I thought the fair would make you feel better."

"Oh. Well then, at least I have pretty legs, or I'd be kicking you with them for not bringing me back to get dressed." She waved me off, as if to say I'd never do it, and turned up the music as we sped through the city streets. I looked out the window.

"Is Gaara alright?" I could see her sad glance from the corner of my eye.

"Let's just say, after tonight, he'll at least know why you hadn't been in school today."

"Why didn't he visit me after school. Why only at night?"

"Because, the night is when we are our strongest. But also at our weakest. We thirst for blood more in the night, than during the day." I gave her a silent oh, and kept my questions to myself. I didn't want her worrying about Gaara again.

Temari dropped me off at my front door at eight, and I waved goodbye, with a giant teddy bear in my hands, because a vampire's accuracy is scary, a board walk t-shirt over my tank-top, a belly full of Italian, and a bracelet I had won all by myself in the other hand. I opened the door, and shouted hello to everyone. I got back a bunch of 'hello Ms Haruno's back.' Apparently, according to one of the 'top maids' my grandmother would be back tomorrow morning. I shrugged. She had told me these things took a long time. I carried my stuff up stair, placed my bear and bracelet in my room and opened up my window for Gaara for when ever he'd get here. I took off the t-shirt, and left the tank-top on to avoid yesterday night's scene. I sat on my bed, and I turned my T.V. on.

I watched T.V. for hours, until twelve, and there had still been no sign of Gaara. I clicked the T.V. off with disappointment, and clicked my light out. Maybe Temari had kept him away after all. I pulled the covers over my body and shut my eye's listening to the sounds of the outside night, until I fell deep asleep. I don't know how many hours later it had been but I felt a disturbance in my sleep. My eye's fluttered open to Gaara standing above me. I smiled up at him.

"I knew you'd come." He seemed taken aback by my joy at his presence. I sat up slowly, not yet fully awake.

"cherry blossom" He hissed my name, and for some reason, I think I felt his relief. Probably because his favorite meal was still alive, and regenerating blood cells. I felt the mark on my shoulder heat up, sending an itching, sensation that felt amazing. I leaned into him, the feeling doubling tenfold. I stopped when my face was a few inches from his stomach, and all I could focus on was the feeling seeping down my neck, and through my back. I looked up at him, confused at what was going on, and not caring. We both looked into each others eye's, neither of us breaking contact until finally the feeling subsided, and I could breathe again. He didn't make a move to suck out my blood. He didn't make a move to look at my mark.

"Lay back." I looked at him confused, his deep voice and angelic face making me comply to his demand. He took his cold hands and pulled the blanket over me, and ran his fingers through my hair. I shivered, relaxing a bit, my instinct starting to run on high alert though. My body was being over cautious.

"Why?" He licked his lips.

"Because I want your blood when it's full. Your mine cherry blossom."

"I trust you." He seemed to enjoy hearing it for the moment. I remembered Temari saying he didn't want to be a monster. Maybe if he realized he wasn't a monster with my help, he'd be okay. I fell asleep again to the sensation of him playing with my hair. He reminded me so much of a child, and I was almost like the teddy bear he held on to, and squeezed to death.

"I'll kill you." It didn't phase me. I knew he wouldn't.

Gaara stayed by her side until three in the morning, just to prove to himself she was there, and fine and that her blood was close to it's normal level. He knew better than to try and feast on her blood when it was still low. He'd enjoy her slowly, and savor every drip of it. He took one last glance at her, before leaving her home. As long as she was alive, he could enjoy her sweet blood.

Okay, so this chapter was a bit longer. I hope it was WAY better than the last one. My neighbor needs her computer, but if I can, later I'll update again. Keep in mind, this story is on the edge of reaching the action, so be patient. I promise soon you'll want more every hour of the day. l0l. Review loves and give me inspiration to write.