Blossom in the Wind
Chapter 12: The Choice
Alright, let's get down to business. We all know about the Akatsuki and their so called promise of peace, well I bet everyone is dying to see Itachi and Tobi and all the other members. Well, your wait is over! My I now introduce the one the only….. Well, he's not here right now so yeah.
This is my apology for writing so late. I'm sorry. Don't kill me please. Promise this will be a great chapter.
Be sure to check out my new story I Will Return. I got a good feeling about that one. Alright then, Get're Done!
Gaara smiled happily at the sight before him. Neji was safe and sound, in the arms of his lover and in the protection of his family. He had never seen so many happy faces. It made him feel happy to know that their family was whole once more.
As the gang continued to gather around Neji, he noticed that Sakura was heading up the stairs, almost looking sad. He was about to go after her, until he noticed something in her hands. Something that was of colorful thread and had a symbol upon it. What is that? Gaara thought. He wasn't sure if he should approach her just yet, maybe until she reached the top of the stairs and then he will make his way to her.
Something was not right. Why exactly was Sakura upset? For what, he was unsure, but he was about to find out. He quickly ran up the stairs and turned one third floor, seeing her walk down the hall.
"Sakura." He called. That seemed to have pulled her out of her trans that she was in. Her face was streaked with tears and makeup. Why was she crying? He thought as he approached her.
"What? What is it you want, Gaara?" He heard her say. She was angry. Why? With who? He grasped her hand gently and pulled her toward the sets of stairs and up to his room. When they were inside, he locked the door and just in case she would try for the balcony, he ordered his sand to block it and his bedroom door.
He heard her sob silently, sitting down on the side of the bed, burying her face into the comforter. Gaara slowly placed his hands on either of her arms and sat down next to her.
"Sakura," He said softly. "What's wrong? Please tell me." He asked. He wanted to know what was plaguing her to cry so much. It hurt him to not know things than to know what was hurting her.
"I can't tell you. You won't believe me. You'll think I'm joking with you." She said softly, still not facing him. She was lying, trying to change the subject, doing a poor job at too.
"Sakura, I know you better than that. Please tell me. Let me in." He asked again. Why wasn't she telling him the truth? Why?
"Why do you want to know what's wrong? Why aren't you down there, celebrating for the return of your family member and being with them? Are you that blind as to what I have done?" She screamed at him. She was upset and angry at what happened tonight. Twice she had to betray her only family. But, now there was no going back. No way for her to get out of this stick. She was in it. Gangs would talk. Know who she was and what she was doing.
He didn't want this for her. He didn't want her to be somebody couldn't be and wouldn't be. He looked at her hard. Making sure that she wouldn't turn from him.
"Why are you asking me stupid questions when you already know the answers? I care. It may not be familiar to me, but I care. I want to know why you are down on the floor, cradling your legs and balling your eyes out. Or is this just a cover up so that I won't know what really is bothering you? Cause if it is, then we are not leaving here until you tell me." He said, wanting her let him in.
"Please," He begged. "Just tell me, please. I don't want you to cry anymore. It hurts to even see you cry just for ten seconds. Just please tell me what's wrong. Please?" He placed his forehead against hers.
He knew why she was upset. She didn't want to be a gang member, but she wanted to be with him. So, she was turning on her aunt for him. But, he wanted her to say it. He wanted her to say what she really felt.
He heard her sigh and pressed her body to his, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Gaara, I feel so torn." She whispered into his ear softly, letting out a small sob again. "I want to be with you, but I can't betray my aunt, keep secrets from her. I can't look her in the eye now, knowing what I have done. I can't….." She trailed off, sobbing into his neck.
"I know." He said gently. "I know and if you want to, you can leave and never come back again. You can be done with this. Be done all of this betrayal." He said, hearing his very own heart break right down the middle.
"No." He heard her say, pulling away from his neck, facing him. "I'm not going to leave you. I want to be with you. I love you." She said. He was frozen. He knew that she loved him, but she never told him, ever.
He pulled her into a sweet searing kiss, hearing her moan slightly at the touch of their tongues. He quickly pulled away, looking into her eyes again. "I love you too, but I don't want to be responsible for your sadness. Never. And if you are unhappy and you feel torn and having to choose between me or your aunt, then I don't want you to choose me." He said. He she would choose him in the end, but he didn't want her to.
"What? If I had a choice I'd choose you. Always. I don't want to leave you." She said, moving away from him and toward the front of the bed. "I don't us to end up like other people. Having to live without someone when they know they can be together. I don't want to be like that, regardless of what my aunt would say or do to me." She said, holding her arms close to her body.
Gaara sighed. Clearly she had no idea what her aunt would do to her. "You don't understand." He said, seeing her turn to face him now as he rose to his feet.
"What do I not understand?" She asked. He sighed again, pulling his sleeve up, showing her the many bruises and marks that she has already seen.
"I've seen those before. What does that have to deal with any of this?" She asked. He knew she wouldn't understand, and frankly she didn't even know.
"I received these marks and bruises when I was captured and tested on by the government, as I have told you." He moved to the TV that hung on the wall and flipped it on, turning it to the news channel, with Tsunade giving a speech about Neji's escape and trying to find out where he is now.
"Your aunt, is part of the working government. Searching for every crook, rapist, murderer, and gang member she can get her hands on, because she sees them as a threat and the majority of them are, but we still qualify as the list of criminals and crooks that she is trying to find." He said, now pointing the blocked window. "They don't see us as anything else than just crooks and vile people who need to be killed. But, you know the truth about us. Only you do. No one else."
He watched as Sakura sat down on the bed. "What are you getting at?" She asked. Gaara soon kneeled down to her.
"To them, to the government, to those that don't know us, they see us as criminals and will do anything to take us out. The reason why we didn't want the government in this mess and for Tsunade to find out is because of what they will do when they do find us." Gaara said, sighing and moving away from Sakura.
"What will they do to you?" She asked. Gaara sighed again. He didn't want to tell her but, she needed to know what she was getting into. He turned to face her again, having to see her stop crying for now was good enough, but he knew she would cry after this.
"If they find us, if they find you with us or affiliated with us or even knowing information about us, they will not show mercy. They will kill us and be done with it. There will not be a hearing, there will not be a jury to say if you're guilty or not, they will let you off with a warning. They will simply claim your life and take it." Gaara said. He could already see the tears begin to fall.
"But, my aunt. She wouldn't let that happen to me." She said, grasping her heart. Gaara shook his head.
"Tsunade won't do a thing. Once the government got involved, she lost all control of the operation, She's not the only one looking for us now. And if gets down to it, she will support your death penalty and make sure you die. When they get to that point, deciding your death, family won't matter anymore. She won't intervene, she won't beg them to give you a warning and let you go free, and she will not give her life for you. She will sit and watch you die with a smile on her face." He said, growling out every word.
She placed her hand to her mouth, feeling sick and her stomach strain. "She would do anything for me. I'm the only family she has left." She said, sobbing again.
"You still don't get it. Once someone is sworn to the government, to serve the only politician rule of this damn world, they can't go back on their word. They are sealed on their word. Tsunade will have no choice but to go along with your death." He said, looking down at her.
"How do you know this?" She asked, still feeling her dimmer coming back up. Gaara sighed.
"We have one of our own in the government. Watching them. Acting as a spy, so that if they try anything or try to find us, we can move away to somewhere where they won't suspect us. He knows about the sealing that takes place with different officers and other important people around the world. They will not go against the government if they are told to do something that is a direct order from them. I'm sorry, Sakura. But your aunt is sealed just like all the rest." He said, kneeling down to her.
"Is there no way for the seal to be released?" She asked, looking up at him. She was still crying, wiping the extra tears away.
"I'm afraid there isn't. Sai says that they have been tricky with showing him things yet. He feels that they do not trust him yet. So, we are unsure of what we can do at this moment. That's why I want you to choose right now, because it's only to get worse until the Akatsuki leave and things die down." He paused for a moment, letting her take it in.
"The cops will be everywhere, be asking for any kind of info on us, any kind of detail on how we look. I want you to choose who you want to be with." He said, resting his hand on the back of her neck.
"What?" She said in surprise. Gaara grabbed her hand gently, looking deeply into her eyes.
"I want you to choose who you want to be with. Because, by now they will consider you a threat, knowing Tsunade, she will figure out that you were helping us by distracting them, allowing us enough time in the world to get Neji out." He paused for a moment.
"But, if you go now, leave us, they might just consider it as force, that we made you work with us, and they will let you off. But if you stay, you can't go back to your old life, you will have to leave it behind, having others hate you, thinking you did because you wanted to do it." He ran his thumb over her cheek.
"You won't be able to just go out anymore, you'll have to hide and run a lot. The only time you can come out, is at night, with me right by your side." He looked back at the TV screen as Sakura's name popped up.
"Now, they know what I look like, they know who I am and that you are affiliated with me, I will not be able to just walk outside either. I will have to hide and run, but I have lived with it before, but you haven't. Now's chance to choose what you really want, Sakura." He said as he looked back at the screen and saw his name pop up on the screen.
"I… I choose….." She still needed to think. If she said she wanted to stay with him, she would be resented by others and be spotted instantly if she even stepped outside. She'll have to hide for the rest of her life, but she would be hiding with Gaara. She would have him. She wouldn't be lonely. But, if she chose to leave him and the gang, she would be able to walk the streets, do things she had always done.
But, she would be alone and broken. Now, that she had Gaara, she couldn't imagine a life without him. She could learn to live with people resenting her and disgracing her, because she would know the truth. She would always be with him, to share that blame and love with him.
She looked at him now, having her confidence restored. She's decided. Gaara thought, as he waited for her answer, but was soon met by her lips and her body pushing him down to the floor, feeling her tongue invade his mouth as he gasped in surprise.
Gaara let his close slowly as he gave into the kiss. He wound his arm around her waist while the other hand tightened its grip on the back of her neck, pulling her closer.
As she pulled away, feeling that the kiss should have been longer, she felt that she needed to tell him before she started to make out with him. "I choose you, Gaara."
He stared up at her, shock and confused. "Why?" He asked.
"Because, you are the one I would always choose. Gaara, I don't think you have much you have impacted my life in just over a month. I have been able to feel things that I thought I would never feel again and I have never been happier in my entire life. All because of you and I am willing to go through everything, if it meant I could be with you. No matter what. I love you and I want to stay with you." She said, smiling sweetly at him.
Gaara was stunned for only two seconds before he pushed them off the floor and on to the bed, ravishing her lips, letting his tongue glide into her mouth, tasting her sweet taste. Hearing her moan with delight and feeling her hands weave through the locks of his hair was beginning to drive him crazy.
He pushed her even more into the bed as he was becoming more hungry for her, trying very hard to breathe through his nose. He began to rub his tongue against hers, wanting to hear her moan again. He then moved away from her lips, now swollen and plump, and attacked her neck.
"Oh my God! Gaara! See! This is what you do to me. You drive me crazy." She said, gasping and staggering to get the words out. Gaara groaned as he felt her hands move down his arms and over his shoulders. He continued to kiss and suck on her neck.
"You drive me crazy." Gaara groaned as he kissed his way down to collarbone and to the other side of her neck. He wanted so badly to just ravish her like crazy, but now would be a bad time, having the whole city looking him and her. He slowly stopped and looked at her.
"What is it? What's wrong? Don't you want to?" She asked, looking worried that he was having second thoughts.
"No, no. God knows I want to, but now, with everything happening, it's just not the time. I know that you want to, but I just don't want to compromise your life with any kind of mistakes I will make. I don't to jeopardize your life." He said, caressing her cheek gently.
She nodded, knowing she didn't want to worrying him, but still. "We don't have to go all the way. We can just pleasure each other without doing it. My mom and dad used to do it all the time. They would always brag to one another about who pleasured who better." She said, smiling slyly at him.
"You just want to see me naked, don't you?" He asked, smiling slyly at her as well. She winked at him as he once again attacked her mouth, letting a small moan escape her.
"Well then," He began in a husky voice. "Lets see who can pleasure who better." He said, kissing her mouth, roughly.
"You're on." She said as they began to pleasure each other all night long.
Somewhere else in an underground safe haven, a dark figure emerges from the shadows, wreaking of death and sewage.
"Why did we come this way? They are still aware of who we really are now." One figure asked.
"Be silent! Our leader is going to be here soon." The black figure said, sneering at him.
"Sasori, you are late. I thought you didn't like to keep people waiting?" Another figure appeared before them, glaring at Sasori.
"Not my fault that I had to get all the lake water out of my puppet. My cousin has grown so much, wouldn't you agree, Deidara?" Sasori turned to face his partner.
"To hell he is. Blew off both of my arms before I could form a substitution and book it out of there." Deidara said, looking down at his new arms now.
"Now, that we are all here, let us begin our new plan of action." The figure said, opening his eyes to reveal the Sharningan, spinning to its full affect.
Tada! Well, there you go. Does this make up for my missing time on here, because if it doesn't then I don't know what will. Be updating real soon.