Disclaimer & Stuff: Don't own Naruto or the Grudge (You'll understand a little later) Ok, so yeah…my last disclaimer was cut short but I know that no one really cares, so here it is!
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"That was a short plan, wasn't it Hina-chan?" Naruto commented to the girl laying beside him
Gaara and Sakura had gone home, hand in hand, hours ago, but Hinata and Naruto had stayed looking at the stars.
"Y-yeah, Naruto-k-kun." Hinata stammered.
"Hina-chaaaan!" He wined. "You don't have to stutter with me!"
"Hai, Naru-kun." Hinata said, blushing, but calming down.
"Naru-kun?" He questioned, earning a blush from the Huyga princess.
"Well you call me Hina-chan, so I thought that I would call you Naru-kun!" She exclaimed happily.
"So," He smirked, "It's a term of endearment?" He asked slyly.
Hinata's blush deepened.
"I-I guess you could call it that."
"Oh, you guess I could…" Naruto smirked suggestive, yes again.
"Naruto-ku-!" Hinata got only as far as that, for Naruto had rolled over, kissing the side of her face.
Hinata kissed him back, funny, she stammers when she talkes but if she and Naruto kissed, she didn't blush, until after words that is.
They were rolling down the hill now, not kissing, but laughing.
Finally they stopped at the bottom and Naruto helped Hinata up.
"I think that I should get you back home, Neji-san may kill me for bringing you back this late." He commented about her overprotective cousin.
"That's ok, I-I talked to my father about you, and he-he approves, Naru-kun, he did!" Hinata cried out happily.
"H-he did?! That's great, Hina-chan!" He pulled her into another great hug. Both knew that Hiashi Huyga had agreed to let his eldest daughter date him because it was proven that he was the 4th Hokage's son, but neither cared.
"But, Neji-niisan still doesn't know, so I think that I was at Sakura-chan's house, don't you?" Hinata asked.
"You were? No you weren't, you were with me!" Naruto said, ever confused.
"No, Naruto-kun, I mean if he asks me why I'm home so late."
"…I don't get it."
"So that he won't attach you." Hinata said slowly, spelling out what she meant for him.
"Oh! I get it now, that means that I should…goodnight, Hinata-chan." Naruto said, they kissed once again then they both were gone to their respective houses.
Back at Sakura's house, the couple was near the door to the house.
"We better sneak in, who knows what will happen if they find us coming in this late together." Sakura commented.
"Are you embarrassed?" Gaara asked, smirking.
"N-No! Its just that…I really don't want Kankuro yelling things at us this late, we're really far away from everyone in town, but he'll find a way to wake up all of Konoha." She commented.
"Your right, my brother is a loud mouth." Gaara agreeded.
They snuck in the door and closed it quietly, then they got on a platform of sand to avoid any creaking stairs or floorboards.
They stopped in front of Sakura's room, and Gaara let them down, his and Kankuro's room was just down the hall and across from theirs.
"Goodnight, Gaara-kun." Sakura whispered softly.
"Goodnight." He whispered back, causing her to blush at the nickname.
"Panda-kun." Sakura giggled.
"What?" Gaara didn't understand.
"You look like a panda, therefore, you're my Panda-kun!" Sakura happily giggled.
"Fine, but if you call me that in front of anyone else I'll-" He started.
"You'll what, Panda-kun?" She teased.
"I'll tickle you to death!" Gaara said louder than necessary.
He began to tickle her but stopped when he heard movement from Sakura's room, Temari got out of bed, she had heard them!
"Night." They said to each other, he kissed her lightly on the cheek, then the lips, which she graciously returned, then Gaara disappeared in a swirl of sand to his room.
Sakura opened the door and almost ran into Temari.
"T-Temari-chan? What are you doing up?!" She asked, blushing.
"I was about to ask you the same thing, Sakura-chan."
"Bathroom…?" She lamely said, but was "believed".
"I thought I heard another voice here, who were you talking to?" Temari interrogated her.
"Uh, I was talking to myself, yeah that's it!" She excused herself from the question.
"Uh, huh, sure. Well lets go to bed." Temari said, too tired to question her further.
They went to bed and no one in the house got up until the morning, that is, unless you count Gaara, who doesn't sleep.
The Next Morning
Temari and Kankuro woke up later than usual, but were surprised to find that both Gaara and Sakura were still sleeping.
"I didn't see them come home, where do you think they were?" Kankuro questioned.
Now Temari knew that something was up, but didn't want to have Kankuro yelling in her ear in the morning so she made up an excuse for them.
"Well I think that Gaara was just on the roof the whole time, Sakura-chan was with her friends." She explained.
"Oh, bbboooorrrrrinnnngg." He said.
Sakura came downstairs, mumbling to herself.
"Tired, Sakura-chan?" Temari questioned.
"Meah, shower…gonna…take." Sakura went upstairs, moments later Gaara came downstairs, he looked around and saw everyone but Sakura.
"Where's Sakura-chan?" He asked, pretending not to care, but truth is that he had already looked in her room and other places.
"She said something about taking a shower." Kankuro replied, not really noticing anything.
"I'm, taking one after, Sakura-chan." Gaara said, sketchily.
"Yeah, yeah, no one cares." Kankuro said, then stiffened as he realized his mistake.
Sand wrapped around him, first at his ankles then around his chest, Gaara drew him high into the air, upside down, then made him face Gaara upside down.
"Do. Not. Talk. Back. To. Me. I will not hesitate to kill you." Gaara said, striking fear into Kankuro.
"Meheheheheehh, uh sorry 'bout that, Gaara, won't happen again." Kankuro begged. Gaara dropped him on his head and stalked stiffly upstairs.
A few minutes later Gaara heard the water shut off and gave her a few minutes.
Now the way that Sakura's upstairs were set up is that once you go up the stairs you could stand next to one other and that was it, there were two bedrooms, one on either side of the hall a few feet from each other. Then the bathroom was at the end of the hall and you turn right, there only one person could fit, none if that person was immorbidly obese.
Gaara was deep in thought, as was Sakura, and he started up the stairs, as Sakura started down the stairs, only in a towel.
Gaara ran straight into Sakura they were both staring into space and they just ran straight into one another.
"G-Gaara-kun!" Sakura exclaimed and backed up the stairs a bit.
"Ahh, Sakura-chan!" Gaara blushed and backed down the stairs.
"Um, uh, oh, uh, A-ano, Gaara-kun, sorry for running into you!" Sakura said and pulled her towel tighter against her, not realizing that she was just showing off her figure more and more as she did that.
Gaara was blushing, then looked up at her, a blush was covering her whole face and everything, when he saw this, he smirked and came closer.
"What's wrong, Sakura-chan?" Gaara smirked, advancing on her.
"A-ano Gaara-kun? Sorry, but, um, c-can I get by?" Sakura said. Gaara's only response was coming closer, pushing her up against the closed door.
"G-Gaara-kun!" She exclaimed, his hands were on either side of her face and her hands were gripping on her towel and against his chest.
"Sakura-chan…" he breathed into her hair, taking in the smell of her cherry blossom conditioner.
"Gaa-" He cut her off and kissed her, she responded almost immediately. He wrapped his arms around her slim waist and her hands were tangled in his red hair.
They continued this for a few more seconds until they were both gasping for air.
"Where'd he learn to kiss like that?!" Sakura shouted to her Inner.
"Shhh! Shut up! He's talking to you!" Her Inner replied.
It was true, Gaara was talking to her.
"What's wrong, Sakura-chan, embarrassed to be seen in only a towel in front of your Panda-kun?" Gaara smirk asked.
Sakura was blushing redder and redder by the second.
"Uh, Sakura-chan?" Gaara said.
"Yes?" She asked. Gaara raised an "eyebrow" and nodded downward.
Sakura looked down and noticed that their make out session had made her towel slip downwards further, reveiling the top of her cleavage, giving Gaara an overview look.
"W-wh-whaaat?" Sakura blushed and pulled her towel up.
"Wait a second! Why were you looking, Panda-kun?" Sakura asked, still holding her towel close.
"Because, you are my cherry blossom, so I can." Gaara said possessively, Sakura raised a slim eyebrow at what he said.
"Aaanndd, because I'm a guy therefore sliiiightly perverted." Gaara went all panda chibi on her and she had to forgive him.
"Fine, but I better go down."
"Why?"
"Um because Temari-chan and Kankuro-kun need to eat since she was banished from the kitchen, and because I'm only in a towel." Sakura said, semi blushing, but relaxing.
"Hn, see you in a few minutes."
Gaara and Sakura slid sideways against each other to get by, chest against chest, Gaara was smirking and Sakura was blushing, finally she walked down the stairs and around the corner, then he went to take a shower.
Soon after Sakura was dressed in her shinobi clothes and had cooked a breakfast for the four of them, Gaara had since taken a shower and came downstairs.
"Smells good, Sakura-chan." He commented and the four of them ate, Kankuro and Gaara watching tv and Temari and Sakura at the table.
Someone knocked at the door and Sakura opened it to see an ANBU member.
"Hokage-sama has summoned you three and Kazekage-sama to her office." With that he disappeared into nothingness.
The four of them went to the Hokage's tower and knocked on her door.
"Come in!" A shout was heard.
They walked into Tsunade's room and she immediately started talking.
"I'm sorry for the short notice but I just received a letter from Suna, everything is fine, but they said that it would be great if you could come back soon, there was a lot of paperwork to be done." Tsunade commented.
"Hn, I'm ready to leave today if everyone else it, or I could go by myself." Gaara said to the Hokage.
"No. I'll come with you today." Sakura said.
"Uh, hehahaha, uh, Gaara?" Temari blushed.
"You want a few more days to spend with Shikamaru-san, I know, kinda obvious, yeah sure whatever." Gaara allowed his older sister.
"Your staying with me, Kankuro, I don't wanna go on a three day trip alone. It'll be boring." Temari ordered him.
"T-t-t-t-t-t-t-that means…..!!! Staying with you for a week and your cooking! NOOOO!!" Kankuro shouted to the sky.
Temari hit him soundly on the head.
"So you and Sakura will be leaving today then." Tsunade said.
"Yes, we'll go pack then." Sakura and Gaara disappeared, leaving Kankuro and Temari to warder around the town aimlessly for the next few hours.
Sakura and Gaara packed quite fast, getting all the things that they would need, food, water, ect.
"I'm going to say goodbye to Naruto and the others, ok, Panda-kun?" Sakura asked.
"Ok." Then Sakura disappeared with a peck on Gaara's cheek.
After saying her goodbyes to her friends and foster mom, Sakura and Gaara headed on their way to Suna.
"I guess that, Gaara-kun? Why are we going so fast?" Sakura asked, they had been traveling for the better part of the day, not talking to conserve their energy, there were fleeting glances and blushing between them for those hours.
"Gaara-kun? We've traveled a day's worth of time in only a few hours!" Sakura said to him.
Gaara suddenly stopped.
"We'll cap here then, tired, are you?" Gaara asked.
"N-no! Not at all! I'm just a little dizzy!" Sakura said and fell against a tree.
They rested for a while and set up camp.
"I'll go see if there's a river near by so that we can save our water." Gaara went and Sakura set up her tent, when he came back, though, and Sakura had made dinner, she noticed something.
"Panda-kun?"
"Hn?"
"Where's your tent?" Sakura asked slowly.
"Oh fuck." He said.
"Oh fuck what?" Sakura asked.
"I forgot it." He said, hiding his smirk.
"WHAT??!!!!?" Sakura shriked.
END OF CHAPTER FOURTEEN
I'm semi-fameous in these stories for my hangers, I wonder what will happen next? Guess you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?!