Gah! Rach I can't believe your making me do this!

So my attempt at a small lemon…yes I changed the rating just for it….I'm not risking this story…even if it is saved on my computer.

This chapter is dedicated to one of my absolute best friends…Rach! Or also known as you.broke.a.promise. here on fanfiction.

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine….i wish he was though….-sniff-

If you don't want to read the small lemon….don't start here. I will tell you when you can read again….

Was it her imagination, or did the room suddenly become overly hot. His touch burned her. Everywhere his gentle fingertips brushed across her bare skin, a warm burning sensation rushed through her.

His bare skin touching hers sent chills of excitement up her spine. His hands traveled along her curves, drinking them in. His pale eyes explored her body as he hovered above her. Leaning down, Gaara trapped Sakura's lips with his own in a painfully slow kiss.

Sakura's hands played through his hair as the kiss depended. Nipping at her bottom lip, Gaara's hands brushed over her stomach.

Despite her current situation, Sakura's mind still buzzed with thoughts. Was she doing the right thing? Was she even ready for this? She loved Gaara. That was definite. And she did want her first time to be with the one she loved.

This was going to hurt.

She knew she could deal with it. It couldn't last too long right.

Right?

Gaara's lips left hers. Opening her eyes, Sakura looked up at Gaara who was only a few inches above her. She felt him position himself over her.

His eyes gave her a warning and a question.

Was she ready?

That was a good question. Could she deal with this? Yes. She knew she could. She's been through worse pain. But there were so many what ifs.

Like what if she got pregnant?

That was a big possibility seeing as they didn't have any protection. That plus she wasn't on birth control.

But the problem was pushed aside as her head gave a small nod.

And just after that small nod was a lot of pain. Too much pain. Enough that caused her to want to pull away.

Sakura struggled a bit. Her face scrunched up in protest. The intrusion was too much.

Gaara stopped as soon as he noticed the painful expression on her delicate face. He kissed her gently. "Do you want to stop?" he asked quietly into her ear.

Sakura shook her head. She shifted a bit, trying to adjust to her discomfort.

Moments later, Sakura was moaning out as her pain disappeared. Finding a rhythm together, pleasure exploded through her body. Raw passion soared through her. Pulling Gaara down for another kiss, Sakura moaned into his mouth.

Her hands trailed from his hair, and rested on his face. The moonlight filtered through the curtains and reflected on his face. Kami he was handsome. This was not the same Gaara she knew when she was twelve.

Arching her back, Sakura felt herself find her release. Gaara panted slightly as he came not too long after her, and collapsed onto her chest.

Sakura held him tightly as she panted heavily. Gaara pushed himself off of her, and rolled over on his side. She turned her head to face him.

"I love you." She mouthed, not able to find her voice. Gaara understood her though.

Kissing her forehead, he rested their foreheads together and stroked her cheek.

"I love you too."

(Lemons over.)

XxX

She was way too tired to get out of bed. Her legs didn't want to move, her eyes didn't want to open, and not to mention she had a vice grip around her waist.

Rubbing her eyes, Sakura looked over her shoulder to find Gaara also waking from his peaceful slumber. He gave her a small smile, but yawned soon after.

"Ohayo." He mumbled out.

"Ohayo." She replied. Removing his hand from her waist, she sat up and stretched her arms up high.

Sakura suddenly became aware of her nakedness and blushed. Her back was facing Gaara and she could swear she felt his gaze on her. Peering over her shoulder, she found her assumptions were right.

Self consciously, she timidly moved over to his own wardrobe, searching for one of his overly large t-shirt and pulled it over her head. Gaara frowned.

He should have known she would be self conscious. He on the other hand was less conscious of his body and got out of bed. She was starting to leave the room, but her face grew flush as she noticed him walking freely around to his dresser.

"Where are you going?" he asked, sorting through his clothes.

"I need to take a really fast shower or else I'm going to be late for work." Sakura said and walked out of the room, and hurriedly made her way to Temari's room where he bag still was.

With a nod he turned back to his clothes.

After gathering her nurse's uniform, Sakura once again quickly made her way to the bathroom, not wanting to be caught with only Gaara's t-shirt on. The questions would be endless.

Even though Sakura hadn't been in Suna for a long time, she felt as if she was at home here and hadn't bothered to lock the bathroom door. She figured everyone would hear the shower water on and not enter.

Stepping into the warm water, Sakura hastily started to shampoo her hair. But she froze when the door opened. Maybe she should have locked the door. Cleansing the soap off her hands, Sakura forgot about rinsing out her bubbly hair and prepared to open the curtains.

Her small hand grasped the red plastic curtain and came close to pulling it open when someone else opened it instead.

"What the…Gaara?" Sakura asked confused. Her arms instinctively went to cover her chest. The redhead stepped into the shower along side Sakura. She gave him look that read 'and you're invading my shower why?'

"Your not the only one who will be late." He said and stole some of her rinsing space. Once again her face grew hot with a blush. It was awfully uncomfortable to share a shower with him, even after what happened last night.

"Couldn't you have waited? I mean, I wouldn't have taken too long." She said, shoving him out of the way, going to rinse her hair. Shower time was Sakura time, no matter how long or short the shower would be.

But she didn't want to be the reason she was late. He was the Kazekage; he can't afford to be late. Who known's what could happen in such a short amount of time. Guess she would have to let it slip this time.

As fast as she cold, Sakura applied condition to her hair and washed her body. She handed the soapy washcloth and proceeded to rinse her hair. She hadn't even waited the suggested 3 minutes, and jumped out of the shower.

This kind of thing would be hard to adjust to, if and only if it happened again.

Sakura hoped it wouldn't be for a long time.

XxX

Turns out Sakaya wasn't lying when she mentioned her lack of talent. It was a shame as well because her chakra control wasn't half as bad as Sakura thought it would be. Especially for someone who hadn't practiced on controlling their chakra as much as Sakura or any other normal ninja.

It wasn't her chakra control that was a wreck, even if it needed a lot of work, it was her concentration.

They practiced on getting her to learn the hand signs for a simple healing ninjutsu, which didn't take long. But then, even if she could get them right, when she started to focus her chakra, any little thing, any movement, or noise would distract her and she would loose it.

Sakura had instructed her to practice focusing and trying to at least try to start to get the hang on the jutsu.

Groggily, Sakura walked home. It was dark, and the few streetlights led her down the road. Letting a yawn pass through her lips relief washed over her as her home appeared. She sped up her pace a bit, wanting to just fall into bed next to Gaara and sleep.

She was however surprised to open the door and find four people sitting in the living room, the TV glowing in the darkness. Clearing her throat, Sakura made her presence known.

Four heads turned to face her as she moved to the living room. Tiredly she fell onto the loveseat next to Gaara and rested her head on his shoulder. She calculated that there would only be a good five to ten minutes before she passed out from exhaustion.

"Ne, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said, claiming her attention. Sakura scowled and opened her drooping eyes.

"What?" she hissed out, sounding more annoyed than she meant to sound.

"Gaara said that you two are back together." Sakura gave a nod, and shifted closer to the Kazekage. "Well, Tsunade sent a message to me today to remind you of the wedding. She has the date set out and she and Ino, and Hinata, and Tenten worked everything out so the place Ino found is ready for the wedding."

Sakura had almost forgotten about the wedding. She grew giddy at the thought of getting married soon.

"Yea. And that means we're leaving for Konoha the day after tomorrow. The wedding is in five days!"

Sakura's eyes snapped open and her senses seemed to re-awaken. Five days!? Five fricken days? How was she supposed to pull this off? Would she be ready for her wedding? I mean, it was only FIVE days away.

Gaara felt the girl jump at the words. "How can we make sure everything will be ready in five days!?" Sakura asked.

"Don't worry Sakura. I'm sure that everything will be fine. I know that the girls are most likely working on making sure everything will be all set up." Temari said encouragingly.

Sakura knew that was probably true. "I'm going to bed." She said as she stood up from her seat. Gaara stood up right after her and followed her up the stairs.

He thought the same thing Sakura had.

I'll be married in five days.

Another chapter complete! YAY! I'm so proud of myself. Thank you for the reviews from last chapter! I hope you enjoyed this one.