You can all start doing the happy dance now because I'm updating again.

I'm such a horrible person for not updating in forever:( but at least I updated!

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Sasuke's POV

You'd think with a GENIUS on your team you wouldn't be lost in the desert.

"So it says to walk for another five hundred paces after you find the red grain of sand." Shikamaru said as he studied the map, well finding a grain of sand IN THE DESERT wouldn't be that hard.

Although a genius who couldn't care less right now if we were lost or not might pose a problem.

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Sakura's POV

We were down at the pool again when I felt something land on my back. I lazily grabbed the object and saw it was actually a letter.

To the Kazekage,

Hey, it's Tsunade, um don't tell Sakura this, but Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Naruto are coming because they were very persuasive on the issue of coming here. I personally think that Sakura and Sasuke are a cute couple, so you should try to get them together when he gets here, maybe a party.

Something told me she was drunk when I read it, because Tsunade wouldn't say 'I personally think that Sakura and Sasuke are a cute couple' in fact she nearly hates Sasuke after his little stunt with Orochimaru. I looked up and saw Gaara looking down at me.

"No... WE ARE NOT HAVING A PARTY AND I DO NOT WANT TO TALK TO SASUKE-KUN!" I yelled and covered my mouth with my hands as soon as the 'kun' slipped out. Gaara started to smirk and Kankuro was laughing.

"I don't know, I think you and Sasuke-kun do make a good couple!" Kankuro tease. I sent a punch at him and he went flying into the pool. All the girls looked at me saying, 'Well we DO know you still love him...'

"Well what kind of party should we have?" Temari asked as if nothing had happened. Was this expected?

"We should go to Chuckie Cheeses for the party!" Hinata yelled out and we all looked at her.

"YEAH!" everyone (but me) yelled excitedly, who could not love a mouse, pizza and arcade games? Although, I still did not want the party.

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A few hours later

Sasuke's POV

"I FOUND THE RED GRAIN OF SAND!" I yelled out excitedly, hey it was hard to find red sand in the desert. We all started to head off in the direction that the map indicated when Shikamaru looked at the map again.

"Oh wait, that was just some jam, we were actually supposed to go west of the 'This way to Suna' sign we saw awhile ago." Shikamaru said. I knew we should have followed the damn sign. Naruto groaned and I just started to run off in the direction of the sign I had saw four hours ago.

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One day later

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Sakura's POV

"So THE Kazekage couldn't rent out Chuckie Cheese's?" Kankuro asked with annoyance, Gaara had failed miserably to rent out Chuckie Cheeses. Gaara just continued to glare at no one in particular. I smiled happily, no party, which meant that I wouldn't have to talk to Sasuke!

(a/n yeah and Gaara controls sand.)

(s/n he does)

(a/n oh, well, uh, well you'll just see!)

I happily walked inside and headed to the elevators when I was stopped.

"Sakura- you know Sasuke does care about you, don't you? He wouldn't be coming here unless he really did care about you." It was Gaara, he was looking down at me and I turned away.

"Yes." I said quietly, more to myself that to him.

"Why did you run then?" he asked me and I thought for a minute.

"Gaara, what if someone, one of the most important people to you, were to leave? What if they were to kill you inside and just make you a shell for who knows how long?" I asked him turning and looking at him straight in the eye. He stared back at me with a stare so fierce, that I had to look down.

"What if they were to leave again?" I said quietly, Gaara didn't say anything and when the elevator door opened I walked in and wasn't followed.

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Hinata's POV

I was pretty sure that everyone in our group heard that last bit as we headed in from the pool. I sighed; it was so obvious that Sakura and Sasuke cared for each other that it was… sad. Honestly, I was surprised that it took our meddling to get them to kiss! I sighed.

"So who's going after Sakura?" I asked and everyone gave me the 'you are' look. It was always the (not so quiet anymore) nice one! Dumb Gaara…

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Sasuke's POV

"Anything else you missed genius?" Naruto asked Shikamaru, so far we had managed to go to five different towns and not even close to Suna. Shikamaru shrugged,

"I'm a strategist not a map person." Shikamaru pointed out and we groaned, I knew I should have looked at the map in the beginning. I took the map and sighed, he hadn't even been able to follow instructions from mapquest. It was sad; at this rate by the time I got there, Sakura would somehow be married to Kankuro! Okay maybe not Kankuro but still.

Hurry up! Sakura-chan could be in the church by now!

I took off in the direction that the map indicated not waiting for the two 'friends' to stop their argument. They noticed and (unfortunately) followed after me.

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Sakura's POV

It was decided; cookie dough was the answer for everything. I was lazily eating pre-made cookie dough when Hinata walked in.

"Sakura? Are you okay?" Hinata asked me and sat beside me on the bed, grabbing some of the cookie dough. She nearly gagged at the sweetness of it and ran to get a drink of water.

"How can you eat that?" she asked me as she came back, with a cup of water. I shrugged,

"It's my comfort food and I can eat what I want! " I replied and she sighed.

Well if you want to gain twenty pounds you can. The surprisingly quiet up until now, i.s. said. I quickly put the cookie dough onto the far end of the dresser and looked at it as if it had just come alive and insulted my forehead.

"Why do I feel like I just missed something?" Hinata asked me, and I laughed, causing the already confused Hinata to become more, well, confused!

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Sasuke's POV

"She's annoying." I stated as we sat down to eat, they looked at me.

"You already said that about five times Sasuke. We know your just saying that because… you love her!" Naruto said with a grin, and guess what it started from the two pranksters?

"Sasuke and Sakura sittin' in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!!! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage!" I punched the two of them before continuing on, why did I choose these two to come along again?

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I was watching the episode of Naruto where Gaara comes to the hospital (before Chuunin exam finals) and I realized Shikamaru was somewhat of a prankster, I mean he was going to torture his best friend with a fruit basket! Just some warning for the next chapter, major prank pulling (or meddling in Sakura and Sasuke's relationship, depends on how you look at it.)