Title: The Devil's Whisper
Short Summary: Sakura is a Psychiatrist for a mental hospital for the Konoha Hospital who then gets moved to her dream job in the Suna Hospital for the Criminally Insane to take care of a very dangerous patient named Gaara. WARNING! Sasuke bashing!!
Pairings: Sakura/Sasuke (minor), Sakura/Gaara
Warning: Story contains implied and/ or scenes of: major language, torture, rape, angst, adult scenes, violence and probably more…
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of its characters. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
Warning: Lemon up ahead.
Chapter XXI
By the end of the terrifying day, the Suna City Asylum for Mentally Unstable Criminals was more alive than ever. Even more alive since the night that Obito Uchiha was attacked. Most of the patients were locked up in their rooms. All but two. Deidara Iwa and Gaara Sabaku. Both had refused to leave Sakura and Sasori's sides and that did spike up some suspicion from those who didn't know. But in truth, the two couples didn't care at the moment. What surprised them the most was when the medics came up from the Devil's Whisper chamber with the bodies of Kabuto and Orochimaru, one of them were still alive. Obviously it was Orochimaru. But he was barely alive. He had taken a lot of damage to the chest from shot a few times. So he was in critical condition. Still, he was going to be taken to the Suna General Hospital where he would be treated and saved and very well guarded. Once he recovered, he was going to be arrested and tried for all of his crimes.
As it was, Danzo did well with his promise and returned to the Asylum. He did not come back alone though. There were several old folks, along with Tsunade, an ANBU that Sakura recognized as Ibiki Morino and his assistant, Anko, and even her friends had came back to Suna. Everyone was in a frenzy as they buzzed around Sakura, trying to find out if she was all right. They didn't seem to care that Gaara was standing right there, giving Naruto and Neji a dry look.
However, as everyone knew, Danzo was here with the official papers he had promised to bring back. But it wasn't exactly what he wanted. They were a calling for a hearing to discuss the activities of the Suna Asylum. More or less, Danzo was giving Sakura a rather wry look as he finally noticed that Gaara Sabaku had not taken his arm away from her shoulders.
"So, I was correct." The old bastard said, making everyone shush and look at him with alarm or surprise. He was standing in between his two bodyguards, Hanataro and Sai, giving Sakura the most dirty, disgusted look. "So I was correct with the knowledge of you being intimate with one of your patients. I was just wrong on which one."
Wincing, Sakura quickly looked down at Gaara's arm almost painfully. She had been caught finally. "Oh....." She groaned, as her shoulders hunched up a little.
Gaara frowned, but shook his head as he tightened his grip around her shoulders, pulling her right up against him. He received a lot of surprised looks from those who didn't know but he was through with caring. He was already tired of hiding as it was. So it was time to take action. Turning his stormy, sea-foam colored eyes onto Danzo, giving him an uncaring look, the red head just leaned a little over as if to protect Sakura from his burning gaze. "You got a fucking problem with Sakura, Root, you fucking talk to me." He growled.
"Gaara Sabaku, you have no right to say anything. You are mentally unstable criminal who should be back in your room." Danzo said coldly as he gave him a dark look. "Therefore, security! Removed this patient from this site and return him to his room. We will arrange his transportation to the Prison tomorrow morning......"
"No! You will not touch my brother!" Temari said sharply as she moved forward and stood between Gaara and the security, giving them look. She glanced at Kankuro as he quickly joined her to protecting their younger brother and looked even more grateful when Sasori looked very serious as he swiftly moved to stand beside them. "My brother is not going anywhere, Danzo Root!"
Danzo gave them both his sternest look but sharply rapped his cane against the ground as he sharply threw a look at the guards, almost telling them to move past the relatives. The guards didn't move though as Itachi, Shikamaru, Baki and even Kakashi moved to stand with Temari, Kankuro and Sasori. "The whole lot of you are making things very hard for yourselves! You will stand aside and allow Gaara Sabaku to be taken into custody, as well as Deidara Iwa, who will be tried for mental health fraud and more than likely put into prison!" He ordered as he held up the paper. "This Asylum is officially to be shut down....."
Sakura frowned as she pulled free from Gaara and pushed past Temari and Kankuro, giving the old man a very stern glare. She was not going to stand by and let this happen without her saying anything. "My patients aren't going anywhere, Mr. Root." She said sternly.
The dark look was shot at her next as Danzo turned towards her. "They are no longer your patients, Miss Haruno. As you are no longer a doctor. I have reported to the Health Division about your......affairs and they are calling for a hearing to discuss your suspension and perhaps expulsion of your medical license. As I will see to it that you will never work in another hospital again!" He shouted at her.
"YOU OLD BASTARD!!" Naruto growled as he tried to move forward to give the old man a piece of his mind but stopped as Hinata and Ino grabbed his arms. They were still glaring at the old man their selves but they had no place to say anything there.
Gaara growled as he tried to shove past Kankuro next, but both of his arms were caught by him and Baki, holding him back. They both knew very well that if he entered the argument, he would make matters worst. Still, Gaara couldn't stand listening to this asshole yelling at Sakura or threatening to have her removed as a doctor.
And neither could Tsunade.
"That will not happen, Danzo!" The beautiful blonde snapped as she moved to stand between Sakura and the old man, giving him a serious look. "I will not stand by and listen to you snap at my former apprentice and threaten to take away her license just because of her feelings." She turned her head sharply to look at Sakura. "I will admit that becoming intimate with a patient is going beyond the boundaries of the medical field. It is not allowed. It is forbidden. Therefore, Sakura, I want you to answer me honestly. Did you sleep with him?"
The only answer Sakura could even think of giving was wincing and moaning as she lowered her head. She could not lie to Tsunade. She could not just look into her eye and say no.
And that was the only answer that Danzo wanted to hear, or see. He snorted as he smiled dryly and shook his head as he tightened his grip on his cane. "Ah, a sexual intimacy then. That is all we need to hear. Mr. Morino," He glanced over at Ibiki Morino, who looked just as stunned as everyone else as they stared at Sakura with wide eyes. "Have Miss Haruno arrested......."
"No." Kakashi suddenly said very stone like, making all look over at him as he looked directly at Danzo. "You have no authority of having Doctor Haruno arrested, Danzo. You're job description lies on the council of mental health. Therefore you are a judge," He paused shooting up a hand when the old man opened his mouth to argue. "A judge to decide what medical facilities that deserve staying open. The only people who has a right to have Sakura arrested is the family of the patient." He looked over at Temari and Kankuro, whose faces brightened to hear that. "They are responsible for whatever happens to their brother. And they have a right say anything on his behalf as a mental patient. However," He looked back at Danzo before reaching over to another ANBU, who was carrying the evidential files and papers on the case. He glanced at the papers before grabbing the ones he was looking for. "These papers, Mr. Root, are the evidence that will hold up very well in court of Gaara Sabaku's innocence. He never murdered Yondaime Sabaku. We even have a vocal confession from the real killers, Madara Uchiha and Doctor Orochimaru that they are responsible for not only the death of Yondaime Sabaku, but Akito Akasuna, Chiyo Akasuna, several of the patients of the Suna Asylum, and nearly the entire Uchiha family. Fugaku Uchiha, his wife, Mikoto and even the attempted murder of Obito Uchiha, who is now the oldest inheriting Uchiha to receive the Uchiha Fortune. His mental instability is the only thing that is holding him back from collecting the Fortune, therefore, it will be turned over to Itachi Uchiha."
"Mr. Hatake....." Danzo tried to interrupt, in a stern tone.
"Do not interrupt me, Mr. Root. I'm not even close to being finished." Kakashi said dryly as he lowered his hand with the file at his side. "As long as Miss Temari and Mister Kankuro Sabaku gives Sakura Haruno their approval and permission, and with the permission of the warden of the Suna Asylum, who is now Sasori Akasuna, there can be a relationship between a doctor and her patient, who really shouldn't be a patient in the first place. I think you will find that the Mental Health Guide and Rule book holds a rule that there is to be a hearing for Gaara Sabaku's behalf to determine of he is truly mentally unstable. If proven not unstable, he is to be released from the care of the Asylum. He will be cleared of all charges held against him. It's all due to the fact that he is not a murderer. The death of Yashamaru Akasuna, the blood son of Chiyo Akasuna was proven to be self defense by one of the workers at the Sabaku Residence. The worker had came forward in anonymous with the witnessing of the struggle between Yashamaru and Gaara." His face darkened only a little. "It was dismissed by Yondaime Sabaku because he didn't seem to care that his youngest child was being accused of murder. In my professional opinion, which, Danzo, you will find that is very respected, Yondaime Sabaku was a poor excuse for a father if he does not stand up for his own child.
"Continuing that being said, if the family members of Gaara Sabaku and the Asylum warden gives the approval, Sakura Haruno can be intimate with Gaara Sabaku if she wishes. And there is nothing, Danzo, that you can say about that." Kakashi continued before looking over at the other Council members. "Will you concur that, Elders?"
There was a long silence as the old men and women stared blankly at Sakura and Gaara as they thought about everything that was just said. They didn't look as if they were going to agree with Kakashi at all. Glancing at one another, they seemed to be having a silent conversation with one another for a long moment before they looked back around at everyone. No one spoke for a very long moment as they looked around at Sasori, Deidara, then to Temari and Kankuro and finally back to Gaara and Sakura. After a very long moment, one of the Elders, one of the Konoha Elders stepped forward with his hands folded in front of him. "Mr. Hatake, the forbidden relationship between a doctor and her patient is to be professional only. Due to the circumstances, the law states that we shall have Doctor Haruno removed of her medical license and we shall have her arrested."
"Wait! That's not fair!" Naruto exclaimed, looking worried.
"But.....but, but....." Ino started.
Even Temari and Kankuro opened their mouths to argue but stopped immediately when Sasori held up his hand looking at them with a frown. He didn't like it any more than they did. But he knew that the Elder wasn't finished. "Temari, Kankuro, please." He said quietly before looking back at the elder and nodding him to go on.
The Konoha Elder gradually nodded back as he turned his gaze back onto a sorry looking Sakura as she lowered her head, awaiting for the orders of her arrest. "However, I will speak mostly for myself and my fellow Konoha Colleague on the situation, we are both very fond of a strange Romeo and Juliet story twist and it would be a great pity to see that our two couples are torn apart in tragedy. As it is, we have been reading up on Sakura Haruno's files for years now due to the fact that she is Tsunade Orihime's student. She has amazing knowledge over medical situations and it would be a waste of her talent if we take away her license now." He smiled faintly when Sakura's head shot up and she looked at him in astonishment, as did everyone else. "We also have our own contacts and have been observing your work with your patients." He paused before looking over at Itachi. "Itachi Uchiha, you have done very well into playing the part as a mental patient."
Jaws dropped as eyes shot to where Itachi stood, Sakura's especially. She couldn't believe what she just heard, nor could anyone else. Even Danzo looked alarmed as he looked from his colleagues to Itachi. "What?!" he demanded.
Itachi remained stoic as ever as he straightened and folded his hands behind his back as he looked right at the two Konoha Elders. "I'm only glad I could have been some service to you." He then let his dark eyes flicker over to a shocked looking Sakura Haruno and his lips curved upward a bit. "My deception of being a patient here was an order from my employers, Elder Homura and Elder Koharu. They both acquired my services after my trial for murdering my father. They were the only ones who believed that I was influenced to killing my father. They didn't believe that I did it without reason." He explained quietly.
The old woman Elder, Koharu just nodded as she folded her hands together, her ancient eyes flickering over to Danzo, who looked very outraged. And she didn't look sorry at all for it. In fact, she looked smug. "Danzo, you were not included in this little plan because Homura and I didn't see you fit. We know that there is some greed in your heart. So we kept our involving Itachi Uchiha's contract very quiet from you." She looked over at the young Uchiha and smiled. "Homura and I looked over the crime reports and we just did not think it added up very well. I have seen Itachi with his family. Yes, there were some difficulties between him and his father, Fugaku. Fugaku Uchiha, indeed, was not the nicest of men in Konoha City. He did have some darkness in his heart, but it was not enough to cause such harm to his own sons. He has too much pride for that sort. So Homura and I secretly met with Itachi and made a deal with him. Serve as a mentally unstable patient in Suna Asylum and keep an eye on his uncle, Madara Uchiha. We were suspicious of him from the very start when his own father was found dead in his study. I, myself, examined Kenpachi Uchiha's body before the funeral services. What was believed to be a heart attack that killed him, I discovered that it wasn't. Someone poisoned Kenpachi Uchiha. A poison that speeds up the heart rate and because Kenpachi had a bad heart as it was, it caused the heart to fail. Making it look like a heart attack." She explained before looking at Itachi. "We had Itachi become the patient everyone believed him to be to watch the goings on in the Asylum. We were quite suspicious of the murders taking place here."
Homura nodded as he folded his hands in front of him, looking directly at Danzo. "We didn't tell you, Danzo, because you are way too strict and so close minded. You've always hated the Uchiha family as it was, due to who Madara started a romantic relationship with......" He started to say.
"That will be enough, Homura." Danzo said sharply, giving his colleague a very dark look. He was not pleased that these two have kept a secret like this from him and it showed greatly on his face. But he would damned that if he let Homura finish what he was going to say. "My personal life is none of anyone's....."
"And neither is Doctor Haruno's." stated Tsunade, very dryly.
Danzo shook her a look next as he lift his head higher. "Her professional life is our business, Tsunade! She is a doctor and she has become romantic with a patient! A mental patient! That is forbidden! She has taken advantage of her patient and....." He told her sternly.
Gaara finally had enough of this. He couldn't just stand there and listen to the old goat say all of these things about Sakura and then let her be dismissed. "She did not take advantage of me, Danzo Root." He said, more calmly than he felt. His sea-foam gaze was darkening again much like it had when he saw Madara strangling his beloved doctor, but he was doing well to keeping his temper in check. "If anyone took advantage, it was me. Even if Sakura did develop some feelings for me, and I for her, I was the one who came onto her first." He explained seriously.
"Gaara...." Sakura said, sounding terrified for him. She knew he was trying to get himself in trouble and her out of it.
But Gaara silenced her with a mere glance and a soft look in his eyes. He didn't want her to interrupt. Not now. Turning his eyes back onto the elders, he shifted his weight and dropped his arm from Sakura's shoulders. "Must you condemn a person for what they feel? If it's Sakura's safety that you're more worried about, don't. I will never hurt her." He swore, giving them all a very stern look. "But I will not work with anyone but her. She is the only doctor who has ever given me a chance. Because of her, I don't hear voices anymore."
"Ye-ah. Speaking of that," Shikamaru suddenly spoke up, catching everyone's attention as he glanced over at Baki, who snorted and shook his head. He just shrugged as he stepped forward. "As everyone might be aware of, Gaara's always believed he was hearing voices in his room and always thought it was some boogy man named Shukaku." He paused when everyone tensed up and looked at Gaara with alarm. It was only to their surprise when Gaara remained calm and composed unlike how he used to. Shikamaru, however, ignored that as he shrugged again. "I found out that it was a sabotage. I totally forgot to mention it but Baki and I went poking around in Gaara's Isolation cell when he was moved to the third floor and we found a remote controlled radio in there. It's set to play some kind of eerie whispering around midnight to about three o'clock. My guesses it was put in there to make Gaara think he was crazy. So all those voices he thought he was hearing, he was hearing them. So, he's not crazy. Someone was just messing his head. And I'm guessing that it was Madara or Orochimaru. Maybe even Kabuto." He explained.
Sakura looked rather astonished, as did Gaara but neither one spoke as they glanced at one another. Temari and Kankuro looked happier, nonetheless. Sasori just nodded slowly before deciding to speak up next. "It is true that what Sakura and Gaara has done is forbidden and its results would normally be her being fired and he being transferred to somewhere else, but in my opinion," He spoke, his eyes narrowing as he glanced at Deidara before linking his hand with his. "I've done the very same thing as she has. And I do not see you yelling at me for it."
Seriously, everyone thought, Sasori had a point.
Smirking and shaking their heads, the two Suna Elders joined Homura and Koharu's side. "I believe the only reason why we haven't started on you, Mr. Akasuna, is due to the fact, you are very intimidating. And you are Chiyo's grandson." One said, shrugging.
Sasori's eyes narrowed but were full of amusement. "Then I take it, you will only find me too intimidating to let you take away Doctor Haruno's license and you will mind your own god-damned business when it comes to her relationship with Gaara, who is going to be having an evaluation in the next two weeks to determine his mental stature. If he passes the evaluation," He paused for only a moment, which was causing quite a few smiles to curl slyly. "Then he will not longer be a patient here at the Suna Asylum. And if he is not a patient at the Asylum, then his personal life is none of your god damned business." He said, finishing up his lecture with a very cold tone at the end of it.
There was a very long silence as everyone took in his words before the Elders looked at one another, all of them. They were quiet for a very long time, though Danzo looked furious. No one had to say anything before the Elders looked at Gaara and Sakura. Homura nodded as he lift his head higher. "Koharu and I agree," He paused to glance at Danzo then at Sasori. "With Sasori. Let there be an evaluation on Gaara Sabaku. If he fails to meet our expectations, then we will act against this situation. But if he passes our expectations, that will be the end of it." He stated. And Koharu nodded in agreement.
Danzo looked pissed about the idea but didn't say anything. That was just them saying it.
However, the Suna Elders nodded in agreement to Homura and Koharu, as did the others. "Let it be so then. If Gaara Sabaku passes the evaluation, we will overlook the entire matter. As for Doctor Haruno," The male Elder paused looking at the hopeful look on Sakura's face as she clutched onto Gaara and he smiled shaking his head. "She is quite lovely, isn't she? And she's quite a brilliant doctor if she can help all of her patients and discover a terrible conspiracy in the Suna Asylum." He remarked.
Slowly, all of the Elders nodded while Danzo's fury went even higher. "To be honest, I think Doctor Haruno and Mister Sabaku looks rather good together. They make a lovely pairing." Said the female Elder from the Mist council with a smile. She was looking the two over with approval before she turned and started to walk away. "I say we just leave them alone. If Gaara Sabaku turns out to be as sane as Miss Haruno believes, I see no harm in letting them go on with their affair." And she was gone with her colleague.
Sakura's face brightened as she looked up at Gaara, who looked just as surprised but pleased. They, along with several others, were smiling brightly before looking thankfully at the Elders. Of course, Danzo was not one that they were looking pleased with. The old man looked entirely furious before he turned sharply away. "I cannot believe how naive everyone is being into letting her get away with this disgusting act." He growled before slamming his cane down on the ground. "Sai! Haruno! Let's leave now!" He ordered. Sai, of course followed after him, but still looking slightly amused with the entire situation.
Hanataro, however, didn't move as he stared at Sakura, still slightly surprised to learn that she fell in love with a mental patient. He met her eyes and they stared at one another for a long moment. But when Danzo called for him again, demanding he follow, he turned around and looked stonily after him. "Forgive me, Mister Root, sir. But I'm going to have say no."
Danzo halted in the middle of the hall way before turning sharply and giving him a very serious look. "What did you say to me, Haruno?!" He demanded.
Again, Hanataro shook his head as he turned slightly and went over to stand right next to Sakura, who looked very surprised but there was a pleasant look starting to form in her eyes. She was starting to see that her father really had changed over the years. Especially when he was going to stand next to her in this situation. She was especially surprised when he put his arm around her shoulders, topping Gaara's, who also looked surprised. "I said no, sir. I will not just stand here and let you insult my daughter in front of me. What kind of father would I be if I didn't?" Hanataro remarked.
"You surrendered your rights as her father, Haruno!" Danzo snapped, his eye fierce.
Raising his eyebrow, Hanataro just shook his head as he stared directly at his boss. "Yes. I did. But I'm hoping that will be changed. By legal rights, I am not her father. But I think I will leave that up to her." He said, pleasantly as he looked down at Sakura, who still looked up at him in surprise. But slowly, her face softened and she started to smile up at him, which he returned. It only lasted for a moment before he looked sharply at Danzo and shook his head. "Forgive me, sir. But I quit. I will no longer be your bodyguard. I can't be if I do not respect you." He told him, once again surprising everyone.
With a very deadly looked shot at Hanataro, Danzo shook his head as he gripped his cane even tighter in his hand and slammed it heavily onto the tiled floor in rage. "You will not quit, Hanataro Haruno. You are fired." He said acidly before turning and stomping away. Sai did not follow right off but smirked as he nodded to Hanataro. His dark eyes then flickered over to Sakura, who met his gaze. They looked at one another for a moment before he turned and followed after his furious employer.
"Hm. I didn't know Danzo could act so much like a child." said one of the other Elders, the Lightning Elder dryly before shaking his head. He looked around at everyone before leaving his eyes on Sasori. "Suspect the evaluation request papers soon, Sasori. We shall see if what you hope is true. If not, you know what will happen." He then turned and walked away, leading the rest of the elders out.
Sakura let out a long sigh before looking around at everyone, faintly smiling. "I'm sorry, everyone. I shouldn't be a burden and getting you all into trouble." She told them.
Gaara glanced at her before lightly pulling her closer to him, making her yelp as she looked up into his beautiful sea-foam gaze with wide eyes. He was looking at her softly, which surprised most and made some smile slyly. Especially as he reached up and cupped a hand against Sakura's cheek, caressing her skin. "Do not ever refer yourself as a burden again, doctor. I will not have it. You are not a burden to any of us. In fact, you are more a savior to most of us." He told her before wrapping his arms around her, ignoring any looks he was getting.
Sasori nodded in agreement as he rest his arm around Deidara's waist, who was grinning at Sakura. They both agreed with Gaara as they looked at her in an almost thankful way. "Gaara is correct, Sakura. You've changed a lot of us if you're not aware of it." He glanced around at everyone before turning his eyes back onto her. "And I know I am not the only one who agrees with that."
"Hell yeah, Sakura." Temari said grinning as she moved a little closer to Shikamaru and leaned against him, causing him to have to wrap an arm around her. "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have met this guy. He's starting to rub off on me."
Sakura just snorted as she found herself having to lean against Gaara. "I really hope not." She told Temari before looking up at Gaara with a faint smile. "Well, I guess you're stuck with me."
Gaara grinned his devilish smile before he tightened his arms around her and lift her up, bringing her closer to his face. "I wouldn't have it any other way, cherry blossom." He told her. And then he dipped his head down until his lips found hers. He didn't care if anyone was watching, and neither did she.
Of course, someone had to interrupt.
"Doctor Akasuna!" said a guard as he ran up, looking flustered and uneasy. And the look on his face starting to make everyone very uneasy. They didn't like the looks of this. "We have a problem."
Sasori sighed as he lowered his arm from Deidara's waist and stepped forward with Temari. They both knew this dealt with both of them. They especially didn't want to hear that they had another problem. "What is it now? Please do not tell me that we have another body lying around somewhere. I think we've had enough of that for now." The new warden grumbled.
The guard hesitated but shook his head as he looked very uneasy about having to tell them this. He knew they were going to be very upset. "Um, no, sir. But......um.....the patient, Hidan.....He's gone." He flinched when several eyes shot over to him but he shook his head. "He isn't the only one missing, sir! It seems that.....it seems that Nagato, known as Pein has also gone. No one knows where they are but I have taken the liberty of looking at the security tapes and....well, Madara Uchiha let them out!" He exclaimed still very uneasy.
There was a very awkward silence as everyone stared at him with wide eyes. That wasn't something they were expecting. Especially the part about Pein. "What do you mean Pein is missing and that it was Madara Uchiha who let him out?" Temari asked, very alarmed.
The guard sighed but shook his head. "As I said. Madara Uchiha released Pein and Hidan from their rooms and now they are gone. I have searched all over the hospital for them but I found evidence of them leaving the Asylum. They are gone." He told her.
"Aw, shit." Shikamaru hissed as he looked away from everyone, his eyes growing wide. "That's what Madara meant. The meaning beneath the meaning." He looked back at everyone. "Didn't Madara say, the pain isn't over yet? Pain. Pein. He was talking about Pein." He told all of them.
Alarmed, Sakura pulled slightly away from Gaara, looking at Shikamaru with alarm. She couldn't believe that. She couldn't believe that Pein could be apart of that. Not after he had admitted that he liked her and the warnings he had given her. How could he be apart of Madara's inner circle? He hadn't done anything to hurt her. "No. There has to be a mistake. How would....why would Pein do anything......He's never done anything to hurt anyone of us or any of the patients! How could he......?" She was saying, her voice trembling a little.
Sasori sighed as he reached up and began massaging the bridge of his nose but then shook his head as he looked at Baki. "Search the Asylum again. Let's just see if Pein really is gone. If he is, then we'll have our answer." He ordered. The security guards only nodded before they hurried off to begin their search. With another sigh, the red head warden just looked around at everyone, shaking his head. "We're all exhausted from the day's events. I think it best if we try and get some rest." he mentioned to them. He paused to glance a mischievous look on Gaara's face when he glanced down at Sakura and his eyes narrowed. "Don't even think about it, Gaara. Right now, you and Sakura cannot afford to sneak off somewhere and fuck each other's brains out. Not until this whole thing is over with."
Sakura felt her face flush hot red while Gaara glared at his cousin. On the other hand, there was a light thump and Naruto yelped when he caught Hinata as she fainted, her face very red from the very thoughts.
Tsunade, like a few, made a face as she eyed Sakura and Gaara. "Geez, Sakura. I can't really believe you actually went and fell in love with one of your patients." She snorted as she looked Gaara over, who eyed her warily as he remained close to the pink haired doctor. "Don't get me wrong though. He is a looker. Definitely a lot cuter than Sasuke, that's for sure." She remarked before letting out a long sigh and turned her eyes onto Hanataro. They both were looking at each other rather warily. "Oh, yeah. Hanataro Haruno. I remember you. The last time I seen you......"
"You grabbed me by the hair and slammed my head against the bars of my jail cell and demanded answers about what happened to Sakura and then I signed the adoption papers over to you." Hanataro said, a light smirk on his face. "I know. I remember you too."
Smirking, Tsunade folded her arms over her chest and shook her head. "Geez. I can't believe you even had the gull to even contact Sakura after all these years, you bastard." She growled at him.
Hanataro shrugged as he glanced at Sakura, meeting her eyes with a gentle smile. "What can I say? I might not legally be her father, but I still sired her. And when I heard that Sasuke Uchiha went and hurt her, it couldn't be helped. I had to come to see her and check up on her." he shrugged again as he stuffed his hands into his pockets before looking at Tsunade. "Hey, Tsunade. With your permission, I'd like to buy you lunch while you tell me how it was like raising her. Tell me what kind of hellion you raised." He told her.
Sakura's jaw fell wide open as she heard that and gave him a look. "Hanataro!" She exclaimed in shock.
"Sure. Why not? As long as your buying and I get to choose the place where we're going." Tsunade told Hanataro as she started walking with him.
"Tsunade!" Sakura gasped as she started to follow only to yelp when Gaara caught her around the waist and pulled her back as he laughed huskily in her ear. "Gaara." She groaned but she melted against him, still a little uneasy that everyone was watching. They didn't care though. They just smiled as they watched her and her lover. Either way, she knew things were starting to change. And perhaps, for the greater good.
Maybe.
Three months later
"No. No. No. Maybe. Probably not. Definitely not. Yes. Yes. Hell no. Definitely would not make a good babysitter. Maybe, maybe. Heh, definitely yes. Oh, I would to see him as a housemaid. That would be fucking hilarious." Sakura grumbled as she looked at Help Wanted ads in the newspaper. She couldn't believe this. She was actually looking through the newspaper for a job. How was she resorted to doing this? She really wished he hadn't talked her into this.
Looking for a job for her father was the last thing she wanted to do but he had turned a pretty pathetic puppy dog eyed look onto her that she couldn't say no. It was due to the fact that he'd been getting along with Tsunade and was always hanging out with her and Jiraiya Sage, whom hadn't taken his sudden appearance into Sakura's life too well at first. But then after telling the number one pervert that he had read his Icha Icha books and liked them, a lot, that changed pretty fast for Hanataro. Now, he and her long lost father were discussing ideas for a new book. She couldn't believe Hanataro Haruno. He was actually discussing dirty stories with Jiraiya Sage, and trying to help him write a new book. So far, she heard that he was giving the pervert an idea that sounded oddly like what happened at the Suna Asylum. They were thinking about calling the new book, Icha Icha Insanity.
A story about an eccentric Psychiatrist who goes to work for an All Women's Mental Hospital where he suddenly picks up the habit of watching them as they bathed, dressed, do everything. But above all of the women, there was just one that stood out. Or at least her boobs did. She had the largest chest among all of the other women and a mysterious past that he tries to unlock for her, all the while, fucking her brains out almost every night.
Jiraiya even had the gull to go in the details about what sex positions they should use between the two characters right in front of Sakura. Tsunade really slapped him hard for that one. It actually knocked him out.
It had been three month since Sakura was reunited with her father, Hanataro but it was kind of worth it. At first, she was very uneasy about starting a relationship with him but she could see that he had changed a great deal over the years. She had spent some time with him, talking to him and had learned that he was really was a different person than she remembered.
As it was, the whole incident at the Suna Asylum had made the front page of many newspapers all over. The murders of Suna Asylum was turning into a media phenomena. There had been a lot of reporters who wanted to know what happened and a lot of reporters had gone to Madara Uchiha's trial which had been only the day before. Sakura had not wanted to go. She did not want to see that man ever again. Not if she could help it. She had too much hate in her heart for what he had done and had almost done. So she just had to wait till the news came to her.
The news about Pein and Hidan escaping from the Suna Asylum still came as a shock to her and everyone. To even think about a complete nut case like Hidan out and about scared Sakura. She some respect for him, though she knew she didn't really have a reason. But to think that he might be out there, choosing randomly and sacrificing people gave a reason to pray every night that he would be found.
Luckily for everyone in the public, there had been no news of massacre of sacrificial rituals taking place anywhere. There were people missing and ending up dead in the most horrible ways. It was like Hidan had dropped right off the face of the Earth. And with Pein along with him. Sakura still didn't know exactly how dangerous Pein truly were. And it didn't help the fact that his girlfriend, Konan Tenchi could never be found after he went missing. No one knew where to find her.
Her phone suddenly rang, pulling her out of her thoughts as she circled another job opening for Hanataro. With a light sigh, Sakura reached over and pulled her phone off the hook. "Hello? The Haruno Sensational Partying Flat, Sakura speaking." She remarked in an almost sing song way. She knew who it was anyway.
"Heh, I still don't see why you want to remain there. You could always move in our place, you know?" came Temari's voice through the ear piece.
Smiling, Sakura sat up straighter on her bar stool and shoved the newspaper away from her. She was just glad to hear from her Suna City best friend. It had been a while due to the fact that Temari had been busy taking care of the Sabaku finances. "Hey, Tem. I like my apartment, okay? Besides, I don't want to wake up in the middle of the night, hearing Kankuro going at it with some girl. Or two girls at the same time. Again." She said shuddering. "God, I can't believe he had the nerve to do that anyway. So much for that girl, Chiki or whatever her name was. I can't see how you could handle it."
On the other line, Temari laughed. "Pffft. Believe me, the first few times I heard him having sex with someone, I nearly broke down his bedroom door and told them to shut up. Of course, it didn't really help. So I moved into a room waaaay on the other side of the Mansion. I don't hear them as much." She laughed again. "Of course, that one time we decided to have a slumber party, I think he only did it to piss me off."
Sakura just smiled as she turned on her stool and leaned against her counter, looking at the wall. "Well, still. I don't want to wake up listening to him fucking someone." She paused for only a moment. "So, what's the verdict?"
"Well, after two weeks of listening to Madara bitch and moan at the jury, it's been settled. He's been found guilty, as so has Orochi-fuck face. As far as we should even care about, Madara's been sentenced to 12 years to life in Prison. I don't think he's getting out for a very long time after Kakashi got through telling and showing all of the evidence to the jury about him." Temari explained before snorting. "Oh yeah. You're going to love this, Sakura. The judge took great pity over Obito. Guess what he said?" She said in a sing song.
"What? What did he say?" Sakura asked, almost laughing to hearing Temari talking like that. It wasn't every day that she got to hear her like that.
"Weeeellll, he's ordered that Madara donate one of his eyes to Obito Uchiha. In about six months, Obito Uchiha is going to go through an eye surgery and if they do it right, he'll be seeing again. One eye, but he'll have one. God, you should have seen the look on Madara's face. He really loved that one." Temari said, snorting as if she found it hilarious. "I've even got a picture of it on my phone so that you can see it when I come over."
Sakura pulled a face at the thought but had to smile. She was glad to hear that. She had been working with Tobi a lot lately and it had been very difficult. He wasn't taking his new blindness very easily after he recovered. He was always afraid and it was hard to settle him down again. Even with Sakura's help. She had been driven to the point of exhaustion when working with Tobi. It was only luck that he was her only patient to be working with right at the moment. With all of her other patients gone missing, she didn't have much to work with.
Even with Gaara gone now......she hated thinking about that one. Sometimes she missed with working with him.
"You've gone quiet, Sakura. Let me guess." Temari suddenly spoke up, her own voice going quiet. "You're thinking about my baby brother, aren't you?"
Sakura sighed as she pushed herself off the bar stool and moved over to her couch for a little more comfort. She didn't need to answer that one exactly right off. She knew that Temari was missing him too. After all, Danzo had his way with that one. "I really miss him, Temari. It's been two months since....." Sakura broke off with a deep sigh as she curled her legs under her resting her head against her head and staring at the floor.
There was a long silence between both of the friends on the phone before Temari let out her own sigh. "How are you coming along without him?" She asked gently.
If only Temari could see the painful look on Sakura's face as she curled up a little, now resting her head against her knees. Thinking about what happened with Gaara hurt her enough as it was. She cursed Danzo's name every single time she thought about what he had done. She hated that old man. She knew that both Temari and Kankuro did too. He was responsible for what happened to their younger brother.
"I'm.....I'm trying not let it get to me, Temari. But it's....it's so hard not having him here anymore." Sakura said, her voice breaking a little and her eyes starting to sting with tears. "I miss him so much. Sometimes I always think about that first day we even saw each other." She started to laugh weakly as she remembered the first thing Gaara Sabaku had ever said to her. "I remember how he first looked at me, stared at me with those gorgeous eyes of his. It hurts looking at the ocean or seeing teal without thinking about him. I just....I just hope he doesn't forget about me wherever he is right now."
Temari gave a short laugh on her end of the line. "Sakura, you took away his virginity. I don't think he'd ever forget you. Even in death, I don't think he could ever forget you. He really loved you. He never said it to you before that old fuck head had him taken away from us, but I'm sure that he's thinking about you right now." She told her.
Sighing, Sakura lift her head up from her knees. She needed to advert the conversation right now. She couldn't stand talking about Gaara right now. It hurt to think about him being gone. "Enough. I don't want to talk about Gaara right now. How about you? How are you Shikamaru doing?" She asked, wiping her eyes of any tears. She didn't want to cry right now.
"Oh, god. Did you really have to remind me about that freakin' lazy idiot?" Temari groaned.
Sakura laughed as she leaned against the arm of the couch. "Uh-oh. What did he do this time? Don't tell me you guys broke up again." She told her best friend. A groan became her answer and she really did start laughing.
"Ye-ah. We broke up again. And then an hour after that, we got back together and had sex. I swear to god, he's going to drive me freaking insane!!" Temari exclaimed on her side of the phone, only making Sakura laugh harder. "He's so.....so....infuriating!!! He won't let me beat him at Shoji! I can keep up with him at Go and Chinese checkers but seriously! Shoji! And he has the gull to laugh at me when I'm losing!"
Sakura just laughed again. She loved to hear Temari talking about Shikamaru. They seriously loved pissing each other off. It was hilarious of the Soap Oprah that went off around these two. She thought it was deeply hilarious of how they constantly broke up and then got back together. They must have broke up at least fifty times and gotten back together the same. All in a month. "Geez, what did he do this time, Temari?"
There was a brief silence that made Sakura's smile falter only a little. She hadn't expected Temari go a little quiet like that. It worried her. "Sakura, I'm late." Temari finally said after a very long moment.
Sakura's jaw fell as her eyes snapped wide open. She knew exactly what she was saying. She couldn't help but quickly swing her legs over the couch onto the floor as she sat up straighter. "Oh my god! Are you serious?! Are you.....?!" she asked, trying to keep the excitement out of her voice.
"I swear to god, Sakura. If I'm pregnant, I will kill him." Temari growled, almost savagely. She heard Sakura snort, trying to not to laugh. "It's not funny! I don't want to have kids right now! I don't even know if I want a baby with Shikamaru Nara! I mean, he's extremely sexy and all but he's so freaking lazy! I know he'd be a good dad someday but...but.....! Urgh!! I mean it, if I'm pregnant, I will savagely torture him until he's begging me to kill him!!"
Sakura really had to laugh as she listened to her rant and rave about Shikamaru. She could almost see her blonde friend tugging her hair in frustration due to her lazy ass boyfriend. "He might actually think that kind of kinky." She earned a groan from her friend. "Just relax, Temari. I'm sure it's nothing. Believe me, even before I broke up with Sasuke, there had been a few times I was late but nothing happened. I never got pregnant. Which, I am so glad for." She told her.
"Ugh. You better be sure about this, Sakura. Because I swear....." Temari went back to growling.
Again, Sakura laughed as she shook her head. "I know, I know. Because if you're pregnant thanks to him, you'll kill him." She paused when she heard a light knock on her door. "Oh, I got to go. Lee's here with my pizza." She said, feeling slightly better.
"All right. I'll keep you updated once I get done with this fucking pregnancy test. God, why do they have to take so long coming through?" Temari grumbled before telling Sakura goodbye.
Smiling, Sakura returned the goodbye before hanging up and hurrying over to the counter where her purse was sitting. She knew Rock Lee would probably hijack her pizza bill again and try to pay for it, like always. It had been nearly three months, if not four since she first met him and he still had a huge crush on her. She liked him but she could never share the same feelings as he had for her. He was a good person, not bad looking and he was extremely gentleman like. A very suitable man to date. But she could never give Lee her heart. She had already given her heart to Gaara and she hadn't gotten it back from him, nor did she want it back. Her heart belonged to him only.
Rock Lee knew that but it didn't mean he didn't try.
Going to the door, Sakura pulled out her money and prepared to thrust the bills at him if he tried to run away again without her paying for her pizza. He could be so stubborn at times. Yanking the door open, she almost threw the money at him. "Lee, I know you like to pay for my pizzas but seriously......" She stopped immediately when she saw that it wasn't him.
Beautiful sea-foam teal met the wide emerald green as he turned to look at her, the pizza box sitting on his palm. His devilish smile made her heart turn into a jackhammer as soon as she saw him. Him, with his gorgeous eyes, blood red locks falling around his somewhat pale but beautiful face. Him, looking so delicious by wearing all black, just like how she always saw him in her dreams every night. This had to be a dream. A desirable but sad, cruel nightmare.
"Gaara." Sakura breathed, her mouth falling open as she dropped the money.
Gaara Sabaku smirked at her as he watched how astonished she looked. He had to admit it, she looked so beautiful looking so surprised. He hadn't blamed her for looking so shocked. As far as she had understood it, he had been dragged to almost every mental asylum across the country, thanks to the asshole Danzo Root. Even after he was cleared of all charges of murdering Yondaime, Danzo had requested that Gaara went through several different Psychiatrists to determine if he truly was not insane. It had pissed him off when the courts granted the request. Not only had it pissed him off, but it really had Temari and Kankuro going at the old man. They demanded that the request be called back but the courts wouldn't hear of it. It also upset Sakura greatly. She didn't cry on the outside but he could tell she was on the inside as she watched him being dragged away by Danzo.
So for three months, stuck with the old geezer and Sasori, going from Asylum to Asylum all over, talking to many doctors and shrinks, Gaara had had no choice but to do as he was told. It was only recently did all of the doctors decide that Gaara was very sane and he was released as a new man. Temari and Kankuro had known that Gaara was coming home, of course. But Gaara had asked them not to say anything to Sakura just yet. He had wanted to surprise her.
And judging by the look on her face, she was more than surprised.
"Hello, doctor." Gaara spoke, his voice very husky as he looked right into her eyes. He wanted to just grin at her because of the look on her face. And grin he did as he leaned against the door frame, looking so sexy as he held up the pizza. "Pizza delivery."
Sakura still couldn't believe her eyes as she stared at him, breathlessly. She couldn't believe that he was here. He was standing there, holding her pizza. Him. "Gaara...." She breathed again before she reached out and gently touched his face with the tips of her fingers. "I....I....wh-what are you doing here? I thought you.....I thought you were in Mist."
Gaara only smiled as he tilted his head into her hand, enjoying her touch before looking into her eyes with that devilish look again. "I'm done with all of the evaluations. Danzo lost his little game. I'm as sane as any normal person. Somewhat." He said with some humor before he nodded. "Can I come in?"
The answer came quickly as Sakura reached out and grabbed him by the front of the shirt and dragged him into her apartment. He barely had time to catch the pizza, keeping it from falling out of his hand as he was pulled in. Sakura ignored the pizza though, only taking it from him and tossing it onto the couch before quickly shutting the door to her apartment. She proceeded to turning back to him as she pushed him against the wall, clutching his shirt and covering his mouth with her own, kissing him almost hungrily.
Grinning against her lips, Gaara wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her tightly against his body, returning the hungry kiss. He had been waiting to do this all day since he got back into Suna.
Kissing passionately, both Gaara and Sakura pressed their bodies against one another as they fought for dominance. Her hands began to explore his red locks, running through the soft strands as she felt content for the first time in three months. All the while, Gaara's arms loosened only a little as he let them trail down a little to her hips, pressing her closer to him. They were both nearly out of breath within minutes after their passionate fight and finally they pulled away from one another.
"Gaara....." Sakura said breathless as she smiled up at him. "You're home. You're finally back. Are....did you think about me.....I mean.....How did you do?"
Gaara smirked at her as he tightened his grip on her, pulling her even more closer to him, if that was even possible. He just began running his thumb along her skin under the hem of her shirt. "If the evaluations had failed, I wouldn't be here, Sakura. I've passed all of them. The fucker, Root wasn't happy about that. But he has no choice but to drop everything. He can't even say anything about us now. No one cares. No one wants to listen to him. He has no saying about us anymore." He told her in a low voice. "I am no longer a mentally unstable criminal, Sakura. I can finally start over."
Sakura had to smile as she listened to him, feeling her heart beating even faster at his words. She even a little shy to hear him say he was going to start over. "Start over? With everything?" She asked, almost innocently.
Looking into her eyes, Gaara grinned devilishly before he ran his hands to her backside and cupped her butt tightly, earning a squeak from her in the process. "Just about everything." He told her before he swooped down and captured her lips into another blissful kiss. This kiss was almost as passionate as the one before, and just as hungrily. Especially with his roaming hands now sending tingles all through Sakura, making her melt against him.
Smiling just as devilishly as he usually did, Sakura pulled away from him as she quickly looked at her door and placed the dead bolt into place, locking it. Giving him her rather saucy look, she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards her bedroom, which made his sexy grin widen.
Not wasting any time, Sakura pulled him right over to her bed, which she pushed him onto before climbing on top of him, straddling him. She began leaving trails of kisses across his face, always pausing on his lips to share her passion with him. While kissing him, she was concentrating with unbuttoning his black silk shirt, pulling it open so that she could leave a trail of kisses down his neck to his chest. Lost in the passion of her kisses, Gaara moaned as he pressed his head against her mattress, feeling so much pleasure just by her hot lips. His hands eventually found her silky pink hair, now gripping gently at the strands as she continued to pleasure him with kisses across his bare chest. When she closed her mouth around his nipple, that seemed to trigger a primal feeling within him.
Sakura gave a quiet yelp when Gaara grabbed her hands within his before she was flipped right over onto her back and he was on top of her, trapping her body against the bed. There was a low growl deep within his throat as he looked down at her with such a fiery gaze before he attacked her neck with equally fiery kisses. He moved down her neck until he came to the tee shirt she was wearing.
Growling at it, Gaara released Sakura's wrist, other than pulling her slightly up so that he could swiftly remove the offending shirt before tossing it off to the side and attacking her skin once again with his mouth. He nipped at her collarbone sharply, earning a pleasant squeak from her as his hands began working the clasp of her red bra. He was only too pleased to see that it was one of those bras with the clasps in the front. It didn't even take him long to have it removed, revealing her breasts to him. Her skin was a little flushed but even so more beautiful to his eyes.
"God, you are so beautiful, doctor."
Sakura smirked up at him as she reached up and began trailing her finger along the lines of his scarred tattoo. "Am I? Have you even looked in the mirror, Gaara? You are the most gorgeous man I've ever seen." She then grabbed at his shirt, tugging it off of him, which he helped her remove it.
Then they were back to kissing passionately as their hands roamed along each other's bodies, pulling at the articles of cloths that they wore. Within minutes, they were soon down to just a thong and black boxer shorts. That was soon taken care of quickly.
Sakura moaned as Gaara's hot mouth sucked at one of her breasts while her fingers dug a little into back as he pleasured her. She felt the heat pool in her stomach when she felt his manhood pressing against her inner thigh. She knew they were getting close to the best part. She could already feel her insides growing so wet and ready to receive him. "Gaara." She groaned before she reached down and gripped him, causing him to growl pleasantly as she began to guide him into her.
With a gentle thrust, Gaara began to move his hips, pushing and pulling into her. He was still attacking her neck with his mouth, licking her skin and nipping at her. His thrusts were slow at first before he began to speed up with primal growls within his throat. Sakura moaned as she felt him pumping within her before she decided to wrap her legs around his waist, giving him full access to going deeper. She had to bite her lip to keep herself from growing too loud as he began to thrust harder and deeper.
"Ooh." She groaned loudly before she throwing her head back into the mattress as his thrusts grew even harder. "Gaara!"
"Sakura." Gaara growled before he sank his teeth into her neck, earning a light pleasurable scream from her.
The sharp pain from his bite sent such exotic sensations through Sakura, pleasing her in such a way that she had never felt before. She felt quite drugged from the passion that she was sharing with her red haired lover. And even more as he continued to nibble her skin, leaving red marks on her neck. She knew that later they would turn into hickeys but right at the moment, she didn't care.
Feeling herself starting to climax, Sakura dug her fingers into Gaara's back, urging him to go faster and harder. Her legs tightened around him as she rocked with him, begging him to go deeper. He complied with another growl as his mouth covered hers, fighting once again passionately with her tongue until he was nearly spent. He pulled away from her as he threw his head back and let out a cry of such pleasure as his finally gave away, spilling his essence within her.
Sakura nearly screamed with him as she tightened her eyes, feeling the hot sensation within her before she began to breath rapidly as she just laid there. She felt Gaara collapse on top of her, resting his head between her head and shoulder, breathing in rhythm with her.
Oh, how she had missed this feeling with him inside of her. She loved the very feeling of him. His naked skin upon hers, his sweet sweat mixing with hers. She knew that she would never feel this way with anyone, ever. No one could ever replace the passion that Gaara gave her. She felt almost complete with him.
Gaara finally lift his head, smirking down at her as he looked into her eyes, seeing the lust and love within the beautiful emerald pools looking up at him with such a sensational look. He felt the primal feeling within him again just seeing how she was looking up at him. He was suddenly realizing, there was no woman that could take her place. He had fallen in love with her. His heart would forever belong to her. "Sakura," He murmured as he lift himself up onto his elbows, pulling out of her so that he could just straddle her on the bed. "I love you."
Her eyes lit up to hear those words and she swore it must have been a dream when she heard them. She had never had anyone tell her those three words. Not Sasuke had ever said them. He had always said that no one could ever love her more than he did. But he never actually said those three words. "Gaara, is this a dream? Did you really....." She whispered to him, her eyes filling with tears.
Smiling down at her, Gaara used a finger to push away her pink strands from her sweaty face before nodding. "I love you, Sakura. I will never love anyone else more than I love you. You are my life now. And I really hope that you will accept me as yours." He told her as he looked into her eyes.
For a few moments, Sakura let his words set into her mind, letting them echo until her heart felt like it was going to burst out of her chest as a wide smile curled onto her face. She let out a light laugh as she threw her arms around his neck, embracing him closer to her, feeling his arms encircling as he joined her in a loving laugh. "I love you too, Gaara! I love you so much!" She cried in happiness before she pulled him into a kiss. She pushed him onto the bed where she proceeded to straddle him, smiling ravenously down at him. "Now, it's my turn to be on top."
"Heh." Gaara chuckled, looking sexily up at her as he rest his hands onto her thigh, moaning quietly when she sank down onto him, letting him penetrate her again. He caught his breath as his eyes fluttered a little before smirking up at her, taking in her gorgeous naked form. "I think I like this view anyway."
And they proceeded to round two.
Outside the apartment complex, Kankuro, Sasori, Deidara, and Itachi were smirking as they looked up at the door to Sakura's place. It had been in Kankuro's large black, purple tinted H3 hummer did they make sure to get Gaara to Sakura's apartment so that he could surprise her. When Sasori and Gaara had returned, they had made sure to pick up Deidara at his new place, after all, he was no longer a mental patient, himself. It had been Sasori's idea to escort his youngest cousin to his lady in waiting, where they met up with Itachi just outside the apartment, with Rock Lee.
Rock Lee hadn't been entirely happy that he had to surrender the pizza to Gaara but he was sure a little uneasy with him. The red head was kind of creepy. He only did it because Itachi reassured him that Gaara would never hurt Sakura. That, and those teal eyes bearing into him freaked him out. He took off, stating that he needed to get back to work anyway.
As of now, they just watched Gaara walk up to Sakura's apartment, where he disappeared inside. And there was no way in hell that any of them were going to go near that door. Not unless they wanted Gaara glaring at them or maybe Sakura throwing something at their heads.
"Well, our part is done. Let's leave them alone now." Sasori stated as he linked his hand with Deidara's who was grinning.
Kankuro snorted as he heard a distant scream within the apartment and he didn't need to be told what they were doing. His face did heat up only a little to even think about what was going on with his younger brother. "Let's get the hell out of here before I end up with a nose bleed, man." He said before ducking into the driver's seat of his truck.
Sasori, Deidara and Itachi nodded as they moved to the other doors of the vehicle, pulling them open. The Uchiha, however, paused to glance back over his shoulder at Sakura's apartment. He smiled faintly, truly happy to think that Sakura would be happy for the first time in ages. He knew that she had everything she ever wanted but was never actually given because of how overbearing his younger brother had been with her. He regretted the fact that Sasuke was now facing time in prison for his crimes but knew that some day, not for a while, but someday, he would walk out of the prison a new man. Much like what happened with Hanataro Haruno.
But for now, Itachi was content with the fact that he could visit his younger brother any time he wanted, even at Sasuke's request. It was time for them to rekindle their brotherly bond anyway. Even Sasuke admitted that after his own trial. For now, Itachi could survive with the fact that he was in charge of the Uchiha Fortune, along with his uncle, Obito Uchiha, whom he requested to have special treatments on. The eye surgery for one. He was going to do his part into taking care of his family.
"Come on, Itachi, un. Let's let them go at it." Deidara said grinning from the back seat of Kankuro's hummer, where he and Sasori were sitting together. "I wanna go to a club, Danna." He said looking at Sasori, who smirked and nodded.
Breathing in deeply, Itachi turned and climbed into the front passenger seat, still looking up at Sakura's apartment. It was a moment before he tore his eyes away and looked at Kankuro. "I'm going to call Kisame to meet up with us. We can head on over to the Oasis Desert Rose tonight with everyone. Though, I don't think Sakura and Gaara will be joining us tonight. They need their own time to catch up after these past three months." He said chuckling.
"Heh. My little bro needs more time than that. He's got eight to nine years to catch up with all of that shit." Kankuro remarked before he proceeded to driving out of the apartment complex parking lot.