Chapter 25

Reunited: Together Forever

Juugo walked with Sakura through the forest, going off of the chakra he could sense, he knew he was getting close. Which of course he was…closer then he thought. His thoughts interrupted by a kunai aimed at his face, he quickly dogged it. He was about to say something when one of Sakura's friends held a kunai to his forehead, the man was a leaf village shinobi, not the blonde annoying one, he was older. The man exclaimed,

"Put Sakura down and be on your way."

Juugo sighed and exclaimed,

"She is very weak, I am simply keeping my promise to her…"

The man pressed the kunai a little harder, only to hear a low grumble, he looked down to see Sakura hold on to Juugo's shirt. The man stepped back slightly,

"Sakura are you alright?"

She opened her eyes slightly and nodded,

"Please don't hurt him Kakashi…"

Were the last words she spoke before darkness surrounded her.

Kakashi led Juugo into the woods, showing him a small hut. As Juugo walked in behind Kakashi Naruto yelled,

"What the hell is he doing here? Grab Sakura and kill him!"

As he whipped out a kunai and threw it towards Juugo. Kakashi stepped in front of him and exclaimed,

"Sakura has said that he is not to be touched…"

With that a certain red headed sand nin was in front of Juugo in a seconds notice, grabbing Sakura in his arms he looked into the giant man's eyes,

"Thank you."

Was all he said. Juugo smiled and nodded at him as Gaara turned and took Sakura into one of the rooms. He and Temari were in there for a while, rebuilding her chakra, she had used up nearly all of it in that one act of revenge. After Temari had done all she could she sat back down on the floor. She exclaimed,

"She will be alright Gaara, she has enough chakra to be able to heal herself. She just needs to rest now."

Gaara nodded as he sat beside her. He reached out cupping her face in his hands, he leaned down and kissed her softly. He made a promise to himself right then and there that he would never lose her. She left the room quietly not wanting to disturb them. About an hour later Gaara was about to pass out while he remembered a conversation which he and Temari had before he reunited with Sakura and fought Itachi, before she was taken from him again.

Temari lead him away from the campsite, she told him that she needed to talk to him about something important. Once they were far enough away from everyone else Temari stopped walking and sat down on the ground motioning for him to sit beside her, which he did. She looked at him and exclaimed,

"Look Gaara…I know that you don't really understand feelings and everything but I know that you know that you have feelings for Sakura."

He simply nodded knowing full well that he did, he loved her more than anything he could ever imagine.She smiled at him and he replied,

"I love her so much Temari…I just don't want to lose her. This time without her nearly killed me, I don't know what I would do without her."

Temari giggled and replied,

"Alright then…here's what you can do to keep her with you forever…."

Baki slowly walked into the room, placing his hand on Gaara's shoulder he exclaimed,

"Come Gaara you need rest, she will be alright, I will have Kakashi watch her."

Naruto hadn't stopped glaring at Juugo since he arrived with Sakura, Kakashi was getting annoyed, he tapped Juugo and nodded for him to follow as Baki shot a knowing glance at him. Juugo and Kakashi went into the room and watched the sleeping Sakura.

When she awoke it was at least a few hours later, it was now night. She looked around to find Juugo sitting beside her bed, he was sleeping, but Sakura could careless, she jumped from the bed with a scream. He and Kakashi woke instantly with the scream. She jumped into him, hugging him tightly.

"Thank you! Thank you Juugo!"

He smiled as he hugged her back. Kakashi smiled knowing that he must have betrayed his group in order to bring her back. She pulled away from him slightly to see Kakashi, she shrieked again running to her sensei. She jumped at him, he hugged her tightly laughing slightly at how childish she had become in a matter of seconds. All of a sudden the door burst open to revel Naruto. Sakura screamed as she ran to him, hugging him tightly. He was so confused,

"Uh Hi Sakura…"

She laughed as she exclaimed,

"I am so happy to see you!"

She turned around and saw Baki, she smiled as he did at her. He hugged her briefly as a clearing of the throat coaxed her to look around. She saw Kankuro, he stood with a smirk on his face. She laughed as she turned and hugged him tightly, she laughed as he picked her up and spun her around.

"You have no idea how long I've had to deal with my brother and his depression in order to find you!"

As he placed her down on the floor. With that she gasped,

"Gaara…"

Kankuro smirked as he tapped her shoulder lightly, taking her out of her trance like state. She looked up at him only to have him point behind her. She turned around to find the man she had been looking for. She smiled the biggest smile she could possibly muster up. She ran to him, faster than she could ever think possible. She jumped into his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him with everything ounce of herself that she had. He smiled with her and he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her into him. After a few minutes he departed his lips from hers and exclaimed,

"Sakura…before anything else happens I want to ask you something…"

She looked at him confused, he smiled at her as he shot a glance at Temari. She instantly had a huge smile on her face. She nearly fell over she was so excited as to what was about to happen. Gaara took Sakura's hand in his, leaning closely to her he stated,

"Sakura I love you more than anything I ever imagined in my life. These past few weeks without you have been horrible. I didn't think I would be able to survive without you, and now that you are back here with me I know that I never want to have that feeling again…"

He pulled something out from his pocket, a black box. He knelt down on one knee still holding her hand, her eyes started to tear up, Gaara asked,

"Will you marry me?"

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That's it for this half of the book guys! What do you think! Sequal will be out soon? I hope you guys like it! I know a huge cliff hanger but the second book will be amazing! PLEASE REVIEW!