After leaving Tsunade's tent Naruto made his way to the medic tent where Kakashi was and immediately paused when he heard his former sensei snapping and snarling like a rabid animal, inside. "Goddamn you Sakura! Untie me now!"

Curious to see what Kakashi was carrying on about Naruto used one hand to hold the flap back a little bit and blanched at the sight of the imfamous Copy nin tied to a hospital bed by his pink haired teammate whom looked none too pleased at the moment.

She was glaring down at Kakashi with a look of disdain on her pretty face, her arms were crossed over her chest and she had one foot firmly planted on the squirming and bucking Copy nin's chest.

"How about you shut up and do as your told before I seriously hurt you." Sakura growled from between clenched teeth as she stomped on Kakashi's stomach once to emphasize her meaning, earning a yelp from Kakashi before a furious rumbling growl filled the air before Kakashi snarled.

"As if some little flat chested bimbo could hurt me!" There was a slight flicker of disbelief across Sakura's face before she hissed and her expression became demonic.

"What was that shit for brains? You wanna die? Okay I'll help you along-" Sakura said as she cracked her knuckles menacingly.

Naruto rolled his eyes at the two's childish behavior and decided that maybe he should try talking to someone else first about Tsunade's orders.

However Shay was out. Kakashi was about to be punched out. Sakura was going to be busy putting Kakashi back together again once she ripped him apart... Maybe he should keep his thoughts to himself until everyone was calmer, then try talking to someone.

Yeah, someone else might be able to give him some insight on what to do next since everyone else was already busy. He dropped his hand from the tent flap and calmly turned on his heel and started walking.

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Shay had been in a state of agitation ever since she and Naruto had had their talk.

Which was probably to be expected considering what they had been talking about but her mood was starting to get to him and all he wanted her to do was sit the hell down. "Shay please stop pacing. I find it distracting." Gaara said as he tried to meditate and regain some of his composure.

Shay's footsteps faltered for a moment, and then, just when he was about to sigh in relief- they started up again. Sighing in frustration Gaara opened his eyes to see Shay moving back and forth in front of him just a few feet away.

"There has to be some way out of this marriage crap. No one forces others to marry anymore!"

"There is no way, dearest. Now please- sit down and rest. Conserve your energy for better uses."

"Like running away."

"You would never get past the shinobi in the village, much less Mizukage-san and myself. So running would be a futile endevor." Gaara said as his eyes started to drift closed again when Shay made a sudden movement that startled him. His sand reacted to his startlement and wrapped itself around her body, ready to rend it to pieces when he realised what his sand was doing and instantly tried to calm himself again.

It took a little longer than he would have liked due to the fact that he was feeling a little bit rattled at the moment. But after taking several deep breaths and finally centering himself enough to loosen his sand's hold on her completely.

Shay looked down at the thin trendles of sand wrapped around her body with a small frown on her face, whatever she had been about to say to Gaara had been forgotten the instant she had been grabbed by his sand. "Shay? Are you alright?" Gaara asked after a moment or so of silence.

She looked at him, her expression curious. "I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" He asked as he got to his feet and walked over to her and hesitantly put his hands on her shoulders. Shay nodded her head and he made a soft huffing sound and hugged her.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be startled by you-"

"I didn't realise that someone as calm as you could be startled. So that was more my fault than yours. Think no more of it." Shay said as she hesitantly hugged him back, not understanding exactly why he was apologizing.

She wasn't hurt. Nor was she upset. Well okay, not with him anyways. She was upset about her situation and her upcoming, unwilling marriage to two men. But other than that everything was fine for the moment.

"I'm fine Gaara. Really." She said as he lifted one hand and ran her blunt fingernails through his hair in an effort to comfort him while trying to think of what she could do to get out of the damndable marriage.