Chapter 14

Shit! The university called me and told me I have to go and take a test on the 14th since I got a special agreement or something since I did great in my finals and did not have the correct subject levels that I needed. Thanks to the whole me moving 2 years ago. It totally fucked up my subjects. Anyway. This is my last chapter for 4 weeks. Im really sorry. My brother told me that the library would be closed until the seniors return in 4 weeks. TT I'll still write then update in 4 weeks. I'll try to make two chapters or maybe 3 in that time then update them all at once as an apology. I couldn't leave everything for 4 weeks without telling you all what happened. In the story

Thanks to everyone who reviewed. You are the ones who keep me writing and working hard on this story to get it perfect.

"Stop complaining" Temari turned around to glare at Kankuro halfway up the stairs to the kitchen. After glaring for a few seconds, Temari walked back up the stairs. In the kitchen she placed her brown shopping bag down on the counter. "If you didn't eat so fucking much and use so much bloody toilet paper I wouldn't have to go out and buy supplies"

"I'm a growing man" Kankuro huffed placing down the three brown bags he had carried up the stairs with a lot of difficulty. Temari was in such a bad mood that she made him carry three bags on his own without any help from her.

"I'm amazed you're not fat with all the food you eat. Back when you were younger you had the plump body to fit your eating pattern" Temari rummaged through a bag. Kankuro had amazingly used up all the milk, break, cheese and all the meat she bought not even 3 days ago.

"I got tired of Gaara telling me I'm fat so I did enough exercise when he left to go to loony land" That earned him a slap against him head with a bag of toilet paper. "Hey!" Kankuro rubbed his head while glaring at his older sister.

"I have to refill the spare bathroom with toilet paper incase you use up all yours in your bathroom...again. What the hell do you do with it? Do you use one whole roll to wipe off your ass or something?" Temari glared at him.

"hn" Kankuro grunted taking one from Gaara's intellectual comments.

"Cute" Temari said with a raised eyebrow. He definitely was no Gaara.. Who else can sound like Gaara than Gaara? "That bag is your toilet paper for the month." Temari pointed to one of the bags. "I'll give Gaara his when I see him...come to think of it, I wonder if he's back yet." Temari looked around the kitchen. If Gaara was home he would have certainly had some coffee. 'That kid likes his coffee' No wonder he's always awake.

"Tch, probably still watching the star's in the park. Sometimes I think he gets irritated being around us" Kankuro huffed looking through a bag.

"ya think?" Temari asked sarcastically. "He likes quite places and your so bloody noisy" Temari took the bag away from him.

"look who's talking" Kankuro threw back "Your always screaming at everybody. Its like your PMSing 24/7"

"Whatever" Temari rolled her eyes. Kankuro always said she was pmsing. Come to think of it. Most of her boyfriends thought so too but hey! It's not illegal for a girl to be moody. "I've got things to do" Temari grabbed a bag from the counter. "Just go place your toilet paper in your bathroom." She grabbed the second bag which slipped out of her hands and fell onto the floor. Toilet paper rolled out of it. The extra toilet paper and bathroom supplies were usually placed in the spare bathroom cupboard under the counter.

"Here" Kankuro picked up the bag and threw in all the toilet paper rolls that fell out. Even if the bag wasn't heavy it was still uncomfortable to carry since it had no handles to carry it with.

"Thanks" Temari smiled at her brother.

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Gaara lay in the bathtub listening to Sakura's slow breathing. She did shake in her dreams a few times but stopped after Gaara softly hugged her. His touch calmed her down.

Gaara unwrapped his arms from Sakura to inspect her bruises as she slept. Her arms were full of purple blue-ish bruises. Her left hands finger stood awkward which Gaara inspected. It looked as if the bone was broken. He knew that he would have to break her finger to get it in the right position or it would not heal correctly. He softly poked at her finger making Sakura groan and whine. 'Must hurt.' He concluded to fix it after she woke up.

The water in the bath tub was getting cold again. Slowly Gaara pulled the plug out with his toe. After it drained a little. He placed the plug back in. The tap was next to him. It was one of those hot and cold tap in one. He put in some warm waters. He did not want her to get cold nor did he wasn't to wake her up. She looked so relaxed. Gaara concluded to wait until Temari came home so that he can wrap her wounds while Temari can help her out of her underwear.

'what happened' Gaara wondered. He ran his fingers over her face. She had bruises to her face too. Sakura started shaking again until Gaara wrapped his arms around her again. She must feel protected and safe when I hold her. He lay back closing his eyes. Her rhythmic breathing putting him to sleep.

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Temari and Kankuro walked up the stairs towards the second floor where the spare bathroom was located. The spare bathroom was the one closest to the staircase. All you had to do was walk straight after getting off the stairs since it was the first door across from it. The other spare bathrooms and spare rooms weren't being used by the Sabaku family since they did not see a use to use the others.

'When do we ever have people over?' Temari thought as she walked up the stairs. She heard Kankuro's heavy foot steps behind her as they climbed. 'Gaara usually scares away everyone. Kankuro bullies people so he wouldn't have friend and me. Well I have to say that my temper gets the better of me when I meet new people' Temari sighted. 'Sakura is the first friend I've ever had' Temari smiled as Sakura's face flashed in her mind.

"Hey Kankuro, don't you think Sakura is the perfect person for Gaara?" Temari asked. She has been thinking about Sakura and Gaara together ever since she accidentally threw Gaara on Sakura. They matched so perfectly. Gaara never smiled while Sakura always smiled ever though her heart was breaking. Gaara never speaks while Sakura talks a lot. 'They both have been hurt by the ones they loved' Temari frowned thinking back when Gaara was hurting. 'That really changed him'

"Yeah I think they fit perfect together. She's insane enough to like him." Kankuro replied snapping Temari from her thoughts. Confusion was present on Temari's face after she stopped her climbing to look at Kankuro.

"What makes you think she's insane" Temari asked with a raised eyebrow. He head was also tilted to the side extra emphasis.

"Do you know any sane person who would want to hang out with Deidara without being forced?" Kankuro shrugged "I sure as hell don't want to hang out with him. If I had to choose between him and death, I would totally take death." Kankuro added before a frown appeared on his face "he would probably follow me after death just to irritate the shit out of me" Kankuro closed his eyes. He had a distasteful look on his face.

"Your right there" Temari laughed. She did not hate Deidara or anything like that. She just did not like the guy. He was loud and annoying. Temari remembered the one day Deidara had the balls to tell her that her hair sucks compared to his beautiful blond locks. He even said that he made a more beautiful girl than she did which pissed her off. They fought the whole day with her throwing his stuff out of the house and him blowing her stuff up. "Deidara could turn anyone insane with his temper and his annoyingness" Temari shook her head. She turned around again to walk up the rest of the stairs.

"Sasori and Deidara are perfect for each other. The one has no emotions while the other wears his on his sleeve" Kankuro smirked. "I could just imagine if Deidara was a girl. He and Sasori would make one hell of retarded kids"

"red haired kids with bangs over their eye screaming 'art is a blast'" Temari shuddered at the thought "We have to be thankful they're both guys and both straight. No sane person would be left if they ever reproduced"

"Amen" Kankuro laughed. They both reached the top of the stairs. "You know the whole Akatsuki gang is very overprotective of Sakura"

"Yeah I noticed. That Sasuke prick will definitely regret the pain he's putting her through. Gaara himself is overprotective of her. I saw it in his eyes" Temari said as they reached the door.

"Gaara would probably kill anyone who dares hurt her" Kankuro waited for Temari to walk go into the bathroom. The door stood open so they did not need to use their already full hands to go inside.

"I agree" Temari walked into the bathroom. She walked over to the counter where she placed her shopping bag down. Temari began pulling out supplies from the bag to shove in the cupboard at her legs when she noticed clothing hanging from the shower door. Those clothes were girl clothes and did not belong to her. 'That looks like Sakura's' Temari thought. She had specially picked them out when she took Sakura shopping on Friday. 'what are they doing here and why are they wet'

"uuuh Tem". He already placed his bag down on the counter next to Temari's. Kankuro pulled on Temari's sleeve in order to get her attention.

"What?" She asked raising an eyebrow at him. Kankuro pointed towards the bath. His mouth hung open with big eyes as he stood there staring at the bath's direction. Confused by his actions, Temari turned around. She had to close her eyes count to three and look again just to make sure that the sight before her was real. Right there in front of them sat Sakura only clad in underwear and Gaara with only pants in a bathtub sleeping. Gaara's arms were wrapped around Sakura while her hands held onto his.

"Temari am I dreaming" Kankuro whispered.

"I think we both died and went to hell" Temari's mouth nearly hit the floor at the sight in front of her "I think someone gassed our house when we were away and now were imagining the impossible." She added.

"Shut up before you wake her up" Gaara opened his green eyes. He glared at his siblings who were making one hell of a racket. Gaara did not want Sakura to wake up. Usually when someone is in pain they need to sleep and forget about the pain and the drama.

"So its not a dream" Kankuro asked rubbing his head. He couldn't help himself as his eyes traveled over Sakura's exposed body which he found as 'very nice'. His eyes stayed focused on her breasts as they kept moving up and down as she breathed. Gaara was furious when he noticed his brother was staring over Sakura's half naked body without even hiding the fact that he was openly staring.

"Kankuro out" Gaara commanded, snapping his older brother from his perverted thoughts. Kankuro looked at Gaara's face to see one hell of a icy glare. It was probably the scariest one Gaara ever mustered. Temari did not notice anything that happened between her two brothers since her eyes were glued on Sakura's pale body. The bruises were very clear from where she stood. She doubt that Kankuro saw them since he probably was concentrating on her breasts to notice the bruises on Sakura.

"I'll be in my room" Kankuro muttered not meeting Gaara's gaze. The middle child shoved his hands into his pockets and walked out of the bathroom towards his own room on the other side of the stairs.

"What happened to her?" Temari walked over to look at Sakura. She sat down in front of the tub to inspect the many bruises on Sakura's body. "Some of these look really bad" Temari inspected a bruise on Sakura's shoulder.

"I found her like this in the park. She did not speak about what happened so I didn't pressure her into talking. Sakura will tell us when she wants. I want you to get her into dry clothes. That's why I've waited in the tub."

"How long did you wait for me to come back so that I can change her?" Temari raised an eyebrow. Gaara may have looked like Sasori and sometimes even acted like the red head. They both did not like waiting.

"A hour or two. Don't know really." Gaara was not going to admit to his sister that he lost track of time while staring at the girl in the bath with him. "I brought her some dry clothes of mine to sleep in. I wanted to bandage her wounds but she wanted to remove blood and dirt from her body first." Gaara said.

"Fine. Gaara help me take her out of the water. I will get her dressed then we can wrap and disinfect those wounds" Gaara nodded at his sister. He pulled out the plug from the bath, letting the water drain out of the bath. He stood up first then carried Sakura out of the bath bridal style. Temari wrapped her in a bath towel. "Put her down on the toilet then you can leave. I will call you when Im finished"

"Sure" Gaara placed Sakura down on the toiled like Temari instructed then left the bathroom. He had just closed the door behind him when Kankuro walked out of his room clad in a towel.

"How is Sakura?" Kankuro asked, his wet hair dripping down his face.

"Dont know. Temari is busy getting her dressed in something dry then we can dress her wounds." Gaara cocked a eyebrow at his brothers lack of clothes. "Streaking?" Gaara asked.

"no" Kankuro laughed "Im just doing down to the laundry room to fetch my clothes. It seems that I have forgotten to take them"

"Dimwitt" Gaara rolled at his brothers lack of hygiene. Kankuro shrugged off the insult. He turned away from Gaara, leaving Gaara alone in the hall as he climbed down the stairs.

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Temari opened the bathroom door. She wasn't surprise to see Gaara leaning against the door, waiting with his eyes closed. Temari smiled at her baby brother. This was the closest she have ever seen him to normal in her entire life. Sakura was really a good influence on her brother. "She's dressed Gaara. I finished dressing her wounds too"

"Ah" Gaara opened his eyes. He turned to look at his sister. "What should I do now?" Gaara asked. He would normally not give a rats ass about anyone's wellbeing unless they were Kankuro or Temari. Sakura some how crawled into his heart. How she managed to do that was beyond him.

"I want you to carry her to the spare bedroom, across from my room. That's the only spare room with sheets on their beds and dust free." Temari smiled motioning her brother to enter the bathroom. Sakura's limp body lay on the toilet. She was clothed in one of Gaara's black boxers and a red shirt adorned with skulls. "She needs to sleep and in the morning I will redress some of the more serious wounds" Temari added rubbing her eyes.

"Sure" Gaara gently picked Sakura up from the toilet. Her body smelt like anticipants, vanilla and cream. He followed Temari down the hall while he carried her. Temari opened the spare room door for Gaara. Gaara walked in with Sakura in his arms.

"Im going to watch television. Call me if you want help" Temari said. She turned on her spot from the door and walked towards the living room situated on the first floor.

"Now your going to sleep here" Gaara whispered to Sakura. He held her in one arm while he used the other to pull back the white duvet cover. He placed her softly on the soft bed. Gaara pulled up the duvet cover to her shoulders. After Gaara threw off the most of the pillows he made sure Sakura was comfortable. With a last look at Sakura's sleeping face, he turned to walked away. Gaara felt a tug on his arm before he could leave. He looked at Sakura's frail hand on his wrist before turning his eyes to Sakura's face. Sakura looked at him, her eyes filled with tears. Some tears spilled over her cheek as her hand tightened around his wrist.

"Please Gaara, don't leave me" Sakura bit her lower lip. She looked like a begging little child as she watched him with her big green eyes.

"Temari's across the room and im down the hall. Your not alone Sakura." Gaara watched as she pulled her hand back from his. Her eyes swept over the room before they returned to Gaara.

"No. Im afraid." She pulled her knees up to her chest; her hands hugged her knees while she buried her face between her chest and knees. She slowly rocked her small body.

"Sakura" Gaara's expression was worried as he watched the girl in front of him. She looked like a scared little child who did not want to be left alone in the dark. He felt his heart tightening at the sight before him. Sakura always smiled but here she sat crying while rocking back and forth. Sakura thought she got over her fright of the dark but the beating made her scared again. It brought up so much unwanted memories that she wanted to forget. Its been months since she's been beaten that bad.

"What if they come back and hurt me again" She's voice broke as she continued to sob. Her rocking began moving in a faster pace than it did before. "I don't... want ...- ...hurt me again. ...I...I...- ...be safe" She continued to sob. Most of her words were incoherent as she bobbed harder and harder. "if only I went back when I had to"

"I'll protect you" Gaara sat down on the bed next to the weeping girl.

"Stay with me Gaara, I don't want to be alone" Sakura looked up at him. Tears rolled down her face as she looked at him. Gaara moved so that he lay next to Sakura on the bed.

"If you promise to go to sleep" Gaara whispered. He watched as she crawled next to him and cuddled against his warm and protective body.

" I promise." Sakura whispered, laying her head on his chest. She wanted to be as close to him as possible. She feared that if she wasn't close to him, she wont be protected by him.

"Now go to sleep" Gaara wrapped an arm around her waist. He noticed that she wanted to be as close to his protective body as possible. He knew that she would be content if she felt his arm around her. Snuggling against him she breathed over his chest.

"Thank you, Gaara" She whispered before sleep over whelmed her.

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"What the fuck happened to you" The hyperactive blond looked at his best friend. He held a shocked expression on his face before it turned into a smirk. "Did you get hit by a bus or something?" Naruto stood in front of the white hospital bed.

"No." Sasuke grunted. He did not want to talk about it. His body felt sore as he lay on his bed in Konoah hospital. Sasuke woke up seeing only white. He couldn't really remember what had happened nor did he know where he was. A kind nurse had explained to him that they were brought to the hospital in an ambulance after someone found him and his blond girlfriend on a sidewalk, the man who found them called the hospital right away. Sasuke had luckily not broken his other arm but his head had picked up some bruising. He had 3 cracked ribs, a broken nose, two black eyes and his ankle has been fractured. 'Damn Sasori' Sasuke thought after he got his memory back from the previous night. The red head snapped after Sasuke's dumb confession. Sasori had beaten Sasuke up before he and Deidara left with a warning. "Lay a finger on Sakura and we'll send you to hell" After that Sasuke passed out.

"I heard from the nurse that you and Ino had been attacked on the sidewalk" Naruto's voice cut through Sasuke's thoughts. "Your lucky that its a long weekend. We have until Wednesday before school starts again so that gives you Today, Monday, Tuesday. To look better than That" Naruto bit his lip. He wanted to laugh at Sasuke's face.

"Wow, im so lucky" Sasuke hissed at Naruto. He glared at the blond through his swollen black eyes.

"So do I have to roll you out with a wheel chair or are you going to limp with me to my car?" Naruto asked. A glint was visible in his blue eyes. He was loosing against the fight of not laughing. The boy looked so funny with his black eyes, broken nose that was blue and that sneer he was pointing at Naruto.

"I'll rather walk thank you. I DO NOT trust you with my wheelchair. You will probably help me down the stairs, Naruto style." Sasuke hissed.

"There's no stairs." Naruto looked innocent.

"Then you will help me in front of a car" Sasuke glared at the boy.

"ouch that hurts. Teme" Naruto feigned heartache by placing his hand over his heart. "Come to think about it what about Ino?" Naruto asked. He remembered the nurse said that a blond girl came in with Sasuke.

"What about her?" Sasuke asked uninterested.

"We should probably take her home too." Naruto frowned. "I heard she was beaten up too but not as much as you were"

"Don't bother. Her yappy friends will take her home" Sasuke turned away from Naruto and looked out of the window. His head was spinning, his nose stung and his foot ached. 'Fucking Sasori and Deidara' Sasuke mentally hissed their names.

Yeah I had to write this in 2 days. I hope you all liked it. I have a whole week to spend at my grandma's house after I write that stupid test so I will write the next chapter which you will get in 4 weeks TT I do hope its not that long. Thanks to everyone who Reviewed my story!

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