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Gaara glanced at Sakura. They had been traveling for a good portion of the day, and she looked a bit dreary. Currently they were walking. Earlier they were tree hopping, but as it grew darker, and they grew more tired, they took to the ground.
"We can stop for the night." Gaara offered. If they slept now, they could get up earlier and be back to the village sooner. Sakura looked over at him, and nodded in agreement.
After Sakura set up her sleeping bag, Gaara had a warm, crackling fire going. She smiled as the warmth radiated towards her. She slipped into her sleeping bag smiling at the warmth.
"Are you going to sleep Gaara?" she asked, looking over at the red haired man sitting up against a tree. "No." he said briefly. She shrugged, and laid down. Sleep over taking her quickly.
The next few hours seemed uneventful. Gaara gazed up at the stars as they glistened in the sky. The sound of rustling bushes pulled him from his stare. He glanced around, for any sign of movement. Then he heard another sound, one from behind him, and close to Sakura. He rushed over to her, waking her up.
"Sakura, wake up. We have visitors." He said, as she sat up groggily.
"Great." She muttered angrily. Pulling out a kunai, she stood in a ready position next to Gaara, both shinobi scanning the area.
A kunai suddenly flew past them both, barley missing them. "What the hell!" Sakura shouted.
Gaara's sand flew out in the direction of where the kunai came from. It came back with nothing, obviously they had flew their spot already.
Sakura looked in the direction of where the sand went, and didn't pay attention to the figure running towards her. Gaara turned back around. "Sakura!" he shouted his sand shooting forward, but Sakura turned, and while doing so, her kunai sailed from her head, missing the man by inches.
But Gaara's sand backed her up, and nailed the man, sending him flying backwards into a tree. The sand then clutched his frame, and brought the intruder closer to the pair, its grip suffocating.
"Who are you?" Gaara demanded. The man remained silent. The sand's grip grew tighter.
"Gaara." Sakura said, noticing the man's face turning blue. "I think he needs air if he wants to tell us." Gaara growled, but loosened the grip only slightly.
"Why are you here?" Gaara asked, continuing his interrogation. He sneered, scaring the man slightly. When the man got the info on what he was supposed to do, he didn't realize he was going to be faced by the Kazekage.
"I came here, for something, or…someone." He said, leering at Sakura. The kunoichi swallowed the lump in her throat, and backed away a bit.
"Why do you want me?" she asked, her voice shaking. Was someone really after her? Why? What did she do wrong?
"Oh, it's not me who wants you, it's…well, someone else." He said. Gaara growled and threw the man, his anger getting the better of him. No one was going to take his Sakura away!
Wait, his? No not his! Never his! Right? Oh…this man was in for it. The man, stood up shakily. "Don't worry, even if I could not succeed in this mission, doesn't mean someone else won't. She will be captured, and he will have her." And with that warning, the man ran off, before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
Sakura was shaking a bit. Who wanted her? She didn't want to know, but her curiosity really got the better of her.
"Come on, I'll teleport us back to the village. We don't want to run into any of them again." Gaara said. Sakura nodded and packed her stuff away. Once she was complete Gaara put out the fire (with his sand). Sakura walked up to him, and stood by him. He put an arm around her waist, as they both disappeared in a vortex of sand.
XxX
Sakura opened her eyes, to find that they were now outside of their house. She smiled at the sight and thought of her warm bed that she would spend the rest of her night in.
"We should have done that in the first place." She muttered, and walked into the house. Gaara soon followed, as they both quietly snuck up the stairs. She went past Gaara's room, and stopped outside her room. She was about to go in, her hand on the doorknob, when she felt a hand stopping her.
"Sakura, first thing in the morning, you need to come to my office. I will inform you of what you will be doing in the hospital."
"Hai Gaara." She said quietly. He let his grip fall and turned to his room. "Gaara." She said. He turned to face her. She was blushing slightly, but the dark concealed it.
"Thanks. For…saving me…and protecting me." And with that, she gave him a peck on the cheek, and turned to her room, slowly closing the door behind her. Gaara stood, staring at her door, his face red with embarrassment. That's the second time she kissed him. Though it wasn't like the first, it was still a sign of affection. Gaara gave a small smile.
"Goodnight Sakura." He said before turning to his room.
The next morning arrived, and Sakura groaned as the sun leaked into her room. She was still immensely tired, her eye lids only half opened. Man, she didn't want to work today. She wanted to sleep. But since it was her first day in the hospital, she wanted to show her skills and make a good first impression.
As she entered the bathroom, she went into the shower. Gaara's words then ran through her head. "First thing in the morning you have to come by my office." he had said.
After her shower, she ad a small breakfast. She took notice that she was the only one home. Sakura exited the house, locking the door behind her, and made her way to the Kazekage tower.
XxX
Gaara heard a knock on his door. He knew who it was, but he really didn't expect her to be up so early. "Come in." he said. When he arrived at the office, there was so much paper work to be done. Temari attempted to keep it organized, doing some of it herself. At least she attempted to help out. Kankuro on the other hand, decided not the lift a finger.
Sakura emerged into the room. Her damp hair played around her back, and swished back and forth while her hips did the same. Gaara picked up on this, as his eyes followed her motion. 'What is she doing to me?' he asked himself, as he demanded his eyes to look away from her slender, curvaceous body.
"So, Mr. Kazekage, what shall I be doing today?" she asked in a cheery voice. 'Is she really this happy in the morning?' he wondered.
"You'll be working in the hospital today. Then, on Tuesdays and Fridays you will be teaching some new students into the medic world. Otherwise you'll be in the hospital, doing what you would normally do in the Konoha hospital. You have Sundays off."
"Hai Gaara." Sakura said. "Is that all?" she asked. He twirled some of her hair cutely. Gaara kept his composure. She was really pushing him. The way she stood, so innocently. The way her clothes accentuated her curves. The way her plumb pink lips pouted slightly, begging to be kissed.
"No." he said, returning to his paperwork. It wasn't until a few moments later, he noticed she didn't leave. He looked up, to see her gaze bearing down at him.
"What?" he snapped, causing her to wince slightly? "I don't know where the hospital is." She said, blushing slightly. She twiddled her thumbs, looking down. She could feel his eyes on her, as he sighed.
"Fine, let's go." He said, standing up from his chair. She smiled slightly and followed. She honestly didn't know where the hospital was, but something inside of her wanted to be around Gaara more. He didn't talk much, but so what. With him near, she felt more comfortable. He was one of the few people she knew from this village. Her new village.
They walked down the roads, and Sakura glance around. She had already walked around most of the village. The busy streets were full of shoppers and workers and children ran around playing.
They entered a large building, and once inside, the familiar smell of hospital life surrounded her, making her feel right at home.
Walking up to the front counter, two nurses say, talking on the phone, writing things down. Gaara waited, slowly loosing his patience. He really wanted to finish his work, so he didn't have so much tomorrow.
"Hello Kazekage-sama, what can we do for you?" one nurse asked in a soft voice.
"This is Sakura Haruno. She will be working here from now on. She is from Konoha, having been personally trained by the Hokage herself." He informed her. Sakura stepped up to the counter besides Gaara.
"Hello Sakura-san. I'll get you everything you need, and show you around." The nurse said and stood up from her seat. Sakura nodded and turned to Gaara.
"I'll see you tonight I guess. Thanks for brining me." She said nicely.
"Hn." Gaara said. He turned around and headed off out the doors, disappearing in the crowds. Sakura smiled weakly.
"So, you must be his new fiancé huh?" the nurse asked. Sakura nodded, as they turned down a hallway. She was lead into a small locker room. "Here is your new lab coat." She said, handing Sakura a long white coat. Sakura slid it over her shoulders.
"And I will fill you in on everything that is going on. Then you can meet some of the patients."
XxX
Gaara walked into his home, as a welcoming aroma flew by his face. "Well, Temari isn't cooking for sure." He mumbled. He walked into the kitchen to find Sakura cooking, Kankuro looking over her shoulder, obviously hungry, and Temari skimming through a bridal magazine.
"How about this one?" Temari asked, holding up the book. Sakura glanced at it, and nodded her approval. She turned back around, and smacked Kankuro's hand from getting any of her food.
"Wait damnit! It's almost done!" she hollered at him. He growled much like his stomach and sat at the table, glaring at her.
Gaara decided to make his entrance, and sat at the table next to a giggling Temari, and angry Kankuro.
Sakura brought over a tray, of many different foods, all looking wonderfully delicious. Kankuro didn't waste any time and started eating.
"Kankuro, you're almost as bad as Naruto." Sakura commented. "Well, I'm hungry!" he complained. She shook her head.
"Anyways, how was your first day at the hospital?" Temari asked. Sakura looked up, and half-smiled.
"Well, some little kid kicked me after I gave him a shot. My butt was grabbed 3 times. Some man threw up on me. 5 different guys asked me to go out with them. I informed them I was already engaged. And one weird old guy kept proposing to me." She held up her hand, and showed a laminated band around her wrist. "He gave me his ID bracelet."
They were all silent. She smiled fully then. "Other than that it was fine."
"Ok. Sounds…uh…great." Temari spoke up. The rest of dinner was silent. Sakura grabbed the plates, and Temari came up behind her and offered help with the dishes.
"So, have you gotten to know Gaara?" Temari asked, drying the already washed dishes.
Sakura blushed, thinking back to the kiss. "Yea, I have."
"He's not that bad is he?" Sakura shook her head. "See! He's not that bad, once you know the true Gaara! And I bet one certain pink haired medic-nin attracted the attention of one red haired Kazekage."
Sakura's eyes widened and she choked on nothing. "W-what gives you that idea?" she asked, regaining her composure.
"Well, did you notice the way he was looking at you tonight. And when you mention all of the things the guys at the hospital did to you...he looked a bit…tweaked." Temari said, a smirk played across her face.
"Well, I guess." Sakura said and finished up the last dish. "You should try to warm up to him. Kankuro and I've said all of these years he needed to find someone for him."
Sakura didn't say anything. "Just think about it. I think you could really bring the best out of him." And with that, Temari left the room. Sakura leant against the counter thinking.
"What did she say to you?" a voice said, interrupting her thought. She looked up, a bit surprised by the intrusion. "Oh, uh…nothing important."
"Liar." Gaara said simply, and walked up to her. Sakura watched his every move as he neared her. She saw the same emotionless look on his face, but something…was it lust...flamed though is eyes.
"It's just…wedding stuff. Really." She said, nervousness flushed through her. He was still coming closer, their bodies almost touching. Sakura was trapped though, between the counter, and the man in front of her.
"Gaara, I'm feeling a bit um…tired. I think I'm going to head upstairs." She said, trying to escape. His lips were a breath away, his face was so close. She gulped and tried to think of an escape route.
But Gaara was faster, and locked his lips with hers. She wanted to pull back, and was close to it, until his arm went around her neck, keeping her in place. But it wasn't long until Sakura almost started enjoying the kiss. So she kissed back, and bit back a moan, threatening to escape. She felt him deepen the kiss further, and his tongue swept across her lip. She freaked then, and pulled back. Now they both held a shocked expression, and then in the blink of an eye, Gaara disappeared in a swirl of sand.
Sakura stood there, leaning against the counter for support. Her breath was short and raged, and hand across her chest. Here eyes were side, as she tried to figure out what just happened.