Dysphoria

PG-13

Romance/humor

Chapter V

Author's Notes: Wai! Hey people sorry I didn't write a fic yesterday! ^^; Well let's continue on to the story and thanks alot for those wonderful reviews! I appreciate them all! So well have fun! Oh, yeah please DO NOT read the letter below. It's for Yurimi-Neko.

For Yurimi-Neko: I'm sorry for your dislike of my fic. You don't have to worry about the plot of Naruto liking Sakura. If I wanted this to be a NaruSaku fic I would have said it. Naruto will eventually come around and like Hinata. Now right now I'll be continuing the fic. Oh, and what a coincidence! Hinata's here to comfort Naruto-kun! Big coincidence eh? Happy New Year to you! =D

//...// Inner Sakura

"...." Speech

'....' Thoughts

~...~ Flashabck

"Naruto-kun?" a small shy voice asked. Naruto straightened and looked around. There he saw Hinata. "Eh? Oh, hey Hinata! Whats up?" Naruto asked in his usual cheerful manner.

"I-i saw you c-crying... Why were you crying, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked very concerned but shy. "Well you see Sakura-chan was kidnapped and-" Naruto was cut off by Hinata. "Sakura? Oh, no! Who did it, Naruto kun?" Hinata asked slightly serious.

Naruto sweatdropped. "Uh... Itachi." Hinata's eyes widened. "Sasuke's.. brother."

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The sand was hitting Sakura's eyes and she couldn't see well. She quickly grabbed Itachi's hand, he didn't seem to mind.

Sakura and Itachi neared to Gaara. Gaara's head was down. Sakura felt more nervous in every step she took.

When the two were inches away from Gaara, Itachi tapped his shoulder. Gaara looked up. Sakura choked.

//Hey, Sakura.. He looks kinda hot..// Inner Sakura said. 'Hot?.. HOT?! How could you?! He looks like a panda.. or a tanuki for Hokage's sake!' Sakura screamed at Inner Sakura. "Panda... Tanuki..." Sakura accidentaly murmured.

Gaara's eyes darkened. 'P-panda... tanuki..' He twitched. Itachi noticed Gaara's urge to kill. "Gaara. Here's the girl. Her name's Sakura Haruno." Gaara stopped and looked at Itachi. He nodded slowly.

He got up from his rock and started walking. "Follow me." Itachi followed him, still holding on Sakura's hand.

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"I'm so sorry, Naruto-kun." Hinata said. "Oh, don't worry about that. I'm sure Sakura-chan's fine." He knew he was lying. Hinata nodded slowly. "Hey, Hinata." The girl looked up. "H-hai?" Naruto grinned, "Wanna eat ramen with me?" Hinata blushed and stammered, "H-hai, Naruto-kun. That w-would be great!"

Sasuke walked to Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei." Sasuke said sternly. "Hai, Sasuke?" The man looked up from his book. "Why aren't we doing anything? Why are you just sitting there reading your hentai book?" He said calmly. "It's not a hentai book. It's a romance novel with.. explict scenes." Kakashi corrected. "Whatever. Why aren't we doing anything about Sakura?"

Kakashi chuckled. "Sakura-chan is fine." Sasuke's eyes widened. "What?! Itachi took-" He was interrupted by Kakashi. "No, he didn't. You saw wrong. I heard from Temari that Sakura's with them." Sasuke looked confused.

"Temari?... Gaara's sister?! You mean Sakura is staying with the bloodthirsty kid?!" Sasuke yelled. Kakashi nodded slowly. "Well, from what I've heard from Temari, is that Sakura and Gaara are a... thing." Sasuke felt hot. "THING?! THING?!" He yelled angrily. Before Kakashi could speak Sasuke stormed to the ramen house where Hinata and Naruto were staying at.

"Naruto!" Sasuke hadn't screamed this much. Naruto turned his head. "Eh? Sasuke? What are you doing here?" Naruto asked. "C'mon we have to go to that Gaara guy." Sasuke commanded. "Why? It's not like Sakura-chan is-" Naruto was cut off by Sasuke. "Yes, she is. And her and Gaara are... a thing." Sasuke said disgusted. Naruto cocked him an eyebrow.

Then his eyes widened. "Sakura-chan with Gaara?!" Before Sasuke could reply Naruto already grabbed his wrist and started running. Hinata watched them. Her head bowed. Suddenly she heard a familiar voice, "Bye Hinata!" She looked up. But she was too late Naruto already left, again. She smiled. "Go get her, Naruto-kun! I'll wait for you!" Hinata cheered silently.

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Gaara kept glancing from his shoulder to look at Sakura. Sakura noticed and smiled. He blushed slightly and looked straight again. Itachi noticed and smirked. 'Hm... Let's tease poor Gaara.' Itachi thought. "Sakura, are you tired? I could carry you." Itachi suggested. Sakura blushed. "Ah, no, thank you Itachi-sa-" Before she could finish her sentence she was swiped from the ground and was now in Itachi's arms. She blushed different colors of red.

Gaara noticed. He flared. 'Dare he tempt me?' He thought angrily. He sped up his walking. Itachi following close behind. Gaara really couldn't wait till they reached his home and Itachi will leave Sakura there for him to "take care" of. Temari must have already told Kakashi that Sakura and him was a... thing. He smirked. He could already imagine the Uzumaki and the Uchiha's faces.

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"Ne, Sasuke why is Sakura-chan there?" Naruto asked. "I don't know. Maybe she had a crush on Gaara for a long time and didn't tell us." Sasuke replied. "Eh? I though she had... had... acrushonyou!" Naruto said the words quickly. Sasuke smirked. "I thought so, too."

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Author's Notes: Well there another chapter! Happy? Lol. Well I decided to add Hinata in. After all Naruto needs someone once ____________ gets Sakura, ne? Yup. Well Happy New Year! :D