Hyuuga Neji…
Sabaku no Gaara…
Uchiha Sasuke…
For eisshi louisse, I have never heard of a Kiba and Sakura fic before, either that or I never looked hard enough. Ehehehe.
But if you want, I can try and make a Kiba and Sakura fic?
"I said I didn't need your help! What do I have to do to make you realize that?" Gaara shouted at him as he performed Suna Bunshin no Jutsu.
"Well, too bad! Because I made a promise to Sakura-Chan that I'd bring you back!" at that point Haru shouted in his ear.
"HEY! YOU'RE FORGETTING ME!"
"Oh yea, and Haru too…"
"Sakura? Is she here?" he took a glance around but couldn't see anything that was pink. Only red.
Blood.
"She's not here, the old hag took her off the active roster for missions because she keeps on getting distracted by you."
"What did I do!" Gaara yelled at him.
"YOU LEFT, YOU ASSHOLE!" Naruto shouted back at him but this time, Gaara couldn't think of anything to say back.
"Come on, the sooner we get back the sooner Sakura-chan can get off our backs. In a good way." Naruto smiled stupidly at him.
"I'm not done here yet." Gaara looked down as he prepared himself in a fighting stance, Naruto was about to shout his head off at him but Haru come in time to stop the blonde from exploding.
"We can assign another team to take over what you've been doing, come on, Sakura really misses you. Don't make her wait any longer."
"But, I'm not done here yet."
"Don't you miss her too?" Haru spoke as Naruto paid close attention to Gaara's reaction. First, it was confusion, then pain, followed by sadness.
"Gaara?" Naruto spoke gently to the said red-head and he nodded.
"Yea, I miss her."
"Then? What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Naruto was about to run off when Haru grabbed his collar and he fell back with a thud.
"What the heck was that for!"
"We have to re-do our former plans to fit with Gaara's." He spoke while still holding onto Naruto's shirt.
"Can't we just leave!" he shouted at Haru and yanked his collar off.
"We're on the verge of destroying the village, we have to at least kill a majority of their ninjas." Neji spoke as he came into view of the three.
"These are only chounin level ninjas, I think Orochimaru is saving the stronger ones for later, when the offensive is weaker." The last member with raven hair joined them just after Neji did.
"We have to formulate a plan, a different one." Neji looked around with his Byakugan and he could see a few platoons coming their way. "We can either stay and fend them off as much as we can, or leave and come back later."
"If we leave, we'll have to start all over again." Haru spoke as he took a look around and saw something flash by from the corner of his eye.
"Then we'll stay, I can go all night if I have to." Naruto grinned and did a good guy pose.
"Don't be so optimistic, dope." Sasuke glared at the blonde as he crossed his arms.
"At least I'm not being a pessimist, Sasuke-bastard." Naruto sneered at him but looked away when he noticed the sand on the ground shifting slightly. 'Something is not right…' he thought to himself as he stared at the sand but turned back to face Neji. "So, what's the plan?"
"We'll hit them as hard as we can and we'll retreat at nightfall. Then we'll call for back-up after that and leave when they arrive."
"Sounds fair enough. Don't forget to give Gaara an ear piece." Haru smiled as he smirked at Neji who handed the said item to the red-head. He visibly grew disgusted at the sight of it.
"I hate those damn things…" he glared at it as he took it from Neji.
"Live with it, for now at least." Neji took another look around and saw that they were surrounded by low-level ninjas. "Meet at the rendezvous point when the sun sets, I'll stay with Gaara. Retreat if possible. Don't forget to call for back-up if it's needed." Neji spoke as he tapped at his ear piece and everybody nodded their heads, Gaara excluded. With a nod of his own head, they moved into the village, getting rid of any obstacles and enemies when sighted.
"Don't forget." He spoke one last time as the other headed off, leaving both Gaara and himself behind. Slowly getting into positions, the sand on the ground continue to shift and jerk agitatedly.
"You don't seem excited." Neji peered over at the red head shinobi.
"Yea, I'm dead tired."
"What did you do for three months? Fight continuously?" Neji looked around with his Byakugan and calculated how many ninjas there were.
"Pretty much, I never gave them enough time to recuperate." Gaara spoke as he commanded his sand to be on guard.
"How about this then, the most kills wins, starting now." He smirked as he gave the red head a glance.
"I've killed more than my fair share." Gaara glared at him.
"Then you lose and I win by default."
"Whatever." At that point he couldn't help but smirk at Neji. It was enjoyable being with them again. Like old times.
"I win…" Gaara panted at he reached the hill. The mission wasn't a success but they killed enough to keep the ninjas of Sound at bay for the moment time being.
"Only by one…" Neji tried to talk back, but he did lose.
"So, how's Sakura?" Gaara finally straightened himself up and took a deep breath in.
"It's been depressing to watch her. Almost like the time her parents died." he spoke as he stretched himself, giving his back a good crack.
"You get depressed by watching her?" Gaara asked out of curiosity.
"No, but it's the aura she gives off. It's depressing." He & around to see the others coming.
"You've been watching her?" Gaara couldn't help but sneer at him a little bit but also directing his focus on Naruto, Haru and Sasuke as they came running closer.
"She tries to hide it, but her mask cracks every once in a while."
"I see." He remained silent until everyone caught up to them at the hill.
"Have you guys called for back-up yet?" Sasuke managed to huff out.
"Yea, just after we left the village." Neji confirmed.
"What's our status?" The mist shinobi panted out as he stood up straight with hands on his hips.
"We didn't do much damage to the village, but we managed to dent their forces. They won't be able to fight for a while, at least I hope." Neji spoke as he looked at each of them.
"When will the re-enforcements arrive?" the raven haired boy asked as he sat down on the floor, Naruto joining him as well but with a grin of his face.
"What the hell are you being happy for, dope."
"None of your god damned business Sasuke-baka…" the blonde shinobi sneered back at him.
"In a few days, so we'll have to hold out until then before we can go back." Neji replied as he used a Genjutsu technique to conceal them. "They won't be able to see us unless they end up sensing us, so keep a low profile."
"I'll patrol…" Gaara volunteered himself, since he doesn't sleep.
"Why?" Naruto squinted his eyes at him.
"I want to be alone." The red head turned around and walked off to the far side of the cliff.
"Great! I'll join you!" Naruto ran after him while the others sweat-dropped.
'That baka can't be that dense…' Sasuke thought to himself.
"What does alone mean to you?" Gaara asked Naruto as he sat by the edge.
"Something I don't wanna know."
"Why?"
"I don't want to be alone, it reminds me of the times when I was younger, when I was alone. It was hellish." Naruto smiled at him.
"I see."
"Do you want to go back? Because as much as I really want to keep my promise, I don't think it's right for me to drag you back to Sakura." He looked away, looking over the horizon.
"You went after Sasuke, why am I different?"
"He was corrupted, you weren't."
"Achoo!" Sasuke sniffed.
"Bless you…" Neji said while leaning on a tree with his eyes closed.
"…"
"It's polite to excuse yourself after you sneezed." Haru looked over at him.
"Right…"
'Who the hell is talking about me? Not that I care…'
"What are you trying to say? I'm not worth your effort of you dragging me back to her?"
"That's not it…" Naruto spoke as he looked down at his dangling feet.
"Then?" Gaara was starting to get frustrated but kept his composure.
"You're like a brother to me, I wouldn't drag you back unless I've reasoned with you already."
"Ah…"
Gaara felt touched having heard those words coming from Naruto. Sure he already had Kankurou but Naruto was different, similar to him in a way. As the sun was setting in the horizon, they enjoyed each other's company and silence. Although Naruto never liked silence because it reminded him too much of when he was alone, he didn't mind if it was with Gaara.
I'm sorry, recently my rabbit died, so yea…Send all the roses to my little rabbit.
But I'm over it, I think…So yea…