Hyuuga Neji…
Sabaku no Gaara…
Uchiha Sasuke…
Good point…why isn't Gaara angry at Neji? I don't know…These fingers won't listen…I'm sorry…
Sigh…people are just so demanding these days…you know who you are…So fine, I admit that the last chapter was boring and it kinda sucks…and…and…what else? Not to mention it pretty much had nothing in it…You know who you are yet!
And also, I think Gaara calls Naruto 'Uzumaki' is because it's out of respect. I think you only call people by their first name when you know them better? I'm not quite sure, but yeah…
Or maybe it's because he got too used to calling him by his last name so yeah…
"I don't know what to do anymore, I'm just so lost. I thought ignoring them might help me, but it's making me feel worse…What can I do?" Sakura asked herself as she placed her hand to her forehead while the other ran through her bubble gum hair.
"Sakura, what is your heart telling you to do?" Haru asked her.
"I didn't know you were listening…" Sakura stared blankly at him.
"I just got back...so?"
"I don't know…" she spoke as she resumed her former position.
"Why don't you have a little think about it, while I go see the Hokage." He slowly bent over to pick up his bag and it got Sakura thinking about him.
"What for?"
"I'm due back in Mist, and Chiyako has to come along too."
"But…"
"I'm sorry Sakura, this came unexpectedly."
"But…" she was fighting back the tears that wanted to fall, she fought back a sob.
"I won't leave till tomorrow, but we can go out for dinner tonight." He smiled at her as he made his way out of the door.
"Wait!" she jumped up from her seat and held onto the door knob.
"Hm?"
"Can I come with you, please."
"I don't know about that. Is it what you really want?"
"It's what I need. I see them everyday, and it's breaking my heart."
"Sure, let's go see the Hokage then."
Gaara sat on top of the Hokage's monument, over looking the whole village, wondering why. Why he wasn't angry, why he didn't kill, why he didn't shout out all his pains and frustrations.
Why he was still friends with Neji…
"I don't get it…"
Was it because he didn't love her anymore? Was it because he didn't care anymore? Or was it because he didn't mind sharing?
He furrowed his brows together, in disappointment. He couldn't find the answers no matter how much he thought about it. He sighed in defeat and stared at the bleeding sun in the horizon. Normally he would come up here with Sakura, but times have changed, he has changed.
"I hate love…It's confusing me…"
"Are you ready Sakura?" Haru asked her as he pulled on his bag.
"I'm, ready…"
"Are you sure you want to do this Sakura?"
"I'm sure." She smiled sadly as she checked her pouch.
"You don't look ready."
"I'm ready and I'm sure. Don't worry, I probably just need to get away for a while."
"Ok…I'll go check on Chiyako."
"I'm ready!" Chiyako skipped happily as she ran into the room with her small bag.
"Great! Let's go Chiyako-chan." Sakura smiled as she patted on her head.
"Yay! Sakura-nee-chan is coming with us! Isn't that great Haru-nii-chan!" she didn't wait for an answer as she ran out of door.
"Get her before she runs off!" Sakura laughed as she grabbed her bag.
"Yeah, sure." He smiled back and walked out. Sakura followed and locked the door.
Haru didn't have to run to catch up to Chiyako since his stride was much bigger than hers. Sakura walked leisurely, not too fast and not too slow. It would've been better if it was a sunny day and she had nothing to do. Wait…it is a sunny day but she was leaving. Darn…
By the time they got to the Konoha gates, she turned around and took one last look around before deciding to leave for a vacation.
"See you guys next time…"
"Hey…" Naruto finally stuck his head up from his bowl of miso ramen.
"What is it Naruto-kun?" Hinata spoke timidly. She didn't stutter much anymore but she still spoke very softly and shyly.
"I have a bad feeling all of a sudden…"
"What's wrong Naruto-kun?" Hinata looked worried over to the blonde who placed his chopsticks down which started to make her grow concern.
"I don't know, but I do know that something's up, and I don't like it."
"What do you mean Naruto-kun?"
Naruto stared at Hinata with a determined look, making her grow red in the face. With a sudden gasp he ran off, leaving behind a bewildered Hinata.
"Naruto-kun!" she shouted out but it was still quiet.
'Something's not right, it's not right!' Naruto screamed out in his head and woke up the Kyuubi.
"Boy, I'm trying to sleep here, quiet down…"
'Shut the hell up, I know something's wrong.'
"It's not any of my business, kit. Find out yourself."
'I never asked for your freaking help anyway!'
Naruto continued to run, as fast as his legs could carry him before he stopped suddenly in front of the gates. He didn't know why he stopped there, but something told him to look around. He raised his head to the guards who stood on the top and shouted out. "Hey! Is anybody coming here?"
"No! Get lost kid!"
Talk about rude, it made Naruto more frustrated not knowing what was wrong. He then ran off to find the old hag.
"Here are your passes, don't worry. He's doing quite fine in Konoha." The blonde lady spoke to the other two sand-nins in her office as she gave them their visas.
"Thank you Hokage-sama." The other blonde spoke as she bowed down her head in respect and was about to take their visas from her when somebody stormed through the room.
"OLD HAG!"
"It's Hokage, you little brat!"
"SOMETHING'S WRONG!"
"What now Naruto? Out of ramen again?"
"Well, yeah but that's not it!" Naruto looked desperately at her while she sweat-dropped.
"You're interrupting us, kid…" Kankurou yawned while still sitting on his chair.
"What is it Naruto? Get it over and done with will ya?" Tsunade spoke as she picked up her cup full of warm sake.
"I don't know what it is, but something's missing." Naruto took a look at Temari and Kankurou but ignored them. "I thought something was coming or leaving, but it can't be those two." He spoke as he pointed at them.
"Well, Sakura did leave this morning, said something about going to Mist with Haru and that kid for a vacation." Tsunade took a sip from her cup as Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief.
"SHE WHAT! YOU'RE JOKING! TELL ME YOU'RE JOKING!" he grabbed his hair and pulled it hard.
"I'm afraid not, she looked pretty stressed."
"WHEN IS SHE COMING BACK?" Naruto shouted out as he jumped onto her table.
"Get off the table now you little brat, she might take a month or two but I wouldn't know."
"AH!" Naruto yelled out one more time before rushing out of the door in search of Gaara.
"What's his problem?" Kankurou asked Temari who just shrugged it off.
"GAARA! GAARA!" Gaara's head rose up at the mention of his name, more like the yelling of his name actually.
"GAARA!" the red head looked down at the village in search of the person who was shouting out his name.
"GAARA!" finally, he found the blonde jumping from one roof to another hands cupped around his mouth to amplify his voice.
"GAARA!"
'He's so damn loud…' the sand-nin thought to himself as he commanded his sand to take him to where Naruto was.
"GAARA!" Naruto shouted out again as he jumped off another roof. People were staring at him, some in annoyance and some others in awe.
"What the hell is that kid doing!" one of the villages spoke.
"Damn, where is Gaara? Where's that stupid bastard."
"That stupid bastard is right behind you idiot…" Naruto turned around to find a very un-amused red head.
"Ah, there you are." Naruto smiled slightly as he watched Gaara cross his arms over his chest.
"What do you want Uzumaki…"
"Ano sa ano sa…do you know where Sakura-chan is?"
"No, she could be at home. Why were you shouting out my name instead of hers?"
"Well, um…let's go find Neji first." Gaara's eye slightly twitched when he said Neji's name.
"What for?"
"And then, Sasuke-baka." Gaara's face darkened considerably at the mention of his name.
"What…for?" he growled out.
"It's about Sakura-chan, and I would prefer to tell all three of you at once."
"What's wrong with Sakura?" he got worried because normally, Naruto wouldn't be so serious about this.
"Let's go find them first." The blonde shinobi was about to jump off when sand caught his ankle making him fall on his face.
"Geez, do that again and I'll kill you." Naruto muffled out as he held onto his pained face.
"Not if I kill you first. What's wrong with Sakura." He growled out before releasing Naruto's foot.
"She's not hurt, if that's what you're thinking. Let's go find the others first, THEN I'll tell you what's wrong."
Gaara was reluctant to wait for the other two but nodded anyway, then went after Naruto as he jumped off the roof and began running down the streets of Konoha.
"She what!" Sasuke busted out when he found out what Sakura did.
"Yeah, I can't believe it either." Naruto confirmed.
"Why would she leave?" Neji asked.
"I think it's because…"
"Because…" Gaara spoke as he stared blankly at Naruto.
"Because…?" they leaned in slightly to hear what he was about to say. "Because of you three."
"What?" Sasuke's eye began to twitch.
"You guys were giving her too much stress, that's what the old hag said anyway." Naruto shrugged.
"I'm going to find her." Sasuke resolved and left but not before Neji said the same thing, followed by Gaara.
"Then I'm going with all of you, I mean. What if someone needs to keep an eye of on you?" Naruto smiled as he received glares from all of them.
"I don't need you to look after me…" Neji spoke as he narrowed his eyes slightly at him.
"Me too…" Gaara spoke.
"I wasn't talking about you 'all'. I was talking about you as in Sasuke-baka…"
"What!" Sasuke's eyes widened in disbelief.
"You heard me! What if you end up hurting her!"
"What about them?"
"They wouldn't even hurt a fly!" Naruto retaliated as Gaara and Neji sweat-dropped.
"Stupid!"
"Dead-last!"
"Smart-ass!"
"At least I'm not a dumb-ass!"
Oh joy…the world of insults…How wonderful…
That was slightly interesting…no?
Poor Naruto, being called stupid and all…I'm sorry to all Naruto fans and others! Forgive me!