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Last Rhapsody

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If the song played is meant to be the last,

I hope we remain to be together even after the song.

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"Gaara..Gaara? GAARA!"

"Huh..?" A boy with the word "Ai" in blood carved on the forehead wondered.

"Where.. am I?" Gaara asked; finding himself laying in the white room.

"Do you remember what happened just now?" Kankuro asked.

Something flashed into Gaara's mind "A fox? no.. red chakra.. naruto?"

"I see that you don't quite remember what happened just now," Tsunade came into the room with Sakura.

"You were fighting with the ninjas from Hidden Sound Village," Tsunade continued.

"With my help of course, hehe" Said Naruto proudly while rubbing his nose.

"Naruto... what are you doing here...? I THOUGHT I ORDERED YOU TO GO ON ANOTHER MISSION" Said Tsunade, angrily.

"Hehe Tsunade obaa-chan.." Naruto was sweatdropping.

"O..baa..chan?" Said Tsunade slowly while turning her head towards Naruto.

"Nooooooo!" Naruto shouted while running with Tsunade behind him.

"Konoha will never get peace with Tsunade and Naruto around but it is really entertaining to watch both of them," Said the pink-haired girl, Sakura when she was bandaging Gaara's arm.

"Mm," Gaara murmured, a sign of agreeing with what Sakura had said.

♫

If your eyes show a sign of loneliness,

I hope to see happiness when you are watching me.

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"Sakura, I would like to order you to go on a mission," Said Tsunade in her office room.

"Me me me! How about me? I would love to go on a mission with Sakura-chan!" Said Naruto, anxiously.

"Too bad Naruto, you had to stay with me in Konoha; finish up your current mission," Said Tsunade.

"Nooo...How could you ask the sixth hokage-to-be, Naruto to clean the village's toilet," Naruto whined.

"Hehe," Sakura laughed at Naruto. It reminded her of her old time when Sasuke was still here. Uchiha Sasuke... someone that left Konoha for Orochimaru 10 months ago. A guy that she likes ever since she was small.

"Straight to the point Sakura, I want you to accompany Gaara and his teammates back to Suna, it is also a good chance to practice your medic jutsu,"

"How could Tsunade-obaachan leaves my Sakura-chan alone with those..those... weird people!" Naruto complained.

"I heard that Naruto," said Gaara, while leading his way into the office followed by Temari and Kankuro.

"GAARA!" Naruto was surprised and walked backward to avoid any contact with Gaara.

"Nice timing Gaara, I would like to introduce you Sakura who will be leading your way back to Suna," said Tsunade.

"Nice meeting you, my name is Haruno Sakura," Said Sakura; offering her hand to Gaara to shake hand with him. Gaara stared at the hand and ignored it.

'You brat! I was being nice to you and yet you ignored me! Just wait till you get sick and I will ignore you too,' said inner Sakura.

"Nice meeting you, Sakura. I am Temari, the guy with the puppet is Kankuro and the well-known, Sabaku no Gaara," Said Temari; shaking hand with Sakura.

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If I wanted you to forget him,

I hope you won't forget me instead.

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"Ahh, I give up, I can't find them," Sakura complained because she lost the sight of Temari and Kankuro.

"And, it was all because of someone," She continued and glared at Gaara. Gaara, with his calm personality pretended not to hear that.

"A movement," said Gaara while watching the sand on the floor.

"This way!" He shouted while leading Sakura to the west side of the forest. Sakura followed Gaara since she knew she has the priority to take care of Gaara's health until they arrived Suna as ordered by Tsunade. A few shadows can be seen; following both Sakura and Gaara. Before they knew it, two ninjas appeared infront of them. Both of them are wearing the ninja band with a sign of melody on it.

"What do you guys want?" asked Gaara but as expected, there was no reply from the ninjas. Gaara crossed his arms and went into the combat mode.

"Suna no Yoroi!" He said and the sand was starting to form a barrier infront of him and Sakura. Three more shadows that were following them finallly caught up to them and one of them caught Sakura's attention.

"Uchiha Sasuke..."

A cliffhanger. Enjoyed the story? I dont write stories much so please don't flame on me! I'm on writer's block as well.