The Wind Blew Everything Away
tamzy(author)- ok, this chapter is sad for me. i dunno if it will work for you, but i'm sure you'll feel even just a bit moved. If not then you're not human! just kidding. Enjoy!


Hopeless


Sakura woke up with a headache, and a tummy ache. As she lay on the floor very dazed, she tried to remember what has happened.

Mr. Haruno suddenly jumped out of a bush, grabbing her wrists roughly. She heard herself shouting, "Gaara-kun! I'm sorry! GAARA-KUN!", then heard Gaara crying, "Sakura-chan! Please don't leave me!"

Then she felt like a very big stone had hit her stomach, her eyes felt stingy with tears. Then everything slowly became quiet...and everything went black.

As Sakura sat up, she noticed that she was in her room. Her door opened and Mr. Haruno came in.

"I warned you not to get close that monster!"

"But papa! I did not know it was him! And he is not a monster!"

"Quiet! I thought we could trust you! Your mother is crying uncontrollably outside! What? Do you want to give her a heart attack!"

"But he's very kind papa! He's not a monster! He's just like Naruto, he's just as nice!"

Mr. Haruno winced as Sakura spoke out Naruto's name loudly. (Poor Naruto!) "I told you to be quiet! I don't care if he's nice, but I care for you. Never again disobey us or I'll have to disown you as my child."

Sakura felt like she was hit by that same stone again, only bigger and it felt like she was squashed. They won't even allow me to have a friend! I thought they were happy for me! "But papa, you told me once when I was still very little that 'even the most monstrous lion can be a friend'!" (That saying took me more than a minute to make up. Phew!) "You told me that papa! And Gaara-kun is not even a monster! Look at this, he even gave me a remembrance…he's very sweet papa and-"

"You are grounded." Mr. Haruno's voice was so unsympathetic that Sakura shivered as he said this, she hasn't heard her papa speak with that manner ever. "We are departing this village tomorrow, first thing in the morning by train." (Was there a train?) At this, he glared at the cherry blossom-like sand and grabbed it from Sakura. He squeezed it with his right hand. Sakura was reaching out for the precious sand, she was about to cry. But it wouldn't crumble, so Mr. Haruno tried again with ten fingers. Even just one grain of sand won't budge. He and Sakura winced. Then he turned very red and his veins seemed to surface from his skin. He threw the piece of sand out through the window.

"NO!" Sakura instantly stood up, jumped and tried to catch the sand, but she was too late.

Mr. Haruno heaved and glared at the window. The sun was almost gone. He could already see the pale moon. He looked at his Sakura crouched on the floor under the window crying. He turned his back to face the door. As he touched the door knob, his face relaxed and turned into a sad expression with closed eyes. He sighed quietly and opened the door.

When Sakura heard the door close, she lifted her head and faced the sunset. 'He was my only friend…and they took him away from me…even the only remembrance I had from him...why are they so inconsiderate! I was only trying to be happy…and I don't want to leave yet! No way!

"I have to find that cherry blossom sand. Then I'll…runaway. "


Monster


'I'm a monster. I am fearless. I am strong. I am angry. I am…rejected.'

Gaara said these phrases to himself over and over. He was sitting on his knees holding a pebble with 'love' engraved on it. He stared blankly on the pebble. (If I were the pebble I was probably melting.)

'What is love? I don't understand…And what is this mere pebble doing on my palm?' He looked up at the almost black sky. 'Why do I feel like I am rejected?' (Ok, for those who haven't realized it yet, Gaara was overcome by his anger and depression that he forgot the moments with Sakura, actually he forgot who's Sakura. But he has this feeling that something was terribly missing.)

Though he doesn't remember anything, he felt like there was something more to that pebble. So he kept it in his pocket and felt the smooth bump on his right thigh.

"There you are you little rascal."

Gaara turned and looked up at a sand colored hair girl. Her eyes looked kind but to Gaara, he saw only fear. 'Of course. Even my family hates me…'

"I was looking all over for you!" Temari was trying to be sheerful, but Gaara can see her lips tremble. "The Kazekage wants to talk to you…"

"What does he want?"

"He wants to talk about you're future. I think he's going to talk about starting your training." Temari was serious now.

"Fine." Gaara walked out of the park, leaving Temari alone.

'Was that 'love' on his forehead?'


As Gaara closed the door of his father's office behind him, he stared at the wall in front of him and looked back at their conversation just a moment ago:

"You will start your training tomorrow. You must learn how to be a lethal assassin." The Kazekage looked at Gaara and cupped his son's chin. He lifted it up a little and looked at Gaara's eyes. 'I see anger and sadness in his eyes. Perfect for an assassin.…' Then he looked at the fresh scar on his son's forehead, it say's 'love'. When he released his son, he told Gaara, "You may leave. Prepare for your first training tomorrow before breakfast."

Gaara looked at his father, wondering why before breakfast.

"Surviving hunger will be part of your training. Now, go home."


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