Gaara and Sakura

A/N: Sorry for my last chapter (see it if you haven't). Anyway, enjoy this new masterpiece.

Me: "Finally! The time has come! Gaara actually tells Sakura that he loves her!" (I'm laughing evilly again.)

Gaara: "Zzzzz..." (he is still asleep, luckily.)

Naruto: "Shh! Do you want to wake him?" (he's whispering to Shikamaru as they sneak in and tie the tripwire at the foot of the bed.)

Shikamaru: "Can we get outta here?" (he's scared of Gaara.)

Naruto: "Fine." (they leave.)

Me: "I do NOT own Naruto."

Chapter 8: Gaara Talks to Sakura

(Gaara's POV)

As Gaara walked down the trail to Konoha, he thought of Temari's teachings.

(flashback)

"You must work harder on your attitude problem, Gaara!" shouted Temari as Gaara killed another person. "If you are gonna kill when it is only necessary, you need to be able to take insults! Try again!"

She whistled and another guy came out. He was really nervous and said, "Hey st... stupid! You have no... nobody! You a... are all a... alone!"

Gaara was fighting the impulse to kill this man with all his might. 'He said that I have nobody and that I'm all alone! I really want to kill him, I should kill him!' he thought angrily. Suddenly, an image of the beautiful Sakura appeared in his mind and he thought, 'But if I do, I'll never be calm enough to be with Sakura.' He then calmed down and walked off.

Temari told the guy to go home and ran after Gaara. When she caught up with him, she said, "You did good, Gaara. You've done everything I've taught you." She paused and gave a quick grin. "If you do everything you've learned, you will win Sakura's heart with your new caring side. I really hope you end up happy."

He looked over at his best friend and said, "Thank you for everything you've done." They then walked back to Gaara's house so he could pack for the trip.

(flashback ends)

He then walked farther down the road, thinking about the girl he loves. 'She is so beautiful, and I can't deny it any longer,' he told himself as he thought about a gift for her. 'I don't have any money and I certainly don't have anything precious on me. Wait, I got it.'

He then stopped, put his bag down, and concentrated on his sand. He used his sand to grab a very large diamond from under ground. 'This will work,' he thought as he used the sand to carve the diamond. As the diamond corroded into a shape, Gaara pictured his mother and her old diamond amulet, a family heirloom that was shattered a long time ago. He had the diamond take the exact form as his mother's, then he carved Sakura at the top and Cherry Blossom at the bottom. 'She will love it!' thought Gaara happily as he continued down the trail.

(Temari's POV)

Temari wasn't letting Gaara go alone, so she pack some stuff and rushed out for him. It wasn't long before she spotted a dot on the horizon, it was Gaara. She noticed that he was standing still and ran at her ninja speed. When she was in viewing distance, she saw that he was making a diamond into the shape of a heart (the family heirloom was heart-shape).

'Is he making a present for Sakura? That is sweet,' she thought as Gaara took the diamond and continued on. 'He is becoming less predictable everyday.' She then sped up after him. After awhile, she lost track of him. Suddenly she felt cold metal against her neck as Gaara said, "We need to stop meeting like this."

Gaara then stepped back and put his weapon away. He then said, "Why did you follow me?"

Temari looked at him and said, "Well, one: I wanted to come and see how it goes, two: I want to look for a date too, and three: I just want to come, OK?" She then started off without him.

He then followed her as he spoke. "Thank you for coming. I don't think I could do this alone." As he said "alone", he could hear the haunting voice briefly before walking on.

She then took out an amulet that had no type of gem. "Here, put that diamond in there."

He took the amulet and asked, "How do you know that the diamond will fit?"

"Is the diamond you made based on your mom's necklace?"

"Yeah, why?" he asked. She handed him his mom's old treasure. "Thanks again Temari." He then put the diamond in his family heirloom, a perfect match.

Konoha (The Village Hidden in the Leaves)...

(Gaara's POV)

As Gaara entered the village, he suddenly felt sick. "I don't feel so good," he said as he put one hand on his stomach and the other to his mouth.

"It's OK, you just feel queasy from anxiety and nervousness," explained Temari as the approach the motel. "How about I check us in and you go change in the room, OK?"

"Sure," he said as he took the key from Temari as she listed the two in the book. When he got to Room Sixty-Seven, he noticed that the place had room for five people to one room. 'Hate to be house cleaning,' he thought as he started to change.

Five minutes later...

Gaara went back to the lobby to find Temari talking to a boy. "He doesn't look like a ninja," said Gaara from behind the two.

"He was just telling me where we can find Sakura," she explained. She then went back to her conversation.

'I'll look for her on my own,' thought Gaara as he left. He went to all the stores he could find and still couldn't find her. 'I wonder where she is,' he thought as a he turned a corner. He was now standing in front of a music store. Suddenly, he saw Sakura.

She was sitting there, looking at some CDs when Gaara sat beside her. She looked over and was surprised to see Gaara wearing blue jeans and a red shirt. His gourd was gone too.

"Hey Gaara," she said as she went back to her CDs. Gaara cleared his throat and said, "Sakura." She looked up as he talked. "Sakura, I have something to tell you. Something that has been on my chest for the past year. Haruno Sakura, I love you."

Sakura dropped the CDs and said, "What?"

He repeated, "I love you. Oh, and I made this for you." He then pulled out the amulet. "It was my mother's before she... died. I thought the most beautiful girl should have it."

"That's very sweet of you Gaara. It's so beautiful and it shines in the sunlight. It also has my name in it. Wow, this is really cool," she said as Gaara picked the CDs up.

"Hey Sakura, will you go out with me?" asked Gaara as he started to shake in nervousness.

Sakura was already thinking that and she said, "Fine, I'll go out with you if we go to the movies, let's say 8:00 tonight?"

"Sure," he said happily, "I'll meet you here if that is OK."

"Sure," she said as she left. Gaara, who felt as light as air, ran all the way to the hotel and when he got there, Temari asked, "Where have you been?"

"Talking to Sakura," he said as regained his serious look.

A/N: Another long chapter! Wow, I usually do only one long one. Anyway, the part with the necklace being a family treasure, I made it up so Gaara could give something precious to Sakura, showing his love. (Wow, those books must work!)

Gaara: "YYYAAAWWWNNN!" (he woke up, puts foot down, and trips over the wire.) "NARUTO!" (he is really pissed! He runs out and beats Naruto up.)

Me: "Don't you love bonding?" (you can hear Naruto screaming in the background.) "Review plz!"