A/n I have decided to make this a three-part fic as well. Sorry for the long wait! I shall be trying my best to update with my strenuous schedule.

Enjoy, y'all!

Hello Panda!

By: ang3Lix

Of how the Haruno woman got over him was still an enigmatic mystery to the red-haired man.

It was so unusual of how she can suddenly forget all about her once undying love over the Uchiha. It was like, one day, she had been swooning over him, and the next, she had been spitting on the ground he trudged on. How very eerie.

The moment Sunagakure and Konoha had once again formed an alliance, numerous sand-nins had been dropping by that it was almost suspicious for the villagers. It was until Tsunade-sama had explained their purpose of strengthening the political bond of the two villages by means of interacting with its nins. So now, the Godaime had been assigning missions to squads with both Sand and Konoha's finest.

In this very moment, he was watching another verbal bitch slap initiated by both the Haruno and the Uchiha. He kept glancing on every possible direction where any of his remaining teammates could probably walk through.

" GET YOUR ASS OFF THAT FRIGGIN ROCK!" she screamed, " COME HERE AND I'LL SERIOUSLY KICK YOUR FAT ASS!" she screamed more.

The fifteen year-old that was lazily dozing on a large boulder scowled at her childish behavior. Whatever happened to all those Sasuke-kun!'s and those heart-stricken eyes? Apparently, all those were very non-existent to her now. She was still annoying, though not in the same kind. She used to irritate him in the past by her means of vying for his attention. But now, she irritated him by her means of not vying for his attention. Most may call it karma, but who cares? She was his, and no one could change that fact to a twisted opinion.

" Shut up, Sakura." He remarked, knowing that this will cause her to blow her top, which she did. He smirked. He was gladly enjoying this.

" One more word Uchiha, and I'll personally destroy that poker face of yours." The pink-haired woman growled menacingly, his delicate hands curled into tight fists.

Gaara knew that this was not an empty threat.

Over the course of three years, Sakura surprisingly had a sudden boost of strength, which she never expected to stumble upon in her whole entire life. It all started when she had given up on the Uchiha prodigy—it seemed that she had found another path to walk on, which boosted her spirits sky-high. She took the positive side, and had learned many things. Not to fear anyone, for example. Even him, Gaara of the sand, was extremely taken aback the moment they met for their very first mission together. She suddenly shot up from her chair, left her companions, and threw him a welcoming hug, beaming at his goddamned shocked face. All of these caused Naruto, Tenten, Ino, Hinata and Lee to scream in surprise. They all ran carefully to where both of them were, sneakily grabbed the girl from behind, and screamed at her more for being so straight-forward and unpredictable.

" Ooh, I'm scared, save me, anyone." Sasuke stated sarcastically, waving his arms limply for some added effect.

Sakura's whole face turned bright red, not from embarrassment, but from pure anger. Her body shook with the tremors that reacted upon her body. Her emerald eyes burned of hatred. Chakra immediately flowed uncontrollably along her inner coil system, she was all set and ready for some blood.

" I'M NOT KIDDING!"

Sasuke sighed, rubbing one side of his temple. Once again, he said, " Shut up, Sakura."

By now, Gaara was starting to get extremely pissed with all the screaming coming from the pink-haired woman. How many of those shouts and bouts did he have to endure during this mission? He, after all, still preferred silence even with his three month stay in Konoha.

" Shut up, Sakura." Gaara said, throwing her an irritated glare.

" But Gaara…" Sakura whined childishly, stomping her feet loudly, " I want to kill him!" she whined more, crossing her arms across her chest, her bottom lip extending fully to a cute pout.

" Kill him later." Gaara shot back, leaning against the sturdy wall behind him.

" Psh. Real nice." Sasuke remarked, rolling his onyx orbs irritably.

Gaara turned to Sakura, who was having a big tantrum of her own. " On the afterthought, kill him now."

Even before Sakura could jump up from her seated position and enfold Gaara into a bone-crushing hug, Naruto and Hinata had appeared together, which caused her to turn from her position an greet the two jovially.

" Naruto! Hinata! Over here!" she called, waving her hand slightly.

" Can you not shout, Sakura?" Sasuke asked, a scowl forming on his handsome face.

Instead of obeying at once like she used to, Sakura stuck her tongue at his direction, and ran to the opposite direction to meet their two remaining teammates.

This mission was going to take much, much longer than Gaara had expected. It was a simple retrieval of a necessary scroll from the hidden grass village, yet, he felt things are going to be much more complicated. With all these people along with him, who wouldn't?

Sorry if that sucked. Three part fic, this one, so kindly wait for the next installment. Thanks a lot!

ang3Lix.