Disclamer: i don't own naruto, only this story idea.
As Garaa walked through Kahona with his older brother and sister, he saw the group of the town's shinobi. There was Naruto, Tenten, Shino, Neji, Kiba, Hinita, Ino, Choji, and…Sakura.
"Shika!" Temari yelled from behind Garaa
She ran forward and Shikamaru opened his arms to welcome a passionate embrace. Then Ino turned away, disgusted when she saw Hinita and Kiba holding hands. She then turned away again to tell Sakura what she saw.
Garaa cleared his throat and everyone stopped and looked at him. "I would like to apologize to all of you for the disturbance we caused during the chunnin exams, and I formally invite you all plus anyone you would like to invite, to the Kazekage's temporary residence here in Kahona for dinner two days from now at 8:00."
They all stared in amazement, including Temari and Kankurou (who looked up from talking with Ino) Naruto was first to bounce back and yelled, "I'll invite Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-sensei, since they seem to have something going on."
"Shut up, that's a secret." Sakura whispered fiercely and clamped her hand over his mouth.
Naruto mumbled something about being to goody-two-shoey, since he had gotten over his crush and started seeing Tenten.
"What was THAT?" She yelled and sent him flying as Tenten giggled furiously, "Anyways, thanks for inviting us Garaa-kage." She added the 'kage' part in a teasing way that sent pleasant shivers down his spine.
Flustered as he watched her walk away, Garaa quickly covered up his emotions before anyone could see, except maybe Temari. The rest of them thanked him and went off in separate directions.
"I saw that." Temari whispered after they walked away from the others
"Saw what?" He replied indignantly
"You've got a crush on Sa-ku-ra." Chimed in Kankurou with a sing-song voice
Suddenly, sand kunai were pressed against there throats. "If you say anything about that I'll kill you." He walked away with a murderous aura and the kunai dissolved. Without another word, the older brother and sister gulped as they followed him back to the house.
"So," Temari said sitting down next to Kankurou the next morning, "What do you thinks going to happen?"
"Eh. Only time will tell," He replied, focused on repairing his puppet
"Yes, but we could speed time up a little." She knew Garaa was not one to get further into a relationship without a little push…or shove
This got his attention he and finally looked up from the puppet, and answered, "So, what do you have in mind?"
And with that, they started making plans for the day ahead.
With the heat of the suns beams on her face, Sakura woke up rubbing away the sand in her eyes and yawned. She stretched and arched her back and felt something rough brush against her head. Surprised she jumped up and saw a note lying on her pillow.
'Dear Haruno Sakura, please meet me at the
memorial stone at 7:00 pm today, before the
Kazekage's dinner. I must tell you
something of importance. I beg of you to
come alone'
Sakura at first did not no what to make of this request but decided she should go for it anyways. Late into the day, she trained, waiting for 6:00 pm so she could go back to her house and get ready. Deciding she could wait no longer, Sakura gathered her weapons, medical supplies, and left.
Back in her room, she undressed and got into the bath. As she gently slid her toned body into the water, she ran a list of name off in her head of who could have sent the note.
Sasuke-she hated him now and he was with Orochimaru
Naruto-not romantic enough
Neji-is crushing on Ayame
Shino-Going out with Hana
Kiba-going out with Hinita
Ino-they broke up and she is going with Kankurou
Shikamaru-with Temari
Garaa-I wish
Sakura sank further into the water and started to relax. Thinking that Garaa would possibly meet her there gave her the chills. Not the creepy kind of chills, but the good kind, like, after you've had a great day and you can't help but feel like smiling. Garaa was so distant and cold but he attracted her, she knew there was a perfect guy for her under the scowling face he always hid behind.
"Hey Garaa-Chan!" Temari yelled
"What! And don't call me that either." He called back as he walked from his study
"Will you go to the memorial stone at 7:00 pm to meet someone?" Kankurou said from on the couch
"That depends on why you want me to go." Garaa replied, his patience with them draining quickly
"We set you up with Sakura so you two would get together" his sister answered bluntly but with a overwhelming innocence, "You wouldn't want to keep her waiting, now would you?"
"I'll get ready." He whispered and turned around with his head hung, emitting the same dark aura as before but even more intense
Garaa rushed to the memorial stone but before he could see it, he put two fingers over one eye and muttered something. Sand gathered into an eye and he sent it out to look at the stone. Sitting in front of it was the pink haired kunoichi, waiting just for him.
