NO OWN NARUTO!

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"Gaara"

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"Gaara!"

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"Gaara…"

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Chapter 6: Another

"…Gaara!"

"You're too loud"

"---!"

"I can hear you perfectly"

"…W-well, I don't know that unless you reply…"

"Hn…"

Sakura looked over her shoulder. The village of Konoha was now covered with branches of leaves and trees, but she wasn't trying to look for her village, she was looking for Kiba. She wondered if he was still on his knees, or maybe he had gone home? Or…

"Stop thinking"

"----!" How does he know? C-can he read her mind? "W-what?"

"You're constantly looking back, stop it"

"…Hey… it's my freedom……" She murmured, her eyes casting downwards.

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"Arf!"

"Shhhh!" Kiba pressed his index finger against his lips, making Akamaru shut up instantly. He looked back at the two, walking through the forest. He stared closely at his perch of the tree. He made mental notes of where they were going, and at the same time, trying to be careful not to be seen.

"Auuunn…" Akamaru whimpered.

Kiba only smiled, "Don't worry, Akamaru. We'll get Sakura nee-chan back!" Akamaru only furrowed his dog brows. No, he wasn't trying to say it that way. He was trying to convince that this was dangerous for Kiba; especially at the state that he was in. Sabaku no Gaara; even Akamaru knew who he was, and how hazardous he was, in combat or whether he was just staring at you.

He had the title of being called a monster…

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"……" Gaara knew he was being followed. He knew since he entered the woods, it must have been him. He still had will and courage to take back Sakura. Gaara gave him points for that, but that isn't enough to give Haruno to him…

Unlike Gaara, Sakura was clueless. She was more concentrated on being worried, than noticing that there was someone else with them, following them.

"……………Haruno," Sakura looked up to face Gaara's back, "We're going to run now"

"Eh? B-but my legs are wounded and I won't be able to catch up with you…!"

"I don't care, you know where Suna is" With that, he disappeared into the trees. Sakura stared with confusion. Why were they running all of a sudden? …Oh well, nothing else she can do… Well, she could run away back to Konoha… but Gaara might kill her as a punishment… So she decided to follow him.

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"Wha-" Kiba blinked, Sakura and Gaara just disappeared like that, like magic, "W-where they go?" From the other tree branch, he heard Akamaru barking, "…That way? Okay then, lets go!"

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From branch to branch, the two sped through the forest. Gaara would sometimes stop for Sakura just so she could catch up with him. And on one stop, she asked, "What are we running for?"

"…I told you I would like to get to Suna within 2 days," Oh yeah, that's right. He mentioned that earlier, "And we are being followed"

What? Sakura looked back, there was no one… but she could sense whoever was following her and Gaara. She couldn't tell who it was, but there were only two of them chasing after them. Could it be the rescuers from Konoha?

"Hurry, we have no time"

"NO TIME? You mean, YOU have no time. I have plenty of time to walk through this forest"

------That's what she wanted to say, but she couldn't get all her courage up to say that to him, to Gaara. He might cut her in half for saying that… Only a sigh was her reply, she could say no more than that.

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"They moved again!" Kiba sensed Sakura and Gaara's chakra move into the forest again, this was the fourth time now! I mean, it was good that they stopped every once in a while just so that he could catch up, but jeez! How long does it take to get to Suna?

"AH!"

Just that one scream sent chills up Kiba's spine. Could that have been… her? It was high, so it must have been her! Kiba sped up, not worrying anything but her. Their chakra was close, just one more tree and…

Found you.

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Sakura stood on the ground, watching the figure before her. When she heard rustling behind the bushes, she prepared some kunais between her fingers. As the rustlings got closer, she gripped the kunais harder, and then…

"SAKURA NEE-CHAN!"

The pink haired kunoichi stopped her grip on the kunais and stared, eyes wide, at the boy running up to her. Akamaru followed behind.

"Sakura nee-chan! You're okay!"

"Kiba… So it was you who was following us…"

"Of course! Now, where's that Gaarya no nii-chan?" Kiba cracked his fists, getting ready for another fight. Sakura looked at him for a bit, then stepped aside to reveal the figure she was staring at before.

Kiba was looking at a boy younger than him. He had bloody red hair, and his jade eyes stood out from all of his figures on his face. Remind you of someone?

"Wha-"

"Kiba, meet Gaara"

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A/N: The first part was stolen from my other story, 'Love & Heart'. Okay, this is really going out of hand, but I'm working on it. I want to finish this story before I move on to continue my other stories…