Disclaimer: this is getting boring, still not the one owning him.
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I'm having a vote for the one ending up with Sakura – at the end of this chapter.
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Chapter 8: the Teacher – missing?
Gaara was exhausted, the whole getting a date thing really got on his nerves. Why couldn't it be easier to walk up to a woman and ask her to eat a meal with him and maybe take a walk in the park. He let out a loud sigh and got up from the chair at the bar, it wasn't that late yet, the sun was still up high in the wonderful blue sky with a couple white fluffy clouds there as well.
Sakura was sitting at the table with the other females that had joined the Konoha women. The Hokage and Shizune was talking vividly about Shizune's boyfriend or boy toy as Tsunade called him. That man had to be the biggest flirt in all of Konoha, he had even flirted with Sakura, who was about 18 years older than her, not that age had any matter what so ever in a relationship. And she started thinking about two of her closest friends and their relationship, Izumo and Kotetsu. Such a waste of men, but they loved each other and she was happy for them, just as her crush on Izumo went away that is. She got up from her place and walked out to the cold air, she took a deep breath and felt a chill down her spine.
"Are you cold again?" Gaara asked the pink haired ninja as she went out from the room.
"You scared me…" Sakura began, but nodded as she saw who the voice belonged to.
"Gomen." Gaara said quietly, almost shy (A/N: can Gaara be shy?)
"It's alright. I'm not scared anymore. Actually I feel safe when ever you're around. Eh, silly me right!" Sakura blushed as she confessed this to Gaara.
"You aren't scared of me? I'm sorry… but I don't think I am someone that is that reliable that you take me for, you must have me confused with someone else." Gaara was sad, more so than ever.
"Nope, I'm not scared. That's a promise, and I won't be." Sakura looked around her, she was on a porch outside of Temari's and Shikamaru's house continuing:
"I wonder what Shikamaru and Temari are doing.."
"You don't want to know that." Gaara blushed.
"Why? What?" Sakura was utterly confused.
"They are probably out eating a picnic under the bare sky promising each other eternal love, all mushy." Gaara told her.
"Eh, that is so CUTE!" Sakura squeaked.
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Somewhere about two blocks away Temari sneezed, closely followed by a sneeze from Shikamaru.
"I wonder how our mission is working." Temari stated.
"Troublesome mission, getting that, and difficult too I might add." Shikamaru sighed.
"Well mister-I-am-so-smart, what do you think?" Temari mocked Shikamaru who answered:
"I did guess who he wanted, or at least by the look of it."
"Ah, that I agree to." Temari nodded.
"So where do we go from here?" Shikamaru asked.
"I guess we have some spying to do, although it's going to be hard." Temari sighed.
"Troublesome…" Shikamaru and Temari sweat dropped.
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In the bar earlier mentioned a drunken Jiraya was sitting across the table from an equally drunk Asuma. They were giggling like teenage girls when someone mentioned anything about sand.
Kakashi had come back after his relieving (sp?) visit to a nearby closet. Neji had already fallen asleep, he couldn't hold his alcohol (A/N: from ep. Curry of life.) and Iruka was nowhere to be found. Where could he have gone off to? Now even the copy-nin was worried. Kakashi shook the knocked-out Neji trying to wake him up, after a couple of shakings Neji was semi-awake but not that responsive. Neji was told to use his Byakugan to locate the missing school teacher. Iruka was nowhere in his sight of vision.
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Naruto groaned, he and the others who wasn't legally old enough to join the elders at the bar, was sitting or just hanging around in Temari's and Shikamaru's house playing games.
Both board and some truth or dare maybe a tad girlish and immature, but fun non the less. And that had made Naruto confess that he actually missed Sauske after the battle in the valley. Sauske and Naruto was like brothers and Sakura their sister, and when Sauske came back after killing his brother Itatchi he and Sai were teamed up with Yamato as the ultimate 3-man team, and they didn't see each other that often. But from time to time Sauske would check up on Naruto and Sakura.
"So, who is the notorious Sauske in love with?" Kiba asked him
"Eh, that would probably be Sakura…" Naruto mumbled.
"Sakura!" Shino blurted out.
"Is that so strange?" Naruto asked and continued:
"She was so madly in love with him before he left and now she's even a better person. Don't get me wrong, I love her like my sister. But Sauske got it bad."
"And we all know my dear team mate Lee has the Sakura bug to." Tenten said.
"That I don't know about, but I think that Gaara-sama is interested in having something with her, he might even love her." Shino told them what his bugs had informed him of earlier.
"But the fun thing is that Sai also has a soft spot for her." Ino told them.
"Sai?" Chouji said, munching on some chips and looking at Ino's sad face continuing:
"I thought that you had a thing for him…"
"I did. But he told me that he wanted some advice on asking Sakura on a date." Ino answered.
"So our dear Sakura has a difficult decision to make." Tenten exclaimed.
"Ano, ehm, yes. Tenten-san you have right." Hinata mumbled poking her index fingers together. (A/N: her trade mark, yey!)
"Well, that's that. So Kiba truth or dare?" Naruto said.
"Dare…" Kiba answered.
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"Please be gentle I've never done this before." His dark voice was heard. Neji spun around and saw Iruka with his Byakugan. He was at a room in the back of another bar, at a table. It looked really suspicious.
"He's in there." Neji pointed and Kakashi unveiled his Sharingan and they started their, quoting Gai, dynamic entry. And the saw….
Earlier
Iruka had never palyed pool before the cues and being distracted by a beautiful woman made it even worse. All he wanted to do was finishing this game and find his friends again. Heck even Gai and Lee would do, not that she wasn't nice though, she had tried to get his attention all afternoon. And now she had it. Well he could think of better things to do than hunt that woman around all night.
Enter Kakashi and Neji, who looked simply dumbfounded.
Kakashi stormed in with Neji close after, to see Iruka playing pool…
"What are you guy's doing here?" Iruka asked.
"Maa, we could ask you the same, Iruka-kun." Kakashi smirked.
"Our responsible school teacher goes MIA at a bar?" Neji also smirked.
"Eh, gomen. Kakashi-kun, Neji-san." Iruka started to apologize.
"It's alright, 'Ruka, but remember what you said about Anko to me, I have one right back at you." Kakashi said covering his Sharingan eye.
"What? Who?" Iruka said as they left the bar without the woman that was already clinging to another man in the bar.
Kakashi made his visible eye quirk like a horse shoe.
"Yes…" Iruka answered.
"I'm not telling." Kakashi exclaimed.
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Sakura and Gaara were out walking the streets of Suna, after Gaara worked up the courage to ask her on the walk. And it did take a lot of courage.
"So Sakura, what do you do now in Konoha?" Gaara asked.
"I work at the hospital as head chief of surgery, but it isn't as exiting as doing research at the lab." Sakura answered.
"Wow, I didn't know that you had so much responsibility." The Kazekage answered.
"Well… I did study for Tsunade-sama." She answered shyly.
"You must have a real fanclub of men and boys at home." He joked.
"Actually the only ones I want are the ones I can't have. You know what I mean?" She explained.
"I can't say I do." Gaara got curious.
"Well, first there was Sauske, I-have-to-kill-my-brother. And then there was Sai, I-haven't-any-will-of-my-own. After that I really thought I was in love, and Izumo turned out to be gay." Sakura explained.
"Izumo, isn't that one of Tsunade's desk-ninjas?" Gaara asked.
"Well yes."
"And who is the lucky guy?"
"Kotetsu…."
"The other desk nin?"
"Yes… isn't he like 15 years older than us?" Gaara wondered.
"12 years." Sakura mumbled.
"Well what do I know? I haven't trusted anyone that much to even consider falling in love." Gaara blushed.
"You've never been in love?" Sakura was shocked.
"No, I never let myself feel anything else than anger, 'til I met you guys." Gaara looked down on the ground.
"You met us? What do you mean?" Sakura was as clueless as Naruto.
"Well Naruto did change me quite a bit…" he started.
"So you mean you have never gone on a date? Kissed someone? Held someone's hand?" She was so shocked, the Kazekage hadn't done anything. Even she was more experienced than him.
Gaara shook his head;
"I've never done anything."
"But you will, some day." Sakura tried to encourage him.
"Yeah, right… that's really encouraging Sakura-chan." Gaara sighed.
"But it is. I wouldn't have come so far without Ino's constant yapping about 'the one' and 'some day' you know." Sakura answered.
'Poof'
Three men from Konoha ANBU landed in front of the Kazekage. All three had porcelain masks of different animal faces.
"Greetings Kazekage-sama." The oldest and tallest of the three greeted.
"Congratulations on your birthday." A young raven haired man said bowing down.
"Hi there Sakura-san" another raven haired man said with a sweet voice.
Sakura had jumped when the poof came and was in the protective arms of Gaara, the Kazekage of the hidden village of Sand.
"Gomen Gaara-sama…" she apologized.
"It's okay Sakura." He answered and turned to the men undoing their masks.
"So what brings you here ANBU-san? State your business." Gaara turned to the oldest of them.
"Yamato-taicho, (Sp?) Sai-san, Sauske-kun!" Sakura felt like she wanted to cry, her former captain and team mates and she got scared, some ninja she was.
"We're here to report to the Hokage, then joining the festivity." Yamato answered the Kazekage and they got the location of Temari's house so they could report to Tsunade.
"Sakura-san, do you have a minute before we go?" Sai wondered.
"Yes, Sai-san. I'll be right back Gaara-sama." She told both men.
Sakura and Sai walked away for a bit and Gaara was left with Yamato and Sauske who was his quiet self.
'I wonder what Sai wants with Sakura, and why are they taking so long?' Gaara thought.
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Yamato- taicho – Captain Yamato -hope I'm spelling it right.
A/N:
Okey, end of this chapter.
So who ends up with Sakura:
Sabak no Gaara
Sai
Rock Lee
Uchiha Sauske
Or someone else? Any suggestions?
-Remember: NejixTenten NaturoxHinata AsumaxKurenai GenmaxShizune
