Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto and I'm sleepy as crap ; ;
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You ran in the path of Suna, looking around fieriously. 'Where is everyone!' you panicked. You suddenly heard noises coming from nearby. You ran to the commotion to run on a road with almost all the Sand Ninja cluttered on the ground, wounded. This included Temari and Kankuro. You run up to them both.
"Temari! Kankuro! What happened!" you demanded, standing between them. They laid helplessly on the ground.
"Ga...Gaara.. he's inside. May-Mayu..." Kankuro tried to speak. He had wounds covering his whole body. 'How could a puppetmaster get so damaged... is the enemy that strong?' you worried. You run inside the building to find Gaara laying against a wall, wounded but alive. You run up beside him and get on your knees to talk.
"Gaara? Gaara-Sama? Are you okay?" you asked, almost ready to shake him to besure he talked. He moved litte but didn't say a word. He had two large wounds, one on his chest and one on his arm. Then that's when you understood, 'Paralyzed in shock of pain...This is the most pain he's felt physically. Even chidori couldn't have hurt this much... the wounds are pretty deep. I have to get them all in medical attention.' You look around the room to find nothing of help, so that's when you got the point that you needed to carry all three of them at once. You latched Temari's arms around your neck, held Kankuro in your left shoulder and Gaara on the right. Using your arms to hold the two and your speed being seriously lowered, if you were to be attacked, you were useless and out of luck.
"It's just a risk I have to take then" you concluded. You jumped off and headed back to Konoha.
As you arrived at the gates, the two guards ran up to you. You were completely exhausted and almost collasped.
"Mayu-chan! What happened to Suna?" one of the guards asked.
"Suna... was attacked... everyone is knocked out... get Tsunade to go get help on the way quick" you breathed heavily. The two guards nodded, but before going to get Hokage, they helped you by taking Temari and Kankuro ahead to the hospital. You stood at the gate for a minute to regain your strength, then took Gaara to the hospital to meet up with the other two.
Gaara laid in the bed on the left side of the room, Temari and Kankuro on the beds on the right side. You sat on a stool next to Gaara's. 'He looks so peaceful when he gets the chance to sleep. Even though if it means getting knocked out' you smiled bitterly. Then someone came in the room that made you switch your attention.
"Oh there you are Mayu-chan" Sakura smiled. You tried to smile back but only made a half.
"Hai Sakura-chan, do you need something?" you asked.
"I just wanted to check up on you. I havn't seen you around the village with Naruto or anyone today. And your wounds, are they okay?" she sighed.
"I've been here the whole time. I want to get on Gaara's good side, so I decided I'll never leave him by himself. I'll prove that he has his existence. And my wounds are fine, Arigatou" you smiled. Then you thought back to Naruto, "Oh and Sakura-chan..."
"Hai, Mayu?"
"Did Naruto ever bring Sasuke-kun back? I forgot to ask when these three brought me back yesterday."
"No...that's why Naruto was in bandages" Sakura sighed. She almost looked as if she were to cry, "Sasuke fought Naruto. And when Naruto fell, Sasuke-kun ran off to Orochimaru."
"Oh...I'm sorry to hear" you frown.
"It's okay" Sakura said, trying to smile, "Naruto won't give up. And neither will I, even if I have to risk my life for him."
You smiled back, "That's amazing to hear from you. He really means that much to you?"
"Hai."
"I see... I'm going to try doing the same for Gaara. I want to help him realize that hate isn't the only thing in the world to enjoy" you grin, then frown again, "Sakura-chan, have you ever heard of people who wear black coats of red clouds?"
She gave you a puzzled look, "I don't, why do you ask?"
You smiled again, "Nevermind then. It's nothing."
She smiled back, "Well, I'm going to go now and train more with Lady Tsunade. If you get hungry, send someone for me, I can bring you something back to eat, okay?"
You nod, "Thank you, Sakura-chan."
Two days past and it was going on midnight to start the third. You were asleep on the stool and Temari and Kankuro were still out cold. Gaara started to wake slightly.
"..ugh..?" he muttered. He stared at the ceiling and raised his hand in front of his face. He noticed from his elbow up that it was bandaged. "Why am I here...?" You wake alittle and notice Gaara sitting up, staring emotionless at his hand.
"Gaara-sama?" you asked in a sleepy voice. He looked at you with a blank face.
"Where am I?"
"Konoha hospital... you were seriously injured along with everyone else so I brought you here. Who attacked you?" you asked. Gaara sat up fully and the blanket fell off his chest. He then noticed that was bandaged too, then gave a confused and somewhat angry look.
"Men in black cloaks with red clouds. They wanted Shukaku" he replied coldly. 'Men in black cloaks and red clouds?' you flashedback to when the blonde hair man and his friend attacked you in the forest on the way to Suna. 'The same people who attacked me I see. Then they do want us who embed the buuji.'
"Why are you here" he interrupted your thoughts. It was more of a demand than a question.
"I wanted to make sure you were okay and no one came to attack you again" you reply. The statement left him in a daze.
'Love is the spirit of devoting yourself to someone important and close to you...It is expressed by caring for and protecting that person.'
A few seconds later, Gaara glared and started to hold his head in pain.
"Gaara-sama are you okay?" you asked worried. He released his head and glared at you. "I'm fine."
"Even though you don't sleep... you should eat, I'll go get you something okay?" you told him. You got up from the stool and left the room to go to the ramen shop. Gaara sat in the hospital bed, lost in confusion until someone snunk in by the window.
"Shukaku... now we meet again. Are you going to come this time or do we have to fight again hmm? In your state right now... there's no chance you will win anyhow. So I don't mind, it's your pick hmm?"
As you went in the ramen stands, you spotted Naruto and Iruka Sensei. 'Why are they here so late?' You took a seat at the end to hope they didn't notice you, then thought of what Gaara liked to eat.
"Hmm...uhh..."
"Hello ma'am, what would you like?" Ayame asked, smiling.
"Oh" you smiled back, "Um... give me your newest meal" you told her. She nodded and went to the back to tell her dad to fix.
"Mayu-chan!"
You look over to see Naruto and Iruka looking at you.
"Oh hi Naruto-kun, Iruka-Sensei, what's up?" you smiled bitterly.
"Iruka-Sensei is treating me for ramen since I tried so hard to get Sasuke back! I couldn't sleep with an empty stomach. And even though he's treating me, doesn't mean I'm going to stop looking for Sasuke, believe it!" Naruto pointed his chopsticks at you. Iruka just smiled.
"I see. I'm here to get food for Gaara-sama. He just woke up a while ago" you sighed.
"You should get some food for yourself too Mayu-chan, you look pretty weak and pale" Iruka frown. You look back at him then smiled, "I always devote myself to the important people before myself. I'm fine."
Naruto stared shocked, then smiled, then, continued eatting. The man brought you a bowl of ground liver and salted tongue, "The newest meal as you ordered ma'am" he smiled. You bowed in gratitude and paid the man. Then took the bowl and ran off to the hospital. 'I hope he likes this, to the smell of it, it doesn't seem that bad to my taste' you smiled. You went to the desk to check in and walked to the Sand Genin's room. As you entered, you found Temari and Kankuro, but no Gaara.
"Gaara-sama?" you asked, looking around. Temari and Kankuro were still asleep. You put the bowl on the stool you sat on and looked around. Your first clue that he left without his own will was the blood track from the bed to and through the window.
"Oh no..." you whispered.
You ran straight through the window and followed the tracks. 'These will lead to him. I have to get him back before they...' you drifted off in your mind. You ran and ran following the liquid and ran into the forest. The tracks stopped in the same area where you first got attacked. You bend to your knees and get a feel of the blood that leaked from Gaara's wound.
"It's fresh... not over five minutes-" you turn around to find the blonde hair man again, Gaara in the mouth of his pet bird. His friend, the one you couldn't make out was also there beside the bird.
"Give Gaara back you bastard" you glared.
The blonde hair man sighed, "Bastard hmm?" 'Does he say anything else but hmm!' you asked yourself.
"I don't care who the hell you are!" you shook your head, "Just give Gaara-sama back!"
"Your noisey hmm" the man smirked. The thing beside the bird walked up in front of her.
"Deidara... you captured your prize. Take it to master. I'll take care of this jinchuuriki" he muttered. He tossed off his straw hat to show a man with messy brown hair, and a black cloth covering his nose and part of his mouth. What was unfamiliar about him, was the line down his face, forehead to mouth. 'Is that really a human?' you panicked.
"Well I'll let you handle her...yeah. I'm not so good with fighting girls, so I'll just head back to master...yeah..." Deidara said as he jumped onto the bird.
"Your not leaving anywhere until you give Gaara back!" you screamed, running toward them. The man removed his armored plate from his shoulder to a scorpion-tail stance and aimed for you. As you noticed he was about to attack, you stopped running and covered your head. 'Damnit this is endding all too quick!' was your last thought. You heard the tail tip hit something, but once again you felt no pain from the attack. You open your eyes to find the three-eyed crow looking thing in front of you, the tail pierced in it's back. The same three-eyed puppet that jerked you away from Gaara the few nights ago.
"The puppet...?" you asked.
"Mayu! Get up and go with Temari to get Gaara" a voice yelled. You look up to find Kankuro and Temari on a tree branch in their outfits, healed. Kankuro had chakra strings leaking from his fingers that attached to the puppet, then two more appeared to make a wall seperating you and the one who attacked you.
"Well, get up!" Kankuro demanded. You did, then jumped up beside Temari. Kankuro stood on the branch controling the puppets.
"I'll handle him, go get Gaara now!"
"Let's go Mayu" Temari nodded, then jumped off. You followed.
"Your not going anywhere" the man muttered. He took the tail and swung it near Temari but the attack was blocked by yet another puppet.
"I'm your opponet" Kankuro grinned.
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Kankuro saves the day but not for long...I'll be nice and add the next chapter up aswell tonite... But I refuse to add anymore until I receive comments on if I should even continue or whatnot