Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto blah, blah, blah but I do own the plot of this story
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This is after Naruto leaves with the gang to find Sasuke, leaving Sakura behind.
Sakura's thoughts
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Sakura watched them run into the distance after Sasuke feeling nothing but loneliness and worry for what their return would bring and how long it would take. As they were out of sight she turned to walk home through the busy village.
As she walked by the people she passed she saw everyone busy and cheerful on this sunny day. She wondered how they got to be so happy when she was all alone. When she was walking down the last block to her house she passed the red haired boy named Gaara that she remembered from the chuunin exams. On any other day she would have been afraid of him, but when she locked eyes with him as she walked by today, she didn't feel afraid at all. Seeing it in his eyes that he was lonely too, she just flashed him a small smile as he walked right by her.
As Sakura finished getting into her pajamas she walked onto her deck that was outside her room to stare at the stars. Sakura loved the night. She loved the stars, the wind, and especially the quiet. Since this was such a beautiful night, she thought that it might be a good idea to go look at the stars from a better point of view. So she got her training outfit back on and walked out into the cold night.
She found a secluded field filled with beautiful Sakura trees and decided to gaze at the stars from under one of them.
She had been looking at the stars admiringly for about 10 minutes when she saw someone come walking into the field. "Who's there?" she asked in her fighting stance realizing she had left her kunai knives at home. "I am Gaara of the desert and I was taking a walk and thought it might be a good time to spill some blood." "You see, killing others makes me feel alive, it is my reason to live." He said. Sakura remembered him from the chuunin exams and thought of his expressions as he was fighting Sasuke and shuddered at the thought.
He then explained his life the same way he had done to Shikamaru and Naruto at the hospital. But the difference between now and then was that this girl had started to silently cry as she just stared at him with her mouth agape. He looked totally confused as he asked "What are you crying for? I haven't even hurt you yet." Sakura wiped the tears from her eyes as she said "How could they do that to you? Shun you for something that you can't control, that you didn't even ask for? You are just living with the life you were given and they hate you for it. Gaara, if you weren't so lonely and weren't loved by only yourself, then you wouldn't need to kill to live." Gaara just stared at her, as he realized that she was right. Her crying had subsided as she asked "Gaara…if you want…I will sit here with you. But if you don't want to, I understand. You see, I am alone right now too." (Sorry for being cliché) "Hn." Was all he said as they walked to sit down under one of the Sakura trees.
"What are you alone for?" He questioned. Sakura tore her eyes from the stars to look at the ground as she softened her eyes a little and made a small smile. (Sorry, I don't know any other way to describe that face.) "After I told Sasuke I didn't want him to go, he just told me thank you, and knocked me out leaving me on a park bench next to where we had been standing. And now the Hokage has sent all the rest of my friends besides Lee to go find him." I don't know how I feel anymore after him just leaving the way he did. Even so, I think there is still a little part of my heart that wishes he would come back and say 'I'm sorry Sakura,' but I know it won't happen. "Sasuke is bent for revenge on his brother Itachi for killing their family. I remember when we first became team 7 and Sasuke told me he was crying that day."