Gaara surveyed the room quickly only lingering for a second over the moonlight skinned woman. That time was enough to drink in her naked form, he held back a gulp. Emerald green eyes frozen, cheeks flushed with embarrassment, her lips still parted from the whelp her that he had heard. He had thought she was enticing with her clothes on... now that he had witnessed her without them he would never be able to get the image out of his head.

She was seated on her bed still wet from her shower, Her pink nipples almost matched the shade of her hair and were erect from the cold air on wet skin. Hands covering her sensitive area. On her inner thigh was a green marking and Gaara was interested in seeing further into. What was wrong with him? Once in his office now this? He needed to clear his head. Her was looking for danger not sex.

After realizing there was intruder in the room but himself, Gaara quickly turned his back towards her. "Well, why don't you just invite yourself in." He could hear her cross her arms over her chest with her words. "When you invited me to your room I didn't think you'd be invading mine."

He mentally sighed."I did not mean to impose on your private space. When you yelled I feared the worst of an assault."

"Well no assault here. Leave, I'm too tired to punch you." She sounded exhausted. Her journey with his sister must have been exhausting. His fingers twitched at his side calling his sand.

"As you wish." He lifted up his sand to vanish

"Kaze," Gaara paused, "do you know the name, Jogi Hiko?"

He hesitated racking his brain, "No, I will look into it."

"Well, that's the least you can do for seeing me naked." She probed him jokingly.

He threw a smirk over his shoulder "The least I could do is take you out to dinner first, but I guess we skipped that step. I will see you in the morning, Sakura."

Sakura watched him vanish in a whirl of sand. "Well, I hope he liked what he saw." She whispered to herself. She smacked her cheeks to get rid of the blush. "It's not the first time someone has seen you naked, Sakura."

Her brain went back to why she had screamed. She hadn't meant to be loud. Though when she had finished showering she had found a green marking on her inner thigh. This was right where the owl she had found in the ground had bit her. She ran her fingers over the dark green mark, she felt nothing raised as if she had been born with this it.

The marking was hot and it formed the shape of an owl head with its symbols. The mark was only about an inch wide and so close to her most vulnerable spot.

She flipped back onto the bed and stared at the ceilings. Kakashi had been right, this was a perfect distraction. She hadn't thought once about Sasuke or Naruto since being here. Oh, Sasuke. She could picture him laying next to her, as she lay there her eyes closed and she drifted off to sleep.

Sakura shook awake frighting off the nights dream of the war that happened months previously. Sakura looked around trying to find her surroundings. It took her a moment to come back to reality and realize she was not in the war she was in Suna. It must be early in the morning for the sunlight had just barely started to peak into the room. Sakura pushed her pink locks from out of her face. As she pushed out of bed the soreness echoed in her body.

Coffee.

It called to her. Where is the coffee? Sakura dressed herself in her usual outfit and brushed her hair. In the bathroom she stared at herself. She looked rough from traveling and little sleep. Emerald eyes sagged with bags and a frown sat on her lips. She generated her chakra to revive her slightly and set off to find her miracle drink.

Weaving through the halls she followed the scent of coffee and breakfast. The people in the Kazekage's building were already busy. Many addressing tasks and held her little mind as she drifted past them.

Turning another corner she ran straight into the man she didn't want to see until AFTER she had coffee. Gaara. When she means ran into she rannn into him. Face first connecting her entire face to his chiseled chest. By the looks of it his brother, Kankuro, stood by eyeballing the two. Gaara stood tall above her, was he this tall last night? Why was Kankuro staring at them like that. Then Sakura felt it. A hand snaked around her waist to steady her. Gaara's hand. He must have gripped onto her when she knocked into him. He's warmth made her shudder as she step back from him. Gaara's hand drifted back to his waist.

"Good morning, Kaze and Kankuro." Sakura bowed lightly, Gaara met her eyes.

"Sakura! You're the one the leaf village sent! Awesome!" Kankuro's loud voice made Sakura wince. Oh, how she needed coffee for this. "We were just on our way to the kitchens, want to join and discuss your tasks today." Sakura looked to Gaara for approval.

"Only if there is coffee." Sakura rubbed her temple at Kankuro's loud words.

"Hn." Was the only word(if you could call it that)that was uttered by Gaara.

Well I guess he needed coffee too before any real conversation could begin, Sakura shrugged. This she could understand. She fell in line with the duo and they continued to the kitchens. All the while Kankuro talking up a storm about a red head he met last night.