Hey Guys!
Don't prejudge! Put yourself in Kakashi's shoes, how would you feel? How would you react?
There's a reason for everything.
Just keep that in mind.
We have a lot ahead, so let's jump into the next chappy.
SquaMata
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30. A Night out
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The next day started as always with a wonderful breakfast in the private kitchen, but like most times they ate without the kazekage. The siblings and Shikamaru seemed curious.
"How was your date yesterday?" Temari asked.
Sakura smiled "Uhm, Gaara took me on a horseback ride to the secret valley, he showed me the temple of life and we had dinner at the oasis."
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"That's so romantic." The blonde fan wielder squeezed her boyfriend's arm.
The kunoichi of Konoha responded smiling "It was indeed."
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Kankuro turned to her with a broad grin on his face "What happened?"
The pinkette's cheeks turned red as she whispered still shyly "We kissed."
"Really?" Temari squealed.
Shikamaru put on his typical annoyed look and Kankuro choked on his scrambled eggs "Our dear brother, the sly dog!"
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The siblings laughed and Sakura joined them.
Whereas Kakashi put on a fake smile and stood up "Good for you! I'm sorry, but I have to leave if I want to be on time for Tsunade's messenger."
The silverhead left under false pretences for another brutal work-out, he didn't know why, but the urge to get some fresh air into his lungs became unbearable all of a sudden. He needed some time alone. His teammate doubted his excuse and Shikamaru became suspicious.
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Sakura worked at the hospital all day, Temari had made her promise to go out with her tonight. The two kunoichi went to the COCONUT LOUNGE again, there was girl's night.
"Buy one, get one free!" The blonde laughed, she needed a few hours of detachment from her boyfriend. They hadn't seen each other for months now, but today they had a controversial and she wanted to unwind.
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They sat down in a nice booth and after two cocktails, Sakura tried to talk with her.
"What did you guys fight over anyway?"
Temari sighed and responded "The usual. He's tired of hiding our relationship and complains about the distance, he finds it too troublesome. I have to admit he's right, but I can't help it. We can't make it official, not now."
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"But why not? I don't get it. Why are you forced to be unhappy only because Gaara hasn't found someone to marry by now?" The pinkette asked honestly.
The blonde shrugged "The council is old-fashioned. It's always a the-kazekage-comes-first-thing."
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"You shouldn't care too much. Make your relationship official, it's a great option to underline the ally after all!" Emerald eyes sent her an reassuring look.
Teal eyes showed sadness and pain "Sakura, there's another problem Shikamaru found out today. Maybe the council will be against two of those bonds between our villages."
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The pinkette frowned incredulously "But why? Two are better than one!"
"I don't know. He said it's just a speculation." The blonde sand nin fidgeted with the hem of her skirt.
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Sakura put a hand on her shoulder for comfort "You should talk with the council. At least you two have your brothers on your side, they are both council members and one of them is the highest of all. What's the worst that could happen?"
The other kunoichi took a deep breath "If they would vote against us, we could never be together or probably we would never be allowed to see each other again."
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"What? That's so mean. I'm so sorry for you, Temari!" To hell with that stupid council!
"I love him, I love him so much…" The fan wielder's voice was mere a whisper.
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"And so does he in return. Be optimistic! We will find a way I promise!" Sakura embraced her and they hugged each other for a while.
"Thank you, Sakura! You're a good friend." The two kunoichi let go and sat back.
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"What do you want to do now?" The pinkette asked.
Temari tapped her chin for a few times, pretending to think really hard. "Shots?"
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"Oh yeah!" Sakura smiled.
"Let's get royally drunk tonight!" The sister of the kazekage stated highly motivated and waved the waitress in a coconut bra over.
They ordered two Red Kamikaze shots and two Adios Motherfucker cocktails, but the waitress brought them four of each. Buy one get one free was a trap!
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Later the two girls went downstairs to the club.
After they had danced to a few songs on the dance floor they went over to the bar and drank some water. Of course they saw Kankuro and Kakashi sitting in a booth in the corner, they greeted from the distance. The two men had some good-looking civilian girls sitting at their table and seemed to be engrossed in conversations.
Finally Temari's brother walked over to them "Hey you two! Is everything alright?"
The two kunoichi giggled, they were obviously tipsy.
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Kankuro grinned broadly "I understand, so we had a few cocktails?"
"And a bunch of shots!" The pinkette answered laughingly.
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"Great, then I insist the next round will be on me. What do you want to drink?" He signalled to the barkeeper to take his order.
Sakura looked unobtrusively to the men's table, where a certain silverhead whispered something to a girl, then she smiled at the kazekage's brother standing next to her and responded "What about Fallen Leaves?"
"Great choice!"
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Kankuro ordered their cocktails and soon they clinked glasses. "To the Leaves!"
After their drink and a little chit-chat he went back to the booth.
The two kunoichi continued to work on their plan and ordered another round at the bar.
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After some more drinks and dances Temari wanted to go home, she missed her beloved and Sakura couldn't stand to witness the two chasers flirting around any longer. The two pretty drunk kunoichi strolled back to the tower. On their way the Konoha medic metabolized half of the alcohol from her system, due to her great skills and her former apprenticeship under the infamous sake-loving hokage.
She delivered the babbling blonde to Shikamaru and decided to go to the rooftop, the view from there was wonderful and she missed the calming breeze. The pink-haired kunoichi needed a place to think.
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As she sat there and stared into the night sky she heard footsteps.
"Sakura?"
"Good evening, Gaara!" She definitely was still a bit tipsy.
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The kazekage chuckled knowingly. "You know it's in the dead of night, right?"
She smiled at him, although a little drunk she was still a beauty. The young man sat down beside her and they began to talk.
He returned her smile and asked calm "Can't sleep again?"
Sakura nodded as a response. He put an arm gently around her and she nestled her head on his chest. His heartbeat comforted her.
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"I don't know how much you know about my past, but I was kept isolated for most of the time in an underground-vault. Maybe I'll show you someday. They had been afraid of the demon inside of me and I have to admit it wasn't that much fun when he came out to play." He chuckled low.
"He destroyed parts of the village while I was asleep. That's why I was forced to stop sleeping and they taught me how to fill up energy reserves with meditation. What I want to tell you is that I've never felt alone, although Shukaku had been an awful pain in the ass and bad company, he was always there for me and helped me a lot to go through all this. No matter how annoying he had been most of the time, as he was taken from me I fell into a deep depression.
I was deeply shocked to experience the true meaning of silence as he was gone. Do you know how terrifying silence could be? I had never felt that alone before in my whole life. After a year or so I began to hear him sometimes, whenever I needed him the most, he seemed to be still there."
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Gaara noticed she began to shiver, he looked down at her. She was wearing a black dress, not too short but the halter-neck strap left her shoulders bare to the desert night.
Sakura responded trembling due to the cold of the desert night and the current topic "I know that silence. It feels like you're dead but you're forced to stay alive."
He removed the grey hoodie he was wearing over his shirt and pulled it gently over her head, then he adjusted it. The freezing girl was surprised he was such a caring person. "Thank you, kaze… Gaara."
The young kazekage smiled at her and pulled her softly back to his broad chest. They talked a bit about the feeling of loneliness and how important it was to not lose yourself in haunting silence. Then Gaara led her down to her room and went upstairs to his own apartment. He had kissed her goodnight on her forehead.
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Sakura plopped down on her lounger and looked out of the huge window. A tear started to meander down her cheek. Old memories from her past washed over her, she had wanted to forget them long ago. She didn't like the part of her body she had been bullied for.
A kiss on my forehead?! My large forehead?!
You messed up again!
NO! I mean how? No!
Maybe you've done or said something repulsive or you've offended him accidentally?
Maybe it's because I'm a bit tipsy?
Maybe. Now we'll never know…
Shut up, I need to get this shit out of my veins!
What? No! We've worked so hard on that state! No! I like the intoxication! It's soothing.
Shut up! You're not Tsunade!
Yeah, but you miss her and all the others, that's why you wanted to drink!
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She ignored the hammering voice in her head and metabolized the alcohol from her system with her magnificent chakra skills. She had never thought she would use Tsunade's secret jutsu again.
You're not going to him, are you?
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Sakura didn't react as she brushed her teeth.
You know you can't fool yourself, right? You can't fool me!
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The pinkette walked upstairs. In front of the stair to the last floor stood two ANBU, Sakura looked shocked, she had been hoping no one would witness. The two men greeted with a nod and let her pass without a word. It felt weird for her.
Then she stood in front of a large dark wooden door decorated with wonderful carvings showing the history of the kazekage title. The kunoichi took a deep breath.
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Nearly sober now, Sakura took heart and knocked on Gaara's door.
After a few moments she heard footsteps from inside, he unlocked the heavy door and opened.
"Sakura?" He looked both surprised and worried. "Did something happen?" The young man cocked his head to the side, as she noticed he was only wearing a towel over his exquisite body, obviously he was taking a shower. God dammit!
"Could you please stay by my side tonight? I feel so lost in this new village." She really needed company, their talk before on the rooftop didn't help to calm her down. Old memories flashed through her mind and her inner self wouldn't stop talking.
The redhead smiled sexily as he grabbed her hand and gently pulled her to him. He closed the door behind them and kissed her softly, then he led her to his bedroom.
Who could deny that beautiful girl wearing his hoodie a wish? Under the kazekage robe's, he was only a man after all.
A very perfectly built one exemplar as she discovered…