A/n: Yeah!! A new chapter!!! I hope you all like it lol and I got some pretty crazy reviewers freaking out about the whole Ino/Gaara thing don't worry my reviewers don't worry at all how could you even think it would stay that way! I cried no faith at all I could never betray my FAVORTIST couple in the whole world!! Lol anyway I hope you like it please REVIEW!!
"WHAT?!?" they all yelled, Ino sighed "Konoha and Suna wanted to strengthen the alliance so we have to get married" Ino said trying hard to sound 'happy' about it. Sakura looked at Gaara and he looked at her, then Sakura looked away and stared sadly out the window.
'What do I care I don't have feeling for him anymore' Sakura said trying to convince herself, "are you serious?" Kiba asked wanting it not to be true. Naruto nodded "it is true" they all looked at Gaara and Ino, it looked as if Ino wanted to cry and Gaara looked completely pissed off.
Temari smashed the door open and ran in, "Gaara!" she yelled now out of breath, "the sand bandit army is just 100 miles away from the village, we have to go!" she said running back out the door. Gaara looked out the window seeing the large army come nearer, he growled under his breath "Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai, and Gai you go in a group and take care of the western most side, Neji you and your team take the mid-west side, Choji, Kiba, and Shino take the eastern most side, Naruto and Hinata you will help Temari and Shikamaru with the mid east, and then Ino and…" Gaara broke off and looked at her.
"And Sakura will be with me in the center" he told them, "what gives you the right to tell me who I should fight with!" Sakura glared at him, he glared back at her "not now Sakura!" he shouted everyone stared at them, "why not now! I think now is good!" she screamed back. "Because my village is going to be invaded if we do this!" he shouted even louder, "and that's my problem?" Sakura snickered, Gaara twitched "IT WILL BE YOUR PROBLEM!" he yelled as his sand surrounded her.
Sakura just stood still and glared at him, "I'd like to see you try" she whispered under her breath, but it was clearly heard by the sand master, his glare intensified and his sand wrapped around her body and tightly formed around her. "Do it" Sakura urged him on, "Sakura…" Naruto said sadly, "STOP IT!" Ino screamed, but neither paid attention to her, "come on Gaara, where's that cold heart of yours" Sakura smirked.
Gaara tighten his hold and Sakura flinched a little, "can't do it can you?" Sakura tried to laugh, all the sand fell from around her and surrounded him, her and Ino and they all disappeared in a swirl of sand. "All right you heard the Kazekage let's go" Kakashi sighed and they all disappeared in a puff of smoke.
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They appeared in front of Suna, Sakura stood immediately and walked up to Gaara and glared at him from mere centimeters away, "why didn't you just kill me! I have nothing to live for why would it matter if I were dead!" Sakura yelled in his face. A slight sadness could be seen in his eyes but it soon vanished and was replaced by anger, but Sakura caught it and it made her wonder, "you want to die fine!" he yelled back at her and once again his sand surrounded her and tightened.
He smirked, "I wonder if Cherry Blossoms bleed red like everyone else or if its pink" he said grabbing her chin and making her face him, "don't call me that" she glared. "I guess we'll find out" he said evilly, Ino didn't know what to do, she didn't know what was going on, she sat in the sand holding her head trying to figure it out.
Someone tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around and saw Kankuro, he looked at her and then at Gaara and Sakura, "does he know that the army is only about 5 miles away?" Kankuro asked her. Ino blinked "I don't know" she admitted, they looked back at Gaara and Sakura, sand slide up to her shoulder and slit swiftly, Sakura cringed at the depth the sand cut.
She felt a small tear run down her cheek, Gaara went wide eyed and the sand fell, it rushed back to him and he just stared at her, he held his head and heart area 'WHAT HAVE I DONE!' he yelled at himself. Sakura quickly healed the cut and looked at Gaara, "Gaara…" she said worriedly and approached him.
"SAKURA WATCH OUT!" Ino screamed, Sakura looked forward and saw a barrage of arrows headed right towards them, Sakura put her arms in front of her face and shut her eyes. She slowly opened them and saw Gaara standing in front of her with a huge wall of sand risen in front of him, she walked beside him and looked at him a glint of yellow were in his eyes.
Sakura let more tears slide down her face, "Shukaku," she said hoarsely, he looked at her and then the sand fell down, she sat Gaara down "Gaara don't worry Ino, Kankuro, and I can take care of this" Sakura said to the half conscious Gaara, "no," he said in a mono toned voice. He stood and grabbed her hand and a huge sand storm began, blinding anything and everything from view "no harm shall ever come to you again, by anyone" he said.
Sakura looked up at him, "Why Gaara…" Sakura cried, but she looked up and he disappeared into the sand suddenly the sand went crazy and then it all vanished and there was no trace of the army that had been there. Sakura blinked and looked around to see all the others safe, she sighed and looked around for Gaara but could not find him, "Ino I'm going back to look for Gaara, he's gone missing" she told her and ran off, although she knew exactly where he was.
Ino blinked and looked at Kankuro, "what is going on with those two?" asked as he helped her up, "you mean you didn't know, they broke up a couple months ago, this was to be expected" he said lazily as they began their walk back to Suna. "THEY WERE GOING OUT?!" Ino yelled in surprise, "Are you kidding?" she asked wondering if it were some joke, "no, they really did, I actually thought it would have been worse but it's pretty good" he told her.
"But what's with them now?" she asked, Kankuro sighed and looked at the blonde "you don't know?" he questioned; "ok I didn't know they were seeing each other so that would be a no" she glared at him. "Sorry" he said sarcastically, "I'll tell you then" he said looking out at the sand, "Well, my brother and Sakura began seeing each other a little after the Akatsuki incident and Sakura and Naruto would get as many missions here as possible" Kankuro began.
"you could defiantly tell they fell in love with each other, but a couple months ago Gaara told her they could not have a relationship because they lived so far away and that made Sakura angry because Temari and Shikamaru were in the same situation" Kankuro looked at her to make sure she was getting all of this.
"Gaara still loves her with all his heart and that will never change, he would die before he let anyone lay a finger on Sakura," Ino looked confused "if he still loves her why did he tell her it was…over" Kankuro nodded with her, "well he could protect her from everybody but one person and it was the most threat to her," he trailed off, "and who was that?" Ino asked.
"Himself," Kankuro said sadly, Ino went wide eyed "what do you mean?" Kankuro sighed once again, "one day Gaara and Sakura got into an argument which they do often but this was different, Sakura got very angry and threw a…I think it was a chair" Kankuro rubbed his head trying to think.
"Oh well it doesn't matter, anyway she threw something and Gaara got really mad and somehow Shukaku got out and well…Sakura had to go to the hospital and they had to repair her lag from the injury she received" Kankuro frowned as did Ino. "My brother would come out of his office for days and when Sakura got better and heard the news she went straight to him, see Sakura is they only one who has lived and tested Shukaku, but she didn't care because she loved my brother that much" he said trying to hold his sadness in.
"She didn't care that he had hurt her because she knew it wasn't his fault, but my idiot brother wouldn't listen and made up some dumb excuse and told her it was over for them, I wanted to punch him…he gave up the only damn thing that made him happy" Kankuro said angrily. Ino frowned more and wiped the tears that had fallen and looked at him "and he still loves her, so I guess he wasn't to happy seeing that she came and is going to be in the wedding" Ino said sadly.
Kankuro nodded, "he tries to pretend that he doesn't care for her anymore but its obvious that he still loves her, she's the only one he wont harm and Shukaku would never kill her but he would hurt her and that's why Gaara made her go" Ino nodded and noticed they had made it back to the village "well thanks for informing me Kankuro" Ino bowed and hurried off.