A/N: Well here we are again. Just you and me! It kind of rhymed..yeah. I've been pretty bored so I'm glad I am getting the chance to work on my story again. I also realize I haven't updated in a few days! ARGH! Sorry Because I know if I don't update then… I get lazy and don't do it for months. And people hate that. Thanks for reviewing everyone! You really help me with your encouragement and such. Its really helpful! Thanks all!

…Oh yeah… I wanted to say something.. Itachi if all goes according to schedule should be appearing in this chapter! And if not… I'm really sorry! I love him too –swoon- and Gaara of course. When they get all viscous over Sakura –fawns- yep! Well that's it.

Disclaimer: JUST BECAUSE I DON'T OWN NARUTO DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T BE A COMPLETE NARUTARD! YAY!

Chapter 4

"Gaara" Temari whined. She'd carried the girl most of the way to Suna. The girl had yet to even flutter an eyelash.

"What?" Gaara snarled at his sister.

She knew he wouldn't attack her. Or hurt her. But that didn't stop her from cringing.

"Could you please carry Sakura-sama for awhile. I'm really tired and she's heavy for me" Temari whined softly. Batting her lashes at her brother hoping he would accept.

He didn't respond. Gently wrapping the girl in a blanket of sand he lifted her from Temari's back.

"Why are we taking her back to Suna anyway? Won't she be angry?" Temari asked looking at her brother quirking an eyebrow thoughtfully.

"…She's a medic" he answered avoiding both of her questions. "Now shut up and walk" He snapped as an after thought.

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Sakura had awoken as she did everyday. One in the afternoon on the dot. Never earlier. And Of course never later. It may have been late for a lot of people but. It was perfect for her. She worked odd hours at the hospital. And, it meant she could easily avoid people in Konoha she didn't like or found obnoxious. At that time Naruto would be finishing up a second bowl of ramen at the stand.

She found herself tucked in the warmth of blood red sheets. Her face buried in the soft fur of her companion (Panda-chan). It appeared as though he were asleep. Purring softly from beneath her head.

"Foxes don't purr" she giggled scratching him behind the ears. Lazily she peered into the dim room.

It hadn't occurred to her until she stretched her legs that she wasn't laying in her own bed. In-fact, this wasn't her apartment either.

"Panda-chan!" she cried latching onto the fox and squealing like a fan girl. Her eyes darted around fearfully. Slowly the feeling of being trapped began to fill her. Sakura looked for the exit. She dashed to it yanking the door open roughly.

"Morning sleepy head" Temari said as though a strange girl darting out of a room every morning was normal.

"Errr… Where am I?" She asked a light blush staining her cheeks.

"Suna" Temari said giving her a glance over her shoulder as she walked down a flight of stairs.

"How the hella did I get to Suna…?" Though sleep walking was something that would be a bit out of the ordinary. Making your way all the way to Suna, sleep walking.. That was a bit extreme.

'You gave your word I just enforced it'

Panda-chan gave an arrogant wave of his tail as he stalked towards the stairs. If he got a moment alone he'd be back to his normal self. Something he hadn't been able to do for awhile. The door to his study was slightly ajar. With a paw the door opened easily.

He pressed his back against the door. The wood was cool against his skin. Sighing he looked down at his arms. Human, there still had to be a way to rid himself of the curse.

"Brother?" Temari knocked on the door waiting for him to give her permission to enter his private study.

"Hn" He moved away from the door to take a meditating position on the floor. "Update me" Gaara commanded not bothering with a greetings.

His sister was rather fond of his withdrawn attitude and nodded her head. "Well.. Everything is peaceful in Suna. Its been getting hotter and hotter, but the council believes its due to the summer months drawing closer"

Gaara cracked one eye open and gave her a dark glance as to say 'anything I might actually give a shit about?'

"Right, anyway. There is someone who holds a proposition for you" She said shuffling from one foot to the other.

"What kind of proposition?" He asked using his sand to lift himself gracefully to his feet.

"A relief to the curse" she answered a bit too quickly. "But the price will be high…."

She turned away from the window to look at her brother, only to find him gone.

"Gaara-sama!" she cried rushing down the hallway after him. "You don't even know where to meet him!" She smashed her hand into the wall.

Sakura came around the corner. Her eyes of swirling blue and green locking onto Temari. She tilted her head curiously to see who she was talking. Soft fur brushed against her leg. "Aww Pand-chan" she cooed crouching down to scratch him on the head.

'Don't call me that' He buried his nose in her hand and sniffed it lightly. 'flower blossoms and rain'

Temari looked down at the annoyed form of Gaara. He snorted tossing his fur and closing his eyes letting the bright haired teenager stroke him.

"Anyway.. Panda-chan you should go down to the sushi bar and get something nice to eat" she hinted at where he would find the male. "You'll probably get hungry around five won't you boy?" She leaned down and patted him.

For a moment Gaara looked like he would have let it slip. Then ever slowly he turned his head and narrowed his eyes. Snapping at her. 'Go away' He seethed not enjoying her watching him being rather tame with the girl he tried to destroy at the nin exams.

"I'll see you around Sakura… Maybe we'll hit some shops or something if the kazekage lets us that is" Temari smiled not missing a beat as she turned and headed away. Still wary of Gaara's teeth.

"…Wait! Temari" Sakura let 'Panda-chan' drop to the floor and rushed after the other female. "Do you really mean it?" She stared at her with large eyes. "I haven't been able to do anything with anyone normal for… Days.. Months… years!"

Temari rolled her eyes at the younger konoichi. "Of course I mean it…" She began to head off.

"One more thing!" Sakura's face now matched her pink hair. "How did I get here?" She asked shuffling her feet nervously.

"You should ask Gaara later. I'm afraid I don't really know how it happened." Temari now vanished down the hallway to get away from her questions. She'd be damned if she'd dig herself a grave because she said the wrong thing to the girl.

"Panda-chan" The fox had latched onto Sakura's pant leg and was pulling her in the direction of the stairs. " Oh hella what do I have to lose" she threw her hands in the air and followed after him.

After being dragged through all of the village to the training grounds she pouted sulkily. "You should have led me to hot springs or something" She crouched beside him waiting for him to do something else. "So what do you want to show me?"

'Hn… Just watch' Gaara couldn't help but want her to understand who he was. It wasn't that he wanted her to fear him like everyone else. But rather. If the girl could understand it seemed so much easier to accomplish things rather than to have her dragging him about as though he were a pet. In-fact referring to him as 'boy' all the time was rather annoying.

Using his nose he nudged a small pile of sand at her feet.

"You want to go to the beach?" She asked innocently.

'Are you stupid. What would I do at the beach!

This time he used his tail to swipe through the sand.

"You belong to Gaara of the sand?" She asked leaned down above him.

Panda-chan's ears perked up in approval. 'If you keep thinking like this you might get it'

"Is that it?" She asked looking at him with an eyebrow quirked.

Now he shook his head and prodded in the sand again.

"You have a secret crush on Gaara… Like all the girls in this village?" She smiled tilting her head back to muse. "His eyes are so dark and brooding. Almost like Sasuke's only… err… I guess they both tried to kill me. But… still.. Gaara if he can rule a village he has certainly changed" she defended with a mild blush. "I'm sorry for rambling while your trying to tell me something"

'Like all the girls in the village eh?' He gave her a wolfish grin and nudged his nose into the sand. This time narrowing his eyes at her and giving her a snarl.

"You could almost be human" she muttered looking at the clouds.

And so they left the training grounds. Gaara still unable to reason with her. But five was drawing close and he had to be to the pub.

He arrived moments to the hour. Temari was settled in a seat expecting him. She waved to him and he pounced up on a seat next to her. Sakura had come with him. Following after him but only for a drink of sake to toast the night.

Gaara tediously fended against females that cooed over him. Wiping their oily hands through his soft fur and pressing their lips against it in wonder. He rewarded them with viscous snarls waiting for someone to enter and look his way other than the girls that swooned at the sight of a wild but beautiful animal.

"Gaara no Subaku" a icy voice hissed through the dimness of the cheerful bar.

Gaara looked up. Locking his eyes with red ones. He snarled waiting for the person to name his price. The person he already despised. He held the looks of an older Sasuke, with dark clothes of the Atasuki.

"You know my price is high" he said gazing at him with his red eyes swimming with bloodlust.

'Just give me the cure already' Gaara snapped his fangs together irritably.

"Have patience" Temari hissed looking to the male in front of them. Indeed he was nice looking. She shivered. But his eyes seemed to see through her.

Sakura didn't seem to be paying attention to the scene at her side. She noticed the male and blushed slightly. Her mind hazed by the sake she'd been drinking. He looked just like Sasuke. A guy she would do anything for. Swiftly she shook her head to clear the thought. He was the older Uchiha brother. Her blood ran cold, as he took a seat at her side quietly conversing with Temari. He's surely kill everyone in the bar just as he did his own family.

Itachi's lips curved into a smirk as he watched the girl to his left's emotions. Obviously the fox didn't like the way he was looking at her. Because he growled to draw his focus back on him.

"…I want the girl" Itachi smirked reaching in his cloak to pull out the small potent bottled potion and laid it on the counter.

'…Whatever'

Gaara's eyes hardened for a moment. He swiped the bottle from the counter and drank greedily.

Temari shuddered in horror. What had Gaara done. Condemning Sakura to Itachi's power. She'd never forgive him.

Just like that it was done. Itachi efficiently tucking her into his cloak and holding her firmly. She was a trophy of sorts. He'd given Gaara what he wanted. Then swiftly stolen away what his brother wasted his time protecting. She was the reason he'd been so week and unable to kill him. Now he himself was holding her. He felt powerful with her small form pressed to his and her muscles lax. It would be easy to kill her if he wanted. If he did he wouldn't be able to see what was so great about her. Even the great Naruto had protected her. Why?

There was a flash of red and Gaara stood beside him seething. "You have something of mine"

Itachi smirked coldly. "A deal is a deal" He answered pulling the girl closer so he'd be able to move faster. Sakura was out cold her whole body limp. She looked peacefully unaware two men were about to kill one another in her name.

"I never agreed to anything" Gaara snarled. Behind him sand rose up in a great wave and lunged foreword at the red eyed teen.

Itachi merely chuckled and leapt away. "So she's got you under her spell as well" He nuzzled the top of her head. "I'd like to see what is so great about her"

With another flash of red Gaara was ontop of him. "She's from Konoha" He defended.

His hand firmly on Itachi's neck. The older Uchiha didn't bother to block the attack. There was a flash of white as a searing pain ran through him. Starting from his neck and growing with every beat of his heart.

Knowing he couldn't attack the Kazekage with the girl slowing him down he vanished in an infamous puff of smoke all ninja's tend to vanish mysteriously.

A/N: HAH! Cliff Hanger! .; So umm I guess I'll try to post sooner next time. Sorry if it's a little slow in this chapter. T.T; I promise there will be fluff coming up! I swear on… Well.. Umm.. My fan? Oo What it's very important when its hot out.

BWAH! In the next chapter there will be a jealous Gaara and Itachi/Sakura fluff! YAY! I can't wait to write it.