Summary: "Please daddy! I don't want to! Please stop!" cried Sakura. She was scared and alone.
Nine years later 16 year old Sakura Haruno goes on vacation in Suna and she's staying with Gaara
and his siblings. A surprise visit to Sakura will leave her feeling scared and alone again. Will
someone be there for her? What does the Kazekage have to say about this? GaaXSaku.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters the appear in my story.
Chapter 18
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Sakura looked up and her eyes widened in surprise. "Hey Saku! Did you think you could kill me that easily?!" Akihiko screamed. Sakura screamed bloody murder. Her screaming could be heard through out Konoha. Gaara heard her scream and ran much faster. Gaara stopped in his tracks. "A decoy." He said.
Akihiko push Sakura inside the house and pulled out a 12 inch knife and jabbed it into Sakura's stomach. Sakura let out and high pitched scream and fell to the ground clutching her stomach. Akihiko began to sing. "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, happy birthday. Happy birthday to you." Akihiko laughed like a maniac. He lifted the knife and slammed it down onto Sakura's back. Sakura let out another scream. "Don't worry my little Saku. When your dead I'll cut up your body parts and make a cherry blossom milkshake out of you and drink it!" He laughed again. She heard him say "and I'll do the exact same thing to your boyfriend too!" before she passed out.
Gaara quickly took care of the weak decoy and he ran to Sakura's house. He slammed through the door and found blood covering everything. On the wall said "Happy birthday Saku." in blood. Gaara panicked and quickly checked every room in the tiny house. "WHERE THE ARE YOU?!" Gaara screamed and ran out onto the street. He saw Tsunade walking up to him. "Tsunade! Sakura's gone and there's blood everywhere in there!" Gaara shouted at her. "Oh? Then I guess we will have to postpone our battle here." Tsunade said in a calm voice. Gaara nodded. Just then Gaara and Tsunade heard Sakura scream. "That way!" Tsunade shouted. They ran towards the scream. "I hope she's alright." Gaara thought and continued to run.
Akihiko brought Sakura to the caves behind the Hokage's stone heads. "I thought he was dead!" Sakura cried. Akihiko walked over to Sakura and pressed the knife up to her neck. "Scream. I dare you." he said to her. Sakura closed her eyes and waited for something to happen.
Gaara and Tsunade ran up the stairs and into the tunnel that lead to the cave. They could hears Sakura's cries of pain. Tsunade ran in front of Gaara and ran much faster. Gaara also ran quicker but not as fast as Tsunade. Tsunade ran through the cave's entrance and stopped. Gaara followed her actions. Akihiko looked up and smiled. He took the knife and lifted it up behind Sakura and lowered it very quickly. Sakura waited to be killed. She opened one of her eyes and looked ahead of her. "Gaara.."she whispered. she looked behind her and opened her other eye. Tsunade stood behind her holding Akihiko's arm. She tightened her grasp on his arm and he let out a scream. Gaara ran up to Sakura and pulled her away. "You take Sakura to the hospital. I'll deal with him." Tsunade said not looking up from Akihiko. Gaara nodded and lifted Sakura up into his arms and left. Tsunade smiled at Akihiko. He looked scared. Tsunade laughed and began her beating.
Gaara ran into Konoha hospital with Sakura. A nurse saw him and got a stretcher. He placed Sakura onto the bed and watched as she was wheeled away into another room. He sighed and headed back towards Tsunade and Akihiko. He ran into the entrance and looked around. Tsunade was standing in the corner and was standing over Akihiko's now dead body. Tsunade turned around and smiled at him. "Usually an ANBU member would take care of someone like this but I had to do it myself." she said while looking at Gaara. He nodded. "Go back to Sakura. I'll wait for the ANBU to take away the body." Tsunade said to him. Gaara nodded again and left.
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Sakura woke up to a bright light. she looked around. "Am I in the hospital or heaven?" she said out loud. "The hospital Sakura." Gaara said. "She turned around. "Gaara! When did you get to Konoha?" she asked him. "That's not important right now Sakura. How are you feeling?" He looked into her eyes. She blushed. "I'm alright. A bit sore but I'll live." she said. He smiled at her. "What happened to..." she trailed off. "He's dead. Don't worry. Tsunade made sure of it." he said. She nodded and began to cry. Gaara came over and hugged her. She rubbed her eyes. "Thank you Gaara." she looked up at him. He smiled. "Anytime Sakura." he said. They leaned closer to each other. Theirs lips grazed each other's before Naruto barged in yelling at the nurses. "I want to see Sakura-Chan!" he yelled. Gaara and Sakura pulled away blushing. "Whoa! Are you guys sick? Your all red!" Naruto yelled at them. "Were fine Naruto." Gaara said while getting up. "I'll leave you two alone." Gaara said and walked out. Sakura and Naruto talked a bit. "I bet that would have been a great kiss." inner Sakura said. Sakura blushed. "Sakura-chan! Your red again! Do you need a doctor?!"Naruto yelled. Sakura shook her head. "I'll be fine." she said. She looked up at the door and saw Gaara smiling at her.