Chapter 2

"Sakura! Wake up, we need to keep moving." Naruto's voice awoke the pink-haired teen, who opened her eyes slowly.

"Fine, Fine, I'm up." She grumbled. Sakura lifted herself to her feet, brushed some leaves off her, and followed Naruto and Sasuke out of the hollowed out tree the made their camp for the night. It was pretty nice actually. The entrance was covered by blackberry bushes, and inside the hollow, the floor was covered in a comfy cushion of heather, moss and leaves. A pretty nice bed if you asked her. The heaven scroll bounced around in her kunai pouch, while the earth scroll sat securely in Naruto's. Sasuke refused to hold it, seeing as he was the key of the team, and if he were to be attacked, they would all die. Sakura rolled her eyes at this, but didn't say anything. She couldn't exactly talk him out his own ego.

The trio raced through the trees, keeping an their eyes and ears open for any possible danger. It wasn't long before a foreign chakra scent hit her. She gave the signal for them to stop, and they did.

"Can you guys sense that?" Sakura asked, scrunching her eyes in concentration. Her teammates nodded, and Sasuke pointed to the left.

"Over there."

The three continued on their way, following the scent of the chakra. It's aura grew stronger and stronger as they grew closer. Finally they stopped on a tree branch, that gave a full view of a small clearing. 3 ninjas that looked to be from The Hidden Village of sound stood in the clearing, they're weird features and clothes giving Sakura the chills. Gaara, and is two companions stood in front of them. I could only just here them.

"Who are you trying to impress, kid? You cant beat me!" One of the sound ninjas laughed. Gaara just stared at them blankly, like he was bored.

"I'm going to kill you." Gaara said robotically. Sakura watched closely, wondering why the hell Gaara even challenged someone of such a high rank. The sound ninja clenched his jaw, looking extremely pissed off. He pulled out several umbrellas, and threw them directly to Gaara. Sakura's heart stopped for a second, knowing the outcome of this, and she let out a shocked gasp when he blocked all of them with sand.

"W-wha-?" The ninja who threw the umbrellas stammered. Gaara let a terrifying look come onto his face, and raised his arm slowly, hand opened wide. Sand slowly began to form around the sound ninja. Sakura felt a weird excitement building up in her, and she felt her head swirling around.

"Desert coffin." Gaara said slowly. The only girl on Gaara's team let a terrified expression come over her face. Sand completely devoured the sound ninja, who's screams were still clear, even under the blanket. Sakura grabbed her head, feeling like something was trying to take over her body.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto's concerned voice was far away, but Gaara's voice echoed clearly through her head.

"Dessert Funeral." After the words, Sakura heard the sounds of screaming, and something warm and sticky hit her leg. She opened her eyes, and saw the foggy image of blood on her leg. Then she blacked out.

Gaara's P.O.V

Gaara heard a rustle in the tree above him, and turned to see Sakura holding her head, and falling out of the tree. Her body was changing into something, the aura of a demon hitting him strongly. Her soft pink hair turned to a dark ebony black, and he could see her eyes turning to a bright red. Gaara watched in shock and horror as she hit the ground. Her teammates stayed in the tree, staring down at her in horror.

"Temari, Kankuro, take care of the other two." He ordered. His teammates nodded, and he disappeared into a thick of sand, reappearing beside the girl. Her eyes stared at him intensely, as he picked her body up in his arms.

"O-OI! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH SAKURA-CHAN!" Sakura's loud-mouthed blonde companion yelled from the tree.

"Something you don't have the guts to do yourself." He replied calmly, before disappearing with Sakura, or whoever she was now, in his arms.

Sikaru's P.O.V

"Why are you holding us?" The demon asked, her voice cold as ice.

"You're a demon. If I left you with Sakura's teammates, you would've been a goner for sure." Gaara replied, his voice the same. Fury took over Sikaru's face, but she wasn't comfortable in her body enough for her to hurt Gaara.

"I can take care of myself." She growled slowly. Gaara rolled his eyes, and placed her gently down on a bed of moss, and heather. She sighed and stared at the sky.

"Your own demon got me excited. I haven't seen the real world for a while, seeing as Sakura has never been around such strong energy." Sikaru chuckled. Gaara realized she looked quite calm for a demon.

"You think I'm calm for a demon. This is true. But I would never do something unnecessary, that might hurt Sakura." The girl in front of him whispered.

"What do you mean?" Gaara asked, keeping his voice cool.

"See's like I'll have to explain. Sakura was supposed to have a twin sister. That would be me. Her name would've been Sikaru, had she lived when she was given birth to. When I died, the medic nin transferred my remaining chakra to Sakura's body, forming it into a seal on her back. This was the symbol of twins. Now that I have taken over her body for the first time, the seal should be clear to see." Sikaru explained, her eyes calm and peaceful. Suddenly her hand grabbed her forehead, and she closed her eyes in pain.

"Uh-oh…Time for me to go.." And with that being said, Sikaru blacked out, and changed back into Sakura. Her eyes opened once more, her eyes a bright emerald green once again.

Gaara's P.O.V

"Gaara? W-what happened?…" Sakura whispered, her eyes clouded with confusion. She tried to sit up, groaned, and fell back down.

"Rest for now. I'll explain later." Gaara grumbled. Sakura nodded lazily. She placed her head on his lap and snuggled up to him, like a little kid. Gaara couldn't help a small blush from creeping onto his face.

"No! You don't feel…flustered…You only love yourself, only care for yourself. This girl has no effect on you whatsoever!" Gaara shouted to himself mentally, though he didn't think this was true. Gaara sighed inwardly, and watched the pink-haired girl as she slept.

"OI! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO SAKURA?!" A loud voice yelled from behind him. Gaara jumped, made sure Sakura hadn't waken up, and turned to face the voice.

"I helped her. Keep your voice down, or she might wake up." Gaara replied blankly. The spiky blonde-haired boy clenched his fists, while the one next to him, Sasuke, narrowed his eyes.

"Why is she asleep in the first place?" He asked coolly.

"She used to much chakra in her transformation." Gaara said it like it were obvious, which it was. A small sneeze came from Sakura, and Gaara found it kind of cute. He turned back to her, and saw her staring up at him.

"Naruto's yelling woke me up…He's really annoying you know…" She whispered, a small grin coming onto her face. Gaara stared down and nodded in agreement.

"OI! What are you guys talking about?!" Naruto yelled. Gaara and Sakura both rolled their eyes, and Sakura sat up, to Gaara's slight disappointment.

"Were saying that you're kind of annoying." Sakura said, with a slight shrug. Naruto's jaw dropped, and Sasuke sniggered slightly.

"Don't get so cocky Uchiha, you're worse then him." She hissed to said boy, who's jaw also dropped. Naruto laughed at this, and Gaara couldn't help a small smirk. Sakura had only a minutes rest, and she had already recovered most of her energy.

"Sakura, we need to get to the tower and turn in our scrolls. Unless you want to lose." Sasuke growled, glaring at her with eyes like ice. Sakura stood up, brushed off her dress, and started to walk towards the raven-haired boy. Gaara watched her hand curl into a tight fist, and she stopped right in front of Sasuke. Sakura pulled back her fist, and slammed it down hard on Sasuke's head.

"BAKA! DON'T EVER SAY I WANT TO LOSE AGAIN, OR ELSE I'LL PUNCH YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE!" Sakura yelled, her face red with anger. Gaara smirked and shook his head, already used to her loud voice. He figured it was time to leave, and vanished in a whirl of sand.

Sakura's P.O.V

Sakura turned around to find Gaara's place empty.

"G-Gaara? Where did he go?" She asked, looking from side to side. A slight pinch of disappointment panged her stomach, and sighed. Sakura shrugged, guessing it would be better for him to leave anyways.

(Ok! Sorry, I cant keep writing using Sakura, and she, and her, and etc. I need to use I, SO continuing, using I!)

Sasuke's glare was burning into my turned head and I gritted my teeth. I whirled around to glare back at him, already wanting to punch him again. For some reason, I felt like the last one just wasn't hard enough.

"Is there a problem?" I growled. He sighed and shook his head "no". I smirked and gave him a *I-didn't-think-so* look. Sasuke rolled his eyes, and turned away from my gaze. I realized then, how much I hated being around this guy. Maybe it really was time to make a change.

Ok! Sorry for the late update guys, I haven't been feeling so good lately, but I hope you stayed with me! PLEASE, leave a review! I feel like my stories aren't good enough when you don't!