"Alright.We know it's the beginning of the semester so to kick off your newly 9th grade lives we're taking a trip to a ski resort in Hakuraba.The trip is planned to take place two days from now. We're going on bus and the trip costs 2722.72 yen."Kakashi stated as he read from the flyer the school board had given to him. It had been almost three days since the first stay of school. Since the first school fight.Sakura looked out the window of the classroom, not really paying attention to the announcement .Gaara had an illness.
He never told anyone only his siblings knew, it was his heart. His heart was weaker than most and there for very delicate. If Gaara did too much he would cause his arteries to swell up, closing all blood flow to the heart. All the blood that was being blocked off by the closed artery caused it to redirect to the lungs. Basically, Gaara would drown in his own blood. The illness was very dangerous and life threatening .There was a way however to save Gaara if that happened. But there was really no cure, just treatment.
Sakura frowned, ever since that confusing first day she's been different. She certainly hangs around Sasuke less and less, not really caring about him anymore.Temari and Ino became the best of friends and Temari blames all this was Sakura's fault. So she is teased countlessly almost everyday. She didn't care, she cared about Gaara.The last person she saw herself thinking off, now he was all she had on her mind and heart.
She wasn't sure what she felt for him exactly; all she knew was that the kiss he gave her was something so perfectly beautiful that there are no words for it. The bell rang and class ended for the day. Everyone began to exit and as Sasuke walked to the door Naruto stopped. He looked at Sakura, she seemed distant and not moving.Sasuke looked back at Naruto, the deep blue eyes of the blond looked at Sasuke a bit worried.
Sure Naruto wasn't so found of Sakura as he was, because she would cling to Sasuke like a mother would do with a first child. But now she seemed to ignore Sasuke and Naruto felt bad for her. He walked over to her and sat on her desk.
"Ne….Sakura-chan.You want to come with Sasuke and me to the mall? We can pick up ski gear if you like." He said, hoping he didn't sound girly.Honestly Naruto hated shopping and Sasuke didn't care for it.Sakura looked up at Naruto,her green eyes didn't hold that preppy and annoying Sakura anymore.
"Thanks Naruto-kun….But I'm going to go visit Gaara at the hospital." She said calmly, her voice was very mellow and soft. She almost sounded like a serious version of Hinata.Naruto frowned, it all she seemed to do. Visit Gaara when his siblings weren't there and then go home and do what? Dread over her life.Naruto didn't like it one bit, they were friends after all.
"C'mon Sakura-chan.We'll go shopping and them, me and Sasuke will go with you to the hospital. So that his siblings can't try anything." He added, really wanting her to go and have fun.Naruto hated seeing her this way,Sasuke waited at the door looking at the two.TenTen popped out of nowhere with Hinata,right behind Naruto and Sakura.
"Yeah Sakura! I'll go too, I need knew gear if I want to tear up the riff and Hinata could use some nice boots and a hat! Come with us…oh fashion goddess."TenTen said suddenly, all dramatically. Hinata giggled and smiled,Naruto yelped and fell over a chair by TenTen's sudden entry.TenTen laughed and Sasuke just sighed, leaning against the door frame.Sakura couldn't help but smile.
It had been a awhile since they could all hang out. She finally agreed to go then visit Gaara after. The gang headed for the mall.
Temari sat on the floor of the hall. She looked absent mindedly in front of her, everything seemed to be going wrong.Gaara was in the hospital and her Father was furious because of it. Because he was wasting money on what he considered just a puppet.Kakashi walked out of the classroom just as everybody left. Only to find Temari sitting on the floor. She seemed like a mess.Kakashi knelt before her and spoke in his ever so soothing voice.
"Temari-chan….aren't you going to go get ready for the trip that will be taking place soon?" He asked. The girl didn't look at him. She felt numb in every part of her body. Almost slowly, a few tears began to slid down the girls face.Temari stood up, and turned away from him.
"I-I'm fine…."She said lowly and began to walk away. Kakashi watched her leave and sighed heavily. He stood up, looking at her as she left. Shaking the thoughts that were entering his mind Kakashi walked back into the classroom. He sat at his desk looking down at some papers blankly. Like expected, the cunning Kakashi always had a solution for most things. But this time he was mixed up a bit. He was surprised that the young teenager Temari got to him. But deep down he knew it was wrong. It was wrong for a 23 year old man to love a 16 year old girl. That's right she was a girl not a woman.Kakashi took a pen and began to write his lesson plan for tomorrow.
The group reached the mall by bus and started to browse the stores.Sakura's mind was simply on wanting to see Gaara at the hospital. It was her fault for leaving him like that. She shook her head and promised herself that she was going to concentrate on hanging out with everyone for now. Then she could think about Gaara all she wanted when they went into the hospital.Sakura sighed with determination, and turned her head looking at the group.Sakura followed them into one of the Sports store and basically tagged along with Naruto and Sasuke.Sakura raised an eyebrow noticing something.Naruto and Sasuke seemed oddly close. The last time the two seemed to hate each other with such a burning intensity, but they seemed pleased with each other now.Sakura caught up to them and looked at them both as the three picked out ski coats.
"Um…Just wondering. Are you two like best friends now? I remember last year you like…Well, hated each other."Sakura asked as she spotted a pink ski coat.Naruto looked up and blushed very lightly. He looked back down at the rack of clothes as he kept looking for one. Was it that obvious that Sasuke and he liked one another.Sasuke didn't look up and didn't really look for anything. But one glance revealed the struggled on Naruto's face to come up with an excuse.
"We decided it was pointless to fight over things all the time….."Sasuke responded first.Naruto smiled and agreed quickly. Relived the raven found out something before the Haruno girl got suspisious.Sasuke moved some rack of clothing out of utter boredom.
"What about you….You seem less clinging with me and more interested in that Gaara kid…."Sasuke asked bluntly. Thinking it was only fair to ask something like that back.Naruto shoot a glare at Sasuke for just asking it like it was whatever. The raven ignored Naruto's glare and his deep onyx eyes lingered on the form of Sakura.Her face went slightly pink and she looked down.
"Well…I mean. It's kinda stupid of me to go after you when you don't like me…."Sakura said lowly, not looking at either of them. Now is when you realize that. Both Naruto and Sasuke thought in unison. She didn't answer the part about Gaara.In truth she didn't know herself. After that day. After he kissed her, it was all she was able to think about .She could never forgive herself for what she did to him that day.Naruto saw the pained expressions on her face and frowned. The whole point was to get her mind off it not remind her.
"Umm.Sakura-chan.Do you like this?" He asked, randomly pulling out a pink ski jacket out of the rack.Sakura looked up, she smiled. It was actually very pretty.
"Wow.Thanks."She said walking over to Naruto and taking the jacket .Naruto smiled.
In other news, Hinata and TenTen were at the accessories department. Picking out goggles .Hinata looked for a cute pair of blue ones while TenTen was focused more on durability than look or popularity .TenTen looked at Hinata who was deciding between the snowflake ones or the plain visor looking one.
"Hinata-chan.Do you still like Naruto-kun?"TenTen asked out of the blue. The girl gasped lightly and dropped both goggles. She nervously bent down to pick them up, TenTen couldn't help but laugh.
"Why…do you think that TenTen-chan…."She said softly and nervously. Not knowing how to exactly respond to that question. She put both pairs away and fumbled with her fingers.TenTen watched her, thinking that her little nervous movements were cute.
"Just asking. I mean, you've liked him for a long time. I can tell, it's obvious. Why not just ask him out already."TenTen said rather bluntly and finally picked the peach-colored goggles.Hinata looked down and decided to go with the visor ones. Before she could answer, Naruto and the others joined up with them. After that they all went out for smoothies and the next stop was the hospital.
Walking down the street, TenTen and Hinata parted with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura at the street corner. The three walked on, towards the hospital. Finally reaching it, they were lucky to know that none of Gaara's relatives where there.Sakura went on her own to go see him as Naruto and
Sasuke waited in the lobby. Taking the elevator, Sakura walked into Gaara's room. Her green eyes laid on his figure as he slept peacefully .If only he'd wake up.
She sat on a chair that was next to his bed.Sakura watched him for a long time. Tears tugged at her eyes and silently they ran down her face. She sniffed and leaned forward. Kissing Gaara softly on the cheek, she didn't know why but she felt like she had to. A few tears dripped onto his delicately painted face. It wasn't until Sakura let out a light shriek of joy, when she felt Gaara squeeze her hand softly.
Moey's Sticky Note:
Squeeee!! Chapter six my minions! And with ANOTHER cliff-hanger! xD
I've been reading the reviews and I'm loving it! Lots of you are asking my all the dialog is in bold. Well simple! So that it's easier for you to read. See how much I love you guys? Garsh.Well I'm working on seven and I can't wait to finish. Read on man!
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