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Summary: What would have happened if Gaara had saved her before Sakura had given up hope and joined the Akatsuki? Would Akira and Taku still be born, and what about Kisho? A what if story from the blooming of the cherry blossom.
Chapter 8: Believe Me I Know
Once reaching the edge of Fire country they got on a boat that would take them to mist country. Sasuke and Sakura were talking while Gaara was relaxing because it had already been decided that once they reached Water country Gaara would be standing guard while Sakura and Sasuke slept.
"So Sasuke figuratively speaking, would you be worried if you saw your girlfriend kiss another guy on the cheek and when you casually asked about it she wouldn't admit to it, but she wasn't denying it either." Sasuke gave Sakura a confused look and asked her if something was happening between Gaara and her.
"No nothings really going on i was just being curious you know how i am."
"Ok well i guess id be a little worried, but id just ask her about him, they could be good friends. Like you and me for example. Gaara wouldn't get mad if you gave me a kiss on the cheek."
"Your right ill just go talk to him about it."
"So it is about you two i knew it." Sasuke said with his trademark smirk. Sakura just rolled her eyes at him and walked to the cabin that Gaara was resting in. Sakura knocked and poked her head in the door and saw that he was holding some sort of letter.
"Hey Gaara, can i talk to you." She asked from the door. Gaara saw her and folded up the letter and put it away.
"Yeah sure."
"Well you see the other day." Sakura began but was interrupted when the captain told them that they had arrived in water country.
"Sorry Sakura, but we gotta get going. Can we finish talking about this tonight." Gaara said while kissing her on the forehead and walking out. Sakura sighed and then noticed the edge of the letter sticking out from under some of his books. She looked at the door and once she was sure he was gone she went and picked the letter up from under the pile of books and began to read it.
To: My Gaara-kun
I just wanted to tell you that i will be visiting Konoha
for a while, i head from Temari that that is where you will be staying
for a little while. Anyways we really need to talk about this baby.
Please meet me in the village market around five.
Sincerely, Tamiko
Sakura's eyes watered a little bit, but then she heard someone walking towards the cabin and quickly put the letter back where she had found it.
"Sakura are you coming?" Sasuke said from the doorway.
"Yeah sorry i was just lost in thought i guess."
"Did you talk to him?"
"Well no, but Ive figured everything out on my own." Sakura said with her eyes glazing over. Sasuke walked up to her and gave her a hug and she then let all her tears start falling.
"Are you positive about what you found out."
"Yeah i am i read a note that some Tamiko girl sent him and in it she was talking about their baby."
"I'm sorry Sakura, do you want me to talk to Gaara about this?" Sasuke said trying to make her feel better.
"No thats we need to finish the mission first and then maybe ill talk to him about it when we get back to Konoha. With Sakura's final statement they walked back out and Gaara saw Sakura's eyes all red and puffy and immediately went to her.
"Sakura are you ok you look like you were crying."
"I'm fine you know just girl things." Sakura said while walking away from him. Once got onto shore they started walking and eventually ended up in some woods. Gaara would occasionally try and talk to Sakura, but she would just answer him with one word answers and would really only talk to Sasuke.
"Ok well were about at the halfway point to the Village hidden in the mist. So we will make camp here." Sasuke said and then turned to Sakura. "Why don't you go see if you can find us something to eat and ill put your tent up for you Sakura."
"Ok thanks Sasuke-kun." Sakura said while running off to see if she could find a stream that would have fish in it.
"I will set her tent up for her Uchiha. You just worry about yourself." Gaara said in a cold voice. He hated that Sakura was giving more attention to Sasuke then to himself. He was jealous, even though he would never admit it.
"Don't get mad at me just because Sakura's mad at you and needs someone to talk to." Sasuke said in an equally cold voice.
"Shes not mad at me, i haven't done anything wrong." Gaara said while some sand around him started to swirl violently.
"Ok Gaara you keep telling yourself what ever you need to to keep a clear conscious."
"What do you know that i don't know." Gaara said and Sasuke was just going to ignore him and start setting up his tent, but Gaara sand turned him back around and they were right in each others faces.
"I'm back, i found a stream-" Sakura started but noticed the guys fighting and ran over to them and separated them.
"I don't know why you two were fighting but cut it out we have to get along for the sake of the mission." Sakura yelled at both of them. "Now as i was saying. I found a stream and it has lots of different types of fish do you two have any requests?" Neither of them answered, they just went straight to setting up their tents. Sakura sighed and was about to go back to the stream, when Gaara pulled her aside.
"Sakura are you mad at me, is something going on that i should know about?" He questioned looking into her eyes.
" Now what would ever give you that idea." Sakura said in a voice that Gaara couldn't tell if she was being sarcastic or not. Gaara just sighed and thought he was just worrying for nothing. That Uchiha's probably just trying to piss me off.
When Sakura finally came back with the fish for them to eat they had all the tents set up. She decided since the boys seemed to be in there own tents that she would make dinner and let the avoid each other until they were ready to talk to each other. After finally fixing dinner she called the boys out and neither of them came. She went Sasuke's tent first, after poking her head in she realized he wasn't in there. She then went over to Gaara's tent and realized his was empty to. Sakura just growled in frustration and went off into the forest to look for them. After walking for about ten minutes she began to feel lost, she then heard some all to familiar voices. She followed the voices and found the boys sitting it what seemed to be a hot spring.
"Nice of you two to invite me to come relax here." Sakura said in an annoyed voice.
"Sorry Sakura, we tried to find you, and we called out to you but we couldn't find you to ask you to come with us." Sasuke said with a small smile.
"Well now that your here come on in, it feels great." Gaara said while closing his eyes. Sakura looked over at the branches and saw the boys clothes and saw all of their stuff there including their boxers.
"I cant come in there. You two are naked." Sakura semi yelled while blushing.
"Sakura just get in here. We promise to stay to the other end of the spring from you." Sasuke said.
"Well then turn away so you don't see me undress." Sasuke just closed his eyes. Sakura waited a few moments to make sure that they wouldn't open their eyes and then she undressed and entered on the other side of the small spring. They all sat their in a comfortable silence, when Sasuke realized that this would be a good time for them to talk.
"Its getting a bit to hot for me I'm gonna head back to the campsite ill see you two back there later." Sasuke said while getting out of the water. When Sasuke first started speaking Sakura opened her eyes to look at him, but when she realized he was getting out of the water she closed her eyes shut very fast and blush came across her cheeks. Once she was sure Sasuke was fully dressed and long gone she opened her eyes and realized that Gaara at some point in time had come and sit next to her.
"Oh hey Gaara, i didn't see you come over here." Sakura said trying to sound as casual and normal as possible. He then turned to face her and was about to put his hands around her small waist and pull her onto his lap, when she quickly pulled away.
"I just remembered that i had made food and its probably getting cold." Sakura said quickly and stepped out of the spring. How dare he think he can just touch me like that and have another girl at the same time. Sakura was quickly taken from her thoughts when she felt his eyes boring wholes in her body. Sakura quickly tried to cover herself and get to her clothes, but it wasn't working to well. All this was causing Gaara to laugh.
"Don't laugh at me." Sakura reprimanded from the area where her clothes were and stepped into the forest to get changed without him watching her. Once she felt like she was a good distance away she put on her underwear and bra and was about to place her shirt and skirt on when she heard a kunai coming at her at a very fast speed. She quickly left the path of the kunai and it hit the tree behind her.
"Well well well what do we have here, yeah." Deidara said as he appeared out of the shadows. Sakura gasped in surprise and went to pull a kunai from her holster, but she realized that she hadn't finished getting dressed yet. Sakura then pulled the kunai from the tree behind her and went to attack him. Sakura seemed to have the upper hand, because Deidara wasn't that good of a close combat fighter, if he used a bomb this close to her it would most likely kill her and even harm him a bit. He finally saw a flaw in her attacks and used that flaw to pin her against the tree, with a kunai to her neck.
"Your very pretty you know that right, yeah." Deidara whispered into her ear.
"Get off of me now."
"Now why would I-" He started but stopped quickly when he felt sand being wrapped around his neck.
"I suggest you let her go right now." Gaara yelled from about ten feet away. Deidara just sighed and disappeared with a small poof. As soon as Deidara left Sakura fell down to her knees in exhaustion. She barely had any chakra left so she couldn't heal herself.
"I could have gotten him off me on my own you know." Sakura yelled in his direction. He was surprised by this, he expected to be thanked and given a kiss not be yelled at.
"Well he got a little to close to you for my liking. I'm sorry next time i wont interfere." Gaara said while picking her up bridal style.
"I can walk on my own." Sakura said while struggling to get out of his grasps.
"Sakura why aren't you taking any help from me. Why are you acting so different. You say your not mad at me but your acting in a completely different manner. If I have upset you somehow tell me." Gaara said in a somewhat pleading voice. Sakura just ignored him which was really starting to annoy him. She finally stopped struggling against him and when they reached the site he set her down in her tent and left without saying a word. She heard the boys arguing outside, but just ignored it and went to sleep.
Outside with the boys.
"What happened to her?" Sasuke asked after Gaara came out of Sakura's tent.
"Tell me why shes mad right now or i will kill you." Gaara said coldly to Sasuke. Sasuke just walked away and was about to go into his tent to get some sleep when sand came around him
"What will killing me solve, she will still be mad at you." Sasuke said with a smirk. Gaara just growled in frustration and walked off.
The next morning after they are breakfast they were off once again to the Village hidden in the mist. There was a lot of tension between everyone. Sasuke would occasionally try and talk to Sakura but she usually just answered him with one word answers. If Gaara would try and talk to her she would usually just ignore him completely. After reaching the hidden mist village they gave them the scrolls from Tsunade.
After they handed in the scrolls they started back all of them ready to get this mission over with. Sakura wasn't sure what was going to happen when they got back to Konoha. What if he stays with the blonde girl and goes back to Suna with her. Sakura let silent tears stream down their face. Once they started to pick up their pace Sakura started to feel lightheaded. Everything around her started moving and becoming double. She stopped causing Sasuke and Gaara to stop as well.
"Sakura are you ok." Sasuke asked her and was about to go to her side. Sakura's surrounding were starting to go black, and next thing she knew she was falling down towards the ground.
"SAKURA." Both guys yelled simultaneously, but Gaara was the first to act. He send sand out of caught her before she hit the ground. The sand carried Sakura to him and he held her bridal style. When he looked at her he noticed that her eyes were red and her cheeks were tear stained. He made a mental note to ask her about that later.
TWO DAY TIME SKIP...
The next time Sakura awoke she was laying in a hospital bed, it appeared that she was in the Konoha hospital. She looked to her side and saw Gaara leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. She smiled and tried to sit up. When Gaara noticed that she was awake again he went over to her and helped her sit up.
"Why am i here." Sakura mumbled.
"You fainted from exhaustion on the way back from Water country. You've been asleep for about two days." He said in a soft voice. Sakura heard the door open and she looked over expecting to see Tsunade or one of the nurses, but was surprised to see the blonde girl from before.
"Hi, I'm a volunteer nurse here my names Tamiko." She said with a big smile.
"YOU." Sakura yelled pointing at her.
"I just need to check some things on you and then ill be out of your hair for a couple hours." Tamiko said with smile as she concentrated some chakra on her hands and was about to check Sakura over when Sakura using her superhuman strength and pushed her away and sending her against the wall. Sakura almost felt bad, she knew that would most likely bruise her, but the keyword is almost.
"Don't you dare get near me." Sakura yelled
"Sakura calm down shes just trying to help you." Gaara said trying to sooth her.
"I know exactly about you and her, Gaara. I didn't say anything before because i didn't want my feelings and actions to affect the mission. But i know all about you two." Sakura yelled. Gaara had a look of pure shock on his face and Tamiko just quietly left the room. Tsunade hearing all the commotion hurried in and checked to see what was going on.
"Sakura this is just a misunderstand." Gaara said as he tried to explain things to her.
"I don't want to talk to you, your not my favorite person right now." Sakura said turning the other way from him.
"Sakura please listen." He said trying to get her to calm down.
"I gave you plenty of opportunities to tell me about her, but you didn't." Sakura said and was about to smack him, but his sand defended him.
"Kazekage-sama, i think it might be best to leave and let Sakura rest for a little while." Tsunade said trying to get Gaara out of the room.
"Yeah leave go back to Suna with the blonde bimbo." Sakura yelled from her bed with a hurt expression on her face. While Gaara like always just showed no emotion. He walked out of the hospital room while slamming the door behind him, leaving Sakura alone with Tsunade and her tears.
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