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Sometimes, love has a funny way of working. It can bring joy and happiness to your heart, and make you feel like nothing in the whole wide world can go wrong, especially if you already have someone. Because this someone is someone that you can love and hold forever and ever, and feel completely oblivious to any kind of reality whatsoever. Sometimes love is beautiful in that way.

But sometimes love can sting. Sometimes it burns a hole so deep into your heart, you feel as though you are going to stop breathing at any minute. You find yourself replaying certain situations over and over again until you can't stand it anymore, and your walls that you've been building up for so long, finally crumble down around you, shattering your world and leaving no room for any kind of comfort.

One may never truly understand what it's like to be alive, yet feel completely dead. What it's like to be whole one moment, yet completely empty the next. But that's what life does. Better yet…..

That's what love does.

Sure it has its moments where it seems like it's the best thing in the world. But sooner or later, you'll be left asking, "What happened to that beautiful life I once had? What happened to everything being so perfect!" And there is an easy explanation for those questions.

Love happened.

"Gaara!" Sakura shouted as she bursted through the door of his home. She couldn't wait to talk to him! After all, she must inform him that the wedding is going to be in two days.

Receiving no answer, she decided to look around.

"Gaara! Where are you?" she asked once again.

Something was off. He usually gets out of the stables around this time of day. 'Maybe I should go check the stables just in case.'

But before she could go anywhere, something on Gaara's small coffee table caught her eye. It turned out to be a piece of paper, no, a note… a note for her…

Dear Sakura,

Listen, because I have something very important for you to hear. I know about your marriage to Sasuke coming up soon which is why I figured you would burst into my house and try to find me like you did just now. I would love to say that I couldn't be happier for you….but then that would be a lie. The truth is that, well, I'm completely and utterly in love with you Sakura. Ever since the day that I saw you for the first time I knew that I loved you. But I know now that this could never be, so I leave you with this letter. I just need you to know this, and I need you to know that I will not be returning to the kingdom again. I wish you the best of luck in your new life, and I also want to say that I'm extremely sorry for leaving like this, but I will not stand in your way of happiness. I hope someday we could meet again. Goodbye Sakura, I truly will miss you.

-Gaara-

In that instant, Sakura dropped to her knees, pleading to the heavens that what she just read wasn't true. She couldn't hold the tears from streaming down her face this time.

'Are you joking! How could you say that you love me, then just leave! You don't do that!' she thought in total wrath. 'How could he think that I could EVER be happy without him, my BEST FRIEND! Ugh! Why do you have to be STUPID Gaara!' by this time she was beating her fists against the hard wood floor. She didn't care how much it hurt, the thought of losing the only person that she couldn't live without, says that he loves her more than anything, and then LEAVES!

She knows she loves him like he loves her. But he's right, it could never be. She was a princess and he was a stable boy.

Sakura wouldn't have any of it though. 'Forget being royalty! I can't live without my best friend! And I also can't live without the love of my life!' she thought while standing up. 'There's only one thing left to do.' She thought positively. 'And that is to fine Gaara!'

"Come on rookie! We don't have all day!" one of the older stable men shouted back at Gaara. Ever since the first day Gaara started working at the palace, this guy has been calling him that. But hey, Gaara didn't care, this guy was like the father he never knew.

"I'm coming old man! Have you no patients?" Gaara retorted to the silver haired man before taking one final glance at the kingdom they were leaving behind.

"I am not old! I just forget things a lot, and have trouble hearing sometimes!" the other man replied.

"Whatever you say Kakashi." Gaara mocked. "Where are we going anyways?" Gaara continued.

"Somewhere that you know very well kido." he replied. "Ya, and where would that be?" Gaara asked, kind of amused.

"Back to your old kingdom." Kakashi simply replied. This made Gaara stop dead in his tracks. 'NO! He CAN'T be taking me back to my old kingdom! I can never go back!'

"Listen Rookie, I know you're still shaken up about the war, but I promise you, this time going back will be better." Kakashi said after seeing the expression on the red heads face.

"I could never live there again after losing my mother. That's the reason I traveled to your kingdom remember!" Gaara shot back defensively.

"Yes I know that. But the soldiers that killed your mother are dead now, so you don't have to worry about it." The silver man replied while grabbing Gaara's shoulders supporting.

"…."

"Great! Then we should start making camp pretty soon, then continue walking in the morning. Kakashi said while turning on his heal and started getting things ready for setting up camp.

"…."

Sakura bursted through the door of the mansion this time, walking hurriedly through the halls.

"Sakura, are you alright?" a concerned voice asked from behind her making her stop dead in her tracks. "Not really Kiba." She replied while just giving him a glance, then continuing to walk down the long corridor. "Well what's wrong?" he shouted after her while running to catch up with her.

"It's Gaara. He left. He heard about the wedding, left a note on the coffee table saying that he loved me more than anything, and that he had left, and was never coming back to the kingdom." She answered through clenched teeth. "What! Well what are you going to do!" he asked, terrified of what he knew she was going to say.

"I'm going to find him." The words finally came. "Sakura! You can't go find him! You are the Princess! You can't just walk out! Especially alone!" he exclaimed making her stop walking to face him.

"I know. That's why you're coming with me." she answered simply, then continued walking.

Thinking about protesting, Kiba decided that it would be no use because he knows that she would just ignore him and go anyways. "Fine. But I'm only going because I refuse to let you go alone."

"Glad you see things my way. Now hurry up and get ready, we leave at dawn." Sakura said as she walked into her room, shutting the door on him. "But that's in 4 hours!" he shouted at her door. "Just do it!" she shouted back.

Sighing heavily, Kiba turned on his heal and started walking in the direction of his room so that he could get some sleep….after all, he was going to need it.

'You are such a bossy Princess.' he thought to himself. 'I don't see how Gaara puts up with you."

X X X X X X X X X X

There was a soft knocking on the door. "Kiba, are you awake yet?" the female he least wanted to hear that morning whispered.

Receiving only a low groan, Sakura decided to just walk in, and frown at the sight in front of her.

He was hiding in his covers, while covering his face with his pillow, trying to hide himself. He should have known better and just got up cause stuff was about to go down now. He should know better than to mess with an angry Sakura.

Without another word, she pulled the pillow off of his face, and started beating him repeatedly with it.

"OW! SAKURA STOP! OW!" he shouted not-so-quietly while trying to get out of his bed but getting caught in the covers, only to meet the floor with his face. By this time, Sakura stopped beating him with his pillow and threw his clothes at him. "Get dressed NOW!" she said frustrated then walked out of his door to give him some privacy.

'Not only are you a bossy princess, but you're an abusive one also.'

"Alright Rookie, you all ready to go?"

"Yes." was Gaara's only answer.

"Great. Then in just a few hours, we should be arriving at your kingdom." Kakashi said.

The long road they have been taking has been filled with complete silence. This left Gaara the advantage to think of "what if." What if he never left. Would Sakura feel the same way about him? Or would their friendship be ruined?

What if she did feel the same way? Sure that would make Gaara happier than anything, but that wouldn't be right. Royalty cannot love un-royalty. That's the law. Then again, when did Gaara ever follow the law? As a boy growing up, he was constantly having to steal food because his family was so broke. Especially after his mother died. He and his siblings would have to steal almost twice the food just to keep themselves alive.

But this isn't like stealing food. This is death penalty law braking we are dealing with.

But, when love comes into the situation, does it really matter? Gaara knew for a fact that he would sacrifice his life in place for hers in a situation such as that. There was no doubt about it.

He knows that death could be a terrible thing…. But does it really matter how terrible it is, after you already feel like you've died?

Sakura moved on and there is nothing he can do about it. The hurt is so bad, that it feels like a sword is stabbing him in the heart over, and over again.

There is a solution though, a terrible one at that. But does it really matter when you have nothing left?

Gaara was never found of this idea, but suicide seemed like the only reasonable solution to his problem right now.

No, he couldn't do that to Sakura.

But wait, isn't she moving on now? Isn't she going to forget about him? He just couldn't stand the thoughts of losing Sakura in any of those ways.

'Maybe, it's the only way to get rid of this torcher. Maybe it's the only way to forget about her.'

"Looks like we are almost there Rookie." Kakashi said as he pointed in the direction of the upcoming kingdom, snapping Gaara out of his train of thought.

'Alright, let's get ready to do this.' Gaara thought.

"Hurry up Kiba!" Sakura shouted through the darkness. 'For a Prince, he sure is slow and clumsy.' she thought to herself.

He tripped about 3 times already, and ran really slow. Even without their descizes he sucked at sneaking around. Sakura pulled the hood over her head once again and proceeded to the stables.

Sakura quietly took out her favorite horse and didn't even bother to saddle him up, only used the reigns. Meanwhile, Kiba was getting his, while silently cursing to himself about being drug into this whole mess.

"You ready?" Sakura asked after a few more minutes of getting their horses ready.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Kiba responded. "Alright, then let's get going before it's too late." Sakura answered, followed by a nod of acknowledgement from Kiba.

'I just need you to wait Gaara, I just need you to wait.'

So, sorry if it to cheesy for you guys, it sounded do much better in my head. But hey, now you guys know that there is maybe a chance for Gaara….or is there? Keep reading to find out! : R&R please!