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Sasuke: No one said you did idiot.
Me: I'M NOT THE IDIOT! YOU ARE! *deletes Sasuke from story*
Sakura: Thank you soooo much. He needed to leave.
Me: Anytime!
Sorry bout ruining the serious moment, I have a way of doing that. Anyways, continue with the story, hope you like it! Oh but by the way, there is a little pinch of violence in this one, because what's a great story without violence…. Anyways, continue!
"Here we are." Kakashi turned to inform Gaara, who had the same emotionless expression on his face as hours before.
They walked up to the gates and met the guards who let them enter the kingdom. Gaara was feeling completely uneasy about the whole situation still.
"Alright kido, go ahead and look around, I have some business to take care of. I'll meet up with you later by the old mill. Alright?" Kakashi asked.
"Alright." Gaara answered simply.
And with that, Kakashi was off leaving Gaara behind to explore by himself.
Gaara walked past many places that held precious memories, like the old iron mill where him and his friends used to meet when they were children. Or the old bakery that he walked past every day, but could only inhale the beautiful scent because he was unable to buy anything.
Even though those were the hardest times of his life, he missed them, he really did.
"Gaara?"
Gaara quickly turned around, only to meet a young female that looked to be about his age. She had short brown hair and almost black eyes. She wore a short skirt and a gray shirt. This made Gaara's eyebrow raise in question.
"Do I….know you?" he asked, totally lost as to who she was.
"It's me, Matsuri silly!" the said female replied. Gaara was taken aback. 'No, it couldn't be her. The girl I had a crush on since I was 16! What is she still doing around here? What happened to her plans of 'exploring the world?'
"Why…..your still…." "Here? Yes, I'm still here. I had found a guy, who it thought would love me forever. And I actually did leave …..But it turned out that I wasn't the only woman that he needed in his life, so I left him and returned back here." She cut him off.
"Oh. That's terrible." Gaara replied with as much concern in his voice that he could force, just to make her feel better. The truth was, that he really didn't care; she was just a thing of the past. His only real true love has walked away, never to return.
"Are you hungry? We could go get something to eat. My treat." She asked him with a charming smile. "Sure, sounds great." He replied. Without another word, she grabbed his hand and started dragging him into the direction of one of the food stands.
Sakura and Kiba have been racing through the forest for hours now and the horses are starting to get tired. So they decided to stop by a nearby river to cool off.
"So, what are you going to do when you find him?" Kiba asked.
"I don't know yet. All I do know, is that I need to get him back." Sakura replied with worry filled eyes. How could she be stupid to not see it before! Gaara loved her ALL ALONG. And she was totally oblivious to it.
"Well, when the moment comes, you can't let it pass by, or else you might lose him forever." Kiba was completely serious, something Sakura rarely sees from him. Sakura didn't reply, she only looked at her feet.
"Alright, we should leave in a few more minutes." Kiba informed her. "Alright" Sakura said while getting up to get a drink from the river.
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"So, how much longer do you think it will take to reach this kingdom?" Sakura asked him. Although her father used to be great friends with the king of this kingdom, Sakura still never got to travel here or anywhere, and that's also the reason why she needed Kiba, because if anyone knew where this kingdom would be, it was him.
"It should be coming up anytime now. Here is the game plan: When we get there, we split up to find Gaara, then try and find each other afterwards, alright?" He explained. "Gotcha." Sakura replied.
Now the kingdom slowly came in sight. This is the moment that Sakura has been waiting for. 'I'm coming Gaara.'
"So how bout you Gaara? You have a special lady in your life?" Matsuri asked, totally surprising Gaara with the question.
"Well, kind of…it's complicated." He replied honestly, not wanting to get to much farther into the situation.
"Oh, I see." Matsuri replied while looking at the ground. "What is she like?" She said while looking back up at him.
"Well, to be honest, she is completely wonderful. Everything about her makes my heart skip a beat. She is funny, really smart, and more beautiful than anything I have ever seen." He finished with a chuckle at the thought of describing his beautiful princess.
"Then, why are you here?" Matsuri asked him.
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you here? Why aren't you with her? You do love her, don't you?"
"Yes, more than anything."
"Then why did you leave your previous kingdom and leave her behind?" Matsuri asked again.
'Crap! This conversation is getting deeper than I planned.'
"I left her behind because, well, she is actually getting married tomorrow." Gaara explained.
"Oh Gaara, I'm so sorry! Well, what's the guy like?" She replied with concern.
"He's a total idiot. A stuck-up, overly-confident idiot." Gaara answered, his smile completely vanished.
"So," Matsuri began again "I take it you don't like the guy?" she finished with a smile. "Not at all." Gaara replied a little irritated.
Matsuri then had a devious thought, and her smile matched that devious thought. "Why don't you just find someone else then!"
"What….." Gaara asked, completely shocked by her questions.
"I said, why don't you just find someone else? You know, find a new woman to love. She said while taking a few steps closer to Gaara.
"You know," she continued, "it should be real easy for you to find someone, especially with how handsome you have become over these years. I don't know why I never saw it before." she finished, still taking steps forward, trying to close the gap between them. Meanwhile Gaara, who still had the look of confusion all over his face, took a couple steps back.
"I don't know." He answered and turned to walk in the other direction. But, he was stopped by Matsuri pulling on his hand to get him to come back.
After she had succeeded, she kept her hand on his and started caressing his face with the other one.
"Gaara, you don't have to live in this pain anymore. I mean, I'm always here for you." Matsuri said with caring eyes. "I can help you get rid of all of that pain."
She started inching her face closer and closer to his until they could feel each other's breath tickling their lips.
'Maybe this is justwhat I needed' Gaara thought to himself.
So Gaara went for it and closed the gap in between them and softly brushed his lips onto hers. 'This doesn't feel right at all….but I guess it's for the better.' With that, he deepened the kiss.
Sakura and Kiba broke up after being able to enter the gates by the guards. "Alright, stick to the plan." Kiba shouted after Sakura, who in return only gave a nod and continued going in a different direction then him.
As Sakura was rushing through the kingdom's villages, she noticed it getting harder and harder for her horse to get through the crowd of people, and for safety reasons, she decided to go by foot. So she tied her horse up at a nearby stable and started venturing out again to fine her one and only true love.
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As she turned one of the corners, the sight in front of her made her freeze completely.
There, standing in front of her was the man she spent so much time looking for, with another woman in his arms! Not only that, but they were also kissing! KISSING! What happened to the 'I love you more than anything' Gaara!
Sakura couldn't keep the anger from seeping through her veins. Her hands were made into fists, fists so tight that her fingernails were digging into her palms and drawing blood.
'This IS NOT happening.' She screamed to herself, letting the rage take over.
She couldn't TAKE IT ANYMORE. Sakura finally found the strength to move, and with that strength, she walked up to Gaara and Matsuri. And instead of letting them know kindly that she was there, she grabbed Matsuri by the hair and yanked it as hard as she could to get her off of Gaara.
But no, she wasn't done yet. Sakura also decided to leave Matsuri with a reminder to NEVER EVER touch her man again, and punched her right smack dab in the middle of the face, knocking her down and out.
Not even two seconds later, she whipped around to face Gaara. She took her hood off to let him know that it was her…but more importantly, how ticked off she was at him.
Gaara face in return, had the most shocked expression that it had ever held. He knew something was coming…something not so pretty, but he still couldn't get over the fact that Sakura, the PRINCESS of her KINGDOM, just knocked out his ex-crush, and she was now standing in front of him smoldering.
She slapped him so hard across the face, it left huge red marks.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU YOU IDIOT!" Sakura exclaimed, still as furious as before.
"Wh….what?" Gaara asked while covering the stinging spot on his face with his hand.
"YOU KNOW VERY WELL WHAT! YOU. LEFT." Sakura kept on exclaiming.
This time it was Gaara's turn to get frustrated. "I only left for the good of your kingdom! I never wanted to leave and you know that!"
"Exactly! If you love me so much, then why didn't you just tell me earlier!" Sakura exclaimed while getting right up into his face and pointing an accusing finger at him.
"BECAUSE I WAS TOO AFRAID OF LOSING YOU! There! Is that what you wanted to hear! That I'm hopeless without you! And that more than anything .YOU." He was yelling also by this time, getting in her face as well.
Without another word, Sakura grabbed Gaara by his collar and pulled him into a very deep and passionate kiss.
Now this kiss, this kiss was the one that Gaara was looking for. And he just couldn't believe that he actually found it. That he actually got to kiss the love of his life that, up to this moment, was almost completely isolated from him.
It was the greatest feeling he ever had. He got to hold her in his arms and feel her soft, sweet lips against his. They were so filled with emotion that he just couldn't find the courage to pull away…not that he wanted to of course.
But at last, after a few more minutes, they both parted for some much needed air.
They stared into each other's eyes for what seemed like eternity. But instead of letting go, Gaara embraced Sakura even tighter, drawing her closer to him and burring his face in her silky pink locks.
"I never got a chance to say it, but I love you to Gaara." Sakura muffled into Gaara's chest, but not to muffled that he couldn't absolutely hear every word of what she was saying.
And then all the built up anger and frustration finally broke free, and tears poured down Sakura's face once again, but this time in streams of happiness, not misery.
There you go guys! The next chapta….You guys also have to know HOW HARD it was for me to write this chapter because I hate absolutely Matsuri with a burning passion, but I thought that I would add some spice to my writing. And I fixed my frustration by having Sakura beat her up for me! Haha but anyways, R&R please! thanks! c;