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'inner Sakura'

'Shukaku'

Disclaimer: I don not own Naruto, sadly.

Chapter 3: First Day

Sakura's POV

I woke up in the middle of the night, hearing something on top of the roof. I grabbed the kunai that I hide under my pillow, and slowly opened the window. I pushed chakra into my feet, and jumped up onto the rooftop. Very gracefully may I add. I made sure my chakra was covered, and I snuck up behind the intruder and put my kunai to his throat. "Who in the hell?" A familiar husky voice questioned.

"Somebody good enough to sneak up on you," I replied in a hushed tone.

I turned the intruder around to see that it was the gorgeous red-head. With a sigh of relief, I dropped the kunai, and sat down. I heard Gaara sit down a few feet away from me. "So, why aren't you in bed?" I asked.

"Well if you must know, I have insomnia. Why aren't you in bed?" He replied in a low voice.

"When you moved around up here, the noise startled me," I replied coolly.

"Hn."

I inwardly flinched at this reply. Sasuke used to always reply to me with that. I just sat next to Gaara for about a half an hour with out saying so much as one syllable. 'Hey pup, you better say something, or else our mate is gonna go back into the house.' Shukaku said. "Hey, Sakura. What is it like to sleep?" Gaara asked me.

"Well, it's not always that great. When it comes to being energized, then yes I love it, but sleep comes with dreams. Most of my dreams are horrid, and I hate them. That's just me, though." I replied.

"Will you come up here with me tomorrow night to keep me company?"

"I guess. As long as you promise to talk to me," I replied in a cheery tone.

It looked as if Gaara smirked. I smiled widely toward his direction as I laid my head down right next to him. Whenever I'm around him. I always feel at ease.

Gaara's POV

"Will you come up here with me tomorrow night to keep me company?" I asked

"I guess. As long as you promise to talk to me," Sakura replied in a cheery tone.

I smirked a little bit, but didn't let her see. I saw out of the corner of my eye, she smiled. I finally got to see her gorgeous smile. She laid down next to me, so I did the same. I felt so at ease with her, and I liked it. 'Well, looks who's right this time.' 'Yeah, I hope you are.'

Within five minutes, Sakura had fallen asleep next to me, and I just sat there, watching her sleeping form. Her face looked so peaceful. I actually want to get close to her before she leaves.

'Maybe I'll let the both of us just sleep out on the roof tonight'

Sakura's POV

My dream was horrid. I couldn't remember it, but all of the sudden, everything went black. My body shot straight up. Sweat made my soft pink hair stick to my heart-shaped face. A ear piercing scream rang out of my mouth. "Are you alright," A worried, husky voice asked. After hearing Gaara's voice, I calmed.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just another bad dream."

"Alright. Today is your first day at the hospital. You will not begin training people for about 2 weeks, so I will have you working at the hospital for the time being."

"Sounds good to me," I said with a smile. I have always loved to help the hurt. After this being said, I walked into my room to get ready for the day.

I used the street signs to direct my way to the hospital, and it only took me about 15 minutes to get there. I walked into the hospital to see 2 ninjas being rushed down to the emergency room. I quickly ran up to what looked like to be the doctor in charge. "Hello, my name is Sakura Haruno, I am asking permission to heal these men. I am the head medic from Konaha," I yelled while running along side the woman.

"Yes," The woman replied to me.

We entered the operating room. I quickly pumped chakra into my hands to see what was all injured on both of the men, and to see which one needed care first. The first man had about three broken ribs;one punctured a lung, he had a broken arm, a 3rd degree burn on his leg, and he had a big gash in his right arm. The second man had a broken ankle and leg, his skull had a crack in it, 4 broken ribs, and a punctured lung. I decided that they both were in the same condition, so I chose to heal the 2nd man first, because he had less injuries. I made sure that the 1st man was put on morphine to reduce most of the pain.

It took a total of eight hours to completely heal both of the men. It was about 9:30 pm., so I decided to go ahead and head home, considering that I hardly had ΒΌ of my chakra left in me. I only got to heal those two people today, because their injuries took so much chakra from me.

On my way home a man tried to take me into an alley with him, and to be honest I didn't want to mess with anyone tonight. I pumped most of my remaining chakra into my fist, and punched him in the face. It felt as if I had broken a cheek bone. You could feel the cracking underneath my gloves.

It took about another 10 minutes to get to the sand-siblings' house. I walked in and almost passed out from the lack of energy that I had. I was almost about to hit the floor, until a pair of strong arms lifted me to his chest. I looked up to see none other than the gorgeous Gaara. "Well, aren't you tired?" Gaara said, more than asked, with a small smile.

"Yes, very. Your ninjas will risk their whole life for this village. It took 8 hours just to heal two shinobi!" I said trying not to fall asleep.

"Well maybe you should head to bed."

"I can't"

"And why is this?"

"Because I promised that I would stay up on the roof with you tonight."

"How bout you come and sleep in my room with me tonight."

I blushed slightly after he said this and nodded. He carried me up into his room bridal style. He was really comfy. 'Maybe he will laid down with me'. I shook off that thought when we walked into his room. His bed looked untouched. At least I was gonna be the first, and hopefully last female to fall asleep with him.

Gaara laid my down, and turned around taking his shirt of and replacing his black pant with sleeping pants. I think my jaw may have been hanging down, because his abs looked amazing, and that may have even been and under estimate.

He slid into the covers with me. Out of instincts, I grabbed him around the waist, and held him to me tightly. He smelt of cinnamon. Not what you would expect of him, but it actually did fit him very well. His chest was comfy. He hesitantly wrapped his arms around me. I was still glad that he did. I snuggled my head into his chest, and fell asleep immediately.

Gaara's POV

The most beautiful woman I have ever met, lay in my arms with her head in my chest. I kissed the top of her head, not wanting this moment to leave me . She wasn't like any of the other girls I knew. Not only was it because she wasn't my sister or another fan-girl, but she made me relax.

Out of no where I felt my eyelids droop down a little bit. 'Shukaku, you better not come out, because I want to enjoy this sleep with Sakura tonight.' 'Don't worry pup. I am letting you go to sleep tonight. I wouldn't come out anyways, because I actually like this girl.' With that, I fell asleep, for the first time in my life.

Alright guys, I hope you enjoyed it! Happy Thanksgiving! I may not update once a day this weekend, because I have to go to my mom's and go to a thanksgiving dinner on her boyfriend's side of the family, and then I have one with my mom's family the next day, but I will do my best to write during the night, and hopefully get at least one chapter up this weekend. Reviews:)!

Love,

Bell3