This chapter is fairly long and has some japanese language in it. So for a guide, just go to a japanese translator. Gomensai! -.-
Gaara never slept. Temari and Kankurou knew that for a fact. But this night was the most heart-aching night for them. They were each in their room listening to Gaara, who was softly singing. It wasn't his singing that was making them feel sad; it was what he was singing. Gaara was singing the lullaby his mother used to sing before she had turned into sand. This was the first time Gaara sang the lullaby. Kankurou stared at the ceiling and clutched his heart. Temari sat in the corner hands over knees trying not to cry.
When it's time to say goodbye
I will sing my lullaby
Let the red sands slither and slip
Until I have you back into my grip
This lullaby wasn't a normal one. It didn't have a motherly, loving tune. It was a sorrowful song that filled you with grief, pain, and hatred….
When it's time to say goodbye… Kankuro fell asleep soundly.
I will sing my lullaby…Temari also fell asleep to the sad melody.
Let the red sands slither and slip until I have you back into my grip…
The winds blowing outside that were violently beating against the sand's house suddenly became deathly still. Gaara began to sing the second verse his mother used to sing to him.
As I trudge through the dark rain
There's only one who can take my pain
Hearts that were pure are deadly black
I will not rest until you come back
The wolves outside whimpered in the moon, as if singing the song with Gaara. Gaara went outside and walked through the woods. And as he did, he started to sing the final verse.
Hatred is a strong way to kill
I have never loved you and never will
So I condemn you with a curse
No-one loves you you're the wor---
Gaara stopped singing. He looked into his reflection in the lake. The moon shone, and under the moon was a huge ferocious monster. Gaara turned around and looked at the moon. His mother's disappointed face flashed through the reflection of the moon. Gaara sat down huddled up all alone---then he quietly started to cry.
Sakura was so woozy. She felt her eyeballs rolling in her head. "Hello? Anyone there?" she said cautiously as she spun around dizzily. "Kura-Kamisan!" a voice sung out to her. Kura-Kamisan?! Who was calling me that!?" Inner Sakura asked. Sakura was at the point when she was about to faint. She spun around one more time, and then fell back. She closed her eyes because she knew she would hit the ground, but then she felt a pair of strong arms lift her up by the thighs.
"Hmm. You need to be more careful, un." A familiar akatsuki member told her. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK IT'S DEIDARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! WHAT THE HELL DOES HE WANT WITH ME, CHA!? Inner Sakura screeched. Deidara bent down to Sakura's level and his lips were only centimeters away. "Well it's a long story, actually, hmmph." Deidara scratched his neck. "Our leader wanted a girl akatsuki member so he asked for the strongest… I wanted it to be the slug tamer Lady Tsunade, and I was thinking that since you're her student, you could help me." He patted her head. "Kura-Kamisan, can you do that for Deidara-kun, un?" Deidara talked to Sakura in a babyish way. "Never!" Sakura yelled. "Well I was kind of figuring you'd want this." Deidara shrugged as he took a key out of his pocket. "If you stabbed Gaara with this, you wouldn't have to be his," Deidara said simply.
"Will it kill him?" Sakura's lips quivered with fear which actually pleased Deidara. "Of course it will damn kill him, un! Now come on make your decision I don't want to keep Sasori waiting, hmmph!" Deidara said. "I can't---Tsunade-sensei is our Hokage…" Sakura said. "'Kay. See you around, kura-kamisan. I will be back…" Deidara smirked and took off his akatsuki hat and placed it on Sakura's head. His yellow long hair blew in the wind. He left the academy schoolyard with the same smug grin on his face. Sakura felt trapped. The wind blew the akatsuki member hat off of Sakura's head and it flew into the hands of Deidara. Deidara turned around and waved with that mouth-like hand of his. So THAT'S what was licking my hand. Inner Sakura was disgusted.
Deidara disappeared and reappeared in front of the red-haired akatsuki member. "Sasori. She's hasn't made her decision." Deidara cocked his head at a side and looked at his partner. "What should we do?" he asked. Sasori remained silent. Then he looked at Deidara and smirked. "I'll pay the little puppet a visit tomorrow night." He said calmly. "A visit--? Ah…" Deidara nodded understandingly.
Sakura rounded up Sasuke and Naruto at 1:00 a.m in the morning. "What is it Sakura-chan?" Naruto rubbed his eyes sleepily. Sasuke blinked twice before groaning with hunger. "Eh, well…" Sakura then explained what happened an hour ago. Naruto sat slurping his ramen and listening while Sasuke strained his neck to hear Sakura because she was talking so stiff. "Deidara, eh? That's the akatsuki guy that tried to kill Gaara before to get the one-tailed demon." Naruto drank up the last of his soup. "We got to go do something about this---let's go see the sand demon." Sasuke said. Sasuke's so courageous! Sakura thought as Naruto scowled. "But shouldn't we bring Kakashi-sensei with us?" she asked. Sasuke shook his head in disapproval. "Come on," he flew out the door. Sakura and Naruto looked at each other. Naruto: DAMN SHOWOFF! GRRR Sakura: Dreammmmy…!
And then off they went.
It was morning when they reached the sand village. "Oh my god I am so hungry right now…" Naruto said even though he was the only one who ate a ramen last night. Sakura's hair was a mess. Arrrrrrrgh, I need a comb!" Inner Sakura shouted. The sand village was quiet and empty. The stalls were abandoned. Sakura found a salon stall. "Yay, a brush!" Sakura squealed as she picked up the brush and combed her silky pink hair. And Sasuke had said nothing the whole time. He's so determined to save me… thought Inner Sakura as she gave a thumbs-up. "Gaaaaaahh! Make way, Gaara-sama is coming!" a male teenager with brown hair yelled as he raced down the streets. His face was bruised and his hands and legs were bleeding. "Sama?!" Naruto stuttered at the respectful suffix people were calling Gaara.
The teenager stopped running when he came to Sakura. "You---Gaara-sama wants you…" the man said slowly. "Wow…you're beautiful." He reached his hand out to touch Sakura's pink hair but Sakura jerked away. The boy was taken aback then he started to run again. Gaara emerged from the corner. He looked up at Sakura and Naruto and emo kid…uh I mean Sasuke. "I thought I told you to come alone when you were ready." He said softly. "Listen---!" Sakura felt a bolt of bravery. "I don't LIKE you! I will never LIKE YOU!"
I have never loved you and never will….
The lullaby his mother sang rang into his head. His heart felt like it was being pierced with thorns. "So why don't you just leave me alone otherwise I'll have no choice but to kill you, you heartless freak!" Sakura yelled, not looking before leaping. "Harsh, Sakura-chan," Naruto whispered to Sakura but she ignored him.
"GO away! NOW!" Sakura cried. Gaara's eyes darkened. His heart was on fire. He clutched his chest, and slowly started to make menacing steps toward Sakura. "Heh…ah heh…Heh heh heh ha ha ha!!!" Gaara started out to chuckled but then raged into a fierce laughter. "Stupid girl!" Gaara yelled as he grabbed Sakura by the hair. "Oww!" Sakura screamed. Gaara pulled Sakura close to him, still clutching her hair. "I don't love you either. I just have to find a kunoichi of pure strength for the Shukaku to devour the spirit of the soul. Then you'll be my lifeless little toy." He hissed in her ear. "Sakura!" Naruto yelled. "Naruto, do anything to protect Sakura!" Sasuke told Naruto. "Datte bayo!" Naruto nodded. Gaara leaned in closer to Sakura ready to kiss her. "Nooou!" she cried. She attempted to kick him but he disappeared in mid-kick. He reappeared in back of Sasuke. He coiled his arm around Sasuke's neck and a shuriken aimed at his back. Sakura gasped. "No…"
Gaara plunged the shuriken through Sasuke's back and out, causing a bloody scene. "Nooooo!!!!!!" Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs. Suddenly, she threw a kunai knife at Gaara and it him him in the forehead as he turned around. But he just cracked then turned into sand. "This is a genjutsu!" Sakura thought. "RELEASE!" she yelled as she did the hand signs. She snapped out of the gen-jutsu and Sasuke and Naruto were at her side. Gaara…was gone.
"Huh…Hah…Huh…" Sakura half panted half gasped. "Sakura…you're all right now." Sasuke said to soothe her. But Sakura was not only suffering physically. This gen-jutsu had mentally corrupted her mind.
The medical-nin sat in her office filing paperwork with Shizune. A picture of Nawaki and Dan sat on her desk. "This is hard work…" Tsunade grunted. "Ditto, Tsunade-sama…" Shizune rubbed her forehead. "Well at least you don't have annoying breasts getting in the way." Tsunade joked with her niece. Shizune couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah…" she agreed to admit. Suddenly, the glass of the office window shattered and standing there was Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame. "Eh hehehehe!" Kisame smirked and put his huge thorny sword on his shoulder. "Fish boy and sharingan boy…" thought Tsunade.
"Why are you here!?" Tsunade spat. Itachi closed his eyes and re-opened them. "Tsuande, come with us," he said. "Hah!" Tsunade mocked him with laughter and got up. She came to him face-to-face. And then… "CHA!" Tsunade yelled as she punched Itachi in the face really hard. But her fist went through Itachi and she realized this was just a clone. The real Itachi was behind Shizune. "Come with us or this little one is dead." He said. "I want to join the fun," Kisame said as he started to make chakra hand signs. What is that demon shark doing? Tsunade thought. "Maku Bunshin no Jutsu!" Kisame yelled as he cloned into three Kisames, including himself. "Samehada! Attack!" Kisame shouted at his sword. His sword flew up in the air and went straight for Shizune. Tsunade froze. It was quiet. Blood was on the ground. Blood. Blood. Tsunade had hemophobia. The fear of blood. Blood was splattered on the ground. A faint scream arose from Shizune. Then everything blurred out.
It was night and everything was still at Sakura's house. She had just come back from the Sand Village an hour ago, but was still exhausted. She got into bed because her legs were aching badly. When she got into her bed, she turned to the right. And there was the face of Sasori, right next to her. "Eeeeeeeep!" Sakura screamed as she jumped out of her bed. "Nanra appu?" Sasori said as he got out of Sakura's bed. "What's up? WHAT'S UP!?" Sakura yelled furiously at the red-head. Sasori smiled and looked at hr innocently. "You sleeping in my bed, that's what's up!" Sakura cried. "Relax, hachimitsu…" Sasori got out of Sakura's bed. His cloak was off and he was shirtless. Ewwww! Why doesn't he have a shirt on!? Why is he calling me hachimitsu, his honey!?" Inner Sakura shouted. "Chakra Suji Kairai no Jutsu…" Sasori pulled his hands forward and electronic blue chakra puppet strings came out of his fingertips. "You'd make a pretty subordinate…my marionette." Sasori sent the chakra strings flying at Sakura and they grabbed her. They wrapped her ankles and wrists. Sakura couldn't move. She had just become Sasori's puppet….
Woo! Go cliffy! Muahahah Mwehehehehe! This story was seven pages on my WORD and my fingers are starting to swell. (cracks knuckles) Im an over-achiever. GO ME! Oh yeh!
Gaaraomae
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