Ch.4
Pushed Pulled and Forced
In the streets of Konoha, Gaara stands alone leaning against the wall of an alleyway out looking a fountain. He folds his arms thinking to himself as the citizen of Konoha pass him by. He flashes back to a half-hour ago.
Temari bursts through the door of the hotel room. "Gaara go get ready!" she yells. Gaara who was still standing at the balcony over looking the city from when she left, turns his head towards her replying, "I am ready" He standing before her in usual ninja gear with his gourd on his back. She grabs his arm and shouts, "No! I mean for your date." She drags him into the bedroom the door shutting behind them all the can be heard is
"Temari I'm not going."
"This will look good on you."
"I said I'm not going"
"Here lets try this one on you its looks good."
"Suna Bunshin (Sand Clone)"
"That wont stop me now take off your gourd"
"What a bunshin…. Temari let go of my gourd. Temari!!!!"
Gaara comes out of his flash black with a sigh as he was forced to take of his gourd for this occasion as a compromise instead of wearing what Temari had picked out. He shudders thing about the outfit. He waits by the fountain where Temari instructed him to be.
While a few blocks away Sakura walks alone thinking to herself, "How did Temari-san talk me into this?" She flashes back to earlier that day.
Sakura standing on a ladder in the Hokage's office organizing a huge stack of scrolls on a bookshelf as Temari stands next to the ladder. Temari asking, "Hey Sakura?"
"Yes?" "What's your relationship to Naruto?" She turns towards her disgusted by what she was implying and says, "Naruto is just my friend." "Good then you won't mind participating on an engagement to strengthen the relationship between Konoha and Sunagakure (Village hidden among the sand) with me?" Sakura drops her books and scrolls falling off the ladder in shock. She hits the ground hard as Temari says "great meet here at 1 ok see you don't forget Sakura" she places a note on the Hokage's desk then leaves. Sakura reaching towards her replying "Wait I didn't say…" the door closes before she could finish her sentence.
Sakura comes out of her flash back mumbling to her self, "Why me, why am I the one that has to establish a better relationship with Sunagakure as Temari called it." she sighs, "Well being going out with Temari won't be so bad at least I can get away from the paperwork and maybe I just misunderstood maybe its just a friendly girls day out instead of a date with her." She turns the corner to where the note said to meet. Upon seeing Gaara her heart skips 3 beats. Gaara seeing her he walks towards her. Sakura mind races with memories of the monster that he changed into and the sand that wrapped around her body. Gaara stops in front of her and asks, "Your name was Sakura?" Sakura froze in fear hesitantly replying, "y-yes." "Temari said to take you out" "her heart stopped thinking, "Temari sent him to kill me!" He continued to say "Tryst whatever that is" "that's not much better then killing me…" she thought.
Gaara leads the way as that walk together in the streets. He asks, "Are you hungry?" She avoids eye contact with him replying in a soft tone, "no…" Gaara continues to walk "You really don't want to be here with me do you?" She hesitantly laughs, "No, no that's not it at all" inner Sakura replying, "Please don't kill me…" She sighing come on I know were we can get something sweet. She grabs his hand leading him to one of the most famous dango shops in Konoha.
She orders two plates and 2 green teas she sits across from him starting in on hers. Gaara look at his strangely when Sakura gets up and sits beside him. "Come on try it its really good." Gaara tries it his eyes widen for a moment. "They're good…" Sakura smiles continuing to eat her dango she takes her cup and drinks some tea when a woman stops over at their table. The woman smiles and says your Sakura right, Tsunade's new student aren't you?" Sakura turns seeing the jounin Anko [[yea I said jounin! she jounin, now not special jounin, but jounin now! what of it? "Anko Sensei? What are doing here?" "The usual," Anko replies.
Sakura sighs as she looks away from the purpled hair Jounin, she says, "Go ahead" knowing she only wanted a dango Sakura begins to drinks her tea. Anko grabbing one with her usual smile replies, "Thank you, but I thought you were into the Uchiha brat. What are you doing on a date with this guy?" Sakura hearing her words spits her tea out in the direction of Gaara covering him with tea and saliva. She turns towards Anko in shock about to speak when she realizes she just spat on Gaara her heart stopping she turns to him and says, "I'm sorry, sorry, so sorry let me get a towel!" She gets up to go get him a cloth of some kind when Gaara quickly grabs her wrist forcing her to halt.