Ch. 9

Unwanted Help

Back at Konoha Sakura slowly awakes on a park bench her vision coming into focus, she finds her self staring up at the night sky. Regaining her posture she sits up brushing the hair out of her face she thinks, " What happen, the last thing I remember was…" Her body tenses with fear, shaking uncontrollably as she sees Gaara sitting next to her. His cold eyes glance over at her. Seeing she was awake he reaches out to her. She wenches feeling his hand lay gently upon her forehead. out to her. His eyes close pulling away from her he sighs "Your not sick are you?" She was hesitant towards him and couldn't bring herself to answer. His eyes still looked cold to her but also showed pain. It was clear he was hurt by the lack of a response.

"Gaara…I" Before she could finish Gaara gets up off the bench as a eerie breeze blows. The light of the full moon shined behind him as he turned to her, extending his arm he says, "Come…" She was still fearful of him hesitating a bit she shakily tries to take his hand. Inches away from him taking her hand into his Sakura flashes back to his mid transformation.

She slaps his hand away running in the opposite direction shouting, "I'm sorry… I cant do this…" Gaara caught of guard gives chase after her. She runs through the streets of Konoha in a frantic. "Just go away…Go away!" she shouts as Gaara gives chase after. She weaves through back alleys finally stopping when she felt she had lost him. Propping herself against an alley wall, her arm to her chest as she tries to catch her breathe. Feeling safe she looks back and forth not recognizing her surroundings her head drops in embarrassment. "Now that I've lost him, how do I get home…" she looks up to find Gaara looking at her from the alley entrance.

Sakura falls over backwards in shock. She turns about to crawl away when a coil of sand wraps around her leg forcing her to collapse to the ground she gripping the dirt as the sand wraps around her other leg and pulls her towards him. The pink haired girl turns tears running down her face she screams, "STOP!" Gaara eyes widen shock as the sand acts on his will it lifts her to her feet the sand brings the pink haired girl within a foot of it red headed master. She was frantic as her tears didn't stop flowing. He looked at his eyes sadden. The red headed boy raises his hand causing her to turn away from him. Fearing one of his attacks her eyes were shut tight. Sakura's eyes suddenly shoot open feeling the warm touch of his hand upon her cheek. His hand slowly brushes away her tears. Her face slowly turns towards him.

He looked hurt as he finally got the nerve to murmur, "S…Sakura-san I…I'm sorry I hurt you…" the sand loosen it grip on her it gently holds her, lifting the confused pink haired girl above the streets. All she could do is watch him fade from her view. He disappeared in a gust of sand and wind as the sand cloud carried her home gently places her in front of her house the sand dispersed leaving her alone. She entered her home heading straight for her room. Closing the door to her room ignoring her mom as she asked where she had been. Sakura was confused as she collapsed onto her bed curling into a ball. She didn't know how to feel, Gaara was trying to be nice and she only treated him like a monster. "Am I the monster?" she couldn't help but think lying in her bed. Drifting off to sleep a lone tear escapes her eye running down the side of her face.

The next day Sakura awoke to the annoying sound of her mother, "Get up Are you going to sleep the day away?" Her eyes opening half heartedly she pulls herself to sit up. Brushing a few stray hairs from her face the pink haired girl reflects on what happen the other day. Seeing Gaara repent causes the green eyed teen to feel overwhelming grief. Hearing her mother call out to her again she gets up heading for the shower without replying to her.

Stepping into the shower she turn the nozzle a stream of cold water hits her body. She winches a bit in shock the tempter slowly climbs. The water beating down on her drenches her from head to toe. "Why…" she mumbles "why do I feel like the monster…"

Later that day she trolls through the streets to try and clear her head. Aggravated she ruffles her hair shouting, "This isn't my fault so why do I feel like the bad guy here!"

"Could it be because you messed up?" a voice says from behind her. The pink haired girl turns to see a purpled hair women looming above her with a cheerful grin plastered across her face.

"Anko-san what are you doing here?" Sakura asked surprised

Anko glances away with a guilty expression, "Let's not get off track here. You having a problem and I'm here to help so spill it what's on your mind." Sakura giving Anko a suspicious look wonders why the Jounin would want to help her with her problems.

She sighs quickly disregarding her suspicions and starts to speak but is cut of before she can get a word in. "It's the sand kid isn't it?" Her green eyes widen in shock. "Is it that obvious?" The purple haired Jounin simply gives her a big smile as a dango hangs out her mouth. "Heh, heh, heh don't worry Like I said I here to help you out." She declares loudly.

Turning red from the loud mouth kunoichi's volume she mumbles, "Thank you…" The Jounin smiles wrapping her arm around the pink headed girl Anko leads the Genin back to her place. Upon reaching the Jounin's apartment. Reaching her home she shoves the young Genin into her residents almost knocking her to the floor. Quickly shutting the door behind them she locks it. She then hastily makes her way to all the windows locking them. She pulls the curtains closed glancing around with a devious paranoia in her eyes. The pink haired ninja turning to see all of this causes her feel uneasy.

"What exactly did you say you were going to do to help me sensei?" She says with a shaky voice.

The purpled hair Jounin simply smiles walking over to her she grabs her arm leading her to her room. She fumbles underneath her mattress pulling out a black book. She chuckles staring at the book for a second. She then walks over to her giving her the book without a word. Sakura takes the book opening up she flips through a few pages her eyes widen her face pure red.

"ANKO-sensei! This isn't right, to give a minor this kind of material!…. Why do you even have this?" she shouts.

"You want to know how to make the sand kid feel better don't you?"

Anko placing a her hands on her hips she asks standing over the red faced Genin. Sakura starts to read it if you want to call it reading the black book given to her. The pink haired girl face the perfect shade of red, her eyes glazing over as if she was in a trance flipping through the book more intuitively. Peeking over her shoulder the curious Jounin checks to see what page she was on to cause her face to be so red. Seeing she was to a yaoi scene she nudges her smirking, "Why Sakura I didn't know you were into to that sort of thing? I usually skip those to tell the truth." She closes the book snapping out of her daze. "Wait that's not true I mean its not what it looks like!"

Anko continues to tease the inexperienced Kunoichi to the point when she shouts, "Then…Why don't you tell me yourself how to do it!" realizing what she said she quickly claps her hands over mouth wanting to take back. She arches a brow a confused look on her face, thinking back as far as she could another dango hanging out her mouth. I don't have any experience in that I only know how to tease a bit" she says continuing the rest of her dango.

In total shock the Genin jaw drops nearly hitting the floor. "You what…?" Anko merely shrugs turning the page of her own book say , "I never did anything's in those books." Inner Sakura comes out slapping the back of the real Sakura's head snapping her out of it.

"Then why are you having me read this, this!"

"for someone complaining you don't seem to be getting rid of it" Anko says flipping another page.

Sakura face grows even redder becoming quiet she heads to a corner as an attempt to hide how ashamed she felt.

A hour passes by and Anko turn to Sakura. She's huddled over in the corner intensely reading the black book when anko smirks sneaking over to the distracted Genin she snatches the book from her. "Give it back!" she screams forgetting where she was.

Anko merely grins down at her. Sakura realizing what she said tries to correct herself.

"I meant…um…that is…"

"I think you've learned enough for today well at least enough to get some ideas for your sand boy toy." The Genin face turns bright red "Wait I… didn't say he's not my…"

"So you don't like him?" Anko says cutting her off.

Well he is sorta cute… but" she mumbles when Anko interups her yet again. "Then its fine just take something out from the book and you'll do great."

"But Anko-sensei!" before Sakura even realizes it Anko has lead her outside. The purpled haired Jounin interrupting her yet again as she pats her shoulder.

"Then there's no need to be ashamed well I got to go before Tsunade-sama finds me"

"What!"

"Bye good luck with your sand boy" Anko says leaping away.

Wait Anko sensei!

to be continued...