New beginning. Ha! The words swirled through Sakura's head as she continued to shove countless things into suitcases. Her body was still shaking from the incident and her eyes still puffy. The walls of her once humble apartment seemed to hold tension and fear around her. The lighting seemed dull, everything seemed hopeless. What happened?
"Leave me." Gaara hissed before taking another sip from the wine glass in his fingers.
"Okay Gaara start talking." Kankuro said staring at his brother slowly drink himself drunk.
Gaara placed the empty wine glass on the edge of the table next to him while poured another glass. He scowled as glass tipped over and sunk into the carpet.
"Was that an order I heard?" Gaara whispered. Kankuro swallowed the lump of fear quickly forming in his throat.
"What am I supposed to tell him?" Kankuro said angrily.
"Don't tell him anything. He's not going to find out." Gaara said taking a gulp from the bottle.
"Alright, then as your brother at least tell me what's up your ass." Kankuro said leaning in the doorway.
"Excuse me?" Gaara raised an eyebrow.
"You're exited about your girl coming to the party and now you're drinking like a bum. I've never seen you get so worked up about a girl." He explained.
"It's nothing worth explaining to you, after all you're just the limo driver." Gaara hissed then left the room.
Kankuro gritted his teeth at the sight of his brother's exit. "Damn you."
Gaara strolled downstairs past his sister's room. What she did was unforgivable. Unforgettable. And downright annoying.
"I knew you would come back brother." Temari smiled and winced as the ice pack on her cheek shifted with her movement.
"You bitch. It was fake wasn't it? " Gaara whispered.
"You don't think what he's doing is wrong? He's are father for god's sake and he's—"
"You don't think the words coming out of your mouth aren't useless. There's no point in fighting anymore, you still need to learn that." Gaara said.
"What are you going to tell him?" Temari said hiding the fear in her voice.
"Don't worry about it." Gaara said softly.
"I'll get your bags miss." The man spoke as Sakura climbed into the backseat of the taxi. She nodded and pulled a purple cell phone from her purse. I better call work and tell them I'm quitting. She laid her back against the seat. Some employee I am, I only showed up the first day. The rest of the time I was with—
"Sorry miss tires' flat, we'll be on our way in a bit." He said smiling.
Sakura slumped in the seat. The faint sounds of the town children drifted into the taxi whilst the kind driver reopened the trunk to retrieve a spare. Her eyes wondered the surroundings, the once beautiful pine trees and brush now seemed menacing and bitter. Everything seemed uninviting when you don't belong.
"Bother he's here." Kankuro shouted from the main room.
Gaara's eyes shifted to the front door. He clenched his fists at the thought of that man walking into the same place where he lived. He hated how identical their features were, how his eyes grew soft and touched women's heart but pierced the hearts of his children. Gaara watched as that man walked into the main room, scanning with his wretched eyes.
"Where is my boy, Gaara?" He announced. Kankuro stiffed and moved to the side of the room.
"What is it?" Gaara said with annoyance.
"You know damn well!" He snapped.
"I haven't found one yet." Gaara's eyes locked on Kankuro, who was trembling.
"Is that so?" He questioned.
"He's lying! Your boy chased her away!" Kankuro yelled.
"Shut up Kankuro!" Gaara snapped.
"What is the meaning of this? You stooges can't do shit anymore I see." He hissed.
"Silence Kankuro! You don't know anything!" Gaara barked.
"I was my fault daddy. I did it." Temari stated from the top of the stairs.
"That's no longer my concern, where did she leave of to exactly?" He voice loaded with disgust.
"We're not sure."
"You can't do anything right can you!" He growled.
"Why didn't you follow her Gaara?" He asked sarcastically.
Gaara's eyes moved to the floor.
"Never mind, if I didn't have a pawn in this area we'd be lost." He smirked.
"A pawn?" The three said in unison.
"Oh how fortunate you three could get that right. Yes a pawn. His current designation is a cab driver. The only cab driver in this area. I'll have him investigate his any recent female client."
The three nodded.
"Leave this in my hands now children." He chuckled then exited.
"What should we do?" Kankuro asked.
"What me and Temari will do is formulate a plan, what you could do is go to hell." Gaara said.
Temari looked at her older with sympathy as she watched him disappear into his bedroom. The tension in the house was almost unbearable, and their father's exit only made it worse.
"Gaara—"
Temari's words decayed on deaf ears as her younger brother exited as well. And she, the oldest and possibly the most foolish was left to deal with the consequences of futile actions to save the girl her brother loved.
Sakura jolted awake at the sound of a ring tone, is it him?
"Sorry I woke you miss, I should've had it on vibrate." The man said kindly.
"Oh it's no problem, are we ready to go?" She smiled.
"As soon as I take this call miss." He smiled back.
