I took a deep breath then walked into the hospital. It's becoming more of a chore everyday now with the Akatsuki at my throat. I tilted my head to the side when a boy ran up to me with a bouquet of dark purple roses covering his face. As I reached my arms out to move the roses aside the boy wrapped his arms around my waist crushing the flowers between us.

"Hey Kiba." I laughed hugging him back. He lifted me into the air and spun me around before quickly letting me go and taking deep breathes. "You shouldn't do too much right now…" I whispered holding my hand out about to brush it through his hair. He shook his head with a gruff smile and handed me the roses.

"For a beautiful girl, I wish I could marry." He said with a wink. I laughed at this and then forced him into his room instructing the nurses and doctors not to let him out. "You're no fun right now…" He grumbled but I could see that sly smile coming a mile away.

Instantly Gaara entered from behind and took in the situation slowly. He did not look happy today. I watched him for a moment longer then turned back to Kiba. "Why do you waste your time?" Gaara growled and left the room.

"It looks like your friend's angry at me. You shouldn't ignore them because of me. Go see him. You and I both know that we could never be together." Kiba said softly and held my hand in his own. I stared at him with pity. I know it's wrong but I just can't help it. I pity this man.

"You don't know that…" I whispered as my eyes filled with tears. He smiled bitterly and wiped them away with a graceful stroke of his fingers.

"You have so much hope… don't lose it okay?" He said with a faint smile before shooing me out of the room. I held in a scream and ran into my office slamming the door behind me. There I curled into a ball and tried not to scream. Kiba and I are best friends. I love him.

"I wish things were different." I muttered feeling the effects of him hit me completely. I listened to the hustling of people and heard a light tap of my door. I smiled softly at this and got up to answer the door. Neji was waiting with coffee and a pack of starbursts. "Thanks!"

"No problem Ms. Haruno." He said in return not even looking up at me. Instead he was looking at my schedule. I sighed then and tried my hardest not to get too angry at him. He didn't know that I was just rejected in the cruelest of ways.

I did all my jobs for the day in silence not allowing myself to feel any unwanted emotions. I could tell it was disturbing the Akatsuki, Gaara, and Neji but I ignored them. I didn't see Kiba for the rest of the day. I wasn't ignoring him but Hinata was taking over for my duties with him.

"You can't ignore him forever." Hinata informed me with a bitter smile. She was the only other person who knew the truth. I smiled softly at her and nodded. "I know that smile… it means the enchantment between you two will end much sooner than you hoped. I wish you could live in his enchantment forever."

"What are you talking about?" I asked as she twirled a purple rose in her hand. She looked at me with slightly widened eyes then smiled at me softly. By the sly look in her eyes I realized she will never tell me what she meant. I just have to figure it out on my own.

"Isn't it fun when people give you riddles you don't know the answer to?" Sasori asked with a smirk. I stared at him for a moment then sighed. Of course he would remember what I told them when I left. I turned away ready to leave but he grabbed hold of my wrist. "You told us, 'It's better to be all alone in a strange new world then to be all alone surrounded by friends in a world you know.'." He quoted me looking at me with deep light red eyes.

"I remember what I said." I answered and retreated into my office. Gaara was there working on papers in front of my desk. I noticed my red letters hidden but sticking out just barely from within my top drawer away from his view. I smirked and took out a letter to read what it said.

Dear Saku-chan!

I'm so sorry for the meanie Tobi's been recently! Tobi promises to make it up to you in any way possible! Tobi's a good boy and never wanted to hurt Saku-chan!

Your friend, Tobi-chan

P.S. What food do you want served at our wedding?

I smiled at this for a moment then allowed the glaring Gaara to shred it. I took out another one ready to laugh.

Sakura Haruno,

I'll be counting the days.

Pein

I paled and began to sweat white sweat forcing Gaara to take the letter from me and read it. He read the letter five times before shredding it with force. It almost broke my shredder.

Darling Sakura,

I love how much you've… matured since we last saw each other. By the way do you know what the beauty of purple roses means? I suppose not since you two just thrust them at each other so easily. Remember that I love you and want to kill him!

Sasori

P.S. have you heard anything about Deidara? I haven't been able to find him.

I choked at this while sipping my green tea Neji had gotten for me. Gaara snatched the letter from my hands and scanned it then smirked. I hit him upside the head then took out the last one for the night since Gaara was already shredding the others.

Sakura-chan…

I really miss you but I'm not like the others. I just want to eat you while you're sleeping beside me one night. The other boys don't care about you at all but I care about that lovely edible body you have. It looks so delicious!

Thank you for reading my letter!

Zetsu

I burst out laughing at this. Zetsu didn't realize his black side was changing parts of the letter! Gaara grabbed the letter, read it then began to shake in anger. "You're such a freak! Why do you care about these letters anyway?" I asked feeling slightly giddy. He glared at me in disbelief then left the room. Strange doc.