(Recap)

"Gaara. Gaara wake up." Gaara slowly woke up but he felt depressed about the yesterday.

"Tomorrow morning the boat should be at America. Aren't you going to at least spend your last day trying to feel better?" Naruto asked as Hinata sat next to him.

"Shut up Naruto. Go away." Gaara said as he sounded annoyed and hurt. Gaara turned towards the wall and looked out. He didn't see the wall though, he saw Sakura. He could remember Itachi's words as Sakura ran to her room.

"I'll let him live but remember this Gaara. If I see you with her, I'll kill you myself." Itachi's words still buzzed in his head and the only thing Gaara felt at that moment was a broken heart. Gaara felt depressed more and more by the second and clutched his chest where his heart was and tried to relieve the pain. He drifted into a painful sleep hoping that he could escape the heart breaking reality.

(End of Recap)

Chapter Eight: I can fly

Sakura saw Itachi talking to some other business men and could barely walk because of the weight on her heart that she was feeling. Sakura wanted only one thing in the world right now and that was Gaara.

"Gaara." Sakura's mind thought as she held on to Itachi's arm. The more she thought about Gaara, the more she didn't realize that she was holding on to Itachi tighter. Itachi felt his arm start to tingle.

"Sakura, are you okay?" Itachi as Sakura smiled and nodded.

"Can I go out side for a minute and get some fresh air?" Sakura asked as Itachi nodded and let her depart from him. Sakura walked out side and went to the railing on the deck. There she sat down on a bench.

"Sakura!" Sakura heard her name being called by a friend of hers. She looked to see it was Ino and Shikamaru. Sakura walked off to meet them.

"Hi Ino it's great to see you again. Hi Shikamaru." Sakura said as Shikamaru lazily said hi and waved a cool smile at her.

"Girl what've you been up to these days?" Ino asked as all Sakura could think about was she had been hanging out with Gaara.

"Nothing much." Sakura said as they walked away.

"God I hate me." Sakura thought to herself. Sakura happened to look over to lower deck and saw some one.

"Gaara." Sakura said as he looked at her. Sakura's eyes began to tear up immediately. Sakura had hurt written all over her face and Gaara looked away from her and off into the distance of the ocean in front of them.

"Oh God. Gaara. He won't look at me." Sakura thought as she got up and began walking away to her room. Itachi caught sight of her followed her while trying to catch up with her.

"Sakura, where are you going?" Itachi said grabbing her arm. Sakura shook her arm loose once and walked into her bedroom.

"Well for one thing I can't go back to him. It's all your fault Itachi." Sakura said as he smiled at her.

"Does he not want to take you back again?" He said with joy as Sakura fell to the floor and tears threaten to fall down. But she quickly wiped them away and sat on the bed.

"No he won't." Sakura mumbled hoping Itachi wouldn't hear but he did.

"Well Sakura you were already taken and besides what could he have given you that I can't give you." Itachi said as Sakura knew Gaara could've given her many things that she needed.

"Well for one thing he could've given me freedom and let me do what I believe in. We would've been able to have had the best time in the world and money couldn't have bought a second of it." Sakura said as she walked away. Itachi growing angry of this ran after her.

"Sakura I'm getting sick and tired of this." Itachi ran towards her and quickly Sakura looked at a vase. She grabbed it and once he was about to touch her, she threw it and hit the back his neck. He passed out and Sakura quickly changed into some thing to hide herself. She walked down to the lower decks and with a heavy heart of hope and fear, she ran to find him.

Gaara walked out of his room and to the deck where he sat there on a bench and looked out at the endless sea. He brought his hand up to his chest and began to play with his necklace. It was a small chain that had a picture of his mother inside of it. It had two sides to put a picture in but only one was never filled. He wished he could've put Sakura's picture in but she couldn't go near him.

"Hey Gaara, it might've just been my imagination but I think some one is looking at you?" Kankaru said as Gaara felt a pair of eyes of him and looked up. Gaara turned around seeing Sakura. Clearly hurt and she looked like she was about to cry but to make the pain in his heart stop he turned around. No it only made it worst. He turned around and saw she was gone. Gaara decided to walk around the boat and try to get his mind off Sakura for once and see if he could catch an unbroken heart moment.

Knock, knock was heard at the door of Gaara's room and when Kiba opened it, he found a close to tears Sakura.

"Where's Gaara?" Kiba shook his head and Naruto who was with Hinata shook his head.

"Sakura, are you okay?" Sakura shook her head.

"I can't stand it any more. I have to find him. Do you know where he is?" Hinata shook her head. Sakura began to leave the small room but Hinata stopped her.

"Itachi doesn't know you're here again, he'll come looking for you. He'll kill Gaara for sure this time." Hinata said as Sakura shook her head.

"He'll have to kill me too." Sakura said back in tears as they seemed shocked and nodded.

"I'm going to find Gaara, I'll be back later."

"Wait Sakura." Kiba yelled getting attention.

"Since Itachi will be after you, you might want to put a disguise on. Just in case. Better safe then sorry." Kiba said as he tossed her a pair of third class clothes. He gave her a large jacket which had a hood big enough to cover her hair and a skirt to hide her other dress. She looked in the mirror really quick and noticed how poor she looked.

"Actually, I did see him over at the dock. I don't know if he's there but I'll take you just in case you run into trouble." Kiba said walking out the door with Akamaru on his head. Sakura walked behind him and followed him to the deck.

"This is the only part about love that I hate. If you break up with some one close the only thing that runs through your mind is them." Gaara said to himself as he walked around the boat once and ended up back at where he was.

"Hey Gaara." Gaara turned around to see a certain Uchiha.

"Hey have you seen Sakura any where? She went missing again and if I'm right she'll come to you." Sasuke said as he wondered if Sakura loved Gaara enough that she would risk her life to be with him.

"She's missing? Why would she go missing?" Gaara asked as Sasuke shrugged.

"Maybe it's because she loves you." Gaara chuckled and scoffed at it but inside he was feeling some relief.

"Why would she love me? I'm broke, I'm poor, and there's nothing I could give her in return."

"The only thing in the world that I want is you." Gaara heard someone's voice and looked to see Kiba and Sakura behind him. She pulled her hood off so he could see her better and looked at him. Sasuke and Kiba left them alone and watched them from a distance.

"Sakura! What about Itachi?" Sakura's eyes watered.

"I don't love him, I don't want to be around him. I don't want to ride roller coasters till I throw up with him. Or drink cheap beer or do of that any fun stuff with him. I want to do all that with some one else. Besides if Itachi wants to kill you, he'll have to kill me too." Sakura said as she already had a few tears running down her face. There was no doubt in his mind if she was lying. He smiled and held his hand out. She cauitously walked to him. Gaara grabbed her hand and pulled her to the railing.

"Step up on the railing." Gaara said as Sakura wasn't sure.

"Trust me I won't let go." Gaara said as Sakura stepped up. Gaara stepped up behind her and Sakura could feel a breeze calmly hit her.

"Sakura, close your eyes. And don't open them till I say so." Gaara said as Sakura closed them and felt Gaara pulled her arms open. Sakura tensed a little but felt Gaara relax her. When he got her arms open, he grabbed her waist and held her. Her tears were dry and almost gone.

"Now open your eyes." Gaara said as Sakura felt like she was soaring. Sakura's eyes widen at the beautiful sight and felt lighter than air. At the front of the boat, Sakura looked out and it did. It felt like flying. Any pains that Sakura had were drifted away.

"I'm flying."

"We'll keep flying till we get to New York. And we'll do any thing we want to. I promise." Gaara said as Sakura's eyes watered again and a few tears fell down. After getting down, Sakura held him in a hard embrance.

"I'm sorry." Sakura said as Gaara asked why.

"I couldn't let Itachi kill you. I couldn't let that happen." Sakura said as Gaara held her tighter as his pain decreased away. He held her close unwilling to let her go for any thing.

"I would've died for you. Sakura I love you enough that I'll die for you." Sakura looked at him.

"But if you die what would I do with out you. I need you. Gaara I love you enough that I wouldn't let that happen. And right I need you more than ever." Sakura whispered as she cried. Gaara looked at her and locked his eyes with her's. He pulled her closer to him and pressed his lips against hers. Sakura kissed him back as if they had been lovers for ages.

"Sakura I won't let you go that easily but at first I thought you wanted him because he had money." Sakura heard him say as she looked at him with a small smile.

"Money isn't every thing."

"True. Money isn't every thing, but you are to me." Gaara said as she hugged him. He pulled her as close as he could to his heart and rested the pain that had been haunting him. Sakura looked up to see her mother up on the higher decks but hadn't seen Sakura yet. Sakura pulled her hood over her head.

"Sakura, come on I know where we can stay until we get to America." Gaara said holding her hand and hiding back in his room. Sakura got up on Gaara's bed and Gaara climbed up after her. No one was in the room at the moment and both started to kiss one another after the terrible seperation. But in the back of Sakura's mind she wonder when Itachi would wake up. She knew it wouldn't be long until some one found him.