(Recap)

"Ready? One, two, three." They both held their breath as they went under water. Sakura and Gaara had their hands together but they were soon violently ripped apart as Gaara got caught in the suction. He was pulled down father. Sakura got up to the surface and looked around to see Gaara was any where.

"Gaara! Gaara!" Sakura cried out as she despritely tried to look for him. People were crying for their lives and screaming help. Sakura felt some one push her down in to the water and tried to get air. A few times Sakura managed to get air but slowly she felt like she was going to pass out. She almost did but felt two arms bring her to the surface.

"Sakura!" She heard Gaara's voice and slowly he led her to a floating bed material. Sakura got on it and when Gaara did it brought them under water. Sakura got on and laid there.

"Gaara. What about you?" Gaara was shivering really badly and uncontrollably.

"I'll be fine. Besides, the boats are coming for us. They just had to row away from the suction. We'll get out of here in a little bit. I promise we'll get out of here." Gaara said as he kissed Sakura once more.

(End of recap)

Chapter Twelve: Losing and Saving

"Gaara it's getting quiet." Sakura whispered as people were becoming quiet. Gaara looked around to see many people by now had freezed to death. Sakura's eyes were closed but she wasn't sleeping. Sakura was so tired but she couldn't sleep. She was afraid that she wouldn't wake up.

"I know but they're going to come. The suction is long gone. They'll come for us soon. Sakura we'll be able to do all that we wanted. Just keep holding on." Gaara said as she nodded her head.

"Come on. We have to help them. Your men are out there. We have to get them before it's too late." Tenten shouted.

"I'm sorry miss. They could swarm us. They'll pull us down. And we'll have the same fate as them." The sailor on the boat said as tears slowly came down her face.

"But come on. We have to help them. There are people about to die and I know if we get to them there will be a chance that they'll live. Ino, Sakura is still out there, I know it. And Hinata, Naruto is too." Hinata cried even harded as her father and Neji tried to console her.

"On come. We have to help them. If we don't help them, do you really want to live with this guilt? The guilt of letting people die." Tenten screamed.

"There is guilt but it is out of trying to stay alive myself that we won't go back. But you will join them if you don't shut up!" He said coldly as Tenten saw Neji pulling her down. Tenten cried as she knew her best friend was going to die.

"Hold on Sakura. Just please hold on." Tenten prayed as Neji held her.

"Gaara, I love you." Sakura said as she held on to the wooden board while Gaara, still in the water, held on for life.

"Don't you say your good byes yet." He said as Sakura saw his lips were blue and he was blue with some moon light shining on him.

"Sakura, listen to me. When we get out of here, we're going to do all that we've talked about. Drinking cheap beer, riding on the roller coasters till we throw up, and go horse back riding on the beach. Remember that." He said as Sakura looked into his green foam colored eyes.

"Sakura, I'll always love you. You were the first person I've ever so much. I promise we'll always be together." Gaara said as he gave her the necklace he always wore.

"Sakura, you're going to live on. You're going to live on and make lots of babies. And you won't die here. You'll die as an old, old lady. In her nice warm bed. And promise me." Gaara said as Sakura nodded.

"Remember to hold on and don't let go. Also a piece of me for you if the bad must happen." Gaara said as he shivered. Sakura put it around her neck and kissed it.

"I'll never take it off." He grabbed her hand and she held it back.

"I'll never let go." Sakura said as they shared one more passionate kiss as Sakura had passed out and fell asleep.

"Come on people, move over so that we can make room." A sailor said as people began to move to another boat to make room. After about ten minutes of putting people in another boat, there was one boat left with several people left. These people were off to find any survivors. As they searched off to find them, the people in the other boats tied ropes to one another so that they could prevent people from floating off.

The sailor on the searching boat was named Lee and as Lee got closer to the people in the water, he noticed almost no one was moving. He swallowed as he saw no one moving.

"Is any one alive out there?!" He shouted as no one answered. As they came to the frozen people, they moved them away and checked to see if any one was alive. As they searched, Lee saw a woman with a baby. Both were frozen and dead. He felt a tear roll down his cheek.

"We were too late." The others stopped rowing for a second.

"Well come on. We have to keep searching just in case." He said as he floated through the people.

"Is any one alive out there?" Sakura lifted her head up and saw a light flashing at her. She saw people. She looked towards Gaara who was gone. She saw he was gone and knew he had to have died. She held on to his necklace around her neck and cried. No one tears came to her face but she soon realized that Gaara wouldn't have wanted her to die out here for him. He wanted her to go on. Live free, but die in a warm bed as an old lady. Sakura gathered up all her strength and called for them.

"Wait. Come back. Come back!" Sakura said in a small and raspy voice. It was hardly more than a whistle. She saw a sailor that had died and she saw around his neck a whistle. She gathered up all her strength and swam towards him. She ripped the whistle off of his neck and began to blow in to it. She blew the whistle as hard as she could to get their attention.

"Come on, there have got to be more people that have survived." Lee said as he had already found three people. They were all out and cold. They were going to be alright. One guy had hurt his leg and it was broken from what it looked like. Lee felt so bad. They had waited to long to help more people. They could've saved more people.

"Hey Lee. I think I hear a whistle." One of the men said as Lee heard it.

"Who goes there?!" He shouted as he pointed his flash light as the sound. It was woman with rosed colored hair and was as white as snow.

"Come on men go get her. I don't want to lose another person." Lee said as they came towards her. Sakura looked back to see Gaara wasn't there.

"Here mam." Lee said as he extended his arm out and pulled Sakura out of the cold waters. They immidately put a towel around her and slowly Sakura began to get warm. She thought it was a dream but she could tell it was real. She looked again to find Gaara but he was no where to be seen.

When they got back to other people, Sakura was greeted by Hinata, Tenten, Ino, Shikamaru, and Neji. Tenten took her fur coat off and exposed her skin and hugged Sakura to warm her up. Neji put her coat around Sakura to help warm her. Neji took his bigger jacket off to keep Tenten warm. He had his suit jacket on still.

"Sakura, I didn't think you would live. But you're alive. Oh thanks Kami." Tenten said as she hugged Sakura. Tenten began to cry as Sakura was safe and her prayers had been answered. Sakura had gotten hugs from most of her friends. She couldn't believe it. She was going to live on. Only, Gaara wouldn't be able to see it.