(Recap)

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

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

"Here mam." Sai 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.

(End of Recap)

Chapter Thirteen: Memories

The survivors in the boats floated for two days with out food and water. Many thought they would end up like the unfortunate who had been in the water and their lives taken because of the cold. While every one wondered about their future, Sakura was asleep most of the time but when she was awake, all she thought of was Gaara. On the third day that morning, a large boat came towards the survivors. They all yelled with glee for the boat to pick them up. The boat had come for them and slowly the survivors were loaded on to the boats and given blankets, food and water.

"Gaara." Sakura whispered under her breath as she sat on the boat as it began to rain. Tears had run down her cheeks as she remembered what had happened that night the Titanic sank. She had lost Gaara. She had lost every thing. Her rich life, her belongings, her money, but that wasn't what mattered to Sakura. All that mattered was that Sakura had lost the one important person in her life and not one person in the world could buy it, Gaara. Gaara died while Sakura, to her unfortunately, survived.

"Why couldn't I've died to?" Sakura thought to herself as she felt the rain back off and a shadow stood above her.

"Can I take your name love?" It was a crew man. She stated her name as Sakura no Sabaku. She hadn't thought of it before what her last name and her life would be like if Gaara and lived and they got married.

"What would my life have been like if, he didn't die and we had gotten married?" She asked her self in a quiet voice. She looked up to see lots of other people and they were all the ones saved from the sinking. Sakura felt a blanket be placed around her shoulders as she thought. She looked up to see a man passing them out and nodded to her as he left. She could still hear his voice like it was only just a second ago that he told her. The memory brought tears to her eyes but she listened to it. Bringing the only comfort she could find. But then she thought of some thing that made her cry harder.

"I didn't even get to say good bye." Sakura thought as she saw some one come down the stairs.

"I'm sorry this is all steerage." Some one said. Sakura looked to see who it was. It was Itachi. He ignored the commander and started searching around to find Sakura but she hid behind her blanket. When he went away she heard a voice next to her.

"I don't see Gaara any where." She knew who it was and responded back.

"He didn't make it Sasuke." She said as she looked at him. He had a blanket wrapped around him as well and wasn't looking well either. At the thought of Gaara's name put Sakura to tears.

"Sakura, you've been like my little sister. Please don't cry." He said pulling her into an embrace to make her feel better. Sakura burst to tears and held on to Sasuke almost thinking it was Gaara. Sasuke wasn't too sure what to do but hold her and try to comfort her.

"Easy Sakura. I've got you. I've got you." He said as he could remember that she had been happy but not as happy as she had been with Gaara. Once full of joy because of Gaara, now she grieved and mourned for him. Sasuke could remember that when Sakura was told of her forced marriage that she had been upset but she hadn't cried any thing like this since she was to break up with Gaara. She had passed out from crying alone when she had to stop seeing Gaara. For her to cry now that he was dead was harder to deal with. Sasuke could feel her pain run through his body making him almost as depressed as her. It was over whelming.

"Sasuke is she going to be okay?" Sakura looked up to see who it was. She was realived to see he was safe as well.

"Yeah." It was Naruto. It seemed that he had survived. Sakura knew that Kankaru died from the water too.

"I heard about Gaara Sakura. I'm so sorry. I feel your pain. He was like a brother to me." Naruto said as he pulled Sakura into a hug and let her cry on him. Naruto let a few tears out himself when he felt Sakura's pain radiate off on to him.

"America, now unloading." Sakura heard as she sat next to Naruto.

"Come on Sakura, I know where you can stay for the time being." Naruto said as he saw Hinata's cries from another part of the boat. Naruto ran to her and held her. Hinata's teary eyes light up when she saw him. The sight of Naruto and Hinata being able to find each other was unbearable. With out thinking, Sakura ran off the boat and into the city.