A/N: This is just an advanced warning...this is going to be a long story and it will probably have a few sequels detailing the relationships of each couple. as is mandatory for everyone that is not Masashi Kishimoto, I don't own Naruto or any related characters. I just want to clarify, that the Karin in my story is not the one from the Naruto series. I didn't even know there was a Karin until someone told me. The girl in my story is my own, named after one of my friends that adores Kankuro.

CH. 14: Bets and Tests

For Sakura, the next few classes seemed to drag on. They had finished their lunches, which were amazing good considering they were made by a health nut, and had gone to their next class. Their Sensei had stood at the front of the class and coughed the whole time, so they had worked out of work books. When the bell had rung, they had run to the next class: Biology with Sakura's brother-in-law, though she didn't reveal herself.

All they had done in that class was clean equipment, much to the student's dismay. When the bell finally released them, Sakura grabbed Gaara's hand and they ran to Sakura's favorite class: health. When they walked into the room, there were diagrams of muscles, tissue, bone structure and many other charts that Gaara did not recognize. Sakura, however, had stars in her eyes.

She went to each chart individually and checked them for accuracy. She noticed several older charts that she knew were outdated. She made a mental note to inform the instructor. A tall man with dark glasses and an air of superiority walked into the classroom and noticed her. He gave her a haughty glance, then went to his desk.

"Sensei…" Sakura said, smiling at the man. He looked at her and arched one brow.

"Yes? Have I seen you before." He asked. She looked so familiar, but he just couldn't place her. He noticed she was pointing to several of his self drawn charts. His chest puffed proudly, until she spoke.

"Those charts are incorrect Sensei. The proportions of the several of the more intricate sections of the body are slightly off." She was still smiling, like she had NOT just called his drawings wrong. He felt like he'd been slapped in the face.

"And just HOW would a nineteen year old GIRL know if my diagrams are correct or not?" he hissed, his face red. He noticed the change in her immediately. She stiffened, and she raised herself to her full height. Her emerald eyes turned cold and her smile disappeared.

"This nineteen year old GIRL can answer any medical question you throw at her, SIR." He was taken aback by her attitude and her challenge. He glared her behind his glasses. More students had arrived since they had been 'chatting' including three he'd never seen before. They were hovering close to the back, being inconspicuous and staring at the girl in front of him.

He couldn't shake the sense of familiarity she held for him, but still couldn't place her. "We shall see about that. Take your seat then." he said, almost a sneer. She turned sharply on her heel and strode to where Gaara was sitting by the windows. She was so angry that she didn't notice three of her operatives were sitting in the shadows in the back of the classroom.

At the back, in the shadows, there was a betting pool going. "Ten says she shows him up using words." Lee said, reluctant to believe his beautiful boss would resort to violence right off the bat.

"Twenty five says she gives him a verbal lashing, then uses her psychic powers to scare the shit out of him." Choji said, scarfing down one of the bento boxes from the cafeteria.

"Hundred-fifty says she rips his charts off the wall and points out each and every mistake he made after he tries to stump her with more advanced medical procedures and terms." Shino said, holding out his hand. They all shook and looked down at Sakura, who was fuming at the teachers insolence.

Gaara noticed she was more than a little upset. He put his hand on her thigh and squeezed, getting her attention. She looked at him and was instantly calmed by his emotionless face and burning eyes. She reached up and tunneled her hand into his hair. She looked out the window, trying to further dissipate her anger towards the stupid health teacher.

She could hear the man babbling, but wasn't paying him any attention. She knew all the stuff he was spouting off anyways. It was basic medical knowledge she had mastered at twelve. Her attention returned to the man when he slammed his book on the desk in front of her in an attempt to get her attention.

"It seems that our little miss know it all doesn't think she needs to pay attention. Well, if that is so, then what is Anastomosis?" he looked at her smugly until he heard her murmur.

"He's joking right? That is so fucking easy…" she said this quietly, then said a little louder, "A procedure to connect healthy sections of tubular structures in the body after the diseased portion has been surgically removed." she didn't even blink and he noticed that her book wasn't even on her desk. He frowned and looked down at her bag.

"Where is your book miss?" he prompted for her name.

"You can call me Sakura, and my book is in my bag, along with every other book I haven't opened today." She said tartly. He went to kick her bag to check for how truthful she was being when he was stopped by a bone crushing grip on his shin.

"You kick my bag, and I'll break it." she hissed, picking the bag up with her other hand. She opened it to reveal a small Calico kitten sleeping in one of the secured pouches. Her gaze softened as soon as she saw the kitten.

"I had wondered where she got to…" Gaara muttered, picking the kitten up and ignoring its protesting mewls at being moved. He stuck the little thing in his vest, where it would be much safer. Sakura beamed at him, but he just looked away and blushed. He couldn't help it he had a soft spot for her cat.

Her teacher scowled and relaxed. Sensing his submission, Sakura let go of his leg. He stepped back with a slight limp. He scowled at her. "That first answer must have been easy. What is Brachytherapy?" He would not lose this one. Hardly anyone not in the medical field had ever heard of this.

Sakura sighed and gave him a penetrating look. "A procedure in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed into the body. Also called internal radiation, implant radiation, or interstitial radiation therapy. Can be used in treating cancer. Can be used in the treatment of blood vessels affected by heart disease." she looked so bored that he was dumbfounded. He couldn't believe that she knew that it was.

"We can go at this all day Ebisu-sensei, but the results will be the same. Any question you ask me, I will answer, and you will only get angrier. However, there are a few things I would like to show you." She got up and walked to the three charts she had noticed had inaccuracies. She ripped them off the wall and brought them to him. She put two on her desk, and held up the third one.

"First of all, this muscles, does not stretch this far down. It stops right along here, connecting to bone. There is another muscles that almost overlays it that starts here." she pointed out the inaccuracies on the muscle chart. She then grabbed the internal organ chart.

"The liver, bile ducts, and gallbladder are part of the biliary system and should be labeled as such, not as 'Waste System'." she laid that chart down and went to the last chart.

"And Chakra, while not a prevalent medical field at the moment, does not flow like this. It starts here, then travels out to the extremities. The way to remember it, is to think of it as a circulatory system that starts at the stomach and flows outward from there. There are Eight Chakra gates located at various parts of the body. Only someone with extreme physical prowess can unlock seven of the eight gates. All eight gates being unlocked causes death, being as the Eighth Gate is the Death Gate." She looked at him, but didn't give him time to say anything. She rolled the charts up and slapped them against his chest.

"These charts are four years outdated. There have been major medical advancements and discoveries since these charts were drawn. You might want to check with the Medical Journal or The Kagure Medical Advancements department before you start teaching with these charts." she said, and sat down. She smiled at him and put her hand back in Gaara's hair, staring out the window again.

In the back of the room, Choji and Lee were each giving Shino one hundred and fifty dollars for winning the bet. He stuck it somewhere and chuckled softly. "Seems that I know our boss the best next to Neji and Sai." He heard two grumbles of 'lucky bastard' and they leaned back in their chairs.

Ebisu was dumbfounded. He could not figure out how this nineteen year old girl knew more about medical procedures and functions than he, at thirty-four, did. "Just who are you that you know about the Medical Journal and The Kagure Medical Advancements department. Those are for key members of the medical field." he scowled and threw his charts into the trash can. The girl looked back at him, boredom written all over her face.

"Because the last fifteen articles published in the Journal and the last thirty-seven reports of new advancements to the department were made by me." she smirked as she heard him gasp. She also felt his heart skip erratically and her face became worried.

"Ebisu-sensei, I must ask you to sit down right where you are and do not move. You are going to have a cardiac embolism if you don't calm yourself immediately." she reached into a hidden compartment in her messenger bad and produced a small medical bag. She took out a needle and drew a few ccs of something Gaara could not identify.

Sakura knelt before the now sitting Ebisu and injected the liquid into his arm. He hissed a little at the pain, but Sakura had no time to console him. She put two fingers to him pulse, which was starting to regulate itself. She glared at the older man, who sweat dropped.

"I would have thought that with your training and age you would be smart enough to seek medical help for this. I'm calling Shizune to have you transported to the hospital for immediate transfer over to Kagure Medical. My staff there will immediately put the stint in so that you can return to teaching before this year lets out. I will inform the Godaime that I will be your doctor until your full recovery." She noticed the man's eyelids drooping as the drug took effect.

"Who…who ARE you!?" he asked, his voice light. Sakura turned and yelled at a student to go get Shizune and several orderlies to take Ebisu to the hospital.

"My name is Doctor Haruno Sakura. I am the youngest person to ever pass the boards and practice in the Country of Fire." she went about preparing him for immediate evacuation.

"I…read about you…in Science Magazine. You passed your boards at fifteen, ne? You have been the head of Kagure Medical for four years…that's how you knew my charts were off…" she heard him whisper, then saw him smile. His eyes were unfocused as his glasses slipped off his face.

"I have a celebrity in my class…and I just tried to outsmart the youngest doctor in the world…with minor medical procedures." his voice trailed off as he slipped into unconsciousness.

Sakura monitored his vitals using her psychic skills as she listened for Shizune and the gurney. She could feel Ebisu's pulse slow dangerously. Panicking, she yelled "Shino, Lee, Choji! I need you STAT!" the three appeared in front of her, kneeling.

"Hai, Haruno-sama?" Shino looked at her panicked face. He stood, knowing what she wanted. "We will get him there immediately Haruno-sama. Do not fret yourself." Shino's calm voice made her feel much better. She allowed the three men to lift Ebisu carefully, then they just disappeared.

Five minutes after they were gone, she heard the gurney wheels making their way to the classroom. The student burst inside, Shizune and three orderlies behind him.

"Where is Ebisu-san!?" Shizune yelled, looking around. Sakura arched a brow and crossed her arms under her breasts, lifting them accidentally.

"On his way to Kagure Medical thanks to several of my employees. He would have been dead by the time you got here, Shizune-san. Though I can tell that it was not YOUR fault." Sakura said dryly, glaring at one orderly in particular. She could tell by his aura that the man had recently been unconscious, and Saiki could smell dog all over him.

"Shizune…I think it's time to go see the Godaime…we have things to discuss before school ends." Sakura turned to Gaara and smiled at him. She walked over to him and put her hand on his cheek.

"Gaara-kun…would you mind taking the other students to Gai-sensei. We can't leave them in here, and you are the only one that can assure all the student will get there instead of slacking off. Can you do that for me…Panda-chan?" she whispered his nickname in his ear as she hugged him. He found himself agreeing even though he really didn't want to.

Sakura released him and turned to the medics. Her eyes hardened to that of Dr. Haruno Sakura. "All of you…come with me. Shizune, bring the gurney…we are going to need it." the last part of her statement was hear only by Shizune, who noticed Sakura glaring at the dark headed orderly she had found unconscious in the west wing hallway.

Neji woke upon hearing rushing around in the hallway outside the room. He got up, careful not to wake Tenten, and looked out. There were orderlies and a single black haired nurse rushing around outside. He grabbed one of the orderlies and asked him what was going on.

"The health teacher has collapsed in his classroom. There is a young lady trying to keep him from slipping unconscious, but we have to transport him to Kagure immediately." the orderly rushed off once more, trying to get everything they would need.

"Sakura-sama…" he whispered, then noticed Tenten shit, reaching for him where he'd been. She whined in her sleep when she couldn't find him. He smiled and shit the door, locking it so that no one would burst in and wake the girls up.

He noticed that Temari and Shikamaru had shifted in their sleep and he couldn't help the low chuckle that escaped. Temari's head was in the crook of Shikamaru's neck, her hands against his chest like she was about to push him away, only her fists were curled in his shirt.

One leg was thrown over his hip, while the other was nestled between his legs. Shikamaru's right hand was groping her ass, while his left hand was cupping one of her breasts. His head was resting on top of hers, his face lax with sleep. He chuckled again and walked back over to Tenten. he sat in the same spot he had been lying in earlier and watched her sleep.

He almost jumped off the bed when she shift, wrapping her arms around him waist and rubbing her face in the crotch of his pants. He blushed a deep red and tried to move, but she growled and hugged him closer to her. She nuzzled his hip and her breathing evened out into deep sleep once more.

Neji gulped and couldn't help but wonder what Sai was doing at this very moment.

Sai stood in the corner of Tsunade's office, hidden in the shadows, as the Godaime finished her never ending paperwork. He watched her sigh, stretch, then lean back in her chair. Sai cleared his throat to make his presence known. He noticed she didn't jump like most people did. Then he heard her chuckle.

"You forget Sai, I am an older version of your boss, only with blonde hair and hazel eyes. We both share the same bloodline, so we are alike in a lot of ways. Our psychic abilities are one of them. I knew you were there the instant you appeared. I merely allowed you to calm yourself as you seemed extremely embarrassed about something." she turned and looked at the dark painter.

"My apologies, Godaime-sama. I did not mean to offend you by not taking your relationship to Haruno-shishou into account." Sai bowed low, signaling his deep apologies. To his surprise, Tsunade laughed.

"You don't have to apologize. Unlike my sister, I have no problem digging into your mind to figure you out. I can see clearly how the scientists stripped you of emotion. I also see what caused you all that embarrassment you seem to be feeling, despite the behavioral modifications." she chuckled as he blushed again. She motioned him to sit in one of the chairs that were by the bookcase, to the left of her desk.

"I am not sure how to process these feeling because I do not ever remember having them before." he said, taking his paint brush and scroll off his back. "Everyone on our team is a little disconcerted that we are in a situation where our emotions are having a significant hold over us. I have never before considered which gender I prefer sexually…where as the other men seem content with the females friends of Haruno-shishou. She, herself, seems to prefer male company in this aspect. I am confused, because I do not feel that for any female I have ever encountered, and yet…I have for a male. What does this mean Godaime-sama?" the boy looked so confused that Tsunade couldn't help but feel bad for him.

"It means that you merely prefer the company of your own gender. There is nothing wrong with that. There are many people who prefer same-sex relationships. You must follow what instinct tells you." Tsunade smiled at the boy. She couldn't tell him to 'follow his heart' because she knew from being in his mind that he wouldn't understand that. Instinct he understood.

Sai processed what she said and nodded. "I will take your advice, Godaime-sama. You are my shishou's older sibling. I trust your judgment in this area that I am unfamiliar with." Sai stood and bowed once more. He then disappeared without a trace. Tsunade sighed and looked down at her desk.

"I just hope Shino doesn't hurt him. He's been through enough without being rejected by one of the only people he has a bond with." She rolled her shoulders and got back to work.

Kiba woke to the sound of running feet in the hallway. Akamaru was in the room once more and Kiba arched a brow at him. Akamaru gave a soft woof of explanation and Kiba nodded in understanding.

He gently caressed Ino's hair, which fell down to below that nice ass of hers. Kiba blushed at the thought that had just crossed through his head. He also blushed when he noticed his scent all over her, and almost died when he realized where his hands were.

He was tried to remove them, but her legs clamped around his hand, trapping it there, and she moaned when she felt his hand slip on her breast. He could also smell the arousal that came from her when this happened. He sat there, frozen, and just let her scent flow over him, into him.

He growled possessively and bent his head to her neck. He sniffed and licked it, causing her to moan again and her scent to spike. He nipped her shoulder lightly, leaving only a tiny mark of his claim on her, then continued to check her over for injuries.

He took his coat from around her and blushed when her breasts lay bare before him. He made a mental note to ask Sakura for some clothes for her. She had a few bruises here and there, some scratches and a few lacerations. He growled menacingly at the site.

"I'll kill the bastard that did this…" he started licking the lacerations on her thighs, cleaning them. He noticed that her gown was gone and looked for her, only to find it in shreds by the side of the bed. He growled again and barked a few things out at Akamaru. "Go get my pack out of the Godaime's office Akamaru. I don't like her being bare like this. She's been through enough without orderlies ogling her when they check on her."

The white dog jumped out the open window (Kiba had opened it before he lay down with her because it was hot) and rushed off to do what Kiba told him to. Kiba traced her face with his fingers and 'purred' at her.

"Hitome…go 'way…" she pushed at him, obviously not aware that it wasn't a cat purring at her. He grunted as she shoved a little harder. He stopped the growling that made it feel like he was purring at her and she stopped pushing at him.

"She must have a cat at home…" he said, then grimaced. He had never been overly fond of cats. He just hoped she wasn't very attached to it. He heard her grumble again.

"Fucking cat…gonna hurt it…mom cry though…stupid cat…" she turned in his arms, grumbling about what was obviously her mother's cat. Kiba got a toothy grin and waited for Akamaru. The big white dog bounded in through the window, a large knapsack in his jaws.

He took out a pair of black boxer shorts and a large white tee-shit and put them on her. She rolled around in his lap several times, making it slow goings, but he just chuckled at her and kept pulling the clothes on her.

He ran his fingers through her long blonde hair after the clothes were securely around her. When he was sure she was fully covered, he looked over at Akamaru. "I don't like it here…I'm going to take her to the Godaime's office and wait for Sakura-san there. Let's go Akamaru." Having made up his mind, he stood and walked over to the dog, and gave the pack to him. Holding Ino with one hand, he held the other in front of him, two fingers stuck in front of his face, then disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

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o.O what kind of drama will start when Sakura and her little entourage get to Tsunade's office and Kiba and Ino are there. The orderly who molested Ino is with the, that is why Sakura is in such a pissy mood with the guy. And how will Gaara nd Kankuro react to Shikamaru feeling up their older sister? How will SHE react for that matter!? And what is going to happen to Neji if he keeps blushing like Hinata does in the series!? Find out in the next episode of cheesy la-la music Paradise...FOUND!!!! (Habit is sweat dropping at own cheesiness...lol)

Ch. glossary:

shishou--> master (Sai refers to her as master because she is the one that saved him from the scientists who stripped him of emotions. He feels like he owes her his life)