You people are so lucky I have a snow day today so I can write this chapter.

By the way I rewrote some of the last chapter so please reread some of it so you know what's going on.

Trees in Bloom

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Sakura woke up the next morning with a bit of a headache. Sliding out of bed she walked over to the mirror in her room, I don't look so hot this morning. She pocked at her face and examined her eyes then ran fingers through her hair.

Sighing she walked into the bathroom and turned on the hot water in the shower. Taking off her nightclothes she slipped into the shower and quickly turned on the cold water. Hot enough damn it, she thought, don't think about it lets just get to work on time today.

Quickly scrubbing shampoo into her hair she rinsed and dried off. Walking into her room in a towel she started to hum as she got dressed. After putting on her red shirt and black shorts with her white skirt over top.

Walking quickly down the stairs and into the kitchen she started to make herself some toast. Still humming to herself she didn't notice that someone was sitting in the other room.

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Gaara looked up as he heard someone come down the stairs. He hadn't slept much last night because he had a hard time sleeping in a new environment for a little while. In a weeks time he would be sleeping like a baby, well as close to a baby as Gaara could be.

He looked into the kitchen from his seat on the couch; Sakura was dancing around humming to herself. From his spot he regarded her and all the notable changes.

Over the years she had grown into a woman, finally catching up to Ino. She had grown her hair long again, it was close to her waist. Even from where he sat could see she had been training hard over the last couple of years and her mussels were more defined.

Smirking to himself Gaara stood up, deciding it was time for breakfast and to see if the pink haired girl would jump or not. Gliding over the floor as silently as he could he sat at the table without a sound. Waiting for her to pull herself out of the fridge and turn around he lashed his fingers together over his stomach and leaned back.

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Still humming Sakura looked in the fridge for the milk, her song cam to a part she loved so she sung it out loud to the vegetables in front of her. 'I am special, I am happy, I am gonna heave. Welcome to my happy world, now get your shit and leave. I am happy, I am good, I am… I'm outta here! Screw Yo….'.

Sakura had finally turned around to find Gaara sitting at the table with a big smirk on his face. She could tell that by the way his shoulders were shaking that he was holding back laughter. Blushing as red as the tomatoes behind her Sakura bowed her head in embarrassment.

'How long have you been there,' Sakura asked still watching the floor. 'Long enough to know you're happy,' came the reply. 'It was just a song and it's how the person isn't really happy they are just pretending to be.' 'That seems like a fitting song for you,' Gaara said. 'What do you mean?' Sakura asked finally looking up from the floor but unable to look him in the eye yet.

'I heard you last night, crying, and with the smile you had on your face earlier on I think it's a very fitting song,' he explained.

Standing up he walked over to the fridge and looked in. 'Your toast's up,' he said without looking at her. Looking over her shoulder Sakura say the toast and started to butter them, happy for the distraction from her earlier musical performance with a deeper meaning then she thought it had.

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Gaara looked over his shoulder and saw Sakura buttering her toast. Smirking he pulled the orange juice out of the fridge and picked up a glass from the counter. Pouring himself a drink he thought over what he had to do today. I have to go meet the council to see who will be coming back to Suna with us.

Draining his glass he placed it in the sink and walked out of the room. Any thoughts of Sakura had already left his head. Once in the front hall he slid on his sandals and walked out of the house without a word.

Being the Kazekage is a pain in the ass sometimes. No make that all the time. Sighing Gaara walked towards the Hokage tower to meet with the Konoha council. Walking into the tower his presence drew many stairs from the people in the hall. He had a commanding air about him, which usually scared people when it was combined with his glare.

Putting the same glare on his face he walked down the hall, and if anyone got near him they soon were pressing themselves against the wall to get away form his eyes. He had gotten rid of the demon a little while back but he was still a cooled person at times.

His green eyes still held the hate and pain from his childhood, but if he was with the right people his eyes lost the hurt and showed that he could feel. But it was still fun for him to see people cower with just one look. He was so cot up in his thoughts he didn't notice anything around him.

Finally getting to the top of the stairs he didn't notice he was walking up he found the meeting room he was looking for. And for the next couple of hours I will have my ears talked off by old men who think I know nothing. Sighing one last time he walked into the room.

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Sakura sat at her desk in the hospital looking over some papers. She couldn't concentrate on anything today. Her mind kept going over one thought, Sasuke. She knew it was the right thing to do when she left him, but it was weird how she didn't even feel bad about it.

I guess after all that time together and the new ways he found to ignore me and make me feel stupid I stopped like him entirely. Putting down the paper she was trying to read she leaned back in her chair. I thought I would be hurting so badly right now but I don't feel a thing. If anything I feel better.

A knock sounded at her door and she was pulled out of her thoughts. 'Come in,' she called picking up the paper so it would seem she was working and not just sitting around on her ass.

'Sorry to bother you Sakura-sama but the council requests your presence right away.' Her assistant was standing in the doorway holding a scroll in her hand. 'Did they say why?' 'Sorry but no they just said to tell you to be there quickly.' 'Thank you, you may go,' Sakura said waving her hand at the other woman.

Standing up she hung her coat on the hook by the door and left the hospital. I wonder what this could be about, it better not be about the budget again. I told them you can't skimp on money when it comes to the sick. Sighing Sakura walked down the street towards the Hokage tower.

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A knock sounded at the meeting room door. 'Ah that must be our head medic-nin now,' said on of the council members. 'Enter,' another member called out. Gaara looked up at the door when the knock came.

Naruto, the council and him were seated at a long table with piles of paper everywhere. They had come to the decision on who they were sending to Konoha and who was coming over from Suna. The head medic was just one of them.

Gaara had already meet with some of the teachers from their academe and other assorted ninja who would come to Suna and teach their ninjas to be. He had already picked out the ninja from Suna and they would be arriving in a couple of days to trade places with the Konoha ninja.

The door opened to reveal the one and only pink haired ninja standing there. So she is the head medic-nin in Konoha, interesting.

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I am stopping here, hehe, I will up date soon I promise if you review.