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The Next Day…
Gaara jumped off a tree with his sister and they walked to the gates of Konoha. Gaara's eyes widened slightly seeing someone waiting for them. Saya spotted them and headed towards them quickly. She has her pack on her back.
"I'm ready to go, so let's go!" she cheered kissing him quickly and walking in the direction they just came.
Sand wrapped around her arm softly and tugged her back. She looked back at them and grinned.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" she asked innocently.
The siblings looked at each other perplexed. Temari sweat dropped.
"We just got here Sai-chan. We're tired!" Temari yelled laughing.
Saya smiled the best she could not really wanting to walk back into Konoha. She stood planted where she was. Gaara furrowed his eyes and walked up to her.
"Sai-chan is something wrong?" he asked her quietly.
She smiled brightly.
"No of course not. I'm just really missing Ryuzaki and everyone else…" she said softly.
Gaara nodded.
"Alright we'll be back in Suna shortly. Just give us some time to recuperate and I also would like to speak with Tsunade-sama…" he said softly.
Saya nodded weakly.
"Alright…" she mumbled and flinched grabbing her shoulder when he touched it slightly.
He stared at her.
"Are you alright?" he asked moving her shirt down somewhat to reveal a nasty bruise.
Gaara's eyes widened.
"Who did that to you?" he asked his voice taking on a deadly tone.
Saya waved her hands in front of her.
"It was training!" she said quickly then realized she just lied and tried to fix it.
"Well…um…sort of…" she said trying to sound convincing.
Gaara's eyes pierced through hers and she thought screw it all.
"Actually…that's a lie…" she said quietly.
Gaara stared at her trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Temari interrupted them.
"Are we going to walk through the gates or what?" she asked annoyed.
Gaara turned to her.
"Go on without us…we'll catch up…" he said calmly.
Temari nodded unsurely and headed in. Saya's eyes began to tear and she tried to wipe them away.
"Okay…I'll tell you but you can't get mad…" she said getting control over herself.
Gaara was already plotting.
"What is it Saya?" he asked calmly.
Saya took in a breath.
"Sasuke…he tried to…well he kissed me…and then…uh…tried some other stuff…but its okay! He didn't do anything else! He just tried but I got away…I think he was just confused actually…" she ranted on trying to make sense of it and when she looked up her eyes widened.
"Gaara…Gaara where'd you go?!" she yelled out panicking.
She ran to the gates and didn't see him anywhere. She groaned lowly. Tsunade walked up to her.
"So did you tell him?" she asked seriously.
Saya was freaking out.
"Yes and now I can't find him! He disappeared and now people are going to die!" she cried.
Tsunade's eyes widened.
"Oh crap…I just saw him like a minute ago…he seemed calm!"
Saya shook her head.
"No, you should know this by now…calm is bad when it's Gaara we're talking about! Calm is really bad because it means he's thinking! And Gaara thinking is really bad when it comes to people like Sasuke!"
Tsunade groaned.
"We have to find him…before he finds Sasuke…" she said and both female shinobi took off in search of the Kazekage.
Saya ran through the town hurriedly looking for her husband. She could only imagine what was going through his head. She ran down almost every alleyway and met up with Tsunade sometime later.
"Tsunade-sama, did you find anything?!" she asked out of breath.
Tsunade shook her head quickly out of breath.
"I can't find him anywhere…" she said catching her breath.
Then they heard it. The screams coming down an alleyway to the far corner of the tower made them both jump. They both spun around and took off running to the alleyway along with some other shinobi that included Naruto, Sakura, Lee, Neji, and Temari. They all reached the alleyway and saw Hinata pressed against the wall staring in horror at the sight before them all. Naruto ran to her and held her tightly. They all looked up and their eyes widened with terror. Saya pushed past the small crowd with Tsunade and they both gasped.
"Oh my god…" she murmured and walked a little closer.
Gaara was standing over a bloody body. Saya walked slowly up to him not taking her eyes off the body. Gaara finally seemed to notice she was there and looked at her. She stared at Sasuke's lifeless body and kneeled down slowly feeling for a pulse shakily. He had been dead too long for her to be able to heal him. Her body stiffened.
"H-He's dead…" she stuttered letting some tears fall in shock.
Everyone's eyes widened and Naruto stood up quickly leaving Hinata to Lee's care. He stepped up next to Saya.
"H-He's not dead…p-please…you're wrong…" he said staring at Sasuke's body.
Saya stood up and finally looked at Gaara. He wasn't looking at her but she knew he knew she was looking at him. Naruto's voice broke her out of her thoughts.
"Gaara, what did you do?!" Naruto yelled at her husband.
Saya looked at Naruto. His eyes were tearing and he was glaring daggers at his friend. Saya looked to Gaara, who didn't answer Naruto but continued to stare at the body. Naruto growled as his canines got longer and his eyes turned red.
"How could you do this?!" he cried as tears streamed down his face.
Saya wiped some tears from her eyes. The group stared at the Kazekage waiting for his answer. He finally looked up and stared at Saya. She looked at him, her eyes wide.
"D-Did you do this Gaara? Did you kill S-Sasuke?" she asked quietly.
Gaara stared at her for a while before answering.
"Do you think I killed him Saya?" he asked calmly making eye contact with her.
She stared at him wide eyed.
"W-What?" she asked unsurely.
Gaara stared at her calmly, his eyes emotionless.
"Do you think…I killed the Uchiha?" he asked again still incredibly calm.
Naruto raged inside.
"Answer me Gaara!" he roared but Gaara made no move to break his gaze.
Hinata tried to calm her husband down.
"I-I didn't see him do anything, Naruto-kun. H-He was just here when I got here," she tried.
Naruto didn't hear her. Saya thought about it and then stared at Sasuke's body. She cringed while observing it and finally met Gaara's gaze.
"N-No…I don't think you killed S-Sasuke…" she stuttered.
He seemed to relax a little then and nodded once.
"Then that's all that matters to me…" he said to her like no one was there.
Naruto was flipping out and lunged for the Kazekage. Saya moved in between the two shoving Naruto off just barely.
"He killed Sasuke!" he roared.
"How could you believe him when he's standing there over Sasuke's dead body?! He killed my best friend!" Naruto cried and Hinata ran up to him hugging him tightly.
Naruto's eyes went back to normal and his canines shrunk to normal size. He wiped his tears away and glared at Saya. Saya stood in front of Gaara.
"You don't know that Naruto! Hinata said he was just standing here when she showed up! Stop trying to blame somebody!" she shouted defending her husband believing him even more now.
Naruto went to go at him again but Lee stopped him this time.
"If Gaara says he did not do it…then he did not do it!" Lee said firmly believing his friend.
Temari joined them soon after unclipping her fan.
"You just stay away from my brother…" she seethed in rage that they were blaming her brother, his supposed friends.
Saya was grateful for another vote. Naruto was raging inside.
"He admitted nothing!" he screamed.
They all turned to Gaara and waited. Saya turned around and offered him a smile through her puffy, red eyes.
"I did not kill him," he said calmly staring at only Saya.
Saya nodded firmly and turned around to the group. Lee nodded also and went over to Saya and stood by her, Temari, and Gaara. Naruto closed his eyes and walked over to Sasuke's lifeless body. He picked up his dead friend and walked off with Sakura and Neji. Tsunade looked at Gaara and Saya.
"Lee would you please go and round up Kakashi and Gai for me…we must inform them of what has happened…" she said quietly.
Lee nodded and took off running to find the two. Then she remembered something.
"Saya we should tell people what Sasuke tried to do and then find out how we're going to help Gaara…" she murmured softly.
Gaara looked up at the Hokage.
"I didn't kill the Uchiha. He was already dead when I got here. I smelt the blood…" he said after some thought.
Tsunade nodded slowly and walked quickly back to the tower with Temari to order an emergency meeting with the council and jounin of Konoha. Saya turned to Gaara for the first time in a while.
"Let's go back to the tower, okay? It's not going to be safe here when this gets out…" she murmured softly.
Gaara stared at her quietly.
"You think that when they hear of the Uchiha's death…they'll come looking for me?" he asked calmly.
Saya mustered up a faint smile.
"I just want you to be safe rather then sorry…" she said gently.
Gaara nodded slowly.
"As long as you believe me…I don't care about anyone else…does it look like I care about how many friends I have?" he whispered.
Saya nodded wiping more tears off her face.
"You were happy with friends and now you have to suffer again because of something you didn't do…" she mumbled as tears poured down her face.
"I hate it here. I want to go home. I just want to be with you and our son…" she sighed and finally connected with him resting her head on his chest.
He let his fingers roam through her hair absent mindedly. His head was somewhere else. He seemed distant and tranquil.
"The council will not let us leave until the murder has been solved…" he murmured what he was thinking out loud.
Saya moved back a little.
"So we'll just stay here until Tsunade or someone else proves it wasn't you…" she said confidently.
Gaara thought about it.
"Unless she believes I killed the Uchiha…" he said slowly.
Saya frowned.
"Well…you didn't so she would be wrong to believe such a thing without any proof," she said frustrated.
Gaara smiled slightly at her defense.
"Let's go to the tower now shall we?" she asked smiling.
Gaara nodded and followed her to the Hokage tower. They waited outside Tsunade's office to hear any news on what happened. A few moments later, Tsunade walked out and sat next to them sighing in aggravation.
"Let me fill you guys in before I explode with information overload. Apparently, they're taking Sasuke's death hard and want Konoha quarantined. The jounin out on missions are to be asked to come back immediately and no one can leave the premises. Gaara, they're going to be watching you and you may have some trouble with the shinobi close to Sasuke…just be cautious…" she said smiling slightly.
Gaara nodded and stood. Saya stood as well and hugged Tsunade before heading out.
OOOH Murder Mystery! He's finally dead! I hope you liked it!!! I will update again soon! Please review if you can! I love your feedback! ^_~