RECAP: The whole gang gets alot closer and naruto asks sakura his questions and all that and she gets nightmares and all three of them snuggle all night like when youre scared and you goto your parents room when youre like 7.

Kakashi had made sure they'd be back in Konoha at around 3:00 and so far they were ahead of schedule. Kakashi had arranged a meeting for Sakura with Lady Tsunade to talk things over. Sakura was reluctant at first but Naruto had agreed to go with her. She calmed down and they had a relaxing trip back to Konoha. When they got there Kakashi said he was going for BBQ but they all knew hew was going to look for Sasuke.

Naruto and Sakura walked up to the hokage's office. Tsunade greeted them both but she refused to talk with Naruto there. Reluctantly he and Shizune left. Naruto was pretty upset that she'd gone through the trouble to get Shizune to make sure he left, but he didn't say anything knowing Sakura would be ok with Tsunade. As he walked out a Chuunin came up to him telling him there was a visitor for him at the main gate. He was thinking about who it could be and by the time he figured it out he was staring straight at him. It was Gaara, he'd never been so happy to see anyone other than Sakura.

"Oh?...GAAARRRAAAA!"

Naruto ran over to him squeezing the senses out of him with a bear hug.

"Uh...hey N-na-aruto..."

"Hey, whatcha doin' here?"

"Oh...uh...well...I...after the teacups I..."

"Oh, well um I've got to tell you something..."

"I knew it...you think I'm weird right...I just...really like you..."

Gaara was starting to cry and Naruto had noticed. Instead of telling him he liked him back he decided to kiss him but he had to go about it the right way. He put his hand on Gaara's face making him look up and he leaned in and kissed him. The kiss lasted for so long and just when you think it would end he went deeper and so would his tongue. Gaara was taken aback but incredibly happy. Naruto finally let up, grabbed Gaaras hand and took him to the ramen shop without even giving him a chance to respond.

MEANWHILE

Sakura was nervous as to what she wanted to talk about. Tsunade had sent Shizune on an errand leaving just the two of them.

"Kakashi has sent me a carrier pigdeon and has informed me of what occured at the market place."

"Oh, yea I didn't mean to sneak away but I had to know what they were buying."

Sakura knew this wasn't what she was referring to but she hoped it was. She didn't think she could talk about this with anyone except Naruto.

"Sakura...I know...it's hard...*sigh* you may not believe this but a similar thing happened to me"

"Lady Tsunade...what are you talking about..."

"You know very well what I'm talking about...Sasuke...when I was still a Genin, my squad went on our first week long mission. We were going to some small town to protect them from bandits. Jiraiya had hoped it would turn into at least a B rank mission but of course it never did. Well we split up into two teams, one to guard east and the other west. Me and Orochimaru watched the East and at night we stayed in the same hotel room. He did the same to me the last night we were there. Before that last night he'd been leaving hints. Back then I had the biggest crush on him and I thought he liked me back. I told him to stop but he didn't...that's what happened to you isn't it?"

At this point Tsunade and Sakura were crying at their memories. Tsunade got up and walked over towards Sakura and the door. She'd thought Tsunade was just going to leave but instead she gave her a hug. This made them both cry harder. Although Tsunade wasn't about to let it show. They stood there for what seemed like an eternity, but in actuality was only about a minute or less. Tsunade had stopped her tears as quickly as she had started them. Sakura on the other hand was still breathing heavily as she cried. Tsunade put both her hands on her shoulders and bent down a little to meet her eyes.

"Sakura! This is NOT you're fault!"

Sakura was taken aback at how she had delivered that last line with such gusto. She was so shocked in fact that her breathing went back to normal practically in an instant. Sakura had almost forgot about giving a response and ended up just mumbling slightly. Tsunade took her down to the infirmary just to make sure she was completely ok. As it turned out she had a small fracture in her collar bone. Treatable but it would take the rest of the day.

MEANWHILE

As they approached Ichiraku's they started slowing down giving Gaara a chance to collect his thoughts. Before he could Naruto turned to him, Gaara was hoping for a kiss but he ended up being asked if he preferred ramen to barbeque. Naruto secretly hoped he would say barbeque seeing as he knew the owners of the ramen shop well and explaining his date would be a handful...his date? Did he just call Gaara his date? Gaara had noticed that Naruto had started staring off into space the way people do when they're tired. He clapped to bring him back.

"Naruto...what's wrong..?"

"Oh, nothing um...Ichiraku's is um...closed for maintenance so let's get barbeque"

"Ok..."

They walked around the corner at a regular place to the BBQ place without saying a word to eachother. They were having a meal together after they'd greeted eachother with a kiss...what did that make them? Having lunch would make them just two friends out for lunch. A greeting kiss made them...a couple. So did that make eating together a date? These thought ran through both of their heads. They both hoped it was a date deep down. They arrived at the barbeque place and realized they had been holding hands. When they noticed they immediately stopped. They stepped into the restaurant and sat at an empty table.

"So..Gaara what brings you to Konoha"

Gaara had told him he came back to see him earlier but that was before Naruto kissed him and he wasn't sure what to say. So he didn't.

"Oh, um Gaara remember what I was going to tell you earlier?"

"..mhm.."

"Well, I...think, I...l-lo-ve...you"

The moment he finished stuttering they both went red as beets.

"R-really...?"

"Y-ye-ea, um if you don't feel..the same...then-"

"N-no, N-na-aruto I l-love you..too"

Naruto's eyes lit up as soon as he said that. He leaned over the table and kissed Gaara yet again. Gaara was bright red but he was enjoying it as much as Naruto. Naruto had forgotten that they were back in Konoha. People he knew could see. He pulled himself away from Gaara and trying to be inconspicuous looked around for his fellow ninja.

He wanted to crawl into a hole when he found exactly what he was afraid of. Shikamaru, Neji, and Kiba were at the booth next to theirs. Naruto accidentally looked Shikamaru in the eye and nearly cried out of embarrassment. The three other ninja were staring in awe. They couldn't believe what they'd seen. Before they tried to say anything Gaara scooted out of the booth and grabbed Naruto's hand. He rushed them out of the restaurant as fast as he could.

"Thank you, Gaara"

Gaara noticed that he had begun to cry, and wiped Naruto's tears. Naruto could take the lead from here he kissed Gaara with a lot of tongue for a long time. He hadn't even realized that Shikamaru had gone after them. Shika came out and saw them kissing. Being the smartest ninja he knew he would just be in the way and he walked back into the restaurant. Naruto pulled his lips off Gaara's and proceeded towards his apartment.

MEANWHILE

Kakashi had just sent Sakura and Naruto on their way and now it was his turn to search for Sasuke.