I Do Not Own Naruto

Fleeting

Sakura was sound asleep at her desk as she rested for a moment. She opened her eyes when a hand touched her shoulder and she bolted up to look at Sasuke then she blinked as she looked around the room and tried to get her bearings.

"What happened?" she yawned as she stretched, her back was arching and she heard everything popping as she sat up on the chair.

"Your patients, they're doing well," Sasuke informed her as he stroked her hair. She sighed as she tilted into his touch and her heavy eyes drooped a bit.

"Right, why are you here?" she asked him as she stood up and pulled away from him, her entire body was stretching as she pulled her hands over her head and felt every joint in her pop.

"The Kazekage, he wants to see you in his office," he said and she sighed as she finally relaxed and sighed as she nodded and walked away from him out of her lab. A hand grabbed her and she spun into him only for him to kiss her then.

"What was that for?" she breathed when he pulled away from her.

"Reminder," he said and he let her go. She was stunned as she walked towards the Kazekage office and she rubbed her arms. Uchiha Sasuke had kissed her, and he hadn't done it because of prompting or reminding. Sakura grinned as she felt a spring in her step as she made her way towards Gaara.

Sasuke watched her go and then he went up towards their hotel to pack again. It was time to get ready to leave and he was ready to return Sakura to the village. He would have to work on keeping in touch with Sakura, but he had no doubt that he could do this because it wasn't for him. He was going to be doing this because it was for her.

Looking out at the village in the desert he felt… relieved. They weren't going to be fixed up instantly but there was a chance that they could fix whatever they had together. Sasuke looked at the pack and he rubbed his brow as he thought this over. It was not going to be easy, it wasn't going to be simple, and he knew that but he could figure this out.

Looking over to the window he opened it to let his hawk into his room and pulled the missive from Kakashi. Reading over it he sat down on the bed and felt nothing but relief, laying on the bed he read over the letter twice and then stared at his ceiling. This was good news, it was good for him because he'd be out of the village longer, it was bad for Sakura because he'd be leaving the village again. He'd have to figure out how to break the news to Sakura. Whatever this thing between them was he didn't want to give it up, and he did not want to lose her.

Kakashi was relieved when he had heard word from Gaara that Sakura and Sasuke had figured out how to be together and that Sakura had figured out how to cure the victims of the poisoning. He was just pleased that this was all going how he had wanted it to. It was a nice change of pace…

Now if only he could get everyone off his back about the inauguration ceremony. He didn't want one and it was driving him insane to keep hearing from everyone how he needed on. They just weren't his thing, he'd sooner chidori himself than stand before a crowd and announce he was Hokage. There were better things to do with his time to, like sneek reading Make Out Tactics around his paperwork and trying to keep the village running smoothly and…

"Kakashi! Guess what!?" Naruto barged into the office then.

"What?" he sighed as he looked up at Naruto who was bouncing in his excitement. Honestly, he was like a child more times than not. Sasuke was not this excitable and neither was Sakura; so how was that the blonde knucklehead was always bouncing with excitement.

"I figured out how to do the shadow clone jutsu!" he announced with glee and held up his left hand to do the jutsu for him. Kakashi blinked when there was another knucklehead grinning and standing right beside the original.

"SEE!" Naruto pointed in his glee, and Kakashi sighed.

All he wanted was peace and quiet.

"Thank you for your aid, Sakura," Gaara said as she walked into his office.

"Yeah, no problem," Sakura smiled as she walked in. "I'm glad that the patients are alright and will be making a full recovery. Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"You are to return to your village immediately," Gaara said as he pulled the letter sent to him by Kakashi and she bit her lip as she took it from him. Gaara was tempted to offer her a position here but she belonged in her own village with her friends. And her family, she did not belong here even if he would want her here. He had grown rather fond of the pinkette but he wasn't going to hold her here.

"Thank you Gaara," she smiled as she looked up from the letter she was reading he nodded.

"You are welcome Sakura," he said and he watched as she hurried away from his office and he smiled slightly. She was a gone, and she was fleeting. He was just relieved that she hadn't destroyed his village when she had captured the poison master. Perhaps he should keep tabs on the pinkette and if the Uchiha left her he would try to lure her back. He did like her, she was a warm, friendly presence in his life and someone he did count to be a friend. She was also a beautiful woman, he looked at the door she had exited and sat down to work.

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