I Don't Own Naruto! Just to let everyone know, I know pretty much nothing about boxing, I just love watching it when I can, and I thought it would make the story more interesting. So don't get mad if I get something wrong. Anyways, here is the new chapta, enjoy! c:
The place was packed. It would be great to think that Gaara would never find her here, but knowing him, he wouldn't stop looking until he did find her. Which probably won't take that long.
"Look at all of these people!" Kiba exclaimed pointing to the whole crowd. Akamaru barked in agreement with him.
"Sakura, are you alright? You're a little pale." Sasori asked concerned after seeing her facial expression.
"Oh ya! I'm fine. Just a little surprised at the crowd." she lied, putting on a fake smile.
"Alright. But if you're feeling sick or anything, we can go home." he smiled back at her and held her hand supporting. But she couldn't leave, he's been waiting for this night for weeks. It is his only time before the event in two weeks where he can actually get to know some of his opponents. Therefore she will not leave just because she's a little scared. No. She's a stronger woman than that now.
"I'll be fine. Why don't you go mingle?" Sakura replied and kissed his cheek.
"Alright, if you'll be okay." he smiled back at her.
"I'll be fine. Go ahead." she reassured him and gently pushed him in the direction of a big group of people.
"Naruto, what are you doing!" Ino yelled all of a sudden. Naruto was standing over the food table, mouth drooling, and grabbing as much food as he could. At the sound of his name being called, he whipped his head around sending 3 different types of cheeses flying everywhere.
"You can never take him in public." Kiba said while pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
"What is Naruto doing?" a deep voice said from behind the group. Everyone whipped around to see Neji and Hinata standing there.
"Naruto caught a glimpse of the food table and lost all sense of control….again." Sakura answered. Neji nodded understandingly.
"OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!" everyone jumped about 3 feet into the ear when hearing Ino spazing out.
"What is it Ino!" Sakura asked worriedly.
"IT'S THAT GROUP OF HOT GUYS FROM EARLIER!"
"Well then go talk to them." Kiba said irritated by her screaming. "They probably heard her from over here." Neji said with a chuckle. Ino just glared at them.
"But I can't just go and leave Sakura!"
"I'll be fine Ino. You have a chance to actually get a guy, so go for it." Sakura smiled back at her.
Ino smiled back and started walking over to the group.
"Hey! That was mean!" she said after finally realizing that Sakura was making fun of her. "I was just joking! Now go!" Sakura laughed and pointed her in the direction of the group once more.
"It's true though." Kiba snickered. "Look who's talking Mr. 'I've been single for the past 6 months.'" Neji teased. "Whatever." Kiba replied while rolling his eyes and crossing his arms.
"I'll be right back." Naruto hurriedly excused himself then made a mad dash for the restroom. "Too much to eat….again. Guess I better go and check on him." Neji said with a sigh. This always happens when Naruto eats too much. He eats, and then gets sick. Then later he will try and eat some more.
Kiba turned to face both Sakura and Hinata. "So girls, what now?"
"Kiba, I know about Hinata and your relationship, you two can go ahead and have a little time for yourselves if you want. I'll be fine." Sakura smiled at her friends. "No Sakura, we won't leave you. What if you need us?" Hinata asked.
"Then I'll find you guys. Now you need to go and actually spend some time together!" She said as she pushed them into another direction so that they couldn't object anymore.
Now she was alone. It's actually better this way because then if Gaara finds one of her friends, he'll think that she is with them but then he will find out that she isn't, and he will continue his search time and time again. That should keep him occupied the whole night.
"What are you doing all alone at a party like this?" a voice came from behind her. Wait, she knew that voice. "Kankuro!" she turned around to see him and Temari standing there smiling at her. "Temari, Kankuro, it's so good to see you!" Sakura exclaimed as she hugged both of them. She had missed them so much.
It was Temari and Kankuro that actually introduced Sakura to Gaara.
Sakura met Temari and Kankuro at a movie theater.
It had been a pretty long day at the hospital, and Sakura decided that a nice night at the movies would help her relax a little. Everyone she wanted to invite was either busy or not in town, so she decided to go see the movie alone.
When she got her ticket, she noticed a man who was having extreme difficulty carrying all of his snacks. And being the unwillingly caring person that she was, Sakura decided that the right thing to do would be to help him.
She helped him to his seat and noticed a blonde lady sitting next to him who was clearly just a little bit older than the guy and Sakura herself. "Thanks for helping me, I didn't know if I would make it back without spilling my nachos and popcorn." the older guy thanked her.
"Wow Kankuro, did you actually manage to get a date after all?" the blonde lady said in total surprise.
"No Temari. She was just helping me with all of this food. But thanks for your belief in me anyways." Kankuro said then sat down. Temari laughed, "Oh, I'm sorry then. Thank you so much for helping him with his food…..Are you alone?" Temari asked after noticing that Sakura was here with only herself.
"Ya, afraid so. None of my friends could make it tonight. I'm Sakura by the way." Sakura said in all honesty, and reached her hand out. "Oh, well I'm Temari, and this is Kankuro." Temari shook her hand. "Since you're alone, would you maybe want to sit with us? Our little brother blew us off too." Temari stated. "Ya, sure. Thanks." Sakura answered, then took a seat beside Temari and started talking to her until the movie started.
They talked about so much and decided that they should get together again and talk. So after the movie was over, all 3 of them decided to go and get a cup of coffee and talk some more.
Sakura told them about being a doctor and her tough yet satisfying days at the hospital, and they told her about how they ran a restaurant just down the road.
Turns out that Temari and Kankuro's little brother was a boxer, just like Sakura's best friend Naruto. That's what really got the conversations started between the 3. They told her all about Gaara, and how he could be really mean and nasty, but he just doesn't want to show his loving and caring side to others. He thinks it's a 'sign of weakness.' But they both just ignore him when he says that. They know that somewhere under that icy exterior is a human being just like anyone else.
This kind of talk went on for hours until it was getting pretty late, and soon they decided that they should probably be getting home.
"Hey, Gaara actually has a match tomorrow night if you want to swing by. I'm sure that you'll enjoy it having your friend Naruto being a boxer as well." Temari smiled. "That would be really nice, thanks. What time?" Sakura said as they were all getting up to leave. "It starts at six. Just look for us in the stands." Temari replied as she walked over to her car. "Alright, sounds good. I'll be there." Sakura replied and they said their goodbyes as they got into their cars.
The place was packed and Sakura was trying her best to find Temari and Kankuro. Thanks to her keen vision she gained from medical school, it only took a couple of minutes to find both of them. It also helped that Temari was waving to her from her seat. Sakura wasted no time in taking a seat next to her and Kankuro in the stands.
Luckily for them they didn't have to wait to long for who Temari and Kankuro pointed out to be Gaara came into the ring.
That's when Sakura's heart stopped altogether.
She was looking at the most attractive and well-built man that she has ever laid eyes on. From his crimson locks to his muscled chest, abdomen, and arms, he was absolutely breathtaking. And to make it all the better, the way he fought was unlike she has ever seen anyone fight before, not even Naruto could match his speed, and Naruto was fast.
No more than 5 minutes later Sakura got pulled back into reality by the ringing of the bell. Apparently Gaara won, but that wasn't too surprising if you saw what she was just seeing.
She noticed that he turned and looked her way. He was most likely looking for his siblings, and the expression on his face showed that he wasn't expecting Sakura to be there. But there was something else in his expression that she couldn't quite figure out. And apparently she wasn't the only one who saw it, because Temari and Kankuro were giggling and whispering something all of the sudden. "What?" Sakura asked, thoroughly confused. "It's nothing. We just never seen our baby brother look at someone the way he just looked at you." Kankuro replied. "Is that bad?" Sakura asked, kind of frightened. "Let's hope not." Temari replied then turned back towards the next match.
After all of the matches were done, Temari and Kankuro took Sakura to actually meet Gaara one on one. The meeting really couldn't have gone any better either.
"Gaara, this is Sakura Haruno. She helped your idiot brother carry food last night at the movies that you blew us off for something else. Sakura, this is our baby brother Gaara." Temari introduced them.
"Nice to meet you Gaara." Sakura said with a smile.
"You too." he replied with a smirk of his own. His deep voice sent a shiver up her spine, she was diffidently NOT expecting his voice to sound like that. It sounded… amazing.
Temari and Kakuro could only stare as they saw their brother make the expression that he was making right then. Gaara NEVER smiles, let alone smirks.
They decided that they liked it though. It was certainly a change for the better.
As time passed, they all started to hang out more and more, up until it was just Sakura and Gaara, that's when Sakura introduced Gaara to Naruto. Ever since that day, those two boys had been the best of friends.
That's where things started to change.
It was a beautiful night with a full moon and stars lighting up the entire sky. Naruto, Sakura, and Gaara had been hanging out the whole day like usual, and decided to just chill up on Naruto's roof for a little while before they left to go home for some much needed sleep.
And Naruto being Naruto decided that he couldn't wait that long to sleep and went to bed early, leaving Sakura and Gaara alone to talk about who knows what for the next few hours. Laughing and giggling the night away. It was perfect.
Then something just bursted inside both of them, and the next minute they found themselves only a hairsbreath away from one another. Confusion couldn't even begin to explain what is was that they were feeling, but they decided to let it go.
And that's when their lips met for the first time.
It would be great to think that the happiness could last forever. But sometimes time can put a stop to happiness.
And after the next couple of years, time stopped it majorly.
But Temari and Kankuro never blamed Sakura for her decision to leave Gaara. As much as it killed them inside that she HAD left what was now her family, what happened could not be erased, so they let her decision be her decision.
But whatever happened, Sakura would never forget that first kiss she shared with Gaara. Her first true love.
"It's good to see you too Sakura! How have you been?" Temari answered as she excitedly hugged Sakura back. "I've been great, thanks!"
"Hey Sakura, what's that?" Kankuro pointed to her hand after she left go of Temari.
"Oh this. This is an engagement ring." Sakura said kind of shyly. They were the LAST people that she wanted to be telling this to. She knew that even if they were encouraging on the outside, it was killing them on the inside. Well they were next to the last people she wanted to tell this to. The first person was Gaara himself.
"You're getting married?" Temari asked shocked. Sakura knew that she was trying her best to keep an excited face, but Sakura knew that Temari was in total disbelief on the inside.
"Ya I am." Sakura replied with a smile. "Well, were is the lucky dog?" Kankuro asked her. "I don't know, I've sent him off to mingle with some people." Sakura replied with a chuckle.
"Where's Gaara?" Sakura asked, totally serious once again. "I have no clue. Does he know that you're here tonight?" Temari asked. "Ya, I ran into him at my fiancé's match last night." Sakura answered. "Then that's it, he's looking for you." Kankuro replied. "Wait, you said your fiancé's match. Does he box too?" Temari asked surprised once again. "Yes, he does. I guess he is going up against Gaara in the event in two weeks."
"Really? Oh my gosh girl, you and guys who box, you have a weird addiction. Wait, does Gaara know that you have a fiancé?" Temari asked. Earning a scoff from Sakura. "Hey! I just so happened to find them to be the best match for me. And no, he doesn't know yet." Sakura replied with a giggle.
Sasori was making his way through the crowd and finally managed to seek Sakura out.
Feeling someone beside her, Sakura turned around and found Sasori standing there. "Oh hey. Guys this is Sasori, my fiancé. Sasori, these are some very close friends of mine." Sakura introduced them. "Pleasure to meet you." he replied with a smile. "So you're the famous fiancé Sakura here has been telling us about. It's a pleasure of our own." Temari said with a smile, Kankuro nodding in agreement.
"I'm really sorry to break your reunion up guys, but there are some people that really want to meet you Sakura. We should all hang out some time though." Sasori replied. "Oh no, it's fine go ahead. But yes, we will have to hang out sometime. All of us." Temari said as she waved goodbye.
Sasori didn't catch on, but Sakura knew exactly what Temari meant, and Sakura did agree that sooner or later, she was going to have to face her fears and talk to Gaara again.
As Sakura and Sasori started walking the other way, Temari and Kankuro decided to do the same.
"Who was that?" a deep voice came from nowhere.
Temari and Kankuro whipped around to find Gaara standing behind them. "It was nobody. Just some compe…" "It was Sakura, wasn't it." he cut Temari off.
"Gaara, look. You need to understand that she isn't the same girl as before, and I really think that…" "I don't care what you think. If you won't tell me where she is, I'll just go and find her myself." And with that, Gaara had disappeared into the crowd once more.
"Well that couldn't of gone any better." Kankuro remarked, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Ya, but at least he didn't release his anger out on us. It's been a pretty good night so far. Plus, we even got to meet Sakura's current lover. Who would've known that he would've had such a pretty boy face? She chooses them right for one thing." Temari added with a laugh.
"Ya, let's just hope that that pretty face stays pretty after Gaara finds out who he is exactly. It's not every day that the girl he is in love with actually has a fiancé. You know Temari, after the night is through, and Gaara finds out the truth, things are going to get very, very ugly."
There you go guys! And I just had to use the word mingle, cause I love that word. Plus I'm sorry if the chapter seemed to go by really fast. Anyways, R&R! Thanks! C;
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