A.N.- hi guys! here is chapter 10! i hope everyone loves it!

To xoLovelyEyesox- Thank you a good dose of drama is always nice. And no, thank goodness you didn't read the Mix part today. One Mix encounter a week is more than enough I believe. And yep I seriously did that. He got me all confoozeled.
I know exactly what you're saying with the summer reading. Mine were always morbid and depressing or just plain bogus. It was like their lives sucked monkey butt when the book started and by the end all that had really changed was that now their life sucked gorilla butt. (Gorilla butts equal worse cuz gorilla butts are bigger, hee hee) you flipped it off? O-o. do alarm clocks have eyes? I sure hope not, scary thought to have the thing I constantly snap and yell at to be watching me…if so yours is gonna be mad at you. Umm hmm. You might want to apologize. jk. If you apologized to your alarm clock you'd really worry people. Though it can't be any different than apologizing to things when you drop them. I do that. Oh gosh. Maybe I should start apologizing to my clock!
You get up before the sun!? what are you a rooster! Why? Why would you do that! The sun is there to tell us its time to get up. Why beat it to the punch of its purpose?
Hey me too! Mine matched! I cheered and my brother walked by and looked at me like I was an idiot, I told him why and he said yep, you really are as stupid as you can get. When he was walking away I yelled after him nuh uh I could get stupider so ha! He called back , congrats you just did. I felt really really dumb. But we laughed about it later. He wouldn't stop teasing me though. And yeah I seriously did and what was worse was I wasn't alone. It is bad enough to actually do something that dumb. Its even worse if someone sees you do it. So anyway…to keep this conversation going you started school today right? How did that go? Anything exciting? Do nuns really teach you at catholic school? Well I hope you enjoy chapter 10! Thanks for reviewing/talking!

To itachi2011- gasp-a-lasp? Omg! that's awesome! I love that. You're funny. I'd like to use that if you don't mind. That would trip my friends out for sure.
Just you wait and see I am hoping it'll be good. I made Gaara do something in this chapter that I never thought I would but it somehow wormed its way in and I liked it. So it stayed. You really like Naruto and Sasuke doing that? Me too. I think its cute. Thanks for reviewing and I hope you like chapter 10!

To chikkachoo- great! Thank you for playing my game! Aw no inspiration? Actually I did listen to I wanted you. I also listened to The Chase by Kill Hannah and Even Angel's Fall by Jessica Riddle. I did however listen to Never too Late when writing the first part of chapter 10. I used a bunch of songs with this one though. Two by Westlife one called Loneliness (I think) and the other Why do I love you then I listened to Great White Coma by Sunstreak. I listened to one more, can you guess what it was? I hope so its neat how you can. Sandman…I like it. Do you think that would make a good nickname for Sakura to use on Gaara later in the story? And yeah I know Sakura cries like all the time in the show and it annoys me sometimes because she's getting emotional when she should be getting in the action. But I still love her! And even though I told myself I wouldn't have her be all weepy she does tend to cry a lot when it comes to Gaara. Maybe it just means she likes him a lot. I dunno. Spaghetti is awesome! And no your review is fine. You like them? You thought they were sweet right? I did. Sweet was what I was going for with them this time. Though with Sakura being so sad and Gaara hurt it is really sad too isn't it? Yes hopefully the next chapter will be more romantic and if it isn't 11 definitely will be! Believe it! hee hee. Anyway thanks for reviewing and playing my game with me! I love that you are. Good luck with guessing my last song for this chapter. I hope telling you the others made it easier. Enjoy chapter 10!

To HalfBloodPhoenix- you think so? I thought so. They really were sweet I really like how they're relationship is turning out (and by relationship i just mean friends)
Anyway I know me too! I wanted to hug him so badly!
...fair is foul and foul is fair...? What? You're right! That doesn't make any sense. In fact that almost sounds like something Mix would say. lol. I hope you like chapter 10 (I think its sweet too in its own weird way) and thank you for reviewing!

To JPLteen- Maybe conflict for a little while. I'm not sure. I wonder how it'll work out too. XD And thank you so much! Greatest fanfic ever?! That made me blush. Really thank you bunches. I hope you like how chapter 10 turns out! Thank you for reveiwing!

Thank you everybody! Enjoy this next chapter!
Fanggirlx

Disclaimer: naruto? not mine. :)

Gaara was beside himself with anger.

No. Anger was not a strong enough word.

Fury, perhaps?

It didn't matter! He was…

He didn't know anymore.

He wanted to hate Sakura. For her betrayal. For her lies.

He should kill her. Make an example of her.

But he couldn't. He couldn't even pretend to kill her so as to help relieve some of his anger!

He'd begin to picture crushing her fragile body with his sand and then he'd suddenly feel sick. Or he'd imagine her with tears streaming down her face as she begged him for her life. That brought him pain, not the calming joy it normally would.

This didn't make any sense!

Yes, he may not have been a mass murderer any longer but some habits died hard.

His hard to kill habit was…well, was killing. That was what made him hurt less in situations like these. It was what calmed him down.

Every now and then someone would push his wrath to new heights and he'd get rid of them. Usually he did it discreetly so that the rest of the village didn't raise questions. But when a person just disappeared from the village most people knew why anyway. They just weren't brave enough to say anything to him about it.

He didn't care.

Killing had been his way of coping.

But then…oh then a flashy medic-nin with pink hair and tempting ideals traipsed her way into his village and sweet talked him into finding new ways.

One being talk it out with her.

It had worked wonderfully. But that had been before he knew her true self! Before he'd known that Sakura Haruno was a lying back stabbing double-crosser just as Shukaku had warned!

Damn her for letting the demon be right! Now he'd never hear the end of it from that creature…

But what confused him beyond all else was despite how angry he was, despite all of his fury boiling inside him…he felt saddened by this discovery as well, if not more.

He was sad that she hadn't truly wanted to be his friend. And that she had simply been in it to 'destroy his ego'.

Good job, Haruno. He thought bitterly. It wasn't like I had that much to begin with.

So why go out of her way to destroy it? Only after helping build it further up to begin with? What was her reasoning behind such an act?

The only answer he could discern was that it was revenge for almost killing her.

But hell, he'd done a lot worse to many other people and they never attempted anything like this.

A small voice in the far reaches of his mind added, 'Because Sakura has more courage than most people.'

'But apparently not as much brains as others did!' He argued.

She'd been stupid enough to betray him! And stupid enough to believe she could get away with it while she enjoyed her secret affair with her damned beloved Uchiha!

Clenching his fists so tight they shook, Gaara growled a deep rumbling growl as he thought of how to make her suffer for the pain she'd brought on him.

Pain.

She'd hurt him after all…

And this pain, this betrayal hurt much more than any other he'd ever experienced before.

More than Yashamaru's…

A sharp pain in his chest made his breathing shallow as he suddenly found himself gasping futilely for air.

He gripped the area of his chest that hurt so badly.

Why…? Was the only thing that ran through his mind. Why did she do it? Why did she want to? Why didn't she want me? Why couldn't she just want…me?

He felt cold hard anger well up, as Shukaku begged for release. He whispered sweet promises of revenge. Promises so tempting Gaara was just about ready to give in to the demon.

But then he was feeling warmth.

This seemed to happen to him a lot recently…

Every time he started to hurt like this warmth would bring him from it because Sakura would be there to hug him and reassure him and --Sakura!

Fury rising in his throat in the form of a deep harsh growl he moved to turn around and strangle the girl who had the gall to hug him at a moment like this! To hug him when she knew how furious he was with her! She'd signed her fate with that one!

"Please!" she pleaded as she struggled to hold him still.

Begging for her life was she? A useless thing to try. He snarled at her over his shoulder.

"Please, Gaara. Just listen to me for a minute. Just one minute and then if what I say still upsets you I'll let you …do anything you want to me." she finished in a whisper.

Gaara stopped a moment. Had she just said…?

Well. He'd never heard a plea bargain like that before…usually their point was to make him not do what he wanted…wait! This was a trap! Another lie!

"I want to kill you!" he snapped at her. Hoping to scare her off of him. And to maybe let her see how much she'd upset him.

She nodded against his back where her entire body was pressed.

"I figured as much. Look, Gaara, I am so very sorry for what I said back in the maze. Yura just surprised me. I didn't think it would upset you. But then I realized I'd given you wrong signals. I was about to kiss you."

Sakura blushed as she said this, he could feel the heat of her face against him, even through his clothes.

"I'm sorry. I just…got caught up in your eyes and I was just going to do it. And then right after almost doing that I declare adamantly that we aren't love birds. I really didn't think about it then. But afterwards while trying to get out of that stupid maze I realized that it probably made you angry. For me to almost take advantage of you like that, and then to have you be caught having that happen to you, and then be publicly rejected right afterwards when the real answer was very much obvious to any on looker. I made you seem like a fool and for that I am sorry. Very, very sorry." Sakura sniffled. She was crying. Her tears were slowly dampening the back of his shirt.

"And I know it may be hard to believe but the thing in the dorm room wasn't about you. I was teasing Sasuke. He and Naruto had been trying to cheer me up. I'd gone there looking for you, Gaara, hoping to apologize to you then but then you weren't there and I started crying and I couldn't stop and they were being so sweet and I started to feel better. Like maybe I could apologize and fix things with you…and then I said that stupid thing and you heard. And I know, I just know you thought I was talking about you. But I wasn't, I swear to you I wasn't."

Her arms gripped him tighter around the waist.

He stood still, silent. Waiting to hear if she had anything else to say.

Gaara was stunned to find that he was awaiting her next words with baited breath. He wanted to hear this. Wanted what she was saying, what she had said, to all be true.

Could he be so lucky as to have this all just be a misunderstanding?

She took a shuddering breath and began again, "Gaara. Please forgive me. I will do everything in my power to make it up to you. I promise! Just please don't quit being my friend because of this horrible mistake, or because of my stupidity. You are the best friend I have ever had. I tell you things, trust you with things that I wouldn't with anybody else. Gaara, those months with you in Suna were the best because for once I was completely myself with someone. And they didn't mind. Please, do anything you want to get even for the pain I caused but just stay my friend. Okay? Don't give up on that. On us. Please."

Gaara at that moment was very thankful he had not turned around to face her.

For if he had she would have seen his reaction.

One he will forever be ashamed of.

Because after hearing such a tear stained, heart felt speech pleading for the right to simply remain his friend, his friend…from the one person who could almost literally have anyone as her friend…after Sakura said such wonderful things to him…Gaara cried.

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Naruto looked to Sasuke. Sasuke looked at the scene before him.

"How did it come to this?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke shook his head in disbelief at what lay before him. "I dunno."

"What are we going to do?" Naruto asked, not once taking his eyes off of the somewhat disturbing but very nice image happening in front of them.

"Should we do something?"

Sasuke shook his head in disbelief eyes still unmoved, "I dunno."

Kankuro who'd walked up behind them saw what they were gawking at and tears came to the boy's eyes.

"Oh god….it's beautiful…have you ever seen anything more beautiful than that?" Kankuro asked wiping at his tears.

Sasuke again shook his head, "I dunno."

Naruto cocked his head to the side studying the display up ahead, "I dunno guys…its actually more cute than anything else…maybe not too disturbing…"

Kankuro nodded. "Yeah, it is."

What had started as a fight had ended up one big love fest. With hugs and smiles and…And it was beautiful. As well as cute like Naruto had said.

"I want to…join them." Naruto muttered as he slowly began to approach.

Sasuke and Kankuro nodded moving almost as one they followed closely after the blond.

"Careful Naruto…it could be dangerous. You know how…they can be." Sasuke whispered coming out of his stupor.

Naruto waved his words away as he snuck up on his unsuspecting victims.

Kankuro voiced his worry as well, "Yeah man, they get crazy when they get emotional. Trust me I know…I live with one."

Again Naruto simply waved the words off and kept moving.

He was mere feet away now.

It was a miracle they hadn't noticed him yet.

They were just so wrapped up in…what they were doing.

Naruto and his two comrades tip toed closer, when suddenly they heard a feminine voice ask harshly, "What are you doing?"

Jumping they realized they'd been spotted.

Naruto blushed and stammered, "W-well we were walking by and…and-"

"And we couldn't help but notice you." Sasuke added with a cool smile.

"Yeah, that's it we just noticed you." Naruto agreed nodding his head eagerly.

Kankuro laughed loudly, "I am just so happy I was lucky enough to see what just took place before me!"

Tears worthy of Guy sensei himself poured from the puppet master's face.

Naruto looked at him strangely, "You're making us look bad, you know." he grumbled.

Sighing Sasuke stepped forward and flashed them a sexy grin, one that had gotten him out of many a tight spot.

It worked like a charm…on one.

Finally Naruto and Kankuro pushed past him and right into their faces.

"Hi!"

"Hi…?" they replied together.

"May we join you!?" Naruto yelled happily.

"Yes its not everyday we get to…witness such a beautiful moment. We want to be a part of it with you!"

Naruto gasped, "And please don't get mad we didn't mean any harm! It was just so great!"

"Yes no harm done right?" Sasuke asked calm and casual like.

They looked to each other, then to the blushing boys in front of them, shrugged and said, "Sure, why not?"

They weren't angry. Naruto was relieved.

They are going to let us stay. Kankuro was relieved.

They are such losers. Sasuke shock his head in disappointment as he watched tears form in the other two boys' eyes.

"Thank you!" Naruto and Kankuro shouted together.

Then they dove on them.

Sasuke again shook his head, bewildered this time, as he watched Naruto and Kankuro basically glomp the three busty bikini clad girls they'd happened upon when passing the pool on their search to find Sakura.

Not too long ago Naruto had stopped their search, insisting that Sakura was fine and that he just knew it. So it seemed their search was over and instead of finding their friend they'd found…this.

Not really what they'd been looking for but…heh, he could work with this. Wasn't like he was complaining.

So, with a devilish smirk Sasuke moved to join the others for a fun filled time with the swim suit girls. Who thanks to their previous activities were well lotioned and ready for fun in the sun.