Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Sand Blossom ❯ Complexity of Your Heart ( Chapter 7 )

Seconds turned to minutes, minutes turned to hours, hours turned to da-….wait,

nevermind. Gaara patiently waited by a fountain in the park that he had seen earlier.

Throughout the day, he had seen many peculiar events happening throughout Konoha.

 

Iruka had arranged a field trip for his class to travel through the park, Ino had come by to collect some daisies from a private garden she had. Gaara occasionally recognized Gai and Lee handstand-walking backwards through the park. Neji had even passed by Gaara and given him a suspicious glare, but Gaara was busy staring at the bridge to respond to him. Neji went on his way and paid no mind to him.

 

Lunch time came around and Gaara caught a glimpse of Naruto and Hinata sharing a picnic by the stream. A smirk had come on Gaara's face when he saw them… he remembered what Naruto had told him this morning. He shook his head and led his attention back to the bridge.

 

The sun began to set and Gaara was as still as a gargoyle sitting by the fountain, his patience was wearing down… but for some reason he felt like he was willing to wait as long as possible. A ringing sound fell on Gaara's ears, which broke him out of his trance like state. He turned his head and saw Sakura stepping out of a `man powered' cart that she must have ridden there from the Hokage's office.

 

She was no longer wearing her medical uniform; instead she sported her usual red Chinese dress top with her tight black pants under a short skirt, followed by her metal shin guards and sneakers.

 

Gaara swallowed his breath as he looked at her from his spot. He had never seen her look so beautiful. Her pink hair was lightly lifted by the winds, it wound up in front of her eyes; she brushed her hair aside and tucked it behind her ear. She straightened her clothes up next and Gaara took notice of her body and how perfect it looked to him… her noticeable curves were followed by his still half cold eyes…

 

Sakura made her way to the bridge as Naruto had mentioned. She tugged at one of the cherry blossoms that was dangling from a tree nearby, and stared at it almost lovingly as she cupped it in her hands. Sakura was looking down at the blossom when she heard the scrapping sound of sandals on pavement in front of her. Her head snapped up and looked towards the fountain… noone was there. She glanced around to make sure she was alone. After which, she continued towards the bridge.

 

From behind a tree Gaara continued to stalk his prey. Okay that's harsh, continued to look on towards Sakura's beauty as she walked by. Sakura began mumbling under her breath as she proceeded. Gaara tried to hear her, but she was inaudible to his acute ears. Gaara created a couple of hand seals and placed his hand over his right ear. “Third Ear Connected to the Auditory Nerve.”

 

The sand creped along the ground and settled in a hidden area near Sakura, then it began to form itself into an ear that blended into the ground. Gaara listened closely as he completed the jutsu and closed his eyes… He then made another set of hand seals followed by, “Third Eye Connected to the Optic Nerve.” On the other side of the tree a small eye, transfigured itself from the sand… Gaara carefully watched and listened to Sakura as she talked to herself.

 

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“---- long has it been? Since I last saw you? Couldn't have been that long… I mean you are not that far away… you're in my heart… You can't get any closer than that unless you were actually here.” Sakura went into an awkward silence as she plucked a petal off of the blossom she had picked earlier. She watched it drift to the water and then continued.

 

“You knew how I felt… you knew that I loved you with all my heart… I would do anything for you.” she walked to the other side f the bridge, “What went wrong when we first met? What made you hate me so? What made you hate everyone? You even attacked me once. That wasn't very nice. But in the end… you were there for me.” She paused as she paced and dropped another petal in the water.

 

“Listen to me now… I'm just reminiscing again. But that's all I can do… remember how I felt when you were around. Even though it always seemed like you had those dark, cold eyes. I brought out the light in them. I inwardly always wanted you to be with me. I don't know why. It is still just a strong crush…” She looked up at the moon and plucked another petal…

 

“No… more than that. I'm in love with you. I've always been in love with you. I can't hide it from myself. I don't want to hide it from you…”

 

***

 

Gaara heard something in front of him; his eyes split open and stared into the now dark night only lit by the full moon. Noone was there. But Gaara heard Sakura speak again.

 

“Huh? Who's there? Show yourself!” She had dropped the blossom on the bridge as she reached for her black gloves, from her back pocket. Gaara's body stiffened a bit but then relaxed, convinced that he had been caught. He stepped over his foot and saw his arm begin to shine in the moonlight as he came out from behind the tree.

 

Sakura suddenly gasped, “Sasuke!!”

 

Gaara froze halfway then snapped back behind the tree, WHAT?

 

 

To be continued…

 

 

Kiraichi: Dan dan dun! Heh heh. ;^)