Too Personal

A/N- Hello my fans. This is my first story on Gaara and Sakura, so flames are welcome here. I would like to see thank you to my beta reader, named Reishii-chan for beta reading the first chapter for me. Bye

Full summary: Sakura is sent to Sunagakure to train the medic ninjas there but there is one problem…. That she be living with Kazekage himself and his family. Will Sakura survive through his sudden mood changes or will she fall in love with him? Find out here.

Chapter one: Kazekage house

Sakura walks through the desert's heat with her pack, going up and down on sand dunes until she reaches the village. The journey's been long and the stifling air isn't helping her progress much at this point, so when the village enters her line of sight she feels rejuvenated and her gait quickens.

Often through her trip from Konoha to Suna Sakura thought back on how she actually ended up with this mission; it isn't as if she were complaining, but sometimes Sakura suspects that her Tsunade-shishou sets her up purposefully.

She reaches behind her and retrieves her canteen, lapping up the lasts drops since her voyage will be coming to a hold. As if to prepare herself, she tilts her head back and allows the hot sun's rays to beat down on her sunburned cheeks as she replays the incident in her head.

"No class, this is the correct way to hold a scroll. Let me show you before you do it yourselves," said Sakura, pulling out a kunai and cutting her wrist. Her class gasped at the right moments as she held aloft her bleeding hand and snatched out a simple healing scroll, draping it across the incision while performing basic hand seals. With a soft green glow her wrist was healed.

She smiled to the class as they started to do it correctly when someone came in.

"Miss Sakura," said Shizune.

"Yes Shizune, what is it?" asked Sakura.

"Tsunade is waiting for you, I think she has a mission for you to do," replied Shizune.

"Thanks," Sakura replied. She dismissed her class, fixed up her medical kit and neatly stashed it back, and followed Shizune to the Hokage Tower.

She arrived at the Hokage's building, opened the front doors and walked up to Tsunade's office, knocking on the door. She heard a voice calling," Come in."

"Hello Sakura," greeted the blonde woman, her face not rising as she scribbled furiously onto a document, "how're the medical classes coming?"

"Well, they have stability in their chakra, and are progressing farther than I first expected? Still rookies, though; minor cuts and contusions are manageable for them. Why the sudden update, shishou?"

"Sakura, I just got an urgent letter from the Kazekage himself that they are short on medical staff and they don't have a medic that can teach new medical staff. He asked me to send the best medic ninja to help and teach the new medics. So I was hoping that you will go and help them for a few months," replied Tsunade.

Sakura fidgeted only slightly, remembering that the Kazekage was Naruto's best friend, that she should feel honoured to be chosen to head his staff.

"Yes, I will help them. When do I start?" asked Sakura.

"As soon as you can go," replied Tsunade, smiling at her apprentice. "Now leave me be, I have lots to do."

Sakura walked out and headed straight home to pack her clothes for the trip. Packing only her necessities, she stopped along the village to say goodbye to her friends and explained that she'd be back shortly.

Soon Sakura stood at the Konoha gate, took a deep breath, and began to run.

Sakura sees the guards at the gate, walking towards them. She pulls out her papers and her ID card. The guards check everything and nod.

Walking through the monotonous scenery of brown and sand coloured vendor stalls and buildings, the sheer enormity takes Sakura's breath away—this village always manages to bring a smile to her face when she notes the distinct changes to its economical and physical landscape that Gaara himself helped to produce after his appointment in the office.

When she arrives at the Kazekage's building, Sakura is stopped by a familiar voice.

"Sakura, is that you?" asks Temari, who still holds her four ponytails in place and has switched her black obi for a smile sun colour.

Sakura turns around to face Temari. "Yup, it's me," she replies.

"So what are you doing here? I'm waiting for the medical ninja from Konoha to come," says Temari.

"I'm the one that you are waiting for, Temari. It's so good to see you again," says Sakura, walking up to her and giving her a hug as Temari returns the hug.

"So how long have you been a medical ninja now?" asks Temari.

"About six years now. You know, when that Uchiha left," replies Sakura.

"So you are the best now?" asks Temari.

"I created five new jutsus for healing and two of poison extracts and many more, so what can you say, I'm the best." She gives her friend a playful wink. "I need to go and see the Kazekage, so I can tell him that I'm here," replies Sakura.

"Sure," says Temari, walking with her.

Soon Temari and Sakura are at the building. Walking in, Temari waves goodbye and walks out again.

"Hello, I'm here to see the Kazekage. I'm the new medic sent from Konoha, Haruno Sakura. Here are my papers and my ID card," says Sakura.

"He's waiting for you," replies the receptionist, pointing to a room across from them.

Nodding her head and walking to the door, Sakura knocks on the door and hears a voice say: "Come in."

Opening up the door and walking in, Sakura sees a person with red hair looking down and signing papers.

"Mmh excuse me, Kazekage, I'm the new medic ninja from Konoha," replies Sakura.

The Kazekage looks up and comments, "Tsunade-sama has sent you?"

"Of course, you asked for the best. And, well, I'm not surprised to see that you are the new Kazekage. You were the strongest of the sand shinobi when I first meet you six years ago," replies Sakura.

"You remember my name?" Gaara asks skeptically.

"Of course, Naruto-kun talks about you all the time. And I helped save your brother's life, remember? So Kazekage-sama, when do I start teaching the new medical ninjas for Suna? Also, where would I live?" asks Sakura.

"Well Tsunade says for you should live with my family."

"What!" Sakura gasps, her eyes wide.

"Shh," says Gaara, looking at her with an annoyed expression.

"Don't tell me I'm going to live in your house. I don't really want to impose myself." Sakura tries to convince but it proves useless.

"By the way, that was an order by the Hokage in the letter that she sent me right after she told you. It is much more manageable to keep updated on the progress of my medics if their head medic is living with me." Gaara explains, whilst signing a few more document. Unbidden, a thought comes to his head; why does she have to live at my house?

"Oh fine," says Sakura. How could shishou do this to me?

Gaara pushes a button on his desk and tells someone to get Kankuro or Temari over.

"One of them will be here for you," replies Gaara, going back to his paper work.

Looking at his desk, Sakura sighs and walks over to him.

"Kazekage-sama, you actually think you can get some work done on this desk when it's so messy?" asks an assumed Sakura.

"Yes," replies Gaara, and sighs again.

"Kaz…"

"Call me Gaara, while you're staying here. Kazekage makes me feel older than I am," says Gaara, shaking his head again at the overload of papers on his desk. Sighing in defeat, he pushes them away from himself. It appears the aversion to paperwork has travelled farther than Konoha, Sakura thinks amusedly.

"First, Gaara, you need a filing system, an organizer and then look at them," says Sakura, looking at some papers and starts organizing them in bundles. "Don't worry, I've learned a lot about this from Tsunade-shishou—she hates this more than you do."

Gaara watches her reproachfully as she sifts through important documents and certificates and masterfully places them in neat bundles that almost make the desk look tidy.

"Hey Gaara," comes a voice from the door.

"Hm," replies Gaara, looking at the girl beside him.

"So you said you need me," replies Kankuro.

"Yes. Sakura is here to teach some new medics. On orders from Hokage herself, Sakura is to stay at our house. I'm busy with paper work, so you have to take her there," instructs Gaara.

"Sure. Where is she, though?" asks Kankuro, peering around the room for the aforementioned kunoichi.

Sakura gets up from the floor with three bundles of papers, so Gaara can look at them. Her face lights up when she notices Kankuro and dashes from under the desk.

"Oh, hey Kankuro, how are you?" asks Sakura, handing the three bundles over to Gaara.

"I'm here for you to take you to our place," replies Kankuro, with a weird expression on his face when Sakura begins to dust herself off.

"Sure. Goodbye Kaz—" Gaara looks at her. "I mean, Gaara," says Sakura.

Walking out with Kankuro, they walk in silence until Sakura speaks up.

"Kankuro, so what have you been up to?" she asks.

"Noting much. What about you?"

"Hospital shifts here and there, but other than that not a lot, either. So where is your house?"

"Actually, it's pretty much jointed to the Kazekage Tower. Ah, here we are. Home sweet home," says Kankuro, walking up to the massive building.

"Wow," mouths Sakura.

A/N- I hope you like this first chapter. Until next time. Bye.