Hooray! New Chapter! Please ignore the awful scene up ahead. You'll know which one I'm talking about. I didn't want it to become cheesy or even more rubbish, so it's short.

The guard at the gate instantly recognising her pink hair waved her through where she was met by a frantic Temari and a grim-looking Gaara. Despite the thumping in her chest when she saw her intense red-head she nodded to the pair of them and they swept quickly off to the hospital.

Kankuro was lying wheezing in the crisp white sheets when the three of them entered the room. The nurse who was in attendance informed Sakura that Kankuro had been hit with a poisoned senbon, that they couldn't identify the toxin and that they required her extraction skills to remove it.

'Tsk'ing slightly Sakura began the tedious process of poison removal, quickly realising it was a particularly nasty one that rendered the user completely immobile while creating hallucinations. She could feel the almost proud stare of the Kazekage as she worked at healing Kankuro, but she couldn't let it distract her now, there would be plenty of time for distractions later.

Almost three quarters of an hour later with Kankuro sitting up in bed and being nagged by his incredibly relieved sister, Sakura wiped the sweat from her forehead and rolled her neck. It was delicate work and took a lot out of her, she sighed slightly. This instantly attracted Gaara's attention and he was at her side in a heartbeart. She grinned as she felt him put a hand under her arm, scared she was going to collapse.

'Hey Gaara, you said your office had a hotspring?' Sakura looked hopeful as she said it.

Gaara merely smirked and hauled her off towards the Kazekage's office with its convenient installations.

Sakura blew a out a huge breath as she relaxed into the steaming water. This really was the life, get considered a hero for saving someone's life then topping it off by getting to relax in complete peace in a hotspring.

Only one thing could make it better, but Sakura wasn't sure her fiery beau would be so forward. After all, it wasn't too long since he had been maiming and killing people on a whim.

But then again, it did sound as if someone was changing in the room nearby. Gaara would surely never let anyone in when she was here, but she reached for the kunai she'd left by the edge of the water and waited.

The kunai dropped from her hand, causing a splash when Gaara walked into the room, wearing nothing but a towel slung loosely around his slim hips.

Gaara's lips curved into a sexy smirk as he saw Sakura's face flush and her eyes roam over his sculpted torso. He paused and seeing how her gaze was focused somewhere around his stomach he decided to go in for the kill. Dropping his towel, he walked to the water's edge and slipped beneath the surface, sliding over to where Sakura was sitting, her face bright red.

All Sakura could think of was the gorgeous rippling body of the man who was slowly coming towards her, she was pretty sure that no other body had had quite this effect on her. She rubbed her thighs together as warmth that wasn't from the water pooled in her lower body.

Though Gaara would deny it if ever questioned he had watched Sakura slip out of her clothes as she changed and the need to overcome her and make her completely his had overwhelmed him into the position he was in now, he grinned slightly at what was coming next.

Sakura felt slightly peeved at the predetorial grin resting on Gaara's thin lips and decided that if he was going to play he would find out that leaf kunoichi can hold their own in all aspects of their lives.

Gaara didn't think he'd ever felt something as good as he pressed Sakura against the bank of the hotspring, skin to skin. He growled low in his throat as Sakura moaned breathlessly and tipped her head back, exposing her neck to his hot, open mouthed kisses.

Rational thoughts were completely out of Sakura's head as she wrenched his head from near her collarbone and pulled it to her lips, wrapping her legs around him, causing him to groan into her mouth.

Their eyes met, equally intense shades of green communicating where this was leading. A fierce kiss sealed the deal and a quick sand nin-jutsu later they were losing themselves in each other in the Kazekage's double bed.

A ray of sunlight that slipped past the drawn shades of Gaara's bedroom and fell across Sakura's face was what woke her up. What stopped her from stretching and getting up was the protective arm slung around her and the hard body pressed against her back.

Inner Sakura burst into life as soon as she realised where she was, filling outer Sakura's mind with the hot images of the night before, the many hot images from the night before.

Sakura couldn't help herself, she covered her face and giggled like a genin. Craning to look at the face of the Kazekage she smiled at his peacefully meditating face that wasn't covered in his usual frown. She bounced slightly and turned over, pulling Gaara from his meditation to be met with her playful grin.

Gaara found his meditation even more peaceful than it was when Sakura used to watch him in the courtyard and was understandibly annoyed at being jiggled into wakefulness. However when he saw the same green eyes that had been staring into his so passionately during their activities he instantly quirked his lips and brought his hand up to her face.

Sakura snuggled closer to her red-head and caught his lips in a gentle kiss that he returned. Gaara felt a supreme satisfaction in the fact that she kept biting her lip and blushing slightly. Their night together had been amazing and she didn't seem to be regretful or worried about what had happened. He'd never been as close to another human being in his life and now he'd had it, he didn't want to lose it.

Sakura yawned and pressed herself into Gaara, starting to drift off again. She was practically asleep and Gaara was sliding into meditation when they heard voices shouting down the corridors.

'You don't want to go in ..'

'But we need to see Sakura-chan!'

'She's busy ...'

'Not to busy to see us!'

Naruto's excited voice, Sasuke's irritated voice. Coming this way. Oh dear.

Gaara shook his head slightly, Sakura covered her face and groaned. Such a lovely morning ruined by a hyper-active jinchuuriki and an icey avenger.

The door burst open with Naruto's violent entry.

'SAKURA-CHAN! We sorted out the guys and ...'

A terrible silence. Waves of anger.

'I believe that's my win again Kankuro'

R/R