Cherry Blossoms In The Sand

Pairings: Gaara X Sakura and a little Sasuke X Naruto (I know! Mainstream, the only one I support.)

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY CHARACTERS DEPICTED IN THIS FANFIC! They are the copyright of the original author and I take no credit for them.

I do however own this story and plot.

A/N: This is my first fanfic. If you hadn't figured it out already it is a crack pairing. I'm really sick of seeing those mainstream pairings and I thought, why not make a GaaSaku story to show people love is unpredictable. Plus, Gaara doesn't know what love is while Sakura...she's the definition of love. She could definitely teach Gaara exactly what love is. Anyways R&R cause I worked really hard on this. 3TephyBaby 3

Translations: Konnichiwa"Hello" or "Hi"

Hai"Yes" or "Okay"

Nani or Nanda "What"

Watashi "me" or "I"

Ja Nei"Goodbye" or "Bye"

Sensei"teacher"

The moon always was beautiful. The mystery of it. How it knew nothing of a thing called love. Ninjas, no, humans knew well of this emotion. The emotion that brought two people together for a lifetime.

"What is love?" a certain red haired boy asked himself. He had no answer, still he gazed intently at the moon, searching for an answer. He had tattooed "love" on his forehead while he was still young, yet he didn't even know the meaning. Would he ever know it's meaning?

Sakura stretched her arms up into the air as the bright sunshine shone through her window. She smiled to herself as she pushed the knotted pink hair out of her face. She silently brushed her hair in front of her mirror.

"I wonder what Sasuke is up to." she thought to herself. Her obsession with the raven-haired boy was unending. She always hoped for him to notice her, to fall for her, but her hopes were always crushed. Just how she kept her love for him was amazing. Sasuke had shown many times that he was not interested. Besides, he had told her before that he had feelings for Naruto. This had crushed her, but it still did not waver her affection for him. She tied her hair up in her usual way, with the Konoha headband facing upward with her hair clear of her forehead. She grabbed her things and silently made her way to her door.

Gaara walked the streets of Konoha silently. He had no need to converse with the citizens. He'd rather kill them than talk to them any day. He didn't really know why he had come back to Konoha. Maybe the memories had drawn him back. Maybe he felt like something was going to happen. His usual cross-armed walk scared many citizens. He was the Kazekage after all. He knew his village would be fine without him, especially with his two siblings there. They would keep things in order while he was gone. He passed by a certain pink-haired girl. She smiled slightly and nodded a hello.

"Konnichiwa." Gaara said nonchalantly.

"Hai, konnichiwa Kazekage-sama." she replied. He had just begun getting used to being called "Kazekage-sama". He nodded and they continued on their way. Haruno Sakura. She wasn't quite as annoying as the other girls in this village. Gaara sometimes took pleasure in her company.

Sakura made her way through the village toward the bridge she was supposed to meet Kakashi at. They were supposed to train new Genins. Sakura looked forward to this. She still remembered when she was a Genin. She also remembered how weak she was. She tried to push these thoughts from her mind as she approached the bridge. Of course, Kakashi was no where to be found. Instead, she was met by three young Genins. They all looked up at her. She gasped. It was none other than Konohamaru and his two friends.(A/N: I can't remember their names at the moment ')

"Well, konnichiwa Konohamaru-chan!" Sakura exclaimed, smiling brightly.

"Konnichiwa, Sakura! Are you our sensei?" he asked with a confused look plastered on his face.

"No, but I'm helping your sensei, who just happened to be mine when I was your age." Sakura said with a smile. Just then, none other that Hatake Kakashi appeared before them.

"YOU'RE LATE!" Konohamaru yelled at the 29 year old Jounin.

"Hai, Hai, Konohamaru-kun." he said before using some excuse about being lost on the road of life.

Gaara gazed over the village. He didn't much care for walking around amongst the civilians. He often got stares. He enjoyed being alone. He didn't have to deal with some annoying brat trying to kill him. Then again, everyone was trying to kill him, or almost everyone. He had gotten used to it by now. Constant assassination attempts. They were old news by now. Plus, his sand enjoyed the crimson treats. They were no threat to him. He knew that they couldn't kill him. No one could. Even if he could not love, he could fight. Ah, love. If only he could feel love. Maybe then that emptiness inside him could be filled.

Well, that's it for Chapter 1. ' I'm running out of ideas to make this interesting so I'll talk to my friend and see if she can help me out with this one. ' Anyhow, until next time, which will be as soon as possible. Ja Nei!

Next Chapter: Fateful Encounter