True Love Chapter 9

Note to the public: Hey everyone, I've finally decided to post the next chapter of the story, I'm sorry about the long time period in between chapters 8 and 9 but the truth is that I sorta forgot about this story! (Please don't be mad at me) Anyway, I hope you enjoy this next chapter and *cough Cough* review for me.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters (No matter how much I would love to) Now that that's over with please enjoy the chapter!

Sakura heard the tape clip off, but didn't bother moving to take the tape out of the player. She couldn't even believe it, Gaara had gone off to fight; for her sake. What Temari had said just moments before rang through her head over and over again, 'because he loves you more than he cares about what happens to himself.' Sakura felt her legs begin to shake, her body started to tremble and she felt a tear run down her cheek. 'Gaara is too important to die for me; he has a family and an entire city depending on him.' Sakura thought to herself, terrified.

She felt the room spin around her, what would happen to Suna if the Kazekage was injured? 'No, Gaara will make it back. He is the strongest ninja in all of Suna, and he can't be taken down by push over's like the Akatsuki. But what about when he returns? People will be asking questions and what if he goes off again just for my sake, I can't let this happen again.' Sakura decided to herself.

Sakura packed her bags and changed out of a hospital uniform, into her regular ninja attire. "I just have to get out of Suna before Gaara makes it back, and then move on with life." Sakura whispered quietly. The fact was; it was very hard to leave. It shouldn't be hard to leave; she had already been planning to leave before the big incident with Hidan happened. Sakura sighed loudly, before stepping out of her small hospital room. All she had to do was find Temari and tell her that it was long past do when she should have been back in Suna (which it now actually was) and then leave the area completely.

"Goodbye Suna, I don't think that I will be able to bear coming back any time soon, so this could possibly be the last time I ever stand outside of this tall hospital." Sakura whispered while walking out of the hospital and through the streets of Suna. 'I slept in that hospital for three days, Gaara will probably be back soon, I have to get out of here before he comes back and talks me out of this.' Sakura thought, frowning. Temari had to be around here somewhere, after all if she remembered correctly; Shikamaru should have already gone back to Konohagakure.

All of the sudden, Sakura spotted Temari standing in the villages park. Why was she in the park, the park was for little children not grown up (well teenaged anyway) people, who probably had a lot of work to do. 'She looks so sad, what reason could she possibly have to be here anyway?' Sakura wondered walking towards Temari. She stopped dead in her tracks when a tear slid down Temari's cheek. Sakura suddenly had a very bad feeling, had something bad just happened? Was Shikamaru okay, what if Gaara was dead?

All of the sudden Sakura saw her fears become reality; Gaara was lying down on the park bench, bruised, battered, and definitely beaten. Her heart skipped a beat, this was because of her, 'Sakura you have to run away right NOW!' She found herself mentally screaming. Despite of her brains attempts to get her to leave, her feet took her forward; towards Gaara. 'He can't be dead, not yet!' Sakura screamed to himself, 'I have to save him; I know that I can do this. I will save his life.'

When Sakura reached Gaara's side, she immediately dropped down to her knees and started to heal the large wounds on his torn up chest. There were only a few big gashes, but many small ones, Sakura could already tell that he was going to take a few weeks to recover, and she would be needed in Suna until he was recovered. After all, she was one of the best Medic Nin and knew about high scale recovery. 'What a great excuse that is' Sakura thought to herself.

Nearly ten minutes later, three high ranked medics showed up with a stretcher. The fact that the Kagekaze had been harshly injured would have to be hidden, from everyone. No one could know that Suna was now in a weak state, even the people who lived there, it would cause a mass panic. The four of them worked together to carry Gaara back to his house, Temari had obviously been the one to contact the medics because when they got to the house; the door was wide open and a clear area had been set up for healing.

Every moment was flying by like a tornado whirlwind, Gaara was bleeding from the chest still, it just wouldn't stop. Sakura was starting to really worry if he was going to make it, the only reason the blood hadn't stopped pouring out at this point would be that his heart was punctured. 'His heart can't be punctured; I can't do anything if it is.' Sakura screamed in her head, the heat of Suna starting to infiltrate her skin. A small streaking tear ran down her cheek, he had to be okay.

They had been attempting to heal the Kagekaze for over 15 minutes now, that was way longer then it should take. Every second his condition was getting worse, even when the hole sealed; the blood didn't stop. The three medics, as well as Sakura knew that Gaara had a next to none chance of making it. Whatever fight he had fought in, it must have been mighty. Sakura felt the tears pour down now, it was just so sad, how can you find true love just in time for it to leave you?

Nothing made sense to her as she sat in front of that couch, blood puddle on the floor. Time had seemed to stop, had her love even really loved her? Now Sakura would never know, because he was bleeding and slipping away from her. Why did the ending to their story have to be so sad, couldn't they live the fairy tale, even for just a single moment? Sakura looked at Gaara as the other medics sat back and gave up, she felt herself gain courage that she didn't even know she had. With a soft, trembling voice Sakura spoke; "Gaara, I know we didn't have much time together but I want you to know that I was never truly happy unless I was with you. You make my life worth living, and I'm not ready to let you go yet, so please. Please just open your eyes, you can be my true love and I promise I won't ever leave you."

Gaara opened his eyes.

Well, what a sad and happy ending, tell me if you liked it because I definitely cried while attempting to write it!