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shukaku_in_drag Gaara, Sakura
Prompt: 'Sandstorm'
No, it's not romantic. Sorry. XD;;; Also kind of a little weird. But hey! Gaara and Sakura.
Outside the wind howled; the shutters rattled and rang under a million grains of sand. Inside, it was almost perfectly silent, just the faint clicks and whispers of fabric of Sakura putting her medical instruments in the sink.
Gaara sat on the edge of the infirmary bed, staring at his hands. They rested lax in his lap; the back of the left one had a little bandage stuck over a vein, to keep it clean until it clotted.
Sakura was rinsing out the syringe, calm and efficient as she erased all traces of blood from the equipment; she didn't react to the weight of his gaze.
She had been the second person to make him bleed; now that Shuukaku was gone, she wouldn't be the last.
It was terrifying.
He should have been watching her more closely, he knew. It had been hard enough to compromise between the necessity to check Gaara for residual drugs and the necessity for Sakura to protect her trade secrets. In her hurry to save Kankurou, she had already betrayed quite a few. They had wanted someone else in the infirmary to watch; she had refused. They had talked of asking another medic-nin to check him over; he had refused. She was better with poisons than any of his men, and as far as he was concerned, Konoha had proved its loyalty.
She was loyal to Naruto, too, as Naruto was loyal to her; and that told Gaara even more.
He wasn't really afraid of her turning around and murdering him now. She had been polite, competent and professional. She had even smiled.
If she had been under orders to poison him, she would have smiled more.
She knew that he wasn't the same person who had tried to kill her teammates anymore; but Gaara was pretty sure that she hadn't forgotten. Asking for forgiveness seemed out of place; not to mention that Haruno Sakura mattered to him only in the distant way that everything which mattered to Naruto did.
The wind still howled; the silence was deafening. "Haruno."
"Yes, Kazekage-sama?" she asked pleasantly; she didn't look at him.
He watched her dry her utensils, cautiously put them away in her backpack. She was smiling pleasantly, and for a second she reminded him of Yashamaru again; but the last shreds of Yashamaru's ghost had finally left him, along with Shuukaku; and then she was just Haruno Sakura again. Naruto's teammate; the one he had almost killed because she refused to let him kill Uchiha Sasuke.
"...Thank you."
She paused; didn't turn to face him. Her refusal to acknowledge his gaze was less of an avoidance than her smiles.
"I didn't do it for you."
The door closed quietly behind her, and Gaara was alone in the silence again. Outside, the sandstorm kept raging; but it was no longer part of him.
In other news, the drabblethings sorta-challenge is still open. :p
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shukaku_in_drag Gaara, Sakura Prompt: 'Sandstorm'
No, it's not romantic. Sorry. XD;;; Also kind of a little weird. But hey! Gaara and Sakura.
Outside the wind howled; the shutters rattled and rang under a million grains of sand. Inside, it was almost perfectly silent, just the faint clicks and whispers of fabric of Sakura putting her medical instruments in the sink.
Gaara sat on the edge of the infirmary bed, staring at his hands. They rested lax in his lap; the back of the left one had a little bandage stuck over a vein, to keep it clean until it clotted.
Sakura was rinsing out the syringe, calm and efficient as she erased all traces of blood from the equipment; she didn't react to the weight of his gaze.
She had been the second person to make him bleed; now that Shuukaku was gone, she wouldn't be the last.
It was terrifying.
He should have been watching her more closely, he knew. It had been hard enough to compromise between the necessity to check Gaara for residual drugs and the necessity for Sakura to protect her trade secrets. In her hurry to save Kankurou, she had already betrayed quite a few. They had wanted someone else in the infirmary to watch; she had refused. They had talked of asking another medic-nin to check him over; he had refused. She was better with poisons than any of his men, and as far as he was concerned, Konoha had proved its loyalty.
She was loyal to Naruto, too, as Naruto was loyal to her; and that told Gaara even more.
He wasn't really afraid of her turning around and murdering him now. She had been polite, competent and professional. She had even smiled.
If she had been under orders to poison him, she would have smiled more.
She knew that he wasn't the same person who had tried to kill her teammates anymore; but Gaara was pretty sure that she hadn't forgotten. Asking for forgiveness seemed out of place; not to mention that Haruno Sakura mattered to him only in the distant way that everything which mattered to Naruto did.
The wind still howled; the silence was deafening. "Haruno."
"Yes, Kazekage-sama?" she asked pleasantly; she didn't look at him.
He watched her dry her utensils, cautiously put them away in her backpack. She was smiling pleasantly, and for a second she reminded him of Yashamaru again; but the last shreds of Yashamaru's ghost had finally left him, along with Shuukaku; and then she was just Haruno Sakura again. Naruto's teammate; the one he had almost killed because she refused to let him kill Uchiha Sasuke.
"...Thank you."
She paused; didn't turn to face him. Her refusal to acknowledge his gaze was less of an avoidance than her smiles.
"I didn't do it for you."
The door closed quietly behind her, and Gaara was alone in the silence again. Outside, the sandstorm kept raging; but it was no longer part of him.
In other news, the drabblethings sorta-challenge is still open. :p
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So awesome. I love how Gaara thinks about this, and Sakura's responses.
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(Anonymous) 2006-11-21 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)I've always been a big fan of Gaara for reasons I don't understand.
-- Guile
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That said, it's been a while since I've read anything about him, since many people seem intent on making him something other than a messed up, extremely powerful ninja who cares for Naruto because people can't help but do so, and because Naruto saved him from himself. The interaction was spot-on here. ^_^
Adi
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♥ .___. thank you. I don't usually like writing gaara because he's so difficult. I don't think I would manage so well if the fic was any longer. But ehh. practice makes perfect? or something. XD
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*shrug* Your story, you can OOC if you want to. XD Not that you did. Like I said, this is one of the better characterizations I've seen. Plus, sometimes it's harder to write something short than something long. You need to say more with less, you know?
Adi
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Deidara/Anko or Hidan/Anko ('Cause I'm really weird like that)
Prompt: Contest
And if that's too hard... something involving A
crackkatsuki, same propmt?*hides* >_o
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Ohm...
Cyborg, Saku/Sasu, Past.
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XD Really, anything 'romantic' between them is impossible as it is. If I saw it, i'd be waiting for the crack to really begin, so... But really. o_o
I love how Sakura's matured in this one. It just seems... I don't know, more realistic. She may be a medic, but she'd be just as likely to, well, poison someone if ordered to, as she would be to heal someone. And for some reason, I really love that last line; about Gaara's view on the sandstorm, as well as her response.
Erk, I really can't think of anything else to say; it's all wonderful. =3 Un!
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♥ thank you! I'm very glad you like it. ^^
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But yeah. Gaara is an interesting character to try and get into the head of (wow, that sentence is odd XD) but I think you did well. Same for Sakura. I loved that last line. How true ^^
I REALLY REALLY want to get back to Sand and see how Gaara is faring without Shuukaku b/c seriously...that was some major shit. hahaha. *cough* Whatever.
Great ficcage. hehe.
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However, your icon and this piece makes me want a cracky inner!sakura/Gaara piece. No, back plot bunnies, back!