Temari blinked at Gaara's unsuspect

Temari blinked at Gaara's unsuspecting form as the ex-Jinchuuriki settled himself down, already dressed to impress and seemingly in a pleasant mood. The dirty blonde kunoichi merely arched a brow, casually running a brush through her spiky locks. "Why are you so happy, Gaara?"

The maroon haired man ignored her question, instead bringing up his own. "We have room for one more person to travel with us, right?"

Temari's brow rode up higher on her forehead as Kankuro snorted out his breakfast ungracefully. "Did you invite your girlfriend to come back to Suna with us!?"

Gaara's lips pulled into a mysterious smile. "I'm going to today."

Naruto fell asleep excited and giddy, and awoke scared out of his mind. The incessant pounding on the door was the source of his sudden awakening, forcing him to jump out of bed as he could hear Sakura's muffled pleas behind the door.

"Naruto! Open up! It's really important!"

The Jinchuuriki blinked away the sleepiness and ran a hand through his hair. "I'm coming! Don't break down the door, Sakura-chan!"

He chuckled to himself as he twisted the knob, surprised to see the worried expression on Sakura's face. Sasuke seemed to be tagging along, but was leaning against the banister of the hallway instead, his forehead creased.

"Please tell me you heard," Sakura breathed. Naruto blinked. "Why are you so out of breath? Were you running here?"

"That's not the point!" The emerald eyed beauty snapped. "Tell me you heard about Hina-chan,"

His grin shrank as his tone soon became worried. "What happened?"

"Gaara asked her to come back with him to Suna and she agreed."

Naruto's heart stilled as he could barely choke out the words. "Wh…what?!"

Sakura nodded, pink locks bouncing. "I heard it from Temari."

A moment of tense silence passed through them before Sasuke broke it. "She might say yes,"

Sakura glared at Sasuke while Naruto looked up at him in disbelief. Sasuke shrugged. "Think about it, dobe. She found comfort in him while you were busy putting her in the friendzone. Maybe she's realized she's better than you, or that you're not good for her."

The Jinchuuriki suddenly felt queasy as his hand clutched his stomach. The forbidden thought played through his mind: Hinata, who was done with the Jinchuuriki's obliviousness, would obviously agree to Gaara's proposal, not only that, but she'd get all the support she needed from her family; it was the Kazekage asking her, of course they would encourage it! Then, the two of them would slowly fall in love with each other and she would forget the Jinchuuriki, instead staying in Suna to accompany her maroon-haired boyfriend until they even maybe got married, and Naruto couldn't stomach the idea of Hinata pregnant with Gaara's kids.

Sasuke and Sakura exchanged a glance at the nauseated look on his face. Sasuke waved a hand in front of the Jinchuuriki, "Did you just imagine them having kids together or something?"

Naruto nodded as anger started to boil up in him.

No.

Hinata was not going to leave him, not before he told her how he truly felt.

Determined, Naruto looked up, fire igniting his eyes. "I'm going to find Hinata-chan and stop her."