Title: Half Without Another One: Chapter Ten
Author: branchandroot
Genre: Drama, Action, Fluff
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, Kakashi, Tsunade, Gai, Neji, Lee, Tenten, Temari, Kankurou, Chiyo
Word Count: 6473

Summary: In which Gaara is taken by Akatsuki and Kakashi's and Gai's teams are sent to aid Hidden Sand to get him back.

Sasuke gave up on logic, as he so often had to around Naruto and just shook him. "Shut up and listen to me," he said, low and deadly. "I am not letting you run yourself right into ambush. Understand? Not by those bastards and not because you were too unbelievably bullheaded to Stay. With. Your team!" Three more hard shakes punctuated that, and Naruto finally blinked at Sasuke like he knew who was in front of him.