GaaSaku

GaaSaku is the het ship between Gaara and Sakura from the Naruto fandom.

Chunin Exams
Sakura first encountered Gaara when he entered the village to take the Chunin Exam. She questioned why he was there and demanded that he show permission to enter the village. During the third round of the exam, the Sand Village revealed its plan to attack the village along with Orochimaru. Sakura was then placed on a team to chase after Gaara. She was quickly subdued by him and pinned against a tree until Naruto saved her.

Kazekage Rescue Mission
Gaara eventually stopped his destructive behavior and Sakura did not seem to hold a grudge against him for his previous actions. Over two years later, Gaara was captured by Akatsuki and Sakura was sent on a mission to rescue him. They failed and Gaara was dead by the time that Sakura arrived. She helped kill Sasori in retaliation. Afterwards, her battle partner Chiyo revived Gaara but Sakura was more upset over Chiyo dying.

Fourth Shinobi War
Gaara and Sakura were later fighting side-by-side during the Fourth Shinobi World War. The Nine-Tailed Fox was extracted from Naruto which placed him into a coma. Sakura was forced to start healing him in order to save his life and Gaara helped by levitating them away on a sand platform. The two went to find Minato so that he could transfer the other half of the fox to Naruto and save him.

Gaara Hiden
"Gaara said, “That Naruto came to fight me face to face. What it meant to live, how much merit there was in pain...and what it meant to love someone, those are all things that he taught me.”

It was a very precious memory. And it hadn’t just been Naruto. Rock Lee. Haruno Sakura. Nara Shikamaru, who would eventually become his brother-in-law. Temari and Kankurou, who had supported him even when they were afraid of him.

"Medical-nin were precious assets in the front lines for saving lines, but they couldn’t really be compared to a shinobi of Gaara’s class, because there would be an incredible difference in the skill of their taijutsu. Haruno Sakura of Konohagakure was the rare exception for that rule."

But then, take Konoha’s Haruno Sakura for example. She didn’t come from an unusual bloodline, but her strength made her an outstoundingly great shinobi. In fact, there were a great number of normal people who, by polishing their techniques or with pure strength alone, had surpassed others. Gaara had seen many people who had relied only on their bloodline, and yet been unable to produce any real results."

Fanon
GaaSaku is a rather popular Naruto ship even though it is not considered to be "mainstream". It is one of the most popular het ships involving Gaara, possibly topping even GaaMatsu. Fans mostly ship them together because of the "opposites attract" factor. While they used to be enemies, they were later shown working together towards the end of the series. GaaSaku most commonly rivals the SasuSaku, NaruSaku, and GaaMatsu pairings.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Gaara/Sakura tag on FanFiction.net
 * Gaara/Sakura tag on FanFiction.net

Trivia

 * When Gaara saw Sakura, she reminded him of his Uncle Yashamaru whom he loved before he was betrayed by him.