Okay Another fic... Yes I hate myself for writing this, but eh what can you do I can't stop my mind!

Anyway read it and all, if there are mistakes well sorry I can't catch everything!

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto!

~~Kyo~~

Chapter one: A Cherry Blossom's Pain

It was a dark rainy night when they brought her home, her body drenched in cold rain, her lips a frozen blue, her jade eyes closed.

It had been a simple solo mission that being a top-ranking nin she could do probably in her sleep. The mission was a simple one to help out a allying village with their outbreak. Sakura was the most skilled Medic and so Tsunade of course sent her, knowing it was a simple mission and Sakura was more then capable, so she sent her alone. The mission was only to last a few weeks, but a two weeks later when Sakura was due back they had gotten a message from the leader of the village Sakura was supposed to have been into heal those who were to have been infected by the outbreak of sickness. The massage had shocked the Hokage of Konoha.

:Flashback:

Tsunade immediately sent for Naruto, Sai, and Kakashi. The three came un-usually early even Kakashi, as they knew something had to be wrong. Something involving their beautiful pink haired teammate. The three stood in silence in front of the Hokage who looked tired and worn as she held up a letter. The three were silent.

" Do you know what this letter says?" The Hokage asked looking from one to the other. The three stood in silence not knowing what to say to that. Even Naruto was silent wanting to know what it read and not wanting to be the obvious one to say 'no' they did not know what it said... yet.

" Sakura never made it to the village." Tsunade said and the air went even tenser as if all the life in the room had went out in a rush of that news.

" What do you mean Tsunade-baa-chan? Why wouldn't Sakura have gone to the village?" Tsunade sighed and set the letter carefully on her desk that had been broken more times then she could count, and always put back together by a disapproving Sakura, Tsunade could almost hear the lecture her apprentice would give her each time she had to put the desk back together. Tsunade ignored Naruto's pointless comment and spoke looking to Kakashi, the old leader of said team which was now missing two members. Of course the one had been gone long ago.

" I'm sending your team on a mission to find her, or retrieve the..." She held back a choked sound and Kakashi knew without being told. If Sakura hadn't checked in with them or the village,she had been kidnapped or killed. They could very well be looking for the girls body.

" Leave immediately. Find her." The Hokage ordered her hazel eyes hard and angry. Kakashi nodded and the three disappeared. Tsunade looked out at the cloudy sky knowing it was going to rain, she hoped this wasn't a prelude to what was to come.

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They were getting close to the village when they felt a sudden chakra flare and Kakashi and his team tensed. Kakashi glanced to his left at Naruto then right at Sai. Sai nodded his head. Akatsuki. Kakashi felt only two Chakra signatures and one faint signature that was almost burnt out completely. If Kakashi hadn't recognized the signature he would have called his team back, Naruto was in danger were Akatsuki were involved, but this Chakra that was fading fast stopped him cold. His lone gray eye hardened as he set off to the clearing that held the two Akatsuki and the fading chakra of the one they so loved dearly. Naruto and Sai followed weary at his heals.

The clearing held three people, though one was now dead. The two still standing were injured. Though Kakashi and his team felt no better for that since the one they had been searching for was the one dead beaten and bloody on the ground a few feet in front of them. Kisame had his partner Itachi draped over his shoulder, the Uchiha was passed out, and the large blue Akatsuki didn't look much better for wear. He had cuts and blood all across him, showing he had been injured by the girl as much as the Uchiha.

Kakashi was of course surprised that the fish man was standing while his partner the stronger of the two was passed out cold. There was blood dripping from the Uchiha though they couldn't see more then his rear end and legs from the position Kisame Hoshigaki had him tossed over his shoulder.

The fish-man looked blank as the three came into the clearing. He waited as if knowing the Konoha Shinobi would ask him questions or perhaps try to kill him. The three looked from the Akatsuki to the girl broken and dead on the ground. Sightless jade eyes were dull and lifeless as they looked up to the sky. Her once pink hair,that had grown past her hips in the years since was colored a almost red color with all the blood and dirt mixed into the once beautiful tresses.

Her small but powerful body lay crumpled, her fishnet and black shirt was almost shredded with blood smeared across it. Her skin was pale and grayish almost chalky white from the loss of blood. The blood around her was her own, Kakashi noticed the wound in her gut first. She had been stabbed by a kunai, he could tell the weapon of choice because she held the said weapon clutched in one hand her own blood across the entire thing.

Her lithe body so limp and lifeless, made Kakashi's throat close. He could almost see her bright smile, and joy filled eyes like a illusion over her lifeless body. She was beautiful even here in death. She had grown into her power and skill, but only through harsh training, which was how she was no doubt able to wound two Akatsuki, one being The Uchiha Itachi. He felt pride at that.

The eighteen year old girl was forever dead. Naruto's anger hit Kakashi like a slap and Sai had enough sense to grab said boy before he rushed off to kill the blue man. Kisame disappeared with the Uchiha over his shoulder as Naruto roared out his pain to the sky, and then it started to rain. The rain was soft at first and as the rain hit the girls face it almost looked as if she were crying.

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:End flashback:

The funeral was held a day later, and the Hokage knew the girl was killed by an Akatsuki be it Itachi or Kisame, it didn't much matter. Naruto's anger didn't much care as long as he killed them. He would eventually kill them both for killing their hope in life, their bright sun.

She was buried under her name sake, the cherry blossom tree was in full bloom but it wasn't a happy occasion that they viewed the blossoms this year, as they buried the cherry blossom under the cherry tree.

Her name was to be written on the memorial stone for all to know she was KIA against the Akatsuki, she died fighting for her life, and fighting for Konoha as a hero. She would forever be remembered as one.

Each person took the death differently. Kakashi sat in front of the black stone staring at his old teammates names on said stone and Sakura's. He never thought to see her name on this stone in his life time. He never wished to, yet here he was staring at her name as he sat in the rain.

Sai looked through his scrolls of the pictures he had drawn of them,of her and Naruto, of his team,where he felt more at home then he ever had before.

Naruto sat in her apartment with team seven's picture in his hands. He squeezed the frame until it broke and glass shattered, with his blood it hit the floor. He glared at the picture as tears of anger ran down his face. They never got Sasuke back, and he could never keep his promise to Sakura, but Sakura had died and now what hope was there left? Team Seven was gone. Sakura was never coming back even if Sasuke ever returned. Team seven was now gone, just like his hope.

Tsunade sat at her desk and remembered good times, but even the Sake didn't push the pain away, or the tears. She gripped the cup in her hand tighter. This was indeed a sad day for Konoha. Their cherry blossom was gone.

The rookie 9 each took it differently as well. Ino had broken down while arraigning flowers for her best friends funeral. Shikamaru had done similar to what Kakashi did, but he watched the older Shinobi stare sadly down at the black stone as he stood in the forest. He would miss playing shoji with her.

Chouji would miss her bright smile while she cooked his favorite meals at parties, and when Ino refused him his favorites. Kiba and Akamaru would miss hanging out with her, be it on missions or when she trained with him and his team. Hinata clenched her firsts, she would show Sakura that she was strong. The pink haired girl had went out of her way to train with Hinata to help the girl get stronger. Hinata would show everyone she could be strong just like Sakura always believed she could.

Shino stood a little ways away from Hinata as the girl clutched her firsts looking down at Sakura's grave. Shino disliked the fact that someone who had never seen him as weird or creepy was dead.

Lee and Gai ran the village together in silence as Lee mourned the love he held for the girl,and Gai mourned his students pain, and knew Konoha took a devastating blow this day.

Tenten had helped Ino and cried with the girl trying her best to be the shoulder to cry on while silent tears flowed down her face as well, as she was holding a certain blond haired Kunoichi who clutched at Tenten for dear life.

Neji stood on the training grounds were he and Sakura had fought together, trained together for years. He remembered the first time he had noticed her skills, and asked her to spar. She had smirked at him as if she wasn't happy he was now noticing her, but she had agreed and after a month they still trained together, sparing. He had enjoyed her fiery attitude, and her skills as he worked to push himself each time they sparred. He knew a little more of the girl even Naruto and Sai didn't know of her. He knew she joined ANBU after begin asked by Lady Tsunade. He knew because he was her captain and she was sometimes sent on missions with him.

He liked to think there had been a friendship between him and Sakura. That she may have enjoyed the time she spent with him like he had with her. He could always see a certain sadness that drove her to get better at her work, to train harder, to be better. A emotion that drove her, like Neji himself was driven to become better. He knew how she felt and maybe that was why they got along so well, maybe that was why he enjoyed her company, maybe that was why he connected with her so well.

He mourned her loss, her smile, and her determination. He mourned that she wouldn't be around to heal him after she herself beat him, or that she would be there when he returned from a mission and heal his wounds with her gentle hands. He mourned the loss as he would any friend, though this some how felt worse then that ever would. This felt like hope was lost, as if the world was now a darker place with out her smile to brighten it, with out her voice to reprimand him, with out her concerned, but bright jade eyes. Or with out her soft cherry blossom scent, or her soft skin, or her many scars. Life would never be the same, but he vowed to work harder, to never lose all hope. Because Sakura wouldn't like if he just gave in.

Sunagakure mourned her lost as well as Konoha, and even days later even a certain black haired male heard of his old teammates death. He clenched his teeth together when he heard it was his brother who had killed her. He would kill his brother that was for sure, but now it wasn't just for his parents or his clan he was doing it for. It was for the clan that would never be with the cherry blossom gone.

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In the dead of the night a hand shot out of the cherry blossoms grave as a man with an Akatsuki cloak stood at the foot of the grave waiting for its occupant to dig out. When the person was cleared of the grave the Akatsuki spoke quietly.

" Itachi wished me to fetch you, yeah. I sort of hoped you were dead after all, yeah. Why were you in a grave here anyway? Yeah." Deidara the Akatsuki asked the blue skinned man who had crawled from the grave. He brushed himself off as he readied to travel out of Konoha back to the base.

" Itachi wanted Konoha to think the cherry blossom dead. This was as good a plan as any. The village thinks she dead and Leader can now keep her as long as he needs without Konoha on our tail." Kisame said as they headed out of the village before they could be seen, though only after Kisame perfected the grave hiding the evidence it was ever disturbed or that no body lay in it any longer.

" Leader thinks that 'killing' the cherry blossom would stop the Konoha nin from coming after us? Yeah? What an idiot. They'll come after us more now knowing we're to blame for her death. Yeah." Kisame smirked.

" It was Itachi's plan talk to him about it." Kisame answered. Deidara made a face. Like hell, he wasn't talking to that creepy Uchiha.

" I don't think so, yeah. Besides he'll be too busy with that Kunoichi. She sounds like a handful if the fighting coming from Itachi's room was anything to go by, yeah." Kisame looked surprised then he laughed. Well she was hard to get a hold of in the first place let alone knock her out, mask her chakra, and put a jutsu over her making her look like Itachi, while Itachi transformed himself into Kisame, and Kisame played the dead Kunoichi.

" I'm sure leader won't take no for an answer and if she fights us too badly Itachi won't be happy. He's the one to have to deal with her. We all know when torture is involved Itachi is the only one trusted not to kill them at the same time." Kisame said with a sharky grin. Deidara looked to the fish-man and sighed.

He pitied the girl, whatever Leader had planned for her couldn't be good.

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Wow another fic I started. I hate myself for doing this but I couldn't get this idea out of my head so ha! Okay this took forever to write and it was a pain. My keyboard hates me and so my space bar isn't working quite right, thus this fic sucked while writing! So f-ing review! This fic was written with blood, and frustrated shouts, and a bunch of abuse to my keyboard, while it abused me back. Okay!

~~Kyo~~