( Disclaimer: I Don´t own NARUTO or anyothers of his character! They belong to His Highness Masashi Kishimoto! )
Chapter 0ne -Memories
The sun was slowly heding it´s way down over the forest and a pink haired young woman stod at the cliff edge and looked down on to the half finish village with her emerald eyes that was allmost fiery red in the last beam from the sun.
She stroke her upper arm with her hand in a comforting way, while the wind blow her hair away from her face and some leafs dancing its way past her.
The woman suddenly stoped to stroke her upper arm and begin to dig her nails in to the soft skin leving some marks that start to bleeding.
She clench her teeth, forbade herself to let the memories she hade try to forget burst in to her minde. But she was left yet again with the torturing memories of her failures...
The pink haired kunoichi looked at the black haired ninja infront of her. His cold black eyes could have made anyone run for there livs, but she stand her ground. Determined she faced the one she had love and still did, but now in another way.
" I´m here to take you back! If you don´t, I will....!" the young kunoichi yelled to the black haired ninja, who curl his upper lip.
" You will do what? Force me back? Don´t make me laugh...!" shouted the black haired ninja. " I despite you all! "
The kunoichi looked quite alarmed by the black haired mans words and once again her heart was filled with sadness and agony, like the last time she couldn´t bring him back.
"...S-Sasuke..." she shook away what he had said and squeezed her hands hard. She was no longer the little girl who had cryed after him. She was now a headstrong and independent kunoichi, forced to act to make sure that the village was safe and to make sure the `boy´ she once loved was killed by her hand even if that imply killing herself. " I will dig your grave... Prepare yourself! "
She pull her gloves harder over her hands and she made her way towards the black haired Sasuke. She force all her chakra in to one of hers fist and to one blow.
" Shannaro! " she hit Sasukes chest will all her power in her fist. Sasuke bend like a twig who was broken in two. The kunoichi watched how Sasuke spit out blood through his mouth before he disappear with a `poff´. The kunoichi looked in shock on the log in the grass.
" You may have improve, Sakura... But you still lack something..." Sasukes voice sounded clear and filled with venom as he come up behind her back.
Before she could react, blue and whit sparks was shown behind her along with a chirping sound. She knew the show was down for her and with that in her mind, all went black.
She hade suddenly woke up in an environment she hardly recognize. She pulled herself up, but was foce to lay down again becouse of the screming pain on her back.
" You shouldn´t force yourself... " said a calm voice out of the corner of the tent.
The pink haired kunoichi looked at the corner to see a silver haired man with a expressionless face under his mask.
"...Sensei... Were am I..? "
" You are in safty... in Konoha... " her Sensei told her and walked towards her. " You have been knocked out for over two weeks. I ... We were worry for you... "
The kunoichi saw how the silver haired man kneeling beside her futon and she was not sure if her Sensei was relief or not.
" Why did you bring me back... Sensei? "
The question had make the silver haired Jounin a bit stupefied.
" That´s a stupid question, Sakura... You are my team mate, of course I would bring you back... " the Jounin looked at the pink haired kunoichi who looked like she wouldn´t give a damn if she had died. " You are really selfish, Sakura. You didn´t even consider your friends feelnings befor you start to chase Sasuke... "
" YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST LEFT ME THERE TO DIE! " she shouted to her Sensei. " I don´t care anymore... I don´t care..."
Silence tears start to roll down on to the kunoichis cheeks. She hated this. She hated to be this weak. She had promise herself that never again she would stand vulnerable, now she had broken that promise.
Her Sensei start to reach out to her. " ...Kakashi -Senpai..." The Jounin stoped his move and turn around to see the new head of Team Kakashi. " They are waiting for you orders... Hokage -Sama.... "
" Please, don´t call me that... `Yamato´... It´s not like i asked for this..." Kakashi said while he took himself up. " You aren´t weak, Sakura... Sasuke has allready passed beyond his one darkness and is no need of our help..."
Sakura stoped to cry and looked at him.
The way in the young kunoichis eyes made Kakashis heart sank, becouse the eyes allready told him what she would say.
" Just leave me Sensei... I don´t want to see you here anymore... "
The pink haired woman watched how the sun slowly disappear behind the trees, still thinking about her memories that woulden´t go away that easy once it hade appere.
The pink haired kunoichi, now slightly older, stormed in side a circle formed room and slaped her hand in the desk in front of the silver haired man.
" What is the meaning of this!? " she shouted to the silver haired man who turned his faced towards her.
" Meaning of what? " he asked her knowing that would rise her temper even more.
" Of letting Naruto, Sai and Yamato chasing Sasuke! With out me! " she shouted even more louder then before. " Tsunade -Sama whould have let me go with them! "
" Tsunade -Sama is still in coma, so I´m in charge until she wakes up..." the silver haired man told the furious kunoichi infront of him.
" She has been in coma for over two years! Please Sensei... Let me go with them..."
" No... We need your strength in the front... Besides... you allready was given your chance with Sasuke... It´s over, Sakura..." the silver haired Hokage had spoken and the pink haired Sakura glance at her former Sensei.
" I HATE YOU KAKASHI! JUST DISAPPEAR OUT OF MY LIFE!" and with that she ran out of the room tears dripping from her cheeks once again.
The sun was no longer to been seen and tears now running down the corner of the her eyes, she was more hurt by this particular memory then by the others. The man she had cherish more then anything els, had no faith in her back then and thats was way she hated him and still did.
Naruto and the others one year after their departure, hade successfuly hunted Sasuke down and killed him ( only sacrifice a pice of Sais ear lobe ). Slowly the 4th Great Ninja War was all most to an end and Tsunade had woken up from her coma one month later, letting the silver haired shinobi to retired from his position and out to the battlefield he had longing for.
Even if the 4th Ninja war had been on going for all most 6 years and people had died on bothe sides, leaving nothing more then a pille of ashes from the burned bodys, people still hade their hope high.
And The Great Shinobi Alliance had slowly but steady crushed Madaras plan to take over the world, but it was most thanks to a certain blond, loud-voiced ninja who wouldn't give in no matter what. He become the Alliance front figure a long with KillerBee the Jinchûriki and Sunas Kazekage.
The Five Great Nations hade finally finde peace, even if that mean a long struggle to rebuilding the Nations in it´s former glory.
The pink haired woman who stod at the cliff edge, looked rather unemotional while she watched the village beneath her.
Thinking about this things made her mentally distress, not only becouse of the silver haired Jounin who had turnd his back at her, but also becouse of the blond, loud-voiced ninja who had lied to her about he not going after Sasuke. She should have known better. If that wasn´t enough, just a half year later after the war had ended she had found her Shisou dead in front of the desk. Tsunades life had been given to the people of Konoha when Pein had attack ( years earlier ), after all it was just a matter of time she knew that. But it was still painfull to have lost someone she all most had consider as a much older sister, even more a best friend.
And now she stod here looking out over the village wondering why she actually was here to the beginning with.
"... Sakura..?"
The pink haired woman turned around to see at blond kunoichi with a blond ponytail walking her way toward the cliff.
" I thought I might finde you here, Sakura... What are you doing? "
" Thinking... about stuff... Stuff I have try to forget... " Sakura mumble to the blond who lay her palm against Sakuras shoulder.
" It´s all most time... Everyone is waiting at the Jounin Station for us..." the blond said to the pink who snort at the blond.
" Tsk... Way should I care, Ino-Pig..."
" What!? It´s your concern, Forehead! " the blond Ino roared to Sakura and start to drag her from the cliff edge towards the village. " You are coming with me, no matter what! "
Sakura looked at Ino and gave her a faint smile. She was happy to have Ino as a friend, her only friend she really could trust.
Authors Note:
Hi everyone!
This is my first story I have written ( false ), the frst I have put out ( true ).
This is a KakaSaku story ( thought you would know ), Kakashi is about 35 or 36 and Sakura about 23 - 24 ( not really into the pedophile thing, even if Sakura sometimes behave like a teen ).
Sorry if my English is bad ( I´m a Swede, that explains everything ;P ). I´m relying on a dictionary and my memories from English classes in Senior High.
The Italic text in this story is flashbacks, just so you know. :)
Do feel free to ask me if something is bothering you about this Chapter.
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