A/N: OKAY. this is my very first fan fic.. soo go easy on me, haha. Umm. Some of the characters may or may not be OOC during this fic? I will try my best to keep them all in character, but if it slips some times..oh well? Ha.. well.. REVIEW. plz and thanks. :)
Summary:Its been a couple of years since Sasuke left. They finally all meet, lies exposed,secrets revealed,new powers shown,death,drama, love...SakuSasu,NejiTen,ShikaTem,NaruHina,TsunJira,KakaRin. I suck at summaries. hehh.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor any of its characters. (Although if I did I'd be one rich son of a )
It was a peaceful day in Konoha. The birds chirping, the sun shining the villagers peacefully making their way through town waving and smiling to each other as they passed. The silence was suddenly broken, " Naruto! Get back here!" Sakura yelled as she kicked open the doors of the Konoha hospital.
" Sakura-chan!!" Naruto yelled as he left the hospital premises.
"Grr." Sakura said as she chased after him "Naruto you need to take the shot!" She yelled after him.
"Never!" he yelled back running through the city streets as he turned down an allyway and skidded to a stop. He was in a dead end.
"Naruto." Sakura said as she stood at the end of the allyway blocking his path. "You have no where to go." A grin spread across Sakura's face. " You made me chase after you through the whole city. You're taking the shot!!" Sakura yelled waving her fist as she pulled out a needle and held it at shoulder height. She began walking forward. Naruto looked around as he was waving his hands.
"Sakura-chan wait!" Naruto said nervously. Sakura raised her free arm as she hit Naruto casuing him to fall to the ground. She bent down beside him as she placed the needle in his behind. "AIEEEE!" Naruto yelled as she put the needle in.
"There, that wasn't so bad." Sakura said with a smile tossing away the needle. Naruto lay there. Sakura grabbed Naruto by the back of his hood as she began dragging him to his house. She stopped and left him at his doorstop. "See you later Nartuo!" Sakura said with a smile as she waved and walked off.
Naruto stood as he held his behind and began walking up the stairs.He flung open his door as he walked into his messy room. He walked over to his bed as he sat down slowly "Ah..ah..ahhh." he said in pain as he behind was throbbing from the needle earlier. He sat as he looked out the window at the sun set. He sighed as he layed back and stared up at his cieling. Naruto slowly began drifting off to sleep.
DREAM
"Baka!" Sakura cried as she hit Naruto over the back of the head. "You're doing it wrong. It's like this, watch me." she said as she turned towards a tree and focused her chakra. She ran forward and up the tree with ease. Naruto looked over at Kakashi and Sasuke. "Uhh..you can go first Sasuke." Naruto said with a small smile nervously. Sasuke waved his hand and shook his head.
"No way.I can already do it." Sasuke said crossing his arms.
"Prove it!" Naruto yelled making his hand into a fist.
"I don't need to prove anything to you!" Sasuke argued. Naruto and Sasuke stood in front of each other their faces directly in front of each other as Naruto bit back on his lip. "Enough!" Kakashi yelled. " Naruto, it is your turn. Go."
" Wahh!" Naruto said facing Kakashi "But Kakashi-sensai.."
"Now Naruto." Kakashi said in finality as Sasuke smirked.
"Fine.." Naruto said as he turned and faced the tree muttering to himself.
Suddenly, the dream had changed...
Naruto was running through the tree's chasing after someone. He was his present age, 18, as he was in pursuit. He stopped as he jumped down from the tree and looked around. He quickly ducked as three kunai flew above his head and stuck into the tree beside him. He looked around as he saw Sakura. "Sakura-chan!" he yelled taking a step forward.
"Naruto, look out!" Sakura yelled as Naruto turned and saw a sword come down upon him. He quickly moved out of the way as he turned and saw the person bearing the sword was Sasuke. Sakura threw three kunai as she dove to the side. Sasuke used his sword to deflect the kunai and charged after Sakura.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto yelled as he pushed Sakura out of the way.
"Naruto!!" he heard Sakura yell as he looked down and saw a blade through his chest, he looked up and saw Sasuke standing there holding the sword he had just penetrated Naruto with. No emotion or regret shown, Sasuke just looked at Naruto, an evil grin spread across his face as his eyes began swirrling and he opened his mouth as black light shone out and.."
Naruto sat up in his bed, sweating and breathing hard. He looked around his room, he looked over to his balcony where the door was left open. He got out of bed as he walked over, he outstretched his arms to each door as he looked outside. It was night, everything was quiet. He sighed as he shut the doors and climbed back into bed. Little did he know, there was someone watching him from outside.
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Naruto awoke to the sound of birds chirpping happily. He sat up in his bed as he stretched his arms and yawned. He shifted his body to the side as he placed his feet inside of his slippers. He adjusted his night cap as he stood stretching his arms once more. He walked over to his bathroom as he opened the door. He walked over to the bathtub as he turned on the water. He took of his clothes as he sat inside the warm water. "Ahh.." he said in relief as he laid back against the side of the bathtub.
The door suddenly flung open as Naruto was startled. "Naruto are you in he--" Sakura stopped as she saw Naruto in the tub.
"AIEEE!" Naruto yelled as he ducked underwater only his eyes and the top of his head visible above water.
Sakura blushed. "Uhh..sorry Naruto." she said as she scratched the back of her hed with an embarassed look on her face.
"SAKURA-CHAN! GET OUT!!" Naruto yelled standing up and waving his fist. Finally realizing that he was standing and completely exposed his face turned bright red as he sunk back down under the water.
Sakura's eyes widened as she quickly stepped out of the bathroom closing the door behind her. She put her hand to her mouth as she began to giggle.
Dying of embaressment, Naruto managed to drag himself out of the tub and get dressed. He put his metal ninja band on as he slowly walked out of the bathroom and peered around his room. The coast was clear Sakura wasn't there any longer. When suddenly she jumped out from the side.
"Naruto! I made you some breakfast!" she said with a wide smile across her face.
"AHH!" Naruto screamed frightened as he fell then stood up. "Uh..thanks Sakura-chan." he said with a smile as he took the bowel and sat down and began eating.
"It was nothing!" she said with a smile as she walked over to his balcony and looked out.
"So, what are you doing here so early..soo..unexpected." Naruto asked as he began eating more mouthfulls.
"Tsunade-sama sent me over,we have a mission to do today and she told me to get you right away!" Sakura said with a smile.
"Great." Naruto said rolling his eyes as he lifted the bowel and slurped the rest of his breakfast. He wiped his mouth as he stood up."Let's go Sakura-chan." he said as he walked over to the door and opened it.
Sakura nodded as she walked over, she noticed he was holding the door opened as she smiled and began to walk through when the door slammed shut on her face. Naruto had walked on through without leaving the door open for her. "Grrr." she growled as she swung the door open and walked out.
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He sat in his office as he sighed placing a piece of paper down ontop a pile of neatly stacked paper. He sat back in her chair as he gently pushed against the floor with his foot as the chair swivled around and he was now facing the window. He held his hands in front of him, his elbows resting on the arms of the chair as his hands in front of him the tips of his fingers touching. His jade eyes looking out upon the sun that stared back at him. He let out a small sigh as he slowly stood up and walked to the window, his hands hanging by his side as he looked out over Suna. He exited his office as he turned left and headed for the stairs that led to the roof. He ascended up the stairs as he walked through the open door out onto the roof. He continued until he was at the edge as he rested his arms against the railings. He closed his eyes as a wind passed by, he lifted his hands as he brushed a piece of his red har out of his eyes. He heard swift footsteps approach him as he slowly opened his eyes.
"Kazekage-sama. It's time for the meeting." Baki called standing a few feet away from the open door leading into the Kazakage's building. Gaara let out a sigh as he turned and simply nodded his head as he began walking towards Baki, his footsteps quiet and gentle as he walked past Baki and dissapeared into the darkness of the building.
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Sakura and Naruto walked down the streets of Konoha as the neared the Hokage building. " I wonder what Granny has planned for us today." Naruto asked, his hands behind his head as he looked up at the sky.
Sakura shrugged."I don't know. She never told me." she said as they entered the Hokage building. They made their way up the stairs and entered the Hokage's office.
"Ah, Naruto, Sakura." Tsunade said as she looked up from her desk. She placed her pen down as she placed her hands together and her elbows on the desk. "Good to see you two bright and early." she said with a grin. Naruto glared at her as he shook his head. She chuckled a bit. Shizune then stepped in placing a pile of unevenly stacked papers on her desk. Tsunade's eyes widend at the work lay ahead of her as she sighed and looked up at the two young Jounin who stood before her. "Seeing as though I have a lot of work to attend to, I'll get straight to the point. There have been reports of disturbances in the sand village. They request that we send some ninja over there to help investigate." Tsunade stated.
"Why are they requesting outsiders to investigate if they have their own ninja?" Sakura asked confused.
"Because, they believe there is a mole within them and it would be easier for an outsider to spot." Tsunade informed Sakura.
"Kakashi, Neji and Tenten will be accompanying you on this misson." Tsuande said as they entered the room. "You are to report back here in two days." Tsunade said as she picked up her pen and began her paper work again.
"Alright! Let's go team!" Naruto asid thrusting his fist in the air.
"By the way, Sakura is team leader of this mission." Tsunade said with a small smirk.
"Wha..me?" Sakura said with a surprised look on her face.
"Yah, her!" Naruto protested crossing his arms.
"HEY!" Sakura said hitting Naruto over the back of the head. "What's that supposed to mean!" she said shaking her fist.
"Enough you two! Sakura, I think it's time you take on more responsibility and get more involved. You can handle this." Tsuande said reassuringly.
"Yes
sensai." Sakura said with a bow. This was her chance to show
them that she could be strong and responsible like them. "Let's
go team." Sakura said as she exited the office, the others
following behind her.
Shizune turned to Tsunade, "Tsunade-sama,
are you sure it was a good idea putting Sakura in charge? This could
be something way bigger than.."
Tsunade cut her off,
"Sakura is ready. She needs this, this will help her."
Tsunade said as she stamped a paper and placed it on top of an
already stacked pile.
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The five ninja all left Konoha and headed to the sand village unaware of the events that were to unfold..
"This must be really important if they've called for outside help, especially five ninja." Tenten said as she ran alongside them.
Kakashi nodded his head. " Yes, I have a feeling it's something bigger than just a mole.." he said as he ran behind Sakura.
"What do you think it could be Kakashi-sensai?" Naruto asked looking over to Kakshi.
Kakashi shrugged. "I don't know, we'll find out when we get there."
Naruto nodded as he faced forward and they all continued running from tree to tree in the direction of the sand village. Sakura remained quiet as she led the team.
Night fell upon them as Sakura stopped, they did so as well. "We'll rest here for the night then head out tomorrow morning. " Sakura said turning and facing her team.
They all nodded in agreement as Neji, Tenten and Naruto began putting up the tent. Sakura stood on a rock by the cliffs edge as she let out a sigh. Kakashi came up and stood beside her.
"Quite the view." Kakashi said as he looked out over the cliff at the valley that lay below them.
"Huh?" Sakura said almost being awoken from a trance. "Yes, it is." she said as she nodded.
"AIIIEE!" Naruto yelled as he fell to the ground tangled in rope and tent material. "Neji! Tenten! Don't just stand there help me!!" Naruto yelled struggling to free himself. Tenten giggled as she walked over to Naruto and began pulling the rope. Sakura glanced over to the situation as she sighed.
"Baka." she said under her breath. She stepped off the rock as she headed over and helped Tenten free Naruto. Once he was free he sat off to the side as Sakura, Tenten and Neji put up the tent properly. Neji and Tenten headed inside as they got ready for bed. Kakshi jumped down beside Sakura. "I'll keep watch tonight." He told her.
Sakura nodded. "Okay." she said as Kakashi dissapeared and headed into a tree that overlooked their campsite. She opend the tent as she turned to Naruto, "Naruto, are you comming?" She asked holding the tent flap open. Naruto turned back to look at her.
"I'll be there in a minute Sakura-chan!" he said with a smile.
"Okay." she said as she dissapeard inside the tent and layed down beside Neji, leaving an open space on the other side of her for Naruto.
Naruto walked to the edge of the cliff as he held Sasuke's forehead protector in his hand. The ends blowing in the wind. "Sasuke.." he said as he looked up from the forehead protector to the moon. He sighed as he put it back into his pocket and went inside of the tent, laying down beside Sakura as he fell asleep.
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Hurried footsteps and hard breathing were heard heading down the hallway.
Gaara sat at the head of the table as the Suna council sat around him. Murmer and chatter were heard amongst them as Gaara rested his head against his hand. He let out a small sigh as he remembered how boring these meetings could be. He drew his attention towards the door as a breathless jounin busted through.
"Kaze..Kaze..Kazekage-sama!" He yelled in between breaths.
Gaara lifted his head from his hand as he looked at the man emotionless. The mans eyes rolled back into his head as he suddenly fell forward a kunai sticking out of his back, with blood comming out of the wound. Gaara stood from his chair as he looked around at all the shocked faces around the room. He then looked over at Baki who nodded at Gaara and picked up the Jounin and exited the room. Gaara turned his attention to the council members as they all looked at him with worried eyes as they knew that Gaara knew something they didn't.
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Sakura slept a bit restlessly. She began having a dream that she didn't have for a while now, it was almost like a flashback...
"Sasuke! Please, stay behind and I can help you with your revenge. And if you can't stay..take me with you! I love you more than anything Sasuke!" Sakura held her hands to her chest as tears streamed down her face.
Sasuke turned his head and looked over his shoulder at her. "You're still annoying." he said with a smirk.
Sakura looked up as Sasuke turned and started walking away.
"Don't go! If you go I'll scream really loud and.." Sasuke dissapeard from in front of her and appeared behind her. Sakura stood there motionless.
"Sakura." Sasuke said softly from behind her. "Thank you." A moments silence passed as Sasuke then knocked Sakura out. "Sasuke-kun." Sakura managed to say before she collapsed to the floor...
Sakura opened her eyes as tears were streaming down her face but she showed no emotion. "Sasuke-kun." she whispered quietly as she held her hand by her chest. She sighed as she layed back down and fell asleep.
The sun rose as Sakura, Tenten and Neji all stepped out of the tent stretching and yawning. Kakashi jumped down from the tree he was in holding his book in one hand and rubbing the back of his head with the other. "Good morning." he said with a smile. Neji sat by a fire he had made as he made them all breakfast. They all sat and ate their breakfast discussing what was the actual disturbance at the sand village.
"Well then, is everyone ready?" Kakashi asked looking at them.
"Everyone but one." Tenten said pointing to the tent. Sakura turned her head as she sighed. "I'll get him, you guys just make sure you're ready to go. " She got up and walked over to the tent. She slowly opened the tent flap as she poked her head in. " NARUTO!! WAKE UP NARUTO!!" Sakura yelled.
"AHHHH!" Naruto screamed as he immeadiatly sat up. "I'M UP I'M UP!!" he said shaking his fist.
"Good. We're leaving." Sakura said with a smile as she walked away and the tent collapsed on Naruto. Naruto struggled as he finally got out. He packed up the tent and headed to the rest of the team.
They began running down the side of the cliff and through the valley below. They jumped from tree to tree when finally they stopped.
They entered a small village that lay between Konoha and Suna. They walked through the empty streets as a passing wind blew a door open as it swing back and forth on its hinges. The swinging door was the only noise heard as they passed through the, what seemed like, abandoned village. "Hn." Kakashi said as he glanced around the village. "This is a normal trading route between Konoha and Suna. It normally isn't this quiet.." Kakshi said as he stopped abruptly almost bumping into Sakura. He looked at her. She had her head turned to the side a bit as she stared at one building in particular.
"Neji." She said quietly not looking back. Neji nodded his head as he turned to face the building Sakura was focused on.
"Byakugan!" Neji said as veins protruded around his eyes and his vision became enhanced. He could see through the walls as he saw a chakra ciculatory system, enhancing his vision further he began to see the actual appearance of a person. He then spotted three more chakra ciculatory system. As he moved his eyes upward he could see four more uptop. His eyes turned back to their pearl colour as he looked over at Sakura. "There's eight people, four on the ground floor, and four on the roof." Neji stated.
Sakura nodded as she was just about to give instructing when a kunai headed straght towards her, she looked up without anytime to dodge or deflect it she stood staring at it as she suddenly blinked when she heard the sound of another kunai deflecting it. She looked over to see that Kakashi had deflected the on comming kunai with one of his own.
"You okay?" Kakashi asked looking at Sakura. Sakura nodded as she pulled out a kunai. "Yeah, just caught off guard is all." she said as she looked over at the building and she spotted one of the ninja's on the roof.
Way too go Sakura, you're the leader and you couldn't even dodge one kunai!
She yelled to herself inside her head. She took out a few shurikan as she threw it at the ninja on the roof. The ninja stood deflecting the shurikan with his kunai. Three other ninja walked up and stood beside him. Sakura, and the rest of the team, raised a hand to shield their eyes from the sun as they spotted the forehead protector on the ninja's head. It beared a very identifiable and unforgettable insignia..a music note.
GAH. DONE; i will start writing the next chapter right away. haha. reviews would be GREEAT :) thanks. 3
