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Chapter 1: Avoidance

Inky black darkness awaited as she opened her eyes. The scene unfolding before her seemed all too familiar, with the moon full and high in the sky and a sinister presence filling the air. Bodies littered the ground, not a living soul in sight as Sakura stumbled around. Suddenly there was a bright light blinding her and the sound of chirping birds deafening in her ears. Pain exploded within her chest, and she fell closing her eyes to it all. When her eyes opened again, all Sakura could see was red.

She shot up gasping for breath and clutching at her chest, a sheen of sweat glistening across her body.

The scent of blood graced her nose, and immediately Sakura scanned herself for injuries.

Finding none, she realized it was her hospital clothes that she had discarded onto the floor the night before.

The clock on her nightstand read 5:45 a.m. the early light of day was just beginning to brighten the world outside.

Shit, only two hours, was her only thought as she heaved herself out of bed, and began prepping for the day.

"SASUKE! Open the door, you bastard!"

Sasuke sighed, when is this idiot going to leave me alone?

Naruto continued to pound on his front door despite Sasuke ignoring him.

"Tch. What do you want?" He asked opening the door to his overbearing friend.

"We're supposed to spar today before I leave for my mission! Or did you forget?"

"Of course not." He replied after pushing past Naruto.

"Alright! Loser buys Ichiraku for lunch!" And with that Naruto sped past Sasuke towards the training grounds.

Later that day

"Hahaha! Victory is mine! I can't wait to savor it with the deliciousness of some Miso Ramen with extra barbecue pork and Naruto fish cakes!" Naruto gushed while fist bumping the air.

Sasuke scowled at his actions, the only reason that this fool had won was because he'd let him.

He was stolen from his seething thoughts when a small figure crashed into his side.

Glaring down at the offender, he found himself staring into the clear, green eyes of a little boy.

Annoying.

The color green had always annoyed him.

"S-sorry mister." the boy apologized while backing away from the angry man he bothered.

Sasuke huffed and turned his attention back to Naruto who had started running towards someone in the afternoon crowd. He started scanning the area, searching for whom Naruto was chasing after.

That's when he caught it, a small flash of color before it disappeared amongst the people in the street.

Pink.

Pink was so much more bothersome than green.

"Sakura! Saaaakuuuurraaaaaaa!" Naruto continuously hollered out while pushing through the crowd. She thought that she could've avoided him if she just ignored him, but with Naruto that was never the case.

He was just too persistent.

Everyone was persistent with her these days.

Even Tsunade, who had forced her to leave the lab and run some errands, all because she never socialized anymore.

Sakura didn't have time to deal with others. She had patients to take care of and a new poison to perfect. Everything else was just a distraction.

Though, if she had refused it would have caused unnecessary trouble. The last thing she needed was trouble.

With a sigh, she turned to face the blond ball of energy bounding towards her.

"Are you going deaf Sakura? I've been calling to you for a while." He said teasingly while catching her in a bear hug.

"There's a lot on my mind, what's up?"

"I just finished some training, and now we're heading to Ichiraku's for lunch! You should join us! It's Sasuke's-"

"That's fine. I'm just out running some errands for Tsunade, I really should get back to the hospital." She cut him off, smiling.

"Are you sure? I'm leaving for a mission tonight and it might be a while…" Naruto pouted.

"I'm sorry, but I really can't. Good luck on the mission, and don't come back too injured." Sakura scolded while retreating towards the hospital before the conversation could continue on any further.

Sasuke had been watching the whole interaction, silently approaching his former teammates.

Before Naruto had all but smothered Sakura with his hug, she had ever so slightly flinched.

Odd. Weren't they close with one another?

"Naruto, what did you do to drive her away?"

"Nothing. Sakura loves me, that wouldn't happen. She just has work all the time so we can never train or hang out." He complained to Sasuke.

He understood this. For in the month and half that he had been back, not once had Sakura approached him. Not that he expected her to, it just-

"That's it! Sakura," he called out. "When I get back we have to have a training session, all of us!"

She raised a hand, waving it to say that she'd heard Naruto and acknowledged what he said.

Sasuke doubted that the training session would actually happen. He had too much to prepare for, before leaving again. And it seemed like Sakura had a full schedule as well.

"Oi. Oi. Let's go get that ramen! I'm starved now." Naruto drooled.

If only Sasuke could avoid Naruto like Sakura managed.

A/N: Well this is the first chapter of Fix Me. Please tell me what your thoughts are, and if you have any suggestions. This is my first ever multi-chapter story, and although I've got it mapped out pretty well... review responses will help me figure out what to do. :)

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it!

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