(A/N through Sakura's point of view)
'Sakura's thought'
'Inner Sakura'
A Cherry Blossom's Heart
Chapter 1 Mission
My eyes completely widened in such a shock, it was weird how when you thought you knew someone, then they do something so weird that it hurts inside to think about it. I thought that Sasuke trusted me enough; I thought that there was something very special between us. It was a lot more than what Ino-pig had ever wished. The one question kept coming back to my mind: Why Sasuke? WHY?
'WHY SHOULD WE WASTE ARE TEARS ON THAT TRAITOR?!!!!!'
'Well, because we both love him! You know it as much as I do!'
'LOVE?! Maybe it wasn't what we thought it was.'
'That might be true…'
My inner self did have a point. I mean, why did I love Sasuke? He wasn't worth it now. You see, he left the village and he didn't care about what he had while it lasted. Now, I am all alone. Sure I have Naruto, Hinata, TenTen, and Neji, but sill. Sasuke was my first love…What am I supposed to do?
'HEY, YOU KNOW I CAN STILL HEAR THAT!!! CHAAAAAAA!'
'Right, I forgot.'
'You're annoying sometimes. You know that?'
'You just insulted yourself.'
'Okay, I am ignoring you this time.'
'Whatever.'
I started to walk back to the village, and there were the usual sounds of people walking through the village. Before I knew it, I was at Ichiraku's Ramen hut. I could hear Naruto inside, talking to the owner and going on and on about how the ramen was too high priced. He also ranted that there should be more pork in his ramen. I rolled my eyes, but that was Naruto for you, he couldn't live without his ramen.
"SAKURA-CHAAAN!!!!!!" Naruto was so loud; I bet that everybody in the whole village was starring at us. Naruto's face was so eager and happy, his eyes shone in such a warm way that I couldn't help but smile at him.
"Hey, Naruto-kun!" I said. A fake warm smile was on my face. I couldn't tell Naruto that I was thinking about Sasuke again.
"What's up Sakura-chan?" He had a huge smile on his face. He looked so stupid it was funny.
I laughed a little. "Nothing much Naruto."
Naruto gave me this "off the wall" look. He looked so confused. After Sasuke left, Naruto and I had become really attached.
"Sakura, Tsunade-niichan wants to talk to you about something. I think it has something to do with a rumor. Maybe it's that the Akatsuki are in Konoha."
"How could that be?" I was confused now. How could Konoha have let such criminals into the village? It made no sense.
'How is that possible?'
"I don't know. I just heard some Anbu talking about it."
"Oh, I see. Alright Naruto-kun, I am going to go see Tsunade-sama." My face held an expression of fear and annoyance, if the Akatsuki were here in the village it meant that Itachi was here.
'Itachi-san should be here. But why?'
' NOOOO WAY! THAT CAN'T BEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
I focused my chakra too my feet so that I could reach Tsunade-san sooner. I got to the tower. As expected, I walked into the Hokage's office. The great legendary Sanin… (Yea right…). She was sitting at the great wooden desk with a bottle of sake in front of her, there was drool all over the paper work and her head was resting against the desk. I rolled my eyes and walked over to her and poked her. She stirred, and I poked her again.
"What is it? DAMN IT!" Tsunade yelled. The room shook with her anger.
"Naruto said you wanted to talk to me?" My voice was even and controlled.
"Oh, right." I rolled my eyes.
"Well, what is it that you needed to tell me?"
"Sakura (From Chris: Tsunade just calls Sakura…Well…Sakura.), we have reports of random deaths in the city."
'I can't believe it! I think Naruto was right.'
'Same!'
"We have suspicions that it's the Akatsuki, and that they're trying to find Naruto."
My face went pale, and I stared at her in disbelief.
"Is everything okay, Sakura?"
"Yes, Tsunade-shishou." I smiled at her. She stared at me like: "What is wrong with her?"
"Alright, we'll we need you and some of our other shinobi to help out and look for whoever is responsible. You will lead the squad, Sakura."
"Hai!" It came out sounding unsure and uneasy, but I think she understood how I truly felt at that moment.
"That's all Sakura, you may leave."
I left the room with so many thoughts; the feelings I felt were hitting me all in a rush and didn't know what I was going to do. I felt so uneasy. The one name that had popped into my head was: Itachi, Sasuke's older brother, the person I didn't want to remember at all.
A/N Well, that's about it. I have next chapter, but I might not post it if I don't get any readers. Just as a warning.