Story- The petals fall
Prologue
Every day, since he left, when Sakura was thirteen, Sakura regretted being the weakest one. Never being strong enough to get him, never strong enough to help her team-mates and sensei.
Always having someone to protect her, but no one to protect. After Naruto had left for his journey, Sakura had left on her own as well.
When people saw Sakura leave, she promised to be back, and left with a hooded figure. No one knew who the figure was, wearing a white cloak.
Sakura knew though, and she came back exactly one year later, and soon after that, was declared one of the strongest women in the countries.
She was known as the petaled-death, assassination missions were done faster than Tsunade herself could have ever done, even when she wasn't afraid of blood.
If someone talked to or about her, there was obvious respect in it, why? She had killed the Akatsuki leader, and destroyed Sound.
Well, more like rebuilt sound, that is. Sakura, even though partially in love with Sasuke, had signed and was fully BEGGING the execution of Uchiha Sasuke.
He had tried to kill her, Naruto, and all of Konoha, he was WORSE than Uchiha Itachi, his own brother that he swore to NEVER be like.
He was going to be executed, but before he was killed, two cloaked figures with red clouds on them had appeared and taken them.
After that, Sakura had taken the Jounin exams, considering she was obviously strong enough, passed EARLIER than the others.
She, along with Shikamaru and Neji, were the youngest people to be in ANBU, besides Itachi of course.
Sakura was first in ANBU, then 4 months later, Shikamaru and Neji had made it in.
Sakura had tried to not make friends with them, but instead just became acquaintances, close acquaintances.
After two years, at the age of 16, the same age as Yondaime, Sakura had passed ANBU, was offered the title of Hokage, and surprising all of Konoha, even Suna too, she declined.
Instead, she decided to become a teacher, more like her sensei Kakashi, instead of Iruka.
She would become a ninja teacher, and she was the best one too.
Naruto, even past his promise to return, hadn't returned, disappointing Sakura slightly, but she'd expected this.
Naruto had also promised to bring back Sasuke, but not one person knew where Sasuke was, making Naruto not return.
Jiraiya had returned, and said that Naruto had asked to travel alone, when he talked to Sakura, he gave her a necklace, with the kyuubi seal on it.
No one knew what the seal meant, except Jiraiya and Sakura.
The saddest thing to think of to her...was the fact that her best friend, her only friend, the most important person in her life, Uzumaki Naruto...was dead.
Instead of doing the normal thing, grieving, she had actually done the strangest thing in all the countries.
It made Jiraiya and Kakashi proud, and a lot more sarcastic, sakura had started reading Icha Icha Paradise series.
Naruto had always told her she should read it, surprisingly, it was good.
Sakura would never admit it, but it was good. Instead of complete and total naked women and porn, it was just like a romance novel.
A REALLY detailed romance novel. Yes, there was talking and stuff about Yuri, but there was a lot of good stuff besides that, it actually had a good plot.
She'd never found anything embarrassing, and asked Kakashi why he'd always giggled when he read it.
His answer made sense, "Just to freak you guys out" She'd also gone to the graveyard sight, and found Kakashi there, watching two ingraved names.
She'd also figured out, that when he meant 'lost on the road of life' he'd actually meant, 'visiting my old best friends' grave.'..sad.
The worst day ever, was when she'd found out her parents, weren't really her 'parents'.
She was found in the forest, a pink flame surrounding her frail body, on top of a lake, but not drowning.
She now knew, what Sasuke and Naruto felt, all those years of their sad lives.
Sakura became distant, and rarely showed her smile, and Konoha became more depressing.
That all lead up to this moment, in two days, she would be leading her first genin team, and she would be damn good at it too.
Time to begin the true story...with the kids
–End Chapter–
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