Author note: I posted this fic on Naruto Forums and I got a good reponse so I decided to post it here. Please review as I want to improve

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Prologue

Sakura stared up at the clouds. The sky was dark grey. It looked like the forecast for sunny weather was wrong. She could see that if stayed out here for much longer she would be caught in the rain but couldn't bring herself to move. So much had happened in the last week that it made her head spin to think about it. Sasuke had finally come back. Granted he still hadn't left the hospital since he had arrived due to severe injuries. Sakura didn't know how he had got them but had a feeling Itachi might have had a role to play in them. Sakura had found Sasuke collapsed just out the gates to the village. He was barely conscious and the last thing he said before he slipped into a coma was 'I will kill him!'

Sakura's heart broke as she thought of the pain Sasuke must have been though. His brother had killed his whole family, he had left his village and friends to get power and he still wasn't strong enough to beat Itachi. Sakura couldn't begin to imagine the torment that must be going on in Sasuke' head. She had to find a way to stop him leaving to fight Itachi. Although Sakura told people she was over Sasuke, she knew deep down she wasn't. When she had seen him that day she felt like the 12 year old girl she was so long ago with a crush. Her heart began to beat faster as she saw his bruised body and she felt as hopeless as she did as a genin. She had had to remind herself that she was a medic-nin now and she could treat Sasuke. She had treated the most severe injuries but it took too much Chakra to heal the rest and she had taken him to the hospital.

A voice interrupted her thoughts 'Sakura-Chan?' she turned her head towards the speaker. A tall boy with spiky blonde hair and piercing blue eyes looked at her.
'Hai Naruto.'
'Tsunade has a mission for us.' Sakura's face fell. She had been hoping to be the one that Sasuke would see when he had first woken up not an empty room or a nurse checking fluid bags.
'What's the mission?' Sakura tried to ask cheerfully but Naruto could tell she wasn't happy about having to go on a mission.
'I think you'll like it,' Naruto said beginning to grin ' It's to make Sasuke stays in Kohona and prove Kohona ninja's are strong and he can gain power here and we will help him kill Itachi.'

Sakura reeled with shock. She couldn't believe it. She had the mission of her dreams. She pinched herself for good measure to check it wasn't a dream. Naurto's face spilt into a wide grin as he flopped onto the ground beside her.
'Why were you out here all alone?' Naruto asked even though he already knew the answer.

She was having doubts. Sakura and Naruto had been seeing each other for a year and even though Naruto had told Sakura he loved her she had never said it back. He knew that since Sasuke was back her doubts about them would be amplified. Naruto could see it in her face the days she had found Sasuke. She still loved him and Naruto knew there was no place for him in Sakura's heart as anything more than a friend. Although he didn't want to be the one to end it he knew Sakura wouldn't. It wasn't fair to either of them to carry this on when it was one way and Sakura could never love him unless Sasuke was out of the picture for ever and even though Naruto loved Sakura he wasn't going to kill Sasuke over it. He hadn't asked for Sakura's love, he had even pushed her away to try to make sure she didn't love him and didn't get hurt but it hadn't worked.

Naruto clenched his fist. It wasn't fair he thought. Why did Sasuke get Sakura's love? He didn't deserve it and yet he had it. He had Sakura's whole heart and no matter how much time past and how many people he killed and hurt Sakura never stopped loving him. He left her and she still loved him. Naruto gazed at the pink hair girl next to him and said 'Sakura…,'
Sakura at once realised something was wrong. Naruto never called her Sakura always Sakura-Chan .She turned to face him.
'We need to end this. You don't love me and no matter how long we pretend that you will one day you won't. Your heart is his and only his and you know it.'
'Who does my heart belong to Naruto?' Sakura said her voice faltering.
Naruto stood up and said 'don't act stupid Sakura because you're not. You know damn well who I mean.' and with that Naruto left.
The tears that the tears that had been brimming at the front of her eyes began to fall .

I tried Naruto she thought to herself. I tried so hard to love you, to forget him. I tried to think of how much he hurt me, how much you had done for me. How much you loved me. I just couldn't do it. I'm sorry I hurt you. I'm sorry so sorry Naruto.

With that the rain began to fall.