Hey okay I really hope you like it! Its something I least expected to write, so I hope its okay. Er… yeh

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I would love to but hell I don't!

Dedication: To my friend Tommy, since he wanted a fic dedicated I dedicate this to him. I hope he likes it. Although he hates Sasuke he's my favorite character so tuff

Summary: When Ninja's became outlawed the eight friends had to go their separate ways, now five years later they meet again unexpectedly and are surprised by the differences in each character, how will they survive these dark times with each other? Well it be easy with evil, lust, love and jealousy mixed in?

Pairings: SakuraxSasuke TentenxNeji HinataxNaruto ShikaxIno

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Fourteen Years Ago… A little boy lost his family

"Father? Father? Mother?" Shouts where heard from a striking young boy as he ran around his home in a frantic search for his parents.

"They are gone little brother." An older boy replied nonchantly.

"What do you mean gone Teme?"

"As in dead." A smirk grew on the older boy's handsome face his eyes changing from obsidian to an intensifying red.

"Dead?" The word fell like a cold fish to the floor, what did his brother mean?

"As in gone forever, murdered, they are all dead."

"Murdered? Everyone? By who?" His ignorance towards the subject angered his impatient brother

"By me."

The words hit him in full force sending him reeling in confusion; he couldn't, could he, could his brother have murdered everyone?

"We are the sole survivors of the Uchiha clan little brother."

"No." With anger clouding his better judgment the little Uchiha charged towards his brother full force only to be knocked on the ground not affecting the older Uchiha one bit.

"Weakling, that's what you are. What you will always be, fucking weak."

The young boy rose once again only to be pinned against the wall by his brother.

"Pitiful, truly pitiful, I let you live little brother only for amusement."

"Bastard. I will kill you Itachi." His words where sown with menace uncommon to one so young.

The older boy let out a rumbling laugh chilling the little Uchiha's heart. "Big words for such a little boy. No wonder Father didn't loved you. No one loved you."

"Liar! Liar! Liar!"

"Till we meet again little brother." With another smirk he walked out of the house, out of the stench of blood, leaving the little boy on the floor; tears mixed with blood pouring from his small black eyes.

Like the corpse he felt like the young boy walked towards the eerily silent main room. The stench of blood hit his nostrils full force, the vision of his dead parents, his dead clan burned forever in his mind. So lifeless, so cold, so distant, the young boy shivered despite the heat.

"I will kill you Itachi, I will kill you brother!"

With that the last Uchiha walked out of the room, out of the house filled with rotting bodies

"Its my solemn promise."

Only five he had experienced his share of cruelty

The heavens sighed upon the young boy; he would be destined for power, destined for evil, destined for death, destined for greatness.

Ten Years ago… A Girl's heart was broken

"Don't leave, please."

The wind blew as the boy kept on walking leaving everyone that cared behind. He did not need them, he didn't need anyone, caring was for the weak.

"If you stay everyone well be happy, if you stay we will be happy everyday."

He kept on walking as tears streamed from her emerald irises. He couldn't leave her, she loved him, he couldn't leave, they all needed him!

"I will leave with you, you don't have to do this alone, I will be with you every step of the way!"

He stopped walking, not bothering to turn and face her, "I don't need anyone." With that he walked on never once thinking about the girl he was leaving behind.

"But I love you with all my heart."

He disappeared in a cloud of black smoke only to reappear behind her. The tears continued to fall from her face; the wind grew restless blowing her pink hair wildly behind her.

"I know."

Then it all rushed back, memories with her, the way she made him feel, everything came rushing back, he didn't need any of this, it held him back. It held him back from the solemn promise he made as a five-year-old boy.

"Sakura."

She couldn't think any more, blinded by the emotions dizzying and sickening everything she felt.

"Thank you." His voice lost all icy layering sounding very sincere, and very unlike the boy, almost warm.

A soft pain was felt in her neck and all that came was darkness, the black world caved in as she passed out.

Gently he placed her on the bench, the bench where they would sit and talk. More or less where she would talk and he would listen, nodding his head every so often to show that he understood.

Brushing her pink locks from her eyes he continued on, leaving everyone and everything behind.

"I don't need anyone, I'm an avenger. Feelings only slow people down. And in my path there is no chance for weakness."

Five Years ago… Lives where forced to take shape a new path

"Ninja are no longer needed. They are considered a danger and a threat." A man in a blue suit declared haughtily to the millions of ninja below him.

Another man in a black suit continued where his comrade finished off. "All ninjas' are requested by law to stop practice and lead normal lives. Schools well be shut down, and anyone seen practicing the arts well be taken to custody and killed immediately."

Gasps where heard throughout the stadium. Murmurs of concerns and fears where displayed amongst the ninja's. What would they do now? It was their life, their dreams, and it was all being closed down by fear.

They say men fear what they could not control, they where taking out another element they had no control over.

"They can't do this to us!" A blonde shrieked to her friend.

Her pink haired friend gave a soft smile, "After all we have done for them."

"How troublesome the government is, we will be reset up after they need us again." Shikamaru said with a practiced sigh.

"Believe it! Those temes are messing with the wrong people!" Naruto exclaimed loudly

"They have the power Naruto." Sakura sighed resting a comforting hand on the blonde's shoulder.

"I guess this is goodbye." Hinata pronounced managing not to stutter with probably the final words she would say to any of these people.

"I guess so."

With no words needed to express their sorrow the seven friends departed leaving once dreams and happiness behind.

It was time to move on.

Time to make a different start.

Present Day... A Girl sits at a bar preparing for a night's work

"Your on soon Sakura-Chan!"

"Just Sakura, alright Naruto. Those days are long over."

A rare look crossed his features it almost looked thoughtful, "Your right Sakura, just knock them dead."

"Don't I always?"

"Well the more money you bring in the more ramen I, I mean, we, can buy!"

"Yes sir." Sakura mock saluted Naruto as he left her dressing room.

Some things never changed, such as Naruto's ever lasting faith in people and his undying love for Ramen. But most things did change; over the five years of the banishment of ninja there was a run for jobs. Ninja everywhere needed new homes, new dreams, and a new source of income. They had all been separated, and she hadn't heard from another Ninja besides Naruto in over four years.

Naruto and her left together deciding to fare against the outside world together, they opened a bar, a ramen restaurant by day and a hot shot bar at night. And she was the main attraction, bringing people from far and wide to watch the talented once ninja. Her arts, her skill, and beauty where now used for show, for them to survive. After two years of running this now successful business some ninja came in search of jobs. Not wanting to scare of customers with an overflow of once ninja Naruto and Sakura only accepted few.

"Truly an enthusiastic crowd, it would even be easy for you."

"Shut up Ino-Pig.'

"You know im kidding billboard."

"You know im not laughing."

The two shook their heads at their stupidity, they where now co-workers and had no need to be rivals any more, those days where long over.

"Well il see you when our shift is over Sakura."

"Definitely, you owe me a drink."

"Fine. Oh and watch out for the Teme on table four."

"Thanks."

Sakura made her way out her once pink now a dark brown with red tinges leaking through, pink was to obvious that she was out of place in the normal society. And being noticed was not something she wanted, visions of ninja's being murdered and put to death rang through her mind. They where not needed, they where now being killed like an unwanted pest.

Wolf whistles and catcalls where made amongst the drunken men, it was all the same she would flash them a smile and ask if they needed anything of some sort. They would be drunk and ask for whatever a drunken man would ask for. But she was an entertainer not a whore so it never went further then flirting. Making men feel like they where wanted when in fact they came here to get away from the world they where not wanted from.

Table one came by, the wanted sake and four bowls of ramen, table two wanted nothing just for her to came back again later, table three two bottles of whiskey, then came table four. She took caution to get their hearing from the other waitress that he had a foul temper and wasn't much of a talker. He had even refused Ino which was a first for a customer; no one refused her blonde bombshell of a friend. The idea intrigued her that a guy would come to this bar and want nothing he wasn't even drunk.

"Sorry sir, would you like anything?" She flashed him a seductive smile hoping to get one up on her friend.

"I already told your friend, I don't want a whore."

Her temper rose to a dangerous level, he did not just call her a whore! The one thing she was not and the one thing she never wanted to be.

"Im sorry sir, behavior like that well get you kicked out."

"I don't believe its wise to do that."

The rude man raised his head, ebony locks fell behind him and red eyes stared back at her. Sakura gasped moving back a bit, he was not an ordinary man, he was a ninja, a dangerous one at that possessing the eye of Sharingan.

"Who are you?"

"You do not remember me Sakura-Chan?" His voice remained calm and monotone no expression was readable in his eyes.

Sakura took a moment to soak in his looks; he looked so familiar like a man she once knew years ago. His eyes were blacker than coal and his unruly ebony hair making him look dangerous and almost rugged. Although he bore no expression she could tell he had been through a lot over the years, her face held the same tired look. But one thing rang through her mind, whoever he was, she had seen him before, she had seen this handsome face somewhere.

"Remember you? How can I? I do not know you." She was almost certain, a face like that was not easy to forget. Neither is an attitude like that her inner Sakura yelled.

"Hn."

Another gasp fled her mouth; memories that she fought so hard to forget came rushing back in blinding fury.

"Sasuke…"

"Hn." A smirk filled his remarkable features.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"Business." Blunt, as always he found no need to share information with her.

"But ninja's where outlawed."

"Hn. That's why you work at this dump."

"ITS NOT A DUMP I HEARD THAT!" Naruto who had been temporarily watching the two with interest now took action, he did not know this man, but he was proud of his restaurant/bar and no one insulted it.

"Who the hell are you!" The blonde said all too loudly.

"You don't remember me baka?"

"No I don't think I would ever get to know a jerk like you!" Naruto was steaming up smoke could be visible from his large ears.

"Hn. I can tell when im not wanted. Goodbye Baka, goodbye Sakura."

"No don't leave. Not again." Her voice was a faint whisper unheard by from Naruto but it didn't go unheard by Sasuke.

He continued on, leaving behind the only two people he ever considered his friends. Had considered his friends, they weren't friends anymore!

Sasuke had no clue why he came; he was content with his life, why did he go? He was warned that it wouldn't be successful, he was warned but he was stubborn and didn't listen maybe it would've helped to listen this time.

He didn't need them; he didn't before he didn't now.

"Oy TEME! Don't walk away! Afraid to face a real man! Hey chicken!"

"Naruto-Kun that's not such a good idea." Sakura had worry written all across her delicate features, this was their only way of a normal life if the two started a fight all they had worked for would be lost.

Sasuke turned around; maybe he would stay, just for entertainment.

"Who are you calling a chicken? Hn Naruto? You couldn't beat a fly." His words held a practiced edge of danger, he knew that Naruto was strong that he was a good arrival, but it was always fun to mock the idiotic blonde.

"A fly like you I could. Come on Teme if your so tuff hit me!"

"Naruto No!" She was pleading now; they had already attracted a couple of people who gazed with mild interest at the building tension.

"Your not worth my time." He started to walk towards the door again but was stopped by a pair of small white hands.

"No. You are going to stay, if you have business finish it."

Was the Haruno Sakura threatening him? Hah, this was getting to be interesting.

"I said no, your still annoying as ever Sakura." It came back all those years ago, where she would fawn over him and he would call her names and ignore her.

"Im not annoying, you are. So stick your ass down in the seat and bloody stay."

Wow, things had changed, Haruno Sakura had become tougher and less of the pathetic little girl she used to be. But he was still the stubborn Uchiha he used to be and only sat down after an intense glaring competition with the blonde brat.

"Fine." Sitting back down on his seat not a word was spoken as the three soaked in the events.

"Il go and get you tea."

"Hn." He nodded in reply to Sakura's comment.

Naruto was trying to register it all, who was this idiot and how did Sakura know him?

"Are you just going to stand their all day and stare at me baka? I know im good looking but honestly."

His lost anger now returned, "Hey this is my bar, so shut up!"

"Wow that will scar me forever." Sasuke mocked the blonde rolling his eyes for effect

"Hey! You guys please lets not draw attention to ourselves!" Sakura had returned with the tea and handed it gracefully to Sasuke, he nodded his head thanks and sipped the scalding beverage carefully.

"How did you know it was me?" She couldn't contain it, the plaguing question left her mouth.

"How could I not?"

It was true, Sasuke was a genius, but she looked so different and she couldn't recognize him instantly.

"But my hair it's not pink anymore."

"Obviously. The pink was very distracting. The brown is fine."

Wait was that a compliment, did he pay her a compliment? Her heart skipped a beat, could they be together now? No you Baka why would he want you, her inner self reminded her.

"Oh." Stupid, stupid girl, she cursed herself inwardly, was that all she could come up with?

"Im confused!" The blonde was in disarray, who the hell was this rude stranger!

"Still as dense as ever, huh Naruto? That's Uchiha." The trio turned around to face the new voice; it was low and somewhat husky.

"Neji!" Naruto yelled tackling the longhaired man to the ground, this received a couple of questioning looks, Sakura glared at them and they continued on with their business.

"What are you doing here?"

"I came because Hinata made me. Stupid woman dragging me here just so she could see you." He sounded all but angry, a small voice squeaked behind the large man.

"I-im not Stupid. And I know you wanted to see them as well." She blushed as Naruto ran over to her and hugged her like a long lost child.

"You don't stutter as much that's so cool!" Hinata blushed again; apparently Naruto never lost his enthusiasm over the years.

"Y-yeh. Well people change. Especially after all that we have been through."

"What do you mean?" Sakura who was happy with the reunion now held confusion, where they being chased?

"That's the real reason we came. We need a place to hide, for the past four years we have been on the run from the government, they are hunting us down, eliminating us for good."

"Hn." Sasuke nodded his head that he understood, "I have seen it happen."

"I-its horrible!" The girl's white eyes flashed dangerously, she had seen friends die she had seen it all.

"Im asking you as once friends. Can we hide here?"

"Yes. Of course, come sit down and have Ramen."

"Good we are starving."

Naruto and Sakura left to fetch enough Ramen for their old friends both filled with their own thoughts at this fateful reunion.

"So what are you doing here Uchiha. You have no one to hide from."

"Hn I do not, I am not ninja, I am a criminal which is worse. But you know this Neji."

"Yes. But I thought after our little run in we wouldn't see you again." Neji looked more curious than anything.

"You can't get rid of me that easily. I saved your Asses." Sasuke smirked at the cousins.

"W-we would've been fine on our own."

"Sure, the government had you captured, you were lucky I was passing through that way." His tone held no emotion, Hinata shivered, had the Sasuke they known become long lost?

"Still doing Orochimaru's dirty work?"

"None of your business, I do what I have to do to make money." He was now getting angry, he took orders from no one, how dare they excuse him of something like that!

"H-have you killed your brother?" The two men stared at the girl in shock, had she just been that bold?

"H-have you?" She furthered the question; yes times had changed them all.

"Yes. Hes deader than a fish caught out of water." His face twisted into a sick grin.

"Oh." She hadn't expected this reaction; it looked like he had enjoyed murdering him.

"Still the same Uchiha."

"Some things never change Neji."

The two stared at each other breaking out into identical smirks, some things never changed.

"TEME YOU HAVE EXPLAINING TO DO!"

The two boys rolled their eyes as Hinata blushed at Naruto's return.

"Fuck off Dobe."

"Don't tell me to fuck off, we haven't seen you in years, then you come marching in here like you own the place. And it just pisses me off! Who the hell do you think you are, some god?"

Naruto was pissed, no pissed didn't cover it, he was enraged, how dare he come back, how dare he march in like that. That Teme didn't give a damn about anyone, he left Sakura in tears, he had broken all their hearts.

"I don't have to explain myself to you." Sasuke just glared at the loud boy, definitely some things don't change, like how obnoxious Naruto could be.

"NO not to ME but to ALL of US!" Naruto yelled once again.

"Shh." Sakura hushed her friend, "Lets not make a scene, and we all have catching up to do."

Hinata nodded agreeing with the other female, "So lets be calm, it's been five years apart and if all we can do is argue then that just proves what the government says about us,"

"The government knows nothing." Sasuke commented darkly, "Bunch of idiots who they can control us."

"I agree with Sasuke, who do they think we are? We are Shinobi and Kunoichi, they can't control us like they cant control destiny."

"Hn."

"They better believe it!"

Sasuke smirked as everyone laughed, count on Naruto to remain the boy he always was, no matter that they were nineteen and twenty Naruto would always be Naruto.

"So does anyone know where the others are?"

"Not a clue, everyone scattered, Ino is here with us, other than that we don't know anything." Sakura's green eyes glimmered with sorrow.

"Well we know that we are here!" The table turned towards the female voice.

"Tenten." Neji whispered. He had missed her so much, her spunk and tomboyish attitude, could it have been possible that he had a slight crush on her? Maybe so maybe not

The girls ran towards each other hugging and squealing at the happy reunion.

"Troublesome. She was so troublesome." Shikamaru sighed as he plopped himself next to Naruto.

"Were you guys traveling together?" Neji's voice laced itself with venom. What the hell, why did he care?

"No. Why would I? We met on the way here. I received a message from Ino and was told to meet her here. Why Tenten came I would not know." He answered simply, why was Neji acting so strange? He shook it off, why should he bother wondering?

"I came to find you." Tenten pointed towards Neji, he smirked at her as she lightly blushed. "Neji, and all of you. It had been far too long, and ninja are being mass murdered by numbers. We need to find these killers, the ninja's who betrayed us and decided to work for the government."

Naruto's blue eyes widened with shock, "You believe other ninja's are killing us?"

"Who else dobe? Teddy bears?"

"Shut up Teme!"

"Think Naruto for once in your life use that peanut of a brain. Rouge Ninja have decided to spare their lives and do the governments bidding, eliminating the rest of us." Sasuke waved his hand as if this was a common subject among friends.

"He's right Naruto. We are being betrayed." The boy's white eyes glowed dangerously.

"Like the Teme did to us!" The blonde boy growled death glaring the Uchiha boy.

Sakura shook her head, "This is not about Sasuke, and this is about our lives Naruto. They are in grave danger."

"That's why I called Shika. We need help. We are going to eliminate these rouge Ninja's and bring peace and safety amongst our lives once again."

"But why call us together Ino-pig?"

"Because pinkie if are to survive it would be better to survive together."

Everyone nodded in agreement, "Hey where did the Teme go?" Naruto scanned the joint with his vibrant blue eyes, "BINGO!"

The gang turned towards the direction he was pointing towards, there sat the Uchiha with a hooded figure and a pack of cigarettes.

Over with the Uchiha boy or 'Teme' as Naruto calls him

"So lets get down to business." The ebony haired man was growing impatient with the cloaked figure across him.

"Hn, fine, let's start with introductions."

"Isn't it customary for the person to give their name first before one introduces themselves?" A trademark smirk appeared but quickly faded as the cloaked figure pulled down his hood to reveal not a man but a woman, a very beautiful woman to add.

She bore a smirk to rival the Uchiha's, "I'm Artemis, Artemis Matthews."

"Hn. And you already know me."

"Yes. Uchiha Sasuke, sworn on gaining revenge on your brother who betrayed his clan and murdered them while you were just the young age of five. Currently you work under the supervision of Orochimaru but refuse to say you do work for him seeing as you take commands from no one."

Surprise was evident on the handsome man's face but it was quickly gone, he was not one for emotions, "Correct. Now tell me the work you have planned out for me."

He took time to study the woman before him; her hair was set in slight waves till her mid-back the color a rich crimson that seemed to vibrate in the dimly lit bar. Her eyes were so intensifying for it's brown shade that he had to look twice to make sure of the striking russet coloring. She had shed the cloak sometime during their conversation and he took in her clothing, a dark green v-neck sweater with its sleeves rolled up to reveal long and thin tan arms her skirt was black and revealed her long well muscled legs. Even for Uchiha who had high standards of beauty she was considered beautiful to him, him and everyone else in the bar that had turned their attention to the two striking figures.

Artemis smirked at him again, "Done looking at me?"

Sasuke glared at the smirking girl before him, mad that she had caught him in the act.

"Hn. You are wasting my time."

"And you are wasting mine. So lets get down to business."

"I said that fifteen minutes ago!" He was pissed, why was she being so difficult?

She cut him off , "I want you to murder Orochimaru."

Sasuke stared blandly at her, "You what?"

"I want you to kill him, I want him to die at his apprentice's hands, I want him to feel pain like no other, I don't just want you to kill him I want you to make him suffer in the process. I want his life to fall bit by bit till hes killed both emotionally and physically. I want him to beg you to kill him."

Her brown eyes glimmered with something irreplaceable, the same look Sasuke had carried for years when he wanted to murder his brother to make him suffer like he had.

"You want me to kill someone who has brought me to where I am? Do you think I have no honor?"

"Do you consider being a criminal honorable? Do you consider being an assassin for hire honorable as well?"

"Hn."

" I will pay well." She motioned her hands in circles signaling she meant what she said.

"Its not about the money." He replied as monotone as he could muster

"Its not? Then are you afraid?" She was now interested in the man in front of her, he was definitely not like the others.

"Don't mock me woman." His onyx eyes glimmered dangerously.

The crimson haired woman leaned in close to the Uchiha their faces dangerously close, "Don't threaten me, I don't take kindly to threats."

"Neither do I."

The two stood up frustrated on each other's stubbornness

"Don't fuck with me." Sasuke's tone becoming a harsh whisper

"Then listen to what I have to say!"

On the other side of the room Sakura caught the heating tension and left the group's conversation to try and calm down Sasuke and the mysterious woman.

"Are you two all right?" Concern was laced through her voice

"I never asked for your concern bitch." Artemis growled at the brunette girl with vibrant green eyes.

Sasuke was not happy with the tone Artemis gave to Sakura, "Don't talk to her like that. If anyone is being a bitch its you."

The two women stared at the Uchiha in shock, he had just defended Sakura! Her heart thumped dangerously loud as she whispered his name to herself.

Uchiha started to walk out of Naruto's Ramen bar when he was stopped by Artemis mellow voice

"It's not another job Sasuke, I am working with terms you are well associated with."

He turned towards the two women his eyes never leaving Artemis's intense brown ones, "I'm listening."

A sick small smile formed on her full glossy lips, "Revenge."

The word hit the air causing a fierce tension between the two brunettes and the redhead.

A well-known smirk appeared on the Uchiha's haughty features.

Artemis smirked back at him as he walked back towards the table he had previously left. Sakura shivered as her past lover opened his soft lips and spoke words that sent shivers flying down her spine.

"Your in luck, Revenge just happens to be my favorite subject."

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Oh some tension, don't worry it will be Sasuke and Sakura , Artemis is too alike Sasuke for them to have a healthy relationship, could you imagine two Uchiha attitudes combined DISASTER!

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