Pants were coming from the pinkette kunoichi as she was finishing up her training for today. She used the back of her hand to wipe the sweat out of her brow. Sakura was now at the age of 22. Unlike her blonde haired teammate, she had lost hope of their ex-teammate ever coming back. When she came to this realization was a little after she turned 16. After she saw no way of the Uchiha coming home willingly, the female started to just train and through the nonstop training; she slowly lost all emotion she did have. The medic-nin straightened up and stared up at the darkening sky, "So…today is the day…" A slight frown came to her lips though as her keener ears picked up footsteps then a very chirper voice coming from a certain tan kyuubi container, "Sakura-chan!" The orange suited ninja came running up the hill to wear his squad member was training. The fox boy gave his wide, goofy grin at her and scratched the back of his blonde head, "Hey there!"
The green eyed ninja lowered her head before putting on a fake smile and turning to her friend, "Hey Naruto. Done with Kakashi so soon?" To add to her act, she cocked her head as if it was in question and raised a pink eyebrow to keep the look of being curious. Laughter left the troublesome boy that was followed by a nod, "Yep! And man am I hungry! So I was wondering if you'd like to go get ramen with me?" A blush came to those whiskered covered cheeks. Sakura waved to her excited teammate before gathering the stuff she had bought to train, "Sure, why not? As long as you pay." She caught sight of his mouth hanging open as she turned and walked pass him. Naruto sighed, "Fine Sakura-chan…" He then regained his smile and followed after her. His mind just went to how much this was like going on a date with Sakura.
Sakura looked up at the sky as she walked back into town with him. She looked at him from the corner of her eye and said a simple statement, "This isn't a date, Naruto." His smile fell a bit as he muttered back, "O-Of course it's not Sakura-chan…" He made a soft sigh as he pushed aside the cloth for her and followed in after her. They both took a seat on a stool. The blonde shinobi grinned at the chef as he tapped his chin, "I think I'll have….beef ramen today!" The chef chuckled, "And are you making Sakura pay for you again?" That sentence made the whiskered face boy huff, "No! I'm paying for myself and her, thank you very much!" The old man just chuckled and turned to the pinkette, "And what can I get for you ma'm?" Sakura rested her head on her hand that was propped up by her elbow, "I'll just have a bowl of miso ramen please." She gave another fake smile and watched as he and his daughter started on the ramen.
Naruto started ranting about his day, starting with how he couldn't train with Jiraya and going on to where neither would Kakashi and sometime after that Sakura just zoned out and focused on eating her ramen. It wasn't long though, even with his complaining, that he was on his sixth bowl of noodles. The kunoichi had soon finished hers and let the chef's daughter take it away. She looked over at her blonde…friend and attempted a teasing tone, "Don't forget that you're paying." The kyuubi container started choking a bit on the pasta he was slurping down as realization hit him. He forced it down with a hard gulp and a bang to his chest before staring down sadly into his bowl and looking up at the old cook, "Old man…check please…." The gray haired man only chuckled as he took the empty bowls and left the bill on the table.
The medic-nin stood up and patted her friend who was peeking into his frog shaped wallet. "Goodnight, Naruto," She said before leaving Ichiraku's. Blue eyes turned and watched the pinkette leave with sad eyes, "Oh Sakura-chan…" He paid the bill and then left for his apartment, mind lingering on his squad member.
Sakura walked around Konoha, taking note on everyone out and each guard and/or jounin. Once the girl had grasped all that she would have to deal with, she filled in all the loopholes in her plan. The female ninja turned on her heel and made her way to her house. Since no one that needed an act was around her, her face had completely drained from the fake emotion she had put on for Naruto and really anyone else that would worry about her. If she still laughed, she would have given a sarcastic chuckle at that thought. It had been a long time since this kunoichi was a little girl that always needed protecting. Her emerald orbs looked up at the starry sky and breathed out to herself, "It's been a long time since I was just a weak, bother to everyone…" The kunoichi shook her head of those thoughts and then walked up the steps to her house.
As she entered the house, a picture of her mom, Mebuki Haruno, was placed on the tiny table. Her mother had passed away in battle five years ago. Sakura was only 17. The death of her mom only aided her emotion downfall. The pink haired ninja lived alone now. She visited her father less and less as she got closer to the day her decision would be made. The kunoichi didn't think much of it because she had stopped caring long ago. She made her way to her room and took her bag out of the closet and left it open on her bed as she started packing. After being an ANBU for a couple of years, she knew how to pack efficiently: light, only what's of importance. She was able to put in three changes of clothes, and with what she already had on that would make at least four set, an extra set of weapons, since she could always buy more, some medical supplies, and some food. Emerald orbs looked out the window to see a starry sky and the moon high in the air. Sakura then looked at the clock and saw that it was a little pass midnight now. She pulled her bag onto her back and then frowned as she heard someone enter her house.
The female slipped down the stairs to her living room, keeping to the shadows as she slipped a kunai out of her pouch that was strapped to her leg. Her eyes narrowed in on her intruder and she quickly grabbed his arm and pinned him down, knee on his gut and the blade of her weapon put to his neck. When she saw the familiar pale pink hair that spiked out to form a flower, she knew who it was. Sakura's face held no emotion as she stared down at no other than her father whose blue eyes held nothing but fright for his daughter who just assaulted him. Even once the kunoichi recognized the trespasser being her kin, she didn't move from her position and simply breathed out, "Kizashi." The old genin below her, frowned, "Oh Sakura, what has become of you my daughter? I feared something was up…after Mebuki died…and then you finally stopped coming around…What do you plan on doing?" His blue eyes were pleading at her to stop whatever it was she was planning. He didn't know what it was, but he knew it couldn't be good if his baby would put a knife to his throat.
"I'm leaving Konoha. I'm going to kill Sasuke Uchiha," She answered simply. Her face was serious and her formerly sparkling green eyes were dull and emotionless. Kizashi's face held shock, not able to believe his ears. "Sakura! You can't do this! Why not talk to Lady Hokage? Or at least your friend Naruto," her father protested. "What? Are you going to try to stop me, Kizashi? You're a simple genin and I'm an ANBU. You can't do anything and if you try, I'll kill you," the kunoichi pressed the kunai against his neck, letting a trickle of blood fall down, just to prove her point. Blue eyes narrowed at her, "But I can't just let you leave." As soon as the shinobi tried to push her off of him, Sakura quickly sliced his neck, flipped the knife around and then stabbed him in the heart, twisting it while it was in him to make it more painful. Kizashi gasped and the cried out in pain before his daughter covered his mouth. "W-Why Sakura…," the man managed to choke out as some tears spilled over his cheeks. The medic-nin rose from the ground and looked down at him, "You got in the way. Say hello to Mebuki for me." Once she finished her sentence, she slammed her foot into the handle of the kunai, pushing it all the way through him causing his heart to instantly stop.
She bent down and grabbed her weapon, cleaning it off before putting it back in its pouch. Not taking another look back at the man who raised her, Sakura walked out her door but not after going to a towel closet in her hall. She took a note out and set it in there before she left her house for good. The pinkette easily made her way to the gate without anyone spotting her. Once she got to the exit, she spotted the two guards that were on duty. Being the expert at genjutsu as she was, the kunoichi quickly did hand signs before feathers fell around them. "What the…," one managed to start before both of them were forced into a deep slumber. "That was too easy…but no wonder it was able to work when Kabuto did it back at the chunin exams long ago…," Sakura said as she shook her head and left the Leaf Village with a hood on her head and her headband abandoned back on her dresser in her deserted house.
Alright guys! Yes, if you read something that was similar to this story line, it is the same story. I'm rewriting it because of the fact that it was old and I had no where to go with it. Also I had a lot of useless crap in it and needed to do something different since I had kind of lost track with how far the manga as gotten. So this story will be more AU than cannon due to the fact I have no idea what's going on in the plot! Either way if these events happened, I think something would have changed any way. Lol. Well I hope you like this chapter better! The bulk of my old chapter one was Naruto ranting and me doing my own fanservice? Lol. I hope I'm able to finish it this time :D