heres a muti chapter fan fic, honestly first time writing so much. but more to come. i randomly came up with this during my french class and just started writing and writing well, here it is enjoy! oh and tell me if i made any grammar mistakes or any changes should be done to make this better, thanks!
Nights in Konoha were never irritating or uncomfortable. The wind blowing was soothing against her sweaty skin, leaves slightly rustling due to the soft breeze. The moon illuminates angelically upon everything the light is able to reach. The skies are filled with stars, not one cloud in sight. And the streets are calm with no other person in view.
Sakura leaves the hospital after staying for almost a week, digging through piles and piles of paperwork. Never once taking a step outside the building. Earlier in the week a group of Anbu had arrived in emergency all battered up and in critical condition. She had to immediately attend to their wounds.
A new poison was used against them, and they only had about a weeks worth of time to live if the antidote is not created. Sakura spent countless days and nights trying to come up with the antidote. And man was that a pain in the ass to make. She had to double check and be sure to oversee everything checking her patients' statuses and recovery.
After she'd do her normal routine of checking the children's mental health clinic, making sure its running smoothly. Knowing that everything in the clinic and hospital is going fine she retreats to her office to finish the gigantic pile of paperwork that awaits her.
And that leaves us with a now tired, exhausted, and hungry Sakura.
Sakura's is hit with a gust of soothing cool air the moment she steps out of the hospital. She shudders at the feeling of the cool air hitting her sweaty skin, goosebumps forming on her pale skin.
Slowly, she heads towards the direction of her apartment sluggishly. Breathing in the fresh air and smelling the strong scent of pine. She's drained of chakra and needs food, a shower and sleep. Her complexion is drained of any life, the dark circles underneath her eyes are magnified by her creamy ivory skin, and her figure skinnier due to neglected meals and self care.
She can't remember the last time she ate, probably days ago. And when was the last time she went out? 'ugh i could really use a shower, maybe i should hang out with Ino tomorrow, and check to see if Naruto is fine. and visit Kakashi-sensei, he needs to actually finish his paperwork shannaro'. But now all the pinkette could think about is the warm shower and bed that awaits her.
But like many other nights, a certain raven-haired man is plaguing her thoughts once again.
A painful throb hits her heart, its been almost 2 years since Sasuke had left the Konoha doors to go on his journey of redemption. They've exchanged messages throughout his journey, ever since the Kido incident.
Her hand unconsciously clutches at her chest, a nostalgic smile grace her face when she thinks of the letter she and Naruto had sent him a few weeks ago. The case involving the exploding humans in Kumo, she noted that he was like a one man police force, helping out people whenever he could.
Sakura was extremely proud of the man he had become, one no longer driven by darkness, but now by light and a new beginning.
If only he would come home soon...
A heavy sigh comes from the pinkette, she understood, she knew. When he was ready to return home, he would. And her, Naruto, and Kakashi would welcome him back.
i really hope you're safe out there Sasuke-kun...
Finally reaching her apartment, she unlocks her door swiftly and takes off her shoes and doctors coat. She checks the fridge for any leftover food. Settling for an onigiri and apple, she quickly chomps down the and dashes towards the bathroom -albeit sluggishly- and begins to quickly wash off all the blood and sweat that had built up for the past week.
Slowly dragging her tired body towards her bedroom. Her head is painfully throbbing and her legs are wobbly and trembling. She feels soreness in her back from hours and hours of paperwork.
chakra exhaustion was always a pain in the ass...
Sakura flops ungracefully onto her bed and sinks into her silk sheets. Her head dropping down to her pillow, the softness swallowing up her head as she, quickly drifts off to a dreamless desperately needed sleep.
She was so deep in sleep she didn't hear the slow sharp sound of metal scraping. Her window slowly sliding up or the countless suppressed chakra signatures evidently outside and inside her apartment. She stirs, a little angry because her much needed sleep is disrupted.
A sharp poke on her arm causes her eyes to tiredly snap open with rage ,and she's greeted by a group of ninja with masks in her room. That are definitely not Anbu.
Sakura quickly grabs her emergency kunai from under her pillow and jumps up into a fighting stance. The sudden movement causing a wave of nausea to hit her "Who are you?" she demands
When she receives no response but instead an attempted punch towards her form. Sakura immediately starts to dodge and fight back. Her body is tired and swaying back and forth. She throws unprecise punches and kicks towards the enemy which they easily dodge.
Digging into whats left of her chakra reserves, she summons chakra to her hands, hoping to pulverize the enemy. And that's when she realizes that she'd been injected with a chakra blocker and possibly a sedative. She bites back a curse and tries her best to fight though the sedative and without any chakra.
Her efforts are useless against the group of ninja. Shes at a servere disadvantage, outnumbered 1:15. Shes drained of chakra, her whole body feels like lead.
And before she knows it, shes been kicked in the stomach, flying through her walls. She hits the ground and coughs up blood. Her vision is blurry, dark blotches covering her vision.
The last thing she remembers is a man with long brown hair taking his mask off smirking as she falls unconscious.
She wakes up in a cold dim room, tied up in chakra restraints.
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Sakura Haruno.
status: missing
last seen: 1 month ago outside the hospital
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you're like the one man police force!
its been a while, maybe ill go home?
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Sasuke jumps from tree to tree as he set his pace, heading towards Konoha.
Though he would never admit it, he'd miss team 7 terribly. With the exception of Sai of course – his fake smiles were really creepy -.
He'd miss especially the Pinkette. He wanted to surprise her by the sudden visit. Its almost been a month since the last letter, he'd written a reply, but it was only meant for Sakura.
She never wrote back.
It was a little suspicious, knowing that Sakura would normally reply to his messages right away.
In the last letter she had complimented that he was somewhat like a one man police force. This revived old memories of him and Itachi, it hurt to think of the past, but he'd learn to accept it.
Home, he had said, no home wasn't Konoha, home was Sakura.
The raven-haired man unconsciously quickens his pace as his thoughts drift to his pink haired teammate. Teammate? Was she just a teammate, no she was more than that? He had thought about it for quite sometime now and it took him a while to realize that he'd reciprocate her feelings.
His silent promise and subtle plead for her to wait for him before he set out on his redemption journey two years ago. The forehead tap that his beloved brother had showed him, passed onto her.
Of course, she didn't understand what it meant. It was more of a reassurance to him that she was the one for him. And she would always be the one for him. His heart swells yet painfully thuds at the same time, the thought that she had waited for him for so long and him for making her wait so long. But now he was returning back home to her.
He snaps out of his thoughts when a strong familiar chakra signature starts to approach him.
He instantly recognizes the signature belonging to his best friend. It's the dobe, why is he here? Sasuke had not sent word that he would be returning so how did Naruto find him? His sharingan slowly spins to life for precaution, he senses that it's just a clone.
"Sasuke-teme! You bastard, why didn't you send word you were coming back?!"
Honestly, Sasuke wasn't surprised that Naruto had found out that he was heading back towards Konoha. His sage mode probably sensed his chakra a mile away.
"hn" he gave him a look curious to why he would come all the way out here.
Somehow connected to his thoughts, the blond continues nervously "uh-well i just- I have some news about Sakura-Chan…" .
"just spit it out" the Uchiha says sternly.
"Shes missing" Naruto says.
Sasuke's eyes widen. Missing? How could Sakura be missing. Not again. She was strong enough to take on a whole flock of ninja alone, how could she be captured again, and why wasn't Naruto there.
"How can she be missing?" he snaps "Why weren't you there to help her".
Naruto can feel the ominous chakra from Sasuke "Kakashi-sensei says its most likely because of her hospital stuff, after her shifts she's usually drained of chakra, she can't defend herself when she's all worn out from hospital duties".
"How long?"
"Over a month, we thought she was assigned on a long term mission but when i asked Kaka-sensei" he pauses "he said she wasn't on any mission"
The dark-haired man feels rage boil within him, his aura getting dark and murderous, he quickly passes by Naruto.
"Hey-hey! Teme where do you think your going!".
"Back to Konoha" he replies before punching the clone that disappears in a cloud of smoke.
He's going at an incredibly fast pace -Well, he was always the fastest at the academy, so it wasn't a surprise- His thoughts are revolving around Sakura, the darkests most twisted thoughts, she could be dead, or barely alive.
Suddenly the two big doors of Konoha come in view, the guards not even noticing the uchiha due to his fast pace. He quickly darts into the village towards the hokage's tower.
He slams open the door to see Naruto and Kakashi turn back to see him, both with worry and concern plastered on their face, no doubt regarding their pink haired teammate.
"Took you long enough teme" Naruto says lightly punching him greeting his best friend.
Kakashi just simply nods in acknowledgement. There was no time to catch up, they needed to send out a search team and fast.
They had found out that something was wrong when it had been over four weeks that she hadn't shown up at the hospital. Naturally everyone just thought that she had been on another mission to Suna regarding the children's clinic there. But when Kakashi stated that she had not been assigned on any missions is when they started to worry.
Naruto had went to check her apartment. His mouth drops open when he entered.
The walls are all battered up, there's debris covering the floor. One of her walls broken down. And a pool of now dark dried blood on the floor, no doubt belonging to Sakura. Naruto had dashed to the hokage's tower to report this finding.
Unable to sense her chakra with Naruto's sage mode, they had thought it would be best to call Sasuke back.
Anything that was able to defeat Sakura would be a formidable opponent. Any normal jounin level shinobi would be defeated easily by her even if her chakra was drained.
This lead to a conclusion that she was either poisoned when her guard was down, or ambushed by a flock of jounin level shinobi.
Sasuke tries to shake the dark thoughts that started to grow in his head during the briefing about the possible reasons why she had been captured. They discuss her possible whereabouts, but with no lead or clues, they are at square one.
It had been a month, she could be anywhere by now. Naruto going into sage mode could not detect the location of her chakra, it was the smallest flare. Like a candle in a storm.
Naruto and Sasuke set out first thing in the morning to search for their missing teammate.
After multiple dead leads, and weeks of searching, the pair had just about looked through all the land of fire. Its been almost three months since she's gone missing.
They've gone to every city asking the locals whether they've seen a pink haired ninja roaming about. it wasn't hard to notice her bright smile, green eyes, and hair of the most unusual of colour's. All replies were negative however. It seemed as if she had just disappeared into thin air.
Her chakra is continuously unable to be detected, in the busy streets of each village, there isn't a flash of pink anywhere to be found.
Nothing is helping them get closer into finding their female teammate.
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They've decreased their pace, slowing down momentarily to take a break from their search. Throats dry from the constant yelling of her name. Legs tired from countless hours of running. They settle in the shade of a -ironically- sakura tree. Both panting and out of breath from their search, they feel the breeze of the hill side. And breathe in the scent of the Sakura tree. Both minds plagued by their pink haired friend.
Slowly the sound of heavy breaths in the air quiets. Sakura's voice flows through Sasuke's mind, her bright viridian eyes looking into his, her pink hair caressing his cheeks. His sharingan allowing him to vividly remember the times she had confessed her ever dying love to him. Guilt eats at him slowly.
"She still loves you; you know? Even after you left for so long, she never stopped" Naruto says abruptly, out of nowhere, breaking the silence.
Sasuke grunts in acknowledgement, his eyes filled with guilt, concern, a mixture of emotions.
After a short pause the blond continues "and you love her too don't you?"
The Uchiha's eyes widen, he turns to look at his best friend.
"What?" Sasuke asks, a little surprised that the knucklehead ninja had found out.
Naruto gives a small scoff "Teme, you think I didn't see the way you looked at her before you left on your dumb journey? It was only a matter of time."
Guilt swimming in the raven-haired mans only he had told her sooner. Now he may never get the chance to. Sasuke decides to just 'hn' without saying anything further.
They drag their tired bodies up and resume to their hunt in searching. Now their power being driven by the pure adrenaline to find their precious teammate.
Naruto yells 'kage bushin no justsu' and suddenly a barrage of Naruto shadow clones are in service, all searching for a flash of pink. Sasuke darts from tree to tree hoping to find the familiar chakra signature that is Sakura. Her warm soothing chakra he had felt before when she'd heal him.
Their search continues, neither one of them giving up. The thought of losing another person so close to them was unacceptable and unthinkable. Sasuke wouldn't be able to live if he had lost her. She had been there for him at his worst and lowest points in his life.
During the time in prison and the trial before his journey, she had been with him and kept him company. Reassuring him that everything was going to be alright.
When he was in the hospital after his fight with Naruto, she had tended to his every wound personally, knowing that some people had held grudges against her, he was thankful for that, and he had let her know.
Sakura visited him whenever she could while he was in prison, bringing cherry tomatoes every time and a warm aura. She played a major role in his freedom, arguing against the elders on his behalf.
Losing her would be like losing his family all over again.
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Sakura Haruno
status: presumed dead
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Today marks four months of her missing.
Most would've just assumed that she'd be dead by now, the rest of the village had thought. But both boys still continue to frantically call out their teammates name. Voices almost going hoarse from hours and hours of screaming. There was no way that she would be dead. Sakura is too strong, she would never let a nobody group of shinobi take her down.
They've almost search throughout the whole five shinobi nations, scanning every village they come across from. But not one single clue about their pink haired medic is heard.
Everyone knew the strong pink haired medic Sakura Haruno who saved thousands of lives during the war, smile as bright as the sun with eyes outshining the most precious emeralds.
But no one knew where she was, they'd all presumed her dead.
Naruto heads in the opposite direction of Sasuke, searching an abandoned village, hoping to find Sakura in the ruins, or any sign of her whereabouts. While Sasuke heads towards the forest filled with trees and debris from previous battles of possibly rogues.
While Sasuke was investigating a muddied ditch. Underneath the shrubs, tree branches and moss. He seems the familiar flash of pink that doesn't mix in with the usual green forestry. He does a double take. And he cautiously brushes away the debris.
There in the ditch lies a Sakura drenched to the bone with blood and dirt.