Sakura Sat on her bed and looked at the picture of her and Sasuke leaning against a tree when they were kids. That time was long gone now. With a sigh, she set the image back down and picked up her acceptance letter to Suna University, contemplating. Her phone went off and the familiar tone filled her silent empty room, she smiled before grabbing it knowing immediately who it was. Only one friend had waking the demon as a ringtone for calls and messages, She smiled as Gaara's name popped up on the screen telling her to log on to her email to chat.
A few minutes later, she was signed in and talking to him on email messenger. She laughed at his icon, a red panda bear mask with his cold eyes glaring at the person who took the picture. She smiled when he sent her a laughing emoticon that had hearts blowing out of the balloon the person was holding. A faint ringtone on her phone filled her room as she stopped smiling, knowing who it was that was calling her, typing a quick be right back to Gaara she got up to answer her phone.
"What's up Sasuke?" She asked, hoping that he wasn't going to ask her to hang with him and Karin while she hung all over men and flirted with them dangerously and openly. Sakura had even caught Karin and Suigetsu in the bathroom once and never told Sasuke because she knew how that would have ended.
"Me and Karin are going to the club, you in? Ino and the others will be there and Karin wanted to go dance at the club tonight." Sakura closed her eyes in despair, Why couldn't the fates be nice to her? She was a good girl, was never in trouble, never got bad grades and was never promiscuous. 'Hell I have never even had sex yet' she thought to herself.
After agreeing to go, she shut her phone and turned back to the computer and told Gaara she was going out with the girls and smiled at his reply, 2 words and he had her smiling. 'Have Fun' She met Gaara once when he had come to Konoha on official business, they have been best friends since then, almost as close as she was with Sasuke.
She opened a box in her closet and frowned, it was her Father's wedding ring, meant to be given to the man she married. She held it gently with sudden realization it would never be Sasuke. Her doorbell rang and she made her way down to answer it, looking away when Karin was practically grinding on Sasuke already. "I have to change, no sex on any of my furniture please." She said before heading up the stairs.
Within minutes she came back down to see Sasuke was sitting while he forced Karin to sit opposite of his seat. They stood and walked out with Sakura to go to the club. Upon getting there, everyone noticed that things were already underway full blast, Ino had been flirting with Sai, Kakashi was drinking responsibly with Anko, even Jiraiya and Tsunade were getting along. Sakura looked around and noticed she was alone, as Sasuke was off with Karin and no one else was there.
She got up to go to the bathroom and noticed Sasuke alone at the bar and rushed to the bathroom, catching Karin and Juugo (another of Sasuke's new friends) she took a quick video of them and headed back to the bar to tell him, she was not expecting his angry outburst. "Sakura why do you have to be so fucking jealous? I invited you didn't I, but you just can't be content and now you are stirring up trouble." She sighed before walking away, forgetting her phone next to Naruto.
Naruto looked at the video and sent it to Sasuke's phone before pocketing her phone. "You really should have let her explain Sasuke, she had proof and everything that could have shown you she was being honest and only cared for your well-being." With that, Naruto left Sasuke alone and headed out after Sakura to return her phone to her. He found her packing when he got to her house.
"Where you going Sak?" Naruto asked, his eyes catching the acceptance letter to Suna University and he knew from there that sasuke pushed her too far. He had always known of her feelings for the Uchiha even if he was blind to see it himself. He silently helped her pack and Sakura was grateful for the lack of questions he normally had, grabbing her bags she used a jutsu to teleport them to Gaara's mansion. He was already expecting her and she wouldn't be late for college.
"Naruto….watch Sasuke for me please, I can no longer be the one to clean up the messes Karin leaves behind and expect to keep it from hitting public knowledge. I just can't continue to see his face, hear his voice and not be with him or hope for a future I can never obtain. Please give this to him and tell him I am sorry" She handed him a letter with Sasuke's name on it and gave him a huge hug.
"Just don't wait too long in asking Hinata out okay? She likes you, a lot and I know you like her too. See you Naruto" Sakura said before walking out and closing the door heading to the gate. Kakashi was leaning against the gate post waiting for her.
"Ready Sakura?" Kakashi asked, with a nod they left Konoha. They traveled straight through until the gates of Suna were within sight, Kakashi stopped at the hill above Suna. "Are you sure about this Sakura? Everyone will miss you tremendously" he said softly.
"I have to do this Kakashi, all I have ever done is cause pain to people and get hurt. I need to leave and find my own path in life, even if it is away from Konoha." She said before giving him a tight hug. "Don't worry so much Kashi. You'll get premature wrinkles if you do" she said, watching as he broke into chuckling. "There you go, that's the last thing I want to see until I return to Konoha" She turned and descended the hill to enter Suna before she changed her mind, knowing it would be years before she could make it back to Konoha.