I dunno, I decided to write this, sorta to sidetrack me. Pairings soon to be revealed, and expect a bit of SasuSaku. Only a little though. Hinted, y'know? Sakura centric, AU, you get the picture. Oh yeah, song is Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park. I'll be making references to some of my favorite bands, so bear with me. :p

Sakura walked into her apartment. It had been three years since she left her hometown for a new scene. The fast-paced city life seemed to be what she had wanted. She was nineteen, and she wanted to forget Sasuke. She remembered clearly the day he left, and never returned since. Being left on a cold bench isn't the best experience, and being left by your first love at thirteen isn't either.

I close both locks below the window.
I close both blinds and turn away.
Sometimes solutions aren't so simple.
Sometimes goodbye's the only way.

It's been five years since then though, and she had said goodbye to her friends the day after Sasuke's birthday. Every year on that day, she couldn't help but cry. For her own safety, she moved. She had to say, the saddest was Lee. For the first time in years, she let him hug her. But a hug wasn't enough to convince her not to go.

And the sun will set for you,
and the sun will set for you.
And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in grey,
And the sun will set for you...

Sakura was now terribly lonely, and it'd been two years since she left, but she didn't care. Now and then she'd go out try to drink away her bad memories. Of course, it never worked, but she always thought it was a worth a try. She never let herself go out with someone else, and never let anyone else get close to her.

Sakura got dressed in the morning. She tugged on a tight red shirt with silver sequins at the bottom and a pair of dark jeans. Work was all she could do to keep herself occupied anymore, with the occasional video game, and of course drinking. It seemed that Tsunade really had left an imprint on her. Just before she walked out the door, she tied on a pair of black converses. Maybe if she finished work early enough, she'd be able to get home early and sleep more.

In cards and flowers on your window,
your friends all plead for you to stay.
Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple.
Sometimes goodbye's the only way.

Sakura waited at the bus stop, and constantly checked her cellphone for the time. Her phone rang. This was a bit odd, because people rarely called her anymore. She seemed to recognize the ringtone playing "Sell Out" by Reel Big Fish as Naruto. Reluctantly, she answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey Sakura-chan!"

"Hi Naruo-kun."

"Hey after work, do you wanna meet us at that new restaurant?"

"Depends. Who's 'us'?"

"Oh! Me, Hinata, Ino, Sai… And a few others…" Naruto's hyper voice crackled over her phone.

"I guess… I'll come by at six."

"Great! Oh and Sakura?"

"What? Hurry up Naruto, my bus is coming."

"Uh… Are you okay?"

"What do you mean?"

"Like um… How are you?" Naruto uncertainly asked.

"I'm… I'm…" Sakura had just realized that the bus was about to leave. "Oh shit. Bye Naruto, I've got to go now!" Sakura snapped her pink RZR shut, and hopped on the bus. On the other end Naruto sighed.

"Is she okay?" Hinata asked.

"I'm not sure. She hung up on me." The blond said, running his fingers through his hair. His navy haired counterpart tightly embraced him.

"I'm sure she's fine." She said into his ear.

And the sun will set for you,
And the sun will set for you.
And the shadow of the day,

Will embrace the world in gray,
And the sun will set for you..

Sakura boarded the bus, putting a lock of pink hair behind her ear. The rosette looked out the window, waiting to get to the hospital. She'd been flipping jobs lately, and Tsunade decided to hire her as her lobbyist. The bus wheezed to a stop, filling the air with black smog, choking passerby on the sidewalk. Sakura grabbed her purse from the seat next to her, and jogged off the bus. She walked the rest of the way to the hospital, her head down, fiddling with the latch of her purse. A few minutes later, Sakura stepped up the walkway of the medical institution. She walked through, the automatic doors opening and closing for her. Before getting to her post, she went to the changing room and opened her locker. She grasped the white button down coat and pulled her mid-length hair into a ponytail. She hurried and buttoned the jacket over her clothes. She stopped at the door and switched her shoes for a pair of lime rubber slippers. (A/N: y'know, crocs, they were originally designed for nurses and are commonly used in hospitals.) She hurried out and took her spot behind the lobby desk, and pulled out a magazine and started flipping pages.Minutes turned to hours of setting down the publication to instruct visitors to proper rooms, only to pick the paperback back up seconds later. Finally, the alarm on her phone rang, and she checked the time. Five 'o clock.

"Bye Shizune-senpai." She waved to the dark haired nurse down the hall as she returned to the locker room to grab her things.

"Sayonara, Sakura-san." The older woman waved. Sakura ripped off the white overcoat and stuffed it in the cubbyhole before locking it. She switched her shoes and shoved her magazine back in her purse. Her phone rang. "Welcome to the Black Parade" by MCR filled her ears as she walked out the door.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Sakura-chan?" A light voice asked.

"Hi Hinata."

"Are you still coming tonight?"

"Yeah, yeah."

"Ok, I just wanted to check." Hinata reassuringly said.

"Alright, bye Hinata." Sakura hung up the phone.

Sakura walked back to the bus stop, and waited for it to take her to her home bus stop. Minutes later the bus creaked to a stop in front of the stop, and bursted out black smog. She ducked her head and climbed up the steps and took a seat at the back of the bus. She pulled her iPod out of her bag and listened.

And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in gray,
And the sun will set for you..

The bus croaked to a stop and sent out another cloud of toxins. Sakura slowly got up and unplugged out her earbuds. She walked off the bus, and tugged out her keys as she started walking in the building. Pushing her hands through her pink hair, she climbed up the stairs and down hallways until she finally reached her apartment. She slid the key into the lock and opened it. Her so far uneventful life was really getting to her. Little did she know that her life would be changed by the events of tonight's dinner.

And the sun will set for you,
and the sun will set for you.

Here you go, I finished this sorta to get creative influence flowing before posting my Akatsuki Highschool fic. This, I think, will be fairly successful, I hope. Hope you dudes (dudettes?) enjoyed chapter one. BTW, the song playing is Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park.