I don't own Naruto!


Finding Yours, Losing Mine

Chapter 1: Mission

This is my new SasuSaku story since What Sasuke Taught Me ended. I've been playing around with this idea and I really like it! Please R&R! I'll give you a digital cookie. *holds up plate full of digital cookies* I made them on Paint this morning!

Sunlight poured through the open window. My eyes cracked open and then re-shut at the brightness. I rolled over and opened them again. Much better. I stood up and walked over to my closet and opened the shoji doors. Inside lay several pairs of training clothes, summoning scrolls for kunai that Tenten had given me on my birthday last year, sandals ponytail holders, and anything else any self-respecting Kunoichi would have in her closet.

I grabbed my usual shirt, shorts, gloves, sandals and shuriken pouch and closed the doors. I pulled my pajamas off and pulled on my training clothes. I walked downstairs slowly, taking each step carefully. I, well, actually Tenten, booby-trapped my house last weekend for fun and now I had to be careful going up and down the stairs. I sighed and just jumped down the rest of the stairs and landed in the kitchen.
"Hey Tenten." I said, taking a piece of toast off a plate.

My roommate looked up from the platter of pancakes she was setting down.
"Hey Saku," She replied. "Shizune called about five minutes ago. He said Tsunade-sama wants to talk to you and Naruto." I ate a couple pancakes and had a glass of orange juice before replying.
"Okay. I'll go wake Naruto up." Tenten laughed and sat down at the table, horking down whatever was left on the table.

On my way to Naruto's, Ino interjected me.
"Hey Sakuraaaaaa." She sing-songed.
"Hey Ino." She handed me a Sakura flower.
"What's this?"
"Just something nice."
"What did you do?"
"Nothing!"
"What do you want?"
"Umm... Nothing...?"
"Uh-huh. Spit it out."
"I want you to tell Sai-kun how awesome I am! I want you to make him like me!"
"He called you beautiful. Isn't that enough?"
"Not for me! I really want him to like me! I think he might be, the One..." She breathed, looking off into the distance. I could hear the sugar dripping off her voice.
"Ughhh. Fine. I'll tell him AAAAALL about you."
"THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH SAKURA-CHAN!" She threw her arms over me and picked me up in the air in a giant bear-hug. I made a fake gasping noise and she let go of me.
"Thanks again, Sakura-chan!" She screamed, running away waving.

I must've knocked- no, pounded- on Naruto's door for about five minutes before that Baka actually answered.
"Oh, hi Sakura-chan!"
"Get dressed. Tsunade-sama wants to see us now." The Chûnin nodded and ran back into his house. I walked in after him and proceeded to clean up his front room so at least the first impression wouldn't completely suck. I was in the middle of vacuuming when he came out, dressed in his orange garb and repositioning his headband.
"Can I ask you something Sakura-chan?" He didn't wait for my reply before saying; "Are the Jônin's hard?"
"Yes," I replied cooly. "Extremely." He groaned.
"Well, I'm gonna train like crazy!"
"Hey, I'm just amazed you aren't still a Genin."
"That's mean..." I smiled.
"Whatever."

We got to the Hokage's office a few minutes later. Shizune let us in and... Tsunade was asleep. Not surprising. I dropped a book on the floor next to her desk and her head shot up, hazel eyes piercing the office.
"Are we under attack?!"
"No, Tsunade-sama," Shizune said. "Sakura and Naruto are here for their mission."
"Oh! Of course," Sensei wiped a bit of drool from her chin and straightened herself out, fixing her hair in the process. "I wanted to give you both an important A-Rank mission."

"A-Rank?!" Naruto's heart practically lept into his throat. He barely got to go on missions because of the Kyuubi, but he loved them regardless.
"Yes. Your mission is to deliver these to the Kazekage as soon as humanly possible." She brought out two small boxes and opened each of them. Inside one was a necklace, the other, a ring.
"What are these, Sensei?"
"They are two extremely powerful objects that could mark the ending of humanity if they are put into the wrong hands. Sakura, I'd like you to wear them both, Naruto, I am ORDERING you to protect her under any circumstances. Am I clear?"
"Hai."
"I have one question."
"Yes, Sakura?"
"Am I going to go crazy or evil or something if I put these on?"
"Absolutely not," Sensei said. "They are meant for goodness, however, they can easily be converted if they are put into the wrong hands, and then you would go crazy."
"Well that's good to know ahead of time."
"I'm sure it will be. However, the clasp will disappear once you put on the necklace and the ring will become too small to take off."
"What?!"
"They can't come off. Until the Kazekage's chakra is added to them, they will be impossible to take off unless you cut off your fingers or your head. And I don't think you want to do that, now do you?" I gulped.
"N-no, Tsunade-sama."
"Good. Now Sakura, come here." I walked over to my Sensei and she put the necklace around my neck and I slid the ring onto my fourth finger on my RIGHT had so it didn't look like I was married when I was 19.

A second later, I tried to put it on a different finger and found myself tugging until it hurt.
"Don't try. I told you it wouldn't come off, didn't I?"
"R-right." Naruto walked up.
"What do I do again?"
"Make sure no Akatsuki or Oto chakra gets into her body and if it does, make sure she knows how to get it out."
"What if it's a whole bunch all at once?"
"Then the necklace will turn evil and she will go insane. But it will happen very slowly. Now, good luck!"
Little did I know the heavy amount of foreshadowing that last sentence had.

Chapter 1! Please leave a review! -Chiharu Kamida