ta da da dunn!!! i don't own Naruto.
Snowy day at Konoha.
It was the middle of the winter season and yet, Naruto and a few of his friends were at the training grounds,
"Teme, how long has it been?" Naruto asked, blocking a punch from his forgiven best friend, Sasuke.
Sasuke stopped to catch his breath before answering.
"I don't know."
Naruto sighed.
"I'm guessing two months since Sasuke returned and over all is six years." Shikamaru butted in their conversation.
"Really?" Naruto was wide eyed. How time flies! "Yeah, she rarely visits Konoha. The last time she visited was the same time Sasuke returned which was two months ago. I wonder when her mission will be finished?"
Shikamaru nodded. "More or less, though. It's really something to be proud of. Sakura was given that mission because the elders knew she could do it."
Snow continued to fall and Naruto began to shiver. "Teme, Shikamaru, Kiba..." He called. "Let's get something hot."
Kiba smirked, "Something? Or someone?"
The boys snickered. Boys will be boys.
"Shikamaru!!!" Ino came running towards the boys.
"Here comes 'someone' now." Kiba grinned which earned him a glare from Ino's boyfriend.
"Eh?" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at his girlfriend.
"Hokage-sama needs your presence." Ino said in between pants, she ran all the way from the tower after all. "She's back."
Naruto's eyes almost popped out while he grinned. "Sakura-chan's back???"
Ino gave him a nod.
-
When they got inside the office of the hokage, Naruto and the others were shocked at what they saw.
"S-Sakura-chan?" Naruto stared at her from top to bottom.
"What?" Sakura raised an eyebrow at him.
Sakura was wearing an Akatsuki uniform. Her short hair was long now and she looked really, really, REALLY tired. Sasuke stared at her, he got part of the Akatsuki as well and he was confused why Sakura was wearing the uniform.
Tsunade cleared her throat.
"What do you need me for?" Shikamaru finally talked.
"I want you to examine these." Tsunade handed him some scrolls. Some scrolls were even covered in dried blood which earned disgusting looks from the others.
Sasuke knew those scrolls. The Akatsuki would risk their lives for those scrolls and yet, there they were, retrieved by Sakura like ordinary scrolls.
"Great job, Sakura. Me and the Elders were right by sending you to this mission." tsunade smiled at her student, proud.
But Sakura was unsmiling. She gave a quick nod and that's it.
"Something wrong, Sakura?" Ino asked, concern was all over her face.
"Nothing. Just tired. Never ending battles are really draining." She sighed.
"As a reward, I'm taking you off missions for a whole month but you'll get bonus payment. You did a great job carrying your mission. You not only helped Konoha but a lot, if not, all the villages!" Tsunade smiled.
Naruto was wide-eyed. "No fair!"
"you don't know anything about fair, Naruto." Tsunade smirked.
Sakura disappeared, leaving Naruto and the others behind.
"Sakura pretended to be an Akatsuki?" Sasuke asked.
"She didn't pretend, Sasuke. She WAS an Akatsuki." Tsunade said, her face became serious.
"She could've died!" Naruto said.
Tsunade kept her cool. "She's alive, isn't she?"
Sasuke was confused. "What do you mean, she didn't pretend?"
Tsunade sighed. "Why am I explaining it to these guys anyway????"
"Yeah, Lady Hokage. It got me confused. She was an akatsuki but she didn't pretend?" Kiba added.
Tsuande sighed once more, "Her mission was to join Akatsuki. Get along with them whatever it takes. Get these scrolls and kill them."
There was a moment of silence until one spoke. "I still don't get it." Naruto said.
Tsunade groaned. "She did missions to the Akatsuki as well! She did her job as an Akatsuki! She killed innocent people! She killed enemies of the Akatsuki!"
Everyone almost stumbled at Tsunade's words.
"You're kidding right?" Naruto chuckled. "She couldn't have. Sakura's a nice person."
"But... she might be hunted down by the remaining members! She might lead them to Konoha!" Kiba suggested.
"That's impossible." tsunade said with a proud glint in her eyes.
"WHy?" Ino asked.
"Sakura killed the remaining members of the Akatsuki."
Everyone in the room was shocked as hell.
"S-Sakura..." Ino was speechless.
"So I suggest you don't mess with her during her vacation. She's been through a lot." Tsunade stood up.
They all bowed before going out of her office. They were still shocked with everything the Hokage had said.
"Ah Sasuke..." Tsunade called the Uchiha before he could leave. "Sakura brought someone you know."
"Hn." Sasuke raised an eyebrow, his hands on his pockets.
"A girl named Karin."
"Karin?" Sasuke asked. "She's suppose to be dead."
"It appears not. Sakura told me that she bumped into Karin and she said something about Karin desperately wanting to talk to you." Tsunade told the still shocked boy.
Sasuke kept still, "Where is she?"
"At the hospital."
-
Naruto joined Sasuke to the hospital.
"It's super cold!" Naruto rubbed his glove-covered hands.
"Shut up, you're in a hospital."
They entered the hospital and after asking for Karin's room, the two headed up.
"Eh, so you have a girlfriend!" Naruto teased.
"Zip it."
"Sakura's gonna be so-"
"What, Naruto?"
Naruto gasped in surprise as sakura went out of a room. She was writing something on a clipboard she aws holding.
"I thought you're on vacation?" Naruto asked.
"This is my vacation." She said not sparing them a glance. "Karin's over there."
Sakura pointed at the last door on the hallway before heading for the stairs. The two entered the room and Karin was indeed there.
"Sasuke-kun!" karin cheered.
"I guess I'll go visit Sakura-chan first." Naruto said as he patted Sasuke on his back before leaving the room.
As Naruto left, Sasuke walked towards Karin.
"What do you want?" Sasuke asked.
"Good thing I saw Sakura. She's very kind Sasuke-kun!" Karin giggled.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow in response. "You hated her."
"I was really feeling sick. Sakura diagnosed me and she told me she'll give me the results later."
"Where's Juugo and Suigetsu?" Sasuke remembered his old team.
"We got separated when you left us." karin was sad when she said that.
Sasuke sighed. He took a chair and sat down beside the bed. Karin smiled.
"Knock, knock." Sakura said as she opened the door.
"Sakura." Sasuke stood up.
Sakura was wearing her usual ninja clothes plus a doctor's coat. She took her clipboard and wrote something before heading over to Karin.
"How do you feel?" She asked, there was a loving aura to her face.
"I'm fine now. A little sick feeling, that's all."
Sakura nodded.
"Should her diagnose her now?" Sasuke asked.
"You weren't listening to me awhile ago Sasuke-kun." Karin sighed.
Sakura shook her head, "The doctors diagnosed her already when I was reporting to the Hokage. I diagnosed her again though. I'm here to tell you the results and good thing, Sasuke's here."
The two stared at each other while Sakura flipped through the papers of her clipboard,
"So...?" Karin smirked.
"Congratulations. You're three months pregnant."
"WHAT?!" The two almost had their eyes pop out.
"Your baby is already three months and using the advancement in medicine, we were able to tell who the father was. The baby's DNA matched with the records of Konoha. Sasuke's the father. Congratulations." Sakura explained.
Sasuke was silent. Karin grinned while Sakura knew she was dying inside. Sakura bowed her head before leaving the room.
"Sasuke-kun! We're gonna have a-"
"Shut up karin!" Sasuke glared at her. "We're not yet sure that's mine!"
That hurt. Karin cried.
"This is our baby!"
Sasuke didn't respond, instead he headed outside and looked for Sakura. He found her, sitting at her office reading some paper.
"Not a funny joke, Sakura." Sasuke said as she stood in front of her desk.
"Huh?" Sakura looked at him with much confusion.
"Karin is not pregnant because of me!"
Sakura sighed.
As much as it hurt, Sakura had to be strong. She had to set her feelings aside.
"Sasuke, Karin is carrying your baby." And those words burned her mouth, especially her heart.
chappie two will be posted shortly. :)