I had this chapter for a pretty long time and decided to finish it. I don't know where this story is going yet. I don't even have a name for it yet. So if you have any ideas for it, please let me know. I really couldn't think of a name atm.
Anyway I hope you enjoy.
Chapter 1, A suprising day.
Sakura gave a loud sigh as she finally walked out of the hospital, it had been a busy day and she felt tired. Too her annoyance it also started to rain and she quickened her speed a little to be home sooner. Her shift had been over for 2 hours but when she had wanted to go home another emergency had come and she had to stay and help. Now she finally would have some rest. Yawning she walked into her street as she grabbed her key's from her pouch. As soon as she was at her door she opened it and stumbled inside. She closed the door behind her with her feet and walked straight towards her bedroom. Quickly she dressed into her nightwear and slumped down on her bed not even caring to cover herself with the blankets. As soon as her head fell on her pillow she fell asleep.
The next morning she woke by the sound of someone in her living room. Immediately she grabbed a kunai, she always had under her pillow, and sneaked towards the living room. She opened her door a little and noticed Kakashi standing in her living room, she gave a sigh and opened the door fully.
"Kaka-sensei! What are you doing inside my living room?" She demanded as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Aah Sakura, I was looking for you, the Hokage requested me to get you immediately. It seems everyone is ordered to go to the meeting hall immediately and stop calling me sensei, were almost the same rank." Kakashi answered.
"You could've used to door! Instead of just coming inside. And despite that, you're always be my sensei." Sakura scoffed. "I need to shower and dress, I'll be there in 20 minutes." Sakura stated as she closed her bedroom door again. She quickly grabbed some clothes and disappeared into the bathroom.
She had hired this apartment some time ago. Her parents hadn't liked the idea of her living by herself but Sakura had told them she was old enough now. It's been several years since she last seen Sasuke and he tried to kill her. Of Course she still wished he was back and that team 7 could be normal again. Naruto had left right after Sasuke had attacked her to train and to find Sasuke, to bring him back. Of course she didn't like it, because now she was the only member of team 7 still in the village. She missed Naruto and hoped he will be back some day. She missed his personality, always so cheerful and always seeing the best in everything. He was what held her together when Sasuke had left. She fought because Naruto had fought for so many years, but when Sasuke had tried to kill her, she decided to leave it and Naruto had left to try to get him back by himself.
When she was done showering, she quickly dressed into her usual ninja attire and left her house, she walked through the street towards the Hokage tower and when she arrived she noticed that most people where standing in front of the Hokage tower. She noticed all her friends and noticed Kakashi standing with Kurenai and she walked towards them.
"What is going on?" She questioned as soon as she was in hearing range.
"You'll just have to wait and see the doors aren't open yet." Kakashi answered with amusement seen in his one eye.
Sakura frowned at him but she decided to leave it at that.
"Sakura! You know what's going on?"
Sakura turned around and noticed Ino standing behind her. She gave a small smile and shook her head. "No, I don't." She answered.
They waited for a while until the doors opened and they walked inside. They arrived at a large hall and she noticed Tsunade was standing on the small stage in front of the hall. She waited until everyone had entered the room before she spoke.
"I've got an announcement to make, but before that, I would like to welcome some people back into the village. Before I do this, I want everyone to remain calm and don't do anything stupid!" Tsunade started. "If you do, the consequences are your own fault as I will not interfere!"
Sakura frowned and she noticed more people look a bit confused. Her gaze went back to Tsunade and noticed her looking at her with a small smile before she continued.
"I would like to welcome back Uchiha Itachi as a leaf ninja and he will have his former rank as Anbu captain!" Tsunade spoke out loud and everyone gasped as none else then Uchiha Itachi walked up the stage. Sakura's eyes were wide as she looked at him, she couldn't understand what Tsunade was thinking. She looked at Kakashi and noticed his amusement and she narrowed her eyes at him.
"What the hell is going on?" Someone yelled but Tsunade didn't reply to him. "Isn't he supposed to be death?" The same person yelled.
"Apparently he is not! I will not tell you the details, but I can only say that he will be loyal to Konoha. Anyone that will attack him will be a seen as a traitor to Konoha by attacking his own comrades! Is this clear!" Tsunade shouted. No one responded and just stared at the Uchiha in shock.
He didn't say anything and just stood there watching everyone. His sharingan was off, Sakura noticed and somehow his eyes seemed lifeless and dull. His stand was aloof as if he didn't have a care in the world.
"Now, there is another person I would like to welcome back." Tsunade started and again she looked at Sakura with a small smile.
Somehow Sakura knew what was coming and her eyes were already wide before Tsunade started to speak again.
"I would like to welcome back Uchiha Sasuke and will have his former rank as genin. However he will also be the new head of the police corps!" Tsunade said and Sasuke also appeared on the stage.
Sakura looked at him and noticed he was wearing the same as Itachi, A black t-shirt and black ninja pants. There was a small Uchiha symbol seen on the front.
She couldn't believe that the two brothers who hated each other were standing next to each other so casually without fighting. She noticed surprise written on everyone's face including hers. When she looked at Kakashi she noticed him standing there with a bored expression as if he knew what had come. Knowing Kakashi he had probably known. She shook her head in disbelieve as she stared back at the brothers.
"Now I want everyone outside in front of the Hokage tower! Sakura you will come with me." Tsunade stated and Sakura lifted her eyebrows in surprise.
She walked towards the stage feeling a bit uneasy standing so close to a murderer but she ignored the feeling.
"You need to come upstairs with us to the roof." Tsunade stated as she walked towards the exit of the hall, behind the stage. She followed close behind and noticed the two brothers were also following. She hadn't said a word to Sasuke yet and she didn't know if she wanted to talk to him or not. The fact that he almost killed her was still fresh in her mind and she didn't know if she had to be angry with him or not. Of course she had been angry when he tried to kill her.
They followed Tsunade through a door and noticed they were below the Hokage's office, they walked up the stairs towards the roof and once they arrived she noticed someone standing there. At first she thought it was the fourth Hokage which was of course ridiculous, since he was dead. He turned around and as soon as she noticed his goofy grin she ran towards him and hugged him tight.
"Naruto, when did you come back?" She questioned as he answered her embrace.
"Early this morning." He answered with a grin. "You've grown a little." He noted and she smiled at him.
"Hai, you too. You look a lot like the fourth now." She answered and his grin widened as he nodded in response.
Sasuke stood next to Naruto and looked at Sakura, she hadn't changed much he noted although she had grown. He slightly wondered how much stronger she had become, he hadn't really fought her. The last time he had seen her she was still the weak person who wanted to join him. The fact that she hadn't spoken a word to him yet confused him a little. She always had been annoying towards him, following him everywhere.
"Well, let's get this started." Tsunade said as she walked towards the railing of the roof.
There were loud chatters coming from below but as soon as they noticed Tsunade standing there everyone became silent.
"Today is a special day! Not only did two of our shinobi return. A third also returned but before he will let his presence known I have something to say. I think that I did enough for this village and the fire country. I would like to have some peaceful days and as of today I will retire!" She said and everyone started to shout in disagree. Tsunade raised her hands silencing everyone.
"From today on there will be a better Hokage then me! Of course I will still be here, to make sure that, that baka, won't make any mistakes and to guide him the first few months, after that I will be in the hospital most of my time." She continued.
"I would like to welcome back Uzumaki Naruto as the Rokudaime Hokage!" She shouted and Naruto stepped forward to the railing.
Upon seeing him everyone stayed quiet staring at him in awe. Then they started to cheer his name and Naruto smiled a wide smile showing his teeth.
Sakura smiled too knowing this would be the happiest day of his life. Who would have thought he would make it to this. She remembered the knuckle head ninja he once had been. How he had bragged about him becoming Hokage with them by his side. The orange jumpsuit and goofy grin he always wore. The way he always acted towards their clients and how he always seemed to change people's minds. Her smile grew, although he still wore that goofy grin, he had grown so much. He wore a long white coat with flames on them, resembling the fourth a lot.
Sasuke was standing next to her as Itachi was standing at the stairs leaning against the railing. She still hadn't talked to him and Sasuke wasn't sure why.
He wanted to ask her what was wrong but decided against it, it wasn't really his problem either, or was it? He looked at Naruto and smirked, he hadn't expected that dobe to be the Hokage. He glanced at Sakura again and saw her smile towards Naruto.
"Sakura." He began and she looked up at him her smile disappearing.
She waited for him to continue but when nothing came she averted her eyes back on Naruto. When he came walking back she hugged him again mumbling a congratulation.
"Congratulation, dobe." Sasuke started with a smirk.
"What did you say? Teme. Have some respect for your new Hokage!" Naruto shouted.
Sakura just shook her head and walked towards the stairs. Itachi was still standing there and their eyes crossed as she walked towards the stairs. Time seemed to slow down and unconsciously she holds her breath. As soon as he averted his eyes, she let out her breath she didn't know she was holding. She walked down the stairs towards the Hokage's office. Everyone followed her and as soon as Naruto was inside the office he sat down at the desk.
"So how do I look?" He asked with a grin.
"You look great, Hokage-sama." Sakura answered with a smile.
"Ne, Sakura-chan. You can call me Naruto... You know that." Naruto said with a small pout.
Sakura laughed and nodded. Tsunade sat down at the window sill and crossed her arm over her chest.
"Sakura, I want to talk to you later, shizune will take over your shift at the hospital." Tsunade started and Sakura raised her eyebrows in question but nodded nonetheless.
"We will go towards the compound, we need to start rebuilding the place." Sasuke stated. Itachi poofed away and Sasuke followed him.
Once they were gone Sakura felt more herself then she was before, somehow when Sasuke was near she didn't feel like herself.
"So Naruto, how have you been and what happened out there?" She questioned as she sat down on his desk, feeling more at ease.
"Well first I trained a lot with Killer bee. He has the Hachibi and trained me to control the kyuubi." Naruto said with a wide grin.
Sakura's eyes widened a little. "You know how to control the kyuubi?" She questioned and he nodded.
"Wow" Was her only reply as she looked at him in awe, she never expected him to be able to pull such a thing.
"Then after that I went to search for Sasuke and when I found him we fought. He already had Itachi's eyes but somehow when he tried to use it something happened. A crow flew out of my mouth. It turned out Itachi had planted a part of him in me, and when Sasuke would use his eyes on me he would appear. So he wasn't really dead." Naruto continued. "I still don't understand how he pulled it off, but I can remember when he put that crow in my mouth, it was when we were searching him and Sasuke." Naruto continued. "I encountered Itachi back then and asked me what I would do if Sasuke would attack Konoha, I didn't really understand back then." He stated.
Sakura looked at him with wide eyes and gaped at him. "You're saying all along Itachi was alive... Inside you?" She questioned a bit bewildered.
"Yep, something like that." Naruto said with a sheepish grin.
"But why let him go back to the village? He is a criminal! It doesn't make sense." She stated with a frown.
"I can't tell you that Sakura, he didn't want for anyone to know. Sasuke knows about it and that's all that matters, I had a hard time getting him back and he wanted to destroy Konoha... For good reasons that I really can't tell. I was able to calm him down and promised him that a thing like this would never happen again. Tsunade-Baachan, the council and me have been talking for hours." He stated as he shook his head.
"They were pretty angry when they noticed who I had with me, they said I was a danger to Konoha and much more. Luckily Tsunade-Baachan was on my side." He stated with a grin. "Anyway it all been sort out and I'm Hokage now, and I will not let anything happen to this village, ever again." Naruto said with clenched fists.
Sakura looked at him with worry. "I understand." She said and didn't continue her questions. If they preferred to keep it secret then she just have to accept that.
"So, uhm Tsunade-Shisou, where did you wanted to talk about?" She questioned and Tsunade smiled at her.
"Ah yes, I want you to try and heal Itachi's eyes. From what I've heard he is half blind which is actually noticeable for a medic. Although most haven't noticed it, I saw it right away when I saw him. His eyes..."
"Are dull and didn't seem to have any life in them. Somehow they are lighter then Sasuke's eyes which could be explained by his blindness." Sakura continued for Tsunade.
Tsunade nodded. "So you've noticed too." She stated and Sakura nodded.
"Why do I need to heal his eyes? I prefer to stay away as far as possible." Sakura said with worry on her face.
"He won't do anything Sakura, he is loyal to Konoha." Tsunade said a bit annoyed.
"How do you know that? I mean he is the one who caused all this misery to team 7!" Sakura answered with venom in her voice.
"Like Naruto said before, I can't tell. You just have to trust us, or do you not trust your own Hokage?" She questioned and Sakura gave a defeated sigh.
"Of course I do, it's just... Why can't Shizune do it?" She asked, hoping Shizune would do it.
"Because I want you to do it. You are already a very good medic, this is a one in a time change to study something about the sharingan." Tsunade answered.
Sakura didn't like to be so close to him knowing he was the blame of everything. She didn't understand that he was excused to the village and he could come back. They hadn't explained anything and asked her to trust him blindly, which she just couldn't.
"Sakura, I know you won't like the idea of helping him, but he isn't the bad guy you think he is. I promise you that nothing will happen, just help him." Naruto said towards her. She looked inside his blue eyes and noticed the care he had for her inside them. She knew Naruto would never lie to her or would try to put her in danger, so she gave another sigh and nodded. "Fine, I'll try to find out how to heal his eyes." She stated and Tsunade nodded in improvement.
"Now, it probably won't be easy to get him admit that his eyesight is bad... Or to get him towards the hospital. He is pretty stubborn from what I've heard, that's why I choose you to do it. I know you are just as stubborn." Tsunade stated.
Sakura nodded in response, although she didn't like that idea at all.
"Also, I think he's sick. On our way back he was coughing blood, he ordered us not to tell anyone but as I 'am Hokage now I have to look out for everyone, right?" Naruto stated with worry in his eyes.
"Coughing blood?" Sakura frowned at this as she thought about it.
"Did he have any injuries?" She questioned her medic side taking over.
Naruto shook his head. "No, he hadn't fought with Sasuke at all because as soon Itachi appeared from the crow, Sasuke could only stare at him." Naruto stated.
"Maybe it could be some sort of a disease." Sakura spoke her thought out loud.
Tsunade nodded at this. "Yes, that's possibly the only explanation for him coughing blood out of nowhere. You have to examine him, but like I said it would be a tough one to get him into the hospital." Tsunade said and Sakura nodded.
"I'll see what I can do." She stated and they both nodded in return.
"If it's not going good, ask Shizune for help." Tsunade answered and Sakura nodded.
"If he doesn't want to go to the hospital, maybe I'll drug him to get him there, we'll see how it goes down." Sakura answered and a smirk played on Tsunade's lips.
"Sure, but be careful. He isn't the type to get himself drugged that easily." Tsunade answered the smirk still present.
Sakura nodded at this. "You are dismissed." Naruto stated with a grin. "I always wanted to say that."
Sakura laughed at his comment as she walked out of the office. As soon as she walked out of the Hokage building she heard someone yell her name, she turned around and noticed Ino standing a little further away.
"Hey Ino, what's going on?" She questioned.
"Nothing, just saying hi. Can you believe Naruto has changed so much? For a second I thought the fourth was standing on the roof." Ino said and Sakura nodded.
"Yes, I had the same feeling when I entered the roof." Sakura answered with a smile.
"And that baka even made it to Hokage." Ino said and Sakura nodded.
"But what is Uchiha Itachi doing here? Isn't he a criminal? They shouldn't have let him back into the village." Ino stated with confusion written on her face.
"I don't know either, Ino. All I know is that Naruto told me I could trust him, didn't really understand. He also told me why he was still alive and it was all pretty weird, that's for sure." Sakura stated.
"So why is he still alive?" Ino questioned, eager to find out more.
Sakura gave a sigh. "To be honest, I have no idea. Naruto said something about a crow inside him that left a part of Itachi in him, so Itachi had been alive but was inside Naruto all this time." She continued.
Ino gaped at her as if she was crazy. "No way." She answered and Sakura only nodded.
"So what are you doing for today?" Ino questioned.
"I'll probably be at the library. I got a mission to do and I need a lot of research to do before I can even start the mission." Sakura answered.
"Oh? What kind of mission?" Ino asked curious.
"You know I can't tell missions, although this one doesn't seem very important." Sakura mumbled and Ino rolled her eyes at her.
"C'mon, it's not like I don't belong to this village now is it." Ino stated and this time Sakura rolled her eyes at her best friend.
"It's just a healing mission. Nothing special." She answered.
Ino sighed and dropped the subject. "So you seen Sasuke, he looked good. Didn't he?" Ino said with a grin on her face.
"Hmm." Was Sakura's only reply and Ino frowned at her. "Don't tell me you don't like it that he's back?" She questioned.
"I guess I do, but... it's just isn't the same. When I just saw him I thought team 7 could be back, but that's not going to happen. He changed too much and I also changed too much, things will never be the same." Sakura said with a sad smile.
Ino looked at her with saddened eyes. "I guess you're right. He sure changed."
They walked towards Yamanaka's flower shop and Ino gave her a hug before she went inside. Ino had to work, so Sakura decided to go to the library. Once she was there she walked straight towards the medical part and went over the titles of the books. She grabbed two books about eyes and started to search for anything that could be useful and wrote it down in a notebook. After an hour of searching and making notes she left the library and went home. She hadn't found a lot of useful things, the books held a lot of information about healing eyes but not about eyes with gekai genki. Sighing she unlocked her door and stepped inside.
She wished she could get some time with Naruto but knew he had more important things to do now that he was Hokage. She placed her notebook on the table as she sat down on her couch and closed her eyes. She didn't know how she would approach Itachi about everything. She just hoped he would agree immediately and let her examine him. She needed to find out how the sharingan worked before she could find out more. Maybe Sasuke would allow her to examine his eyes but then again everyone's eyes were different. She just has to approach Itachi about the matter.
Her mind made up she left her apartment again and walked towards the Uchiha compound. When the gates came into sight she noticed Sasuke was working on it with his back towards her. As soon as he noticed her he turned around.
"Sakura?" He questioned her, his face impassive.
"Sasuke." She answered just nodded at him in acknowledgement.
"Is there something wrong?" He continued questioning.
"Well..." She didn't know how to ask him where his brother was.
Sasuke frowned at her and noticed her uneasiness. Somehow this bothered him, she had never felt uneasy with him and he wondered why she was now. Of course he could think of a couple of things as to why, but still it was bothersome. He jumped down from the gate and stood in front of her.
"Is there something you need?" He continued questioned.
Sakura gave a sigh and decided to just ask, there was nothing else she could do anyway. "Uhm... Where is your brother?" She questioned a bit fast.
Sasuke raised his eyebrow in question. "Why?" He questioned her and she shook her head.
"There is just something I... Need to ask." She said uneasy.
"What?" He questioned her with narrowed eyes.
Again she shook her head. "I can't tell... Yet." She answered with a small blush.
Sakura could feel the tension in the air. She had never felt so uneasy near Sasuke and somehow it felt like he was interrogating her. When they were younger Sasuke always brought a feeling of protection that had disappeared when he had tried to kill her.
"Why not?" He questioned her again.
Somehow all the questions made her angry and she also narrowed her eyes at him.
"Because I can't." She stated through clenched teeth.
"You have no business with my brother." Sasuke stated and he wanted to turn around.
"You arrogant prick, I have more business with your brother then I will ever have with you!" She said in anger and clenched fist.
A bit surprised Sasuke turned around and noticed her angry look.
"Now tell me where he is, or I make sure you will never be able to continue your clan!" She threatened him with narrowed eyes.
At this Sasuke also narrowed his eyes. "What is that supposed to mean?" He questioned.
"Exactly how I said it!" She stated and Sasuke smirked at her. This got her even angrier and before he knew what was happening she planted her fist inside his face.
He flew back shocked at her outburst, he couldn't remember Sakura ever being like this, only with Naruto. He hadn't seen it coming because of the lack of sharingan but recovered quickly and landed on his feet. He stared at her dumbfounded and angry, but before he could do anything Itachi appeared.
"What is going on here?" He questioned in his monotone voice.
Sakura still angry glanced at Itachi before she looked back at Sasuke. "I'm trying to get that stick out of his ass!" Sakura growled angry.
Sasuke looked at her and frowned. "You didn't try to do that when you were younger." He stated a smirk plastered on his face again.
"Get your head straight, Sasuke. We aren't 13 anymore! If you think I still follow you around you're nuts!" Sakura stated angry.
This caused Sasuke to narrow his eyes again. "You didn't seem to mind when you said you wanted to join me last time." He smirked again.
"Oh... You mean the time you tried to kill me! I didn't want to join you back then, I lied. I would never join such a heartless freak!" She shouted at him in anger.
Itachi watched at the sidelines how they were making a scene with amusement in his eyes. Some people who passed by also looked at them and some shook their heads and quickly continued on the way.
"You know nothing of me!" Sasuke said clenching his teeth and fists.
He had expected for Sakura to be happy he was back but now that he was finally talking to her, he found out it wasn't the case. He had never seen her like this before.
"I know more about you then you would think. I know for a fact that you are a heartless bastard who doesn't care about his teammates and would just kill them in cold blood. Guess what Sasuke, you don't have a team anymore as you're the only genin left from the rookie 9." Sakura spat at him with venom in her voice.
Sasuke blinked his eyes a couple of times at what she told him. "What the hell do you mean with that?" He questioned her also with venom in his voice.
"It means that team 7 already has a new member! Meaning you don't have a team!" She answered.
"I'm the official member of team 7." Sasuke said with narrowed eyes and clenched fists.
"No you're not! You made sure to lose that when you left." Sakura answered coldly. "Besides I thought you said you didn't care anyway!"
Sasuke turned around and started to walk the opposite direction, trying to control his anger as he walked away. Normally he would've attacked already if someone spoke to him like that, but he knew he couldn't do that, not now everything was supposed to go back to normal. Itachi stared at his back when a smirk appeared on his lips. He knew Sasuke was trying to remain calm but was furious with her. He slightly wondered what Sasuke would've expect, that everyone was happy to see him back after all that he had done?
His gaze went back to Sakura and he noticed her staring at him. "Why are you here? Haruno-san." He questioned her with his smooth voice.
A blush appeared on her cheeks and she averted her gaze somewhere else and he wondered how she could go from angry to shy.
"Well... Uhm." She started but didn't continue as she stared at the ground. She tried to gather her courage and gave a sigh.
"I need to ask you something." She suddenly said determined.
He noticed determination cross her eyes and he narrowed his own. He couldn't possibly know what she had to ask, unless it was about the massacre and he wouldn't tell her.
"What is it?" He questioned.
She took a deep breath again gathering her courage again. She felt uncomfortable with him staring at her waiting for her to ask her question. She didn't know what he would do once she asked him but she sure hoped he would remain calm. The fact that he killed so many people made her nervous and again she took a deep breath.
"Well?" He questioned getting a little impatient.
"I wanted to uhm... talk to you about..." She bit her under lip in frustration, why couldn't she just spill the question already and get over with it.
Itachi gave a small sigh, although it was unnoticeable. "Just ask what you want to ask." He told her a bit demanding.
Sakura nodded. "I want to... No, I need to check your eyes." She said as she looked at him, although she didn't look into his eyes. She knew from experience not to look at them.
Itachi narrowed his eyes at her. She couldn't possibly know about his bad eyesight, although he knew Kakashi had known.
"What do you mean?" He questioned her with a stern voice.
"I know your eyesight is bad, Tsunade-shisou ordered me to heal them." She continued, feeling more nervous by the second.
"You will not. I'm fine." He stated with his monotone voice, before he walked away around the corner.
Sakura stared at his back and cursed inwardly. She didn't like this one bit, now she had to find another way to make sure she could heal his eyes.
Sighing she turned around and walked out of the compound, still annoyed and pissed about Sasuke. She couldn't believe his arrogance.
Of course she was glad he was back in Konoha, but he just wasn't the same Sasuke as before. A lot of things had changed and she didn't like it.
She decided to go to the training field to train some. Thinking about Sasuke only angered her more and training was a good way to release that anger. Luckily the training field wasn't far away. Once she arrived she did a warming up before she gathered her chakra into her fist and slammed it into the ground releasing her frustration. The ground cracked open and a small crater appeared. Somehow seeing this always made her smirk, thinking back at how weak she was before and what she was capable of now.
Itachi entered they're home and looked around. At first he didn't want to come in here but when Sasuke insisted he had let go and listened to his little brother. He walked towards the room with the double doors, once his parent's room. He stopped in front of it but didn't go inside. Too many memories lay in this house, memories he want to forget. He sighed and slowly slid open the door. He looked inside and noticed it was all cleaned up. Slowly he walked inside and closed his eyes.
Every detail was still fresh inside his memory, as if it had only happened yesterday. How his mother had looked up at him and tried to convince him not to kill them, as he had tied them up. How his father had scolded him for being foolish. How he had killed them, seeing the sadness inside his mothers eyes. How he had waited for Sasuke to appear. He opened his eyes and took a deep breath, he turned around and walked out of the room as he slid the door close behind him. He walked towards the living room and it was just like how he remembered it. He walked towards the kitchen and looked around, nothing had changed much. He hadn't eaten much in the kitchen and his mother usually brought food to his room. Shaking his head to get rid of the memories he walked towards his room. He slid open the door and walked inside. It was just as he had left it. His futon still in place. He walked towards the closet and opened it to find out even his clothes were still there. Apparently Sasuke hadn't wanted to come inside his room, because everything else inside the house was cleaned up, except his room.
He threw the clothes out of his closet knowing they wouldn't fit anymore. He walked down towards the kitchen to get a garbage bag when there was a loud cracking sound heard. He furrowed his brow a bit and walked outside. There wasn't anything unusual seen when again he heard it. It was like someone was smashing loudly into the ground, making craters. He shook his head, finding that idea ridiculous. He noticed Sasuke was working on the gate again when he walked towards the sound.
"Where are you going?" Sasuke questioned as he noticed his brother walking out of the compound.
"Don't you hear that? Little brother." He questioned and with that he left towards the training yards, Sasuke glaring at his back, while followed him.
"It sounds like someone is smashing the grounds, you think someone is attacking Konoha?" Sasuke questioned as he caught up with Itachi.
"Iie, it's coming from the training grounds." Itachi answered as they were walking towards the training grounds.
When they arrived they noticed Sakura standing in the middle of the training ground with small craters around her.
Sasuke's eyes widened a little when he noticed all the craters.
"Sakura!" He yelled as he rushed towards her, leaving his older brother standing alone.
Sakura looked up and noticed Sasuke rushing towards her with an alarming face.
In a flash he was beside her and was checking her for any injuries.
"Are you alright? Did someone attack you?" he questioned worried. "I will kill the bastard who attacked you
Sakura blinked her eyes a couple of times, surprised, until she finally understood his words.
"I'm not a little girl anymore who needs to be saved! Sasuke! Why in the world did you think I got attacked?" Sakura questioned with renewed anger.
"Who else could make these craters? You don't have the power..." He couldn't finish his sentence, because Sakura's fist connected with his face and send him flying over the trainings field. Unlike the other time, she did use chakra. He landed on his back and didn't move Sakura didn't know it was because he was knock-out or he was too shocked to stand up. Too be honest she didn't really care.
How dare he trying to say she was weak. Out of frustration she gathered chakra into her fist again and slammed the ground in front of her in anger. A loud crack was heard and the ground split open, leaving another small crater.
"Impressive." She suddenly hears in a familiar voice, that she oh so wished to avoid.
Grumpy she turned around as she raises an eyebrow at him.
"What are you doing here, Uchiha?" She questioned grumpy, leaving the suffix behind the name.
"Curiosity." Was all he answered as he looked at Sasuke.
Sasuke sat up clenching his jaw as he looked at Sakura. Anger and surprise boiled up inside him as he looked at her.
Sakura turned her head and looked at him and gave a sweet smile, before looking at Itachi again.
"You're chakra control must be near perfect to be able to do such a thing. Tsunade-Sama thought you well." Itachi said as soon she looked at him again.
Sakura just nodded and walked away from the training field, she needed to make a plan to get Itachi to the hospital and as long they were here she couldn't think.
"Sakura." Sasuke shouted and then cursed, holding his jaw.
Sakura gave a sigh and turned around.
"You broke my jaw." Sasuke said as he walked up to her with an angry expression.
"The hospital is not that far away, I bet your brother..." She glanced at Itachi. "Can take you there."
"Iie." Was Itachi's only reply.
"Why not?" She questioned him.
"Do not question me." Itachi answered with narrowed eyes.
Sakura frowned and leaned her head to the right as she looked at him.
"Ooooh I see." She suddenly said with a sweet (fake) smile. She didn't know if she would cross the line with this but she had to try.
"You're afraid of hospitals, aren't you?" She continued her questioning.
Itachi glared at her. "You're annoying." he stated as he turned around and walked away from the training field.
Sakura gave a sigh and shook her head. Sasuke was still standing there glaring at her, while holding his jaw.
"Come here, I'll heal it!" Sakura murmured.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes, somehow he couldn't believe what she just said. He knew she was Tsunade's apprentice, but he didn't think she was capable of this.
"Well?" She questioned in annoyance.
He nodded as she gestured to sit down against the tree, which he did. She took his hand away from his jaw and put her hands together on the spot. She concentrated on her chakra and her hands started to glow green.
"I'm going to numb your jaw, so you won't feel anything." She murmured as she began the process.
After numbing it she pulled the bone straight and started to heal it. After 20 minutes of healing it was done and she stood up.
"The numbing will go away in an hour or so. Don't move it too much." She said and walked away.
Sasuke watched her walking away and quickly stood up and followed her.
"Sakura." He called out as he catched up to her.
Sakura looked at him, letting him know he got her attention. She noticed him looking at the ground, she could feel his uneasiness and stopped walking. When he still didn't speak she gave a small sigh.
"What is it, Sasuke?" She questioned.
"I'm... Sorry." He suddenly stuttered and then jumped into the nearby trees and disappeared.
Sakura blinked her eyes in surprise and wondered if she heard it right. Did he just apologize? She turned around and jumped into the trees following Sasuke.
"Sasuke." She shouted when she got closed.
Sasuke stopped and looked behind him, he hadn't expected her to follow him. A bit annoyed and ashamed at the same time he stood on the branch waiting for her to reach him.
Sakura jumped down on the branch where Sasuke was standing.
"I forgive you." She mumbled and made a small smile.
Sasuke nodded and wanted to leave again but stopped when she called out to him again.
"Sasuke. I need your help with something." She said and he frowned a little at her.
"With what?" He questioned.
"It's about Itachi, I need to do something but he doesn't want to." Sakura started off, feeling a bit uneasy.
"What is it that you need to do? Is it the reason you wanted to see him?" He questioned her and she nodded in response.
"Yes, Tsunade gave me a... Well a mission... Sort of. She wanted me to heal his eyes but he says he's fine. I need to get him into the hospital or at least be able to examine him." She explained.
"And now you expect me to ask him?" Sasuke questioned his face blank.
"Well... I... Yes." She stuttered.
"If he doesn't want to, then nothing will change his mind." Sasuke said as he leaned against the tree and crossed his arms.
"Will you please try, if nothing will be done he will become blind eventually." Sakura said with a serious tone.
Sasuke gave a small sigh and then nodded his head. "Fine, I'll try."
"Thank you, Sasuke." She said with a small smile.
Sasuke nodded again and pushed himself from the tree. Without a word he jumped towards the other tree and left. Sakura looked at his back and couldn't help but notice how much he had changed. It wasn't that he wasn't attractive anymore, he was just... different, not the Sasuke she had known.
She left towards her house and as soon as she arrived she sat on the couch, lost in her thought. She hoped Itachi would listen to Sasuke and come to the hospital, if not then she had to find another way to get him there.
First chapter done, don't know when I will continue with this one, working on the last chapter of The untold truth and the sequel.
Like I said, I don't know where this is going, So ideas are welcome.
If you want this story to continue, let me know and please review. They make me happy :D
Sincerly,
Uchiha-Lady