His Fathers Eyes
This is my first fanfic, and i promise, it'll get better! Don't bite me! Enjoy!
Tree hopping through the forests of konoha, Sakura Haruno felt absolutely exhilarated. After umpteen mission successes, most usually caused by Sakura's amazing medical ninjutsu skills, Sakura was feeling a slight content in her life. But she needed more than just being an ANBU squad member, she needed to be a captain. She sighed to herself. She was actually kinda surprised that Tsunade-shishou hadn't actually promoted her yet. I mean she was the best medically specialized ANBU in all of The Village Hidden in the Leaves. After 100 official missions as an ANBU successfully completed, with no lives lost, it was pretty freakin' amazing.She sighed to herself. Maybe, since it was Sakura's eighteenth birthday today, Tsunade-shishou would promote her.
-------Later that afternoon-------
They were finally there! Home! Her squad, consisting of herself ,tenten ,ino ,hinata , and Naruto being there captain, stopped and prepared to be dismissed. Naruto stood up from his crouching and surveyed the team. "congratulations on yet another success, you guys! OH! Sakura-chan" Sakura blushed at his use of THAT honorific," don't forget to drop off the report at …. 9 tonight ok!" He flashed her one of those trademark naruto ginormous grins. Sakura gave him a quizzical look, "why 9, eh?". For a second, sakura thought that naruto's face looked fearful. "EH…no reason, 'cept tsunade baa-chan said to. Don't ask me!". Sakura shrugged. That gave her time to take a shower for the first time in a month. Naruto then puffed out his chest and bellowed "team, dismissed!" And with that, her squad scattered.
--------after her shower/8:55 p.m.------
Sakura arrived at the hokage's tower with five minutes to spare. She went up to one of the hokage's assistant s to ask her if she knew if tsunade was in. The assistant spotted her, and ran off into the maze of hallways and doors that was the tower. As the assistant ran off, sakura spotted the box she was carrying, and thought it was full of sakura blossoms. She shook her head. "I've been on that mission waaaay to long!" she exclaimed to herself. She smiled, and dashed up to Tsunade's office.
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As she reached the last stair which was right in front of the office, Sakura thought she heard whispering. She shok her head again and grinned. But she looked in tsunade's window. It was dark. "strange" Sakura said to herself"Tsunade-shishou is usually here until midnight. Oh well, might as well leave the report on her desk. If I don't I'll have tsunade AND naruto after me tomorrow!" Sakura smiled at the thought.
Sakura approached the door and then…..
SURPRISE SAKURA-CHAN!!!!!!
Sakura was completely blown back by the sudden noise. As she stepped through the doorway, she was greeted by naruto, ino, and Tsunade, who was wearing one of her rare big smiles. She then peered past them, and saw a banner. She started to read it. It said "Happy 18th Sakura…. SEMPAI!" Sakura started to smile so hard, she thought her teeth were going to fall out, when…"SAKURA-CHAAAAAN! Do you like it! Huhuhhuh!!!!!" naruto was soon pushed aside by ino, who in turn squashed sakura like a bug. "Sakura, I'm so proud!" she exclaimed!
Ino was then gently pushed aside, to reveal Tsunade, who was still wearing a warm smile. "you earned it little sister Sakura!" Sakura was overwhelmed. So no one had actually forgotten…..Sakura was broken out of her reverie when Tsunade took her arm and led her to a table. "you know, Sakura, you're now legal…." And pointed sakura to a small, nondescript bottle, which had a small red bow on it! Naruto came up behind her and yelled "PAAAAAARTAAY!" Sakura grinned. It's not like she needed that ear.
------ After the party------
Sakura felt a little buzzed. The party had been AMAZING! The presents were awesome (Tsunade had pulled her aside and gave her a scroll with over 50 medical jutsu on it, including Tsunade's trademark Rebirth jutsu), the company was great, and the games were fun (except seven minutes in heaven ???, in which she had gotten Naruto by mistake. They ended up just sitting in the closet doing nothing, then they messed each others hair up a little bit). And at the middle, she was assigned her ANBU squad. It consisted of : Hinata Hyuga, Neji Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, Sai, And Tenten.
She was about to leave, when an slightly trashed Naruto came up to her. "Hey, Sakura, can I stumble walk you ho..oome?". He was leaning on her, so Sakura pushed him off. "no, thank you naruto, I can walk myself home." Naruto looked slightly put out, so Sakura said quickly "but we can go get some ramen together tomorrow!" at which Naruto perked up. Sakura shrugged. She liked to walk home by herself.
She quicly set off, after a ton of drunken "HAPPY BIRTHDAYs" by her friends, and a wave/smile from Tsunade, whom had surprisingly stayed sober amidst all the sake and buzzed young adults.
-------Near Sakura's apartment--------
Sakura was nearing her apartment, when she thought she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She looked around, and saw nothing, so she shrugged it off. It had been a long night. She was right in front of her apartment building, when something flashed in the corner of her eye, then moved in front of her. Part of it was light colored, while the top of it was black. She prepared to fight it off when she felt a slight pressure on her neck. She thought she heard a whispered "Happy birthday… Sakura". The voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't place it.
Sakura was out like a light before her head touched the ground. The figure stooped over her, picked her up, and moved into a small alley beside Sakura's apartment building.
I hope you enjoyed ch.1! Please review!