Ok this is my first fanfic. I will try my best to make sure it's good. I was struck by some inspiration for a fanfic but this chapter was the only way I could start it out. I know what you're gonna say when you read this but keep in mind everything deserves a chance. Please enjoy

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Chapter 1

Silence fell upon the village of Konoha as night swept through it. The only thing to be heard was the rustling of the leaves on the ground and the wind blowing through the empty streets. Soon the footsteps could be heard from a dark haired shinobi running from rooftop to rooftop, making his way to the edge of the village. He could not stay here any longer, if he wished to obtain the power he needed to finally kill his brother he needed to find it elsewhere, and he knew exactly where to look. He knew what he would be leaving behind and he knew in order to achieve his goal he must leave his home and his friends behind. But this was a sacrifice he was willing to make.

A pink haired kunoichi stared into the night as her mind wondered to the events that took place earlier that day. No matter how much she tried to get it out of her mind something about the whole thing just seemed to eat away at her.

"Naruto, let's fight," said an anxious Sasuke.

"What?! But you just got out of the hospital!" said a surprised Naruto.

"Come on I thought you wanted to fight me? I'm fine now, let's have a little match to see which one of us really is stronger." He was right Naruto had wanted to prove he was better than Sasuke ever since back at the Academy. Sasuke lead them to the rooftop of the hospital.

"We'll see once in for all which one of us is truly superior," said Sasuke in a deep tone.

"Ok but put your headband on first, it's ok I can wait while you get it," said a confident Naruto.

"Don't worry," Sasuke said as he pointed to his forehead, "you won't be able to lay a scratch on my forehead!"

"That's not the point," shouted an annoyed Naruto, "I want you to put it on to symbolize that we are fighting on equal grounds as Konoha shinobi!"

"Heh, you are so naive we were never on equal grounds and it's funny how you still think that can even be possible," said Sasuke with a smirk on his face. "Now SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO!" As he finished he charged Naruto and threw a barrage of punches at him Naruto barley managing to dodge each one, until one made contact and sent him flying backward. He got up and summoned up a bunch of shadow clones and they all charged Sasuke. But one by one he just took them down and they vanished in a poof. As he finished off the last one he jumped up onto a water tower to find where the real Naruto stood. With his sharingan he easily found him. Sasuke took up a stance Sakura hadn't seen since the chunin exams. He spread his legs, dropped his arm straight down and began to gather his chakra. Soon chirping birds could be heard as the massive concentration of chakra formed in his hand. Naruto heard this and turned quickly to see Sasuke. Without hesitation Naruto summoned a shadow clone and begun to gather chakra as well while his clone seemed to spin it around. Sasuke leaped into the air, "Chidori!!!"

Naruto leaped towards Sasuke, "Rasengan!!!"

Sakura ran forward, tears in her eyes and helplessly pleaded, "Please stop this!! STOOOOOOOP!!" Their jutsu grew closer and closer andthey were just about to collide whena one eyed ninja grabbed both their wrists and threw each genin into a water tower. Sakura dropped to her knees and in a sigh of relief, "Kakashi-sensei." Sasuke pulled his arm from the now crushed water tower uttered an "Hn" and jumped away.

"That look in his eye…" Sakura whispered to herself, "And the way he was acting and talking. He didn't seem like himself." No matter how she tried the dark haired shinobi wouldn't leave her mind. 'Sasuke, if something was wrong you'd tell me wouldn't you…' Sakura sighed, 'No I know something's wrong and I'm not just gonna sit by and let it happen.' Deep down she knew what was bothering him and she had a hunch where to find him. "But for everyone's sake… I really hope I'm wrong," she said looking down with a dismal look in her eye as she ran off to find the dark haired shinobi… her dark haired shinobi… Sasuke.

As the dark haired shinobi made his way to his destination, 'When the hell did Naruto get that strong,' he thought also remember the events that happened earlier,'that only confirms that I need to go to find the power I need.' The exit to Konoha was in sight so he picked up the pace a little. When he finally reached the gate he stopped right in front of it. 'This is it, once I leave these gates there's no turning back.' But something started to well up in the pit of his stomach, he wasn't sure what to make of it, was he just nervous about leaving or was it something he forgot, or needed to forget.

"Sasuke," spoke a soft voice from behind him. At the sound of this voice the thing in his stomach grew and he knew just who could do that. But he couldn't turn look at that little pink-haired kunoichi whom he knew stood behind him. "Sasuke please, I know where you're going and I know why, but you can't go… you just can't," pleaded the voice. "I thought after all that's happened we've gotten past this… I thought you'd start to open up and tell me when something's bothering you and we could get you through it." What she said was true, over the past few months they had become closer and Sasuke even started to grow a soft spot for the little pink-haired kunoichi. Being around her had begun to break down the emotional barriers he had worked so hard to put up and he was afraid of what would happen once they came crashing down. But still he could not say a single word back to her or even look her in the eye. She continued on, "We are here for you and care about you, me, Naruto, and Kakashi-sensei. We want to help but you need to let us in first!" Sakura's eyes started to get cloudy. "Please don't leave… if you do we'll all miss you, it won't be the same without you. We can't stand to see you like this… I can't stand to see you like this, and I can't stand the thought of you leaving. When I do it tears me up inside." Tears started streaming down Sakura's face, "If not for your sake then for everyone else's sake, for my sake please don't go… it would kill me inside to watch you go." All her words cut through Sasuke like a thousand kunai, and yet still his body refused to move an inch. But nothing could prepare him for what she said next, "Sasuke, I love you!!" she screamed rivers of tears running down her face. Sasuke flinched at this statement, was it true? He had already known she had a crush on him ever since they were teamed up, she made it fairly obvious, but that's all he thought it as, a crush.

Finally Sasuke slowly turned around not lifting his head to meet her gaze. As he almost faced the pink-haired kunoichi he said in a soft voice, "Sakura…" he vanished and appeared right behind her and with a single tear rolling down his face said, "…I'm sorry…"

WHACK

He hit her in the back of the head and knocked her out cold. He caught her as she fell and walked her limp body over to a nearby bench. Then he ran out of the gates as fast as he could not looking back for an instant.

Poof Sakura's body disappeared leaving no trace of it behind. Then out of a nearby tree an exhausted Sakura jumped down in front of the gates. Breathing hard she said, "I never knew how much chakra it took to make a shadow clone… how does Naruto make so many all the time and all at once." 'I knew it would come in handy to go ask for some new training. Whoda thought Naruto could be such a good teacher' remembering back to when she had asked Naruto to teach her the jutsu.

I know this pretty much steals exactly from the show but just bear with me cuz I promise from now on it's 100 original... ok maybe 90 original I can't make it all up otherwise you know the characters and their personallities wouldn't be who they should... Please don't review just yet wait until I release chapter 2 before you do. And please don't flame me just to be mean, if you take the time out to flame me please make it constructive critisism. I promise I'm almost done with the 2nd chapter but I wanted to put this out there first... I hope it wasn't a mistake not to wait...