Disclaimers on all that I don't own, especially the Naruto characters that belongs to Kishimoto. So don't sue.
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Prologue,
By Winterwing3000
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"Please! Make me your apprentice!" she asked, a determined look locked in her eyes as she held her gaze with the current Hokage in front of her.
Tsunade smirked a bit. "Haruno Sakura… I've heard from Kakashi that you're intelligent and that you have a strong spirit. Alright… From now own, I won't go easy on you!"
Startled, Sakura smiled. "O-Okay!"
Huddled in the middle of her bed, with the blankets drawn up to her knees, Sakura held the wooden frame in her hand. It was possibly the only one she had which included the whole Team 7. Kakashi-sensei was behind them. Both his hands were on the scowling boys' heads with her in the middle, smiling happily.
Sasuke-kun was gone, to Orochimaru. And Naruto was wounded, still hospitalized. But she promised Naruto. She'll be going with him to get Sasuke-kun back. She has to in order to save both of them.
And to do that, she has to be stronger. Much stronger.
Hearing the footsteps of her mother coming up the stairs, she quickly placed the picture on the window sill and drew her blankets over her head.
She will be stronger…
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AN: Second Naruto fic. More about Sakura's development after Naruto left the village and during the two and a half years while he was away. So probably no romance and more of the general story. But she'll be interacting with other characters as well.