Intro: They all left her, one by one, she was alone. Sakura Haruno took her future and her fate into her own hands when she decided on how to go on - now team less and without a hope - she had two choices, stay in the Village she grew up in and stay useless, or leave. No notes or apologizes were left, just an empty room, and a headband. Now Sakura will travel for nearly five years across the Ninja Wolrd, and she will be anything but that little girl who left heartbroken and weak.
AU
[Pairing Pending]
Disclaimer | I do not own Naruto nor any of the characters, I only own my own OC's and plot line.
R&R
Preference: The Rain
It was raining.
The loud claps of thunder and lightning that seemed to split open the sky were, surprisingly, comforting to the young girl, as she stood overlooking the Village she had called her home for so long. She was suddenly worried this was no longer the case.
Her first love was gone; he left in the dark of the night, playing into an evil mans awaiting hands.
Her best friend was gone too, having left to go train for Kami only knows how long.
She was alone. They had all left her, and now here she stood, soaked and staring up at the dark sky, hands clasped, praying for some way for the people she held dearest to her heart to return to her.
So this was pain.
The rosette hadn't experienced much true pain in her life, but the gaping hole that had been ripped into her chest was quickly changing her thought process. She felt empty, and full of anger. They had both left her out of everything, like she wasn't even a member of Team 7, like she wasn't important.
Something inside the young girl snapped.
Everyone around her was changing, leaving, moving, and yet she stood where she was, frozen in time, without the chance of ever getting stronger. What hope did she have to ever reach the limit her Team-Mates were at? What could she possibly do? Now that her Sensei was the Hokage of The Hidden Leaf Village, Sakura Haruno didn't have Team 7 at all.
This feeling…
She found herself walking home through the rain. Once inside Sakura moved silently, sneaking past her father and mother in the kitchen, and slipping into her bedroom. There she stood, silently going over her options, there were only two.
Stay in the Village, alone, and do nothing, or leave.
The second choice seemed so much more harsh than the first, it was true that she had other people here in the village, friends and her parents, but that wasn't enough, Sakura wanted to become stronger, so when she faced her team mates again one day, she wouldn't be in their shadows. Like Sasuke, Sakura couldn't grow stronger here, in this Village.
She had already made her choice.
Silently and quickly, Sakura packed her tan bag, filling it was three sets of clothes, an extra pair of Ninja Sandals, two blank scrolls, one summoning scroll, and all of the money she had saved up. She waited until her parents went to sleep before she raided the kitchen, adding some dry beef, two apples, half a loaf of bread, and two bottles of water to her pack.
She swept back into her room to change into her sleeveless pink dress; however the young girl pulled a cloak on over it and over her pack. Sakura was about to jump from her window, but she hesitated.
Her headband…she reached up and brushed her fingers across the cold metal and leaf engraving a frown marring her features. If she kept it, it would be easy for anyone to pick her out on the road or in other Villages, and she couldn't just put a slash through it, she hopped to return some day.
She pulled at the material holding the headband up, and let it fall to the ground with a light clang and dull thud. She was gone before it touched the ground.