disclaimer : naruto does not belong to me…sniff

This poem/ oneshot is to celebrate the new premiere of Naruto: Shippuden! This is a poem capturing Sakura's new self and her new feelings. Oh, and spoiler warnings to those who haven't read the second part of naruto yet.

To Bring You Home

If I were to look back two years

The difference between me then and me now would be surprising.

My clothes, my attitude, my power,

All of those things have changed.

I know now what is important and what isn't

My petty and selfish self when I was young is starting to fade

With time and training, I am stronger

While Naruto was away, I did my part of our promise: I worked hard and got stronger

New clothes

New hair

My view of surroundings is now different

My goal is no longer to capture your heart

My goal is now to protect those who are dear to me.

Those who are dear to me include you and Naruto.

That time when we almost had you was no coincidence, it was fate.

Seeing you for the first time after nearly two years… was heart pounding.

My eyes were wide, I could not move. At that moment I froze. My old self was rushing back into my body.

I see that you have changed as well, and you have no intention of coming back with us.

I even went as far as to attack you to bring you home.

I was not even strong enough to even lay a hand on you.

You disappeared out of my sight as soon as you came into it.

Mission failed. We failed to bring you home for the second time.

Our journey home was silent, tears quietly slipping out of our eyes.

However, our meeting with you gave us a new start.

We renewed our promise, along with our new teammate Sai.

We vowed that no matter what, we would all bring Sasuke back home before it was too late.

We went back to our normal lives. Training, missions, the usual.

However, the promise is always at the back of my mind.

I look at the picture of team seven at my bedside table and shed tears.

I look at Naruto's smiling face and shed tears.

I attend funerals of those I knew and shed tears.

The tears dry away and I pick myself back up.

Looking in the mirror, I say,

" Hi, I'm Sakura Haruno! Rank: chuunin . Specialty : chakra control and medical jutsus. Currently training under godaime Tsunade."

I think about the time I revealed my "dream" to team seven the first time we all got together.

To fall in love, to get this "boy" to like me.

I look back in the mirror once more and stated:

" hi, my name is sakura haruno. My dream is to protect naruto and sasuke. My wish is to bring Sasuke home. "

To Bring you home is the best thing in the world.

I don't care if you don't fall in love with me. That dream is long gone.

I still care for you, your safety, but now, all I wish to do is

Bring you home.

"Sasuke, I'll bring you home, just you wait and see."

And I go out the door with a smile.