Issues

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but I wish I did. That would be so… and I'm getting off track. Sorry! Now read

One. One more day I have to live in the hell hole then I'm free. I get to leave this place and never turn back.

All my so called friends and such will never know what happened. So when Naruto and Kakashi return with Sasuke. It can be them, the strong members of team seven or that's what I was told. I want nothing to do with them, any of them. I can't live like this anymore, always living in the shadow of them.

It's driving me insane. But with my brother its different, he treats me as an equal. I visited him a couple of months ago. He invited me to live with him. And I said yes, all of my stuff is already over there. So I have nothing to worry about.

I got up from my bed and stretched. I can't wait, I thought it was going to be hard yet it's so easy. I walked over to bathroom ready for my shower. I stripped down and turned the water on. It was so warm, it soothed my stiff body. After I was done I put on my normal ninja clothes.

My fishnet under shirt and my red Haruno shirt it has my families symbol on my back. It stops above my belly-button; then I put on my black shorts and fingerless gloves. I brushed out my shoulder length, bubblegum pink hair and slipped on my ninja shoes they come up to my ankles. I grabbed my bag and teleported in the Hokage's office. I arrived with cherry blossoms swirling around my body.

I looked at her; she clearly had a hangover and was laying her head on the desk.

"Ugh" I ground as I walked over to her, I laid my hands on her temples and sent little, southing, bursts of chakra into her head.

"Ugh …thank you Sakura" she said as she picked her head up to look at me.

"Your welcome" I said. I walked over to the corner. Making myself comfortable, I looked up. She had started calling up the other jounin. Then the room was filled with people. Ino, Shikamaru, Tenten, Neji, Shino, Kiba, Shiranui, Asuma and Kurenai.

"Well we all know what is going to happen tomorrow, a missing-nin is coming back to the village…..." she stated.

"To bad I wont be here", I thought.

"His name is Sasuke Uchiha…."

"I'm so glad I gave up on him, he's such a jerk. Hell bent on revenge. God it's so childish. Itachi is not a bad person; he's a very good, honest man."

"So I want all of you to be at the gate when he arrives. Got it?"

"Yes my lady" they all responded. I chose not to say a word, my normal. I don't talk anymore; I really don't do anything anymore. Sense he crushed me, after that I stopped caring. I couldn't take losing someone again, so I blocked everyone out. Event Naruto, I just don't want to be near them. They remind me of him.

"Alright dismissed" she swatted her hand in a diagonal line move and everyone left. I was the only one left.

"Sakura" she started with her voice full of concern. "You don't have to do this if you don't want to; I know of your previous feelings toward him. And I don't want you feel uncomfortable on this mission"

"No it's alright, I will be fine. He means nothing to mean anymore, it won't affect my one bit" I said with a fake smile plastered on my face.

"Alright but if you want to stop all you have to do is say the word and you can leave."

"Okay, I will." I bowed respectfully and started toward the door. There is someone I have to go meet.

The Trip Home

"Oh I can't wait to get home, how about you teme?" Naruto asked as he stumbled along the pathway home.

"Hn" Sasuke said as he looked at his surroundings. He wasn't really excited about going back, especially, because he did kill Itachi. But one person he did want to see was Sakura; over the time he was away he realized he missed her. He loved the way she was always there for him. Karin was there but she just couldn't fill the void Sakura did.

"Hello? Hello? Teme, Teme? Are you there?" Naruto said, waving his hands in front of Sasuke's face. Just as Sasuke looked at him, Naruto tripped on a rock and landed right in front of him.

"Dope" Sasuke said as he stepped over the fallen ninja.

"Oh come on teme, don't be mean"

Kakashi chuckled quietly to himself, "Just like old times" he whispered.

"Okay let's take a break here guys" he said. He sat down at the trunk of a tree and pulled out his old, little, orange book. When Naruto saw what he pulled out he knew why they had stopped.

"You just want to read those trashy, perverted books, don't you Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked

"No, Naruto these books are works of art, not trash" he stated blindly.

"Kakashi-sensei, all that is just porn." Naruto said cleanly.

Sasuke smirked when Naruto said that. It was true though, it was just Master Jiraiya's so called "research". He only used that excuse to peep on the woman. It was wrong really but if the third Hokage was just the same. I think that's were he got from.

"Hello Sasuke"

As I turned around I saw her, it was …

At The Akatsuki Base

"When is she coming?" Kisame asked, you could feel the anxiousness in the room as they counted the hours till her arrival.

"Soon" her brother replied. The way he spoke showed no emotion, but he was a little worried. He loved his sister with all his heart and was always trying to keep her safe, but now he could.

"She will be fine" Konan said as she put a warming hand on his shoulder. "She's 16; she can take care of herself."

Even Konan had her worries; she loved the young pink haired girl like a sister, they all did. Since she and her brother were together, they had grown very close.

"Yeah, your right." He said. He slid his arm around her waist and hugged her close.

"Ugh, get a room un, if we wanted to see gushy-romantic shit we would go rent a movie."Deidara said covering his eyes. And a minute later a pillow was chucked at his head.

"Ouch, un" he started to rub the bump on his head "What the hell was that for?"

Sasori lightly chuckled at the poor blond, "You have much to learn about love, Deidara." He also was worried about his beautiful cherry blossom, he loved her so much. He would kill himself if something happened to her. But of course no knew about there relationship, it was a secret.

With Sakura

I was walking threw the plants, in the forest and that's when I noticed it. "How could I be so stupid" I thought. There was a bug, Shino's bug, a female. He always uses them to track, and there tracking me.

So I started going the wrong way so they wouldn't find Tobi, he was such a sweet boy; I loved him, as a best friend of course. I mean I'm with Sasori. Oh, Sasori I can't wait to live with him, I love him so much, over the past months we have been together. He comes to see me as often as he could.

I looked behind me to see where they were and I found them Shino, Kurenai, and Asuma. They knew, they knew who I was waiting for, for the…..

The Trip Home

It was getting dark and we all decided to spend the night here.

"Alright I will go gather fire wood, Naruto you set up the tents and Sasuke get out all the food" Kakashi said. Then he walked out into the woods.

I made my way over to the packs and grabbed 3 bowls of instant ramen, one for me, one for Kakashi, and one for Naruto…

Maybe two for Naruto, nah, he will be fine. Hopefully, he will stop complaining about the lack of food. But I can't stop thinking about what happened with her.

Flashback

"Hello Sasuke" she said.

As soon as I heard that voice I turned around. And I saw her… Karin. The redhead I left behind, she looked like before. But then I noticed something different about her. She wore a sound village headband. She noticed me looking at it.

"Are you surprised? …Yeah, I went to the Hidden Sound Village and was accepted as ninja."

"Teme who is the tomato head?" Naruto asked.

"Her name is Karin; she was the only female member of my old team, Team Hawk." I responded