~The Ever Shifting Sands~
Heyo guys,this is my very first story/fanfic ever written so please be gentle haha, I really love reading Naruto fanfics...lets be honest I spend mostly all day reading on this site. I totally love reading GaaraxSakura and KakashixSakura I feel like those are just perfect imo, anywho I just thought id try my hand at writing a fanfic because I love reading them, might as well try writing them also and it also keeps me occupied while I wait for new chapter updates. And I really wanted to try writing a GaraaxSakura for my first story. So bear with me please as I try not to make the characters seem ooc. Reviews are always wanted and appreciated no matter good or bad. I dont really know if this chapter was too short or not but im hoping to make this story pretty long (Pretty long to me is like 60k to 100k words) and since this is my first fic lets hope I can actually pull this off. Sorry in advance for any misspellings that I have ( I stay up late so I write these at like 4am and I might mistype something) Anyways enough of me blabbing away lol I really hope you enjoy and review, im always looking for ideas to make this story more interesting and helpful tips to further myself as a writer.
Chapter 1
The suns rays slowly peaked through the tiny window above Sakura's bed, she softly grunted as she knew it was well past time to wake up. She had a hangover from drinking too much last night with her shishou and she swore grumpily that she wouldn't be persuaded to stay and have a drink with the slug princess anytime in the near future. Sighing she sat up and rubbed her sleep deprived eyes, an acute pain going through her head reminding her not to make any sudden movements. She then put her hand to her temple and let her soothing pale green chakra erase the pounding evidence of her endeavors last night. She then stood up and made her bed quickly, hating anything in her small studio apartment being out of order, after making her bed she grabbed her usual medic uniform consisting of a deep red blouse, pale pink skirt with black mid thigh shorts and her well worn black long sandals and put them on her dresser which was at the foot of her bed, she then grabbed a towel from under her bathroom sink and quickly stripped off her pajamas and jumped in the shower not even bothering to use her vanilla body wash that Ino gave her, saying that she needed something extra if she ever hoped of not being forever eighteen and single. After showering and getting dressed Sakura made her way to the tiny kitchen that was merged with her living room and made a pot of coffee making sure to put extra cream and sugar in her coffee, she hated bitter things and had a giant sweet tooth especially with candy. After draining about half of the contents of the coffee pot she felt awake enough to leave her house making sure she had her medic pouch and her forehead protector in place before leaving. As she made her way to the hospital where she spent almost all her time she wondered how Naruto was, he left on another mission to try to bring Sasuke back home two weeks ago with Sai, Kakashi and Yamato. Of course she wanted to go with them, that was her team, her family and her motherly tendencies towards them made her worry constantly about them even though she knew that they were more than capable of being able to take care of themselves. Just thinking about Sasuke made her mood turn sour, her feelings for him she realized was nothing more then looks and shallow emotions that didn't last after the heartbreak that he put her and Naruto through. She had begged Naruto to stop chasing after Sasuke, that she didn't want to see him suffer anymore and that she had come to terms with him leaving but he just shook his head and said that no matter what, he was going to save Sasuke from his darkness. Of course there was nothing she could do when he made his mind up so she just stood by his side and supported him hoping that he'd one day he'd think about his own happiness for a change. She was pulled from her thoughts when someone tapped on her shoulder, she looked over and saw her friend Miki who worked as a nurse at the same Hospital as her, "I've been trying to get your attention for the last five minute waving my hand in front of your face while you just look lost in thought in the middle of the road" Miki huffs while crossing her arms and looking at Sakura, slightly pouting. "I'm sorry Miki, I was just thinking about my boys and my mind kinda wondered" she laughs slightly and Miki sighs and then smiles, "Yeah, I know how you get, like a mother Hen fretting over her chicks" after a short pause she makes a thoughtful face and then says "or more like a mama bear who will make anyone who touches her cubs pay dearly, haha so when is Naruto and the rest of them supposed to be coming back?" Miki asks, starting to walk towards the hospital. After a short pause Sakura starts to walk with Miki, matching steps with her and says "Its been two weeks so he should be back in a week and a half maybe two if they take any detours which knowing Naruto and his obsession with ramen he'll probably beg Kakashi to make a stop at Yugakure in the Land of Hot water so he can try their supposedly world famous ramen that he was telling me about before he left." After walking a couple more minutes they reach the steps of the hospital and Miki whirls around handing Sakura a scroll with the hokage seal keeping it closed "I was supposed to give this to you first thing when I saw you, Lady Tsunade wants to see you immediately." Sakura groans "Why didn't you give me this sooner, she's probably all cranky that im not their right now" Miki has a smug look on her face and shrugs, "I didn't want to walk here alone, that's all" After giving her an evil look Sakura runs and jumps to the nearest building heading towards the Hokage's office hearing Miki's laughter in the distance. After sprinting for about three minutes she reaches the steps of the tower and rushes in reaching the door to the Hokage's office in record time. Shizune, Tsunade's other apprentice looks at her sympathetically and waves her in "She's been expecting you, and shes not in the best mood right now and she has a headache so don't make too much noise" Sakura nods with a grim face and slowly opens the door and tiptoes in making as little noise as possible. Tsunade looks up with her face bunched up in an agitated grimace and slams her fist into her desk, making a sizable crack in the desk and sending papers flying everywhere "SAKURA, YOU'RE LATE!" Tsunade then groans at making her own headache worse, and Sakura looks down at the floor guiltily "Sorry Tsunade Shishou, Miki didn't give me that scroll till no more then five minutes ago" she the walks up to her sensei and heals her headache wondering why she didn't do it herself. Tsunade sighs softly, grateful her headache was gone and then suddenly gets a very serious face and looks at Sakura saying with a grave tone "Never mind that, I need you to pack your bags and be ready to leave by nightfall, you're heading to Sunagakure."