This is a slightly different AU. Ninjas are illegal here, but they are also employed. Bloodline limits work a little bit differently- or rather, I added Healer as one of them. The Tailed Beasts and Bijuu will be a little bit different too, and relations between the characters will be slightly different.

It will start off as seemingly SasuSaku. It is really GaaSaku. There will be Shonen Ai (not going to say who yet, but I think it's gonna be pretty obvious and I'm really sorry if you don't like the pairing). And NejiTen. If none of this bothers you, keep reading. :D

It was your average day in Konoha, but Haruno Hana was out of milk, which prompted a trip to the grocery store for Haruno Sakura.

It was heavily raining, though, which was not average, and Sakura practically ran to the store hoping that it would be a quick trip there and back.

Of course, this wasn't going to be the case.

She was poking around the back end of the store quietly. There was no one else there, and the storeowner was out at the moment, so she clutched her quart of milk and the money she was going to pay with and looked at the wanted posters.

That was when the door swung open.

"Tachibana Masaru? Payment time."

Sakura was staring at a particular one, of a boy named Uchiha Sasuke. He was really hot, and his crimes were against the king, which surprised Sakura. The king was, unusually, a very good one, and the poor of the country were many in number but happy and the rich were few in number but generally kind. Who would commit a crime against him?

Then she looked at the doorway.

To her shock stood exactly the same spiky-haired boy that she had just been staring at.

"You're- you're-"

Uchiha Sasuke stared at her.

"Uchiha Sasuke," she finished.

"I see you know my name," he said quietly. He really had a beautiful voice to match his face.

"What's taking so long?" chimed in an annoying-sounding voice.

"There's a girl here, I didn't see her before."

"Oh, Sasu-chan, you're losing it."

"Shut up, dobe. It doesn't appear that Tachibana's here."

"...Great. Now what?"

"We take the payment from the cash register?"

"Then what about the girl?"

The boy's head poked in the doorway. Sakura gaped at him, too, and then turned around to see if he was on the wall, too. He was.

He was the personification of sunlight, all yellow-blonde hair and cheerful grin. He had odd whiskers across his cheeks, and the wanted poster identified him as Uzumaki Naruto.

"Oh, she has pretty hair!"

"That's too bad, I have to offer her the choice," Sasuke said quietly, nearly to himself.

"Don't kill her."

It was a third voice.

"I'm just going to offer her a choice, Gaara," said Sasuke idly, and pulled out a sword. The light flashing off of it left a dark spot in Sakura's eyes.

This is not real this can't be happening he's about to kill me

"She's a Healer."

"You sure?"

"I'm never wrong. What do you think, Naruto?" the voice she assumed to be "Gaara" asked.

"Oh! You're right! Sasu-chan, she is a Healer."

"If you say so. Then, she has no choice."

The sword was removed from her neck, and suddenly the world plunged into darkness.

When she woke up, she was lying on the ground in a small tent, and there was a girl sitting next to her.

"Hello," said the girl cheerfully. "I'm Tenten."

Sakura couldn't help but smile and respond in kind. "I'm Haruno Sakura. Nice to meet you."

"It's an honor to meet you as well, Haruno Sakura." Tenten paused and turned around, adjusting something behind her. "You've been asleep for two days, so you might want something to eat." She handed Sakura a bowl of soup, at the same moment Sakura's stomach let out a loud complaint. Sakura began to dig in, and Tenten waited for a moment to continue.

"We are ninjas."

Sakura nearly choked.

"But- that's illegal!"

"You recognized them from their wanted posters, didn't you?"

"...Oh."

"Anyway, some people have particular talents... others of us are here for other reasons. You are a Healer. That is why Gaara pressed so hard for you to be saved."

Sakura remembered something about that.

"We need you, and we are not as evil as the police would have you believe. You'll have to trust me until you see this in action, but please help us."

"Why should I believe you?"

Tenten frowned.

"You don't have any reason to. But I will tell you this. We have never killed an innocent person. Most of the time, we remain out of sight. It is fascinating that Sasuke did not notice you, because that has never happened before. Although, I guess he was tired and stuff."

"Why was Sasuke so ready to kill me?"

"He didn't think you actually would choose death over coming with him. He's awfully stuck up like that."

Sakura sighed.

"So you guys protect the civilians?"

"We're kind of like... vigilantes."

This was too unreal.

"There are ninjas like that?"

Tenten nodded.

"Sometimes, the police call us for help. For when the regular police forces aren't up to a task or have their hands full. That's where we come in. It's more often than you'd think. But your town is awfully peaceful. Although we do have our leader, and we work for him, too. His cover is a merchant, and our general cover are as his agents. When people don't pay up like they should, we take over. The payment Sasuke was looking for was a small one." Tenten paused, then added, "I hear he just took it from the cash register. He's kind of a jerk like that."

Sakura was blushing at all the talk of Sasuke. This didn't get past Tenten.

"Ooh, you think he's hot, don't you?"

"N-no!"

Tenten sighed.

"Well, I'm sorry to say that you won't be getting him. He's rather... taken."

But Tenten wouldn't elaborate anymore, just telling Sakura that she needed to rest. Her training as a Healer was going to begin tomorrow.

So, what do you think? Continue, or not? I kind of like it, and if I can keep it up I think I'll write more.