A/N: Hi everyone this is my first ever fanfic, so please be gentle. This takes place after Itachi has been killed and Sasuke has begun to focus on his second goal in life. Please excuse the possible OOCness of the character and understand that I'm still adjusting to the characters. And, this is short I know but its only the prologue and the chapters will most assuredly be longer. Thanks for reading and please review, constructive criticism is always welcome. However, if you have a problem with the pairing please just stop here. Honestly, I don't care if your against NejixSakura…my indifference to your thoughts on that knows no bounds.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto...if I did then I wouldn't have to worry about paying for my textbooks...

"I wont let you leave."

A small smirk graced her lips, but she didn't turn to meet him. "The village or you?"

"Hn."

She let out a laugh and Sasuke found himself lost in the hauntingly beautiful melody. Sakura wasn't supposed to change and, yet, she had in so many ways that it was now inconceivable to the Uchiha. Reaching into her pocket she pulled out a folded piece of paper.

"Permission from Tsunade, authorized leave from duties as a Konoha shinobi for one to five years. Its not like I'm joining an enemy village for power." Her voice dripped with venom and an anger that seemed so foreign in comparison to her normal disposition.

"I can't lose you," he whispered.

"Sasuke," his name rolled off of her tongue, " you already did."

In the blink of an eye she stood in front of him. He had expected to see tears, then he would have known that everything would be okay. But instead the only thing those beautiful green eyes showed were pity His heart clenched not because of the emotions that were there but those that weren't. This wasn't the Sakura that he knew, where was the weak little girl whose existence revolved around him? Why hadn't he noticed the change before now?

"I could come with you," he suggested, "Help you like Naruto helped me."

Gently she reached out with one hand and cupped his face. Closing his eyes he leaned into the caress. Everything would be alright, she would forgive him and then…and then they could be happy. He didn't notice until it was too late the needle go into his arm and inject an unknown liquid.

"Thank you," Sakura whispered as his world faded to nothingness.

Draping him over her shoulder she leapt across the rooftops to the Uchiha compound. Leaving him on that wretched bench had been so tempting, but something had stopped her. She let out a bitter laugh as she placed his limp body on a coach.

"This isn't the way I dreamed it, you know," she whispered leaning down beside of him. "You were supposed to carry me here after a particularly hard mission. And, then you would have confessed your undying love and take a vow to give up on revenge. And, then, we would have lived happily to the end of our days. I was such a naive thirteen year old, ne? Hell even at 15 I hoped for that day. But, now, I see the truth. And, the truth is Sasuke….I don't love you." Leaning forward she swiped a few strands of hair off of his face. "Maybe in another world we could have been happy. If you didn't have to be an avenger. Or if I was content to be a housewife and dedicate my life to repopulating your clan. But…but I can't be the person you want to be anymore than you can be the man I wanted you to be. Shit! Maybe if you and Naruto hadn't left me for 5 years! We had just brought you back. My family was whole, only to be torn apart again. Now you'll understand Understand what its like to be left behind."

And with those final words Haruno Sakura disappeared from Konoha without a trace.