My first fanfic, please leave a comment. Help is always welcome, and if there are any grammar mistakes please let me know. I'll try to change them a.s.a.p.
Also i'm not english myself so no haters please, i wont respond to them.
A/N: I change'd this chapter a bit, nothing really important, wasn't really satsified with how it looked.
Disclaimer: Yea, i don't own it...
Chapter 1, A favour from an unknown man.
It's been almost 3 years since she asked Sasuke to join him, that she wanted to come with him. And now even 3 years later she still hated the fact she even asked him such a thing. Back then she had been a foolish girl, stupid in love, following him around and would do anything for him. Now she knew better than that, and if she ever ran into him, she wouldn't follow him nor glance at him. She always had hoped to someday bring her beloved Sasuke back, but that hope had died.
Even after Sasuke killed his brother for revenge, she had hope that after that he would come back, but he didn't. Thinking back of this angered her a little, but she gave up all hope at that moment, knowing she hated him now.
She has grown into a smart kunoichi, who was perfectly capable. Her medic skills surpassed even her shishou, the Godaime, and her strength was practically the same. She knew the Godaime wanted to retire, knowing she was getting too old, and Sakura always wondered who would be the next Hokage.
Come to think of it, she always thought Naruto would be the next Hokage, but there were more people who could take the place of Hokage.
Thinking of Kakashi, who already said he preferred to be a jounin, and then there's Shikamaru, who probably find it too troublesome.
Sakura shook her head for a moment, trying to get out of her thoughts. She grabbed her gloves and walked out of her apartment.
Just as she closed the door she heard someone yell her name.
"Sakura-Chan" A voice called, as she noticed right away it was Naruto.
These days he looked allot like the fourth hokage, only with shorter hair, wearing a white coat with red flames.
"Naruto, your up early, that's unlike you" Sakura walked up to her best friend. He is still a Genin but they didn't treat him as one.
"I Have to meet up with a team in an hour, were finally having our first A rank mission" he stated with a wide grin.
Sakura smiled at him, she remembered when they had they're first A ranked mission. Meeting up with a spy of the Akatsuki.
"Well I wish you good luck and do return save, will you!" She gave him one of her wide smiles.
"Off course, Sakura-Chan" he just said, giving one of his all knowing wide grin.
"So, you're heading to the Hokage tower too?" Naruto asked. Sakura nodded in response, as they both walked towards the tower.
"You're not the only one getting a mission today" she said. They walked out of the main street, where the stores were still closed, leading them in front of the hokage tower. Naruto pulled the double doors open and let Sakura, as the gentleman he is now, get in first.
"You have to do a mission with a team?" Naruto asked, although he knew she probably didn't know yet.
"I have no idea, I haven't gotten any information on it yet" she answered as expected.
They walked up the stairs and followed the long hall, until they reached a heavy double doored entrance.
"Well, I have to wait for the team, as always. Good luck, Sakura-Chan" Naruto cheered while leaning at the wall.
"Thank you. See you later, Naruto" she gave him a bright smile as she turned around and knocked on the doors.
She heard a "Come in" as she entered and closed the door behind her, leaving Naruto alone.
Naruto became much mature after the fight with Pain and she couldn't believe how much he grew up because of that. Naruto had still hope in returning Sasuke but sakura gave up that hope some time ago. He never liked talking about the past and he always reassured her the promise was still there and he would keep it. Their last mission before the fight with pain, was to retrieve Uchiha Itachi but while searching for him they heard he was already killed by Sasuke.
Sakura bowed before her shisou with a smile.
"Good morning, Sakura" Tsunade smiled at her apprentice. "Good morning, Tsunade-Shisou" Sakura answered back.
"Sakura, straight to the point. Your mission is to get to Sunagakura, Shikamaru is already there. They need assistance in training, especially medic training. Your mission is to help them and teach them anything you know about this subject, is this clear?" Tsunade looked at her seriously.
Sakura nodded in response, thinking back on how they helped them three years ago, by saving gaara from Akatsuki.
"You will leave in two hours, an anbu team will be waiting for you at the gates, don't be late!" Tsunade said dismissing her.
Sakura closed the door behind her, to see Naruto and his team waiting. Too her surprise Sai was also in the team and she smiled at him.
"So what is your mission, Sakura-Chan?" Naruto asked with a smile as usual. Sakura smiled widely as this was a great opportunity for her.
"I have to get to Suna, to help them train in medical jutsu" She said smiling widely. "This is so great! I have to stay there a few days, I have to get ready, I'll leave in two hours." She smiled and hugged Naruto while saying goodbye already.
"That's great, Sakura-Chan, Good luck and see you in soon." He said with a wide grin, although his eyes sadden a little.
"Don't worry, Naruto. We'll see each other before you know it" She said before turning around and leaving him with his students.
As soon as she was home she started to pack her stuff. She noticed her favourite dress and she thought she could use it with the hot weather in Suna. So she grabbed it and decided to bring it with her, for if she had a free day, not that she expected allot of free time. The dress was white, it wasn't a long dress as it stopped at her knees. The halter of the dress was over her shoulders. The dress fit her body perfect, as the end of the dress was loosened, and if she circled around with it, it would go up a bit. Further she took some normal clothes, underwear, and other little stuff with her, that she was used to having around. Once she packed everything, including her medical equipment, and books, she took a glance at the clock to see she had one and a half hour left.
For a few minutes she didn't know what to do, until she decided to go to the hospital. Even though it was her day off, because of the mission, she always checked upon her patients.
Once arrived at the hospital, she checked her mailbox, which was empty. She went to her little office to check if there were any new patient's, which was also not the case. She sighed as she left her office, and walked trough the halls of the hospital.
There weren't many patient's in the hospital these days, and most patients only have minor injuries, from missions. After pain's attack on the village, everything returned to a peaceful state, and there hasn't been an attack ever since. Although after the attack, Konoha was practically destroyed, and Tsunade was unconscious for a few weeks. When she finally woke up and was back in her normal state, they told her what had happened. She was furious to know the elders voted for Danzou to become hokage, and threw every bad word at the elders feet. It wasn't until later that she found out Danzou was killed by Sasuke, and she became hokage again.
Sakura remembered how she arrived at the battle scene, although it was over. How she asked again to join him. But when he told her that he wanted to destroy Konoha, she was shocked, but still said she would join him. He wanted proof and asked her to kill the wounded girl who was with him, then she changed her mind. After she saw how heartless he had become, she wanted to kill him. But she was lost in thought and he almost killed her, the girl tried to stop him. She turned around and looked how he had his chidori activated and was attacking. If it wasn't for Kakashi-Sensei she would've been dead now, and after Naruto had saved her when she had tried to kill him again and he almost killed her again.
Sakura shook her head to get out of those thoughts, it has been a few months since that happened, and she didn't want to think about it. And even thought Konoha was in a peaceful state at this moment, they knew Sasuke or the Akatsuki could attack anytime.
That's why Tsunade-shisou made sure there was more security around, and more anbu were stationed around the village. She even had contact with the sand village to get security up.
Sakura sighed as she noticed she was back at her office again, she went in and looked at the clock. There were only five minutes left before she had to go, so she left the hospital and went to her house.
There she grabbed her bag, and left towards the gates.
When she arrived, she noticed the two anbu standing there. "Haruno-san, we will escort you on your travel to Sunagakura" Said one of them to her. She just nodded in response, although she thought she didn't need two escorts, she was ok with it.
Soon they were on there way towards Hidden sand village, it would be a two day journey. One of the anbu had told her they would go back as soon as she would arrive there. They travelled the whole day, at a normal pace, although it was much faster then a normal civilian walk.
It was only when the sun started to set that sakura decided to make a stop. She was starting to feel hungry so she decided to make a fire.
In the meantime one of the anbu was getting water and food from a nearby river.
Sakura sighed as she sat down against a tree. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the sounds of the forest. She was glad she was outside the hospital for now, still keeping her patients in the back of her mind. She always preferred field work or travelling. She opened her eyes and noticed the Anbu came back with some fish and water. She gladly accepted the water bottle, which he held out towards her.
She felt relieved as the fresh water went down her throat. She stood up and sat down by the fire, watching how one of the anbu was making the fish ready.
She thought she saw something moving in the corner of her eye. She narrowed her eyes towards the place where she thought she saw the movement. She was feeling as if someone was watching her, and somehow she felt uncomfortable. Sakura started to suspect something was wrong, she stood up and looked around, but she couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.
"Do you guys feel anything out of the ordinary?" She asked the two anbu, which were still sitting by the fire. They looked up at her and one replied "No? Is there something wrong? You noticed anything?"
Sakura shook her head, she wasn't sure if she had seen anything. "I'm not sure" She answered them. One of the anbu stood up and said he would look around, just in case. Sakura nodded and sat down again.
They would camp here for tonight, although she felt uncomfortable, it was getting too dark to travel. Sakura took her sleeping bag and rolled it out near the fire. A minute later she heard the anbu say the fish was ready. She took a fish and started to eat, which did her good, she hadn't eaten at all after breakfast.
After an half an hour the anbu returned and sat down with them at the fire. "I didn't see anything, I put up some traps just in case." He said while he grabbed a fish.
Sakura nodded, feeling a bit relieved but still had that weird anxious feeling. She simply shrugged it off and finished her fish. She told the anbu she was going to sleep and curled up inside her sleeping bag. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep.
She woke up having a feeling someone was watching her. It was still midnight and the anbu's were still asleep. Slowly she sat up and looked around her. She seriously had a feeling she was being watched but she didn't want to wake up the two anbu for something like this, besides they already said everything was clear and he installed some traps. She stood up and sat down next to the still smouldering fire.
It wasn't a cold night but still there were goosbumps starting to form in her neck. Slowly she stood up again and looked around her. She looked past the trees as she explored it. Suddenly she noticed a couple of red eyes on her left and she stumbled back. She almost fell over a bark but quickly she got her balance back. When she checked the same spot again the eyes were gone.
Sakura inhaled deeply, did she just see what she think she saw? Sasuke? She shook her head, was she going crazy? She checked the anbu and noticed they were still sleeping. She decided to check the spot and slowly walked towards the place. Once she arrived she noticed no one was there and turned around to walk back at the camp when someone suddenly covered her mouth and grabbed her around the waist.
Shocked, her eyes widened and she stood completely still, her heart was in her throat and she swallowed hard. "Do exactly as I say!" A voice whispered and her mind started to work at top speed and was about to slap his hand away when she got pulled away, as if something was sucking them. She closed her eyes trying to get rid off the dizziness that started to take over and she had a feeling they went too fast to be healthy.
Suddenly the person let her go and she fell to the ground. She coughed and her head started to ache. Once she got over the dizziness, she turned around and quickly got up. "What the hell!" She scolded raising her fists into fighting position. She noticed the man in front of her had short black hair, his eyes looked feminine and his eyes were onyx, he stood a few meters away.
"Calm down, I won't hurt you, I only have a mere favour to ask of you!" The man tried to calm her down. "A favour?" She asked in surprise as her brows furrowed.
She didn't know this man let stand if she could trust him. Why the hell would he ask her for a favour? The man just nodded in response.
"Well I don't know if I can trust you! For the fact you took me away from my teammates and you've been spying on me!" she reasoned.
"If you don't want to help willingly, I have to take you with force." The man pointed out as he took a step closer. By instinct she took a step back and went into fighting position once again.
The man chuckled and suddenly disappeared from it's spot, Sakura's eyes widened and she remembered her lessons. She checked left, right and behind her when she saw him a few feet away leaning against a tree. She narrowed her eyes at him. "What do you want?" She asked in angered.
The man pushed himself from the tree and walked towards her again. "I want you to heal my cousin." He stopped in front off her. "Why should I trust you?" she asked in suspicion. She didn't like how he moved her from her teammates, why couldn't he have asked her there?
"I'm not asking you to trust me. I'm just asking you to heal my cousin, he has been sick for a time now, plus he is badly wounded." He simply shrugged.
"And if I don't? You take me by force! So do I have any say in this!" She pointed out blankly.
"Well... Not exactly, but I'm a person who ask nicely first." He answered her. She looked at his face and couldn't help to notice there was something familiar about this guy, while she was sure she had never seen him before. "Right! Well I'm sorry to disappoint you but I got a mission, so I have better stuff to do!" She sent chakra to her fist and slammed it into the ground. The ground split apart leaving a small crater and she ran back towards her camp.
Before she could even move for a few meter's the man was in front off her again. She stopped and snarled, this man was to fast! She grabbed some kunai's from her pouch and threw them his way but to her surprise he just disappeared. "Oh man, I asked you to go willingly, I don't want to hurt the medic" he scowled behind her. Quickly she turned around but was too late as she got a kick to her side which slammed her into a tree.
Pain shot trough her body as she fell to the ground. Slowly she got up, panting heavily, and looked at the man, her eyes widened in shock as she stared into two crimson eyes.. Sharingan?
'Who the hell is this man' she thought as she kept staring at him.
"Well, are you coming now? I don't want to hurt you more neither do I want an unconscious medic, he is dying!"
Sakura head pounded, he wants her to heal his cousin, then who is... his cousin? Could it be Sasuke and why does this man posses the Sharingan and be alive?Wasn't the whole clan massacred by Itachi?
"Will you let me go after I heal him?" She asked him suspiciously, if not then in no way she would help him, not even when he would kidnap her.
"Yea, I will." He nodded in response.
Sighing she let her hands fell beside her. "Fine, I'll go with you and check on him."
The man smirked and walked towards her "Good. I'm going to carry you, I can go a lot faster." He said as he walked towards her and picked her up, bridal style.
Sakura shrieked and threw her hands around his neck to balance herself a small blush tinting her cheeks. Quickly she looked the other way so he wouldn't notice, not that he could see it because of the darkness.
In a flash they left and Sakura's head started to feel dizzy again. He was moving at such a high speed that she couldn't see the trees. She had never experienced such a speed. They travelled like this for a half hour when he suddenly stopped at a small cabin. Once in front of the door he put her to the ground and opened the door.
Slowly she followed him inside and noticed a man lying in a bed on her left.
It smelled musty inside and their hung a sent of blood in the air. She didn't see any lights and it was dark inside. He nodded towards the guy and walked towards him.
He grabbed the blankets and pulled them down. She noticed he was bandaged over his chest.
"I need some light." She stated as she went into medic mode. The man nodded and grabbed some candle's from a small closed. He led the candles which some matches and put them beside the bed. Once the lights were on she recognized the man in the bed and she turned pale.
"I... I can't heal him!" she stuttered. She shook her head, this was impossible. The man in front of her was none other then.. Uchiha Itachi. Suddenly he grabbed her hand and squeezed it making her whimper in pain. He was still so powerful even in this state. She looked at him and noticed him looking straight at her. She furrowed her brow and noticed right away that this man was blind. A few second's later he released his grip and his hand felt on the bed, lifeless. Quickly she checked if he was still breathing and he was.
"You agreed to it, heal him!" The man said as he sat beside her. Sighing she put her hand on her forehead, what kind of mess did she put herself in.
"Do you know what this man has done! He is an S-ranked criminal, plus a bloody killer and you expect me to help him!" She almost screamed.
The man just nodded in response which frustrated her. She couldn't help him, he would go after Naruto again, no she wouldn't heal him.
"If I heal him, he would just go and try to kill Naruto again, I'm not going to help him!" She shook her head.
Suddenly she got pinned against the wall. "You're going to heal him now! And about that Naruto, he won't go after him!" His voice was angered and he had his sharingan activated again. Sakura swallowed the numb feeling away in her throat and nodded.
Slowly he released her and she kneeled down at the bedside again. She took a couple of deep breath's, trying to calm herself The first thing she did was checking his temperature which was extremely high. "He got a fever, and a bad one too." She voiced. "I need some cold water to try and bring the fever down." She grabbed her medic pouch and starting to search for some herbs while the man went to get some water.
Once she found the one she was looking for she started to mix a potion at the small table on the right. After a few minutes he came back with cold water and she dipped some cloth into it and put it on Itachi's forehead. The medicine was done, but she decided to heal him first, he needed to be conscious to take the medicine. Carefully she removed the bandage around him and noticed a big wound on his leg and his arm was burned. She checked his ribs and noticed three of them were broken and were close to his lungs.
She quickly moulded chakra into her hands and started to knit the tissue in his leg back together. Her brows furrowed in concentration. When she was done she quickly started on his burned arm. Those two were the easiest to heal. She started with the ribs which she pulled back to place with her chakra, and started to heal the bones back together. For each bone it took her an half hour to heal. Unlike tissue, bones didn't heal as fast and took allot of chakra. When she started working with the second rib, sweat already poured from her forehead and she wiped it away. After a few hours off healing him, she was almost out of chakra and felt exhausted.
"I need some rest to restore my chakra." She said sleepy as she stood up and stretched herself. She replaced the cloth with a new one and sat down at the small table where the man was also sitting. "Where is this for?" He asked pointing at the medicine. "It's a medicine for the fever, but he needs to be awake to be able to take it." She explained while resting her head on her arms which she had folded on the table. "What's your name?" The man asked in front of her. "Sakura" she yawned.
"My name is Shisui." He said. "I'll get something to eat, you take some sleep." With that he stood and left the cabin. Sakura closed her eyes and instantly fell to sleep
My first chapter of my first story, please review and tell me what you think. Idea's are always welcome offcourse.
I don't know if it is going to be a couple fanfic, I haven't decided yet. Critic's are welcome if they can help me.
With love,
Uchiha-Lady.