Author's Note: Hajimemashite minna san! Angel Tsubasa desu! You can call me Angel I have been here for quite sometime now, reading and admiring alot of Senpais works and it amazes me to no end! So now here I am, finally had the courage to publish my first fanfic! Yay! I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own Naruto because if I did, things would be slightly different. But I do own the story plot below!
Story Notes:
"Hi" - Speech of the Character
"Hi" - Thoughts of the Character
Jya! Hajimemasho ne!
Chapter 1: His Return
"There all done," she tapped the ninja's now healed wound slightly while the ninja in return tried to suppress a blush that crept to his face, but failed miserably. He murmured a soft "Thanks" and she smiled in return, that turned his face beet red.
It was a bright and sunny day in Konoha, she looked out the window of her little clinic, smiling to herself feeling quite cheerful today. "I wonder what I have in store for today". Her bright emerald orbs shining happily.
She sat peacefully on her swivel chair (is that what you call it? laughs I don't know if that is what you call it. But its a chair that's usually used in the office or etc, that has little wheels and the chair itself can turn), the tip of her pen on her chin, double checking the patients forms and prescriptions that was stacked neatly in her desk.
All of a sudden...
"SAKURA CHAN!!! SAKURA CHAN!!!!" a young man about her age with blonde sun kissed hair burst in her door, almost causing an injury to the poor hinges of the door itself.
"What is it Naruto?" She was already annoyed, with the loud screaming of her blonde team mate. Over the years both have grown at the age of puberty. They were no longer the 12 year old children that they were.
Both grew in a given short time span. Now at the young age of 17, they are now considered to be fully grown adults with responsibilities. Both changed mentally and of course physically.
Sakura was now an apprentice of Tsunade, she who already surpassed the great hokage herself. She still had the same bright eyes and smile, kept her pink locks just above her shoulder but now with a short temper and monstrous strength that she inherited from her shisshou(teacher). No longer the cry baby and useless girl that would stand in the sidelines waiting to be protected. She is now a woman of confidence.
Sakura also had her little growth spurt as a woman of course, everything was filled in the right places forming curves here and there, in other words she is now sexier no longer the stick child she used to be. Attractive and charming those are the words that men would describe her. She is now the girl that they would dream of and desire to own.
Naruto was now less loud (maybe) but still the hyperactive and well still the dense blonde that he is. He grew taller, now even taller than Sakura (damn growth spurt), his childlike voice now gone replaced by a slightly deeper voice.
Sakura would always end up with smile adoring her face whenever she sees her dense best friend. He never fails to do so and never attempt to, it's just the sight of him that would make her smile.
"Just like the sun"
"H-he" Naruto struggled in between pants obviously running a long journey from where he was to Sakura's clinic.
"Hihi? What's that?" Sakura asked dumb founded
"NO!" he screamed "He's back!" he said with a triumphant smile on his face.
Simple two words "He's back..." that was all she needed to know what Naruto was intending to say. No explanations, no details needed, it was just those two words and she already knew who he was referring too...
Her eyes widened slowly, feeling as if time had stopped. Sakura didn't know what to say or how to react. It had been awhile since she last saw him and truth to be told her infatuation for him was long gone. She gave up on him since the return of Naruto with bandages that almost covered his face, wounded and confined in the hospital for days. He failed to bring him back at that time, and seeing her best friend sad and injured made her heart ache.
"I'm sorry it was my fault to have made you make that promise... Leaving you in that state while I sat here waiting for your return with him..."
Sakura vowed that she would be stronger for naruto and also for herself. She is determined to loose the title of the weakling in team 7.
"I promise to myself that I will no longer cry... And I will never be a burden to any of you..."
Slowly she managed to place a weak smile on her face, trying to wash away the feelings from the past. "Where is he?"
"Here" an oh so familiar voice spoke from behind Naruto, he stepped out from behind Naruto and walked slowly towards her only to stop a meter from her.
Black orbs met the widened emerald ones, "Sa...suke...kun" she whispered softly but audible to his ears.
For some reason, time suddenly stood still, the man from her past was no in front of her...
The man she loved...
Awkward silence drowned the room until she spoke with a calculating voice hidden somewhere along the lines of her speech.
"Ah... Uchiha... So you decided to come back..."
He barely nodded but his eyes remained fixed on her.
"Isn't this great ba-chan!" naruto spoke as he banged his hands flat on Tsunade's desk shaking the stacks of paper work on her desk, excitement clear in his voice "Now team 7 is complete once again! We don't have to go searching for him anymore!"
Tsunade held her index finger and middle finger on forehead in attempt to slowly massage her aching head, due to the stress and the annoying loud voice of Uzumaki Naruto.
"True," she said her eyes closed thinking "But due to the fact that he himself decided to betray his own village and decided to side with the enemy" her eyes opened slowly, a glare focused at the young Uchiha standing in front "He has to face severe punishments to prove that he is loyal to this village, for all we know he might be acting as a spy"
"Tsunade shisshou, may I know exactly what those punishments he might receive" The pink haired kunoichi beside him asked her sensei politely.
"It varies Sakura" she waved her hand carelessly "torture, even death it depends"
"Death?"
Emerald orbs and Blue widened at the word death, Naruto clenched his fists tightly about to retort something when knock interrupted him.
"Come in"
"Tsunade sama, you wished to see me?" asked a black haired young man almost similar in appearance to the Uchiha. He stepped in and stood beside Sakura, she looked at him, he smiled "Hey Ugly"
"Sai" Sakura spoke in gritted teeth, containing her anger in respect for her sensei's presence.
Tsunade sighed in the small exchange before speaking "Yes I did, since you are a part of the Team Kakashi you have the right to know what is going on with regards to you team's issue."
"Yes" Sai answered in response
A puff of smoke appeared just right in the middle of Tsunade's window. A hand had greeted them accompanied with a "Yo"
"Kakashi, finally you're here"
"Aa" he replied calmly.
"As you can see your team is here gathered and finally complete"
Kakashi looked at his team closely with a smile on his face "Ah its been a while Sasuke how are you?"
He didn't say anything but merely nodded, acknowledging his former sensei's presence.
"Now Kakashi since you are the superior of this team what do you think we should do to the circumstance that the Uchiha chose in the past?" Tsunade asked him seriously her hands now in front of her, elbows on the table and hands together.
"Hmm, now that is certainly a question"
"Wait! You can't kill Teme!!!" shouted Naruto in a hysterical voice both fists still clenched at his sides.
Sakura and Sai both switched their gazes from Tsunade to Naruto.
"Naruto..."
"Kakashi sensei!!! Tell Tsunade ba-chan!!!! She can't allow Teme to be killed!!!!"
"Aa"
Tsunade gave out a small cough to get their attention successfully, "that matter will be discussed between me and Kakashi" Naruto was about to protest when Tsunade continued "I want you three to keep an eye on Uchiha and make sure he won't do anything that can cause harm to this village, in other words Uchiha"
Tsunade leaned in to her table, her hazel eyes clashed with charcoal black ones. "You are under probation, you are not to leave this village without my permission, and you will not do anything that would cause an uproar to this village" she paused "UNDERSTOOD!?" shouted Tsunade
Sasuke nodded, his face showing no emotions. The usual stoic uchiha that still holds pride in him.
"Dismissed!"
"Hai!" they all responded except for Sasuke and left Tsunade's room. When the door clicked Tsunade sighed rubbing her temple with her fingers.
"This sure is going to be troublesome" she sighed.
"You think so?" kakashi laughed, his face buried in his infamous orange book
"Ne ne!!! What should we do!!! Let's eat Ramen!!! Let's celebrate!!!"
"Dobe!"
"Nandatte!!!! Teme!!!"
Sakura smiled at this, "Just like the old days"
Sai gave out an exhausted sigh; Sakura looked at him "Is something wrong Sai?" Sai watched Naruto and Sasuke argue in front of them as they continued to walk.
"I don't know ugly"
"U-ugly?" Sakura forced her self to smile, making sure that her temper wasn't going to get the best of her "Let it pass, just for this once!"
"What do you mean Sai?"
"Well since Sasuke is back, team 7 is complete"
Sakura gave out a nod for him to continue.
"That means I am no longer a part of team 7" He smiled, a fake smile "I am only a substitute, but since he's back I would be no longer needed" His smile grew wider.
Sakura looked at him and slapped his back hard that he almost toppled over, "Baka, of course you're not a part of Team 7" he looked at her "Team 7 no longer exists, its already replaced by Team Kakashi which consists of Naruto, Sasuke, Kakahi sensei, me and of course You" she faced him and smiled, he smiled at her in return "A true smile".
Sasuke glanced to see the people behind him, Sakura and Sai smiling to their hearts content "Sakura..." he gritted his teeth but remained the cool composure that he always had, making his actions and emotions oblivious to Naruto.
"Hayaku Sakura chan!!!"
"Hai hai!!!" shouted Sakura "We better hurry before Naruto decides to makes us go deaf" she said while she faced Sai.
"Let's go Ugly"
"Sai You-"
But before she managed to spout nonsense on Sai's given nickname for her, he grabbed her hand and ran towards Naruto.
A soft knock came from her door
"Come in"
Pink came into view, she went in and closed the door. She slowly walked towards Tsunade's desk and stopped just a few inches from it.
"Ah Sakura" she paused with a serious look on her face "How are you coping?"
"I'm okay, sorry to trouble you about this..." Sakura found the ground quite interesting to look at, sadness clearly heard from her voice
"Look at me" Tsunade ordered with this, Sakura slowly looked up to meet her sensei's gaze "You really are a silly girl, of course you are not a trouble and you never were to me, now wipe that look of you face" she smiled
Sakura smiled back "Thank You shisshou"
"Not at all, so any pains lately? Anything that is unusual?"
"So far none, it just happens everynight, well mid night to be specific and..."
"And?"
"And well there's this slight problem, where I can feel my back start to sore sometimes and need a release or more of stretching, the pain disappears whenever it comes out"
"Does it hurt?"
Sakura looked away, "No, not at all"
"I don't want Shisshou to worry"
Tsunade caught this and immediately knew that Sakura was not telling the truth,"Does anyone know?"
"No not at the moment, no"
"Good" Tsunade gave out a sigh, "At the moment Sakura we don't have any cure or theories to it "She looked at her straight on "But if we find one, I'll tell you immediately"
"Hai, Domo Arigato Gozaimas Shissho"
"Just continue to come here every night for check ups to make sure, and tell me if you feel anything unusual, specifically pain" she paused "Also continue to keep this a secret between me, you and the medic team for as long as you can"
"Hai!"
"Let me check your back"
Tsunade went to Sakura, while she undressed the upper part of her body. Tsunade's eyes widened at the sight that she saw. There on Sakura's back lines that seemed like an unfinished tattoo, lines that none can tell to what it was.
She started tracing the lines and the unseen muscles to an untrained eyes, checking here and there making sure everything was normal and fine, other than the unusual lines that wasn't present a few days ago.
"Sakura"
"Hai?"
"Have you ever had any tattoo done on your back?
"No" Sakura turned her head to look at Tsunade.
"Sakura" Tsunade, grabbed Sakura's shoulders and pushed her slowly to the bathroom, she made her face the mirror, with that Sakura gave out a gasp, her eyes widened at the sight.
"W-what is this?" she touched the lines that she can reach tracing them like what Tsunade did earlier. She looked at Tsunade confused "Shisshou?"
"I'm sorry Sakura, I don't know" she touched her back "I don't know"
-Tsuzuku
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-Angel