This fanfic literally came out of nowhere, I wasn't even thinking of a fanfiction story when it suddenly popped into my head. I hope you all enjoy it and I will be adding a new chapter of The writer and the escort after this one. This first chapter is written using the song "sometimes love just ain't enough" and it is by Patty Smyth and Don Henley.

Sakura sat on the bench that Sasuke left her on the night he left Konoha, she sat there every night as if he would come strolling through the gates like nothing happened. She sighed when she remembered their conversation that night, he didn't care about her, no one did. She was simply an annoyance and a useless shinobi who couldn't even fight.

Now, I don't want to lose you,
but I don't want to use you just to have somebody by my side.
And I don't want to hate you,
I don't want to take you, but I don't want to be the one to cry.
And I don't really matter to anyone anymore.
But like a fool I keep losing my place and
I keep seeing you walk through that door

She stood and slowly made her way back to the empty Uchiha compound. Sasuke had been gone for 3 months now and she always made sure his compound was clean and dust free so when he came back home, he would come home to a clean living area. It had taken her months to scrub the blood stains from the wooden floors and the walls.

She sighed when she opened the door and entered the compound's kitchen. She grabbed the bucket with the cleaning supplies and began to dust everything, her mind wandering to when she last saw Sasuke, he had thanked her for everything. She had no idea why he would thank her only to knock her out and abandon her on the cold bench and leave anyway.

But there's a danger in loving somebody too much,
and it's bad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are.
Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough

Sakura felt her hand still when she realized just how much her heart was hurting. She knew why he left and she understood the reason behind it, she just wished he would have taken her, but then she knew he wouldn't because she was useless. Konoha had moved on, Tsunade was Hokage now, Kakashi kept to himself and team 7 no longer existed. Sasuke left, Naruto Left and now Kakashi abandoned her also.

She quickly wiped the tear that had spilled over before she resigned herself to the fact that her boys would always be ahead of her. She would catch up and they would pull further ahead and leave her behind. It was like that when they went on missions together and it seemed it was still like that. She finished cleaning the compound before leaving, turning to come face to face with Tsunade.

She stood, watching Sakura for a few moments. "Sakura….it has come to my attention that you no longer have a team, it is on your file that you have perfect chakra control and yet you never learned to use it. Why is that?" Tsunade asked, walking with Sakura as she moved past her.

"Kakashi was always so busy with the tension between Sasuke and Naruto, then he was training Sasuke for the chunin exams and I was left behind. Then he left after Sasuke and Naruto left Konoha and I was once again forgotten in the shadows. It is okay I am used to it, it has always been like this" She said brokenly. Tsunade's eyes softened as she recognized the pains of Loss and abandonment. She recognized the signs because she herself had felt it.

"Show up at the Hokage tower tomorrow morning, and Sakura…..make sure you get sleep. You are going to need it. From tomorrow on, you will be the prized apprentice of Tsunade" she said as she began walking towards the market to assess the rest of the village and report any damage repairs the village needed.

Sakura knew that the moment Sasuke left, the entire dynamic between the remaining Team 7 members were destroyed. Since Sasuke left she hadn't even seen Kakashi around anywhere and Naruto left the village with Jiraiya. She unlocked the door to her empty apartment and shut it behind her. She grabbed clean clothes and a towel before heading into her bathroom. She removed the clothing she cleaned in and took a shower before dressing in her clean ones.

She brushed her hair as memories of her sacrificing her long hair for Sasuke and Naruto came flashing back. She had sacrificed so much for them and they all abandoned her as if she were nothing. She shook her head as if to banish those thoughts before she grabbed her head protector and tied it as she normally did every day.

She decided she would start today as Tsunade's apprentice, she grabbed her weapon pouch and made her way to the hokage tower to see Tsunade. After a lengthy conversation Tsuunade decided Sakura could start by reading books of chakra usage in the medical field, She had Shizune grab the medical books for beginners and hand them to Sakura before telling her she expected her to read through the first 2 chapters thoroughly before seeing her the next morning.

Sakura sat at a table in the library before opening the book she was told to read first. She read through the first 2 chapters easily and re-read them a few times to commit them to memory. She bit her lip before moving to the third chapter, a chapter about hand signs. She memorized the signs in the diagrams and what they were for. Maybe if she got a head start on the third chapter she could impress Tsunade with her knowledge of preparation.

She glanced at the sky and realized it was sundown, she had been in the library for hours and missed dinner. She closed the book and put it with the others in her bag before getting up and leaving the library. She stopped at the market and bought several empty scrolls, a new brush and a new bottle of ink. She would make notes when she got home on what was important. She decided to stop at Ichiraku's for her favorite Ramen and a sweet tea.

Once she finished her dinner, she grabbed her things, left the money on the counter and headed home. It seemed like a long walk when one was alone with no company, she unlocked the door and shut it behind her before turning to light a lamp. She set the bags on the table before grabbing a candle to light the wall sconces, making her kitchen bright and warm.

She sat down and opened her book and an empty scroll, she set the ink bottle on the table and began writing notes on chapter 3 with the hand signs. She yawned as she finally had enough, she had written every hand sign and left the scroll open so it could dry while she put everything else away before getting changed and going to sleep.

She heard birds chirping the following morning and stretched as she sat up. She showered, dressed and grabbed an apple from the basket on her counter before rolling the scroll up and tucking it inside her bag before heading out the door to the tower. She was greeted by Shizune who escorted her into the room to Tsunade.

"Sakura, just the one I was waiting for. I am assuming you are ready to begin your training? We shall start with medical jutsu, follow me" Tsunade stated as she led Sakura to a private room where she noticed a dead fish lying on a scroll with symbols surrounding it.

"I want you to use the jutsu mentioned in chapter 1 to write down how you would go about restoring this fish's life and why you believe that would be effective." Tsunade stated as she pulled a chair up and sat down to watch Sakura. She was taken by surprise when Sakura's hands formed the proper hand signs as a faint green glow began surrounding the fish.