Naruto not mine.

My first story please review!

A/N: I'm sorry! My computer like died on me and I was saving my story and it deleted it off of fanfiction. Argh! So im resubmitting it…again. Sorry again.

Goodbye's Should Never Last Forever

BrokenAngel714

Chapter 1: Where Are You?

Sakura trudged through the thick forest with a single thought on her mind, 'what do we really expect to find?'

They had been looking for Sasuke Uchiha for three years now; every time they looked they found nothing. Not even a trace, he was too good for them, even Kakashi-Sensei seemed less hopeful with every passing day.

Naruto, who was always up and eager for anything, seemed to have her thoughts too.

He plodded lazily next to her folding his hands behind his blonde head and flashed her his big blue eyes at her with a question in them.

She met his blue gaze with her emerald green eyes and read the question he was asking clear as day.

He was silently asking if she had any hope of finding him today or anymore.

She caught him off guard when she looked down sadly, hid her face behind her silky pink hair and simply shrugged.

She knew she should have faked an enthusiastic nod or a big smile but she just couldn't anymore.

Naruto looked over at her again only this time his eyes had a concerned look in them, now he was gonna want her to explain her lack of spirit.

Sakura picked up on his concern and quickly turned and flashed him a phony I'm-ok-why-do-you-ask smile. Naruto raised an eyebrow, but left it at that.

Sakura looked ahead picking up her pace and pushing vines and anything else out of her way to distract herself.

But as usual it didn't work.

'Why did he have to leave?' she thought sadly.

Wasn't her love enough to make him at least want to come home sooner?

When she confessed her true love and feelings for him she expected him to at least look at her longily or promise to come back for her. But he acted as if she had told him direction, a simple thank you, and he took off as if nothing happened! Leaving her in his dust gaping and reaching after him.

Worse than that he left her knocked out and on a cement bench!

Sakura couldn't believe that she was still bothering to think about him. She was sixteen damn it! Keep these girly thoughts back in her childhood they weren't meant to be here in her almost late teens!

She could still remember herself stumbling behind the raven haired boy with big green eyes desperate for some kind of recognition from him. But as she remembered that she also remembered how he never looked at her as anything more than a stupid little fan girl. His looks were always either an expressionless blank stare or one or anger and annoyance.

But she never stopped loving him no matter how much she annoyed him she had to keep trying, but where did that get her? Nowhere.

But how could she hate a guy like him? With his deep black eyes, his bangs that fell in his eyes, his hard face that could turn soft, his husky voice, and his rough attitude that was hot even though he could be mean. She loved everything about Sasuke but he was gone now…

Sakura was so lost in her thoughts that she barely heard Naruto telling her that Kakashi had told them that it was time to set up the camp for the night.

"Hey, Sakura you feeling alright tonight?" Naruto asked with his usual puppy dog expression making Sakura laugh.

"Ya, I'm ok just tired and these forests always have way too many mosquitoes." Sakura answered with a face slapping a mosquito that had landed on her arm.

Naruto nodded eagerly and began scratching his shoulder, giving her a devilish smile.

"I know! Even the mosquitoes can't resist this." He said pointing to himself laughing that idiotic laugh that Sakura had grown to love.

Sakura gave him a playful punch and they started having a little wrestle fight, Sakura was just happy that Naruto could help her forget her problems. She remembered back to the times where she would have decapitated Naruto if he would have so much as brushed her shoulder.

So many things had happened since Sasuke left.

Sakura leaned back and laid on the grass to look up at the stars while she fell asleep. Naruto wriggled next her and rested his head on her stomach. She laced her fingers through his blonde tangled hair, she had learned that doing this calmed her and made her feel at ease. She had grown to love Naruto not in the lovers way but in the friends for life way. She was happy her and Naruto had grown so close together since Sasuke had left but she'd rather have Sasuke with them and be team again.

They talked about everything that came to their minds, Naruto mostly talked about the ramen he had earlier that day. According to him it was the best he had ever had, but every new ramen was the best he ever had.

He has such a one track mind…pft

Inner Sakura was so busy dissing Naruto's love of ramen, that Sakura almost missed his question he was about to ask.

Naruto sighed and looked up at the stars and quietly mumbled, "Do you miss him a lot too?"

Sakura took in a deep breath and sighed out, "yes. I do. I miss him a lot. Not too be rude, but don't you hate him after the fight and things he said?" She continued playing with Naruto's hair with one hand and propped herself up with her other elbow and brushed her pink hair out of her eyes so she could look at Naruto when he answered.

Naruto was quiet for a few minutes and silently shook his head. He obviously didn't want to talk about it anymore.

Naruto turned his head to her and gave her a cheesy grin, "Sakura can you rub my head, I have a head ache."

It was obvious that he didn't really, but Naruto wasn't one for deep conversation unless he really needed to have one. He got out of them by doing something stupid, cute, an excuse, or something really really stupid.

Sakura propped herself up on her elbow and rubbed his temples with her index and middle finger. Until she heard his steady breathing and the soft snores indicating he was asleep. She leaned back onto the grass and folded her hands behind her head.

Why didn't Naruto hate Sasuke? He's not telling you something.

Inner Sakura whispered at her.

As Sakura thought about what Naruto was hiding from her she let herself fall asleep.

Big mistake.