Magnets

by Pink with Blue

Note: I do not own Naruto in which it belongs to Kishimoto. I wish I did though. Things would have turned out much different and happier! This is just one of the possibilities.

Warning:

Contains spoilers of the ENTIRE anime/manga

Chapter One: The Mission

"Faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as it proceeds from a seed of the divine nature in us, so it attracts and unites with its like." - William Law.

Beep

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Beep

The annoying sound repeats itself, waking her up from her sound sleep. She tries to roll on her side to try and smack the alarm, hoping that it would shut the hell up so she could go back to sleep before her day starts, but flinches at the burning flash of pain in her abdomen and the bruises on her left side body.

"What the hell?" she thinks to herself. Slowly, she forces her tired eyes to part so she could see the unknown damage that her body has suffered.

White ceilings flood her vision as she opens her eyes wider. She looks to her right and sees birds chirping on tree branches, old and new buildings, children running around with ice-cream cones chasing squirrels, pausing and holding her breath when she sees the ever so mighty monument carved in the mountains, the faces of the Hokage's; this was not her usual view from her bedroom window.

Beep

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The irritating beeping returns as the reality of her situation sinks in; she realizes that she's in the hospital. Suddenly, she feels a slight squeeze in her left hand. Her body stiffens as she slowly turns her head to her left. Her heart beats rapidly and blood begins to rush throughout her body and she thought she was dreaming. 'This chakra….this scent….this skin..' She couldn't bring herself to believe that it could be him squeezing her hand ever so gently. Her eyes widen as she took him in; blood had flushed her cheeks and her imagination became a reality. Sitting in front of her was a man with raven locks with a few bangs draping his face, slightly covering his beautiful features of high cheekbones, a well structured nose, and a jaw so chiseled that could bring any woman to her knees by just looking at him. As her eyes drifted back to his, she nooticed something. His onyx eyes stared deep into her emerald ones with a hint of glassiness that looked like it was full of sadness, guilt, and yet relief. It was him…

"I'm home, Sakura."

Before

"Orochimaru is dead." Shocked, widened eyes overtook the faces of the four shinobi standing in front of her.

The room was silent but the tension, questions, and relief continued to fill the room as Tsunade stared at the three young teenagers that would make up the legendary Team 7 - well, minus the one that went rogue and decided to cut all bonds with them.

"Sasuke…?" Sakura managed to creep a small quiet whisper of the rogue nin's name, wondering if Kami was screwing with her mind. Kakashi and Tsunade both stared at the pink haired shinobi with blank, business-like eyes, but their hearts went out to her, knowing that this girl in front of them could break at any second at the thought of the Sasuke she knew and loved went deeper into the darkness.

The yellow haired ninja's fists were so tight that blood began to leak out of his knuckles as he tremored at the sound of the missing nin's name.

Sai just stood there with no emotions and no response. (Who am I kidding? Sai is Sai.)

Tsunade only managed a nod and decided that it was time to tell them of her plan before the two emotionally charged ninjas decide to go and do something stupid.

"This information came to me from very reliable sources so there is no chance that it was not Sasuke who had done the deed. It would seem like Sasuke had learned all he needed to know from Orochimaru and decided that he was strong enough to kill Itachi. I could send out teams of ANBU to retrieve him, seeing as he is strong enough to overtake a Sannin like this. You have all trained incredibly hard for this moment. With this new information and if you truly wanted to save Sasuke from himself….well...you all should know where I'm going with this."

Optimism and hope rushed through Naruto's face as he realized what Tsunade baa-chan was talking about. He opened his mouth to speak but Sakura beat him to the punch.

"You want us to find Itachi…..find Itachi to find Sasuke…" She whispered as she looks down at the ground.

Memories of Team 7 began to play in her mind. The missions, the laughter, the tears, the...the way she felt about the raven haired boy. She remembered the darkness that was festering inside of him, the anguish in his voice whenever they spoke about Itachi or his clan, and the moment they shared when he left for power and the chance of revenge that she could not provide for him.

Sasuke...I…I love you with all my heart! If you were to stay with me...there would be no regrets because everyday we'd do something fun, we'd be happy...I swear! I would do anything for you! Please, just stay with me…

The memories flooded her mind of that night when they took different paths of life. 'Please, just stay with me…' She couldn't get him to stay. She could have stopped him if she was strong enough. She could have fought and force him to see the light. If she was stronger she could have helped him and he would have gotten help from her to get revenge on his enemy. 'That was then'

She knew she was stronger now. She was at the top of her game, the most promising kunoichi to have ever existed in Konoha and the most well-known medic to the countries. She had surpassed her master. Over two years of training under the legendary Sannin, the Slug Princess, the FIfth Hokage, she was ready. 'I am strong enough. I WILL bring him home.'

She began to find her voice and with that, she spoke strongly and for the first time in a long while, with certainty in her faith. She looked up and exuded nothing but confidence in her words. "We will bring him home. I promise you."

Kakashi stared at the pink haired beauty, his eyes were observant but he held a small grin underneath his mask . This was not the girl he once knew; not the young 12-year-old love struck girl who he had to protect constantly or worry about frantically. This was someone who worked endlessly for strength to protect others. Although she had a normal life with loving friends and family, she still knew the pain and grief of those who didn't have the same privilege as her. This was someone who understood that pain and did whatever she could to take that pain away and fill them with happiness instead. Maybe it is why she became a medic, to protect and heal those who were suffering. Her well-known skills healed the physical pain, but her heart healed the soul. She would never give up on anyone who's in pain or anyone in general. She would never give up on Sasuke, not even when he has sunk this far into the darkness. This is Sakura Haruno. 'Maybe Team 7 will be together again.

Apparently, Naruto was thinking the same thing as he stared at Tsunade. His hope burned wilder inside.

'Sasuke, just you wait. We're coming for you. She's coming for you.' The yellow haired ninja closed his eyes and smirked as he nodded.

Tsunade gave her nod of affirmation as she put her elbows on her table, folding her hands and resting her chin on said hands. Underneath her stern look, she was hiding a small glimmer hope that continued to grow for the the shinobi in front of her to bring the Uchiha home.

"You will leave by nightfall. Yamato, Hinata, Shino, and Kiba will fill you in and accompany you. Dismissed."

"Hai." Sai and Kakashi vanishes in a flash.

"HAI." The excited ninja in the bright normal jumpsuit decided that the best way to exit was through the window.

And Sakura...well, she was gone before the Hokage gave her dismissal, leaving nothing but a small smoky dust of cherry blossoms petals in her wake.