Read Me! – I would like to take this time to point out that I have comprehension problems, dyslexia and spelling problems. I dropped out of collage and lost my first job because of this. I'll be upfront with you all. I am not comfortable having people pointing my mistakes out where people can see them it makes me feel no more than an inch and feel as if I am stupid. I don't mind if people PM or e-milling me about them... I would just like some dignity that's all.

So this is a fixed up version of my old fanfic. I was on here a while ago under a different name [Kayathewolf] but I have moved on from that time in my life and have left behind everything that had to do with my late fiancé. The older file of this fanfic was removed before posting this one. Some parts where added here and there and the chapters where combined to make them longer.

I also would like to point out that I do not have any claim to nor own Naruto or any of the characters from Naruto I am just typing a fanfic about them is all.

"If I never knew you"

By Morobutt

Chapter 1

'Don't be afraid
I've taken my beating
I've shared what I've made
I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you'

Leave out all the rest by Linkin Park

It was late; the sun had just got done setting as a storm rolled into the Leaf Village. The soft hiss of the rain and the scent of it hitting ground did nothing to calm a young woman standing near an open gate to the village. Her pink hair hid her face as her blood-shot green eyes tried to find movement among the trees. She clenched her fist as she hung her head.

"It won't be for that long Sakura; we'll be back before you know it" said her mother's voice from inside her head. Sakura lifted her head to the sky, tears and rain mixed as it fell down her cheeks. It had been three months now, what happen to then... where they all right? She closed her eyes as she turned and started to make her way home to her emptily house. Once she was inside she slowly made her way to her room where she shut the door and rested her back on the door and feel to the ground crying harder then she had while she was outside. Sakura brought her keens close to her and hid her face with in them.

She had fallen asleep on her floor and didn't wake till she heard someone bounding on her front door. Sakura sat up and ran her right hand down the front of her face as she looked over at the clock. It was eight a.m. who on earth was coming to see her so early? She thought as she grabbed a robe and made her way to her door. Sakura opened the door to find one of her friends standing there waiting for her. Shikamaru stood there one hand in his pocket as he rested in the door way and knocked with his other hand. Shikamaru looked sadder than normal and before Sakura could ask him any questions he spoke to her in a sad cold tone

"Lady Tsunade has sent me to get you, she wants to talk you now... Sakura it's not good news..."

He cut himself off as he heard her give a sniffle 'How troublesome.' He thought as he sighed. "I'll take you there if you want Sakura" he said as she looked up at him. She nodded and let him in to the house. She hurried back to her room and grabbed a decent looking out fit and threw it on and came back to living room to find that Shikamaru had only walked in the door and was just standing there

"Are you ready to go?" he asked her, and she nodded her head and they left, and then she took the doorknob and closed the door.

They walked side by side not saying a word to one another; it was a forty-minute walk from her house to the Hokage complex. Shikamaru walked her all the way to Tsunade's office door; he gave a sigh as he open the door and led her in to the room."Lady Tsunade, I have brought you Sakura just as you had asked. I'll leave you two alone," he said before turning and leaving just to two of them with in her office.

Tsunade sat behind her desk like she always had when she came to see her but this time was different she didn't have her normal look to her, she looked said and distressed about something. With a sigh Tsunade stood up at her desk "I regret to inform you that we have gotten word today from the Sand village that they have found two people that match your mother and fathers profile. They were found yesterday evening. Form the sound of the letter that was scent they are not a live anymore," she paused and walked out from behind her desk and up in front of it rested her butt on the desk, "I am truly sorry Sakura"

'This can't be happening' Sakura thought as she looked down and cried not caring that she was a ninja and was not suppose to so her true emotions to others. She brought her hands up to her face and wiped her tears away moments later.

"W…who killed t...them?" she asked as she looked trying her best to not look like some little kid.

Tsunade stood once more and looked over the letter and the report before she spoke, "At the moment there are no leads as of who killed them." She handed Sakura a copy both of the pieces of paper. Sakura made to leave but Tsunade's words stopped her dead in her tracks, "If need any help or just want to talk... remember that you have many friends to lean on in your time of need Sakura, you don't have to go through this alone."

Sakura nodded her head and without another word left the office and walked herself home.

Within a few days everyone within the Leaf Village knew that Sakura's mother and father where dead. There wasn't much if any info to go on, Sakura didn't leave her house for the first week, she cried all the time and would sleep for long hours sometimes days. After the eighth day she forced herself to get out of the house and get some fresh air, she changed her outfit so that now she wore her normal ninja out. She let her long pink hair just hang around her face she didn't feel in the mood to do much of anything with it at the moment and she could really care less what people thought about her look.

At first no one even paid her much attention or even looked at her but as she got closer to the Hokage compound she could see people talking and whispering about her behind their hands. Had Sakura been back to her normal self the people that where talking about here would live to regret it. She made her way up the long set of steps outside of the compound and was about to open the door at the top of the stairs when she heard a voice speak to her.

"Ah Sakura, 'we' where wondering if you were doing alright. I am glad you're out and about," a male voice said right next to her. Sakura turned her head to see her sensei just sitting outside a window on the roofing reading a book. Kakashi always had a book with him for as far back as Sakura remembered him; he always had a book that he would read during their training. She sighed at first before she spoke

"Hello Kakashi-sensei, I am sorry if I had worried you or the others... I just needed some time to deal with it. That's all," she said taking a step closer to him.

Without looking up at her Kakashi nodded to her as he flipped a page in his book. It was always hard to tell his feelings. He wore a mask that covered his face from the bridge of his nose down, and he wore his hand band over his left eye to hide it from other people.

Kakashi let out a sigh as he closed his book once he got to the end of the one page. Standing he slipped it into his white ninja weapon bag on his backside. He stretched out his arms before turning to Sakura. "Tsunade has wanted to talk you, no there is no lead on what happen just yet," he said, as he looked at her face, she was starting to looking hopeful at his words at fist. "No it's about something else or so she has told me," he said jumping over to her and looking down at her. He gave a slight smile and opened the door for her.

They walked side by side down the hall till they got to Tsunade's office, before Kakashi opened the door Sakura asked him a question "Why are staying around? Or are you also involved with what Tsunade has in mind?" he gave a sight nod but didn't say a word and opened the door to let Sakura in fist. Tsunade sat behind her desk yet again but this time she was looking over papers and books.

She looked up briefly "Ah just the two people I was looking for... Sakura I hope you are faring will?" she asked as she tossed a book to the other side of her desk.

Sakura nodded, "Yes, I am feeling better," she said softly still keeping an eye on Tsunade as she rummaged through papers

"Ah yes... here we are," she said pulling out a paper and laying it on top of the others on her desk "That's good; I have a mission for you two... Do you feel up to going on a mission Sakura?" she asked slowly at the end of what she had to say. Sakura nodded again

"Yes," Was all she said. Tsunade had a smile on her face as she looked from one to the other

"Good, this is good... it will just be the two of you this time, no need to bring Naruto with... he would just get in the way sadly. You two will be going to the last remaining strong hold of the Hidden Sound country. Some of the people left from there when Sasuke killed off Orochimaru have reorganized and plan on begging where Orochimaru has left off. You will gather info on how many people they have and what there adjective is. Once you have found this out you are to report back here at once," she said before handing them a map and their mission info. Kakashi took all the info and lead Sakura out of the room.

Once he shut the door behind him he gave his head a slight shake before he spoke, "We'll leave first thing tomorrow... let's say around seven am? Pack your weapons and some money for the trip; we have a good 3 day journey to and from that place"

Sakura nodded and they split up and went their own ways.

She went right home and began to pack her bag. Sakura threw a few outs in there: her hairbrush, her wallet, some ninja foods and a blanket. She let out a sigh as she looked at the clock it was only three in the afternoon. Sakura could only hope that Kakashi would be one time this mission, he is always late by an hour or so.

She plopped herself down on her bed and looked up at her ceiling and then turned over and grabbed a few kunai and sat up in her bed. Maybe she could train for a bit before she lifted to go on her mission to get back to her normal self. Sakura put the few kunai in her holster on her leg and got up off her bed and left her house.

Sakura made her way to training grounds three where Team Seven had first started, she stood in front of one of the wooden targets and took out a kunai, and she held it at first but then whipped her arm forward and let it fly. It hit with a thud on the target, she was a bit off but that's what she had come here for. She threw another one and it hit with a thud as well. Every time she was getting better and better than the one before. As she threw her last one she felt as if someone was watching her. The last kunai hit with a thud, she stood there for a moment before dashing to the target and ripping one of the kunai out and throwing it at a nearby tree. You could hear it hit the tree with a thud. It was then that she heard something from behind her. Someone was behind her, she could feel the person behind her and as she went to turn around the person grabbed her by the back of the head and held a kunai close to the back of her neck

"You should be resting not training Sakura!" came a male's cold voice. He let her go and she turned to look at him, it was Kakashi that had caught her. She folded her arms over her chest.

"Oh and what are you doing out here hmm? Look at the fireflies?" she asked as Kakashi's one visible eye narrowed a bit but he didn't reply to her question. He simply turned and said.

"Go home and rest... we have a long journey and we will get nowhere tomorrow if you're sleepy and beat from being out here"

And with that he disappeared. Sakura pulled her kunai out of the target and put them all back in her holster and made her way back to her house it was starting to get real late now and Kakashi knew what he was talking about.

Sakura woke to the sound of her alarm clock going off. She had wound herself up in her blankets while she was a sleep; she slowly put a hand out and turned the alarm off before getting out of bed and slowly going to the kitchen. She grabbed a small piece of fruit and went back to her room. Sakura went through her bag once more making sure everything that she need was in there and then got dressed. Looking at the clock she sighed and picked up her bag

"Not like he'll show up on time any ways"

She thought closing her house door and beginning on her way to the front of the village. It was still yearly and there was hardly any one up and about yet. She let out a sigh as she turned a corner and was now looking at the open gate. She could make out two figures standing there that looked to be talking to one another, one of them was Kakashi and other one looked to be Asuma. As Sakura got close to them they stopped talking and looked at her.

"I am really surprised to see you here Kakashi and on time at that" Sakura said as she joined the two older men. Kakashi smiled at first then looked back to Asuma.

"Well where leaving now… keep an eye on Naruto will you? He will more than likely be quite upset about us going on a mission without him"

He said with a laugh as Asuma nodded his head. Kakashi took a deep breath as he turned back to Sakura to go over what their mission was. Once they were done they waved to Asuma and started out in a slow walk; they didn't say a word to one another as they walked side by side. Kakashi was never the type to just talk to talk, he almost always spoke when he thought he could teach them something or when he had to break up Naruto and Sasuke but when he was around her he was quite as can be.

By the time they got to a small town it was already past noon. They both walked down the main road looking to see if they could find a place to stop and grab a bite to eat before starting back out on the road. Sakura didn't see any place she would like to stop but she did happen to see a Raman shop and giggled to herself about how if Naruto where with them he would more than likely want to stop and eat there. She gave a sigh as she looked back to Kakashi for a moment; he was standing next to her reading that darn book of his.

"Aren't you going to help pick a place to eat?" she asked him

"No… I trust you'll find some place to eat" he said as he turned a page in his book not even looking at her when he spoke.

Sakura let out a low growl of anger and she turned away and started to walk away from him. Couldn't of Tsunade have sent someone else with him? Why was it her that had to go. She let out a sigh she could give one guess as to why, she wanted her to get away for the village and to have something else on her mind then the death of her mother and father. As they came to the end of the street Sakura stopped and looked to her right at a small little restaurant. The place looked alright and the food being cooked inside smelt very good to her. Without warning she felt some one walk in to her. She turned around ready to beat whoever it was and found Kakashi giving her a smile over the book he was readying

"Sorry… I am really in to this part of the book… I didn't mean to walk in to you" he said with a slight laugh

"Is that so? Maybe you should put the book down before you walk over a cliff and kill yourself" she said coldly as she stepped away from him and entered the restaurant.

Kakashi let out a sigh and put the book back in his pack and followed her in to the restaurant. Sakura had picked a table near the back of the small setting area, there wasn't much light back there and they would more than likely not be remembered if someone happened to look their way. She had already gotten a waitress to go and her some water as he was sitting down across from her.

"Anything for you Sir?" the waitress asked turning to Kakashi.

"No nothing for me at the moment" he said looking over at Sakura

He let out a sigh as he pulled out a scroll, he handed it over to Sakura as he closed his uncovered eye. Sakura took it from him and looked at it, it had a seal on it that had her name on it as well. She looked up at Kakashi and then back at the scroll

"What's this all about?" she asked

"Tsunade had some info for you that she didn't want me to know about for some reason and gave me the scroll to give to you" he said as the waitress came back with Sakura's water and place it on the table.

"Is there anything else I can get you two?" she asked

Kakashi did not say a word or even look at the waitress but put his hand up near his head and waved to go elsewhere for the moment. Sakura razed a brow at him as he waited for the waitress to leave them in peace before spoke again

"She said it's up to you to open that, she said it wouldn't make much of defiance in the mission any ways" he said opening his uncovered eye to look at her.

Sakura looked at it for a moment before stuffing it away in her bag, if it really didn't mean anything then why should she open it? She looked back over at Kakashi for a moment before she spoke

"I don't like this place any more… let's get going…" she said in a soft voice.

She looked up at the waitress that was eyeing them from over at the bar and was talking to someone, Kakashi gave a nodded and stood up. To him something didn't feel right about the place but he didn't say anything to her about it. But his gut was telling him to get out of there before something happened. They both left no tip for the waitress and walked out of the restaurant.

"That sure was a waste of time" she said as she looked up at the sky.

Kakashi nodded and then started to walk again before he spoke

"We should get going… I see no reason to stick around here"

Sakura nodded and started to walk off after him. They walked for hours and soon it was starting to get dark. Kakashi lead Sakura to a spot in the woods that was off from the side of the road that they travel. The area was a small clearing that one might use to train in, as Kakashi came to a stop inside the middle of the clearing he dropped his pack on the ground.

"We'll spend the night here" he said as he walked away from her and the clearing. He picked up pieces of wood here and there that lay on the ground near the trees. Once he had an arm full of wood he came back and set it in the middle of the clearing. Sakura watched as he Kakashi did a few hand seals, his hands made the seals of Snake, Sheep, Monkey, Boar, Horse and Tiger. He then brought his one hand up near his mouth and blew fire down at the wood on the ground.

A fire started instantly, Sakura took a deep breath as she looked up in to the darkening sky. The stars had started to come out now along with a few firefly's here and there. Kakashi sat down on the ground and brought out his book and began to read by the fires light. Sakura gave a slight smile as she looked down and other at her Kakashi reading his dirty adult book that he almost always had on him.

They sat there in silence for a while, Sakura turned to her bag that was next to her and got out a blanket and threw it around herself as she looked over at Kakashi. He lay on the ground with his book over his face; there was a small firefly that had landed on the spine of the book that started to glow every now and then. A soft caring smile came across her face as she got up and put her blanket over him and went back to her bag and got out a smaller lighter blanket for herself and let out a sigh as she lay down on the ground near the fire as well.