SUMMARY: when sakura and hinata are betrayed by their village and family they leave and encounter strange statues they discover more power than they thought possible.
Sakura was sitting up in the tall evergreen where she had normally sat for the past week watching the border. It had been 5 months since Naruto had left with Kakashi, Sai, and Yamamoto to get Sasuke. She had been left behind, even though she had trained with Tsunade and on her own constantly; even though she now surpassed Tsunade in strength and as a medic, even though she was a special Anbu before any of them. Not that they knew that

part but still, they knew she had grown stronger and they still to treat her as if she were weak.

The worst part was when they came back Sasuke was back too, along with his new team. They weren't so bad if they'd stop following sasuke's orders like drones. Juugo was an orange haired boy with a very kind and quiet personality; It was hard to believe he was a ninja much less work for snake-face.

Suigetsu was pretty cool too, if rather annoying at times. He had a habit of make sarcastic remarks at theworst possible time about the worst possible subject. He also liked to pick fights which in it of itself got annoying. But he was still alright when it came down to it.

Then there was the harpie or Karin as everyone called her. She had hated Sakura from the first time she met her. She was the reason sakura was out here. You see karin started to do and say things to make everyone think she was weak and useless eventualy everyone stopped hanging out except on mission. Then even on missions they wouldn't talk to her unless necessary. Then Tsunade even started to give up on her she had even taken her off hospital duty unless they were low on medics then one d she was ban from seeing tsunade altogether.

FLASH BACK

"Sakura I ending your training so I can focus on my new apprentice, karin"

"o...okay Tsunade-shishu"sakura calmly as she could although on the inside she was fuming 'karin stole someone else from me'.

"I'm also giving your hospital duties to Ino, and you are being striped of you anbu rank."

"what!...what did I do?" sakura was shocked that tsunade was saying this." you can't just take off hospital duty why would you do that?"sakura's had raised slightly as she was saying this.

"I can and I did. Now you are dismissed"

"no, tell me why you doing this to me." if sakura had been thinking she would have been shocked at how much athourity her voice held, just as tsunade was shocked that sakura had taken that tone with her.

"don't take that tone with me need I remind you I am the hokage so you will follow my orders. Now, DISMISED!" Tsunade's voice had risen now.

"No, I deserve an explaination at least as to why your taking me off duty"

"Sakura Haruno, you are hereby ordered to stay away from hokage tower unless you have a mission and your are to stay away from the hospital unless you have an injury with or on you, now .".

Sakura was stunned but after a second bow stiffly saying " as you wish Hokage-sama." then left rigid as a pole. Her face a mask holding back tears.

remembering that incident hurt a lot. Tsunade was her mother figure ever since her parents died. She had thought that even if everyone else turned against her Tsunade would love her unconditionaly. Now she knew Tsunade just wanted someone to help her jumpstart her medic that wasn't even the worst part about that day.

after her argument with Tsunade she had wondered aimlessly around the village. Constantly hearing whispers from the villagers.

"oh look its that pathectic pink haired freak"

" I never did like her"

"who has pink hair any way, she even says its natural"

she new thay would only get worse as news of her banishment from the hospital leaked out.

'Hey don't listen to them' a muffle voice in her head said

'what was that?' she thought, then she realised wher she was.

Ichiraku's ramen then she noticed that all of her 'friends' were there ad talking about her.

"Sakura is so weak, I can't believe she even made chunin" kiba waas saying as he was about to take a bite of his beef ramen.

"I think it was just Tsunade pulling strings because she didn't want to be embarassed by her 'apprentice"said Choji muching on whatever came his way

"shes weak always has been always will be" Sasuke stated bluntly

"thats the reason I didn't bother with her when she was a genin" Kakashi sighed through his mask.

"yeah, you guys are right"naruto said she felt something inside her break at that last comment Naruto the guy that believed in everyone and hated it when others put people down. She supposed she had always knew deep down that naruto thought she was weak. But hearing him say it was to much she ran to her apartment at top speed over roofs, getting there in under three seconds when she arrived tears were already streaming down her face as she dove into her pillow. She now realised she had no one to go and talk to Hinata was of on a mission, Tenten was in suna for diplomatic purposes, and Ino had been brainwashed by Karin to the point sakura thought she was under a genjutsu. But that was probably wishful thinking.

then she concluded that if she was destined to be alone so be it. She would be dead to the world after that she isolated her self in 3 weeks later Tsunade had called her to her office.

"Sakura, your mission is to meet Hinata Hyugga in the border and escort her home, understood ?"Tsunade said she felt like squirming under sakura's dead eyes in fact her entire appearance was dead her although her hair was still pink but was somehow less vibrant. Where her emerald eyes once were now there was no shine 'it's almost like...she..is...'

"Hai, Hokage-sama"sakura's voice was flat, emotionless,...'dead'

end flash back

and that is how she ended up here she had enjoyed the solitude with out the judgement of the village. Still she was looking forward to seeing hinata again 'at least for the journey back we can be friends until she hates me too' she thought to her self sadly

'she won't hate you she's your best friend'

'easy for you to say'

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