AN: Ano, don't shoot me? It's a new story, a one shot and I SHOULD be updating Blood and Sky but… I needed to get this out of my head where its been rattling about! I'm sickness free and I can update again! Expect the newest chapters out pretty soon!

Disclaimer:This is a work of fan fiction using characters from the Naruto world, which is trademarked by Masashi Kishimoto. All characters belong to their respective creators or legal owners. This story is by no means purported to be part of the storyline and manga of Masashi Kishimoto. I do not profit financially from the making and publication of this story. I thank Masashi for his generous donation of his creativity and awesomeness to the public.

Over and out!


Team 7 is a team of masks, secrets and things they will never realise until the end.

1. Veneers

Sakura is the image of a young girl, delicate and sweet. She is happy and carefree and young. It is all a mask and no one ever knows, not until her dying day.

It has never cracked and she has never told and no one has ever noticed. She has broken the age-old rule that a kunoichi has to fall in love with her teammates.

She is kunoichi, under everything and kunoichi are the epitome of emptiness.

She has never loved anyone.

2. Smiles

Naruto's mask is so obvious that it is invisible. He smiles, laughs and wants to be the Hokage. He is a prankster and a goofball and to everyone, he is just that ditzy blonde.

He hates smiling. He hates laughing. He hates and hates and hates. He hates smiles, with a passion. Over and over he smiles his wide, meaningless smile. His mask is as perfect as the veneer of Sakura's mask but it never cracks during his career.

When they find him, many years later, living with a family of his own, it cracks and Team 7 is there to see it.

He has never truly smiled, until that moment.

3. Pictures

Nobody knows it but everywhere he goes, Sasuke carries pictures. One is of his family, another of Team 7. He never loses these, even when he runs from Konoha. Next is the picture of the duck he had as a child, with Itachi giving him a piggyback in the background, as they chase the poor bird around.

The fourth and last picture is of Itachi, just Itachi. It was one of those rare moments, when Itachi wasn't wearing his own mask. Where he wasn't smiling that fake smile he gave their mother but his mouth was twisted in a wry smile and his eyes seemed to glowing with unshed tears.

It was taken three days before the massacre.

He will never show anyone these photos.

He finds it strangely ironic that out of his entire team it is him, the betrayer and traitor and chronic smoker, who should outlive his team, He never had children but finds himself with Naruto's two daughters and Sakura's son.

Uchiha Sasuke never loves anybody.

Team 7 is the team that shouldn't have been and the friends who never were.


Did ya like it? It's a little strange but for me, it flowed quite well. Wrote it quite quickly and it out came out very quickly and I am sorry I didn't do Kakashi but really wanted to focus on the relationships between these three.

Anyway, please review and have a good day!