Right hello again guys, this is my official second fanfic :D

Its so exiting right?

Well, i had a dream, and this was it, so i decided to write it down, and write it up when i got home from school, and this is the end result. I will continue with this, and my other fanfiction, as the are both long storys. (this was origionally a one shot, but it got too long, and i could never fit it all into one chapter anyway!)

Disclaimer: i do not own Naruto..sadly...If i did, Sakura would be top kunoichi, Sasuke would be less of an ass, and naruto would be even more of an idiot than he is now. Also, Deidara would be a good guy (because he is awesome) and Hinata would be less shy...

This is the First Official Chapter of : Christmas: Depression Changes To Happiness

The Snow falling lightly towards the ground, landing with a small 'thud' onto the ground in its unique little shapes.

The Sky, a shade of dull grey lighting up the heavens, with silver-lined clouds dotting around from here to there, scattering the beautiful sky above Konoha. It truly was a beautiful day, one of the best so far, considering the time of year.

24th December. One of the best days of the year in the point of children. Presents, loads of food, joy and happiness, what could be more?

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Hundreds of children ran through the hallways of the acadamy exiting any way possible - through doors, but some crazy children were so exited that they jumped through windows with their newly equipped ninja reflexes and training.

Today was the day that they would break up for a total of 14 days, overseeing the joy of Christmas, all the way to New Years eve. It truly was the best break that the little children had, without a care in the world.

Most familys would go on holidays to the Sand Village - Suna, to get away from the toe-dropping low temperatures, and some would go to to The Village Hidden in the Mist - a truly remarkable place to go at christmas time, beautiful sights, big trees decorated in bright heart-warming colours and much much more..

But some familys would simply stay in the Fire Country, The Village Hidden in the Leaves, Konoha to be presice. It wasnt special, but it was home for the people who inhabbited it.

The Academy Students running around in the thick snow, nearly up to their knee's in the padded substance. Some were making quick snowmen, before they had to run home to their familys, and some having intence snow-ball fights, not caring when they had to be home. This was to be enjoyed, so why waste it?

"Hey! You! Stop that, your going to break a window!" Shouted Iruka, friendliness laced within his firm but subtle voice.

He knew he could never be truly mad at his pupils, but Tsunade sure would with that temper of hers...Asking for a new window wouldnt be his idea of fun with the angry Godaime. No, he would make sure that he wasnt put in that position.

He loved watching the kids playing and having fun in the snow, so carefree. No douts, no worrys, no regrets. So happy. They had no rules in life. Only to have as much fun as possible - and he seconded that motion. These kids were training to become lethal shinobi - deadly nins to be feared.

But looking at them now, he didnt see any of that, only love and compassion, would they really be turned into emotionless vessels that would kill in the still of the silent night?

No, he couldnt think like that, they would be doing it for for Konoha. And that was what mattered.

Just as he was about to look to his left and tell a little girl off for throwing snow-balls to near the acadamy building, a blur of pink rushed past him, nearly knocking him off his feet in the thick under-lying snow.

'What the HELL was that?' He thought, still puzzled that something 'pink' had nearly knocked him clean off his feet.

'Oh i know! of course, the only pink thing in the village i-'

'IIIRRRRUUUKKAAAAA-SSEEENNNSSSEEEIII, im so so so sorry, i really am, i mean, i am in a kinda rush, but i really didnt mean to knock you over and-'

As 'it' carried on rambling its incoherent nothings, he realised just who it was. The first two words proved his first guess correct. There were only two people in the village who had passed on through the academy that still called him with his additional 'sensei.'

Obviously Naruto, he never would stop calling him 'sensei' and he was to proud of Naruto to tell him to stop, so he didnt even bother trying. The second was like a fellow sister to Naruto, they had gotten extremely close during Sasuke's absence, but still remained like brother and sister.

Of course the second was none other than Sakura Haruno herself.

"And im really...really sorry, for bumping into you sensei, i didnt mean to, honestly!" Sakura finished, the coldness of the winter bringing up the slight red tinge in her porcelin skin.

"Sakura, for the one billionth time, stop calling me sensei, your sixteen years old, you graduated 4 years ago for petes sake!" Iruka exclaimed, a warm smile lit his features. He missed their class, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Sasuke, Neji, Tenten, Lee, Naruto and of course Sakura. They were his closest class.

"Oh yeah. Forgot again, silly me!" She mumbled, making a mental note to remember that..she never was very good at thinking things through and remembering them.

"Oh sorry Sen-Iruka! I gotta go! Loads of stuff to do you know? Food, Preperations, Presents to wrap, Decorations to buy, my mom took all the decorations to Grandma's! I have to buy all new ones, as well as presents! Unbelievable!" Sakura exclaimed, clearly in a state of confusion and worry.

'Wait..what? Shes a Haruno isnt she?' Iruka thought, after thinking things through, he put two and two together, and caught Sakura just as she was about to dash off. Uncomftable in the silence, he spoke again.

"The Harunos...Haruno...Ahh Yes, i remember! Your Family go to the Village hidden in the Water every christmas, i remember! Very Unique - You did your 2nd grade essay on it! But if i remember correctly, you said that they leave on the 23rd correct? Shouldnt you have left by now?"

"Well...you see...Uh...I, we-well...I decided...No-Not to g-go..." Sakura chocked, trying to sound as well as possible, she had been planning this for a year now, Iruka-sensei wasnt going to ruin her surprise!

"but wwwhhhyyyyyyyy...from what i understood, you love going to the Village Hidden in the Water. There has to be some good reason." God, he sounded like a lost little 5 year old looking for his mum. She had to tell him, he was going to get it out of her one way or another.

'He's just as bad as Naruto...and he is really bad..' Sakura thought, a small frown imbedded on her face.

"Fine. you win. I decided not to go with my family, that bit is true, but i did it for a reason. Naruto and Sasuke are always alone on Christmas Eve, and more importantly Christmas Day. Its not fair, they need to be with people that love them. So, last year, i decided that i wasnt going to go this year. That i would invite them over to my house, and dragg them there if they couldnt or wouldnt come, and that i would try and make them feel loved, even for one day. Its all i wish. Is That so bad?"

Iruka was shocked..stunned even. To think that one sixteen year-old girl would give up her family holiday, and the time with her family just to make her friends feel loved..it was, amazing to say the least.

"Well, good for you is what i say! Now...how can i help? Well, i can definately help with decorations, i have way to many for myself, so, would you like to come round and collect them? Ill give you a hand if you want too"

Sakura was happy to say the least, it was a big load off her mind, she really did want to help them in any way she could, this was just the only one that appealed to her.

"Sure Iruka-Sensei, ill come with you now, and thankyou, it feels good to talk to somebody about this, ive been planning it for a year!" Sakura shouted. A big goofy smile appeared on her small face, illuminating her beautiful emerald orbs.

Slowly they made their way to Iruka's Flat. It wasnt far from the Acadamy, as he was there everyday, he made sure to get a flat which was of short walking distance. It made his life that little bit easier.

Iruka's flat was small to say the least, but big enoght for him to live in happily, he proceeded to go up the stairs into his bedroom. He had got all the decorations down last night, ready to be put up, but realised that he had way too many. He was happy that they would be going to some use, instead of a life crushed in the bin.

"Right, i have to get back to the Academy, to make sure those little rascles dont break anything, such as my window. The hokage would have my head!" Iruka said, whilst scratching the back of his head and smiling a little bit.

"Wow Iruka-Sensei, there are loads of multicoloured ones here! Thankyou ever so much, ill get out of your way now, ive got things to be doing aswell, thanks again byee!"

Sakura had by now picked up the box of coloured Baubles and proceeded to the door. Balancing the box one one hand, she gave a wave whilst turning around and making her way back home. She still had to make the living room, tidy the house, wrap the presents she had bought for the boys, and put the tree up ready to be decorated.

She proceeded back to her two story house and did her chores. Once she was done she looked at her now clean house, three sleeping bags laid next to eachother, ready to be slept in, and the big gir tree, in the corner of the living room was now put in place, waiting to be covered in a beautiful arangement that made cold-people's heart's melt at the sight.

She had also decided to bring her ipod dock downstairs so that her and her team-mates could listen to music whilst hopefully having fine.

"I hope everything turns out the way i planned." She thought quietly to herself, her inner quietly agreeing with her.

The presents stored under the Christmas Tree, decorated in different coloured wrapping paper. She had taken her time, all year deciding what to buy. In the end, she had bought 3 presents for each boy. Sasuke's wrapped in a dark blue wrapping paper, Naruto's deccorated in starry orange paper. They looked pretty.

She glanced at the time on her Ipod.

'6.48pm...hmm, they would have had tea by now, and they would be back at home..moping. Well. I guess its time to put my one year plan into action!' Inner Sakura cheered. She was ready.

One year of waiting, all for this.

Now, the decision. Naruto or Sasuke first?

well, the main choice would be to go get Naruto first, she knew that he would come no matter what, but Sasuke, she could almost garuntee that he wasnt going to come. So getting Naruto, he would probably drag the Teme back to Sakuras house no matter what...but she wanted him to enjoy his stay..not hate it.

Decided.

Sasuke First.

Curtains Drawn, Lights off, Phone Unplugged, Television off, Doors closed and locked tight.

Sasuke hated Christmas, it was the one time a year that he remembered his long-lost family.

He hated it. It was sickening.

He could even remember it when he was young..so full of love and compassion..

FLASHBACK

" Itachi-nee-chan! Come and make a Snowman with me, he can be tall, with a scarf and a hat on! We can use the stones over there for his buttons and the twigs over there for his arms, ppppllleeeeeeeaaaassssseeee?!"

Itachi looked at his little brother, the begging almost got him to come, but his eyes, black oynx so caught up in his happy little family that he could'nt let him down. Not today anyway. If just for today, he would make his little brother happy, and give him happy memories to remember, memories that he so desperately wanted for himself...

"Sure Sasuke, start making the head of the snowman, and ill make the base and middle, okay?"

Sasuke's eyes lit up in pure happiness when his brother said yes. He'd been ignoring him lately. Sasuke thought that he had done something wrong. But his mom just said that Itachi was busy with Anbu and all..

"Being promoted at such a young age is Hard sasuke...you will learn that some day.. you will also learn, that people who give up their time just for you, Sasuke, you should treasure that person, treasure them always, promise me? "

"Of course Mama, i promise i will treasure those people!"

Sasuke could remember his mothers words and his reply very clearly, but he just wanted his brother to play with him, was that so wrong?

END OF FLASHBACK

Sasuke remembered that day clearly. It was one of his fondest memories at the time, they spent the whole day playing and talking together.

Making Snowmen, Creating Snow Angels in the thickened snow, talking about their days, new jutsu's and so so much more..It really was a day to remember. For both of them.

Unfortunately staying in the snow all day did have its downs. When returning to the house, Sasuke high on Itachi's shoulders, They both had dreadful colds, and were off school and acadamy for at least 3 days. But it was worth it..to be together.

"NO! STOP IT! Stop it! I DONT WANT to remember!"

Sasuke Clutched his head and brought it to as close to his chest as he possibly could, his knee's had been brought up to his chest aswell, head pearching on tightly, not wanting to let go.

He was so alone..so very alone.

After killing his brother, he realised what a mistake he had comitted, and immediantly decided to kill the elders of Konoha for deciding Itachi's fate. There was a war. Such a big war. Konoha had nearly been destroyed, there was so much blood-shed, it wasnt fair, so many died in those three days.

The Akasuki, or what was left of it, came together with Kabuto and Orochimaru, and tried to destroy the Leaf Village. While Konoha fought back, Suna came to the rescue once again, But it wasnt enough. The enemy were winning, and just as all hope was long, The Village Hidden in the Mist came to help - remembering the fight with Gato, Zabuza and Haku, they saw the war and decided to lend a hand, and then the Hidden Waterfall Village came - After Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura helped out with the sacred water, they also decided to fight.

After all four nations got together, Konoha was finally getting the upper hand. And they were winning the war.

After what seemed like eternitys the Akastuki was dead, Kabuto and Orochimaru destroyed. Only one remained, and that was 'Tobi' Finally he revealed himself to be the one and only Uchiha Obito, being controlled by Uchiha Madara. Somehow Madara had found a way to reside in Obito's body keeping himself and Obito alive for years on end.

Kakashi told everybody to step back and he fought with the Uchiha himself. After a 5 hour long battle, the battle reached its climactic end. Killing Obito and Madara along with Kakashi himself. Tsunade tried everything she could to save the Team 7's sensei, but all was lost. His name was soon put onto the KIA stone along with the rest of his friends and family, for none of them would ever forget him.

Sasuke told Team Hebi to stay behind and to fight by all means necessary, while he took care of some 'buisness' elsewhere. They agreed and after three hours of battle, Karin was killed by Sakura, tortured till she found out where a certain raven-haired Uchiha was. She finally gave in and told Sakura the truth, Karin was left to die, left to blead to death. And within 10 minutes, she was.

Suigetsu was fighting with Rock Lee and found that he was much quicker than he remembered, so ending it quickly he picked up his sword and waited for the precise moment to plunge the sword straight through his right lung, punctering it all the way through and out of his back. Suigetsu knew that he would only be alive for more than 5 minute if he was seriously lucky. He had practiced this Jutsu so many times that it was practically second nature to him, though with somebody that fast, it was harder than he expected.

He heard a female screaming and the noises coming closer and closer with each passing second. From what he could tell it was two ninjas, from Konoha 'Just Great' he thought. From what he could sence they were powerful too..

He dropped the now limp body onto the floor as two figures merged from the forest. A girl, two buns atop of her head, her chocolate brown eyes and sun-tanned face stained in cascading tears. Pouring down her wet cheeks, dripping off the end of her chin. She was screaming into Lee's now cold and lifeless body.

The boy next to her was standing up, a lone tear making its was down his handsome face, long, brown hair out of its usual loose ponytail falling freely into his face. He muttered five short words under his breath. Making the girl look up and Suigetsu's eyes widen, then fall back into their normal shape, smile twitching slightly on his face.

After a 2 hour long battle, Tenten and Neji had managed to kill Suigetsu to the point where you couldnt tell that it was his body any more. His body burned so badly that you couldnt tell any facial features or one finger from another.

He died within 3 minutes.

Juugo however went into the second seal of the curse mark and went on a wild rampage. His lust for blood overpowered him, and he couldnt tell friend from foe. After 2 days of the intence straining of the curse seal, it started to eat off his muscles and his chakra network to suply itself with the needed substances.

Eventually Juugo couldnt sustain the curse mark any longer, his body was shutting down from the inside out, the curse seal eating away at his muscles had left him weak - weaker than any time before, and he had absolutly no chakra left.

He was in Immense Pain, he would never be the same again.

Tsunade did the only thing she could do, she put him to sleep gently with her Medical Chakra, she understood the pain he was going through, what was forced on him to begin with. So she did the humain thing, and sang him a lullaby as he fell into his eternal slumber.

Its called 'War' for a reason. You lose good people, and you lose bad people. War will always go on in the world, as peace cannot be obtained with a world full of Ninja.

Sasuke sat on the cold hard floor, tears pouring down his chisled face. They shouldnt have died, sure they were people he rounded up to kill his brother, but they shouldnt have died like that. They deserved to be killed like the credible ninja that they were, not killed mercilessly, then walked away from.

His hands raised to his head. He wanted it to all go away.

For it to stop. He didnt want this...He didnt want any of this...

Memories, of the past, of Itachi, of Hebi, of Naruto, of Sakura, of Team 7, of Rookie 9, of everything. He didnt want it anymore.

"Stop...STOP...STOP. GO AWAY, I DONT WANT THIS, NONE OF THIS, IVE HAD ENOUGH, GO AWAY, STOP FOLLOWING ME, EVERYWHERE I GO,"

Sakura had just arrived at the Uchiha District. Suddenly she heard shouting and screaming coming from the main house. One word flashed through her mind before she sprinted for the door.

'Sasuke'

She reached the door as the voice inside started getting even louder before. If whoever it was, was screaming before, then they were downright screeching now..

She stepped up to the door and opened it a little and she saw the most horrifying sight she had ever scene in her entire 16 years of living. Throughout assasination missions, and The Great War, this image would scar her for life.

Sasuke, the proud emotionless Uchiha, last surviving man of the Uchiha clan itself was sat in the corner of a dark room as tight as a sixteen year old man could make himself in a ball..crying.

Something was wrong, no, something was seriously out of line.

Is THIS what christmas did to him? All these years?

If the scene wasnt enough he kept shouting, but this time, she could hear every word he was saying. She just stood and watched and the Uchiha finally released his anger and sadness..

"MEMORIES, OF MY BROTHER, OF HEBI AND OF TEAM SEVERN, IVE HAD IT, IVE HAD ENOUGH, LEAVE ME ALONE, STOP STOP STOP, PLEASE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE THIS TIME, DONT COME BACK, I DONT WANT TO REMEMBER, I DONT WANT TO REMEMBER MY FAMILY, STOP STOP SSSTTTOOOPPP, LEA-"

Just as he was about to continue his shoutings, he felt a walm pair of arms circle around his neck bringing him closer to 'its' body. He could feel the warmth raidiating off whatever 'it' was, it made him want to feel more of the welcoming warmth to his cold and fail body.

He immediantly looked up and felt 'it' shift its body so that 'its' head was resting in the crook of his masculine neck. The first thing that Sasuke saw was Pink.

His eyes widened as tears poured down his already wet cheeks, it was her. Why the hell was she here? She was suposed to leave with her family yesterday.

"Sa-Sakura?" Sasuke managed to choke out, after shouting so much, his voice was starting to break, and he could feel a cough coming up through his throat. She was almost choking him by hanging onto his neck to tightly.

Oh..She hadnt heard him...Oh shit...Could she have heard what he said? What he shouted?

Sasuke looked down to her body, she was at his left, her arms hanging on like a death choker round his neck, her breathing was laboured, irregular..

No...Shes not...crying......is she?

"Sa-sasuke, ple-please, dont..dont cr-cry...i-im, im sorry i wasnt here for you!" Sakura sobbed even more heavily into his shoulder, after he started screaming again, she tried to cover her ears, trying to block out the sound, she didnt want to hear it, any of it. It was wrong.

So wrong.

She hadnt even noticed that he was so messed up inside. Letting out all her girlish-fantasy's onto him when they were younger, but really, she didnt know him at all. She didnt know the Sasuke that spent the whole of Christmas shouting and remembering painful memories that no child should have to remember...she didnt know him.

"Sakura, you were suposed to leave with your family yesterday, why on earth are you here, in my house, strangeling me to death.." Sasuke had calmed down now. After the initial shock of her being there, he had returned back into the Emotionless vessel that he was and always will be.

After he finished speaking, she swiftly let go of his neck, and placed her hands softly in her lap, still crying, but not as hard now. Sasuke still had tears pouring down his cheeks, not even bothered about wiping them off.

"Sa-Sasuke, well, yo-you see, thats why i-im he-here...I..i planned thi-this all a-along, last ye-year, I..decided that i wasnt going to go on my normal holiday, i wasnt going to be with my family, i was going to spend it with you and Naruto, because you and him need me more than my family needs me!" Sakura shouted the last part, looking Sasuke straight in the eyes. Her pale complexion shone in the moonlight, making her look like a fallen angel. Beautiful.

If she had kept going, she would have just stuttered all the way through. She wasnt the week needy girl anymore, she could take care of herself. And she was going to prove that to him.

Sasuke was stunned. Not to the fact that she had shouted at him, but that she had givern up her holiday, but most importantly her family just to be with a monster like him. It was Obserd.

He remembered something, something important. Something that his Mother said to him in his fondest memory, something that she said he should treasure..

FLASHBACK

"Being promoted at such a young age is Hard sasuke...you will learn that some day.. you will also learn, that people who give up their time just for you, Sasuke, you should treasure that person, treasure them always, promise me? "

"Of course Mama, i promise i will treasure those people!"

END OF FLASH BACK

Thats Right. He could remember now...His mother said he should treasure that person...what if...what if that person...is...Sakura? Should he treasure her always? Is that right? Maybe he should go with her tonight and tomorrow...if it makes her happy..

'Wait...A year ago? Shes been planning this since a year ago? Wow, thats a long time..Shes probably put alot of effort into this...knowing her anyway..' Inner Sasuke thought, well, yes, it did seem true..

"Okay." Sasuke Replied, He would go with her. This time, and this time only. She witnessed his time of raw emotion, and she saved him from the depths of insanity, so he would go her way just this once.

"Wait..What? You'll come with me, seriosuly? Your not kidding?" Sakura looked at him uncertainally, she couldnt believe that She, Sakura Haruno had got the Sasuke Uchiha to come with her for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

She looked at him with uneasy eyes, obviously deep in thought to why he would say yes. He owed her an explanation. So he might as well give it to her.

"No. im not kidding. You caught me on the one day of the year where i let my emotions free. Just one day a year, and you were here for me. You brought me back from the depths of hell themselves, and my...my mother made me promise something..and im not going to break my promise to her. Its all i have left... So, if it makes you happy, then ill go with you..and the dobe." Sasuke said, secretly, the moment she moved away from him, she took her heat with her, and, to be honest, he missed it. It made him feel walm and tingly inside, no other girl could do that to him...he wondered what it ment.

"Wow" This was all Sakura could get to come out, she would prod him about his memory's and promise later, for now, she would bask in the moment of the Uchiha coming with her.

Well, to be honest, i was going to make this a one shot, but i decided about halfway through that its never going to be a one shot, so :D

Hope you enjoyed it, i have my own ideas about what will happen in the big war in Naruto, so i decided to incorpret them into this fanfic.

I also have my own idea about Tobi, so i put them in too :D

Ja Ne! xxxxxx