Goodbye for now

*This is a story about Sakura Haruno's death in a battle and what she left behind for the people that she loved the most...

*Be gentle with reviews on this one, this is my first tragic story and I can almost promise it will make you cry. It may be a little sappy, but I am proud of it.

Five men stood in front of the grave of their female team mate on a cold and rainy August morning. The weather fit their mood as they watched their team mate being put in the ground. A week ago she was this vibrant, healthy woman that they had all loved and now she was pale and motionless, her warmth was gone from them forever.

Three days ago Tsunade had called all five of them into her office, Naruto had burst in and as usual asked when Sakura was supposed to be back from the mission that she had been sent on a week earlier. He was waiting for the answer when he noticed that Tsunade was pale and she had been crying recently, everybody in the room was deathly quiet while waiting for what she had to tell them. Tsunade looked at the five men in front of her, they had all gone a little pale as if they knew something bad had happened, they had no idea how right they were. "Naruto Uzamaki, Sauske Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, Yamato, and Sai. It is with great sadness that I must inform you that your team mate Sakura Haruno has been killed in the line of duty." Tsunade waited for their reply, none was offered, they all looked to be in a state of horrified shock. Sauske, Sai and Yamato looked as if they might be sick, but they took the news without shedding a tear, they made their excuses and left to digest the news and grieve in private. Naruto and Kakashi were the only two left in the room with Tsunade. "What happened?" Kakashi asked. "They were ambushed on their way back from their mission, none of them survived, we have yet to find out who killed them though." Tsunade replied. Kakashi looked as if he might cry as he made his excuses so that he could grieve in private. That left Naruto and Tsunade in the office, "Naruto, I'm sorry." Tsunade said. "Yeah well, sorry isn't going to bring her back is it?" Naruto hissed. "Naruto.." Tsunade began, but was cut off by Naruto's "I have to go, I have things that need to be done." and with that Naruto slammed out of the Hokage's office. Tsunade had never been more worried about the five boys in her entire life, she was afraid of what damage Sakura's death might have done to all of them.

The men stood in front of her headstone long after everyone else had already left, the headstone read: Sakura Haruno, Age 19, proud daughter and loyal friend. It seemed like so few words didn't do her life justice, but it was all that was left of her now, or so they thought.

"Uggmm" A man cleared his throat behind the five silent men, it sounded like a shout in the deathly silence surrounding the grave. Kakashi turned to the man and asked, "Can I help you?" The man stared at him for a second then said, "Yes, I am miss Haruno's lawyer and I need to find some people that she left a few things for."

Everyone was silent for a moment then Naruto spoke up, "Who are you looking for?" he asked. "Five people actually, Naruto Uzamaki, Sauske Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, Sai and Yamato. Do you know where I might find them, I have some letters that miss Haruno left for them in the even that she died while out on a mission." Sauske stepped foward, "That would be us, now let us see the letters." he stated in a cold tone. The lawyer paled a little at his tone but said, "Oh well yes, here they are then I will just need all of you to sighn here saying that you recieved them." The boys each sighned the paper the lawyer held out and then took their letters and without a word to each other headed towards their individual homes. The lawyer thought that this must be the coldest bunch of individuals he had ever seen as he watched them walk away with equally cold faces the letters clutched in their hands, and then he too left the cemetary.