Summary: Many years after the main plot takes place, Sasuke is home with Sakura, enjoying his life to the fullest with his family. Sakura is also very happy, continuing with her kunoichi career and caring for her children- until Sasuke vanishes on a mission.
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, Hedgehogs would fly.
A/N: Hi! So, honestly I have no idea why I'm writing this- the page seems so empty without an Author's Note! XD
But, anyway, this is my first Sasusaku fic, so R&R!!!
Chapter 1~ Life
Sakura sighed, a content smile painted on her face. She stood in the Hokage's tower, reporting back from a successful jounin mission with Neji, Hinata, and the knucklehead Naruto. After the Hokage had been pleased with their efforts and the outcome of the mission, the four ninjas were free to return home.
Sakura was relieved. The mission had lasted longer than anticipated, for they had encountered quite a few enemy ninjas, though it was obvious seeing as the mission was A-rank. A short sigh escaped the pink-haired girl as she recalled the many effortless victories.
As she thought, she recognized all of her faults on the mission, then smoothed them over with the correct actions- a habit she had acquired from previous missions.
As she walked down the road, suddenly a small hand clasping her wrist arose her from her thoughts. Immediately Sakura glanced down to meet the viridian eyes of her five-year-old son, Hayate.
"Welcome home!!!" he yelled with ecstasy, a smile lighting his face. Sakura smiled back at him, she had missed Hayate on her journey greatly.
Hayate, though still a boy, resembled his father more, with his dark hair and paler skin. Also he shared most of the same general features as Sasuke did, excepting his bright green eyes- absolutely identical to Sakura's.
Then following the younger son, Mai and Katsu approached their mother and embraced her, or at least Katsu did… Mai wasn't exactly the type to hug. And if she did, you'd probably drop dead with a sort of poisoned acupuncture needles all over you.
Mai was the oldest, at thirteen years old. She, similar to Hayate, mostly resembled Sasuke. She had dark onyx eyes-or red if her sharingan had activated- along with a dark purple shade of hair that hung to midway down her back that was usually twisted into a messy braid. She was always quiet, as Sasuke had been in his childhood, though she was a bit more open and kinder, as well as strong (seeing as she had already become a chunin her first time around in the exam, and was now aiming to become a jonin in the upcoming test).
Next was the middle son, Katsu. Katsu had left the academy early at the age of ten, and reveling in the genin days on a team with Naruto's son, Jiro, and Shikamaru's daughter Izumi. The boy obviously favored his mother's looks with his pale blonde hair, bright skin, and loveable-yet occasionally unstoppably furious attitude.
Sakura loved her children, as well as Sasuke, who was now rounding the street corner and heading in her direction with a smirk on his face.
"How did you do Sasuke? Have fun with these rascals?" she queried, grinning and tussling Katsu's hair.
"Hn." Sasuke muttered, his smirk widening to almost a full grin. Sakura giggled in response.
The two of them had not really changed much, both physically or psychologically, in the passing of around ten years. They looked the same, lacking with the wrinkles or aches that average thirty-year olds occasionally had. They also remained internally youthful, with their previous, if not improved stamina and strength. Sasuke had even attained the rank of an ANBU captain, and probably the only ninja in the village that could challenge and even defeat the sixth Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki.
Then, as her familiarizing came to a close, the family of five trudged back to their home in the Uchiha manor. Once they had arrived home, Sakura left to unpack her things in her room. Then she sensed a presence behind her.
Quickly, she spun around, facing a miniature Sasuke.
"Hayate!" she exclaimed, "I didn't sense you at all! How did you do that?".
The boy smirked, a copy of Sasuke, then replied "Father taught me to mask chakra when I asked him to teach me a new jutsu!".
Sakura looked surprised, as she truly was. It was an incredible feat to even sense chakra at the boy's age. Inner Sakura chuckled:
Not for an Uchiha!!!
"Really? That's amazing Hayate! If you keep advancing like this, you'll be in and out of the academy faster than a blink of the eye!"
The boy smiled again, and jerked his thumb towards the door.
"Father says that we are going to Ichiraku's for dinner, along with Uncle Naruto and Aunt Hinata, and Jiro too!", He paused, and in all of his toddler-like innocence, he said "Then he muttered something about the Hokage being a dobe."
After Sakura- and inner Sakura stopped laughing histerically, she thanked him for the news, and followed him out of the room to the fawyer, where the rest of the family had gathered.
"Let's go!" Katsu declared, marching forward through the door, followed by Hayate, Mai, Sakura, and then finally Sasuke.
The ramen dinner was rather inexplainable, with Naruto and Sasuke making continuous threats, with plenty of "Teme's" and "dobes" thrown in. And apparently, with their father's same ways of thoughts, Jiro and Mai went at each-other as well (about conflicts from their team, Mai becoming the first Chunin, and a wonder more of inaudible things). Katsu just slurped down his ramen. It seemed only Hinata, Sakura and Hayate could talk peacefully amongst each-other….
Two hours later the five lumbered home in the dark, full of ramen. Hayate had passed out at the ramen shop, and now slept on Sasuke's back, snoring quietly into Sasuke's shoulder.
Then, immediately after returning home, Katsu dragged himself to his room and fell asleep as well, leaving only Mai and her parents awake.
For about an hour, Mai read a book on Ninja tactics, and Sakura looked on. Sasuke on the other hand, entertained himself by watching the two of them with a blank look on his face.
Then about an hour later, the raven-haired Uchiha left the room, heading to the room he and Sakura shared.
Soon after, Mai left to her room for sleep, and after Sakura bade her children goodnight, she joined Sasuke in their room.
Sasuke stood over the bed, swiftly placing clothes and tools into a backpack.
"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura called, causing him to shoot her a questioning glance.
"Why are you packing?" she queried, observing the objects he had neatly splayed out on the bed.
"I have a mission early tomorrow morning" Sasuke muttered, continuing to pack clothes into his pack.
"How long this time?"
"A month maximum" he said.
"Oh"
Sakura was a bit disappointed. She had just arrived home, to be without her lover again. She let out a muffled sigh and collapsed onto the bed, falling asleep in mere seconds from hitting the pillow.
As the sun rose, Sakura woke, her internal alarm clock lifting away her sleep.
She glanced at the clock, and then noticed that her husband had gone. Quickly she jumped out of bed and quietly rushed to the stairwell, where she could sense Sasuke's presence. He had just reached the bottom of the stairs, and had turned around, dressed in his ANBU cloak with his white tiger mask shoved to the side of his face.
Sakura descended, not wishing to deter him from his mission. Then, when she reached the bottom of the stairs, she swiftly delivered a kiss to his cheek.
"Come back soon Sasuke-kun" She whispered into his ear. As she pulled away, he smirked, and nodded, before soundlessly disappearing into the night, leaving not a trace behind.
A/N: Ok, so that's the first chapter of "Gone"! Yay!
So, what do you guys think of the story so far? Are there any predictions for upcoming events? (other than the obvious)
~And one last thing... I'll be updating again by next Sunday. I'll try to update every week with a new chapter! :)
R&R!!!!!!!!!