DISCLAIMER: Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto. I have never been or shall be Masashi Kishimoto at any time of my life. Besides, if I were to change my name to Masashi Kishimoto, I still wouldn't be him, cuz he's a guy and I'm not (AND NEVER WILL BE).

Hearts Revamped

Excerpt from Sakura's Journal:

I'm feeling so confused. Our mission is over and we didn't bring Sasuke back with us. He confuses me. I don't know the two of them anymore. They've changed. I don't think I even know myself. Maybe writing will help clear a few things up for me.

Sasuke didn't want to come back with us, and he knew what Orochimaru wanted to do. I just can't believe this. Sasuke isn't the Sasuke I liked three years ago. Naruto considers him as a brother, and he knows that, but he doesn't care. All he wants is power. He wants to kill Itachi, and by doing that, he's putting a lot of people in danger. But hasn't he thought about the rest, about what he'd do after that? So Sasuke didn't turn out the way we exactly expected. And all these three years, you'd think that he'd get a better view of things. Maybe it's time, for all of us, to let him go... but --

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"Sakura! Come on we're going now," yelled Naruto. He waved at her from a distance.

"Come on Sakura-chan. We'll be heading back to Konoha today," said Sai. He had stayed behind to help her pack her things. "I'm sorry about what happened with Sasuke."

"Hm? No it's all right. I can deal with it. Besides you shouldn't even be apologizing. It's not your fault. It's not like I'm still into him or anything. We're just friends... Come on let's go. Hey Naruto! Wait up will you."

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"So... have you heard about it," asked Naruto.

They were on their way to the training grounds where Kakashi would be waiting for Naruto, so they could start his training.

"Yeah," said Sakura. She had come along to see how it was going.

"Hey! You know what you should take Hinata!"

"Hinata?"

'Oh god. It looks like I'm gonna have to play a role as matchmaker here. Naruto still doesn't know how much Hinata likes him.'

"Well she is a nice girl," he continued. "I guess. But. What about you Sakura?"

"Oh it's all right. Don't worry. Hey, we should hurry. Kakashi might actually be there on time."

"Ok..."

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Chapter 1: IT's a special night -- well it's suppose to be anyway. But, things just seem to go wrong.