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"Bye Sakura-chan! See you tomorrow!" Ten Ten and Hinata yelled as the pink-haired kunoichi left the designated ANBU training grounds. She waved goodbye, and a cloud of smoke caused her to vanish.
Sakura - Now at the age of 18 and living alone - was an ANBU, serving the leaf village by defending her nation. Her hair had grown long, and her body had matured with age. She had full, pink lips to compliment her ivory skin. The pure seafoam color of her eyes were bright and vibrant as ever. Many men had asked to take her out, but she'd always found a reason to decline. It wasn't because she was still commited to Sasuke. No. That dream died a long time ago. She said it was because she was so busy with ANBU. Sakura seemed unhappy though, so this made her friends question her feelings.
The streets of Konoha were dark at night, and there was a particular eerie feeling about tonight. Sakura was studious of her surroundings as she paced her way home. The Friday nightlife had yet to begin. In a matter of minutes partygoers would flood the streets and illegal activity would begin. It took Sakura a minute to realize the fun was being held off because of HER, an enforver of the law. ANBU were widley respected, even by criminals. She wasn't accostomed to her title just yet, considering she'd only been ANBU rank for a couple of weeks.
Time that it took to walk home was used for thinking. Sakura thought back to her early teens. Team Seven was now broken, everyone gone their seperate ways. Naruto was now Hokage, to marry Hinata in a month. Kakashi decided to settle down with Kurenai and start a family. Sasuke was still alive, and killed Orochimaru when he decided to attempt to take his body as a vessel. He was currently the leader of Orochimaru's "organization." And of course there's Sakura, of whom is just going through the daily motions. It was true, she was lonely. What she wanted was love, but she'd hadn't been able to find an appealing man. She longed to be held. She tried not to think about it though.
Sakura dug in her pocket to find the house key. She found them and unlocked the door. Walking in, she flicked the light on. Her house was small, but large enough to accomodate a young woman such as herself. The livingroom held a dated yellow loveseat, pink carpet, brown table, and a small television. She shut the door behind her and locked it. In her slim hallway, she made her way to the white and green hallway. Sakura started a warm shower. She felt dirty after the training. While stripping down, she looked in the mirror. She didn't think she was as beautiful as people proclaimed. Sakura stepped into the shower, melting away the pungent odor of sweat and stress.
After bathing, she slipped on a long, white t-shirt and crawled into bed. She couldn't shake the feeling that she was being observed. The feeling left as Sakura convinced herself she was just being paranoid. She soon fell into a deep sleep that filled the cracks of the lifeless night in the Haruno household.
A her senses had warned her, Sakura was in fact being watched. Once she'd been asleep for a couple of hours, she'd been awakened by two hands grasping her exhausted body and throwing her onto their shoulders. Sakura screamed, but her cries were muffled out by a thick cloth in her mouth. She was scared, and confused. She wasn't even totally awake yet. If only she could see her captor...
Author's Comments: What an overwhelming amount of support in just the first day! This story has gotten over 700 hits, but only 2 reviews! I'd really appreciate more reviews to tell me what I need to work on and what you like, maybe even something you'd like to see in the future from the characters or story line. I uploaded up to Ch. 8 in the first day because I have previously uploaded this on Deviantart. So if/when you review, please take into consideration that I do have the next 7 chapters up and there's a slim chance that I'll go through and edit them thoroughly. Find my user on there, it's still Caiquinn!