Yup, this is a quick one-shot that I wrote for no reason. I should've been updating, but I wasn't. Well, uh, Happy New Year!!!
"Under Hokage-sama's orders, a male shinobi from every family must report to his office for placement in the troops to fight Orochimaru!" Kamizuki Izumo stood on a platform announcing the message to the entire village. Haruno Sakura gasped in horror. That meant that Sasuke-kun had to fight. Kakashi-sensei… Naruto... All of her teammates had to fight and leave her behind.
Orochimaru had demanded that the village hand over Sasuke, or go to war with Otogakure no Sato. Sasuke had refused to go, no matter what the Elders would have said. Fortunately, they also refused to let him go, so there were no disagreements in that. Sakura had read many things on Orochimaru, and was terrified about what he might do to her Sasuke-kun.
Izumo had finished his announcement and was know calling family names for one person to take their scroll. Sakura only stayed long enough to make sure her nightmare had become reality. After Sasuke was called up, Sakura slowly headed home with her shoulders drooped. Tonight Sasuke would have to leave to go fight Orochimaru's forces. It wouldn't take Orochimaru long to find Sasuke on the battlefield and then kidnap him.
Sakura was still deep in thought when she arrived home. Today was supposed to be the day that Team 7 started the Chuunin Exams. They were supposed to become Chuunins together.
"None of this was supposed to happen!" Sakura sobbed her heart out into her pillow. "But what can I do? I'm a woman! I'm not allowed to do anything except wait!" Sakura cries echoed emptily around her room. Her last encounter with Sasuke hadn't been a great one, and she felt ashamed for it.
Team 7 were trying the bell test again, to test their ability to work together. Naruto had gotten himself trapped in a genjutsu and was currently laying on the ground drooling himself into unconsciousness. Sasuke had gotten pretty beaten up from Kakashi, leaving only Sakura left. Kakashi had immobilized her legs and casually tossed a kunai at her chest. Instead of doing the smart thing and leaning to the side to dodge, Sakura closed her eyes and brought her hands up to her head for protection.
When she felt no pain, she took a peek from between her fingers. Sasuke stood in front of her with a kunai in his leg. It wasn't fatal, but it still looked painful. When he looked at her, it was the most scornful look Sakura had ever received.
"You're completely useless."
Sakura's lowered lip quivered at the recent memory. No matter how many times she had apologized, his opinion of her hadn't changed. She clutched her pillow even closer. She tried to brace herself for the upcoming days.
"I am about to lose everything. I am about to lose everything." She repeated this chant over and over, until she felt she would be about to deal with it. Every time she said the words, she only felt worse and worse.
"I'd do anything to save him!" Sakura was now eyeing a shuriken she had forgotten to put away. "Even die," she whispered. Suddenly, an idea popped into her head. It wasn't a particularly well thought out idea, but it would save Sasuke from the war.
Sakura jumped out of bed and ran into her bathroom. She threw open the cabinets under her sink and began to throw the contents all over the bathroom until she found what she was looking for. A small box of black hair dye. She had bought it when she was younger, because all the girls had made fun of her hair color, and she wanted to look normal. Right before she was about to head home to do the deed was when Ino had decided to come talk to her. Thanks to Ino, Sakura had never even used the dye. In retrospect, Sakura supposed this was for the best.
She opened the box and quickly read the directions. She turned on the faucet and stuck her head underneath. She winced as the cold water poured all over her head. Without paying much attention, she pulled the plastic gloves that had fallen out of the box over her hands. She grabbed the bottle containing the dye, and squirted it on her hands and applied the black goo to her long, petal pink hair.
It took almost all of the dye, and a total of twenty minutes to completely cover her hair, wait the ten minutes for it to set, and to then wash it all out. Sakura's hair was dripping water all over the floor that she told herself she'd clean up later.
Walking back to her room, she dug through her bag with all of her ninja weapons until she found a kunai. Raising it slowly to the hair that covered her shoulders, Sakura froze for a moment. She touched the hair lightly, took a deep breath, and sliced her hair right off; leaving her with shoulder length black hair, instead of pink hair that reached her lower back.
Sakura exhaled slowly. Now there was no turning back. She marched across the hall back into the bathroom. She used the remaining dye to make her eyebrows match her new hair color. She also pulled out some hair gel and started to spike her hair in the back.
Once she had finished that, she grabbed some extra strength hairspray and coated her entire head with it. Satisfied that her hair wasn't going to change anytime soon, she went right back to her room, and searched through her dresser drawers. Having found the shirt and shorts Sasuke had given her when she offered to repair them for him, since Kakashi had made quite a few rips and tears on them. She had fixed them the second she left Team 7 and planned to return the ASAP, but that was when Izumo made his announcement.
Sakura discarded her usual attire and pulled on Sasuke's clothing. She shivered at the air flowing throughout the shirt. Sakura looked herself over in the mirror. "Almost." She was missing the arm warmers that Sasuke always wore, as well as the ones on his legs, but those weren't the problem. The main problem…was her eyes. Sakura looked thoughtfully at the mirror for a moment.
Suddenly, she ran into her mother's bathroom, and threw open the medicine cabinet. Her mom always kept her contacts in there, and they just so happened to be black colored contacts. Fortunately, Sakura had the same prescription as her mother, and popped both her contacts out in one swift move. She had always worn the clear ones, as green mixed with any color that wasn't brown or black ended up looking weird. The last time she had tried blue colored ones, everyone had thought she was Hinata with a wig, and a bad case of pinkeye.
Now with the black contacts in, Sakura put her own clear ones in her mother's case. Her mom would notice the difference, but she would at least be able to see with them. Closing the medicine cabinet, Sakura looked at herself in the mirror again. She jumped in fright at what she saw. Her Sasuke-kun was looking right back at her. She leaned forward to examine her reflection closer. Her skin tone was nearly identical to Sasuke's anyway, so she wouldn't have to worry about that. They both had small, straight noses, which meant no one would notice much of a difference. The only real difference was the expression. She usually wore a happy expression, whereas Sasuke's was impassive.
Sakura did have a minor talent in imitating people, which included facial expression. She closed her eyes and imagined Sasuke's appearance when he had insulted her. After a long sigh, she opened her eyes. She nearly let out a whimper; it looked like Sasuke was right there, calling her useless again.
Swallowing, and breathing rather fast, Sakura decided that this was about as good as she could do. She knew that Sasuke was out training again with Kakashi and Naruto to prepare for the upcoming fight. Knowing that this would be her only chance, Sakura headed out of her door, and towards the Uchiha compound.
She composed her expression into one of boredom as she walked towards Sasuke's home. Surprisingly, no one even gave her a second glance. To them, she was just Uchiha Sasuke. They hardly even knew him, so they wouldn't notice the difference anyway. Sakura had no idea how to fool Naruto. She had no Sharingan, she couldn't use any Katon jutsus, and he would hear the voice difference eventually.
Still not sure of what to do, she arrived at the compound. Knowing she was now alone, she sprinted as only a ninja could to Sasuke's front door. Oddly, he had left it unlocked. Shrugging this fact away, Sakura ran to the one place Sasuke would put something to not forget it; his bedside table.
Now, under more happy circumstances, Sakura would've taken her time, and looked around, but in her current state of panic, she hardly noticed where she was going. She grabbed the scroll that Izumo had given Sasuke, and borrowed a pair of arm warmers, as well as some for her legs. She put those on right away, and also took his extra bag full of ninja necessities. Absentmindedly, Sakura looked out the window. She gasped at the darkness. If she didn't hurry, Sasuke would come back, and he would know it was her immediately. Without putting anything away, or covering her tracks, Sakura sped out of the house like the devil himself was after her. She headed straight for the Hokage Tower.
Once inside, she plopped herself down on a chair in relief. 'I made it. He didn't catch me." Much more relaxed, she opened the scroll to see who she would be working with. She paled at the sight. The shinobi were working in pairs for this and out of anyone, Sasuke had been paired with Naruto.
Sakura heart dropped. Naruto may be thick, but even he would notice Sasuke was acting off after a while. What made things worse was that she couldn't turn back. She had already cut and dyed her hair, and had stolen from Sasuke. She had to follow through with this whole thing. Arranging her face into the standard Sasuke look, she stood up and walked to the Hokage's office. She knocked three times, and after hearing the 'come in' she walked in. Naruto already stood there and had appeared to be waiting for Sasuke. He had a scowl on his face, but seemed to be excited for the fight coming up.
"Naruto, you and Sasuke are going to be near the front lines. You commanding Jounin is Kurenai, and you are to follow her orders without question. Understood?" The Sandaime was visibly stressed from the knowledge of a war starting. His voice was weary, and he seemed to just want to be alone, so he could crash. Sakura noticed this and took pity on the man, so she gave him a quick nod, and grabbed Naruto by the back of the collar and dragged him out of he office.
Once outside of the Tower, Naruto twisted out of her grip. "Get you filthy hands off of me teme!" Naruto looked disgusted as the walked beside Sakura. "I can walk just fine on my own, dattebayo!" Right after he had spoken, he tripped over a ball that a child had left in the street.
"Pft, usuradonkachi," Sakura said in her best impression of Sasuke. Miraculously, Naruto just crossed his arms, and marched beside her mumbling things about Sasuke better left unsaid.
Once the two reached the village gate, they found Kurenai waiting for them. She said nothing, but motioned them both to follow her as she sped off. They did so and headed off towards the Oto nin, and prepared to fight Orochimaru for their friend and teammate, Uchiha Sasuke.
I probably won't make a sequel, but if there's enough interest in one, I might. Not a very good plot, but it was late when I started. Flames are welcome, unless they are along the lines of: SASUSAKU SUXX!!!!!!1111 'Enter persons name here'SAKU 4EVR1!!11!!!!!!
