First time posting!! Here's a sasusaku fic that just popped up in my head
Summary: Fate has brought the two back together again. Can Sakura save her past love from the darkness while uncovering her old feelings?
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Disclaimer: I'll own Naruto when pigs fly and take over the world.
Sakura wasn't a lucky girl.
Besides being born with an abnormally sized forehead, she had bright bubble-gum colored hair, and a knack for getting into tough situations. For example the absurdity of being in a fix like the one she was in now. Sakura looked at the lump in the corner. How could she have ever known that it was going to turn out like this?
Flashback
"Sakura……" Tsunade took a deep breath.
"Yes, Tsunde-shishou?" Sakura remarked puzzled. It was quite strange that the hokage gave her such a look. A feeling of dread washed over her.
"……he's back," the hokage waited to see Sakura's reaction. Tsunade's eyes pierced through Sakura's body.
The girl stood there, shocked.
Minutes raced by.
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
Her mind raced through her thoughts. 'He's back….he's back…' Beads of sweat had formed above the brow, and hands rubbed against each other uncomfortably.
'This must be hard on her.'
Sakura was in full panic mode. Her mind told her to think through everything. Don't make any hasty movements. Acting professionally and composed was the way to go. However, her rebellious heart urged her to scream or cry, whichever one came faster. It told her to remember the past, to remember him.
Tick
Tock
Sakura violently shook her head. 'ENOUGH!' she mentally screamed.
No longer was she a lovesick puppy. No longer was she thirteen. She was now a strong, independent, young lady that had earned the respect of everyone in Konoha. People looked up to her! Yet now, who could tell that the panicking young girl was her?
'I'm no longer who I used to be…' Sakura chanted in her head. 'No longer…..no longer…'
Tick
Tock
"Sakura?" The said girl snapped her head up.
"Yes?" Her voice was controlled but was also forced at the same time. Tsunade sighed.
'The sooner she overcomes this obstacle, the better.'
"Are you ok?" Sakura took a deep breath.
"Yes."
"Sure?"
"Yes."
"Positive?"
"Yes."
"Do you want to see him?"
Yes."
'Gotcha.' Tsunade smirked as she watched the look of realization dawn on her apprentice's face.
"Wait, what?" Sakura went over to Tsunade's desk, placed both hands firmly on the wood that looked so easily breakable, and looked at her sensei straight in ht eye. Who cares about composure? Sakura felt as if she was going to explode with overwhelmed emotions.
"What did you say?" Oh yes, she was going to get punished for her attitude right now, but Sakura was too wrapped up in the moment to care.
"Would you like to meet him?" Of course, Tsunade, was downright guilty of teasing her little fireball. It was way better than doing the stacks of paperwork that were so coincidentally hidden underneath her desk from other people's views. 'The world will never know…'
During Tsunade's little reverie, Sakura was in a daze. Should she go see him? It was bound to happen eventually, but so soon? What would she say? How will she approach him? Is he still going to act the same way as five years ago? Even though Sakura piled herself up with these questions, she knew that the real issue at hand was; could she handle it?
Tsunade could see through every thought running past Sakura's conflicted head. After training her for several years, Tsunade was well aware of Sakura's feelings and the inner workings of her mind. She was also very clear on the stubborn and forward attitude of the little cherry blossom. Perhaps that was the reason why she wasn't surprised when Sakura looked at her in the eyes and said…
"Where is he?"
End Flashback
Sakura really doubted her intelligence level.
How could she have missed the glint in her sensei's eyes? How could she have not expected anything when she was led to a dark room? But the most ridiculous fact was how Sakura had forgotten her uneasiness in the pit of her stomach and had replaced the emotion with anticipation. Tsunade had left her abruptly in a room right when Sakura walked in. It appeared that she was left in a dungeon-like room.
Sakura place herself on a bench and waited. The air was hot and humid. Only one door was created as a source of freedom. Any person staying in a room like this would suffocate or become insane. Sakura gave her two hours before she'd become ill.
Maybe it was at this time when Sakura realized that she wasn't the only one in the room.
"Are you sure that was a wise decision to let Sakura go in there?" Shizune questioned Tsunade as she met up with the hokage back in the office.
"I hope she will become stronger by facing this situation head on…" Tsunade took a seat and laid her head back. "Sasuke has been the roadblock in Sakura's life all this time..but maybe….that can change…ahh, Shizune, would you mind massaging my shoulders? They're quite sore."
"Of course, " Shizune moved to the back of Tsunade's chair. "I've never heard such wise words come out of your mouth before, Tsunade. This hokage thing really brings out the best in you…..wait, what's that underneath the desk?!"
"…..aww man…."
"TSUNADE!"
Sakura felt the aura of another person in the room to her right. An aura that was really familiar. An aura that Sakura knew could only belong to one person. She directed her gaze to a dark mass that was huddled in the corner. Sakura immediately recognized the outline of a body in a lump on the ground.
"Sasuke…."
r&r...puppy pout