SUMMARY: The pain of being called weak by those around me and the constant unneeded protection by my comrades was too much for me, I couldn't take it. The day he left was when I couldn't take it. I cut off all these unneeded bonds because my fragile heart couldn't stand any more betrayal.

Sasusaku story

I don't own Naruto

CHAPTER 1:

SAKURA POV:

We had been jumping from tree to tree for about an hour. All of the Konoha 12 had been assigned to a mission to stop two of the Akatsuki members which were Pein and Konan. The guys would take care of Pein and while the girls would be left to handle Konan. Looking around she saw her friends each at a new level of strengths and possessing skills beyond normal. On my left was the spiky haired blonde konoha's number one knuckle headed ninja Naruto who had his mind set on being the Hokage. Beside him was the pale eyed Hyuga heiress she had a faint blush spread across her cheeks seeing she was so close to Naruto her secret childhood crush. Behind Naruto was Neji Hyuga who was glaring at his back not wanting Naruto to be so close to his cousin. Neji's hair was tied in a loose ponytail and his byakugan had been activated ready to face danger. On his side were his team mates tenten and lee. Tenten had been dating neji and still kept her hair in two buns. Lee on the other hand was well...um...a...lets say a miniature form of guy sensei.

On my right were Ino Yamanka and her new boyfriend Shikamaru Nara . Ino had long blond hair and was beautiful she currently was hitting Shikamaru on the head while he was muttering the word 'troublesome'. Somewhere in the rear were choji akimichi eating chips , Shino Aburame silent as usual and Kiba Inuzuka talking to his big dog. Then ahead of us all was the uchiha loner, Sasuke who had just returned to the village a year ago. It looked to everyone as if I hated him but deep inside I knew I still loved him. I didn't want to get close to him because I didn't trust him any more he could make me fall for him in a minute and break my heart in a second. I still remember the day he killed Orochimaru and returned to the village.

Flashback

"Teme! welcome back home" Naruto yelled as a greeting.

"Dobe..." sasuke said smirking.

"Uchiha..." both rival turned towards the petal haired kunoichi her face was devoid of emotion while her eyes were a dull shade of green. She wore a red tank top with a long light pink skirt with black shorts. Her hair was long till her waist and to put it simply she was beautiful.

Naruto looked between sasuke and sakura with sad eyes while sasuke just looked at her with a shocked face realising how much she changed over the years. Sakura appeared before sasuke in a flash ,lifted her hand and slapped his cheek.

"Thats for knocking me out after I confessed to you and this..." she kicked him straight in the gut making him fall on his butt " ….is for leaving me on a bench." Sasuke was holding his cheek that now had a red mark given to him by the one and only Sakura Haruno who just years ago was ready to do anything for his sake but now was staring at him with an expressionless face.

"Hokage-sama requests your presence at once" she said sternly and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"See Teme ! This is what your leaving did to sakura -chan, she doesnt talk to anyone anymore... I don't know what to do anymore she's become like a human ice cube.. and I hate you for it but your my brother and you had your reason even if it was a stupid one."Naruto exclaimed more serious than ever.

"Dobe I -" Sasuke never got to finish as Naruto continued talking.

"Just promise not to hurt her anymore she's just so fragile I feel her seeing you might cause her to break." Naruto told his friend

"Finally grew a brain huh dobe?"

"TEMEEE!" Naruto complained.

"Well at least you don't talk about ramen so much." Sasuke said looking a little relieved

"Oh how could I forget we'll get a bite of ramen after we see baa-chan. I'll call Hinata chan too and we'll have fun just like old times" Naruto said smiling.

"Dobe are you replacing sakura with the Hyuga?" Sasuke asked a little annoyed.

"I would never do that teme but she never comes when I ask her, she usually ignores me when I talk...the only one she talks to is baa-chan seeing as she's been in the same condition as sakura chan." Naruto answered sadly. Sasuke looked as the jinchuuriki's face fell and his eyes showed his sadness.

"Don't worry sasuke! I had made a once in a lifetime promise the night you left to bring you back and to make Sakura-chan feel better and so far i've done one part of it and since your here it'll be much easier."Naruto told his friend trying to lighten the mood a little.

"..." Sasuke didn't answer as Naruto pulled him towards the Hokage's office. Little did they know that there was a certain pink haired kunoichi watching them from a distance while concealing her chakra.

"I won't fall in love with you again" Sakura whispered before disappearing into a puff of smoke.

End Of Flashback

That memory still burned in my head, the way he looked at me since that day was really strange it was as if his eyes were full of regret and sorrow. I smirked at the thought even if he shows emotion I still won't get close to him nor anyone else even though I kept telling myself having bonds had been a weakness but in reality I wanted to keep these wonderful people safe. I was something unstable; something dangerous and this was my first mission with all of us as a team. All these years my family name had protected me when in reality I had worse a monster than the one inside Naruto.

"Pein's chakra is close by so konan must be with him too! So ready yourself people!" Neji's voice snapped me out of my thoughts and brought me back to reality. I concealed my chakra and got ready for a fight.

Our group gracefully landed on the ground as they waited for both the enemies to arrive so the konoha nin could ambush them but to their surprise it was the akatsuki but not the members they had been after. It was none other than Itachi Uchiha and his partner the blue skinned Kisame Hoshigaki. Kisame was grinning like crazy at the confused shinobi while Itachi had stoic look on his face.

NORMAL POV:

"You stupid ninja were really easy to fool I thought at least the byakugan users would've been smart enough..." Kisame spoke breaking the silence his voice mocking "you must be thinking that why it was us that appeared here when it was konan and pein's chakra you sensed but we at the akatsuki know how how to copy each other's chakra signature so then-" but not too soon a kunai whizzed past kisame grazing his cheek silencing him from what he was about to say. His eyes widened in shock as he turned his head toward the direction of the kunai but only to be met with a punch in his gut by a pink haired kunoichi while still having her hold on him her hand glowed green and she used it to cut off his pulmonary artery. She let go off her hold on kisame's akatsuki cloak and watched uninterestedly as his body fell to the ground. Kisame tried to get up but coughed out blood and he fell to the ground everyone watched as kisame's body became limp on the floor.

"Not all konoha ninja are idiots some of them actually use their brains instead of going straight into the enemies trap and..."She said while looking at her fellow ninja who were currently gaping at her all of their faces showed shock and surprise even the cold emotionless sasuke uchiha was looking at her with shocked eyes as she sighed and said "... it was my first time seeing a walking tuna fish. I hate fish so I killed it"

Naruto stared at her never before had he seen the medic nin think so lowly of a person and even if that someone was their enemy.

"Well it looks like one akatsuki member down..." she looked at kisame's dead body and turned towards Itachi Uchiha who was currently staring at her she met his unwavering gaze with her own and then continued "...now all that's left is the traitor".