Everyday Chapter 1: someone I miss, a naruto fanfic

Once in a lifetime

Means there's no second chance

So I believe that you and me

Should grab it while we can

Make it last forever

And never give it back

"We've been looking for you like years… Will you return now?"

I jumped from trees to trees, I looked back and I could see Naruto and Kakashi-sensei were jumping behind me. I sighed and looked up at the stars.

Sakura…

I shook my head when I heard his voice rang in my head. I know that Naruto and the others missed him so much. And it was Naruto who tried to bring him bad so bad…

And that's why his words rang in my mind all the time… I only cried… That's what I can do… Cry…

But I've changed, I'm stronger now. Because we promised that we would take him back… We promised and we won't break our promise.

Because that's what friends do

"Sakura,"

I turned my head and looked at Naruto who was now jumping right behind me.

"What?" I asked.

"Don't you feel it's weird?" he asked.

I looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?" I asked again.

"It's weird because until now," he smiled and turned blur. "You didn't realize that you were trapped in a genjutsu."

I snapped and jumped down. I looked around, the sight blurred away and changed and I could see him. Standing in front of me. Bleeding. He walked to me.

"Sakura…" he pleaded.

I sighed. Kakashi-sensei did this when we were training when Naruto just came home… Even though it's not Kakashi-sensei, I won't fell to the same one. I focused my chakra and released myself from the genjutsu.

"Good, Sakura," Tsunade-sama said to me. I smiled and sighed, somehow; I was sweating a lot and I felt really tired.

"Are you okay?" she asked. I looked up at her and nodded.

"Yeah, of course," I said, wiping away my sweat. "Is there going to be more training?"

Tsunade-sama looked at me and shook her head.

"No, I can handle everything myself and I will continue the training tomorrow," she said. I nodded and walked out. I headed to Ichiraku right away; I promised Naruto I will be there after training.

When I arrived, Naruto was not there. I looked around and heard his loud voice from the distance. I smiled and raised my hand to order. Suddenly, I heard Hinata's shy voice. They were coming, holding each other's hands. They had been couple since Naruto came home. Ino and Shika are also together. Tenten and Neji, too. No one took my attention; except him. But he's gone. And you can't wait for some silly dream, can you?

Naruto seemed to realize I'm waiting at Ichiraku. He ran to me, dragging Hinata with him.

"Ano… Sakura-chan," he apologized. I smiled and sighed. I nodded, this happened always most of the time we had a promise, he would forgot because he was too busy with Hinata.

"It's okay, baka!" I smirked. I held back my tears. I am sad when he did this… It made me felt forgotten. I barely saw any of my friends since the last 3 months, since all of them already had someone to spend their time with.

I stood up and walked away, Naruto and Hinata wanted to call me; I know that… But I just don't care anymore. I walked to where he left me that night. I sighed and sat down on the bench. I looked at the direction where he left…

"Sakura," Ino called. I looked at her. "Tsunade-sama called you."

I nodded and walked to my teacher's office. She was waiting for me, she sat on her chair; looking at me seriously. I stood in front of her and waited for her to talk.

"I know you've been a bit lonely for these few months," she sighed. "And I know that you missed Sasuke as much as we do."

I smiled and nodded.

"I did miss him, but I don't think you should bother your own business," I said, sighing.

Tsunade-sama sighed and looked at a few piece of papers. She gave the paper for me to read. The name inside that paper shocked me.

"And that's why… I assigned you, Naruto and Kakashi to do this mission," she turned her chair and looked at the clouds.

Dear Hokage-sama,

I am here to ask for your help to escort someone that I believe you know,

S-rank mission.

Guard the prisoner that was captured in Sunagakure.

Name: Uchiha Sasuke.

Age: 16 years old.

Specialty: Rakiri, Sharingan, Chidori, Katons, etc.

Hometown: Konohagakure.

And since he came from Konoha Village, we decided he should return and be in Konoha's prison. Please send your best ninjas.

With all due respect,

Gaara,

Kazekage of Sunagakure.

I sighed and nodded.

"I understand," I said. "I will pack right away, when will we leave?"

Tsunade-sama nodded.

"You will leave tonight, please be careful," she said. "We know how strong he is, and I am a bit suspicious in how can Suna's shinobi caught him."

I nodded.

"You think it's a trap?" I guessed.

"That's just my opinion," she said. "Be on your guard…"

I nodded again and left the room. I still can't believe it… I will meet him again.

That night, we left Konoha and move until dawn.

"Boy, do I'm tired," Naruto moaned. He yawned and I finally realized how sleepy I am.

"Yeah, I think we should rest for a bit," Kakashi-sensei agreed, we stopped and set up our sleeping bags.

We slept only for a while, because we got company.

"Gosh, I hate it when they did this," Naruto yelled.

"Naruto!" I snapped. "Stop yelling, you're turning like a girl."

Naruto pouted and I sighed. I looked at Kakashi-sensei who told us to wait. Our enemy's getting closer, we hid behind the bush.

"Itachi, you think they're here?"

My eyes widened in horror. Akatsuki.

Uchiha Itachi looked around; he seemed to realize that we're around. But he just peeked at my bush, where I hid under it. Somehow, I can feel it, his cold stare…

"No…" he said. "Cheery Blossom and her friends will be having trouble when they tried to bring my stupid brother home. His friends will look for him…"

I realized that he talked to me. I sighed and smiled, I don't know why I smiled. Maybe I'm just grateful that he told us important stuff than killing us. Because after he said that, they left. After a long time, Kakashi-sensei crawled out carefully, he signed to us that it's safe and we discussed nothing about the thing that just happened to us just now.

The next morning, we woke up and headed to Suna; we doubled our speed and we were at Suna by dawn.

"Sakura!" Temari called, I turned and looked at her. The blonde ran to me and hugged me. "Oh, I missed you so much!"

Kankurou smiled at me as he shook my hand and the others.

"Where's the prisoner?" Naruto asked. I smiled at him; I can tell from his voice that he wanted to see Sasuke-kun soon. Kakashi-sensei and I wanted to see him too.

Temari and Kankurou looked at each other. They sighed and nodded at our direction.

"Gaara's with him now, but I guess he will let you guys meet Sasuke," Kankurou said.

My heart bumped when he said his name. I grabbed my heart and followed them toward Suna's prison. We went under ground and I could saw Gaara was standing in front of a barred jail. He looked at us when he knew we came. He nodded and then he left with his siblings.

Naruto walked forward and looked inside the jail, he smiled and waved.

"Hey, Sasuke," he said, his sound was trembling; he held back his tears. "Nice to meet you again. And guess what? You're going home."

I could hear his voice. I shivered, it was so cold. Even though he whispered.

"I have no home,"

Naruto smiled and sighed. He waved again and left. Kakashi-sensei patted my shoulder and followed Naruto.

"You should give it a try," he said.

I nodded and walked to the bar. I peeked inside and jumped. His third sharingan had appeared. And they stared at me, coldly.

"A-" I stopped because his stare really hurt my heart.

He snorted and that made me sadder. I grabbed my heart, trying to least my heartache and stopped my shiver.

"Sasuke-kun," I sighed. I tried to look back into his eyes. "We've been looking for you like years… Will you return now?"