I Wished I Owned Naruto…Sadly, I don't

Sakura sat by the window watching the harsh thunderstorm rolling into her beautiful Konoha. Her thoughts had drifted to a young man that she hadn't seen in about five years. Why did you have to leave Sasuke-kun? She never understood the concept of revenge and the need to obtain it. All she understood was love and family.

A knock on the door caused her to look up at her mahogany door. The 19 year old girl put the green tea mug on her coffee table and then walked across her apartment towards the door.

"Who is it?" She called out from her side of the door.

"Sakura-chan! It's me. Let me in!" A loud voice responded.

Sakura quickly unlatched the five locks she had placed on the door after she had first moved in. She let in the nineteen year old blonde who was dripping wet on her carpet.

"What is it Naruto?" Sakura asked as she handed Naruto a small towel to dry his face.

"Get ready, they know where Sasuke is headed next!" Naruto stammered as he wiped his face dry. Sakura quickly ran to her room and changed into her training outfit. Putting her gloves in her pocket and her weapons in the right places, she ran back to the living room where Naruto sat; waiting for Sakura to come back.

"Who's coming with us Naruto?" Sakura asked as she locked her door.

"Don't know. The old hag hasn't said yet." Naruto said receiving a glare from Sakura.

In less than five minutes, Sakura and Naruto were in the hokage's office. Sakura noticed many people were gathered near her.

"Uchiha Sasuke had been detected near the Sound village inside Orochimaru's old home." Lady Tsunade spoke as she looked at Sakura. "I want you, Hatake Kakashi, Yamato, Sai, Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto, Guy, Hyuga Hinata, Hyuga Neji, Rock Lee, Tenten. Go to the Sound Village and bring back the Uchiha. Kakashi is Captain.You shall leave in an hours time.Dismiss!"

Everyone started to leave the hokage's office. "Kakashi, Sakura, Naruto, come back here." The three turned around looking at the Hokage. Her face had softened as she looked at the three Jonin before her. "I want to make it clear to all three of you. Uchiha Sasuke needs to be brought back dead or alive. No helping his escape. Uchiha Sasuke is a missing nin. It is the elder's decision whether he deserves to be kept alive. If you help Sasuke by helping his escape, I'll be forced to label you a traitor. Understand."

"Hai." All three responded.

"Good. Go, and Sakura." Tsunade called out.

"Let's go Naruto. Lets get some Ramen before we leave." Kakashi nudged Naruto out so that Tsunade, Shizune, and Sakura could talk.

"Yes Hokage sama?"

"Show him what your worth."

"Hai."

"And Sakura, take care of yourself."

Sakura bowed in respect and then walked out of the Manor and towards the ramen place Naruto loved.

"Let's Go." She told Kakashi and Naruto as she walked past them. Finishing up, the followed her to the main gate so that they could wait for the rest of the team.

"Eager, eh Sakura?" Kakashi smirked as he leaned against the entrance. Sakura smirked.

"No, I just want to prove to him that I am not weak." She said as she fixed her shoes.

Pretty soon the entire team was gathered and then all of the sudden, they left.

The Sound Village was two days away. Sakura and Naruto wanted to make it in one.

After about 6 hours, the team started to get tired. "Let's break." Kakashi spoke, dropping down into a clearing. Soon, everyone followed.

Suddenly, Neji and Hinata felt a strong chakra. They looked at each other and then activiated their Byakuga. They both saw the presence of two odd shaped people giving out a murderous vibe.

"Kakashi Sensei, someones near." Hinata spoke looking at Kakashi.

"Hai."

Suddenly two Akatsuki members came into view. Pein and Konan looked at the ten jonin.

Konan looked at Naruto. "We want the Kyubi." She spoke in grace as she pointed her finger towards Naruto.

"Kakashi!" Gai yelled. "Leave these two to my team and I, we will handle them." Kakashi looked at the two members and then noticed Pein.

"No. I will stay with you. Yamato, Sai, Naruto, Sakura, go on. We'll stop these two and then follow you. " Sakura looked at her sensei and then the two Akatsuki members. "Do not worry Sakura, I won't be too late." He smirked and then yelled "Tenten, Hinata, Lee, the girl. Neji, Gai, we go for the metal head here."

Everyone nodded and then followed their captain's plans.

Naruto and Sakura ran fast, praying that they would not be ambushed by more Akatsuki. They were closely followed by Yamato and Sai.

The old home of the snake sannin came into view.

"Naruto, you ready?" And then they walked into the building.

"Sai, me and you go this way." Naruto pointed to the left hallway. "Sakura, you and Yamato –san go right."

They split and turned on their mikes. "Ready?"

"Yes."

And then they started searching for Uchiha Sasuke.

"Not here" Sakura spoke into the mike as she saw that Sasuke was not in one of the rooms.

"Not here either" Naruto responded back in the mike.

"Not here either" Sakura said

"Where the hell are you?" Naruto yelled looking for Sasuke. He and Sai spilt up going different ways

"We've finally come this far"

"Where are you!?" Naruto yelled.

"Where are you" Sakura added.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled. All of the sudden there was an explosion. This stopped Sakura in her tracks and she then started to run towards the explosion.

She noticed Sai get up and then look up. Sakura ran towards Sai to make sure he was okay. Sai continued to look up from the hole as Sakura looked at him confused.

"Sakura huh?" A deep voice spoke that caused Sakura to stop in her tracks.

Slowly, Sakura turned her head towards the source of the voice and then she looked up to see Sasuke looking down at her. Her lips formed a "Sasuke-kun" as she looked at Sasuke. She noticed the changes in him. His chest could be seen and she could see the hard muscles in his body. He was taller and paler. His dark, raven hair was longer but it still looked the same.

Sasuke looked down at his team member. The young petite girl had turned into a young woman. Her looks could even send Karin up the wall in jealousy. He noticed her big luscious breasts and her long legs. A lust formed in him but he pushed it to the back of his mind.

Naruto ran into the small hole and looked up at Sasuke. They stared at each other as they absorbed each others features.

"Sasuke" Naruto spoke

"Naruto?"

Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other remembering the day they had last seen each other

(Flashback in bold; N is for Naruto, S is for Sasuke…simple?)

S: What do you know about me, when you have no parents or siblings!?

What do you know, when you've been alone from the start!? Huh!?

We suffer because of our bonds Can you understand what it's like to lose everyone?!

N: It's true I don't have parents or siblings and I don't understand how it feels

S: Why naruto? Why do u go so far for me?

N: To me this is one of my first bonds. That's why i'm going to stop you!

S: Well then, I will break those bonds

"Why didn't you kill me then?! Is that your way of breaking bonds?! Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, angry.

"The reason is simple. Its not that I didn't cut the bonds. I didn't want to give Him the pleasure of seeing me obtain power by following his ways. I merely spared your life on a whim." Sasuke all of the sudden jumped down and then place a hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"How did he--?" Sakura started looking at her best friend and the love of her life.

"Come to think of it, isn't your dream to become Hokage? If you have the time to come chase after me, you should be training. Isn't that right Naruto. That's why this time, at my whim, you'll lose your life" Sasuke started to pull out his katana.

"Can someone who can't even save one of his friends become Hokage? What do you think Sasuke?" Naruto asked, defeated.

Sasuke was about to plunge the Katana into Naruto until something happened that he did not expect. Sakura stopped Sasuke by holding the blade in her bare hands.

"You will not hurt Naruto kun." She then, with all her strength, pulled the katana away from him. "Uchiha Sasuke, by the order of the Fifth Hokage, you are reprimanded and expected to comply with our conditions as we escort you to Konoha."

Sasuke looked at Sakura in amusement. He walked closer to her and said "Catch me if you can."