~~It's My Life Chapter One~~
"It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
It's my life
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life."
Sakura sighed deeply as the loud music in the bar continued to play. It was her first day as an ANBU and she wanted to celebrate it with a party.
"This sucks," she thought to herself, "Naruto isn't back from his mission, Ino is on a date with Sai, and Hinata is hanging out with Kiba."
She brushed back her cherry pink short hair and spun her wine glass with the tip of her finger. It was still full for the fact she hated alcohol. She only ordered it to look cool and to hide the fact she was fully armed. Ready for any mission.
"Uh, miss?" The bartender stared at the young woman. "Aren't you a little young for drinks like that?"
"I'm eighteen." She shot back her answer.
"K." He finally noticed the ANBU mask she was wearing as a hat. "Eh! You are an ANBU!"
She chuckled and walked out of the bar that was filling with cigar smoke.
Bored to death, Sakura kicked a stone pebble through some cherry trees that surrounded the Leaf Village's park. She sat down in a bench and watched as three kids played in a flower patch.
"Hmph," Sakura chuckled lightly, "that looks familiar."
There was only one girl out of the three kids. She had short light blue hair with a red ribbon through her hair. She was falling over a lot and the boy with the blonde hair picked her up. The boy with the Sasuke similar hair just stood there. Sakura's eyes looked down, Sasuke wasn't at the village. He hasn't been for a long time.
"SAKURA!"
She jumped, looking over at a masked man. He had spiky blonde hair and she could see him smirking dumbly under it.
"You startled me," she ribbed off his mask, "Naruto!"
"Sorry." He laughed uneasily, rubbing his neck. "Are you watching those kids over there?"
"I was. It reminds me of old times."
He sat down by her and hugged her.
"We will find him, Sakura chan."
She shrugged him off. It was true that she missed Sasuke, but he has already done so much damage to the Leaf Village. She had no choice but to hate him like her friends.
"Sorry Naruto," Sakura noticed him frowning, "I need to do something."
"By the way, congrats on getting into the ANBU. You were always a great medical ninja."
Sakura laughed, making Naruto confused. He didn't know that she hasn't used her med justu in over a year. She was just like Sasuke and Naruto, she fought.
"Later Naruto." She managed to say.
"Bye!"
She made a hand sign and vanished without a trace.
"Ino, no!"
On the other end of her cell phone, Ino was giggling like a little girl.
"Ino yes!" Sakura could hear Sai on the phone, trying to convince Ino to leave Sakura alone. "We are going to throw you a huge party and inviting everyone!"
"Too bad, you guys already missed my party and I'm not going to have another one."
"For the billionth time, we are SORRY!" Ino wailed. "Sai and I had other plans we had to do."
Sakura rolled her eyes. Ino was only making it worse.
"Sakura san?" Sai's voice comforted her a little. "The both of us know how important it is for you to be in the ANBU. We want to hold a party in your honor, you deserve it. But this time, everyone will be there, ok?"
"Ok." She gave in. "What time?"
"In an hour!" Ino shouted over Sai. "At my flowers shop!"
"K. Bye."
Sakura hung up and placed her cell on her coffee table. Besides Naruto, Ino was the only one that made her feel happy. She noticed what Sakura had achieved and celebrated each and every one of them differently. Even so, Sakura didn't want to go. At least, not without Sasuke.
"Damn him," she hissed, "why do I miss him so much?! He left me and broke my heart! If he really cared about me, he would be here."
Sakura shook her head, why was she feeling like this? She hasn't cared about Sasuke in years. She nearly gave up on him until Kakashi informed her and Naruto that he was still alive, training under a man named Madara Uchiha. Uneasily, she glanced over at her old team picture, the only memory she treasured.
"Sakura!" Her mother shouted from down the stairs. "Why aren't you doing anything?! You failed to be a lady, so go be a low life ninja!"
Not only she lived with her mother, but she hated her with a passion. Because of her, she was weak and almost turned into a florist like Ino. She shuddered at the thought and tossed her mask at her dresser, watching it spilt in two.
"I understand what I will do." She pulled out her old blue ribbon headband and placed it on her bed.
By the Leaf band, she wrote a letter and left out her window.
