Chapter 1

The Long Awaited Day

Five Years Later

The village was silent. Silent meaning it carried on its normal everyday routine. The villagers continued to live as though there was no threat and all was well. However there was an evil looming that the third Hokage warned them about. Yet the village remains silent as though they think their shinobi's could protect them from any harm. Did they not know what was coming? Sakura asked in her head as she walked down the busy street.

She saw each villager laugh, mourn, praise and complain for their own causes as though life was meant to go on. "Do they not know what dangers they face" she asked herself but she knew the answer. The answer was 'yes' they do know what they face however they choose simply to not believe it. They would rather believe that their life has no threat and that all was well.

"Hopefully all goes well" Sakura said to herself in her head. She walked towards the hospital where she practically spent each of her waking moments. She needed a hobby to do after all her boyfriend and all her friends were all busy doing something. She took private lessons from Tsunade which were private from everyone else. Sakura marveled at how fast she was able to learn from her and continued until she could master pretty much everything Tsunade had known. Tsunade herself marveled at this enough so that she called Sakura her 'protégée.'

Sakura felt proud of herself since that moment. She always found herself useless while her teammates were both considered the best ninja's that the leaf has ever seen. She needed to catch up with them. 5 years training with another sannin paid off wonders. Not only was Sakura able to gain more abilities, she was also able to become a medical ninja along the same caliber as Tsunade.

When she entered to hospital she was a little surprised to find more quiet at this time. Usually most days are hectic and flooded with people. Today was a bit more peaceful which was something the hospital needed.

Sakura walked towards the receptionist who was sitting to her right in her personal desk and then asked "Did Lady Tsunade come in?"

The receptionist smiled and then said "Yeah, she's in her usual spot dear" and then got back to working on her desk. Sakura nodded and then left to the one place Tsunade ever seems to go.

She knocked on the door before she entered. It was a habit her mother always enforced on her. When there was no response she opened the door to find Tsunade sitting beside the patient filling out a chart. As soon as Sakura entered Tsunade gave a warm smile and then said "Morning Sakura"

"Morning, sensei" she said. It was another habit that she developed, calling Tsunade sensei.

"What brings you here?" she asked.

"I thought there could be some work at the hospital but it turns out I was wrong" Sakura said.

"Yeah, I found it strange too that there was nothing going on here as well so I decided to tend to this one" she said while nodding her head to the patient.

"Anything?" Sakura asked.

"No, not yet. His condition is very rare and most likely getting worse each day. I can't even calculate how much time he has left which worries me deeply" Tsunade said as she gazed towards the patient with a sad expression.

"Well then if there is any work you know where to reach me" Sakura said and turned around.

"Wait!" Tsunade called out.

Sakura turned back to her sensei "I need you to do me a favour" Tsunade said.

"What is it?" Sakura asked.

"I need you to deliver this letter to the guards at the front gate and ask them for their night shift reports. That is all" she said. Tsunade held out the letter which Sakura took from her and then went back to working on the chart. Sakura went back out and started heading towards the gate

She kept thinking about the day her boyfriend left and kept wondering which day he will come back. She used to sometimes stand near the gate and just wait there hoping that by some miracle he would just appear there. However he been to training for and important mission, so did the rest of the shinobi's including her and her best friend Ino. Everyday they would be training with almost every teacher until they could master pretty much everything that they knew. After all they were going to go on a life or death mission chasing the seven swordsmen of the mist. All of whom were branded nothing less then S-Class ninja's; well according to rumors.

She reached the front gate and saw the two guards sitting down on the desk discussing something. As she approached them they turned their attention towards her. Sakura smiled and then said "Lady Tsunade has left you guys a letter and she would like your night shift reports" she handed them the letter and they in turn handed her the reports.

"Hey you might want to head back to the village" one of the guards said.

Sakura raised an eyebrow; the other guard gave a playful smile and then said "Trust me you'll find some very old friends there."

Sakura thought long and hard about what they meant and then she finally got it. They both grinned when they saw that she figured it out. Sakura ran towards the village in search of the very person she had waited 5 years for. The very person who would send her letters every week, the very person whom she had loved unquestionably, the very person who acknowledged her and noticed her.

"Naruto" she said out loud while running through the village. She started at the Hokage building but she didn't find anyone there. She then went to the hospital just in case sure. When she got there she saw the figures of Jiraiya, Itachi, Kakashi and another ninja whom she barely recognized but realized that was Sasuke because of the Uchiha symbol showing at the back of his shirt. They were all walking into the hospital but she didn't see any sign of blonde hair anywhere.

Where is he? She asked herself.

She then felt arms sneak around her waist and pulled her towards a warm body which she felt comfortable with.

"Miss me" a voice said from behind her; a very familiar and yet different voice. She turned around to see the one person she was searching for this entire time.

"Naruto…"


AN: Turns out that this has been a long awaited day for more than just one person. I hope you guys liked this chapter cuz believe it or not it was the one that gave me the most trouble. I hope it's long enough for you guys if not I'll try to make some of them a little longer. Considering the sheer size of what I planned ahead for this series I might have to split the series once more. I don't know yet but I will let you guys know. This series will definately have longer chapters, exciting storylines and interesting characters both OOC and ones that I made up for this fan fic. As I have mentioned in the first series this story is going to get darker, very darker. It's going to have a lot of character deaths and tragedy that you guys might just hate me by the end of it. I won't mention any names or anything else the rest is up to you guys to find out in the further chapters. Now I want ask you guys if you want me to do an *intimate scene with Naruto and Sakura, just a heads up i haven't done any yet so choose carefully and please comment your answers. As always Rate and Review please