Hey ppls, sorry it took so long, but here it is. I can't say much because I need to get off soon!
Haruno Sakura sighed as she walked down the streets of Konoha. She had an umbrella in hand, trying to keep the rain pouring from the skies from soaking her, although she was already wet and dirty from the knees-down. All around her, there were others in the same state as she was. It was always raining. If it wasn't, it was cloudy. It's been years since they last saw the sun shining over their home. They could sometimes feel its warmth, but it was never there. It stopped shining three years ago.
On that day.
The day their sun died.
"Hey there, Billboard-Brow." A bored voice said as the seventeen-year-old kunoichi entered a shop decorated with flowers. It was a miracle they were able to grow flowers without sunlight, but Sakura suspected their family had an emergency jutsu for times like these.
"Hello to you, too, Ino-pig." The names were called without any malice or means to insult behind them. Just something said out of familiarity. So many things have changed over the years that they needed something that came from happier times.
Both girls were chunins, although neither of them were working to hard to become Jounins. Most of the rookie nine became chunins and didn't try to become a level higher. They were satisfied with middle-class jobs. Some even became teachers at the academy. Those who were motivated to reach a higher level before lost the annoying voice in their head pushing them to be their best just to shut it up. Especially a certain boy who's life goal was the become stronger.
"So how's training with Tsunade doing you?" Ino asked leaning on the desk she sat at, her eyes scanning through the page occasionally before flipping to the next one.
"Murder, as usual. How was your mission?" Sakura asked shaking her umbrella outside before leaning it against the wall.
"Same old, same old. Just had to deliver some things here and there." She nodded and sat in a chair, looking at the pictures in the magazine. They were always like this nowadays. The energy in Konoha left them years ago. Most only knew the story, but three in the village knew the truth of what happened on that day.
The day the sun stopped shining.
And the day their sun died.
"Is everything okay with you three?"
"Hai, Kakashi-sensei!"
"Hn, whatever. Nothing much happening here."
"Ne, I wonder if Iruka-sensei will treat me to ramen when we get back. I hope we get the miso ki-"
"Naruto!"
"Huh? Oh, every thing's clear on my part."
Kakashi rolled his eyes (although you could only see one eye rolling) at the responses he got, but that was typical with his team. They were sent on a simple mission. Scan a river for an important scroll that was lost weeks before. It shouldn't have been so hard.
Too bad it got hard.
"AIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"
"Sakura-chan!"
"Somebody help! There are ninjas everywhere, and they're attacking!"
"I'll be right there...Shit, they're over here too!!"
"Damn." Kakashi cursed, using his jutsu to teleport to his three students. It was a surprising sight. Nins, cloaked in black, all attacking the three teens who were in the middle of it all.
CHIDORI!!!!
Kakashi ran through the enemy nins, carving through them until he got to his young students. Yet, no matter how many he took down, there were still hundreds coming. The four were fighting, and being steered closer and closer to the edge. Kakashi noticed this and worked harder to take down the enemy nin before they were forced over the edge. They were already dangerously close as it was, but, luckily, his team noticed as well and were doing the same.
That's when it happened.
"Sasuke-kun!"
"Teme, watch out!"
A kunai, glistening with poison, aiming straight at Sasuke's heart. Naruto acted immediately, pushing Sasuke out of the way of the kunai, but in doing so, he stumbled back as he tried to remove to kunai as quickly as possible.
Then he slipped...
Right off the edge...
It was weeks later that they found out that, once again, Team Seven had been given a mislabeled mission. Only this time, it was a C-class that was really and S-class. The scroll they were sent to find held jutsus that was the target of many high-class sharks that wanted to sell it to any ninja village willing to pay a high price, and they were willing to kill for it. Turns out, this time, it was purposely mislabeled. Said business sharks intended to hire rookie nins to find the scroll so their own trained hands wouldn't have too much trouble taking them down. Sakura had picked up her own scroll, so they attacked thinking it was the scroll they were targeting.
What was worse, was that they never found Naruto's body.
They had found his jacket, torn and bloodied. They also saw a waterfall dropping into jagged rocks. As much as they didn't want to believe it...there was no way he could have survived that. It took a month before Tsunade finally broke down and announced him dead. It affected everyone. Those close to Naruto, even those who hated him. The light in the village was just...gone. In more ways than one. The sun never even shone anymore. Being a ninja village, stress of everyday life was common. Yet everyone unconciously depended on Naruto and his antics to break the tension.
Sakura sighed for the millionth time that day. As devestated as everyone was when Naruto died, there was one who was more affected than anyone else. Not Tsunade, not Iruka, no. The one that was most affected by Naruto's death was the one he saved, and the one who constantly blamed himself for the loss of their sun.
Uchiha Sasuke.
There wasn't a day Sasuke didn't go to the stone with the names of all nins K.I.A. He would just sit there. The only time he didn't go was when Tsunade sent him on a mission, which he only scarcly accpeted for money. He had become so withdrawn, it was almost impossible to ever get a word out of him. You were lucky if he said three words a month. That's how deep in he was. People have talked to him, and he'd sit and hear them, but he'd never listen. It wasn't that he couldn't get over it, he just didn't want to get over it. His teammate, his rival, his best friend, the only one he ever gave a shred of respect to. And he was gone.
"Billboard-brow, you're wandering again." Ino said, pointing out Sakura's far off look.
"Hm? Oh, I'm sorry. You know, Sasuke's still out on his mission." The pink haired girl murmured.
"Yeah. I heard he's going to be back in a few days. We'll know he's here when we see him walking like he always does." Ino shook her head. They were all worried. Most of them were beginning to move on, he's the only one who seemed just as affected by Naruto's death as on the day he actually died.
"It sounds like it finally stopped raining." Sakura said ready to leave again as she always did when the rain stopped, but when she turned around, something surprised her.
It's...bright outside... She thought, shocked. She walked out the door, looking up outside and, sure enough, there it was...the clouds parted, exposing a ball of light they haven't seen in years.
"Ino! The sun! It's out again!" Sakura cried, drawing attention from others. They all came out, chattering happily and pointing to the sky as they sheilded their eyes from the familiar light. Sakura smiled, but then a loud shout caught her attention.
"WAAAAAAH!!!!! WATCH OUT! I'M GOING TO CRASH!!!" She turned, only for something to collied head-first into her.
I didn't really like the flashback much, but I needed to explain what happened. I assure you, it will get better, I just have a strange illness making it so I cannot make decent beginnings, but that's out of the way, so it'll get better, I promise! R&R ppl, PLEASE!!!!!
Bazanee!
