Disclamer:

I don't own Naruto sadly... or a giant anvil would of landed on Orochimaru long ago.

Full Summary (Note: Tite may and probably will change):

When our favorite ninja's reach the rather odd age of nineteen, they find themselves facing some of the most challenging, hair-pulling, fearful trials after Sasuke's one year girlfriend, the pink-haired kunoichi, Sakura dissappears. He returns from a mission to find Tsunade stressed, Ino blubbering, and a few pissed off shinobi. There is a new enemy to the hidden villages who is currently in a bad state of health, so the Leaf take the lead in search for the med-nin. If they find Sakura, will she be the same or looking to fix a mistake?

Lemme know what you guys think, I know it's a pretty bad summary, but from taking enough english tests in my past years i've learned that summarizing things is not my cup of tea... So bear with me.. heh. Also you can see i'm not that strong in the naming area either... goodness knows what the enemies names will be, God help.

Author's Note: Be kind.. very first story. Oh.. and I need to find a Beta reader... if anyone is interested, lemme know.

Chapter 2

The light reflected off her emerald colored eyes as they snapped open. She was sitting straight up, scanning her living room looking for the source of the sound that woke her. She couldn't sense any chakra, and any shinobis worth their salt had sharp eyes and yet she didn't see anything. Looking down she saw the tea cup, and next to it lay something out of place, a book. She recognized it as the one she remebered reading last, and when looking at her lap she found no book resting upon it.

'It was just a book, Sakura. Pull yourself together. Geez... Why am I so paranoid?'

She closed her eyes and began to rub her palms against her face in the attempt to wake herself up more as the adrenaline rush began to subside. Getting up off the couch she reached down and picked up the tea cup, going into the kitchen to wash it quickly, along with the kettle. It was a reutine now for her to always have a cup of tea before bed, she just couldn't not have one. Sakura was hooked.

After finishing the brain-dead chore she left for her bathroom to go through her ritual of personal hygene. Quickly changing into a pair of black pants, and a crimson top with the famous circle imprinted on back. Under it she had a long sleeved black shirt, no way in hell she would walk out in this weather in a tank top. She yawned as she lazily walked back into the living room, running a hand through shoulder length rosette locks. She found herself staring intently at the pig calender she had posted up next to her many hanging photos. Shikamaru had once asked her why she bought it and why not somethign like clouds, and seeing as how Ino was sitting next to him she just grinned and looked at her best friend. "They just looked so much like Ino-pig, I couldn't resist." That had resulted in a loud "Forehead-girl!" and a very intent death glare contest.

Locating the date she couldn't resist the "hell yeah" that erupted from her throat. A lovely well deserved day off. She loved working at the hospital and going on missions, but who doesn't enjoy a day of doing absolutly nothing except wander around and collect their thoughts? Skimming over the other contents in the box she found she had a shopping date with Ino, and she had promised a game of Go with Shikamaru, but the rest of the afternoon was her own.

Grabbing her keys that had still been laying on her kitchen table she slipped on a coat and headed out the door, crinkling her nose at the burst of cold. Locking the hunk of wood behind her she slipped the keys and her hands into the warmth of her pockets and trotted down the steps. She couldn't help but just be in a good mood, almost having that annoying bounce in her step. It wasn't long until she found herself in the market, leaning against a wall waiting for the pig to show.

"Oi! Forehead girl!" Ino was running towards her, waving dragging a very irratated Tenten along with her. Sakura just laughed at her friends' antics before pushing off the wall and making the move to meet them half way, hoping to make Ino's life-span a little longer judging from the murderous look in Tenten's amber eyes.

"Don't pull Tenten's arm out of the socket, she along with a few others would beat you to a pulp if you messed with that throwing arm." She smiled at the two as Ino let go of Tenten, apologizing before turning back to Sakura.

"Guess what?! You'll never believe what Shikamaru did!" Ino was practically jumping up and down, clasping her gloved hands together in anticipation, it was almost as if she wasn't going to give med-nin a chance to answer. Tenten just rolled her eyes at the blonde though, I think the whole village already knows...

"So he finally did it, huh, I was wondering when he would get the guts, I helped him pick out that ring a month ago." Grinning, Sakura watched as Ino's expression immediatly changed into pure shock, her mouth hanging agape just adding to the effect.

"WHAT?! AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THIS WHY?!" Ino's voice had reached that annoying high pitched squeal, the kind that could seriously damage someone's ear drums worse than any sound shinobi.

Sakura just shrugged though, making a move past the two girls to head to the first shop. "He made me promise not to say anything, I mean.. it's kind of the guy's job to propose... the best friend shouldn't be proposing for the guy, that would show he was a sissy-boy." She looked back at over her shoulder and smiled. "Plus, it was worth it, that look on your face is priceless." Giggling she headed into the first shop, hearing a "SAKURA!" and footsteps right behind.

O.oo.O

"I knew you were lazy Shikamaru, but I was beginning to worry that after picking out the ring so long ago you lost your nerve." She smirked up at her opponent as she stratigically moved a peice on the Go board. "I thought 'Gee, maybe Shikamaru's finally sober again.'" She giggled at his twitching eyebrow as he muttered his famous "troublesome" and concentrated on the board.

Taking another drag of his cigarrette he reached out and moved a peice before glancing up to the nineteen year old girl sitting accross from him. "She wouldn't stop talking for me long enough to get in a sentence, let alone two words." He scowled at the memory of finally, after many interruptions, he finally let his frustration go.

Slapping a hand to Ino's mouth he waved the ring infront of her face. "If you want it, you gotta be quiet for two minutes!" She could only stare at him, her teal eyes wide in shock. She just nodded though as Shikamaru removed his hand from her face and placed the ring on her finger. He sighed in contentment at the long awaited silence, but his resolution was shattered as he was tackled.

"Yes, Shikamaru! I love you so much." She began to kiss him, covering every square inch of his face. "I'm so happy, we'll start planning right away, and we'll have to invite everyone, Sakura can be the bride's maid, and Hinata and Tenten ca-" She was cut short as the hand that was previously clamping her mouth shut had returned. She grinned sheepishly behind his palm before removing it and muttering a quiet "gomen Shika-kun." She gently pressed her lips against his then, showing her thanks and enthusiasm of entire ordeal in a much quieter way.

"You love her though, or you wouldn't sit through that torture." Sakura quickly moved another peice as she watched the shadow user for a response. She was dissappointed as he did nothing except move another peice. "You get to live with that for the rest of your days, good luck."

"I think I've found new respect in Sasuke. I don't see how he puts up with you." Shikamaru smirked at the now open mouthed girl who was staring at him with wide emerald eyes.

"I can't believe you would say that. Sasuke-kun doesn't have to put up with anything that he doesn't want to, unlike Ino, who has to endure your lazy ass 'troublesomeness'." She quickly moved the last peice and raised her hand in the victory sign. "You lose!" She giggled and made the move to stand up until the pineapple shaped head began to shake. He reached out and moved a different peice, then gave a coy little smile at Sakura.

"I win." He stood up then, moving around the table and placing a platonic kiss ontop of the rosette head. "Same time tomorrow?" He headed towards the door to go inside, stopping to but out his cigarrette before turning to Sakura, waiting an answer.

"Hai... but my relationship is more compatible then yours still!" She pointed a finger at him as if to emphasize her point before turning to the board to began to pick up the peices that had betrayed her so. She heard a "Better luck next time, see ya tomorrow," come from the boy before she heard the soft sliding of the door. Pushing the game into it's resting place she rebundled herself back into her coat, making her way back towards her home. It was getting late and she was tired, being interrigated all day on how long she knew about Shikamaru's plans, and then playing best two out of three with the said boy did that to a girl.

Reaching her door she unlocked the door, pushing inside and lockig it quickly behind her. She always loved coming home, it was just so inviting. Something seemed different though, but she couldn't place her finger on it. Shrugging it off she put her jacket away, went into the kitchen and began her ritual of making tea before leaving for her bedroom to change. She later emerged in a pair of black shorts and a navy blue tank top, Sasuke's scarf once more wrapped securly around her neck. The dark colors she wore deeply contrasted with her pale skin, pink hair, and apple eyes, but whenever Sasuke was gone on a mission she found dressing this way was the next best thing to have him actually there, he never wore anything besides black or a dark shade of blue. She loved making fun of him for it to.

On her way back to the kitchen she stopped, letting herself get carried away as she found herself staring out the window as a new blanket of snow fell from the sky. It brought back a memory back that she wasn't sure if she liked or not, it was confusing. It had been snowing like this though on the day of her first kiss, she could even see the spot where it happened, out in the middle of the road infront of her house.

Sakura walked as quickly as she could without making it appear she was trying to get away from the two males that walked on either side of her. She never knew why Sai and Sasuke hated each other, but she did know that they were glaring over the top of her head at face that resembled their own so much. Once she reached her door she resisted the urdge to hug and kiss it before she turned to the two still glaring men. She beamed at them before waving a good bye.

"Uh, I'm home now, thank you both for walking with me, see you tomorrow." They both just stared at her, as if waiting for either her to go in, or the other emotionally challenged male to back off and go away. Sakura knew they were both too stubborn to do the latter, so it would be up to her to be the bigger person. Smiling she gave a nervous laugh before opening her door and going inside. She could only set her keys down and take off her shoes and jacket before she heard a crash outside.

Rushing back out into the cold she was perplexed by what she saw. Sasuke seemed to have lost his mind, throwing blind punches to a smirking Sai who was obviously having a hard enough time just dodging them. If Sasuke calmed down and actually concentrated, the artist was done for.

"SASUKE-KUN! STOP!" She was off the porch before it even registered that her bare feet were crunching in the freezing snow, her bare arms covered in goosebumps. The two boys didn't seem to notice her presences as they continued to fight, or rather Sasuke fight and Sai dodge, but they noticed in the next couple of minutes all to well.

'Oh my God...' 'Ew ew ew ew ew ew EWWW! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING SAKURA, GET OFF OF HIM NOW!' Inner Sakura was screaming at the top of her lungs, trying to get through to her outter self to move her ass! In her attempt to stop the two she had tripped at the last second, tumbling into Sai, a split-second after hitting the ground their lips crashing together. That seemed to stop Sasuke's attack, but all three were shocked into paralasis.

Sakura just stared wide-eyed at the two onyx pools infront of her, who were widly staring back, while Sasuke just stood there trying to figure out if he was in a genjutsu or not. Sakura was the first to recover though, finally hearing her inner self cries of self loathing, jumping back to ungracefully fall onto her butt in a large pile of snow, quickly standing up trying to collect whatever dignity she had left, which she doubted was any. Daring to take a look at the Uchiha she found him giving one of the deadliest glares she had ever seen to the ROOT member, who was still staring at Sakura from a propped up position on the ground.

Sasuke just turned on his heel and left, shoving his hands in his pockets. He ignored the whispered "Sasuke-kun," obviously pissed at the sitaution but trying to keep up his stotic facade. He was an Uchiha, Uchiha's did not get jealous... they got revenge. Two weeks later, the Sharingan user got a hell of a lot more than an accidental kiss.

She jumped when she heard the screech of the kettle. How she loved the silver pot, it was like it could read her mind on when to be done and when not to be. She didn't know what she would do if it ever broke.

Heading towards the kitchen she picked up a medical book on the way, flipping it to a page she marked to pick up her reading once more. As soon as her eyes skimmed the page and found the word she left off on her foot touched the cold tile, and she noticed the lighting change. Lighting change? What? It didn't take her not even a second to react as she dropped the book and got into a fighting stance, her eyes following the shadow to one of the three standing foreign shinobi in the room. One of those three were touching HER kettle, making tea in HER cup! WHAT THE HELL?! After that shinobi finished, he handed it to the one sitting at HER table.

"I don't ever remeber inviting you in. What the hell do you want, and why the hell are you drinking my tea?" She narrowed her eyes as the man drinking her well earned tea chuckled. He took a sip before glancing up at her with ice blue eyes that made her involuntarily shiver. He set the tea down before looking at her and smiling a wicked smile.

The shinobi to her left came at her and she ducked under his rather large fist, sending her own into his gut, releasing a spurt of chakra sending him flying back into her cabinet, crushing it under his bulky weight. The second on her right seemed to be faster though, swiping a kick before she could even turn around, knocking her legs out from under her. Outstretching her hand she preformed a one-armed hand stand, changing the unnatural balence to her favor as she flipped, landing behind the enemy. She gratefully returned the kick, making contact with his head. The body turned into her trashcan as it collided with the wall, but this time she was ready for him as she moved forward, dodging the kick that was aimed for her back.

She smirked as she hit the ground beneath her, sending a crack towards him, making him stumble. She would regret that later, she knew it, making that foundation even again was going to be hell. She took the opportunity though, lunged towards him, punching him square in the face, sending the now lifeless body through a wall. She turned on the last two shinobi, the only remaining standing one smirking at her evily. She stared at him confused before looking at the other. The moment her eyes connected with the glacier orbs she just stared, caught in a trance. The next thing she knew her world was going black and she was falling. She never even realized the man's hand was in the form of a hand seal, the only thing she could remeber was his terrifying eyes.