You know the drill. I don't own Naruto.

Unfortunately. 

- - -

Hair pulled into a small ponytail? Check. Regular outfit put on? Check. Ready to face the teammate who left the village to gain power, leaving you and all your feelings behind? As ready as I will ever be.

- - -

Sakura ran a hand through her pink hair. She had taken out the ponytail after a bit, it was just annoying. She closed her eyes took a deep breath and started towards the training grounds. It had been awhile, going to these grounds. Since he first left. She looked at the ground.

Keep focused.

You can do this.

She took another deep breath. She exhaled. It's no good. She turned and went back home, just for a bit.

- - -

When she finally arrived it was an hour past the set arrival time. She saw Naruto. She waved happily. She saw Saskue, she turned up her nose. Sasuke looked at her with an odd expression, confusion, but on an Uchiha it was just weird. She sat next to Naruto on the railing of the bridge where they waited for Kakashi.

"He is late, obviously." She said.

"Your one to talk." Naruto joked. "Ten minutes, ok. An hour though?" He laughed. Sakura smiled sheepishly.

- - -

Kakashi appeared.

"I'm sorry I got lost on the path-"

"Liar!" Sakura shouted playfully winging a kunai at him. Kakashi grinned beneath his mask.

Kakashi looked them over. "So for training today, since we haven't had Sasuke in so long, we will spar."

Naruto immediately jumped up. "Sasuke, I challenge-"

Sakura cut him off. "Sasuke, I challenge you to a spar." She said quietly.

"Hn." Sasuke shrugged. "I accept."

He smirked inwardly, this'll be cake. Then I'll crush Naruto.

- - -

They faced each other on the field, hands out in their stances. Hers had changed; it wasn't ready to do jutsu anymore. More ready to attack full on.

She inhaled quickly. Kakashi nodded for them to begin.

She waited in her spot. He could make the first move.

Sasuke waited a moment, but seeing as she wouldn't come at him, he came at her. He moved forward quickly, dashing to her left. He struck out hitting…air.

Sakura twirled in mid air as she jumped high to avoid the blow. Sure she could have moved to the side, but where is the fun in that?

She came down, her feet lightly hitting the ground with a controlled landing. It left a dent. A very large dent. Sakura smiled wistfully at Naruto and Kakashi.

Sasuke shrugged. There goes her chakra, he thought, and just to show off.

This time she came at him. He wasn't expecting it. Suddenly she was behind him like a whirlwind.

"Thank you." She whispered sarcastically before hitting him across the back, shoving him to the ground face first.

He caught himself just in time. He narrowed his eyes. Where was she now? He saw something, he threw a well placed kunai.

"Gotcha." He said. Until… poof! It was a log. He looked around. Damn. I've lost her.

She came down in front of him. Smiled ever so sweetly and flicked him on the forehead. He went flying crashing into two rows of trees behind him.

What the hell? He thought. Is this really Sakura?

He activated his Sharingan, he never thought he would have to for Sakura Haruno.

Yet, she was gone again and he was looking for her once more. She was done playing, the fun was over. It was time to give him back some pain.

She saw him activate his Sharingan. She grinned, this was what she had been practicing for, and he was in for a surprise.

She came at him, but his Sharingan couldn't see, couldn't copy the moves. Once again he found himself questioning what was going on.

Sakura came out. She was in the open, ten feet away from him.

"How?" He asked simply.

"I had two great teachers. Tsunade-sama, and Lee-kun."

Sasuke eyebrows went up in amusement at two things, Lee being a good teacher, and Lee-kun. That was too much. He smirked. That must have been the extent of her power then. To learn taijutsu like this, it must have been the only thing she did.

Sakura came at him. She was fast but now that he knew what she had worked on, he could stop her. He threw a kunai with one hidden underneath. The first one she deflected, the second drove hard into her stomach.

Sasuke hadn't expected such an impact from a kunai. She really hadn't gotten much more talented. Stronger, yes. Faster, yes. Better, no.

Sakura doubled over.

Kakashi and Naruto sniggered at Sasuke. He cocked his head at them in confusion. Sasuke looked back to Sakura. She was lying on her back, stomach exposed.

There was no mark. Not even any blood, or rip in her shirt.

She stood up. "Nice try." She said. Then she came at him.

- - -

She came at him hard, not waiting for his reaction. He was blocking her arm shattering blows and he was getting tired. He was running low on chakra from using the Sharigan. She seemed to have an endless supply.

She continued to attack. He could block these, but she wasn't using much energy. It was if she was tiring him out. She looked up at him and suddenly grinned.

And then he missed a block.

It was a 1000 times harder than the arm shattering blows that she had been throwing at him, and it hit him square in the chest.

He went flying. Eyes wide he soared through the air towards the trees, crashing a hundred feet and it would have been more if he hadn't crashed into the fifty or so trees that slowed his trajectory.

He lay in a clearing, sprawled, at his enemy's mercy, and she came.

She stood over him, then brought a kunai to his neck. Her eyes showed that she wanted to press it down harder, cutting through his neck, but she didn't. She stood up and walked away.

Naruto and Kakashi came up to him. They smirked down at him. He tried to move, it didn't work.

"Want to get help?" He growled.

Naruto and Kakashi looked at each other. "Sure." They said in unison.

"Oh Sakura…!"

Sasuke's eyes widened. Could they be serious? She'd kill him while he was down. He struggled.

"No, I'm…"

Sakura came over carrying a murderous aura. "What do you want?"

Kakashi and Naruto looked at each other again trying to keep from laughing their heads off.

"Sasuke needs to be healed." Naruto choked out.

"Then take him to Tsunade." She growled.

Naruto spoke again. "He can't be moved."

"Then go get her."

"She's busy."

"Too bad."

"Sakura!"

Sakura glared at him. "Fine."

She knelt down beside Sasuke. She prodded his ribs. He winced.

"You have seven broken ribs, your arm, and your legs are broken as well." She said expertly. She knew her stuff. "And you have various cuts and bruises all over your body."

Sasuke nodded. "Can you fix it?"

Sakura rolled her eyes. "What do you take me for, an imbecile? These are minor wounds; much worse could have been inflicted."

Then she added. "And I could have healed."

"Now remove your shirt."

"Huh?" Sasuke asked.

"Do you think I can heal you through your shirt? Take it off."

Sasuke grunted and removed his shirt.

Sakura didn't show any sign of emotion. She would have been blushing tomato red if they were younger.

She focused her healing chakra in her hands. She went to work on the ribs; she healed six out of seven.

Then his arm and his leg, healing them both quickly.

"See. Cake." She said softly.

Sasuke put on his shirt, and stood. He winced at the pain in his chest.

"I left one rib broken." She said. He looked at her questioningly.

She stood up and walked away. She called over her shoulder. "You can heal that one on your own."

- - -

Naruto, obviously, chased after her. It was what boyfriends were for. She sighed softly as he closed in on her. She hadn't tried to avoid him, or he wouldn't have found her. He knew this.

"Sakura." He said softly. "We all want to go out to Ramen. Us as a team…you coming?"

She nodded and intertwined her fingers within his. It was nice to have these moments of peace when things had been strained between them as boyfriend and girlfriend. She walked with him to the training grounds once more.

Kakashi grinned. "You're coming!" He said giving her his famous thumbs up.

She half heartedly smiled. "Yeah, I'm coming."

The broken team walked to the shop with little chitter chatter, Sakura was zoned out. Being led by Naruto's intertwined hand to the restaurant.

- - -

They sat down. They were getting all the details about Sasuke killing both of his enemies, fulfilling half of his dream. One, to kill Itachi. That was complete, and he had killed Orochimaru in the process. Two, to revive the Uchiha clan. She almost laughed out loud at the thought of Sasuke repopulating the clan with anyone.

- - -

Sakura smiled at Naruto as he talked to Naruto. It annoyed him. She wasn't talking just sitting there smiling. And she called him Naruto-kun. NARUTO-KUN. Yes, this was an odd fact which annoyed him tremendously.

- - -

Naruto noticed the tension growing he grew worried. Tonight is going to be one hell of a dinner.

- - -

Sasuke began a conversation about something simple; she didn't remember what it was about just that he started the conversation and that's what was what started an argument.

"What do you mean you don't know? How can you not?" Sakura said her voice full of disbelief.

Sasuke sat their passively. "I just don't know."

"Well, think harder, dumbass." She spat.

Naruto shot a look at her. Be kinder it seemed to say, he hasn't done anything wrong, he just can't remember what day it is tomorrow.

(Flashback: Three minutes ago.)

"Nice weather." Sasuke shrugged.

Naruto nodded. "Perfect for tomorrow."

Sasuke looked at him oddly.

Sakura raised her eyebrows. "TO-MOR-OW." She spat. "Don't you remember?"

Sasuke shrugged. "What's tomorrow?"

Naruto was about to give an explanation, but Sakura cut him off.

"You don't know?" She said.

Sasuke shrugged. "I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know? How can you not know?" Sakura said her voice full of disbelief.

Sasuke sat their passively. "I just don't know."

"Well, think harder, dumbass." She spat.

(End Of Flashback.)

It had got them to a point in their conversation where the air was so heavy, you could cut it with scissors.

Sakura ignored Naruto.

"Think harder, Teme." She spat.

Sasuke stood up. "WHAT IS TOMORROW!?"

Sakura folded her arms across her chest. "You asshole, I can't believe you forgot, just like every year when we were little. Even Naruto remembers, EVEN KAKASHI! I used to give you a week in advance, but no. Every year my arms remained present less."

"Now do you remember?"

Sasuke nodded. "Your birthday."

- - -

The men couldn't understand why she was freaking out so badly.

He didn't remember. Whoopedy do da. But, no, Sakura was worked up and she wasn't going to let this go.

Naruto had gotten her to stop talking about it after insulting Sasuke quite a few more times, however, she was still in a huff, commenting on everything he did.

He spilled the salt.

"Nice one, baka." Sasuke just stared at her in disbelief the whole dinner.

Finally, he snapped. "Sakura, no more. Jesus Christ."

Sakura stood up. "Sasuke, I'm not your little groupie anymore, I DON'T LISTEN TO YOU! ASSHOLE!"

She stormed out the door.

Naruto followed shooting Sasuke a worried, apologetic glance.

Kakashi sat there reading his book.

- - -

Sakura sat on the bench in the park. She had her head in her hands. She was retaliating, fighting back for him leaving her…and it relieved her…but she knew it was hurting Naruto.

- - -

Naruto caught up to her. He sat down next to her. "Sakura, Sasuke, your being harsh." He said. "I know that you're angry."

"Naruto." She said cutting him off. "He left me. HE LEFT ME AND, AND I" She quieted.

"And he didn't leave me, as well?" Naruto said a little harsher than he had meant to. "He didn't leave his best friend behind also."

"Sakura, Sakura, I know how you feel. I really do."

"NO YOU DON'T, NARUTO! YOU WEREN'T IN LOVE WITH HIM?"

- - -

Sasuke came after them, but when he heard fighting, he hid behind a tree. He wasn't eavesdropping, just listening. He waited for the fight to continue, he didn't want to interrupt.

- - -

Naruto glared at her. Sakura hadn't thought this was possible.

Then he dropped his gaze. "And are you still in love with him Sakura?" He asked. "Is that why you are ripping into him every chance you get."

"No." She said. "I don't love him."

Naruto sighed relieved.

"Right now, I don't love anyone."

Naruto looked at her, all hopes dashed.

"S-Sakura."

"Naruto, I think we are better as best friends."

She turned and left him standing there, on the street, crestfallen.

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POOR NARUTO! But they had to break up. And the night before her birthday. It will sure be an interesting birthday. 0.o