So...two days pass and BANG. School is upon me :/. And as I stated before, I have never been to this school, so I know virtually no one. So as of right now, my writing is my only consolation. (And reading stories too...And a few million other things...XD) However, I have managed to make a few friends so yayy! And now, Enjoy!

Edit 2: I'm so tired...

Sakura woke up promptly, and immediately got ready for the meeting between her and her teammates. She hoped that it wouldn't take too long, especially considering that she had a hospital to run and didn't have any of Naruto's BS. Even if he was the Hokage, that didn't mean that he didn't pull a few stupid stunts every now and then.

Deciding that the rooftops would be a quick route, Sakura exited through her window and was at the Hokage mansion in an instant. Jumping through the window she saw that Sasuke was already there.

"Hey Sakura-chan! Why do you get to come through the window?" Naruto complained.

"Because I do, that's why." Sakura replied. "Anyways, I'm here now. What did you want Naruto?"

Naruto leaned back in the chair and put his hands behind his head, a cryptic smirk making it's way onto his whiskered face.

"That's the same answer I got from the dobe." Sasuke said.

"Hey! Don't disrespect your Hokage Sasuke! I'm superior to you!"

"You're superior to me in stupidity."

"Teme-chan I swear I'll-"

"Oh shut it." Sakura interrupted. "Just tell us already."

Naruto's smile grew. "We're all going on a mission together as Team 7!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, and Sakura just stared at Naruto.

"That's it? We're going on a mission together? Why didn't you just debrief us instead of wasting time?" Sakura said in annoyance.

Naruto's smile disappeared. "We haven't been on a mission together as a team in forever! I wanted to surprise you guys. I thought you'd appreciate it a bit more..." Naruto mumbled trailing off.

"Of course we do but- Wait, why isn't Kakashi here?" Sakura asked.

"He's on a mission in the Land of Rice Patties. So it's just us three!"

"Alright, well what exactly is our mission?" She said ignoring his enthusiasm.

Perhaps she and Sasuke were being mean to Naruto, but they had other more important things to worry about. Sasuke replaced Danzo as the head ANBU, so he was constantly swamped with missions and paperwork. Clients were constantly requesting "the Last Uchiha" for missions. Even simple missions such as finding a lost animal had a special request for Sasuke. Some of the request were actually fan-mail and hate-mail under the guise of a top-secret document. More than once, Sasuke and Naruto opened one of those supposed 'top secret' folders, only to find a letter written by an angry civillian or a crazed fan-girl. So Sasuke spent his time trying to weed through all of those false papers and the real missions.

Sakura, meanwhile, had taken over as the head doctor for Konoha General. Which meant that she too received fan-mail in disguise as important documents. She received special requests for her to take care of children or to take care of some random civilian. She also had to keep up with every patient who came and went in the hospital. Along with the surgeries that she was doing and the paperwork Sakura spent most nights cooped up in her office, getting under 3 or 2 hours of sleep sometimes.

Which is why Sasuke and Sakura weren't too excited that they had to go on a mission with Naruto. With the three strongest ninja in Konoha gone, the village was bound to be attacked. And if Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto left chances are that when they came back, they'd have even more work to do than before.

That's why Sakura was not excited at all. A mission meant more paperwork and much less sleep.

"So we're leaving at sunset tonight, using the night as cover for our disappearance." Naruto said.

"Where are we going?" Sakura asked impatiently.

"We're going undercover to the Hozukiji prison in the Hidden Grass."

Sakura remembered that that prison was the one that Naruto was sent to. That was when they discovered the treacherous plan of Mui, the man who's family had taken care of the prison for the centuries, which was in fact their intention from the start.

Sakura and Sasuke spoke at the same time.

"Why?"

"Where?"

Naruto sighed dramatically. "Hozukiji is a prison, and we're going their because some strange chakra was sensed recently within the prison."

Sakura's eyebrows furrowed together. "Is it the chakra from the box?" She asked fearfully. They had enough trouble the monster that had been released before. If it managed to escape again...

"No, this has got nothing to do with the box." Naruto said with a smile. "It may just be a false alarm, but the prison requested that we come to check it out. After their little scare that they had, I don't blame them."

Sakura sighed tiredly. It would be fun going on a mission, just like old-times, but she really had a lot of work to do.

"You can't back out Sakura-chan. Sasuke's in, and since I'm your Hokage, my word is law. You have to obey."

Sakura glared at him. "You'd really pull the, 'I'm the Hokage.' card on me? Really?"

Naruto chuckled nervously. "We're leaving at midnight tonight. We don't want anyone to know that the three of us are gone." He suddenly scooted back his chair and walked over to the door. "Hey Sakura-chan..."

"Yes?"

"I need you to get the files." He said, his face turning serious.

"What files?" She asked confused.

"Those files." Naruto emphasized. Sakura's face fell into a calm facade of perfection, while her mind began to whir. What exactly did that particular clan have to do with Hozukiji Prison?

"Would either of you like to fill me in on what the hell is going on?" Sasuke spoke up annoyance dripping in his voice.

Naruto looked to his friend, and then to Sakura, who shook her head ever so slightly.

"Maybe later..." Naruto rubbed the back of his blonde head. "I've got to get ready for the mission."

Sakura and Sasuke looked at Naruto surprised. "Since when did you ever prepare for missions?" Sakura asked.

"Since...erm...I- uh...I'm going now! Bye!" Naruto flew out the door, and was gone in a flash.

Sakura stared at the door. He knew that Sasuke was going to ask questions about these mysterious files. And Naruto abandoned Sakura to the shark known as Sasuke Uchiha.

"Damn you Naruto..." She mumbled.

"What files?" Sasuke spoke, his voice cold and brisk. Sakura flinched slightly.

The files that Naruto were talking about were all about the Uchiha clan and it's kekkei genkai, the Sharingan. A little while after Naruto had become Hokage, Hinata and Sakura were in the archives, organizing different documents from different time periods. On one of the shelves, every scroll and book was from the First Hokage's reign. As they were looking Sakura stumbled upon an entire wall with secret information on the Uchiha clan, history, heritage, everything pretty much. Immediately, her and Hinata pulled Naruto from the meeting with the Konoha elders (They seemed very angry at the interruption), and told him of their discovery.

"Damn," He ran a hand through his hair. "I guess we should keep this a secret."

"Should we tell Sasuke?" Sakura asked. Naruto sighed.

"Not yet. Let's give him time to settle into the village and his life. Then we will. From here on, this conversation never happened."

That conversation never left the walls of the Hokage mansion, and a silent agreement passed between Sakura, Naruto, and Hinata that they'd never speak of those secret files.

Now those secret files had been mentioned, to Sasuke no less, and Naruto had left Sakura to deal with the downfall.

"Sakura..." Sasuke said. Sakura didn't look him. She was too busy wondering if she could reach the window before Sasuke caught her.

She took her only chance at escape, and was standing on the edge of the windowsill, when she was pulled away from freedom.

"Shit." She hissed in pain as Sasuke roughly dragged her away from the open window, and forcefully set her down in Naruto's chair.

"What. Files?" He whispered, and put his face directly in front of her own. His black coal eyes bore into her forest green, and Sakura felt as if he were staring into her soul.

"Um...It's classified." Sakura said, slightly breathless. Having Sasuke this close was really uncomfortable. And even though Sakura didn't have a crush on him anymore, she couldn't deny that he was beyond attractive.

Sasuke glared at her for a few more seconds, then sighed and moved away from her.

"Is it about Konoha?" Sasuke looked at her to gauge her reaction. Sakura shrugged. She knew that he would ask questions until she reacted differently, and then he grill her until he got satisfactory answers. If she didn't get out now, she wouldn't ever.

"Nope. Look, Sasuke, I really need to go. Can you please let me leave?" Sakura asked. Sasuke said nothing. Taking that as a yes, Sakura stood up and went to the door.

"You will tell me what those files are." He said suddenly from behind her. She paused with her hand on the doorknob, and then opened it and walked out.

Sakura walked quickly through the halls and down the stairs and finally outside. Breathing a sigh of relief, she quickly set off to her own house.

Along the way, she pondered why exactly Naruto would want her to get those files. All they contained were information of Sasuke's clan-

Unless his clan had to do with the chakra that was sensed at the prison? Hm...That would be impossible though. Sasuke is the Last Uchiha with two of the three last Sharingan in the ninja world. How would chakra from the Uchiha end up all the way in the Hidden Grass?

Well, either way, it technically wasn't Sakura's place to question Naruto's orders, considering that he was indeed the Hokage. Even so, he was still her close friend, which meant that she fully intended to do whatever possible to find out what was going on. Even if he was the Hokage.

Reaching her house, she walked in, having left her front door unlocked. Honestly, even if someone did break in, she could defeat them easily.

She began to gather together all of her items, and then when she was finished, looked at the time. It was only about 12pm. She had more than enough time to kill.

She would spend it with Ino normally, but right now she didn't feel like being forced to ask a random male for his number. So she decided instead to contact Hinata. Sakura hadn't seen her or Minato for a while.

Though with her luck, Hinata was probably busy being berated by the elders. Either way, she'd better go see if Hinata was free.

Leaving her apartment again, she made her way through town towards the Hyuuga district. As she neared closer, she sensed something...different.

Narrowing her eyes, she walked towards the gate when she was stopped by a Hyuuga man.

"I'm sorry miss, but I can't allow you to pass." He said. Sakura glared at him, and then continued walking through the gate.

"Miss, please don't make me-" Before he could finish, Sakura whipped around, and pushed on a pressure point, forcing the man to keel over to the ground. Sakura picked him up, and laid him gently against one of the walls next to the gate.

Sakura wondered what exactly was happening. Normally, she could stroll into the district because they always had the same guard. His name was Miko, and he'd gotten used to her coming in and out of the district. Why in the world would they change guard placements?

As she walked along, she noticed something else wrong. Normally, children could be seen practicing or playing with their peers, however there was no one. Not even adults walked the street. Sakura furrowed her eyebrows.

Something was very wrong...

Suddenly, as she neared the main house, the house that belonged to Hinata's family, a horrid stench hit her. Sakura recognized this smell...

She immediately made a bee-line for the house. She got to the front door, and slide it open without knocking. Inside, there was many different Hyuuga standing, and whispering. Sakura wondered now what had happened. Pushing through the throng, she made her way towards the garden, where everyone's attention seemed to be at.

She was then met with the worst sight.

There were a few Hyuuga, taking pictures and such of a girl. It was a Hyuuga girl, who was laying dead in the middle of the garden. She'd seen plenty of dead bodies when working, or when on a mission, but this girl's insides were strewn across the bushes and trees. Blood splattered virtually everything. The scariest part was that the girl's features were perfectly relaxed. If her insides weren't her outsides, she could be sleeping.

Sakura swallowed, and took a deep breath through her mouth. Allowing herself to relax, she took a step towards the horror scene. No one questioned her as she bent down next to the girl. She looked like Hinata when she was younger. This girl was only 9 or 10 judging from her features and body structure.

Sakura's eyes scanned the girl's entire body. Just before she was about to ask for gloves, so she could perform an autopsy, a voice called her name.

"Sakura!"

"Sakura-chan!"

Sakura turned, and saw Hinata and Naruto standing a little ways away. Sakura stood up, and then walked over to her two friends.

"What happened?" She asked when she met them. Hinata's eyes were glassy and her cheeks were tear stained.

"Someone came in the night. They were trying to kill Hina-chan." Naruto said, his voice growing hard and angry. Hinata inhaled a shaky breath.

"They thought that Kei, the d-dead girl was me. They-They killed her because of me..." Hinata then sniffled and was on the verge of tears again, until Naruto pulled her next to him and hugged her. He put his lips on top of her head, and held her there in his arms.

"It wasn't your fault, Hina." He whispered. Hinata's sobs were muffled into his shirt, and she hugged him back. Sakura stood there feeling as if she was interrupting a moment. The way that Naruto looked at Hinata...She'd never seen anything like that except from whenever her parents would look at each other. Naruto really loved Hinata.

Watching them, it made Sakura wonder if anyone would ever look at her like that-

No. There was no time for thoughts like these.

Finally Naruto, looked to Sakura.

"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan, but I- I can't leave Hina like this. And Minato...he's the one that found the dead girl." He said, Hinata still crying quietly into his shirt. Sakura froze. No wonder he wasn't here...They had probably took the first chance possible to get him out of the house and away from this horror scene.

"So is the mission cancelled?" Sakura asked. She felt kind of sad, now that she had grown accustomed to the idea of being with her teammates after what seemed like forever.

"Yes...for now. Unless..." Naruto paused.

"What?"

"Would you...perhaps be willing to go on the mission still? With Sasuke?" He asked. Sakura blinked slowly.

Going on a mission alone with Sasuke? Not that that would be a problem, but after what had happened from then...

"Yes. We'll do it."

Well, yup. That's that. And if you're wondering what Sakura is thinking about, it is not what happened in the bar, but something before then which shall be revealed either in the next chapter or the one after the next.

Until next time, see ya later! :)