Sorry it took me so long to get the chapter up, something came up, I'd like to thank all those that reviewed, I'm sad to say that no one gave me an idea as to who should be with Naruto and Kakashi. But I figured it out! Well, I'm not going into detail, on with the bookie!
Deidara will be in it soon, I promise, I couldn't leave one of my favorites out. And I haven't decided wither Sasuke should die yet.
Disclaimer:I only own my bookie, you are reading it, and I do not own Naruto but I still have my hopes.
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Sakura could hear her heart beat rapidly in her ears, she tried to swallow the lump that had lodged itself into her throat but it wouldn't budge. She wanted to turn around to be greeted with Naruto's smiling face but she knew that she couldn't. She had a mission.
With all the willpower she could muster Sakura began to walk forward, not letting herself even glance back at where the voices had come from. She hadn't got but a few steps before she heard Naruto call out again, "Hey!"
She didn't pause this time and she continued on, intent on going back to her room and escaping out the window, or something to that effect.
"Hey! TEME! I am talking to you!" Naruto yelled.
Sakura whirled around he had better not have just called her 'teme', she would not share the same nickname that Sasuke had. Best friend or not, if he ever called her that again she would make sure he regretted it.
Sakura's eyes widened and a gasp escaped her lips before she caught it. She felt her heart twist in pain and her leg's give out underneath her while she trembled.
Her eyes fixed on him.
He was just standing there, a few feet from her, looking at her with cold eyes that held no emotion. Sakura felt tears well up in her eyes. She wanted to yell at him, scream at him, show him how much he had hurt her but she knew that she couldn't be an avenger, not after how she saw what happened to those who were.
So... she ran.
She didn't know why she did it. It was foolish, it could blow her cover, even with a Henge Jutsu, that made her look identical to Shinsetsu. She just didn't have enough courage to face him, she was stronger, she was even feared, yet she was afraid of him.
Not because she feared death, or even defeat, but because she didn't have the heart to face him, not the boy she had once known and loved. At one point in time she had loved him, and had believed she always would, but after... that day she just couldn't love him.
She didn't think she could love anyone ever again.
Even if she did they would just die and she would get hurt, one way or another.
Sakura felt tears run down her face. She hated it, she hated being weak and she had been told so many times that it was a weakness to cry. Everything around her was a blur of colors as she ran.
Sakura found herself standing outside an open window, she wasn't sure what room she was in or what floor but that didn't matter. She furiously whipped at her tears but more only filled in their place. 'Why do I always run, why am I so weak?!' She mentally screamed at herself with her hand's fisted at her sides.
'We could kick all there butt's but that's not our mission, remember! Were not running away, no way! We are doing this for the mission! A mission only the strong could survive!' Inner Sakura cheered as she punched the air.
Shaking her tears away Sakura jumped out the window,landing perfectly on the snow covered ground with a crunch, a confident smile on her face. 'Yeah, you're right.' Sakura shot forward, distancing herself with her old team.
She had a mission to complete.
And nothing, not even him, would stand in her way.
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Kakashi shook his head with a frown on his face, not that anyone could see it under his mask. He turned his gaze towards his old student, Uchiha Sasuke, how he could scare people like that Kakashi wouldn't ask.
Somehow he felt as if her missed something, as if he had failed to realize something. He searched his shuriken pouch for his new book, one Naruto had given him when he returned, it was safely in his pouch. He let out a breath of relief, he had been worried for a second that he had left it somewhere.
"Teme, I can't bel-"
"Naruto, they have ramenacross the street." Kakashi interjected quickly. If Naruto said something stupid they'd would argue and he would be the one to suffer.
Naruto's face immediately brightened and a smile appeared on his face, "Really, Kakashi-sensei, they do?" Kakashi nodded once and before he could blink Naruto had disappeared. He sighed, gone two years and defiantly stronger yet he was so easily distracted.
He turned his gaze to his other student, who they had finally returned home with. He had come willingly, amazingly enough, and Tsunade said she didn't want him out on missions but... Naruto and him had been so determined to leave in search of his other student, Haruno Sakura.
Flashback
He stared at the two males before him, opposite in personality yet best friends. Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. They were standing in the hokages office, it had been five day's since Sasuke had returned.
They had all come to the office with one goal, make Tsunade give them a mission to retrieve Sakura.
"Tsunade-baa-chan we have to go get Sakura-chan, she's in trouble!!" Naruto yelled with his arms spread apart.
Tsunade sighed, her amber eyes were filled with grief and she regretted the harsh word's she was about to tell the young blonde but they had to be said, as unreal as she wished they were. "Naruto, She LEFT! Of her own free will! Their was no sigh of a struggle, we have reports from Konoha shinobi that they had engaged her in battle and that her headband had a slash through it. She left." She said the last sentence to herself but the others heard as well.
Naruto was about to protest when someone beat him to it, "Hokage-sama, Sakura must have her reason's for leaving." Sasuke said calmly, defending Sakura, getting everyone's attention. "She wouldn't leave without a good reason, so we have to retrieve her before she gets injured."
"She is no longer weak, Sasuke, she can take care of herself." She said her tone harsh, she continued angrily. "She probably left trying to find you! And tell me, since when do you care?"
There was a long silence, as all eyes turned to Sasuke. He had his eyes covered by his bang's as he spoke, "I always cared about Sakura and when I heard she left I blamed myself, that's why I'm here to retrieve her. I never admitted how I felt for her, I didn't even realize it until I heard she left, but now that I know I will protect her." He said as he looked up, his eyes hardened in determination.
Naruto let a smile spread across his face, the old Sasuke was finally back. "Yeah, we aren't leaving unless it's on a mission to retrieve Sakura." He said with equal determination.
"You know she wouldn't leave without reason and we both know that they won't leave unless its to retrieve her." Kakashi reasoned with a smile, hoping the Hokage didn't smash them all to bit's.
Tsunade sighed as she pulled out some of her precious hidden sake and took a swig, whipping her mouth with the back of her hand, she replied. "Fine, you leave tomorrow. We have a few report's saying she might be in Snow Country but they could be rumor's. Pack today and get rested, you leave at dawn and have one month. That's all." She warned. "Dismissed."
They all nodded there head's once and replied in unison, "Hai, Hokage-sama." They then bowed and left. Naruto with a smile plastered on his face, Sasuke looking slightly relived and Kakashi with a small smile on his face.
They could finally go search for her. Team seven, her team, were the only ones that had a chance at bringing her back.
End Flashback
Shaking the memory away Kakashi looked around, Sasuke had left him. Without even saying a word. Sighing he pulled out his most prized possession, his newest book, and began to read, blushing ever so often and giggling like a girl, as he walked to his room.
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So, their it is Chapter four. Please review and tell me how you liked it, or if you didn't tell me why. I need reviews to help my writing get better, so I'm begging you to review.
