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NARUTO, SASUKE, SAKURA-17
Chapter 7
The moon shone on the village, it was night and all most everyone was in bed. It had been the anniversary of the day sasuke had left. It had been a big decision but she had made it using her brain not her heart. She felt like her heart was already dead and her insides were hollow the reason being her supposed assumption of her love loving someone else.
She slung her backpack and headed for the passage way out of the village. Hoping and dreaming that someone might come out and stop her but she just walked on further and came closer but was only to be met at the gates by a shinobi with a head of white hair. It was Jiraya the legendary sanin, his expression stern and his mouth set in a frown.
"Sakura Haruno what are you doing out here." he asked narrowing his eyes at her. Choosing to ignore him she walked right past him without even sparing him a glance. She kept doing so until she was blocked by a toad. Looking back she smirked at the toad sanin who soon appeared before her.
"Don't underestimate me jiraya-sama..." she spat out the last words with a hint of disgust and took out a kunai.
Jiraya tried to move but apparently failed. It was as if his nerves had been paralyzed disabling him from moving. He turned around and saw on his back a cut with something purple and slimy. His vision started to blur and he got dizzy.
"When did you...put...poison."he choked out as he fell to the ground paralyzed.
"And you call yourself a sanin? Huh I put it in when I walked past you...enough of this what was your reason for killing all of those tenshis?" She spat out.
"People like them don't need to exist the world is fine with just shinobis in it...and-"he was cut off
"For once in your life SHUT THE HELL UP!"Sakura screamed as she pummeled her fist into one of his vital points almost crushing it. Anger still had been pulsing through her veins due to jiraya's comment. Sakura felt no regret in what she did, all these people deserved die how could they have been happy when her own parents and people like her were brutally murdered by their own comrades and her friends. Sakura was leaving and she wouldn't rest until she made their lives miserable.
She was snapped out of her own thoughts by a agonizing scream .Below her she saw a spiky blonde haired ninja crouched on the floor where his sensei once stood.
"Sakura-chan who did this?" he asked but got no answer from sakura.
"Come on Sakura-chan tell me who did it! They might still be close behind and I could have my revenge on them." he yelled and this time he got an answer.
"Idiot! Can't you see the person who almost killed your beloved sensei is right infront of you!" she said
"You mean...it was... you? B-but why"
"I had to...he was in my way" she tried to explain.
"He was right …." his voice hadn't any emotion.
"Who?" she asked uncaringly.
"Neji! You are a monster...how could you do this and now you're leaving? Well go ahead see if I care." he retorted. She felt her heart clenching and realized that the bonds she had worked so hard to make had finally shattered. A tear leaked from her viridian colored eyes and ran down her cheek. Naruto's eyes widened at the sight and he immediately regretted what he had said
"That was a test of friendship for you but sadly you failed , I won't kill you...well not yet because its more like I can't kill you…...I'll return and next time I will make sure I kill you and avenge my clan." She said as she let more tears fall.
"Look at me I'm so weak I just keep crying ne Naruto?" she said as she wiped her tears. Naruto attempted to soothe her just like old times only to be stopped by sakura's radiant yet sad smile. It was the only thing that had kept him going during the dark times.
She appeared behind Naruto and knocked him out but not before whispering to him:
"I hope you be happy with Hinata and sasuke with Karin I heard as he loves her... until the next time we meet, and tell tsunade that there's still a tenshi left and she's bent on revenge."
Naruto fell to the ground only to be caught by sakura, she carried him to the nearest bench. Planting a kiss on his forehead she walked toward jiraya. She healed the vital point just enough to make sure his condition would be stable and then injected the antidote of the poison into his body and left another syringe full of it in jiraya's palm.
Quickly she turned around and started walking towards the village gates only to be stopped by jiraya's voice.
"Why...?"
"Why should I stay here where I keep my potential locked up... in a place where I'm not loved, I'd rather be free rather than caged." she answered. Jiraya had finally lost consciousness from exhaustion and his eyes slowly closed. Sakura kept on walking. Reaching the village gates she looked behind at the village hidden in the leaves...her home. Memories flooded her head and pain coursed through her. That's all that you could fell when you were tied down by a village and forced to obey every one of its commands.
Counting her steps. It took just about two steps to step out of the village but it took 15 more steps for her to encounter a familiar chakra. It wasn't someone she knew from Konoha but it was someone she had faced in battle. Turning around she met the eyes of none other than the Itachi Uchiha. Emerald clashed with onyx.
"Aren't you supposed to be dead?" she asked taking out a kunai.
"Put down your weapon...it was just a clone and that's beside the point we've come to offer you a deal, join us and you shall get stronger and you will even get a chance to get back at Konoha" he offered. Removing all doubts from her mind she smiled at the missing nin
"So when do we start training Itachi-kun?" she asked sweetly. Itachi smirked at the playfulness of the the pink haired shinobi. Sakura followed Itachi as he continued walking both disappearing into the darkness of the night.
Back at the village:
Sasuke was walking around the streets of Konoha as his morning exercise seeing Naruto was nowhere to be found and Kakashi was on a mission. He moved towards the gates and found two people cuddled up on a bench. It was Naruto and the toad sage jiraya. Naruto was talking in his sleep and jiraya had a syringe of something in his hand.
Sasuke mentally puked and then kicked both of their heads. Jiraya began running around screaming because of the large bump on his head but Naruto just glared at his friend for their rude awakening.
Sasuke just snickered a little and turned his eyes toward the blonde shinobi only to widen his onyx eyes in surprise. Naruto sat there on the floor with tears flowing from his sapphire eyes. His hand had been balled up at his sides and his mouth in a grim line. Naruto got on his knees and repeatedly punched the ground. Jiraya looked at him sympathetic while sasuke just stared not knowing what to do.
"STUPID..STUPID! I'll bring you back Sakura-chan...I'll do it if it's the last thing I do!"He roared
"She's gone?" Sasuke asked to none in particular only to receive a curt nod from jiraya. His heart sank and he fell to the ground trembling for the one he had held so dearly had done the same thing that he had years ago.
"How could you have told her you loved Karin...you broke her fragile heart!"Naruto yelled holding sasuke up from his collar but the young Uchiha said nothing. Naruto dropped him to the ground and started walking with jiraya in the direction of the hokage's office. Sasuke soon got up and did the same.
At the Hokage's office:
A large crash could be heard from the fifth's office. Three shinobi stood their faces hidden in darkness each looking away from the rampaging form of the hokage. Tears had clouded her eyes and anger had filled her system.
She felt as miserable as a mother who had just lost her child, her heart ached for the pink haired shinobi. She wanted her back no matter what the consequence. After Naruto told her what sakura said about the tenshi it made tsunade feel even guiltier, for she was amongst those who had finished off the tenshis.
"Sasuke I want you to gather the entire Konoha 12 and go on rescue mission. Bring back Sakura Haruno...take team Hebi as replacements since some of them are still on missions. Dismissed..." said the blonde hokage. Sasuke just gave a nod and walked out the door .
"Don't worry Baa-chan I swear I'll bring her back." Naruto said as he turned to walk out of the door. Tsunade smiled sadly and whispered a thank you after Naruto left. All that was left was for her to hope that her young apprentice hadn't been tainted even more then she already was.
