Never turning back Chapter 11, a naruto fanfic

he he... I'm back! I know I've been gone forever and I'm sorry. I hope this long chapter makes up for it.

Thanks again to 13th hour for the ideas and to everyone that has reviewed!

Enjoy!

Recap...

Sakura smiled at that thought. Ever since that day, Kotetsu had always been her closest friend. He never lied to her or told her that she was weak. He always said positive things. She picked up a rock that was sitting next to her and threw it into the lake, breaking its glass- like picture. She quietly stared at the small ripples as they moved along across the lake. Sakura stayed there staring off into nowhere for about an hour. She suddenly jumped up with a huge smile on her face.

"uh-oh... What's your plan now?"

'I have the perfect way to show everybody how I feel before I leave. All I need to do is find Kotetsu!' She immediately sprinted off through the woods and towards Konoha.

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"Kotetsu? Hey! Are you in here?" Sakura yelled as she peeked her head through the door of his apartment. She was about to yell again when she heard a door from inside slam and shuffling of feet.

"Sorry. You can come in if you want. I was just talking to some guys about we were doing for tonight's party. You're going right? It starts at 9pm. Everyone's going to be there." Sakura smirked.

'Perfect.'

"I actually wanted to talk to you and your band about that..." She trailed off as she walked through the door and into his living room. She sat her self down on one of his couches and stared at the three other men sitting on the couch opposite her. All of them were ninjas.

The first one was Izumo. He has medium brown hair with his bangs hanging over his left eye. He didn't have his headband on which made his hair messier looking. (A/N: You all should know who he is, so no need to get into too much detail...)

The one next to him was Hideaki. She had seen him a few times while working in the hospital. He's around 20 years old and a very skilled jounin. His long dark red hair was pulled back into a low pony tail with his bangs framing his face. His dark forest green eyes are always kinda bored looking. He can be really strict and by-the-books kind of guy when he has to be. But he's usually a really nice guy.

Finally there's Koji. Blond spiky hair and gray eyes. He's a little older than Hideaki, about 23, but a captain in the ANBU. She sometimes wondered how he actually made it into ANBU. He's not exactly the smartest guy around and can be very loud at times. But despite that, he's one of the best strategists in Konoha.

"Hey guys. How's it going? I heard you guys are the band at tonight's party." She saw them all nod.

"YES WE ARE!!!" Koji yelled enthusiastically as he jumped up off the couch. "We're gonna be playing all night. I'm really excited because we get to show everyone what we can do and how good we are. I CAN'T WAIT!" He continued to yell. Hideaki rolled his eyes and pulled Koji back onto the couch. Koji pouted childishly and slumped down into the couch.

"What was it that you needed Sakura? You obviously came her to ask us something..." Hideaki said calmly.

"I came here to ask you if I could sing a couple of songs with you guys on the instruments. I have the perfect songs in mind. A place for my head and missing.(A/N:\A place for my head is by Linkin park. Many thanks to 13th hour for the idea! The other song is by Evanescence.) Those were the two songs that I wanted to sing. Will you do it for me? I'll need some help with the singing in the first one though..." She said. She looked at them with her best puppy dog eyes. The all looked at each other, looked at her, and nodded their heads.

She jumped up and gave each one of them big hugs. Hideaki cleared his throat to grab Sakura's attention.

"Sorry." She mumbled and sat back down on the couch she was on.

"Why those songs?" Izumo said randomly from out of nowhere. They all looked around to see he came out from the kitchen with a big bowl of chips and a bottle of Saki with cups. He placed it all on the table and sat down on the couch Sakura was on. Sakura poured herself a glass of saki and leaned back into the couch. She took a sip from it and closed her eyes. She reopened them seconds later.

"No particular reason. I just really like those songs. There is one reason that i'm sure Izumo knows but I won't get into that..." Sakura trailed off and glanced over to Izumo who just nodded and gave her a small smile.

"You're weak." "ugly." "SAKURA-CHAN! Just stay behind us. We'll protect you." "No respect..." Sakura heard from somewhere in the back of her brain. She mentally pushed them away. She was going to be strong. She had to.

- - - - -

Sakura left a couple hours later knowing that she was going to have a lot of fun that night.

She decided to stop at home to make something to eat and to raid her closet of something to wear. She found Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi just heading out the door as she opened the front gate to her yard.

"Where are you three headed off to?" Sakura asked suspiciously as she neared them. Sasuke glared at her.

"To go look for you. Do you realize how long you've been gone. What do you think Tsunade will think when she finds out you've been out and about by yourself for four hours? She's going to be pissed." He said angrily. Sakura just pushed past them with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Don't care!" She yelled over her shoulder and disappeared into the house for some lunch.

The three found her in the kitchen making rice balls for lunch. She ignored them as they casually walked in and started going through her refrigerator and cabinets. She heard Naruto laugh excitedly and pull something out of the cabinet. Kakashi and Sasuke then muttered something about ramen and idiots.

"I'll be in my room if any of you need me. I trust you'll eat at the party right?" Sasuke put on a look of annoyance and Narutos' smile dropped for a fraction of a second.

"Y-yeah. Wow, I almost forgot about that..." Kakashi said quickly with an obviously fake smile behind his mask. Sakura just rolled her eyes and walked out.

When they were sure she was gone, Sasuke spoke up in a quiet voice.

"How did she find out about the party? I thought everyone agreed not to tell her about it." Naruto and Kakashi shrugged their shoulders.

"Who knows. Someone could have accidentally slipped up and said something about it around her. Ino's going to be pissed when she finds out Sakura's going to be there. She wants Sakura to suffer so bad for some reason. Why are we all so mean to her all the time anyway?" Naruto asked uncertainly.(A/N: He isn't the meanest one only because of his childhood and what he had gone through...)

"What does it matter? She's a weak bitch with no talents." Sasuke said with a wave of his hand. Naruto rolled his eyes and went back to looking for food.

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Upstairs, Sakura put her plate down and headed over to the closet to search for something to wear to the party. She moved to the back of it where she kept all her civilian clothes. Digging through all the clothes, she eventually found a short black mini skirt, a tight hot pink and a black tank top, and a studded belt. She moved back out of the closet, grabbing her high heel shoes along the way. She dumped it all down on the bed and picked up a rice ball and began to eat it.

"What to do until 9... Hmmm... take another shower... make sure everything is ready for tonight...get dressed...whatever..." She mumbled to her self. She decided to take another shower out of sheer boredom. She took the longest and final hot shower in her house before stepping out and wrapping a short black towel around her body. She brushed her still dripping wet hair and went back out into the bedroom.

"Hmmm. How about one final trick..." Sakura smiled deviously and picked up her plate. She searched for the boys' chakra and found them still sitting in th kitchen. She made her way downstairs and entered the kitchen, her face looking completely innocent. Naruto, who had looked up, immediately spit what he was drinking all over the table. Kakashi banged one of his fists on Narutos back to get him to stop choking. Sasuke's eyes widened for a fraction of a second.

Ignoring them, Sakura continued over to the sink and washed her plate. She dried it off and got up on her tippy-toes to put the dish away in the top cabinet. In doing so, the towel hitched up to just below her butt and it gave them a clear look of her cleavage.

"S-Sakura..." Naruto said nervously, trying to get her attention. Sakura turned around and put on a fake look of surprise.

"Oh! I didn't realize you guys were in here. Sorry." She said with false shock. Inner Sakura started laughing like a maniac.

"Girl, you sure do come up with the weirdest shit..."

Sakura smiled lightly and left the room, leaving the three males to themselves. Upstairs, she decided to just relax until 8pm. She ended up sitting on her bed reading through one of her medical textbooks Tsunade had given to her. As soon as 8 rolled around, she got up and took her time getting dressed. She sat in front of her mirror and brushed out her hair. She messed it up a bit to give it that sexy but playful look. For the final touch, she put on her black fingerless gloves and applied some Kohl and clear lip gloss. Standing up, she looked at herself.

"Sexy." She said quietly and smirked. She sat back down on the bed and put on her boots that went up to mid calf. Now she was ready to go. She slipped a kunai down each leg of her boots just in case. She was so used to doing it she never felt the kunai digging into her skin.

"Best head to the party early to help Izumo set up." Sakura ran downstairs and headed towards the front door. "Leaving for the party! See you guys there!" She yelled and disappeared out the door before she could get a response.

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"SAKURA! OVER HERE!!!" She heard someone yell. She looked around to see Koji jumping up and down happily. Sakura rolled her eyes and headed over to him.

"Baka. You didn't have to be so loud..." Koji just smiled and dragged her backstage where they found Izumo and Hideaki setting up. They both turned around to greet to the new arrival.

"Hey Sakura! Glad to see you made it. You look awesome." Izumo stated and Hideaki nodded in agreement. Sakura lightly blushed.

"Thanks! You guys look great too!" Hideaki and Izumo were both wearing skinny jeans with white tee shirts. Hideaki had a black tie on that hung loosely around his neck. Koji, on the other hand, was wearing a baggy pair of jeans with a loose fitting dress shirt, revealing a white muscle shirt underneath. He too was wearing a tie.

"We go on at midnight. We're gonna be the one that closes the party. The other few bands will be playing during the party so you have time to relax and have fun." Izumo said. Sakura nodded but flinched when Hideaki, who was in the process of putting the drum set together, dropped the cymbals on the ground. He spat out a few choice words and picked it up. Sakura laughed.

"Do you guys need any help?" They all shook their heads.

"Nope. We got it." Sakura nodded and sat down, watching them set up and occasionally fight with each other for stupid reasons.

"Kinda reminds me of our team..."

'yeah...'

Sakura ended up having a so-so time at the party. All... or as I should say MOST of the people there were very mad to find Sakura there. Everyone purposely tried their hardest to hide it from Sakura but apparently some one had let it slip.

At 11:30ish, Sakura headed back stage with the rest of the guys to meet up with Tsunade who would be telling them what to do. Tsunade stared at Sakura strange when she announced to her that she would be performing with the band.

''You can't sing...you aren't THAT talented. And what are you wearing?! You are not some emo girl..." She said coldly. Sakura stared at Tsunade angrily. There was so much hate in her eyes that even Tsunade had to take a step back in shock. Sakura turned to the guys.

"Lets get this over with." She said quietly and walked off towards the curtain, anger still rolling off her in waves. Izumo, Hideaki, and Koji glared at Tsunade hateful and walked off after Sakura to prepare for the show.

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"Where is she? It's midnight. Didn't you tell her to meet you here at midnight?" Kisame growled impatiently. Itachi remained impassive.

"Lets go." He said coldly and disappeared off, heading towards Konoha. Kisame growled angrily and reluctantly followed his partner.

"Emotionless bastard..."

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"For the last performance of the night, please give a warm welcome to our final band of the night!" Tsunade yelled into the microphone. Everybody clapped as The band stepped out and went to their respected places. Izumo took the microphone from Tsunade.

"Hey everyone! Hope you guys are having a good time. Tonight's gonna be a little different. We have guest that's gonna be singing a couple songs with us. She chose the songs and asked us to play them. We agreed. So please welcome our singer for tonight, Haruno Sakura!" No body clapped as she walked out on stage. Sakura, as she stepped up to take the microphone, Overheard Ino say some snide comment.

"HA! She's just jealous..."

"Lets get this over with. I got stuff to do." The band nodded and started into the first song, A place for my head.

I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night
Shining with the light from the sun
But the sun doesn't give the light to the moon assuming,
The moon's gonna owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do favors then rapidly
You just turn around and start asking me,
About things that you want back from me

Maybe some day I'll be just like you and
Step on people like you do
Run away all the people I thought I knew
I remember back then who you were
You used to be calm used to be strong
Used to be generous but you should have known
That you'd wear out your welcome
now you see how quiet it is all alone

I'm so sick of the tension
Sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest

I wanna be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
(You'll see it's not meant to be)
I wanna be in the energy
Not with the enemy
A place for my head

You try to take the best of me, go away
You try to take the best of me, go away
You try to take the best of me, go away
You try to take the best of me, GO AWAY

YOU TRY TO TAKE THE BEST OF ME
GO AWAY, YOU TRY TO TAKE THE BEST OF ME
GO AWAY, YOU TRY TO TAKE THE BEST OF ME
GO AWAY, YOU TRY TO TAKE THE BEST OF ME
GO AWAY!!!!!!

I wanna be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
(You'll see it's not meant to be)
I wanna be in the energy
Not with the enemy
A place for my head

I'm so sick of the tension
Sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest

Everyone stared at her in awe as she pulled the mic away from her mouth in a dramatic "song ending" fashion. Sakura smirked at the looks on their faces.

'I wonder if that got my point across?'

- - - - - - - - -

'What is that sound? Such a beautiful but sad sounding voice."

Itachi and Kisame headed towards the bar after finding out that she wasn't at home and that she was most likely at a party. They found the bar quickly and placed a henge on themselves before entering.

"Is that her right there?" Kisame asked quietly as they made their way towards the bar.

"Hn." They stood there and watched the rest of her performance before sneaking back stage to wait for her. They watched quietly as she hugged the three men and made her way towards the door. Itachi steeped forwards and caught her arm. She looked up at him with a cold glare.

"let go of me." He dropped his henge. She continued to stare at him coldly. "Yes. Meet me at the gates in fifteen minutes." She pulled her arm from his grasp and disappeared through the door. Kisame chuckled slightly.

"And I was hoping for some action." Itachi glanced at his partner before heading out the door.

"lets go."

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Sakura saw her "friends" standing outside the bar talking. They stopped when they saw Sakura walking towards them. She stopped walking when they all turned to look at her. Ino was the first to speak up.

"What was that? Did you honestly think that by doing that, we'd feel sorry for you? Well I guess you're right. We do. You're too weak to do anything else so you relied on your voice, which may I add isn't that good, to get more attention. You are, and will always be the same weak, pitiful, ugly person that you've been since you were a kid. Why don't you just give up already. You'll never be better than any of us." The group behind her erupted in laughter and nodding of heads.

They stopped suddenly when they noticed that she had disappeared.

"Where'd she go?" Kiba said.

"I don...ah!" Ino shrieked as she felt someone appear behind her with a kunai to her throat.

"Weak huh? I'm not gonna say anything but I feel I should leave you all with a gift of thanks for all that you have done for me." She reappeared in front of Ino, and with a chakra ladened fist, She punched her in the face so hard that she took out four people and hit the building behind them. They were so busy staring at where Ino went that they didn't notice Sakura place an exploding tag a few feet away from them.

"Sayounara!" She called out and jumped away just in time to see the tag explode and send all of them flying. She smirked and disappeared to her room, grabbed her stuff, and disappeared again only to reappear at the gates.

"I'm guessing that was you? Nice touch." Kisame said. Sakura gave him a slight grin before walking through the gates.

'We're finally free'

Hope you liked it. I'll try to get Chapter 12 out as soon as I can.

Thanks again to everyone! Love you all!!