Sasuke had left. He had abandoned them, betrayed them, destroyed the team they had built. He was gone, out of their grasp and slipping farther away every second. Sakura was heart-broken, upset, worried – an array of emotions she couldn't control. For a while all she could do was cry, pray, and hate herself for being unable to stop him. She was helpless, a nuisance, useless, just like she had always been.
She hated being unable to do anything, being stuck at home crying while her friends were out risking their lives to save the person she claimed to love. More than anything, she wanted to help, wanted to bring Sasuke back with her own strength and her own actions.
So she went to Tsunade and requested training. She spent the next two years consuming herself in hard work, determined to change and bring back the boy she loved, the boy who had broken her heart.
When she saw him next, looking completely different yet exactly the same, she knew he had made her a better, stronger person, and vowed to thank him by saving him.
Author's Notes: So, yeah, just a little drabble about how Sasuke's strengthened Sakura. Hope you liked it.
Disclaimer: I do not own 'Naruto' or of its characters.