One Small Change

Chapter 7

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Kakashi's' visible eye widened considerably. The village… Attacked? "How did the Third Hokage die?" He asked, trying to maintain composure. "Orochimaru. He rammed him through with his snake sword but the Third managed to use a fatal jutsu to seal away Orochimaru's arms." Kotetsu stated, eyes darting around the forest behind Team 7.

Kakashi snuck a glance at three students behind him. Naruto was already crying and Sakura is hugging him while unshed tears shone in her emerald eyes. Sasuke sported a look of pure shock at the news but smothered it almost immediately. About what I expected. "Do you know how many casualties there are?" Kakashi asked, looking back to the guards.

Izumo answered this time. "Dozens. Sand and Sound teamed up and attacked the leaf during the final round of the chunin exams. The Kazekage's youngest son, Gaara unleashed his one tailed beast and it took awhile to completely subdue it. We're still in the process of counting all the deceased."

"Who is going to be the next Hokage?" Kakashi inquired. "The council has already decided that, they're going to be sending your genin along with Jiraiya in exactly a week to find and bring back Tsunade Senju. You'll be needed for different missions. That's why you're genin are going with Jiraiya instead of you." Kotetsu informed. They do realize that she won't want to come back right? Some people are too scarred from the war to be healed.

Kakashi nodded, "When will the funeral be?" "In two days. As I said, we're still counting the deceased so it will be in two days at noon to give people enough time to prepare everything." Izumo said. "Okay. Kids, let's go inside. Thanks, Izumo, Kotetsu." Kakashi said, already starting to walk in. The three disgruntled genin followed after him.

After a few minutes of no noise besides Naruto's quiet sobs, Kakashi decided to try to break the silence. "Since Narutos' apartment is the closest, we're going to drop him off first. Then Sasuke, and finally, Sakura. They all nodded. Well, so much for breaking the silence. Kakashi was used to silence. In fact, he relished it.

But hearing a prolonged silence from his three usually rambunctious genin. That unnerved him. And trust me, not many things unnerved Kakashi anymore. A few minutes later, they reached Narutos' apartment building, only to find it, and the buildings around it, completely demolished. Naruto didn't seem too upset about it. Thank goodness I brought our team picture with me. Naruto thought.

Where is he going to stay now? As if hearing Kakashis' unsaid question, Sakura answered. "If my house isn't destroyed, I'm sure that we can take in Naruto." "Thank you." Naruto said. Sakura shook her head. "It's no problem." They kept going until they reached Sasukes' house. "Bye Sasuke." Sakura and Naruto said without their usual enthusiasm.

"Hn." Sasuke nodded to Kakashi, then went inside without another word. Because the Uchiha district was on the outer layer of the village, it was mostly undamaged save for a few buildings. Five minutes later, they reached Sakuras' house. It was in the shinobi district since her parents were ANBU. *Sakuras' pov*

Sakura shakily walked over to the remains of her home. This was the place she grew up in. This was the place where she learned to walk and talk. This was where she learned to play the piano. She heard Narutos' comforting words, she felt Kakashis' hand on her shoulder. But she didn't register it. My home's gone. The pictures!

Startling Kakashi and Naruto, Sakura started running to where the remnants of her room laid. Once she got there, she started rapidly digging through the remnants in search of a very special box. She heard Naruto and Kakashis' questions but just ignored them in favor of focusing all her energy on finding the box.

Five minutes later Sakura was ready to give up. No matter how much she searched it seemed like she would never find it. It's gone… "Sakura. Is this it?" Naruto asked. Him and Kakashi had started searching for an item that would hold importance to Sakura a few seconds after she had.

Sakura turned her head to where Narutos' voice had come from. He was holding a white box with Sakura in gold calligraphy letters on it. Tears sprung up in her emerald eyes as she ran and hugged him tightly. "Thank you Naruto." He hugged her back with just as much force. A minute later they ceased their hold on each other and Naruto handed her the box.

Once she grabbed the box from Narutos' hands, Sakura eagerly opened it and looked through all the photos to make sure they were still in tact. Reassuring herself that all the photos were intact, Sakura looked up to Naruto and Kakashis' visible eyes and elaborated. "My whole family loves photography. They took so many pictures and for my twelfth birthday they gave me this box of pictures that the two of them had taken these past years. It also has our team picture in it.

I'm sorry for worrying you. It's just. If I lost this…" She trailed off. They both shrugged. Sakura put her hands on her temples and massaged them slowly. It was a habit she had gotten over time. "I'm sorry Naruto, but for obvious reasons I can't house you." Sakura stated, gesturing to the remains of her house.

"It's okay Sakura. Well, where will me and your family stay?" Naruto asked. Mom. Dad. Are they both okay? "Um-" Sakura was interrupted when Kakashi interjected with an idea. "Maybe we could all stay at the Uchiha district with Sasuke." "Kakashi sensei, did your apartment get destroyed?" Sakura asked. Kakashi nodded. "Yeah, it was near the Hokage tower, which got the most damage, so when we passed by I sent a shadow clone to go see if the apartment was destroyed and it was."

Well, at least his porn's gone. You do realize he probably brought his entire Icha Icha series with him right? "But guess what? I brought my entire Icha Icha series so thankfully it wasn't destroyed!" Kakashi enthusiastically told them. Told you. Oh shut up. "Yeah Kakashi sensei. Sasuke will say yes and then all of us can live near each other! Like neighbors!" Naruto said, thinking of the possibilities instead of focusing on the Thirds' death.

"Sure, as long as Sasuke's okay with it." Sakura said as they started walking back to the Uchiha district.

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Once they arrived, Naruto knocked on the door. When the door opened they saw Sasuke looking at them indifferently. "What is it?" Sasuke asked nonchalantly. "All our homes were destroyed can Sakuras' parents and us stay with you?" Kakashi asked. "Whatever, just don't break anything." Sasuke replied. "Thank you."

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Sakura had already settled into her own room when it happened. Since Sasukes' house was the clan heads' house, it was pretty large. Narutos' room was across from hers', Kakashis' was the room to the right of hers, and Sasukes' room was the room to the left of hers. Her parents would stay in the room to the left of Narutos'. That is if they're even alive.

Sakura shook her head to rid herself of those thoughts and set to looking around her new room again. The walls were a navy blue and the futon had a silver blanket on it with navy blue marks on it. The curtains were a navy blue with silver marks at the bottom of it. Sakura jumped when there was a sudden knock at her window. Hastily, she grabbed a kunai and opened the window, inwardly preparing herself for anything.

What she saw relieved her but scared her at the exact same time. An ANBU was there in full uniform. "Sakura Haruno?" A deep voice asked. She nodded. "The council summons you immediately."

A/N: So here's chapter seven. I hope you all liked it! Have a great day!

-Lizzie.