I'm sorry this story is kind of...stupid and all...it's hard to make the strength of the characters. I know they should all be like 1000times stronger 4yrs later...but please bare with me...it is really hard to get comfortable with that kind of time gap between the anime/manga and this fanfic. I know I made it that way. I wanted to know how Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura would be like. And I'll work on the romance. Sorry if this story is really bad...I really am...

I don't own Naruto

Chapter 7

Yume opened her eyes to the familiar setting of the apartment room in the Hidden Waterfall Village. She quickly sat up, but her right arm gave her a shot of pain. Sakura was sitting next to her, "You can rest. Your wounds will be done healing before the day is over. We can leave tomorrow. Which means that was two full days of being here."

"So, I was sleeping yesterday?" Yume asked Sakura lying back down. Sakura nodded. Yume closed her eyes, "Is everyone else ok?" Yume asked. Sakura nodded again.

Kakashi entered the room and saw the two girls. "Sakura, my I talk to Yume alone?" Kakashi asked. Sakura got up and left room. Sakura closed the door behind her.

Kakashi took a seat near Yume. "I'm sorry. I wish I didn't put you and your comrades in this mess," Yume said before Kakashi could say anything. Yume looked out the window, avoiding eye contact. "I wish...I wish I could have not troubled you," Yume continued.

Kakashi smiled and said, "I am glad you are ok. But going back to Hidden Leaf you have to tell the 5th Hokage the truth. Are you ready?"

Yume shook her head, "I don't want to go in there alone. It's too nerve racking." Yume closed her eyes. She then looked over to Kakashi, "I don't know what she would say if I told her I killed Kangen Hatori. She would be upset."

Kakashi nodded, "We will go with you then. Is that ok Yume?" Yume smiled and nodded. She sat up and noticed the bandages wrapped around her chest and arms.

She held back her pain and said to Kakashi, "Let's go back to Konoha. I want to get this done." Kakashi sighed, but knew she was stubborn like that and got up.

"Yume, don't push yourself this time. Being hurt like this and killing your brother is a lot on your mind and body," Kakashi said before leaving the room.

Yume got out of bed and putted her clothes on. She sighed and said quietly to herself, "I know Kakashi, I understand..."

Within three hours the rest of the crew was ready. Team 7 and Yume said goodbye to the townspeople and left the Hidden Waterfall.

They began to run back to Konoha. Yume was the one who was last. She, even though she denied it, was still thinking about her brother.

For some reason it felt eerie to leave Waterfall. She had looked into the water in the front of the village. She felt something bad, but she believed that it was because she was leaving her brother deep in some water in another village. She was sidetracked when she almost ran into Sasuke. "G-gomen!" she said snapping back to reality.

She looked in front of her and saw that Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi were a ways up. "Are you ok?" Sasuke asked.

Yume looked at him and then looked down. "It's just living a lie is something so unbearable. Everything my brother said I could say was a lie and it could be true. My brother wanted to kill me," Yume said softly.

Sasuke continued to run with Yume, "My brother, Itachi, killed my whole clan besides me. He thinks of me as a useless person to kill, because I'm not as good as him. I have seen him for like 3 years, because most of my missions were inside Konoha. When I became a Chuunin we did go out a lot more, but I never founded him. I think he is hiding. Hiding and waiting for me to kill him." Yume looked at Sasuke as he continued to look forward with a serious face.

Yume looked ahead too; they were catching up with the group. "I hope to help you kill your brother, like you help kill mine," Yume said quietly. Sasuke looked over to her and smiled.

"No, I won't need the help. I'll be strong enough and aware enough to kill him myself," Sasuke said in a cocky voice. Yume understood and nodded.

Naruto looked back and saw them talking, "Oi! Hurry up! We don't want it to become night and we are still out here do we?" Yume waved to Naruto to show she understood and they caught up with the group and they moved together.

Yume was behind Sakura and Sasuke was to the side of Naruto and all four of them were behind Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei, are we going to get a new mission once we get there?" Naruto said.

Kakashi continued forward, "Yes, we must continue our missions. Be prepared tomorrow if we get a new mission." Naruto smiled excitedly.

Suddenly Yume felt a sharp pain from one of her wounds in her legs. She winced and stopped running. She gripped her leg tightly. Everyone else stopped and looked back at her. "You are going to rip your muscle Yume," Sakura said concerned.

Yume got up when she notice everyone, "I'm ok! We should continue back to Konoha." She began to walk, but the sharp pain grew worse. She fell to the ground, but before hitting the ground Sasuke caught her. She was unconscious. Kakashi sighed and put her on his back. "Let's go home then," Kakashi said and began to run with Yume tight in his grasp. He was leaning forward so Yume didn't fall off or do anymore serious damage to herself.

They made it back to Konoha. Team 7 gathered together in front of the gates. The sun was beginning to set. "I have to go report our mission is complete and to tell the 5th Hokage to give us a mission at the earliest of two days from now," Kakashi began. Everyone nodded. "Now, who can bring Yume home?" Kakashi asked.

"I know where she lives," Naruto said. Kakashi nodded and handed the unconscious Yume over to Naruto. Naruto put her on his back and grasp her tightly. He went in the direction of his and Yume's houses.

"One more thing Sakura and Sasuke, tomorrow in the morning we must go to the 5th Hokage and explain the reasons of Hatori's death. We also need Yume to go later to tell the 5th Hokage about the death. So let's meet at about...noon, ok?" Kakashi said. The two nodded. Then they all disappeared into a cloud of chakra smoke to their homes.

Naruto arrived at their houses and looked for Yume's key. He quickly found it and unlocked her door. He went inside and into her bedroom and laid her on her bed. He covered her with a blanket and opened the window a bit. He left her alone in the house as he went back outside. "I hope she'll be ok," Naruto said to himself as he unlocked his door.

Naruto went inside and took off his clothes and showered. A while later, he finishes and dries off and putted his pajamas on. He then made some ramen. "Mmm, Miso ramen...Smells so good!" Naruto said to himself delighted.

Once it was cooked he engulfed the ramen in a matter of minutes! He leaned back on his stool to rest, but he forgot there was back. He fell to the ground. "I should really be more careful," Naruto said as he sat up rubbing his head. He slowly rose to his feet and cleaned up after himself afterwards. He dusted himself off as he went into his living room and flicked the television on. He watched some cartoons and fell asleep watching the television, forgetting about checking on Yume.

Sakura was going to bed when she looked out her window and saw Kakashi. She screamed and covered herself, even though she was dress fine. Kakashi waved and said in his more happy voice, "Hellooo Sakura!"

Sakura got out of bed and went to the windows and opened them up. "What is it Kakashi-sensei?" she said tiredly.

"Well, I was wondering, since we are in Konoha now, if any of the others have some kind of nasty wound, or a wound to be easily seen from the enemy...if you could heal those," Kakashi said.

"Why would I need to do that?" Sakura asked. Kakashi took out a scroll.

"Well, the mission we have starts 3 days from now," Kakashi began and he opened the scroll. On the top was A Rank. "We have to go to a place called "Ninja Gateways" where there have said to be ninjas who pick off of the messengers of the different Hidden Villages going to and from other villages. Village Gateways is the route most ninjas take when doing assignments. We are assigned to kill the assassins. We do have more people in our group. We have you, Sasuke, Naruto, Yume, me, Ino, and a guy named Atsumi Seiji." Sakura was in deep shock and simply nodded. Kakashi waved good-bye and left Sakura there. Sakura went to sleep a little later.

Meanwhile, in the dark apartment house Yume began to regain consciousness. She slowly opened her eyes to the dark interior of her home. At first not knowing where she was, but little by little recognizing where she was, and remembering what had happened. She closed her eyes again and tried to forget the one thing she believed in her whole life. Her brother, Hatori.

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Yeah, sorry this is late... I have a lot of projects going on at school and stuff... Sorry the ending sounds so crappy...