Summary: Sakura is a goddess sent down to guide four men to their destinies, but will she loose her heart to one of them?

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto do you think I would be writing this? Plus have you seen my art? It sucks! (But check it out on my homepage if you wanna look….) Plus I don't own Oh My Goddess! I'm just borrowing the title.

Neko: This is a repost of the first chapter to this story, now that my beta has had time to gut it and change it (not really she just added the perfect touches!). Anyway, I hope you enjoy this version better, and I hope to have the next chapter up soon!

Oh My Goddess

Chapter One

Tsunade looked over the group before her. "This should be an easy mission, but I want all of you to stay on your toes. Gaara-sama will be accompanying you since this borders on his land and ours…" Shikamaru, Kiba, Naruto, Neji and Sakura bowed and left the room. Sakura gave her usual wave of goodbye before departing.

"Missing-nin have been spotted on the borders of all the countries… I think they're planning something… but we don't know who's controlling them. We got rid of Orochimaru three years ago, dragged Sasuke-teme back kicking and screaming… Itachi was killed by Sasuke-teme… So who's controlling them?" Naruto rambled. Sakura sighed, leaning against him and he wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"I don't know Naruto-kun… but I do know that we have to find out. That's why I wish Ino were here, she could just pop right into one of their minds and find out, but no, she has to be in Mist doing chunin work…" Sakura sighed. "Shika-kun, what did you do to piss her off so much that she asked for that stupid mission?" Shikamaru blushed.

"Troublesome woman…" Was all he muttered. Naruto and Kiba just laughed. They were almost to the gates and Sakura looked up to see Gaara waiting for them.

"Ready?" He asked them, looking at Sakura with a strange look on his face. She raised a pink eyebrow, but he just turned away.

"Let's go!" Kiba and Naruto cheered, Akamaru howling. Shikamaru and Neji sighed, following the energetic pair and dog. Sakura caught Gaara's hand. Since helping him in Suna four years ago he had let her touch him, but he still didn't talk much, even to her. She looked up at him with concern in her emerald eyes.

"Is everything okay, Gaara-kun?" Neji heard her ask. He stiffened slightly at the friendly term. The others also heard it, and tried to not let it bother them. The redhead just gripped her hand softly.

An hour later they were nearing the border, and the light of day was fading, the sunset swiftly approaching. Shikamaru, who was leader of this mission, stopped them.

"This should be good enough… Naruto, go catch dinner, Kiba get the fire ready, the rest of us will set up camp," he said. They all nodded and scattered, going to do their jobs. Just as they had finished eating the deer Naruto had caught Neji looked up, his Byakugan eyes activated, scanning the night.

"We are not alone…" He said softly, stealthily grabbing a kunai from the holster around his thigh. With that, they were attacked by a large group of missing-nin, the symbol on their hitai-ate unrecognizable.

As the battle raged Sakura was separated from the guys as a shinobi snuck up behind her, dragging her away. She had been taken by surprise, thus she was too slow to react and a kunai was plunged into her back.

Sakura screamed in pain, the kunai going straight through her chest, protruding from between her breasts. The last thing the nineteen year old woman saw, before her eyes clouded over, was Shikamaru, Kiba, Gaara, Naruto, and Neji desperately running towards her, pain written all over their faces…

Sakura awoke to the white lights of the beyond. Sitting up, she looked around. "Welcome, young one, we have been expecting you," a woman with long black hair, a gorgeous face and a red diamond on her forehead, said. She held her hand down to the girl.

"I'm sure you have many questions, and I'll do all that I can to help. But for now I need you to begin your training. We are short on goddesses, which is the reason you were taken from your current life, albeit a bit violently," the lady said. There was a slightly bewildered look on the pink-haired girl's face and the goddess elaborated. "Yes, you are dead…" Sakura blinked.

"I'm dead?" she repeated. The woman nodded.

"Now, my name is Cho and I'll be training you for your new job. You are a Love Goddess. What that means is that you will be sent to earth to mend hearts and pair individuals with their matches," Cho said. Sakura nodded, still a little dazed.

"Okay. Now, the first thing we have to do is choose the correct outfit and take the measurements for your wings…" Cho grabbed her hand and dragged the girl into a building sitting by itself made of clouds.

Inside it was large and bright. Angels, gods and goddesses stood near the fluffy-looking walls in clusters, talking, or sitting on groups of chairs gathered around low tables, looking over scrolls.

"The first thing you must learn is the ranking. At the top is an Avatar Angel, who governs the five sections: Love, War, Peace, Life, and Death. Below the Avatar are the Leader Goddesses of the five sections. Below them are the Trainer Goddesses, then the Workers, finally the Newbies," Cho took Sakura into an elevator and pressed a number. Since she was still trying to take everything in, she didn't notice which one it was.

"The newbies are marked by blue diamonds on their foreheads and cheeks. Once they've completed five hundred matches, returns, placements, kills, or savings they are promoted to workers, which are marked with green diamonds." When the elevator doors opened, she found herself in a room full of sewing materials.

"After that they promote by need. Now let's get you dressed correctly and out of those earth clothes." She dragged the poor, confused girl and motioned for a Worker to take her measurements, and the Worker then wrote them on a clipboard, handing them to Sakura's new teacher. Cho glanced at the clipboard and entered a door, revealing a room full of clothes.

Two hours later Sakura stood on the edge of the clouds, her new outfit of red, blue, white and cherry blossoms (A/N: if you want to see what it looks like go to my webpage and click on my fanart, it's the one at the bottom!). She had soft pink wings that rested softly on her back, her hair had been coaxed to grow out past her shoulders to the middle of her back, and she had blue diamond-shaped markings on her forehead and cheeks. She looked back at Cho.

"How will I know what to do?" She asked worriedly. Cho smiled softly.

"Let your heart feel inside everyone around you and you'll know what to do. If you have any questions, just pray and I'll hear you…" Cho said, touching the girl's shoulder. With that Sakura took her first plunge into the sky, to help a troubled young man find his way.

Three years later she had already become a well known newbie in the circle of Love Goddesses, having completed four hundred and eighty-two matches.

"Sakura you have a new assignment… I know that your last one didn't turn out so well…" Cho said, touching Sakura's shoulder. Sakura's hair had grown out, stopping just below her backside. And she had grown taller, but still cut like a true shinobi. She could often be found training her body or meditating to calm her soul.

"Cho-sama… he killed himself because of me… Because of me I caused him to-" but her Trainer Goddess interrupted her.

"No, Sakura-chan, his heart was weak, and he couldn't wait for the girl to come to her senses. She is now fated to live her life alone because of her mistake… But that is not the point. I'm sending you to a place called Konoha." Cho took a breath before continuing.

"It's in feudal Japan, where shinobi help govern the countries. You will be in charge of four men. Nara Shikamaru: who is a genius, but very lazy; he likes shogi and cloud watching. Inuzuka Kiba: a man that can communicate with dogs because of his clan training, he thinks he's in love with you, but he's destined to be with another; he loves long walks and training his body.

"Hyuuga Neji: he's had a very hard life- born into the Branch side of the Hyuuga family, where he is condemned to serve the Main House; he also is cursed, but I'm not exactly sure how… He loves to read and train. Sabaku no Gaara: he's actually the Kazekage of Suna, an ally of Konoha; he'll be in Konoha for a month for a celebration of a new Hokage; he's short tempered, but loves his family and people dearly," Cho said, walking with Sakura to the edge of the lookout above the earth and time. "Do you think you can do it? You have the highest success rate, beside your last mission…"

Sakura gave Cho a brilliant smile, "Yes… Because that's where I come from, Konoha I mean… I knew all of them, the men… It's going to be so good to see them again." With that she took the fall, her heart leading her across the night sky to her destination.

Shikamaru

'Yet another troublesome day… Mother wakes me up at the ungodly hour of nine, and forces me into a game of Go with dad. After that, training with that sadistic jerk, Asuma. Having to listen to Ino go on and on about that bastard Uchiha …At least I can finally just lay back and watch the clouds in the afternoon light… And think of her… Sakura, Kami I miss you…' he thought.

Folding his arms back behind his head he sighed, watching the fluffy white cotton balls float by in the gentle breeze. His eyes grew heavy and soon he was snoring away. When he opened them again it was night. "Great now mom's gonna bitch at me for staying out too late…" He stretched and stood.

That's when he saw a great light falling from the sky. His eyes widened as the blazing light fell over Konoha and stopped just above it. He stared at the light shining above in the sky, not being able to move. Then he shot towards it, curiosity overriding his laziness and spurring his muscles into motion.

Kiba

After spending the day training with Shino, Kiba was exhausted. Trudging into his apartment he took his shoes off and went straight to the kitchen, Akamaru at his side. The giant dog fished out his own dinner while Kiba made his. After eating he did the dishes, having that ingrained into his head by his mother. Yawning he began to strip as he made his way to the bathroom to shower.

Turning the nozzles he adjusted the temperature and sighed as the hot liquid poured over his aching body. 'Tomorrow is the anniversary of Sakura's death…the day I failed to protect her…' He closed his eyes and leaned his head against the wall under the spray, the water making his wild hair hang limply around his face. He rubbed his chest where the pain still burned with his failure…

Turning away from the sad thoughts and shoving them into a dark corner of his mind, he washed his chiseled body and shaggy hair. After turning off the water he stepped out, shaking his head to remove the water from his hair. He wrapped a towel around his waist and walked out to his bedroom. Akamaru was already curled up and fast asleep by the time Kiba had dressed in shorts and a t-shirt.

He sighed again as he walked out on his balcony, taking in Konoha at night. Below him he heard a girl's giggle, a guy's chuckle, and could smell the sweet scent of sex on the air. "Ah… springtime…."

That's when the huge light caught his attention. It seemed to stop just over Hokage Tower. It took him a moment to react. He raced through his apartment, snatching up his weapons pouch, Konoha hitai-ate, and shinobi sandals, then he and Akamaru were out the door and headed towards the light.

Neji

After training with his uncle for the past few hours Neji was in desperate need of his meditation period. But fate was not as kind as he thought and he got wrangled into helping an older member of the clan move boxes from the top floor to the basement… down five flights of stairs… Once that was done he made a beeline for the gardens and peace.

Sitting down beneath his favorite tree he cleared his mind and sat in the darkness of his thoughts. He could feel the Konoha night heat, hear the happiness of couples walking by, and even though he didn't have Kiba's sense of smell, he could tell babies were to be fathered this night.

And thinking of babies made him think of Sakura… and how he had been completely in love with her. It pained him to think how he never got to tell her… he'd never forget, since the pain in his heart was a constant reminder of what could have been.

'I'll have to visit her grave tomorrow…' He clutched at his chest at the sudden pain there. He looked up into the night sky, searching the stars for guidance. What he saw was a bright light sitting over the Hokage's Tower. He was up and running in a flash.

Gaara

After sitting in on boring meetings all day Gaara was ready to kill someone. How he hated stuffy old men who thought they knew everything, it was all he could do to stop himself from killing them. Naruto looked like he was in the same position. After being named the successor to the position of Hokage, Naruto and Gaara had been in on the same meetings.

Finally stepping outside in the late afternoon he stretched his tired body. Naruto came up beside him, looking sad. "Tomorrow is Sakura-chan's anniversary…" He said it so softly that Gaara had trouble hearing him. But after hearing the words Gaara looked at the ground at his feet. Even after three years he couldn't forgive himself for not protecting her better.

That day… That day he had been about to tell her, tell her how she had changed his life… how she had made him fall in love with her pretty tears, with her jade eyes that defied him, her loving soul…

She was a kunoichi, they all knew what that meant. The threat of death ever-present, Sakura knew that her life would be in danger. Yet, all the men (they hadn't been boys for a long time) blamed themselves for not being able to save her. If they'd been just a bit faster, just a tad stronger, maybe, just maybe…

But she was gone now, and he had become a soulless being that just functioned among the living. He no longer felt pain, felt sadness, felt anything… he was numb…

"Come on, Gaara-kun," Naruto said, back to his cheerful self. "Let's get some ramen!" That's when a huge light stopped over their heads. They shielded their eyes, trying to see what had landed before them.

Pink hair had his heart beating in his chest. He looked at her, Sakura with the wings of an angel…

Sakura landed softly before Naruto and Gaara, a smile upon her lips. Naruto just stared, Gaara looked pissed. She smiled more and ran forward, her long hair flying out behind her as she launched herself into Naruto's arms.

"Naruto-kun…" Tears of pure light fell from her eyes. Naruto gripped her tightly, shock and pleasure coursing through him. He'd missed her, and, apparently, so had she.

"S-Sakura-chan?" He squeezed her tighter, not being able to let her go, fearing that she would disappear. "Kami… Sakura…" Tears fell from his eyes as he let his head rest atop hers. Kami he had missed her. "Sakura-chan… we thought you were dead…?"

"I am… I'm a goddess now… I'm here to help all of you," she said.

"S-Sakura-chan…." She heard whispered behind her. She let go of Naruto and looked behind her. All of the Rookie 9 and Gai's team were there. The one who had spoken was Neji.

"Hello everyone…" She said, retracting her wings and lessening her light.

"HELLO! THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF!" Ino screeched, not quite believing that her best friend/rival was back. Sakura winced, but smiled.

Neko: Okay there is chapter one… I really hope ya'll like it…

UPDATE: This chapter has had a major renovation thanks to my beta, Lexy! –huggles beta- I can't thank her enough for fixing my crummy stories!