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This week has just been a little ruff, with me having to work, my B-Day, and my cousin's death, the exams...It's just been hard...but I finally finished this chapter! I hope you all like it! I spent a lot of time on it, and it's twice as long as usual! So without further ado on with the story!

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Not So Sweet

Chapter Three: A Not So Sweet Dream

"Hmm..." Sakura was in her room packing, and getting ready. "Let's see, I'll need this, and...Oh, this of course, and some cloths..." she said to herself. Then she looked at her once made bed. It was now covered in cloths, weapons, and medical supplies. She figured she would need a lot of things; just in case. She began to hum a tune and began to gather more things.

After a while she looked over to her night stand. She stopped humming and looked at a picture. It was of team 7, 6 years ago. She stopped packing and walked over to the picture, and then picked it up. She stared at it for awhile. She was in the middle between Sasuke and Naruto, and Kakashi was behind them. Sasuke was the only one not smiling... "Sasuke-kun..." she said sadly to herself. "Were you always unhappy with us, did you dislike us all along?" She set the picture back down and walked away.

She walked to her closet and took out a pair of pajamas and put them on. 'Might as well be comfortable while I finish packing' she thought to herself. He PJ's were pink and had little red cherries all over them. They had long pants and a spaghetti strap top.

She glanced over at the picture again, when she noticed something next to it. "Sasuke-kun..." she said to herself again. Then she walked back towards the night stand and picked up an old forehead protector with a scrape across the middle. She looked at it for awhile.

It was Sasuke's old forehead protector that he wore before he betrayed them. When he left, she kept it hoping he would come back and she could give it back to him. She kept it all this time in hope that he would come back.

She hugged the old forehead protector, and then set it on her bed. "I will return this to him." She told herself firmly. "I will." Then she began to put her things in a bag, and last, but not least, she put the forehead protector right on top.

She set her now full bag on the floor next to her bed and turned off her lights. Then she looked out her window see an almost full moon. She stared at it for awhile, than smiled. "We'll be leaving on the night of a full moon, good fortune! I know we'll bring you back Sasuke-kun...I just know it..." She walked over to her bed and curled up in the blankets, and before she fell asleep she said "I just know we will...Sasuke-kun..." Then she fell asleep and thoughts of Sasuke hung in her dreams.

"Ahhh..." Sakura sighed in her sleep. She had been asleep for about 2 hours, and all she could think about was Sasuke. Her dreams were filled with memories of him, all the things they did, all the things he said to her, and all the time they spent together. It all flowed through her dream as if everything had only happened yesterday.

"Team 7, Uzumaki Naruto, HarunoSakura, and Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka-sensei had pointed out all the teams that the 12 year old graduates of the ninja academy were to work with. She was so happy to be on the same team as Sasuke, but hated Naruto. But if it meant being on the same team as Sasuke, then she would put up with the load mouthed ninja, Naruto.

At first she only liked Sasuke because... well what's not to like, he's hot and smart, and almost every girl wanted him. She tried desperately to get his attention all the time, and always flirted with him. Naruto would always get jealous and he and Sasuke would fight, but Sasuke usually won.

As time went on she began to love Sasuke, not because of his looks or genius, but because of who he was, and she had truly for the first time known him. She liked him as a friend, and more. She would try to do her best for him, and wanted to help him. She didn't flit as much and was always a friend to him. She even began to become friends with Naruto. They had all become closer. Sasuke would never show it, but he cared for them as well.

And as more time went on she released how strong they had become, even Naruto. But she was always behind, always looking to them to protect her. Even when she was needed she would let them down. She thought herself to be a true shinobi, a true ninja, but she didn't deserve that title. She would always lecture Naruto, like she knew it all, but in reality, even he was doing better then her.

Then when they needed her most, and she was tired of being behind, she grew inside. Sasuke and Naruto had both been knocked out from an earlier fight, and it was up to her to protect them, but, even then she cracked. When they needed her most, she let them down. They were being attacked by another team of ninjas. A team that was following the order of an evil man name Oruchimaru, who had earlier attacked them and put a curse on Sasuke. It was three to one, and she couldn't even try. They were the sound ninjas, and they were stronger, and more experienced then her. She didn't even try. Before she could get hurt another ninja came in to save her, it was Rock Lee. He had a crush on her, and even though at the moment they were enemies, he helped her. He gave it his all, and ended up loosing. It was only her again, with three other ninjas to protect...

She was then attacked by a female member of sound ninjas, she grabbed Sakura's long flowing pink hair. The other two were going to finish Sasuke off and make her watch. She began to cry and thought to herself 'Why...why is it every time...I crack?' The ninja holding her hair smirked and said "My what soft shinny hair you have, but if you had spent more time practicing your jutsus and less time shampooing maybe you wouldn't be in this position." Sakura then grabbed one of her kunai knives, the ninja holding her hair smirked and said "Come on you know that won't work on me." Sakura just smirked and said "It isn't meant for you." The other ninja was a bit scared at Sakura's response, and then Sakura took the kunai and chopped off her own hair, freeing herself. Her once flowing mid-back length hair was uneven and all over the place near the nape of her neck.

She remembered why she had grown her hair out in the first place. She herd Sasuke liked girls with long hair, but she had to protect him, even if she didn't stand a chance against the other girls for his love now...

She than began to fight back and gave it 110 She had done her very best, and had almost made it. But one of the ninjas had begun to punch her head over and over again, after she bit him and shoved a kunai knife down his arm. She held on as long as she could. And as she let got, her ex-best friend, and now rival for Sasuke's love, came out to help her, but her once best friend, Ino and her team were also defeated... All seemed lost. Then Lee's team also showed up to help after seeing Lee unconscious, but as soon as they came, Sasuke had woken up, but he wasn't himself. The curse put on him by Oruchimaru was controlling him. In his rage he screamed at the badly beaten up Sakura saying "Who did this to you?" Sakura didn't answer, then one of the sound ninjas raised his hand, and with a smirk said "It was me."

Sasuke lost all control and broke both of the guy's arms, and was about to do more damage, but before he could Sakura ran up and hugged him from behind saying, "Please stop Sasuke-kun...please" And with that he came back to reality and stopped, then the sound ninjas fled. The sound ninja's and two other teams had seen Sasuke's outburst, and when Lee came to he told Sasuke "I see you are strong..." Sasuke was in disbelief when he found out no one else could beat the sound ninjas, not even Lee.

Ino was still there and offered to fix Sakura's hair and Sakura humbly excepted. Ino made it all one length for her. But the once beautiful long hair was now up to her chin. When Naruto woke up and asked what happened she sadly told him "It gets in the way long, so I cut it. I like it better long though..." She didn't want to worry him.

After that Sakura had tried her best on everything, and never wanted to be so weak again.

Their team continued to work together, the curse continued to plague Sasuke, but he could keep it contained. Sasuke wanted to become stronger. He wanted to kill his older brother and avenge the deaths of his family. He took notice of how everyone was improving. He felt like he wasn't, and he let the curse affect him, and gave in. He then betrayed his team and his village by seeking out Oruchimaru for power. He was on his way out of the village and Sakura confronted him, crying she begged him to stay, but he said he had a mission to fulfill. She then asked if she could at least go with him so they could be together, and he told her that their paths were different. She cried more and told him "I love you Sasuke-kun..." Sasuke didn't know what to say. He then went to her and as he was about to knock her out he said "...thank you..." She then fell to the ground. He picked her up and set her on a bench and left his forehead protector with her. Then he went to become Oruchimaru's student. That was the last time Sakura had seen him.

She was so hurt; she cried and begged Naruto to bring him back. He told her "I promise... I'll bring Sasuke back for you." He then left, and when he returned he had failed.

Sakura decided to become strong, so one day she could bring him back herself.

She asked to be the student of a famous ninja known for her medical skills. Tsunade was her name. She said yes to Sakura and began to teach her everything. Tsunade later became the fifth hokage, the strongest person in the village, and the leader of that vilage as well. Naruto began to learn under someone with the same status as Tsunade and ironically an old team mate of Tsunade and Oruchimaru. The three former team mates were all learning under one of the legendary three. The legendary three were a group of ninjas still known today. They were the very strong, but their team broke up, and the members went their separate ways. Now each one had a student and ironically, each of their students used to be a part of the same team. Perhaps team 7 will become the next legendary three.

Sakura did her best and grew stronger and stronger, as did Naruto. They would one day bring Sasuke back.

"Mmm..." Sakura fluttered her eyes open and looked out the window to see the sun just beginning to rise. 'This is the day!' she thought to herself and jumped out of bed to get in the shower. After getting out she got dressed in a pink tank top and a white mini skirt, with black shorts under the skirt. The shorts were longer than the loose skirt, so you could see the ends of her shorts below her skirt. Then she brushed her long pink hair. She smiled as she looked at herself in the mirror, instead of the cold sad eyes she was so used to, she saw hopeful excited one. She was going to bring him back. She knew she would.

She ran up to her room and grabbed her black back pack which she had packed the night before. She was ready. She then went down stairs, and out the door, she locked it on her way out. She walked to the village gates, and this time she was on time. She smiled as she approached them and saw she was the first to show up. She sat down on the ground and relaxed. A few minutes later Naruto had shown up. "Morning Sakura-chan! We'll bring him back! Believe it!" Sakura just smiled and nodded. They waited a little bit longer and Tsunade had showed up to give them the information they needed, and to wish them luck. "Damn that Kakashi for always being late!" She said 15 minutes after she arrived. And as if on cue Kakashi walked up to the three.

"'Bout time Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled at him. Kakashi just smiled under the mask he was wearing. He was earlier then he normally was...but still late... "Ok, now that you're all here, we have found out that Uchiha Sasuke is in a small village just north of here. The vilage just sprung up out of no where, we think it's the sound ninja's new headquarters, so be very, I mean VERY careful. Oruchimaru may even be there... It'll be a one day walk to get there, going directly north. We don't know anything about the village... so you're on your own. Be well rested and ready to fight as you enter the village, and again, be very careful...you guys can do this... I believe in you." Sakura smiled as her master said this, she knew that last statement was directed to her. "You know your mission, now go before they move on and you miss your chance. Good luck, and...Don't die on me." Tsunade finished up. Kakashi nodded, and Naruto punched his fist into the air and said "Hell yeah! We'll bring Sasuke back! Believe it!" Sakura smiled and said "Damn straight! By the time we're done with him, he'll be begging us to bring him back!" Tsunade smiled as she saw her student back to herself after the first shock of the mission. "Good luck!" Tsunade said as they walked out the gates of Konoha village. They all had smiles on their faces and were ready for anything. 'Maybe this will all work out' Sakura thought to herself as she continued to smile.

I hope u all liked it! The next chappy is when the story starts to move forward! Romance and the REAL plot come in! Finally done with the intro! Oh, and I'm sorry if the memories are a little off...but that's how it happened in my story. I haven't seen those episodes...I just read other stories, and a few spoilers, so I'm sorry if they aren't exactly right, and If they're way off, then I'm REALLY sorry. But I hope you enjoyed! Oh, and I'm sorry for any spelling errors too...

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