okay i'm sorry it took so long, and i'm really sorry this chapter is so short, but when i got to the end i was like i'm going to stop here cause it was a good stopping point. i got so mad cause typed like 8,000 word chapter two but i was like no this sucks and started over. i'll start on the third chapter promise, because this is going to need a third chapter believe me. anyway, i listened to a butt load of music while i was typing it so i'll put that at the end so ya'll know, just because.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!!!!!!
anyway enjoy chapter two:
I ran my fingers restlessly through my hair while staring at the mounds of paper work before me. I twirled my Uchiha pendent in one hand while the combed my pink locks. I looked up at the ninja assigned to watch me at work. He was pretty pathetic. I mean the guy fell asleep a couple of hours ago. I've nicknamed him Sleepy since I don't know his real name. I let my eyes drift over to the clock hanging above the door, the hands clicking into place for 10:32. I stuffed my necklace back into my shirt and grabbed my bag. The scraping of the chair on tile woke Sleepy.
"Quitting time already?" he said yawning and stretching his arms above his head. at times he reminded me of Shikamaru, without the 200 IQ.
"Yeah," I mumbled as I past through the doorway.
Right now my life is miserable. I can't go on any missions, I'm hardly allowed to train, and I can't treat anyone at the hospital. Basicly I'm on probation for two months. Let me tell you, two months is a very, very, long time.
I pushed open the door of the Hokage building, letting the cool night air refresh the stuffy halls. I took a deep breath and looked over peaceful Konoha. Night was well settled on the town, like a blanket over a small child. I sighed when I saw the forest beyond the strong walls. The woods, which hold so many secrets, taunting me with its beautiful looks. A soft autumn breeze dragged my hair back, leaving a scent in my nose that smelt of all the things I can't touch, and all the places I can't go.
"Darn you Sasuke Uchiha," I whispered quietly into the wind.
I jogged down the steps and began my journey to my small apartment. Though most of the Leaf Village was asleep, the west side was lively, after al it was a Friday night. The wind tortured me, carrying the sound of carefree laughter. I don't remember the last time I laughed. However I do remember the last time I smiled. It was last week, I was walking home on a night similar to this one and that Uchiha paid me a visit. I couldn't sleep or eat, just think about that certain Uchiha, who is out there in the fragrant woods while I'm confined to Konoha, shackled to paper work. I balled my hands into fists and stiffly walked past a rather loud tearoom. I swiftly turned around after seeing a glimpse of a shadow in the corner of my eye. I forgot to mention, while I've been serving my sentence I have become unusually jumpy. Well I'm a ninja, I'm built for the battlefield and instead I'm cooped up in an office all day. I'm probably only going insane. There's still that small part in the back of my head that hopes some evil force comes to Konoha and I can take them down and win everyone's respect back. Like that'll happen.
I still turned, but all I saw was a couple of drunk partiers leaving the teahouse and going into another building that I expected to see Jiraya in.
I pulled my sliding backpack back on my shoulders and continued down the street. The wind whistled in my ears, which made me uneasy. As a ninja I rely on my sense of hearing just as much as sight, but with the powerful gusts of wind coming through the empty walkways of the Leaf Village covered any other noises. I was so occupied with my thoughts I ran into a person I hadn't seen.
"I'm sorry," I stuttered to the ninja standing in front of me. He had a leaf headband, but a grimy, evil smile. His dusty blonde hair hung in his eyes and he was at least six feet tall. I took a step back but was caught by the hypnosis of his crimson red eyes. My mouth hung open a little, but when I tried to close it I found I couldn't move. I was completely frozen. Then the man broke his gaze with me, chuckling devilishly. I immediately turned and began walking stiffly back to the other end of the street. I wasn't about to face that guy, I could go around.
"Hey!" a raspy voice called behind me and I felt a cold, firm hand grip my wrist," Where do you think your going Pinky!"
He spit when he said Pinky. I started to push my chakra to my hand so I could wrench my hand away from him and plant a sizable punch in the man's face. Then when I tried to execute my plan, my chakra never made it to my hands, when the power got to my wrist it just… disappeared. I felt a little woozy, after all my energy is being sucked out. Wait, my chakra is being sucked out. I tried pulling my arm back but I hardly had any energy at all. I tried kicking the man but he just chuckled and dodged it easily. As I felt myself become weaker, the man's skin became a healthy tan color and his hand became warmer. My eyes started to close. Beautiful dreams of pastel colors begged me to join them. All my friends were smiling in the gorgeous sunlight, even Sasuke. My lovely daydreams were stolen from me when the man's hand let me go. I opened my eyes lazily to see the world turning in crude angels. I felt myself falling towards the dirt. I made impact with something soft and warm. I moved my gaze up to see someone was holding me. He had an furious look planted firmly on his face. His eyes glowed red in the dark. The wind tugged at his dark hair. My hand made a feeble attempt to grab my Uchiha necklace only to fall back to my side. The certain Uchiha looked into my half-open eyes. I think he mumbled something but I wasn't sure. He slowly laid me down on the ground, but was absent from my sight within seconds.
I didn't have time to watch my favorite Uchiha beat the living daylights out of the mystery man, instead my lids slide over my exhausted eyes as every thing in the world went black.
My finally conscience brain felt like mush. Thoughts flew into my mind only to leave before I could process them. I finally got a hold to one long enough to realize why I has been knocked out. The mystery man flooded my mind with so many questions my head ached. Sasuke also popped up in my tired mind. I managed to open my eyes a little.
I was lying down in a room swamped with sunlight. I had to blink multiple times before I could open my eyes fully open. I was staring up at the ceiling of my apartment. Wait, I passed out on a street in the middle of Konoha. I decided to figure that out later. I swung my feet over the side of my bed. I was still in my work clothes, with the exception of bare feet. I stretched my arms out and I felt better than I've had in weeks. I spotted my boots on the floor and pulled them on. I didn't know what time it was so I assumed I better get to the Hokage building and quick. I started for the door when something came at me from the right side. I spun around just in time to see Sasuke crash into me. I was forced backwards, falling against the floor painfully. I quickly slipped a kunai out of weapon's pouch, trying to see through the pain clouding my mind. I jumped to my feet holding the sharp metal in front of me. Sasuke drew his katana and I tensed. I looked into his depthless eyes and for a split second I thought I saw a look of pain crowd his features, but it was gone quickly. I blinked and he was gone. I glanced around my apartment and felt the cold metal cut my flesh. I bite my lip and turned in time to catch the Uchiha's katana a inch away from my face. I pushed him backwards. He ran at me again, kicking me in the stomach. My breath was forced out my lungs and I collided with the wall with a crunching sound. I drug myself to my feet and saw Sasuke across the room. He threw his sword down. I watched it screech against the floor and come to a stop against the wall. I looked back at Sasuke, quickly walked up to me. I tensed, but I couldn't move. He grabbed my wrist, but it wasn't painful. He brought my kunai forward so the tip was at the base of his throat. He hand flew away and the door opened. I glanced at the door at my right, Naruto and Sai with some Leaf Jonin were staring at Sasuke and me. I realized what this must look like to them. Sasuke ran to the window, grabbing his katana and disappearing into the busy streets of Konoha below. I ran to the window, looking out on the scene before me, but Sasuke was already gone.
"Sakura," Naruto said, putting a hand on my shoulder," Did you just….."
"Well Naruto," one of the Jonin said," it's quiet obvious that Sakura is still loyal to the Leaf."
"Great!" Naruto said, flashing his famous charm-birds-from-their-nest smile," We'll tell Grandma Tsuande and get you off of probation."
Slowly I put the pieces of the strange puzzle together in my mind. Sasuke staged the whole fight.
"How did you …" I trailed off.
"You mean know that Sasuke was coming here," Sai asked," well we got reports of some sightings, and the last time he came he worked through you so you were naturally our first stop."
Sai, so honest it's annoying.
Wait… Sasuke knew they would come here. That Uchiha is obviously up to something, and what ever it may be I must be involved.
"Well Sakura," Tsuande said tiredly, looking at the Jonin's reports," your now allowed to go on missions out side of the village, your training time is restored and your hospital duties as well."
"Thank you Lady Tsuande!" I basically yelled.
"But," she continued," I have eyes all over Konoha, so I will be watching."
"Yes Lady Tsuande, I won't let you down."
"Alright, your dismissed," she waved me away and I ran out the double doors.
If it's possible, Konoha looked even more beautiful tonight than a couple of days ago. Though I didn't pay much attention to the city as so much as the forest just beyond the boundaries that, as of two minutes ago, I'm allowed to enter. The blanket of night sky, spotted with tiny orbs of light. I was skipping (yes, actually skipping) down the steps when Shizune saw me.
"Sakura!" she heaved a relived sigh," Could you take these papers to the Hyuga compound?"
I stared at the mountain of papers Shizune was holding.
"That wasn't a question, it was an order," she said, plopping the papers into my arms. I opened my mouth to say something but she was already scuttling up the steps.
"Well Forest," I said to myself," you're going to have to wait."
The streets of Konoha are the last place you want to walk down while trying to balance a million papers. Naruto came up to me, well ran into me, to say hi and offer some ramen, which I denied. Konohamaru kept making clones and doing that perverted jutsu Naruto taught him, knowing I couldn't do anything while my hands were full.
The Hyuga compound is by the edge of Konoha, minutes from the gate, which is a good thing I guess. A chill raced along my spine as I passed a familiar stone bench. I set my load on the bench so I could rest for a moment. I looked down the paths, one leading out of the village, the other to the heart of it. The only thoughts that ran through my mind were of that night. It seemed so long ago. Images played in my brain, like an old film. Sasuke telling me I was annoying, me crying in a pathetic attempt to get him to stay. I buried my face into my hands. I had waited long enough, besides I wanted to get away from the place that holds to many memories. I grabbed the papers and began down the road when I heard the still night air whisper in my ear.
Not now my mind screamed not here please not now!
"Sakura," the air echoed in my ear with the creamy voice of that certain Uchiha I know.
"Sasuke you shouldn't-" I was cut off when a cold hand pushed my words back into my mouth.
"I know, but this is important," his voice became a vacant sound, no emotion in it at all.
I swallowed hard. I knew what was coming and I felt tears sting my eyes.
"Sakura I can't keep putting your life, your reputation in danger," his hand slid from my mouth to my neck. His fingers circling my forever-sacred Uchiha pendant.
"No," my voice was near silent, but I knew Sasuke would hear, he hears everything.
"I'm doing you a favor," he said," I'm not tying you down anymore, this is my gift to you."
His hand gave a small tug and my necklace broke free from my neck. My hands slipped from under my load and a fountain of white papers exploded onto the ground. I turned to talk some sense into the Uchiha but he was gone.
My knees crumpled under me and I fell to the ground, my face hidden in smudged tears and my hands. I looked at the place where he had been standing and saw something glisten on the path's ground. I leaned forward to examine it. It may have just been a figure of my imagination, but I could have sworn I saw a tear that Sasuke's voice had hidden. My heart exploded, why was he doing this? I pulled myself up on the stone bench and curled into a ball. I stared at the paper-covered trail until my lids got heavy with tears and I fell into nightmares.
I was standing on the path and Sasuke was standing in front of me, all I saw was his back. We were wearing our Genin outfits, Sasuke had a pack slung on his shoulders. Hot tears streamed down my face. I was screaming his name at the top of my lungs but he kept walking away from me. I ran after him, trying to gather him in a hug but my arms swept through him like he was made of mist. Something grabbed my shoulder and shook me.
"Sakura!" the voice sounded familiar but I couldn't place it, I was still trying to get Sasuke to turn back. The hand shook me vigorously till my eyes flittered open. I closed them right afterwards because a blinding light struck my brain with a great force.
"Sakura, are you alright," the voice which I now recognized as Naruto's said.
"I.. I," I opened my eyes a little and saw his worried face right in mine," I need you out of my face."
I pushed him away and saw Kakashie and Sai standing behind him. Papers danced around on a happy breeze. I felt like there should be rain pouring from the sky but no, it was happy happy, joy joy every where!
I stood up to quickly and was forced back onto the bench. I remembered why I was ankle deep in paper and sitting on something that brought back so many horrible memories. Anger bubbled inside me and I stood up by will power alone. I shoved Naruto out of my way when he tried to help me walk.
"Sakura-chan where are you going?" he asked.
"Training field!" I shouted viscously.
"What for!" he yelled back since I had covered a bit of distance while stomping away.
"I'm going to bring Sasuke back!" I shouted then turned around so I could get my point across clearly," dead or alive."
you like the little cliff hanger? oh well heres the music i listened to:
Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi (what gave it away?)
Whispers in the Dark by Skillet
Stronger/ Like this (it was some mix thing i found on youtube) by Kelli Rowland & kanya west (i think i got that right)
El Tango De Roxanne by the Police
and thats all i remember.....
well review, do whatever THANK YOU FOR READING IT!!!!!