Authors Note: You guyswere al little.. Late, yeah? Enjoy.
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Sakura was walking across the desert.
She didn't know where she was going, and it really didn't matter to her.
She slowly recalled how they were supposed to stick together at all times, but she didn't think it mattered.
Sakura wanted to be safe in her home right now, where her and Naruto would be having a sleep over that consisted of ding-dong ditching Kakashi-senseis house.
'I wonder if Kakashi is disappointed in me.' Sighing, Sakura realized she was at the tree Karin had been placed to rest.
It was truly beautiful, especially because it was flowing with green leaves, defying the rules of nature.
She sat under it, right next to Karin's grave.
"You know, Karin, I think we could've been friends… I'm sorry that we got off to a bad start but…"
Sakura trailed off.
'There's no way to fix it now.' She finished gravely.
Sakura leaned back onto the tree, and looked up at the sky.
Why would Sasuke not come back? There was nothing holding him from doing it!
They would have to sign off his status because he was the heir of the Uchiha, and it was a powerful asset to have in the village. The worse he could be sentenced was two years…Or so.
Closing her eyes, Sakura pulled her knees up to her chin and hugged them close to her.
She could definitely use HInata and Ino's comforting words.
"You don't need Sasuke! You're a strong and independent woman!" Ino would chant.
HInata would be hugging her shoulders, and whispering an agreement.
Sakura would lift her head and smile, and shout a loud "YES!" that the whole village would hear.
And then…
Her parents would yell for her to quiet down.
Her body quivered as her Mothers face drifted through her mind.
'Be strong, Sakura-chan. You are my daughter!'
Sakura lifted her head, knowing that her parents wouldn't want her to cry.
Sasuke was standing in front of her, his arms crossed.
"Sasuke?" She asked.
"Aa. Lets get back to the camp."
Sakura stood.
"I-I'm… I'm going back to the Leaf Village."
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"I-I'm going back to the Leaf Village."
Sasuke kept his face straight but he was mentally shocked.
'Going back?'
"Hasn't your status been changed?" Sasuke asked.
He watched Sakura nod hesitantly.
"I got sucked up in revenge…But remember the things I said to you before you…Left?"
Sasuke remembered, but he shook his head.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He lied.
Sakuras eyes gazed at the scenery behind him, he guessed she was recalling it.
"Revenge doesn't make anyone happy, not you, or me." Sakuras words flickered foggily .
Sasuke closed his eyes, the words hitting him fiercly.
He flinched just as he had when she yelled her confession.
A cold hand was now on his shoulder.
Sasuke was on his knees, and Sakura was kneeling next to him, a forlorn look on her face.
"Sasuke-kun?" She asked carefully.
Sasuke gazed at his open palms.
"Killing Deidara…Didn't give you ANY satisfaction!? Like you…Like you made your family proud and grateful!?" He shouted.
Sakura fell on her knees in front of him.
Sasuke saw he was hurting her, but he kept going.
"WHATS YOUR PROBLEM, SAURA!? DON'T YOU LOVE YOUR FAMILY AT ALL!?"
Sasuke was clutching at his raven locks, pulling on them, his mind repeating the same sentence.
'You're crazy, Sasuke.'
"IF YOU DON'T KILL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, YOU'LL BETRAY THEM! ALL OF THEM!"
Sakura lunged at him, putting her hand over his mouth.
"SHUT UP SASUKE!" She yelled, her spit spraying on his face.
His eyebrows furrowed in a deep line.
"How dare you say suck madness!" She screamed at him. " My family is honorable, and doesn't believe in such actions! I am betraying their beliefs by killing those evil people, it only causes more chaos, and the cycle of revenge will continue! Don't you see? The people who care for Deidara, now seek us out! We are only stooping to their level, the best thing to do, is to protect our living loved ones, or they will die also! What if the Akatsuki killed Naruto? Kakashi Sensei? What if they killed me!? Are you implying you wouldn't care!? Aren't we like a family to you!? We love and care for you, and would do anything to protect you! We support you in anything you wish to do, as long as we know you're safe doing it, and we would welcome you into our homes with open arms, even if it was dis-obeying the Villages law of harboring an S-class criminal! We were ALL orphans in team Seven, and then we created our OWN family! We should love and protect eachother, and we are not doing that out here!" Sakura was breathing heavily when she finished, her hand no longer ontop of Sasukes mouth.
Sasuke hadn't realized he was crying until his hand touched the pooling wetness on his cheek.
Sakura sat still with Sasuke the rest of the night.
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Ino was standing infront of NAruto.
"She…She left? But I.." Ino said, her eyes widening at the news.
"Yeah, she did." NAruto said solemnly.
"I saw her on the way back from my last mission! She told me she was on a mission..She lied to me?" Ino asked, disbeilief filing her voice.
"I don't believe you, Naruto!" She said finally, as she walked away from the flower shops counter to straighten some pots.
"WHAT! HOW CAN YOU NOT BELIEVE ME!? BELIEVE IT, INO! I SWEAR ON ME AND HINATA!" Ino smiled, not facing NAruto.
Turning back to him, she had a straight look on her face.
"Swear?"
"Swear!" He yelled.
Ino couldn't believe it! Forehead had the lady balls to leave the village?
"What do her parents think?" She asked NAruto.
"…You havn't heard?" Naruto said, quieting down.
Ino raised an eyebrow.
"No, about what?"
"…Her parents were murdered by the Akatsuki." Naruto said.
"W-What?" Ino's eyes watered, Sakuras parents were like her own.
"That's not funny, Naruto!" She said as the first tear fell.
Naruto hung his head.
"I'm..Sorry, Ino." Naruto said as he walked out, leaving Ino to herself.
"M-Momma!" She yelled going into the back office.
Her Mom looked up from her assortment of flowers.
Ino saw her red eyes, and knew that she knows about the Harunos.
"They-they're really gone?" Ino said, choking.
Her mothers short blonde hair swished as she stood to hug her.
"I'm sorry, Ino-chan."
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Back on track, ne?
Well, who is going to go back?
Will anybody?
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