It was scorching, she felt her skin burning. Sakura thought the blast must have burned her. She touched her fingers to her face expecting something bad but just felt her normal skin. She opened her eyes to a blinding white sky and a large sun above waking her by her fair complexion. "I'm going to be red…"

She covered her eyes and turned them away from the sun, being blind wasn't going to help her right now. She lay there and hoped to fall back asleep on the soft sand that was beneath her when she felt something hot flow onto her face. She opened her eyes to see the face of Sasuke Uchiha, a little battered, but fast asleep. 'This is my chance… I can kill him…'

Sasukra sat up silently and pulled a kunai from her back pouch. 'This will be it, I can end all the suffering he's gone through.' She grasped it tightly in her hand. 'Me, Naruto, Kakashi… We won't worry anymore. We'll know exactly where you are.' She raised it into the air and looked at his sleeping face, it seemed almost angelic in the desert sun. "I love you…"

She dropped the kunai and Sasuke's eyes sprang open. He began breathing rapidly and looked shocked at the kunai. Sakura let go of the weapon and it fell over into the sands. She clasped her head in her gloved hands ands broke down crying. "I can't do it… I just can't…"

Saskue quickly shoved her away. He examined where he was for a second and sat up as well. "Looks like you missed your chance to be a big hero, Sakura."

"Yea, I'm sorry I still have a heart… I just can't… I just don't want to see you… like this." She said and grabbed the kunai shoving it back in her pocket. "You don't know how much you've hurt us… To see you like this…"

"Oh, grow up. Now where are we, I was hoping to make it to Konoha soon?" Sasuke asked standing. He looked around but only saw the golden sand flowing in the little winds that picked up every now and then. "Are we near Suna?"

"I have no idea, I just woke up!" Sakura said wiping the tears from her eyes. She stood up and began looking around. She looked and couldn't get a direction. "Sun at the climax, if we wait a couple hours we can get a direction."

"Oh, so you're willing to work with me, going to pull another kunai or are you going to co-operate?" Sasuke asked turning to her. She stopped and starred at him. "What?"

"Where's your Sharingan?" Sasuke brow furled as if he hadn't a clue what she was talking about. Sakura quickly slammed her foot in the ground only getting a minimal reaction. Sasuke observed this and tried to turn on his Sharingan. "Shit, we don't have any chakra."

"Well, this complicates things." Sasuke took a breath evaluating his options and let it out slowly. "Alright, we have to be somewhere. Let's call a truce and get moving, it is highly unlikely someone's going to come by and help me here."

"A truce, you were going to fry me with lightning." Sakura pointed her finger out at him and he grabbed her arm. Sakura's eyes grew as he closed in.

"Yea, but I can't anymore." He stated softly. He grabbed her face and smiled very closely to her and began to plead his case. "It's just for a while, a small truce can't hurt. It's very unlikely we will survive on our own, I mean, you wouldn't want to die out here alone, would you? No food or water?"

"I… I guess not." Sakura muttered back. She was somewhat nervous and really didn't know what to do but let her body panic. Sasuke lowered his hand to her shoulder and smiled.

"Good." He quickly threw her in front of him and watched as stumble to stay on her feet. His smile was gone and he motion for her to walk. Sakura threw him an angry look. "Liked I'd ever trust you to walk behind me again, Haruno. Not that you were much of a threat than but, without chakra, the playing field is heavily evened out."

"I'm not sure to be happy I'm a threat now or pissed that I wasn't much of a threat. So…. It's been a few years…" She said beginning to walk, he shoes sinking into the sands. She looked behind her and saw him just starring. "Well, what have you been doing?"

"Training. I also learned that the village is ruled by hatred." She turned and walked backwards and asked him what he meant. "What didn't know? Your village turned me into this… Turned Naruto into the demon fox Jinchuriki. What's it going to turn you into, Sakura?"

"Someone who isn't bothered by your talk. Naruto has the Kyuubi mostly under control, and when he becomes Hokage things will change. I know the village isn't home to you anymore, but I swear whatever you think is wrong, he'll change it."

"You've listened to his 'I'm becoming the Hokage' speech to much." Sasuke said and pointed to a dune behind her. Saskura turned around and carefully slid down it. "You, Naruto, and I, were all the same, you just can't see it, Haruno."

"Than enlighten me, Uchiha." She snapped back. She landed at the bottom and watched as Sasuke effortlessly followed her and landed next to her thinking slowly. "How are we the same besides our shared pity for you?"

"You're getting vicious. Maybe I will take you with me, Karin can talk, but she can't destroy a wall." He said and gestured his hand for her to keep walking in front. "We live to fight, we fight to kill, and than one day someone kills us. That is a shinobi's life. Sounds great, doesn't it?"

Sakura shrugged and couldn't understand. She yelled back at him stretching out her arms. "Maybe that's your life… Not mine and it's totally not what Naruto would consider a life."

"You refer to him too much, there is something behind that isn't there… You love him. How pathetic… Wait until he runs from you and leaves you broken hearted." Sasuke saw her turn but couldn't catch the fist in time. He landed on the sands, his back down flat with his nose bleeding. He clutched his nose and pinched it. "Nice hook, Tsunade teach you that?"

"Yea, among other things. Now get up, I don't want to be with such an ignorant hormonal guy all day, wouldn't want his stupid to wear off on me." Sasuke did and waited for her to move in front. Instead she smiled and cracked her knuckles. "And no, I'm not letting you walk behind me, I don't trust snakes."

"You caught her bitchiness too. Well than… let's go." He said and they began walking side by side in the sands. They were quite for a minute until Sasuke remembered something. "So, is it as you expected?"

"Is what as I expected? The desert?"

"Time with me, you were always ranting about it. Is it as you expected?" He asked emotionless.

"Shitty, you weren't such a jackass when you were younger. You actually cared about human life. Now the punch… That made me feel good." Sakura smiled and looked down at her hand. She grabbed her glove and pulled it tighter around her fist. "I think your forgetting, when we were younger everything was simpler, dreams were going to come true, now we just hope we survive the next day… And it's all because of people like you."

"You're welcome."