Hey! (^.^)/
Well, last chapter didn't go as well as I thought it would, but anyway I'm still happy with the reviews!
I want to thank;
mk; Your review put a smile (a really wide, do-it-like-Naruto smile) on my face because I tried really hard to keep Sasuke in character (or at least as close to his character as I could) and to convey his feelings. Thank you so much for your support!
LoverForAnime; thank you for reviewing and sorry for the long wait ^.^ (I know it was long…). I hope last chapter was worth it!
Special thanks to DarkNinjaz7 who is currently being tortured by this world's most evil invention (translation; exams). Ganbatte ne!
So, on with the story
ENJOY
Her eyes fluttered open and she stood in her bed clenching the light green sheets around her tiny frame, desperately trying to preserve what little he left behind. But it was no use, her own hands, even as they tightened around her, didn't offer her the same comfort and warmth as his.
She remembered every single detail of what happened last night, she remembered how he held her close and whispered in her ear, how he kissed her, how he touched her.
But now he was gone, she could tell by the empty spot beside her and by the cold grip loneliness had in her heart. Tears fell from her eyes like the cleansing rain, but they didn't take away her pain.
She knew she had to stay strong like the proud kunoichi she was, but the fighter inside her could only bow her head as the woman sobbed over her shattered heart. And so she gave in and laid back down, burring her face where he laid last night.
He gave her just one night and she couldn't bring herself to regret anything. The only thing she hopped was to see him again, even if it wasn't in this random world.
…!…
"SAY WHAT?"
"Dick-less keep your voice down!" A dark haired boy clapped his hand over the other boy's –loud- mouth.
"BUT YOU HERD-"
"Naruto…" An older man hissed at the same boy making him shut up, to everyone's relief.
"Now, Mayu-san do you mind continuing?" A brown haired woman was with them and she nodded timidly at the man's call.
"So, I took them to the chishio temple. As soon as we got in Sasuke draw his sword, I instantly realized what their objective was and I activated the temple's defense system. I ended up with Sakura and Karin. After we got to the scroll Sakura knocked Karin out and told me to run but she stayed behind. I ran back to the village and hid the scroll. Unfortunately, I haven't heard of your friend since then, our shinobi scouted the whole island but found no trace of them."
"Thank you for telling us Mayu-san."
"Don't thank me, Hatake-san it's all I can do to pay Sakura-chan back, please when you find her tell her that I'm thankful for what she did" The silver haired man nodded and smiled behind his mask.
"Of course." The tree men walked out of the building and moved to stand under a tree.
"Naruto, go get Hinata from the temple and Sai send a message to the others, we will meet at the north end of the village in two hours, there has been a change of plans."
…!…
The hokage sighed, her eyes landing once again to the small square paper in her hand. On it the words 'YOU WON' were written in huge colorful letters that seemed to be mocking her.
For other people winning would bring great happiness, but to her this win meant that great harm was coming their way, she wasn't named the legendary sucker for nothing. Sure that nickname was pissing the hell out of her but she couldn't deny that it was the truth.
She squashed the paper in her palm, trying to erase it from existence. Maybe if she burned it she would spare herself of a killer headache?
Winning the lottery was all the luck you are going to have for today, that was what her mind heard as someone knocked softly on the door.
"Come in" her hands flew too her eyes rubbing soothing circles at the area.
"S-shisou…" She froze.
How many people were calling her Shisou?
Her eyes flew open completely ruining the work her hands did to soothe her soon-to-come headache.
And there, just a few steps away from her, looking deathly pale but unharmed, stood her student, her pink haired, idiotic and irreplaceable little student. She momentarily considered pinching herself to make sure she didn't fall asleep by chance, but she quickly rejected that thought marking it too childish.
"Tell me everything" was all she could utter as she sat back down.
Her student sighed and walked with unsteady feet towards an empty chair.
"Tsunade-sama, I-I-" tears once again broke through her tightly sealed lids and the older woman rushed to her side. She crouched down to her level and put her arms on her shoulders, just like a mom would to calm down her upset child.
She hugged her and let her cry on her shoulder, not even caring that she had to maintain the façade of the Hokage. After all, this girl was like family and she vowed to protect her like she would protect her only daughter.
The pinkette took in a deep breath and detached herself from the motherly embrace.
"Now, are you ready to tell me?" She nodded and told her mentor everything, from her almost dying at the hands of the Akatsuki member, to Sasuke bringing her back and telling her to prepare for war. She withheld only a tiny bit of information only for her heart to know.
Unknown to her, that tiny bit of information would later become a secret that could cost her her life.
…!…
Four Days Later
"So, did you get rid of her?"
"She is no longer a hindrance."
"Good, now it's time to set our plan in motion"
"Not yet"
"Why?"
"I want Itachi's eyes." The man hidden in the shadows smirked in satisfaction although the mask in his face prevented the world from seeing that smirk.
"Very well, come with me…" The sound of steps faded into the darkness of the room as the two figures retreated even deeper into the shadows.
…!…
DOOP DOOP DOOPDOOP DOOOOOP
"SAKURA-CHAN OPEN THE DOOR RIGHT THIS INSTANT!" A tired looking pinkette opened the door with so much force it almost flew of the wall.
"YOU IDIOT STOP BANGING, THE SUN ISN'T EVEN UP YE-" She was cut off when the energetic boy launched to her and enveloped her in a tight –really tight –hug.
"N-naruto, you are choking me!"
"Sorry" She was relished from his killer hug, only to find herself in another similar one a few seconds later.
"S-Sai?"
"Be more careful next time, Ugly!" the words were spoken with a gentleness she couldn't believe came from the black haired artist. After escaping yet another hug meant to squeeze the life out of her she was met with the sight of a silver mop of hair entering her home.
"Kakashi-sensei, you will not try to kill me too, will you?" The man smiled and ruffled her bubblegum pink hair.
"No, but I will tell you to never do that again, otherwise I'm going to have you run circles around Konoha until you beat Lee's score."
"Kakashi-sensei…" The look on her face was priceless and the Jonin ruffled her hair again.
"What are you doing here anyway, it's too early"
"We just returned from our mission to find you, Ugly-"
"YEAH, Sakura-chan we were at this little island and then Baa-chan ordered us to get our asses back to the village as soon as possible since you were impatient enough to not wait for me to be your hero-"
"What dick-less is trying to say is that Hokage-sama ordered us to return since there was no need for us to be away from Konoha-"
"Oh, and Sakura, Mayu wanted us to tell you a big thank you for protecting her"
Sakura sweatdropped, her team was a bunch of weirdoes but she couldn't imagine a life without them.
"So, Sakura-chan," They had decided to have some tea in Sakura's house and now they were seated around the small table in her living room.
"You met Sasuke?" That simple question echoed in the room like a thunder in a summer day.
"Hai," The pinkette answered without looking up from her cup.
"He saved me and he brought me back a few days ago" Naruto grinned and the tension in the atmosphere dissolved into nothingness. A certain silver haired man smiled to himself, he knew it, his protégé was still fighting somewhere deep inside the stoic last Uchiha.
…!…
A week past in a blur to Sakura and that thanks to all her friends and fellow shinobi. After her team many others came to visit her in order to welcome her back –like Hinata –threaten her not to disappear again –like TenTen –or just to gossip –like Ino-
"You called for me, Shisou?" It was this morning that an Anbu told her to go to the Hokage's office immediately.
"Hai, we received information that Akatsuki is already making their move. Today I'm leaving to meet all the Kages, hopefully to seal the alliance between the hidden villages."
The pinkette kept silent, knowing that her mentor was not done talking yet.
"When I'm back we are going to start the preparations for war, I want you to prepare for what is to come and take up a group of ten medics to train"
"S-shisou, I-"
"Here is a list with their names, they are very promising and have been working at the hospital for quite some time, I want you along with Shizune help them improve their defense."
"Hai, Shisou."
"Okay, you are dismissed."
…!…
"Don't close your eyes Mahiru!" Sakura screamed as she landed a chakra-filled punch to the ground, right in front of the short, male healer. To her satisfaction the male jumped back and used a kunai to block the pieces or rock that shoot towards him due to the incredible force.
From the corner of her eyes she caught a glimpse of Shizune exhaling a cloud of dark purple smoke, the girl in front of her, that she recognized as Arisu, did a backflip and used a wind jutsu to dissolve the poisonous smoke.
She smiled, these guys sure improved a lot since they started training a week ago.
"Okay let's call it a day!" Shizune shouted so that everyone herd her. Sakura couldn't be more relieved, for some strange reason her chakra begun feeling harder to use since three days ago, it felt thicker and more unstable.
After five hours of continuous training she felt what little chakra she had left spike despite her attempts to keep it under control.
'Must be the stress…'
…!…
"Baa-chan, you called?"
"Hai, I did"
"So, what is it? Is it a mission?"
"Yes in fact it is a top secret S-rank mission and you are the only one who can complete it"
"ALRIGHT! What is it?"
So that's it… Kind of a filler actually…
I had a lot of trouble completing this one, I still don't like it but I had to update…
The next chapter is going to be much more interesting, I'm already working on it! ^.^
Let me know what you think,
Wings Of A Butterfly….
It's kind of irrelevant; you don't have to read it:
So, I came up with another story, but I don't know if it is good, it is based on one of my favorite series, but I'm going to change many things. Here is a summary of some sorts;
Five (or six, not sure yet) people that thought they had nothing in common, witness the murder of a politician. From that fateful day they promise to each other to find the man's murderer. Before they even realize it they find themselves before a crime that goes back 30 years ago.
The main characters are team 7 (Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Sai) and I'm thinking of including Hinata too, so that Sakura isn't the only girl.
I'm still thinking of who the two bad guys should be (Madara and Danzo already have a role)
There will be romance, humor and action
I just wanted to know what you think about it, you can leave a review or pm me, I would greatly appreciate hearing your opinion
Sorry for that, I know it was kinda boring ….