Decisions of Love. Chapter Eleven. Video Camera.
"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're always there." -Unknown.
I don't remember this... I didn't pack it before I left for the escort mission, nor was it sent to me on a messenger hawk. Where and when did this get put in my pack. I saw small letter laying unopened on the red leather couch. I held the tape in one hand and walked towards the note, I carefully picked it up and read the writing on the back.
To Sakura, made by Ino and Tenten, filmed by everyone. We love you and miss you.
I felt nauseous and wanted to cry, Ino's beautiful writing made me homesick, I missed them so much. So this is why they would carry a video camera or a camera around with them on are missions, and clubbing nights; they planned to make a memorial video.
I opened the note and read; Dear forehead... Sakura.. And Sakura-chan. I smiled at Naruto's sloppy handwriting, and Ino's and Hinata's nice cursive penmanship. We miss you, and love you. (yes all of us even Neji). The last three years through the good times and bad times we've watched you grow, and recorded half of it on video. It's really awesome to see, now you know why we recorded you all the time, I hope you love it as much as we do.
We heard about the mission with Sasuke... I'll beat the Teme to a pulp if he touches you! Tell him that! Sakura-chan I misssss you! I need my best friend to meet me for Ramen, when will you be home? Are you going to bring Sasuke back? Are you Okay?! Sakura felt a tear fall from her left eye when she read Naruto's threatening but loving message to her, she missed him most of all.
My blossom, I love yo-. None other than Lee, poor guy he'll never move on.
No Lee this is not a love letter! We want to know if she's okay! If Sasuke's coming home? And if you've encountered the Akatsuki? Sakura smiled at Tenten's curious and worried personality.
Yo. Sakura recognized Kakashi's greeting right away, he knew her very well, he knew she was fine and all that needed to be said was Hi.
Enjoy the video. Ino's simple message, just like Kakashi she didn't worry about her pink haired best friend, she knew she would be fine, she also thought to send her the video, because she knew she would get lonely.
Sakura smiled and wiped the Falling tear off her face with a quick and rough swipe. She put the video in the receiver completely forgetting they had been snooping in her stuff. She went back to the bar stool that was fifteen feet away and sat cross legged facing the TV.
Sasuke gave her a questioning look along with the rest of Team Hebi. She just gave a small smile and motioned towards the TV, that was turning from static to a picture of Ino, who was starting to talk.
"Hey forehead! You must be super bored and lonely without me there so... We made this video and snuck it in your bag when you got the Teme as a mission! Oh by the way, we all feel really bad that you got stuck with him, I mean out of all of us it had to be you, it makes me laugh through because he's as arrogant as you are you'll either rip each others throats out or get along great!" Ino said and smiled largely before she played the video's from Three years ago.
It had been six months after Sasuke left, and things were getting better and Sakura was becoming Stronger and prettier. The video showed Sakura standing beside Lynx and Naruto while Kakashi was reading his porn book, and talking. Naruto leaned in and whispered something to Sakura. They both Disappeared and reappeared beside Kakashi with large smiles on their young faces.
Sakura started talking to Kakashi and Naruto grabbed his perverted book, and took off in a sprint before he ran into a tree. Sakura fell to the ground laughing while Naruto cried and rubbed his sore head.
The scene changed from them eating ramen, to training with Tsuanda, to girl nights, Sakura sat with Ino, Tenten, Hinata, and Temari gossiping about cute boys and perverted boys.
"Oh common Sakura admit it Lynx is hot! You'd date him! Or make out with him or.." Ino continued and Sakura blushed at the references.
"So what just like you'd date Shikamaru! You'd make out with Shikamaru and-" Sakura was stopped by a tomato red Ino.
The scene changed to Sakura, Naruto and Lynx on a mission running through the forest. There was eight ninja behind them throwing Kunai and Shuriken as hard and as accurate as they could. Sakura smiled and jumped over a tree branch and stopped on top of the large brown branch, her mid back hair swaying in the wind while she threw seven Kunai halting all but one ninja.
She aimed a senbon at him and accurately hit him in his neck, Naruto and Lynx started attacking the remaining six ninja while Sakura fought Tiajutsu with a hidden mist ninja.
The scene changed again and it was Sakura holding hands with Lynx on a familiar stone bench. She had a beautiful smile on her face, while she leaned against him. He had an arm wrapped around her waists and held her right hand with his right hand.
Sasuke watched this scene with narrow eyes and then switched his gaze to the frowning pinkette. She looked upset by this, but the. She smiled. He flicked his gaze to the screen again and saw Lynx start to say something.
"This is where one guy did you wrong... And this is where another guy's making up for it." He said before kissing Sakura on the lips with passion and love, exactly what she deserved. So that's why she's smiling, because he kissed her, because I did wrong and he fixed my mistake, and he got to be with her. Sasuke thought.
The scene changed yet again, and it showed Naruto ad Hinata holding hands while the original twelve walked together and had a picnic on the beach. Would I have done these things if I would have stayed would I have been the one with Sakura? Sasuke couldn't help but wonder.
After a few missions and ass kicking went by, there were some picnics' and a whole year of her life went by in half an hour, he saw many missions and fights, many training sessions, lots of books, three boys, Naruto and ramen, all of the original twelve, Tsuanda, Kakashi, he saw a lot of Naruto.
She looked beautiful, she had a few inches shorter hair by the age of fifteen and her face was still underdeveloped but she was very beautiful compared to the other Konoha girls and women. Even the original twelve girls couldn't compare.
More memories went by and They laughed a few times at Naruto's stupidity, Sakura remained silent throughout the video, until her first seduction mission came up, she smiled. They'd seen her super human strength and her medical skills but now they were going to get to see her seduction and party hard skills.
"Sakura Haruno, you are to seduce and kill Tysuki Lumani." Tusanda assigned Sakura the missions and Sakura accepted and headed to her house to pack.
"Ino! Why do you follow me with a camera!?" Sakura asked looking at the Camera and Ino behind he Camera.
"Well forehead! One day you'll want to watch these epic memories, and you'll be able to on repeat, plus your improving everyday and this is your first seduction mission." Ino pointed out while she moved the camera from herself to Sakura again.
"I'm the first to have a seduction mission right!?" Sakura asked.
"Correct, I quote- "Your undeveloped compared to Sakura, and not mature enough to Handle a seduction mission." Thats what Tsuanda told me!" Ino complained while Sakura laughed and made fun of her friend.
"Ha, your undeveloped!" Sakura poked Ino's chest with a manicured finger.
"Well I'd rather not have seduction missions anyways! You know why, because I don't like creepy old men trying to get in my pants! I'd prefer to be with Shika over any of those bar rats anyways!" Ino said pointing out something Sakura hadn't quiet thought of yet.
"Forehead Say something." Ino said and Sakura shook her head and looked at Ino angrily.
"Shut it Pig! I'm listening for something!" Sakura said while they walked out of the village.
The scene cut to a crowded bar where both of the girls were standing in, Sakura looked slightly nervous at all the eyes before she smirked at all of the men and walked right past them while Ino squealed at all of the men's stares.
"Hey beautiful!" One man called to Sakura and She smiled a sexy smile at him and he walked over towards the drop dead gorgeous girl. She laughed at all of his stupid jokes and flirted like none other, while slipping things in his drink, she danced with him a few times and learned how to dirty dance, by the end of the night when they left the bar she led him into an ally before she slit his throat with a kunai and left the body there to be discovered in the morning.
A few more seduction missions later, they got to a interesting bar scene and all the original twelve was there. Naruto and Sakura did a round of shots before everyone had shots and they did a small competition to see who could drink it the fastest, is was when Sakura learned she could down a shot.
She finished first and everyone laughed and drank some more before three men got to close to Sakura and Naruto and Lynx pummeled the men, Sakura smirked and lynx and her dirty danced for hours while drinking.
"How long ago was this?" Suigutsu asked Sakura.
"About eight months." Sakura answered nonchalantly.
"Are you still dating that lynx kid?" Juugo asked.
"No." Sakura sneered firmly.
"Why?!" Karin asked.
"Watch and you'll see." Sakura said while everyone's attention went to see Sakura and Ino walking and talking coming out of the Hokage's tower, And Ino quickly gasping before she pushed Sakura down and stood in front of her.
"What the hell!" Sakura said while getting up and pushing Ino back, who was trying to keep her down. When Sakura broke eye contact with the worried and angry blond, she saw Lynx her boyfriend.
He was kissing another girl, not just a kiss but making out, like how they did. Her face held shock and confusion and sadness, she was to shocked to talk but her knees started trembling while tears collected in her eyes. Lynx and the girl finally broke art and he wrapped an arm around her waist, guiding her towards their direction when he spotted his pink haired girlfriend.
He looked shocked and quickly removed his hand from the girls waist and smiled a fake smile at the girl, and at Sakura. Sakura just stood there to shocked to move, she had always been a girl everyone wanted ever sense she was fourteen and now the guy she picked to love, she did love cheated on her she felt broken, and used.
He yelled her name before he ran to catch up to her.
"Sakura wait I can explain it's not what you think, ummm she's my cousin! See ya she's my cousin and she's leaving town for a long time so I was walking her out!" Lynx babbled and looked at the ground before a shocked Sakura slapped him very hard, with Chakra. So the anger finally caught up to her.
She punched him with a Chakra enhanced fist before she whispered "We're over." she walked away leaving a shocked Ino holding the recorder and a bloody uncouincious Lynx in the street, and the other girl Shocked.
Sakura ran around the corner and Ino caught up to her still recording. "Sakura!" Ino yelled.
"What?!" Sakura snapped at her while the tears made her eyes brighter and wider.
"Sakura. Are you okay?" Ino asked in a whisper.
"What do you fucking think! The one man I thought I would be with forever! Forever! Just cheated on me and probably has been cheating on me sense we started dating. Ugh he's such an ass just like the first guy I liked! Why do I Pick the assholes!" Sakura asked frustrated.
Ino burst out laughing at her rant, and Sakura soon joined her.
"Okay so now for the important part." Ino started and both girls simultaneously said "Revenge!" They both started laughing, and walked down the street together.
The next scene was all Naruto and Sakura moments, mostly Naruto being hit in the back of the head or pounded for saying a perverted reference. In almost all of the pictures they were smiling or doing something funny. They played a video of Naruto tackling Sakura in the mornings, and Naruto trying to make breakfast and Sakura doing most of the work.
She smiled at these happy memories. She was happy with her friends, she had amazing moments with them. She watched at a few more club scenes came up of her parting and Making out with a hot brunet, and taking shots. After that the screen went to a hyper Naruto.
"SSSSAAAAKUURA-CHANNNN! I missssss youuuu! We hope you like the video! I beat up Lynx! You never told me he cheated on you-What the fuck! How's Teme!? When are you dragging his Ass home?! Maybe well see you before that... Like possibly forty-Eight hours, ugh there's a tracker on the tape! Love you bye!" Naruto said before turning off the tape with three pictures of the original twelve.
One was with Sasuke in the genin days, one was with Lynx in Sasuke's spot, and one was one where everyone was paired with the opposite sex- Naruto and Hinata, Neji and Tenten, Sakura and Lynx, Ino and Shikamaru, and the others were on the back row.
Sakura smiled as the taoffset blank for a few moments, she was surprised that they would come out and visit her. She wondered what team Hebi was thinking.
The video ended with one last clip, it was her training with Tsuanda and then all of her fights and spars against Kakashi, Naruto, Lynx, and Sai edited together showing her skills, punching the ground and letting huge craters erupt.
A shaky video started playing and it showed Sakura standing beside the camera, she had a determined look on her face, before she snapped and threatened "Sai turn. Off. The. Camera. And stay out of the fight." Sakura instructed before disappearing from Sai's side and reappearing a few yards in front of Sasori.
The video clip was ten minutes long and it showed Sakura and Sasori going at each others throats, Sakura had blood running down From the corner of her mouth while she got up and ran at the puppet master again, the video continued and in the end Sakura stood over a burnt wooden body.
She smiled up at Sai and walked over to him, after a few yards she was standing in front of the black haired teen, she scowled seeing the camera on her and punched the screen. The whole screen cracked and she punched Sai in the nose and took the camera from the ground and sickly sweet said "How's it feel Sai?"
He groaned before Sakura scoffed and dropped the camera, uncaring. The camera was sideways and in the ground in between the cracks you could see a woman with a beautiful body and pink rebellious hair walking away from the epic battle. She had truly grown... She had truly become beautiful inside...and out.
"Whoa! Nice biography! That was actually really interesting, so that kid Naruto he's like the nine tailed demon right!?" Suigutsu asked.
"Yea, why?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Because when they come, they said they'll be here in two days! I want to fight him!" Suigutsu stated and Sakura looked at him confused for a moment before she realized what he was saying.
"You won't be fighting them. None of you will." Sakura stated In a defying tone.
"What makes you say that, they're going to want to take Sasuke back, we'll fight, and win and then hunt the Akatsuki, you'll stay With us the whole time!" Suigutsu said exactly what Sasuke was thinking.
"We'll see About that and your wrong, about three things. One you could never beat Naruto, two they don't want to take Sasuke back, if he wants to come back he's welcome but if he doesn't in four more months I and a back up team will kill him, three I can leave whenever I want, I'm here on a mission not for anything else." Sakura hissed at Suigutsu.
He was speechless before he said "Just don't forget what team your on!" Sakura smirked and said.
"No problem, I'm on team seven. My team mates are Naruto, Kakashi, and so was Sasuke Uchiha once... But I assure you that's way past us, now I'm on a team with Lynx and Sai along with Naruto and Kakashi-sensi." Sakura said before walking out of the door that led to the outside patio, she continued walking with a fuming Uchiha in tow behind her.
She furiously tore threw the trees, and yelled curse words. He was right behind her, why did he even bother! She wanted to be left alone... She wanted to be home, all of those memories all of her accomplishments, they were at home not here.
"Sometimes you have to erase the messages, delete the numbers, and move on. You don't have to forget who that person was to you, but you do have to accept that they aren't that person anymore." -Drake.