And i stand here once again with my largest chapter to date! 3815 words "BEFORE MY NOTES!" i didn't think i could make a chapter bigger then 25 lol, oh well, there is a flashback in this chapter, just trying to give you an idea of how Sakura got to there she is today

anyway, now for my reviewers

RSfan - well this one is bigger, so i hope you like ;) lol thanks for the review :D

crsstlk - I am sorry to say that Sakura and Naruto do not meet in this chapter either, but rest assured that there reunion is close at hand, as for weather he goes back or not, i have decided, but you will need to wait and see what one i picked :P thanks for the review :)

naru-ca-titan - yay, your happy, yay :D (jumps for no reason what so ever) lol anyway i really hope you like this chapter, there is a part i added in there just for you, i don't want to give away any of the story, but here is a hint, it grabs hit nose and hair :P once you get to that part, you will understand what that means lol, it made me think of you when i wrote it for some reason ;) again, thanks for the review :D

gilmaxter - an other new reviewer :) Thanks for reading my story, and i hope you continue on reading, please keep reviewing as it means a lot to me to know that you guys are enjoying it so much :) again thanks for the review

Cunique - An other new reviewer, thanks a lot, it makes me feel all happy to know that you love my story enough to wake up early and read it on a Saturday morning :D, i noticed that you made that review on the 19th chapter, so i don't know how long it will take you to see this, but thank you very much for the review, i hope you keep on reading and enjoying my story

And that's everyone, again thank you all

This chapter was revised on May 30th 2017. Most grammar errors should have been addressed (Hopefully :P) I did a few enhancements and changed a few things around but the story remained unchanged

Saving old bonds

Chapter 29 (Revised)

Sakura had arrived back home. Toshiro was waiting for her in the front yard "Toshiro, did you find out anything?"

"No one has heard anything about a new resistance member fitting that description, you?"

"Nothing from my end either, maybe it's nothing. I mean what are the odds that he would be back after all those years. And he wouldn't be Naoto's age anyway, so it must have been someone else" She said

"Someone else with the marks? Unless the resistance is using new tactics" he replied

"Yeah, your right, it must be something the resistance is doing. Maybe their trying to use his image in raids for supplies, who wouldn't run away if they saw the Hokage among the attackers" She said trying to put on a fake smile

"We are over thinking things. Until we find out more about this there isn't much we can do, other than go to their base"

"No, we don't need to go that far, if he is really out there, he will turn up" she said "Its cold out tonight, do you want to come in for a cup of coffee?" she added

"Yeah, sure" He said as they entered the house

"Naoto sweetie, were back" Sakura shouted out, but she heard nothing "Naoto?" but again no response

"She must have gone to bed early. Go make the coffee, I will go check on her" Toshiro said with a smile as Sakura nodded

She went into the kitchen and began heating up some water as Toshiro went up the stairs to the second level of the house. He knew the house very well since he often babysat for Sakura when she was doing late night shifts at the hospital. He opened the door to her room only a crack so he could peek in but the bed was empty. He opened the door and walked in "Naoto?" he asked, but no one answered, he checked the other rooms, but no Naoto. He then returned to her room and looked at the wall where she would normally place her Katana, it was missing. He ran back down stairs "Sakura, Naoto is gone, and she took her Katana with her, she may have left the village alone!"

Sakura dropped one of the empty cups she had just taken out of the cabinet, it shattered as it hit the ground but Sakura didn't really care about that right now "What?!" she said as she thought about her daughter out alone

"I will go search for her, I want you to stay here in case she comes back" he said as he was about to exit the house

"No! I can't just sit by while my daughter could be in danger!"

"She is a teenager; they do these things. For all we know she just went for a walk. Let's not overreact, I will find her and bring her home. I won't let anything happen to my goddaughter. Stay here, if she comes back she may wonder why you haven't returned yet and go back out" he said as he walked out of the house leaving Sakura to fear and imagine the worst-case scenarios of what could happen to her little girl

Meanwhile Naoto had not given up on tracking down the boy. She was the tenth divisions best tracker, mainly because one of her abilities is a heighten sense of smell, an ability that even Naruto didn't have. And her ability to see things that others overlook. She was walking through the caves of the ruined Hokage mountain with a torch. She stopped at the very same intersection where he had used shadow clones to run in every tunnel so she wouldn't know who to pursue. She breathe in deeply though her nose trying to sense a difference in the air. It was faint but she could smell the odor of iron "it must be the blood on his clothing" she said as she picked the tunnel that the odor was coming from

She fallowed it until she reached the summit, the view was spectacular. She was trying to imagine what it must have been like to see this view before the city was destroyed by her people. She turned her attention back to her goal. She could no longer smell the iron as unlike in the caves as it had dissipated in the air with the passage of time. Had her sensei told her to track him down earlier she could have caught up with him. But she bent down and used the torch to light the ground. She saw a set of prints; they had been made recently since the winds or rain had not washed them away yet. She then noticed a few other sets "It looks like he was joined by three others up here, and from the looks of it there was a struggle, one of them used some clones" she said as she studied the prints on the ground "But who were they? Sensei would have known if there would have been other night ninja's patrolling the area. And freedom fighters don't attack their own. it must have been bandits, here are a few blood stains, one of his wounds must have opened up again during the battle"

She continued to study the prints "What's this? Now all four sets of prints, including his are walking together in that direction? Maybe he was forced to surrender due to his wounds?" She said as she began to fallow the prints until she reached the forest, the prints stopped "They must have begun jumping on the branches from here" she jumped on the top of one of the tree branches. She studied it and moved onto the next until she finally found what she was looking for "this branch is scarred, it looks like it was done recently, they must have jumped onto this branch" she jumped onto the next branch and studied it again, she found multiple scarring that she deducted was caused by the impact of people jumping on them "So they went in that direction huh?" she said with a grin as she begun jumping with speed, making sure to check the branches in case they had changed direction

Meanwhile Sasuke was laying on the top of the mountain that was used to hide their little piece of paradise "Hey Sasuke" Naruto said as joined him, Sasuke was staring at the stars in the sky "I have been wondering…" he said hoping he wasn't disturbing him

"Yeah?" He asked as he gave his attention to Naruto

"What has the resistance been doing for the past twenty years? I mean I know you guys built this place and all, but I mean, what's the purpose of the resistance?" he asked him

"At first, we were helping the wind country fight them, but they brought in more ninjas from their homeland. Eventually they owned most of the fire nation and even began invading the wind. The sand ninja's have been able to hold them from gaining any other ground. Since the night are not good in desert combat. But in all honesty, the resistance is just a way for us to stay together. We refuse to join the night country and we refuse to abandon our home land, even if Gaara offered to take us all in"

"So your saying that your goal isn't to retake the nation huh?"

"We don't have the man power to challenge them, you were our strongest fighter and only hope to beat their Kurokage. With you gone it just seemed impossible and my priority now is the safety of our people" he said in a serious tone

Sasuke had indeed grown up. The twenty years had given him experience and wisdom "You have done a fine job as the leader Sasuke" He said trying to assure his friend that he approved of what he had done

"Thanks…It means a lot coming from you actually" he answered "I assume you are going to want to find Sakura as fast as possible huh?"

"Yeah, and I assume you know where she is?" he asked him

"Yeah, but its late, it can wait until tomorrow. For now let's just rest and relax" he said as Naruto sat next to him

"Thanks Sasuke, you truly are a brother to me" he said with a smile

"You have no idea how much I missed that stupid. Idiotic smile of yours" he said jokingly

"Well, I would like to say how much I missed your superior, arrogant ways, but to me, I saw you a few days ago, so I can't" he said trying to tease his friend back, the both of them continued to talk together as the moon reached its highest point in the sky

End Chapter 29

Well, i hope that you guys liked seeing a bit of Sakura's past, as well as to how her friendship with Toshiro began, just a note, THERE IS NOTHING OTHER THEN FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO :P i just though i would say it before someone asked lol, there just really close friends, anyway, read, rave, review :D