Chapter 18

SORRY GUYS! THE SITE DID SOMETHING CRAZY TO MY CHAPTER I HOPE THIS IS BETTER

After the performance Sakura locked herself in her room. The girls knew that she was going through a hard time. After that blow to the heart, they knew that she was emotionally unstable. Karin was also rethinking her plan. Karin and Sakura were both thinking about the same person. What a lucky guy Sasuke was.

*With Sakura

All the lights were turned off. You could have mistaken her mansion as empty if you just walked past it. But in fact there was a person hidden within the shadows. She sat at the corner of her room thinking about Sasuke and Kenji.

Sakura….

Shut it.

Sakura…I'm…

Don't you dare say you're sorry. You're the one that got us into this mess

Look I didn't know ok!

I can't believe you trusted him after what his done

I WAS JUST LOOKING OUT FOR YOU AND IF THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU THEN SCREW YOU

Sakura didn't hear anymore. She rolled her eyes. Great she thought another thing to piss me off. Her mind drifted off to Kenji. She made her decision. This time…this time she would end everything. She needed to go after him. She knew what she had to do and she didn't like it. But her heart couldn't take it anymore. She was already dead on the inside. All she had to do was to complete her death. She had to kill Orochimaru, Kabuto and…Kenji and then she would kill herself. After a life of killing and heartbreak she had nothing else to live for. She thought about her comrades, the ones that held a place in her heart. I need them to hate me as soon as possible…so they won't be as sad when I leave. I also need to feel the coldness if I want to fight Kenji. She walked to her bed and let the darkness overcome her.

*With Karin

Karin sat in her room thinking about her plan. When Sasuke told her that Sakura had her heart, Karin was beyond despair but in a tiny place in her heart, she felt…relief? She was also curled in a ball inside her room. Was this a really good idea after all? I know I wanted Sasuke but why do I have this tiny relief when he said that I will never have his heart. Is it because that he has told me bluntly that he will never like me, I can give up on him? Whatever it is, I know my plan won't work, I need to tell Sasuke about this and hope that he will forgive me…

*The next day

Sakura woke up to the darkness in her room, all her curtains were shut. When she left her house, she was colder than ever. You could feel a blizzard as she walked by. She wasted no time, she had to go to the Hokage and ask for a solo mission. She transported to Tsunade's office and found her drunk.

"Hokage sama" said Sakura. Tsunade looked up, seeing double.

"Oh its you Sakurrraaa-channn"

Sakura's eyebrow twitched as she said "I have come to ask for a solo mission to assassinate Orochimaru"

"Surrreeee anythingggg for youuu" Tsunade's head slumped after she replied. Before she left, Sakura slipped a note into her desk which Tsunade would read when she was sober. Sakura started walking back to her house to prepare for the last mission she would ever do. She wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. She hoped that she wouldn't see her comrades again before she left. Unfortunately, she walked past Ichiraku Ramen bar and Ino noticed her. All of Rookie nine were eating or more like accompanying Naruto who was the only one eating.

"Sakura chan!" yelled a voice. Sakura stopped in her tracks, eyes wide. She didn't turn around at the call. The rest of the group walked to her. Ino walked in front of her.

"Sakura-chan are you ok?" asked Ino. Sakura didn't respond. Ino got a bit angry and repeated the question but louder. The rest of the group was also around her now. Sakura mumbled something but they didn't catch it. Ino looked at her and said "What?"

Sakura looked up and her expression shocked everyone. Her eyes were murderous.

"I said get out of my face"

Ino stumbled back. Her face held shock but also a little bit of fear.

"W-Who do you think we are? We're your friends! We've been worried about you" Ino retorted. Sakura remained expressionless. Her eyes remaining as vicious as ever.

"I don't care what you are, when I tell you to get out of my face you do so" Sakura replied. Sakura didn't realise that all of her comrades had started looking at her weird. Naruto stepped forward as Ino withdrew still in shock at the amount of hate that emitted from her.

"Sakura-chan…what's wrong with you?! I know Teme hurt you bad but this is unreasonable" Naruto said putting his hand on her shoulder. As he placed his hand on her shoulder, it was quickly blocked by her own hand and flung away.

"Don't touch me Uzumaki" snarled Sakura. Naruto too stumbled back, eyes widened. She had never called him by his last name before. No one noticed that Sasuke has come out for a walk and had caught everything that happened. He pushed himself through the group. Everyone else was surprised that he has the guts to come before Sakura. A hand stopped him as Sakura had still not noticed him. He turned around to find Karin. Sasuke glared at her and Karin's eyes widened and she released him. Sasuke stood in front of Sakura who looked up in disbelief. She chuckled darkly and said

"Uchiha, I'm surprised that you have the guts to face me"

"Sakura… what you're doing is wrong. You're supposed to be mad at me not them. Don't let out your anger at them" replied Sasuke with an emotionless voice.

"I can treat people whichever way I want" the cherry blossom said. Sakura looked at the girl standing behind Sasuke and smiled a smile which held no happiness. Karin looked at her in fear. Sasuke's head bowed as Sakura turned to walk away but stopped to say her final words.

"Goodbye, Uchiha I hope you raise a good family… because I won't be there to see it" she whispered the last bit. No one caught it except Sasuke. His head raised in shock and looked after the walking girl. What did she mean by that?... The rest of the group were staring after the girl in shock. Ino was trying to hold back her tears and Naruto was still trying to process what had just happened.

*With Sakura

As she walked away, she never felt so sure in her life. She walked away and went back to her house to pack for her final mission.

*With Sasuke

Sasuke stood there but then noticed that they were all staring at him.

"Wow, Uchiha, you actually had the balls to come out here" said Naruto. Sasuke flinched at the cold address. It was the first time that he had called him Uchiha. The girls all turned to glare at him. The guys just looked at him with disgust.

"Leave it Uzumaki, I didn't want this to happen either" replied Sasuke. Naruto got mad at this.

"THEN WHY DID YOU DO IT? HUH? AND WITH THIS SLUT" said Naruto pointing to Karin who was behind them. To their surprise, she did nothing but smile a smile filled with sadness and said

"Yes, you are right. I am a slut but I'm afraid that it's a part of me"

They had never heard her speak in such a normal tone. Karin shut her eyes. Now's the time

"I have something to tell everyone" she said. They all scoffed

"If it's about the baby then we don't want to hear it"

"Please you need to hear this" she pleaded. Everyone was about to walk away but then Karin shouted

"I LIED!" They all stopped in their tracks and slowly turned around

"Come again?" asked Neji. Karin lowered her head in embarrassment.

"I lied, I'm not pregnant… I just thought that if I said I was Sasuke would give more attention to me" she admitted, ashamed. Naruto was about to pounce on her but Sasuke held him back. Naruto turned around, his eyes red.

"Let me go. She's the one who made Sakura's life miserable" growled Naruto.

"Let her finish, believe me I'm as mad as you are" replied Sasuke in a deep tone. Naruto looked into Sasuke's eyes and found that his Sharingan was on. He calmed down but still glared in hatred at the girl in front of them. Karin took a deep breath and continued.

"I went to the joke shop and bought one of those pregnancy tests where it always comes up positive" said Karin slowly looking up to 7 pairs of angry eyes staring at her.

"I can't believe you did that" said Ino, "You're the one that froze our Sakura"

"You will pay" said TenTen. Karin eyes filled with regret. But she felt a lot better now that it was out.

"Sasuke…." Karin started.

"Don't talk to me…" he said. Then Sasuke's eyes widened.

"I need to find Sakura…" he said and raced off with the others following right behind him. Karin dropped to her knees and started crying but on the inside for some reason she was relieved. Suigetsu came back from shopping and saw the fallen Karin. He sat next to her and helped her up. He knew everything that had happened so when he saw her crying form the first question he asked was

"Did you tell them?" Karin nodded. Suigetsu smiled and walked her home and whispered

"I'm glad" Suigetsu stayed at her house for the night, not leaving her for he was afraid that she needed comforting. (Implied SuixKarin)

*With Sakura

Sakura had just left Konoha and didn't look back. She couldn't, she had to be focused on her mission. It didn't matter much since she wasn't returning anyway. She ran and ran and ran until she came to halt. When she was sure that she was far enough from Konoha, she finally turned around. She saw the tip of the Hokage Rock. She let out a tear. Goodbye Konoha… She turned back around, and said to herself that will be the last tear I will ever cry. She started running again but this time, searching for Kenji's scent.

*With the group

Sasuke ran around the village in search for the cherry blossom. The rest of his friends helped as well but she was nowhere to be found. It was like the bubble gum haired girl had disappeared into thin air. The group met up and none of them had seen the girl. They then ran to the Hokage's office to see if Tsunade had seen her. They burst into the study and found that she was crying. They walked up to Tsunade and found she was holding a note.

"Tsunade-sama… what's wrong?" asked Ino, timidly. Tsunade looked up with her eyes bloodshot.

"You..Uchiha…I'LL KILL YOU!" she screamed. Sasuke took a step back.

"I TRUSTED YOU…YET YOU BREAK HER AGAIN AND NOW SHE IS NEVER COMING BACK!" Tsunade said as she chucked the note at them. Sasuke caught it while the others explained the situation to Tsunade. Sasuke's eyes widened at the note that Sakura had written.

Tsunade

Tsunade, you finally are sober enough to read this. I just wanted to tell you that I am on a solo mission to assassinate Orochimaru and Kenji and I won't be returning…ever. Please tell Sasuke and Karin that I wish they live a happy life with their family and I hope everyone a nice life. Do not send anyone after me as it will be no use. I will not be coming back. There will be no need to find my remains, but I would like my name to be written on the KIA rock. Sasuke, if you're reading this, I can't believe that I spent most of my life on you… what a waste. Thanks for nothing

Sakura

Sasuke clenched the note and ran out. It was the other's turn to read the note. Ino dropped to the ground and started crying.

"You stupid forehead! You don't need to go that far!" Ino sobbed. The guys were all looking melancholy but then Naruto looked around for Sasuke and through the window, he saw him race out of Konoha.

"Teme! What is he doing?!" asked Naruto. Tsunade looked at the racing form and sighed.

"He is most likely going to look for her" she said.

"But Sakura said.." started Naruto

"Let him be Naruto… and hope for the best for our cherry blossom" Tsunade choked out.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU TSUNADE!" yelled Naruto. Tsunade looked at him with sad eyes. "IT'S LIKE YOU'VE GIVEN UP ON SAKURA!" he continued.

Tsunade glared at him.

"I HAVE! I THOUGHT I WAS A MOTHER TO HER AND YET I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS! I NEVER KNEW THAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN!" She yelled back.

"THEN YOU SHOULD BE SEARCHING FOR HER AND WHEN SHE COMES BACK ACT MORE LIKE A MOTHER! SAKURA DIDN'T TELL YOU PROBABLY BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE MUCH OF A MOTHERLY FIGURE!" Naruto yelled. Tsunade's eyes widened. Naruto's message had gotten through to her and she bowed her head.

"I want all available ninjas out looking for her…NOW!" she ordered. Everyone ran out. Naruto grinned and ran out yelling

"LEAVE IT TO US!"

*With Sasuke

"Sakura.. Sakura…Sakura" he muttered as he ran. He could sense her chakra meaning that she had not left for very long. His mind was in a mess. Fear for the blossoms seeped into his heart. He ran and ran not caring about anything else apart from the safety of the girl.

*With Sakura

They are close… Sakura thought. Kenji's scent was getting stronger and stronger. She soon arrived at a huge…rock. Sakura closed her eyes. Their chakra is on the other side of this rock. She opened her eyes and they were filled with determination. Sakura… it's now or never! She placed her hand on the huge boulder and concentrated her chakra into it. The rock burst into a pile of rubble. She took a deep breath and then she walked into the cave. She walked and walked and walked until she reached to a huge room. She became aware of what was around her in case they launched a surprise attack.

*With Sasuke

Sasuke could smell her scent becoming stronger and stronger. He was almost there. He then arrived at an opening where there was a big pile of broken rock on the ground. He could smell three scents. He paused but then raced in. Sakura…

*With Sakura

Sakura examined the room, there were rocks shaped as vines on the columns and the floor had a thin cover of water. Then suddenly a loud hiss sounded which broke her out of her thoughts.

"Welcome Sakura-chan! I have been expecting you" hissed a voice. Sakura's head whipped to the front of the room. Her eyes narrowed. A figure came out accompanied by another

Orochimaru…Kenji