Yo! So I have decided to start another story un! 'It's all in good fun' has a lot of humor in it, and I thought I'd turn over a new leaf in this story and add more drama and romance yeah. Of course there's still humor, cause that's my thing, but this is a completely different story line, yays un! I hope this one goes over well un!

Plum-- New story yeah!

Shika-- What made you want start a new story?

Plum-- Well I got this idea, so I just decided to write it un.

Gaara-- Am I in this one since I'm not in the other one?

Plum-- Well you see, there was this huge mental wave thingy that caused me to accidentally forget to put you in here un.

Gaara-- Your mean.

Plum-- Cookie un?

Gaara-- I take it back, I love you!

Plum-- Are you lying un?

Gaara-- Well it wouldn't be inaccurate to assume…that I couldn't exactly not say that is or isn't almost particularly incorrect.

Plum-- So your lying un?

Gaara-- On the contrary, I'm possibly more or less not actually rejecting your statement that in no way, with any amount of uncertainty I do not know if I'm lying. If I it is indeed that I'm not lying but I really am. Even if I wasn't lying but I were yet I am not which I may not yet I could, it could mean…the answer is cookies?

Plum-- My head hurts un.

Shika-- I understood that perfectly…I think, anyways Plum doesn't own Naruto.

Enjoy, yeah!

She stood a little ways away from the Konoha gates in a nearby park, pondering on whether to go through with this or not.

It was close to eleven at night, the night sky was cloudy and thunder could be heard in the distance.

'What are you waiting for? We don't have much time once we leave before they notice we left!' Sakura's inner hollered and screamed at her to move her feet, but she just couldn't.

'Your right, what AM I doing? I can't just leave, I'll be recorded as a missing nin and be considered an enemy if I do. I'd be throwing away my life here.' Sakura mentally scolded herself and sat on a bench huffing to herself.

'Yes, but throwing away this life to start a new one. Are you really happy here? You know your not, cause I know your not, and I'm you.' Her inner put on her reasonable sounding side. Really making Sakura think second thoughts once again.

'No, I'm not happy, but am I really willing to leave everything I know? My home, family, friends.' She knew she wasn't happy, but she tried convincing herself, because she knew if she left she'd be making a big mistake. Or so she felt she would be.

'Friends? Teammates? Think back, is that really what you'd call them. Sure, Ino, Tenten, Hinata, and the others are great when they need to be, but remember your true reason for wanting to leave. Think back, to everything driving you to make your leave.' Sakura's inner growled, thinking to herself her reason for wanting to leave as well.

'Sakura, actually move for once! Your nothing but a burden.'

'Your not coming on this one Sakura, you'd be useless to this mission.'

'Weak, that's all you are. I don't even know why you still try to become stronger, your not progressing. You'll always be weak. Constantly having us protect you, and that's all your good for. Sakura Haruno, damsel in distress.' Sasuke's cold words rang through her head, setting her to choose the one option she knew she'd regret.

Her teeth and fists clenched, sending waves of pain and anger coursing through her body.

"Okay, that's it then. I'm leaving and I'm going to become stronger, no matter what it takes." With that Sakura strode towards the gates, ready to take her leave.

"Tsunade!" A young woman in her twenty's ran through the hallways to the hokage's room.

"What is it?" The fifth hokage sat behind her desk lazily searching from paper to paper through the scattered piles on her desk.

The woman stood there panting and looking at her heavily, "I think you should read this, It's from Sakura." She walked over and tossed the neatly folded sheet of paper beneath her nose on the desk.

Tsunade gave a strange and confused look, but picked up the paper anyways. She gently opened it with caution, having the feeling it would shatter under her immense strength. For some odd reason, this didn't feel like an ordinary note, which worried her.

She opened it completely and her face contorted into a surprised gasp.

The note read only but three words.

'Sorry, and goodbye.'

"What's the meaning of this? I want all of teams out and searching in each direction from Konoha. Send out anbu, jonin, chunin, whatever it takes! No harm shall be done to her, but don't you dare let her get away, you hear?!?" Tsunade slammed a fist on the desk and clenched her teeth. 'Just what are you thinking Sakura?' She thought to herself as the young woman ran out of the room and spread word to start the immense search for Sakura.

Murmurs were being heard along the streets from children to the aged.

All able bodied ninja's were to report to the Konoha gate. Meaning everyone from chunin, jonin, and anbu; just like Tsunade had said. Only the ones who were busy on a mission already and the injured were not there.

"What's going on, are we in for an attack?" Random yells and questions were heard from the large group of ninja's.

"Are we in danger?"

"Why are we all here?"

"I even skipped breakfast, this must be my punishment for not eating properly."

"I think it's a little more important than that you baka."

"Shut up!"

"Make me!"

"QUIET!" A loud roar was heard from above the gates.

They all looked up to see their fifth hokage standing atop the entrance to Konoha with a deadly glare gracing her face.

"Hey, Grandma Tsunade!! What's this all about?!?" Naruto's obnoxious yet mature voice could be heard throughout the crowd.

"Shut up and listen and I'll tell you Naruto." Tsunade said it calmly, unlike her normal self.

"We have a missing nin and it's important we get them back, at all costs." She answered, closing her eyes as she thought about who it was.

"What?? All of this for one person?" Many complaints were heard and this angered her beyond repair.

"WHAT?? ARE YOU ALL TO BUSY WITH YOUR OWN LIVES TO PERHAPS SAVE A FEW? I KNOW THIS PERSON IS SEARCHING FOR POWER, AND THERE'S NO TELLING WHERE THEY'LL GO FOR IT!" She felt a hand placed on her shoulder and she realized she snapped. She looked around and noticed all of the ninja's before her now held a look of seriousness. She knew she go through to them, so she cleared her throat and began again.

"Listen, I'm sorry but this is more important than you all think. I have a hunch that this person won't just be seeking any kind of power, but the strength from the…" She paused, not really wanting to alarm anyone, but she knew she had to. "The Akatsuki."

Gasps and murmurs were heard and she inwardly smacked herself. "Don't worry, that's only a hunch. This is of high importance, so take this seriously."

"Hey! Grandma! Who exactly are we after anyways?" Naruto was the only one who asked the question everyone had been itching to know.

Tsunade sighed and closed her eyes once again, "Naruto…we're searching for…Sakura Haruno."

Those words burned Naruto's ears. "SAKUR?!?" He growled out her name and looked at Tsunade in disbelief.

"Yes Naruto." She knew he wouldn't take well, none of her friends that were there did.

Cries were heard from Ino and Hinata who were standing together with Tenten.

"This better not be some kind of sick joke!!" He barred his teeth and stood up straight looking her in the eye.

"I wouldn't joke out something so hurtful." She replied, glaring down at him as well.

Naruto made his way up next to Tsunade atop the gate high above the rest of the crying or shocked ninja's below.

He turned and faced the land outside of the city staring out across the woods and further.

He opened his mouth and his screams echoed for miles, or so It seemed they would to them there, "SAKURA! WE'LL GET YOU BACK, SO DON'T YOU TRY AND RUN! WE'LL GET YOU BACK!!" He was growling and baring teeth as though he were a wild animal, true to the fox inside of him.

Tsunade turned back to the others, "Now go and bring her back, unharmed!" With that they all took off, leaping in different directions.

'I've been gone for about thirteen hours now. I'm sure they've figured out I'm gone, I should really find where I need to be now.' Sakura thought to herself leaning against a tree for rest.

"Well well, what do we have here?" Sakura looked up to see two tall figures looming over her.

'God, maybe I am as weak as they say, I didn't even sense them coming.' Sakura mentally smacked her self and made to get up. She still felt so small and helpless with them standing there like that, even when she was standing her self also.

"What are you doing way out here girl?" The tall dark…blue man asked her grinning from ear to ear, looking as though he were about to eat her.

"What's it to you?" Sakura spat giving him a mighty glare. 'Just cause I'm weak doesn't mean I can't have attitude.' Sakura grinned at her boldness.

"Oh, we've got a snapper Itachi, real her in!" Kisame smirked over to Itachi who merely ignored him and continued to watch my every move.

"What are you doing out here? Are you asking for death?" He asked, keeping his face blank.

"Not particularly. Actually I wanted to speak with you. Good thing you found me first, thanks for making things easy for me." Sakura answered with out hesitation.

"Hah! YOU wanted to talk with ITACHI? You really do have a death wish don't you?" Kisame roared with laughter like an old man.

"Talk to me? What about?" Itachi intensified his gaze with a hint of a glare, although it was hard to tell, his face barley budged.

"I want to join the Akatsuki." She blurted out quickly.

That certainly dragged Kisame's attention away from his rough laughter. "What?!?" He snapped and glared at her as well.

Sakura fidgeted beneath their glares only a little, but answered clearly, "I wish to become stronger and the Akatsuki was the first thing I thought of. I know that sounds strange, but I'm taking this as a joke. I'm going to become part of the Akatsuki whether you agree or not. I promise you that." She boldly stated causing Kisame's mouth to drop a little.

"You think a kid like you could join?" Kisame would've broke out in laughter again, if it wasn't for her seriousness.

"I'm not a kid, I'm 18." Sakura snapped back and stuck out her tongue.

"You sure act like one." Kisame rolled his eyes and turned his head to the side.

"Fine, follow us, and keep up." Itachi hadn't spoke for a while, he just watched her actions to Kisame's taunting.

"Really??" Sakura smiled and looked towards Itachi who was already walking away.

"What?!? Your joking! She's got PINK HAIR!!" Kisame couldn't shouted at Itachi's back.

"Well excuse me, but you've got BLUE SKIN!!" Sakura retorted back and then ran up to Itachi who was picking up his pace.

"What? You little brat!" Kisame growled under his breathe.

"Kisame, I said keep up." Itachi commanded, not even looking back.

Sakura turned back and looked at him shaking her head in disappointment and 't-ched' him, "Can't even follow commands." She grinned and turned back around.

Kisame's face went in shock, "I'm gonna kill her!" Then he relaxed a little, thinking on the bright side, "But she's got guts, I'll give her that." He smirked to himself and ran to catch up to Itachi and Sakura.

"Tsunade?" A man with long silver hair and only one eye showing stepped into the hokage's room.

"What is it Kakashi?" Tsunade asked sounding tired and aged. Her head was placed in her palms and her elbows were resting on her desk.

"We--we're stopping the search for Sakura." He answered waiting for Tsunade's angry outburst.

"I see, so you couldn't find any traces of her at all?" Tsunade asked not even bothering to pick up her head.

"No, none at all." Kakashi let his lone eye drift downwards as an indication that he was disappointed and upset about this as well.

"I guess there's nothing we can do about it then. She chose to leave, so she must have a reason. Not only did we just lose Sakura, but we lost our best medic, a daughter, a friend, a student, a loved one." Tsunade started to choke up and Kakashi could tell, she became hoarse and her words would get caught in her throat every now and then.

"I know Tsunade, I know." Kakashi's face read hurt and sadness, he felt the same pain she did. Sakura was his student after all.

"Tell everyone to stop the search then, no questions asked." Tsunade finally looked up and waved Kakashi to leave.

He nodded and took his leave in a puff of smoke.

'Sakura, I don't think you realize how much your missed. Then again, right now I don't think you care.' Tsunade has strength, but no amount of strength could hold back her tears. That night Tsunade cried just about as much as she did when she lost her brother, because to her right now, it felt like she lost a daughter.

Well what do you think yeah?? That chapter is certainly dramatic and serious…I'll have to make the next chappies funnier un!! Okay, so how about you tell me what you think in a, dun dun duuun, review un!

Plum-- My head still hurts un.

Sasuke-- I better not be gay in this story.

Plum-- Who said I'm even putting you in this story un?

Sasuke-- You better tell me!

Plum-- Well technically I won't lie but then again if you take the probability that I will lie it will add up to that I could lie, meaning I may or may not lie which wouldn't be inaccurate to assume that I couldn't exactly not say that is or isn't almost particularly incorrect causing me to say the truth and the answer is cookies un!

Sasuke-- What??

Plum-- Teehee, that's a little trick I learned from Gaara un!

Sasuke-- Whatever, review please!

Yes, please review un!