Someone like you

Summary-

Blah – narrative

'Blah' - thoughts

"Blah" - speech

"Blah" - Sakura's inner

Rating- M

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor do I have any rights dealing with the following songs: Shadow of the day by Linkin Park, Hiding my away by Adele, House of wolves by My Chemical Romance or I gave you all by Mumford and sons. I use some of the lyrics from the songs stated above to set the tone of the following parts of plot. Now that this nonsense is out of the way onto the chapter!

AN: Hey guyss :) First of all I would like to squeeze the shit out of all of you (with a hug of course pshhh) and thank you for the crazy amount of reviews I got for the first chapter. I'm actually motivated to write this fanfiction more frequently then my others due to reviews (sounds greedy but hey, I aint gonna lie ;P ) Sorry this chapter came out way later than I intended it to. Personal issues got in the way and as you all know, time flies. It's been a stressful couple of months, so I haven't got a lot of writing done. I actually wanted to write this whole saga and slowly and consistently release chapters. That would imply a haitus status on this story (which is something I really do not want to do). One of my best friends inspired me to write this, and hopefully I can keep the momentum going. Next chapter will be better structured and revised, sorry guys!

-Intellectualbadass-chan

Not a single damn thing could change her mind today, she was sure of it. Today was the day she would pack up of her belongings. She was going to leave Konoha after attending her favorite event of the year, the annual spring festivities. In all truth, Sakura didn't have to leave so soon, she just explained her situation way so she could get a little piece of mind. Sakura could walk less then 10 steps from her doorstep before a neighbor or a patient would try to convince her to stay. She found all that really sweet, but honestly she worried that if she actually listened wholeheartedly to the people around her, she would never leave. She would rather rub her own ass against a cheese grater than go to Sasuke's wedding.

Sakura knew that it sounded extremely selfish but all in all, leaving before the wedding would be better than the emotional turmoil she would endure afterwards. Also, she knew herself pretty well, and she had a brief idea of her behavior around a married Sasuke. It looked a little like putting on a facade whenever he was around and eating a tub or ice cream after work. Sasuke was no idiot, he would figure out what was going on pretty quick. Then there would be really awkward and uncomfortable talks you know, the talks where he would explain that he was getting married, and that she would just have to get over it. Yup, she would take a serious rain check for that one.

'Well it's 6:45, time to get up. Herbal tea and toast? I think so.'

'Crap, we're going to be extremely busy today. We have packing to do, paperwork, and we still have to put up an ad in the local newspaper for our apartment.'

'I just hope someone will take really good care of this place. We have so many great memories living in the apartment.'

'Well if you really think about it, we just need to find someone the exact opposite of Naruto. I swear to god, it's like a war zone in his apartment. I've never seen someone with so much crap lying around. Speaking of crap, I don't think it would be wise to take our yoga ball to an ANBU base.'

'You know, we could just give stuff like that to our friends or donate. I mean, it would be a serious pain in the ass if we had to drag all these things to the base.'

'Cha, I know. We are so stressed out, hassle is the last thing we need in our lives.'

'Guess that's what happens when you decide to start a new life'

'Damn it, that means we have to start everything over from scratch'

'That means that we get a fresh start, and I think I've been needed that for awhile now'

'Let's just hope we aren't stuck with a bunch of freaking snobs. It's okay, we can kick their asses ya know?'

Sakura had been assigned to her ANBU squad a couple of years ago, and she knew first hand from experience that you need to earn the trust of others. At first, the two other squad members were skeptical of her skills. All she had to do was earn her place in the team, which meant stepping up. She would have no problem with that, work would be her life until she got out of the base. With all that was going on, Sakura knew that keeping preoccupied was a good thing for her. With spare time on her hands, she would over think situations. Conversing with an inner also didn't help because Sakura and her inner usually had different opinions. Fighting usually leads her to becoming upset, and the train of thought just goes on.

Sometimes I think of letting go and never looking back, and never moving forward so there would never be a past

Sighing, Sakura already knew the time. Every day for the past 3 years she would wake automatically at 5 00AM, but today she decided she would sleep in. It would be the last morning she would wake up in her home and she wanted to remember how it felt. Kakashi had given her a brief explination of how life was set up in a base. Basically, waking up in her home would be the last touch of luxery she would experience till she retired from the base.

Quickly rolling off her futon, she gracefully rose to her feet and padded her way to the bathroom. She splashed her face with ice cold water, effectively awaking her senses. Leaning against her sink, Sakura stared into her own eyes, the emerald orbs were as bright as ever. They did not shine with innocence as they did when she was a mere genin, but with determination. Her light mood quickly faded as she remembered the situation she was in. The love of her life was getting married, and he really didn't give two shits about her. She was leaving the village she had sworn to protect, the village that contained everything that she had ever loved. Flashing a quick smile at herself she had decided.

'That is how I want everyone to remember me as; smiling, and happy. Even though it's killing me inside to leave I can't let anyone know that. It will make my departure that much harder not just for myself, but everyone else as well.'

Flowers and cards on by your window, your friends all plead for you to stay, sometimes beginnings aren't so simple. Sometimes goodbye's the only way

Sakura ate a quick breakfast, got dressed in a light flower print kimono, preparing to make her way to the hokage tower. Slipping on her sandals, she noticed her long pink hair was itching to get out of a messy bun. Sakura grew out her hair ever since Sasuke had returned to the village. To her, it did not symbolize that she was still in love with him, but it merely symbolized that she had completed her goal in returning him to the village. The pink tresses cascaded down to her mid back. Her bangs were starting to bother her so she secured them back with a sakura flower clip. The hair, clip and kimono made Sakura look way more feminine then she usually did, but she hoped that since it would be her last complete day in town people would not be too shocked. She decided what the hell, since she was dressing up a bit more than usual why not add some mascara, eyeliner and a bit of lip gloss. She debated whether to put on a blush, but decided against it since her cheeks were their usual rosy self.

Women in Konoha usually dressed like this for the spring festival, but Sakura usually showed up in her kunoichi outfit, like the rest of the kunoichi in rookie 9. She smiled sadly as she saw herself in the mirror, doing the final check before leaving the apartment. Her mother would had killed for her daughter to dress up like this. Her mother was also a kunoichi, but was seldom at home. Since Sakura's father was killed during a mission, her mother retired the ninja way of life and took up traveling the world. Even though Sakura wished she could see her more, she was happy with how things were.

"Grief affects people in many different ways" she remembered her saying. That was when Sakura finally understood what she had meant. Her mother continued on her quest on discovering the world, seeing sights for herself, and for her husband. It was quite poetic actually, but she knew her mother made great decisions. The grievance period was over, and her mother promised she would come home for the holidays every year.

'Speaking of that, I should tell Tsunade-shisou to locate and inform her of my relocation.'

'Hell yea, that would totally suck if she came her only to find me gone.'

'Not only would it totally suck, she would be really mad too.'

Stopping the trains of thought that were flooding into her mind, she took powerful strides towards the hokage tower. She suddenly halted, realizing if she walked any faster or more powerfully, she would rip her kimono. She wasn't used to this type of attire, so she just mentally kicked herself a little bit and continued on her path towards the Hokage tower. She did not have any reports to fill in, or work to go to because this was the sole day where everyone did not go to work. All efforts were fueled into the festival, and many practiced endlessly for their performances. After the line up of performances and ceremonies on the center stage, the village would break into celebration. This would usually include excessive alcohol intake, and would go on until the early hours of morning.

'God, who knew leaving the village to work would require a mountain pile of paperwork?'

'Hell, this is just because I'm being transferred to a base. Imagine what the pile would look like if we were planning on leaving the village for good.'

'Wouldn't it be funny if the reason Sasuke left illegally was because he didn't want to deal with all this?'

'Yea, he probably thought that Uchiha's were too cool to do paperwork or something like that'

She then suddenly stopped herself while thinking about him. She knew it was wrong to crack jokes on why Sasuke left the village. No matter how you put it, Sasuke leaving the village would never be funny to her. She pushed all those thoughts aside, thinking all that mattered was he was back in the village.

She had the rest of the day to do small errands. While walking around, Sakura made sure to take in every single detail, smile and wave, and make conversation to whoever she came across. She was usually too busy with work and training to really appreciate and enjoy the village life.

Now that she was moving, Sakura realized what she would be missing out on. She would miss the late night hospital calls, the perverted book store across from her apartment that Kakashi frequently visited and even the way the weather would change like a pmsing bitch. Sakura had never really been to wind, but she guessed it would be windy.

She greatly miss rookie 9, heck she would even miss her shisou. Even though Tsunade would get drunk every night and make Sakura work like crazy, she still had a huge place in her heart for her. Tsunade was like a second mother to Sakura, and Shizune was like an aunt. And god don't even get her started about Team 7...

'Don't think like this, we are going to start crying sitting in this park thinking about everything.'

'You don't get it you baka, I'm leaving everything. We're leaving everything.'

'Well if you really don't want to go that much, then why the hell are we going?'

'You know damn well why we are going. The job offer is just too good to be true. The pay is crazy, the missions will be 10 times as exciting as the ones we get here, the experience we get in the medical hospital there will be extraordinary...'

'And yet you're bitching and moaning about leaving. We both know you don't care about all that. What you care about is everyone in Konoha. You are just leaving because of Sasuke.'

'You don't understand. I love this place with all my heart, but I need to get away. For the sake of my sanity I need to get away. Everyone in the village is moving on, why the hell can't I?'

'I can't talk to you. Your annoying the shit out of me, and we're basically the same person.'

'Well I don't exactly want to talk to you either. So piss off.'

No one responded back, so Sakura just gave off a deep sigh. The whole time she was having her inner conversation, Sakura noticed she was flipping through the book Kakashi had given for her 19th birthday, the conquests of a warrior. She had told him that she wanted to read it during one of their missions in sound.

'His mouth covered hers, and they held back their exquisite moans of pleasure. He quickly pushed her on the bed...'

Holy shit Kakashi. She would kill him. He covered the cover of an Icha Icha Paradise with a faulty book cover. He had basically given her porn for her birthday.

"Kaka-sensei" she huffed out angrily. If it wasn't her last day she would have gone manhunted for him and plummeled him to the ground. But it was her last day, so she guessed she could let a few things slide right?

She started to gather her things so she could visit the old training grounds before visiting her coworkers at the hospital.

"HEY! SAKURA-CHAN! You look amazing!" screeched the banshee of Konoha aka Naruto.

With a already flared blush on her face, Sakura quickly snapped the smut filled book shut and shot it inside her handbag. Quickly getting her fan out of her purse, she began fanning herself.

"Oh Naruto, I do look amazing don't I?" hoping that her unusual obnoxiousness would distract Naruto from the embarrassing book. Of course, the cover looked normal. The problem was that she was on a page with a very erotic picture. Naruto had an eye for these kind of things after traveling with Jiraya.

"Don't try that on me Sakura, I know you better then anyone else and you know that" He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. "Don't keep to many secrets from me, or I'll have to assume the worst. You might be less innocent then I first thought."

"Why would ugly be any less innocent?" Asked a clueless Sai, followed by Kakashi and Sasuke.

"Sai, come on now. Sakura-chan isn't looking so ugly right now. Be at least a little nice to her on her last day" Kakashi coaxed Sai.

Even after the rare compliment Kakashi had given her, Sakura couldn't help but be distracted by an Uchiha's presence. If she was the slightest bit surprised by Sasuke's appearance, she sure as hell didn't show it. She hadn't seen him since their little fight by the Sakura groves.

Taking a quick glance at Sakura, Naruto knew he shouldn't push her buttons to much. Especially with this subject and in front of Sasuke no less.

"Nothing important. Hey, why don't we spend Sakura's last day here together guys?" Naruto covered for her.

Pushing aside all of her heavy feelings, Sakura pushed up off the park bench to help herself up. She couldn't help but spare a glance towards Sasuke. Her body tensed a little as she meet his onyx gaze; she quickly turned away and went to Naruto's side.

Head up

Chin tucked in

Breathe

I wish I could lay beside you when the day is done, and wake up to your face against the morning sun, but like everything I've ever known you dissapear someday, so I'll spend my whole life hiding my heart away

Smile

Nod

Laugh

Feeling a piercing gaze on her back, she mustered up a confident expression and turned backwards. Meeting her gaze was of course, an icy glare from Sasuke. She could hear questions and accusations, shouting at her through his gaze.

'Why are you doing this?'

'Where are you going?'

'You're acting really fake right now, stop it. It's annoying'

She was going to start over. She was going to move on. Sakura realized that she did not owe him any sort of explanation. Under usual circumstances, she would say something to break the silence. Not today.

Smile.

Wave

Keep on walking

Sakura didn't want to admit it but afterwards the thoughts in her head consisted of:

Breathe in

Breathe out

Heart: Beat Beat Beat Beat

In 5 hours she would have to head to the village gates. She had to travel in the night to somewhat help conceal the location of the base.

"Hey guys, I want to go to Ichiraku for diner." Sakura exclaimed suddenly. After hearing this, Naruto was practically bouncing off the walls. He quickly grabbed her for a hug. Usually she would have bonked him on the head. For some reason, she just smiled and patted his back.

Sai and Kakashi decided that they would report to the hokage before heading over towards Ichiraku.

"SAKURA-CHANNNNN! You finally have seen the amazing nature of ramen! I knew one day I wouldn't have to drag you to..." Naruto continued on and on about ramen and its magical powers. Meanwhile, Sakura was paying attention to a certain Uchiha. He was looking at her, yet in a way he wasn't. It was like he was seeing right through her, and honestly, it scared her.

"Sasuke, are you okay?" She asked, trying not to show too much concern in her voice.

"I don't feel like eating ramen. I have more important things to do right now, so I'll see you two after."

A little pang of hurt wavered across Sakura's expression. Yet again, Uchiha Sasuke had managed to turn a comedy into a thriller.

"Fine, go then." she managed to spit out.

"Hey teme, it's Sakura's last day here. Shouldn't you at least try to spend a little more time with us? Who knows when we will see each other like this again?"

Sasuke just turned away and walked towards the hokage tower.

"HEY TEME YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT-"

"Naruto, just let him leave. He'll be back later."

Silently accepting what she had just said, Naruto continued to walk towards the ramen stand.

Even though she had basically just endorsed his departure, Sakura was really hurt.

'It's okay, when he did that, not a single fuck was given'

At least that's what she would say if she ever had to retell the story.