Author's Note: This is my very first fanfiction! I have had an idea that I've wanted to use for Sasuke and Sakura ever since the manga ended and when I read The Last spoilers. P.S. I'm not the only one who is upset that they only had NaruHina, right? Anyway, please enjoy!
He was standing on top of the Hokage monument. It hadn't been long side he had destroyed the meteor that had been heading towards the village of Konohagakure, his home. He had seen his old sensei that day, but he hadn't seen his other friends in almost three years.
It was about 9:00 p.m. The last surviving Uchiha jumped off the monument, landing softly on the ground, and began jumping rooftop to rooftop at a blinding speed. The Uchiha was heading straight for the Hokage's office. On his way, he wondered how his friends had been, how she had been. He had made her a promise three years ago.
"I'll see you when I get back," he said after poking her forehead and watching her blush furiously.
The way she blushed when he had poked her annoyed, but amused him. "She is so annoying," he thought to himself while smirking. He then frowned, remembering how easily his friends had forgiven him for all he had done. He didn't deserve forgiveness for any of it, especially hers. They had forgiven him, but he still could not forgive himself. After almost three years of trying to, he was still struggling with it. Every night he had gone to sleep, only to awaken in a cold sweat after remembering his right hand grasped tightly around her throat. After he had woken up, he then remembered the rest of it. Pulling the kunai knife from her hand and slashing towards her throat. Just in time, his best friend had saved her from being killed by him.
"To close," he said to himself as he reached the office. "To close".
Kakashi Hatake, the sixth Hokage, sat in his office reading "Icha Icha Paradise" for perhaps the millionth time. He could never get tired of the series no matter how many times he had read it.
There hadn't been anything unusual happening in the village lately, just the usual missions and mission reports. In fact, it had been a little boring to the Hatake. He didn't get to see his former students much and normally just stayed in his office all day. He also sort of missed seeing the other kids from his students' age group. "It's weird to think some of them are married or engaged," he thought to himself.
He was then brought out of his thoughts by a knock on the office door.
Sakura Haruno was in her office at the hospital, trying desperately not to fall asleep. She hadn't gone home once in the past two days. The hospital hadn't been this busy in a long time. Not since the Fourth Great Ninja War three years ago. She had just about fallen asleep when two of the other members of Team 7 rammed through the door.
"What's up Sakura?!" Naruto Uzumaki shouted as loudly as possible, scaring his former crush halfway to the moon. The next instant, Naruto ended up on the floor in the hallway after a chakra filled punch from Sakura. Sai was smiling mindlessly beside her, looking down at their barely conscious teammate.
"What do you want Naruto, I'm busy!?" She angrily asked him.
"He wanted to ask if you would like to join us, Hinata, and Ino for dinner tonight," Sai said while laughing.
"I have to work so it's a no," she said while helping Naruto up, "And sorry Naruto, you just scared me is all".
"It's okay Sakura," Naruto groggily said, "And maybe some other time".
As they walked out of her office, she was wishing she could go with them and get out of this stupid hospital. She would love to catch up with Hinata Hyuga, or now Hinata Uzumaki, and her best friend Ino Yamanaka, who was currently dating Sai.
Sighing, she sat back down and continued with her paperwork in huge stacks on her desk. She wouldn't get to sleep for another three hours at least.
He entered the room after the Hokage told him to enter.
A gasp escaped from his former sensei at the sight of him. "Sasuke!" He exclaimed.
"Kakashi," he calmly said, staring at him, "I didn't think you liked the idea of being Hokage."
Kakashi, who seemed to be over his shock, chuckled, "Well, someone had to do the job after Lady Tsunade resigned. Sometimes I think she did it just to spite me."
The Hatake gave a smile behind his mask. He hadn't really ever shown his face to anyone, not even his former students, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura. The old Team 7.
"So what brings you here Sasuke Uchiha?" Kakashi asked. "It's been a while since we've talked. Almost three years."
"Hn," the classic Sasuke answer, "I just think that I'm ready to come back."
"Well, that's good news. We've all missed you, especially Naruto and Sakura."
The Uchiha was quiet after this. "So I guess I do still have friends," he thought to himself.
"And I don't wanna sound nosy for asking, but should we get that out of the way?" Kakashi asked pointing to where Sasuke's left arm used to be, now just a stump.
Sasuke had nearly forgotten about the arms Tsunade had made for him and Naruto after there last battle. He had learned to live with just his right arm in the past few years. Over those years in battle, all he had needed were his Sharingan, Rinnegan, and the blade on his back. He had refused to get it put back on before he left the last time. Naruto had his right arm replaced. He remembered the impact that had blown off their arms, and frowned.
"I guess I should get it back, if I'm going to be at my best," the Uchiha replied.
"Just the answer I'd expect from you," the Hokage said replying to the last part of his answer, "I'll call for Lady Tsunade."
"Wait, now?"
"Why not?"
Sasuke had had been hoping to see Sakura and catch up. He was to tired to talk to the very energetic Uzumaki tonight. And he didn't want to sleep at the dobe's house either. He'd never get to sleep without Naruto asking him a million questions.
"Hn, fine," Sasuke said.
While Sasuke was getting his new arm, he wondered about how much everyone had changed while he was gone. Kakashi hadn't changed at all, except now he had the role of Hokage. His former sensei still had his messy grey hair, the mask, and read those perverted books of his. The last time he had seen his best friend, Naruto, he wore his black and orange jumpsuit and had spiky yellow hair. When he had last seen Sakura, the pink headed kunoichi's hair had been near shoulder length, she had also had a purple diamond in the middle of her forehead from learning some medical kind of jutsu. He then remembered how she had become a medic, and how powerful just one of her chakra filled punches can be. He gave a small smile when he thought about her at that moment.
After it was done and Tsunade left, Sasuke looked at his new arm and moved it around. It felt really weird to have two arms to look at, too. He remembered the painful process of putting it on, how Tsunade had not bothered to be gentle at all. He had then remembered her words after she was done.
"If you even look at her the wrong way and I find out," she paused, and Sasuke figured she was talking about her former student when she had trained to become a medical ninja, Sakura,"You won't live for long afterwards."
He would not dare hurt Sakura, much less cross the former Hokage. He turned and walked to the door, hoping that now he could go and rest.
"I'll tell everyone your back tonight I guess," Kakashi said, freezing Sasuke in his tracks.
"No, not tonight!" Sasuke said a little to loudly.
Kakashi had been surprised that Sasuke had raised his voice. He was also surprised that he had said no.
"Not tonight, because I need to talk to someone and I don't want everyone there annoying me." Sasuke had started to turn the knob when Kakashi had started to speak again.
"Don't you want her address? Or to know that she doesn't get off of work for another hour?" Kakashi said, clearly amused.
The Uchiha was annoyed that he had known who he was talking about almost immediately. He turned around. "Hn, it'd be good to know."
After he had gotten the information, he went by rooftop towards her apartment, not wanting to be seen by anyone else.
It was 1:00 a.m. "She's still not home," he said to himself, clearly annoyed. He decided that since it was late, he could walk through the streets to the hospital. He opened the door and remembered how easily he had gotten in. "She really should lock her doors," he thought to himself, smirking. He then slowly started walking towards the hospital.
Sakura had just woken up and looked at the clock. It was 1:00 a.m. "Crap," she muttered. "Wait, what am I worried about? It's not like there's anyone there waiting for me."
She had just gotten out of the hospital and was still hopelessly tired. She struggled to keep her eyes open while she was walking. "Ugh... I really need a vacation," she sighed. She stopped. She thought someone was watching her or even following her. Sakura quickly shook that feeling away though. "Must be my imagination," she thought.
About halfway home, she had that feeling again. Then she heard a whooshing sound and knew there was someone about ten feet behind her. "You have three seconds to-" She couldn't finish because she was so shocked at who the man in front of her was. She rubbed her eyes, thinking that it was just her imagination playing a trick on her. But the image did not disappear.
"Sasuke..."
"Sakura..."
Author's Note: So what did you guys think of the first chapter? If you leave a bad review then please remember it's my first fanfic ever. Go easy on me, lol. I felt I needed Tsunade to sort of intimidate Sasuke because Sakura is like a daughter to her. More characters will come in later chapters. Excuse my awful grammar to. Please review! Thanks for reading!