Chapter 1: Everything Changes
Mishieru: MY FIRST FANFIC! ;DD
Sasuke: This better be a good one
Mishieru: whacks sasuke on the head I'm trying my hardest okay?? Now shut up and let me continue
Sasuke: hn... glares at Mickey
Mishieru: I do not own Naruto as much as I would love to
Naruto: are you done
Mishieru: I think so...
Sakura: READ AND REVIEW EVERYONE!! ;D
Mishieru: Oh right.. please r r
Naruto: TO THE STORY
You're weak
'Weak...weak... being weak was all I was good at. Even after I trained with Tsunade-sensei, I am still weak.'
Sakura stood in her living room holding a picture of Team 7 when they were 12. Everything was less complicated back then. Sakura was always chasing Sasuke around and Naruto was always chasing her around. Now, after 4 years, Sasuke is a missing-nin out to kill Itachi, Naruto is out to bring Sasuke back and Sakura is a medic-nin who helps around the hospital. Her ability to heal has surpassed Tsunade's and she is now one of the most well known medic-nin in all hidden villages. She had given up on trying to find Sasuke but has never stopped loving him. A single tear fell on the picture which held memories of her friends. Tsunade always told her not show her emotions. She didn't. Not even when she had kunais sticking out of her body, she held in those tears. Even after hearing the fact her parents were killed when she was away on a mission. But when it came to her friends, she would just break down. She missed him so much. She missed THEM so much.
Everyone was leaving her. They never talked to her anymore. Everybody is too busy with someone else but her. Naruto has Hinata, Ino had Chouji, Termari had Shikamaru, Neji had Tenten, and she had no one. They wouldn't even notice if she left or not. Maybe that's what she should do. She can start a new life somewhere else and everything would be okay. With that thought, Sakura placed the photo in her pocket and went off to start packing. She tied her hitai-ate to her left arm and fastened her weapon pouch to her right thigh. She wrote a letter to Tsunade, Naruto, Sasuke, and Ino and left it on her desk. They'll find it if they ever try finding her. She grabbed her bag off the ground and began walking out of her room. She stopped when her eyes caught something sparkling on her jewelery box. She slowly picked up the necklace. It was her present from Naruto for her 14th birthday.
Flashback
"Happy Birthday Sakura!" yelled the Kyuubi holder.
Sakura beamed at all her friends, everyone was there. Everyone but Sasuke. She lowered her head and her smile slowly disappeared. Naruto noticed this and furrowed his brows. "What's wrong Sakura?"
She quickly put on one of her fake smiles. "Nothing Naruto! Come on let's go get the cake."
"Cake! Yay!" Everyone cheered.
After everyone had their share of cake, it was time to open the presents. Ino, Chouji and Shikamaru got her a new outfit. It was a red tank top with sakura petals on the top left hand corner. There were tight black short shorts and a pair of black gloves. Of course this was all chosen out by Ino and was paid by Chouji and Shikamaru. Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Neji, Tenten, and Lee got her a pair of pink diamond earrings in the shape of a sakura blossom. Temari, Kankurou and Gaara wasn't able to make it to the party but sent her a sand rose in a glass bottle. Kakashi got her Icha Icha Paradise's volume 33, telling her to try it out. Everyone just sweat-dropped and the Copy Nin just laughed. The last one was a from Naruto. It was a pink box with a real sakura blossom on it. She slowly opened it and gasped at what she saw. Inside held a necklace. It had two charms on it, both made out of diamonds. One of the Konoha symbol and the other was a sakura blossom. She slowly traced her finger along the charm. It was the most beautiful thing she's ever seen. She slowly began to tear up and Naruto furrowed his brows and frowned.
"What's wrong Sakura? You don't like it?" Naruto asked with concern.
"No...I..love it... Thank you so much Naruto." Sakura said and then gave Naruto the biggest hug ever.
Naruto smiled and hugged her back just as much as she was hugging him. Hinata blushed when she saw this, but she understood that Naruto and Sakura only saw each other as brothers and sisters.
'Why couldn't there be someone like Naruto who learned to love me more than just a sister?'
End of Flashback
Thinking back only made her more sad. Back then everyone used to care, but now they didn't even remember her birthday. Not even one happy birthday was said to her. After all she has done for them. She was the one who let Naruto know about Hinata's feelings. She was the one who made a request to Tsunade for Shikamaru to be Temari's tour guide when she visited. Sakura grabbed the necklace and threw it across the room. She began throwing things all around the room not caring about all the memories she was destroying. Even Tsunade was like them, she never had time to talk to Sakura anymore. She would sometimes have a brief chat with Sakura when she returns from a mission, but other than that they never talked.
'I don't need them'
We can be strong by ourselves
'That's right. One day they'll wish they cared for me more.'
She charged out of her small appartment and slammed the door shut. It was late at night and the streets were empty. All you could hear was the whoosh sound as a pink kunochi hopped from roof to roof towards the Konoha gates. Her feet barely touched the ground as quickly pushed off after landing. The full moon reflected the hatred in her jade eyes. Her pink hair was now tied into a messy bun to keep it from flying against her face. As soon as she reached the gates, she knocked out the guards and carefully masked her chakara to make sure no one would follow her. She took a few steps past the gate and turned around to look at the village one last time before she took off into the night.
What she didn't know was that a pair of red eyes were watching her.
"What do we do now?" a blue man asked the man with red eyes.
"We follow her." the mysterious man said with the slight annoyance at the blue man's stupidity.
"Itachi, isn't that girl the one who followed your little brother around like a lost puppy?"
"Hn. Stop asking questions Kisame," Itachi stated before taking off to follow Sakura.
'Kami, why did I have to be paired with a Uchiha' Kisame thought to himself before quickly catching up with Itachi.
After the russels of their cloaks, complete silence fell upon the night.
Mishieru: TADA! So that's the end of this chapter! ;) What did you think!
Naruto: Sakura do you hate me? sobs
Sakura: What do you think?
Naruto: Yes? sniffles
Sakura: Sure... sighs
Naruto: NOOOOO!! sobs even more
Sasuke: whacks Naruto on the head just shut up Naruto
Mishieru Sakura: Stupid boys... sweatdrops
Itachi: Why do I appear for only 5 seconds?
Mickey: Aww Itachi Don't worry! There's probably more scenes for you in the next chapter. So anyways! REMEMBER TO READ AND REVIEW!