A/N: Hi there! Well this is my first fanfic and I just wanted to see what people thought about it. I've been working on it for a while, so yeah I know Itachi is still alive (even though he dies but this is fanfic!! :]]) and the setting is three years after they saw Itachi. So that makes them like 18-19 years old. I believe thats it so please tell me what you guys think and sorry if the characters are a little bit OOC.

Naruto is property of Masashi Kishimoto. And if I owned it then I would have Sasuke married to Sakura by now!! :}

Well here Goes! Thanks again!!

Chapter 1: Find Her

The Sky was dark, holding a mystery of where a raven haired boy was, gone astray from his team, which was nothing new, his abandoning was the natural way, he liked the solitude anyways. His team however, was always dependent of him, waiting for orders like the pawns that they were for him. As the sky continued to darken, the threat of rain looming upon three characters, they held their position in the rain, waiting, watching, and fearing that their leader would not return.

At last, a figure appeared, small, and limping towards them. The red-mismatched haired girl ran to him. She knew that it was Sasuke, her Sasuke returning to her and only her. At least that's what she told herself. She picked up his scent; but it was different this time, she tasted the blood in the air, it was heavy as she realized it was coming from him. His blood. Karin ran up to him, he collapsed as she took in his weight, always wishing for times like this just so she could have the excuse to hold him close. As he was losing consciousness she was able to hear what his last words were. Faintly, but surely he said-

"Find… Sakura." With that, Sasuke was at his limit and fainted, all the while bleeding nonstop on Karin.

Karin, Suigetsu, and Juugo all took refuge in an abandoned home. But they knew this was unfamiliar territory, someplace in the Land of Fire. They quickly found someone that would bandage up Sasuke and to atleast mend the wounds, but even the wisest could diagnose what was wrong with him. That's when Karin came to terms with the others the message that Sasuke left with her.

"So what shall we do? No one can tell us what's wrong with him. And Sasuke did mention to me that he wants this 'Sakura' girl to me, but I never heard of her up until now." Karin was telling the two annoyances that are traveling with her and Sasuke, in her opinion.

"Then we should split up and see if we can find her. Maybe she will know what's wrong with him and heal him." Juugo replied.

"But-" Karin was stammering at Juugo's answer "Lets think about this: for one we don't even know where she is or even how she looks like! She could just be some girl that isn't even worth our time!" she protested, not because the girl wasn't worth their time, but the fact that she might take someone else's time, and that was the last thing that she wanted.

"It's what Sasuke wants Karin. Who the hell are we supposed to deny the all-powerful-prodigy? Not so powerful, if you ask me, since he got his ass kicked." Suigetsu remarked, the hint of sarcasm clear in his voice since he opened his mouth. He stood up, raising his sword over his shoulders "let's get going. We need to find this chick fast I guess. He is beat up pretty badly. But before that I think we should find another medic-nin to heal Sasuke for the time being. He still is valuable to me after all, why let him die now?"As he said that, he noticed that someone was stirring in the other room, unaware of Karin's anger in the room that he was sitting in.

"Sorry that my life is of little meaning to you Suigetsu. I know how troublesome it must be to try to take care of me." A raspy voice came from the other room. "there is a reason behind finding this specific person. Sakura has the ability to heal these wounds. They are too deep for any normal medic-nin to heal. And she isn't a normal medic-nin. I have heard that she was training under the legendary sannin, also known as the fifth Hokage, Tsunade." Sasuke answered his water loving comrade.

"Sounds like you admire this fifth Hokage of yours, getting nostalgic of your home are we?" Suigetsu asked, all the while looking at Karin, her fumes visible, just as Suigetsu hoped. Seems now that any girl that Sasuke is affiliated with gets her pissed beyond all reason.

"Anyway" Sasuke continued even though Karin was practically strangling Suigetsu. "Sakura was training under her and it's easier I'm assuming to catch her. She has top medical traini- Aargh-" he grabbed his stomach, aware that he had not stopped bleeding. The blood was seeping through the bandages. 'That attack that Itachi gave me doesn't seem to want to close' he thought to himself 'At this rate I'm gonna end up dying of blood loss. Not even Karin's chakra abilities are enough to heal these wounds.'

"She should be in Konohagakure after this last mission; with the 8-man squad was a failure. Go to the village and bring her here, by force if you have to. She has pink hair and green eyes. She won't be much trouble in capturing, I'm sure. Now go." He ordered. Suigetsu and Jugo departed without a moments notice, but Karin stayed behind, Sasuke had his back turned to her, unaware of the look that she was giving him.

"I know already that you can have any medic-nin come and heal you. I am sure she is not needed. I can tend to you even, as I have done before. Besides," she began walking towards him, making sure that she didn't hurt him as she wrapped her arms around his neck "Why her? What makes her so special?" She whispered in his ear.

He pulled away while glaring at her. Karin frowned at this, "I know that you know her, otherwise how would you know so much about her? Is she your old girlfriend? She has to be, so you want to-"

"Karin shut up and move out before I end up dying because of you. Out of all of you guys, you are the only one that can sense out chakra. Just look for precise chakra control. Do as you're told." Sasuke warned her.

Karin gave him a look, and darted towards Konohagakure, not at all happy as to find a girl that Sasuke wants. I better make sure that this girl doesn't try to take my Sasuke away. She better know not to mess with me.

"About time that you caught up to us. What took ya?" Suigetsu asked Karin.

"Shut up and lets get this over with" Karin remarked sprinting ahead towards their destination where an oblivious pink haired kunoichi was looking up at the sky.