Hey, everyone! Another plot bunny invaded my thinking space and forced me to submit into writing this fanfic! X3 Hope you guys will find it to your liking.
Title: He was Mine First
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor will I ever. -sobs-
P R O L O G U E
She was running again. Her long pink locks flying about behind her. Jade eyes scanned the area she was running through. The civilians of Konohagakure continued on their daily duties, oblivious to the black blur that passed them with a huge gush of wind.
17-year old Sakura had just received an urgent house call from the Godaime herself. An urgent call that required her to rush to Konohagakure's biggest hospital, that ran under the care of the 5th Hokage.
The details for the reason she was to be at the hospital in approximately less than 5 minutes were not mentioned to her.
"Konichiwa, Sakura-san!"
She heard Ayame, the daughter of the owner of Ichiraku Ramen greeted her, being as Sakura was now currently passing the said shop. Sakura immediately halted to a stop, and faced her.
"Ohayo, Ayame-san! Gomen, but I'm in a rush. I have to get to the Konoha Hospital." Sakura apologized.
Receiving an understanding look from Ayame, Sakura proceeded to run in a fast pace, once again.
Over the years that she had been under the surveillance of the Godaime, Sakura had developed different special abilities. She may not have had a Kekkei Genkkai whatsoever, or a special jutsu that came from her family, but that did not stop her from her quest to become a stronger Kunoichi in her own way.
As years flew by, said special years that a certain someone left the village and was named as a traitor, Sakura found another motivation for her to become a stronger being.
Requesting the Godaime's permission to be her apprentice, added to years and years of hard training, Sakura became a successful Kunoichi, specializing the inhuman strength Tsunade helped her accomplished, added to the fact that she was now, an excellent medic-nin, thanks to the guidance of her mentor.
There came a time, not so long ago, wherein Tsunade herself said that Sakura would be able to surpass her one day, but until that fateful day came, she was still under the surveillance, guidance and protection of her very own Mentor/Second Mother.
As these thoughts slipped past her mind, Sakura failed to notice that she was already a block past the hospital. Cursing to herself― a habit she also got from the Godaime, Sakura turned around and headed for the entrance.
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"Sakura-san! The Godaime is in the West Wing's Emergency Room, she is in need of your assistance!" exclaimed the middle-aged, dark haired woman behind the front desk.
"Hai, I received her house call, thanks, Shizune-san!" Sakura said before dashing of to the West Wing's E.R.
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The two doors of the West Wing's Emergency Room flung open as Sakura came in. The view of her blonde mentor came into view, hunched over a clipboard of what seemed like the general health status of the patient she was examining.
"Shishou!" Sakura called out, halting infront of her mentor.
Her mentor's amber eyes locked on with her jade ones.
"What is it that you called me here for?" she questioned, one of her delicate eyebrows raised.
Tsunade gave her a stare. Sakura would recognize that stare anywhere.
"He's back…isn't he?" she heard her own voice say.
"Yes, he is. Come outside with me for a minute, will you." Tsunade requested as she set the clipboard down, and ushering Sakura outside the E.R.
"A couple of ANBU Black Ops found him lying on the forest floor near the border of the Fire Country. He was severely wounded, but still alive," Tsunade said, " they saw his body badly beaten, wounds and scars everywhere, which is currently being treated in the Emergency Room of the South Wing."
Sakura continued to nod. Absorbing the precious information Mentor was telling her.
"I interrogated him myself once he was brought here, around an hour before I called you to come. It was proved a fact when he stated that Itachi had killed Orochimaru in the process of finding his younger sibling."
"S-So, you're saying that, Itachi was the one that searched for Sasuke? Not the other way around?" Sakura questioned, quite confused.
"Yes, that is correct, apparently for the rest of the Sound people under Orochimaru, it was like any other day. That was what they unfortunately thought." Tsunade explained. "Long story short, the older of the two brothers only massacred the clan, due to an act of what was right, the fact that the Uchiha clan wanted to take over Konoha."
"Explaining it to Sasuke, as so, once he was on the verge of dying― Itachi, I mean. In the end, Sasuke told me that both of them are at peace. His world, and his brother's. Well, putting up that show sure wasn't smart if both of them were on the verge of dying anyway."
Sakura continued to nod. "So…is he in his right mind…after that, I mean." She questioned.
Tsunade nodded. " Yes, I suppose so."
"That is all?" Sakura asked.
Tsunade nodded.
"And I suppose you've already told Naruto about this?"
Before Tsunade could've answered her apprentice's question, a loud blond male came running up to them.
"Baa-chan!!! Where is he?" Naruto exclaimed, halting his running state and bending over to place his hands on his kneecaps.
Tsunade did not answer him. " I expect to see you two in my office at precisely 12 on the dot. Noon." She said before turning on her heel and stalking down the halls.
Naruto's jaw hit the ground.
Sakura heaved a sigh, " It's alright, Naruto. I'm sure she'll tell us important matters later on, regarding….Sasuke." Sakura twitched at the end of her statement. It was quite hard seeing as she never mentioned, or even uttered his name in quite a long time.
She was no longer his fangirl. Hell, she wasn't even close. She had grown out of that silly childhood infatuation a long time ago, leaving her mind with more room to think of other things, like getting stronger.
Naruto gazed up at Sakura's jade orbs.
"Ne, ne, Sakura-chan! What's say you grab a bite to eat at Ichiraku's? It's almost noon, and I'm guessing we won't even have time to eat anymore once we're done with baa-chan's meeting. Hmm" Naruto suggested.
Sakura stared at him. "What, like a date" she asked, lifting her eyebrows.
Naruto scowled. "Of course not! You and I both know that I have Hina-chan as my girlfriend! Which means you're more like a sister to me! Meaning I will kick any male that dare approaches you for a date." Naruto said, grinning and lifting a fist in the air.
Sakura laughed. "I know, it's just fun teasing you." She commented before skipping down the halls towards the exit of the hospital, heading out towards Ichiraku Ramen.
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Naruto was rubbing his seriously large stomach as him and Sakura walked towards the Hokage Tower.
Sakura's face scrunched up in disgust. "Ugh…Naruto, do you really have to do that?" she questioned him.
Naruto simply burped. "Boy, those were the best 10 bowls I've ever eaten." He said, chuckling.
She glared at him, smacking him on the back of his head. "You do not ignore a woman that is talking to you!" she scolded.
The blonde boy simply rubbed the back of his head. "Gomen, Gomen!"
It stayed that way before Sakura had to hit him again once they were infront of the Hokage's office door.
"Urasai, Naruto! You're going to get us in trouble!" Sakura whispered harshly.
"Go―"
"Shut up!"
Sakura knocked on the Hokage's door as she muttered curses under her breath. Thankfully, Shizune opened the door after four knocks, preventing the said irritated girl to hit Naruto on the head once more.
Naruto mumbled a soft Thank You at the dark haired girl who prevented more beating from his pink-haired, teammate.
Seeing her mentor seated on her chair, at the back of her large mahogany desk, Sakura gave a short bow, forcing the irritating blond to do the same by grabbing the back of his neck, and pulling his head downward.
This caused a somewhat familiar snort from a person seated on one of the chairs facing the Hokage.
"Teme! Good to see you!" Naruto exclaimed as he bounded up to the dark-haired man and tackled him into a hug.
Sakura stared at the very man before her eyes.
Same chicken-butt like shaped hair as before. Same piercing onyx orbs. The difference is that his face was a bit more shaper than before, and his body was now leaner than before. He had muscles, yes he did, but not that bulky enough to be similar as Hulk's. More of just the right amount.
Ridding of the annoying blonde haired annoying former teammate of his, Sasuke stared at the very girl he once found, and how he still finds till this very day.
Her pink locks were now longer, reaching her mid-back. Same jade eyes. Her once round shaped face lost it's baby roundness and became a tad bit sharper, making her more interesting, dare he say? She had filled the right places she once couldn't fill before with her curvaceous body. Her red lips, yeah, he remembered those. And she had grown taller over the years. Sure, smaller than him, but she had grown― overall, nonetheless.
He expected to be tackled to the ground, same as what Naruto did. Surprisingly that theory was wrong. He expected her to run up to him, engulfing him in a hug, but she didn't do that either. He expected her to be shedding tears at this very moment…but she didn't do that either.
She wasn't interesting at all…to him.
Sasuke was the same, cold bastard as always.
He glared at Naruto and shoved him off.
"I didn't want to come back to this village." He stated once again, facing the Hokage.
"Nonetheless, you are here, and will stay here." Tsunade replied, calmly.
"Your stupid ANBU team just had to drag me back here to this wretched place." He said, glaring at the Hokage once again.
"ENOUGH, UCHIHA!" Tsunade exclaimed, slamming her fists down on her desk.
"Whether it is to your satisfaction or not, you ARE here and you WILL stay here!" Tsunade finished.
Clearing her throat, she seated herself once again down her chair and stared at him.
"Uchiha Sasuke, the Village Elders and I already discussed your punishment. You will not be put through trial anymore for the fact that you have killed one of the S-classed Shinobi that was a threat to this village. However, you will be under a 6-month probation. No leaving the village whatsoever, D-ranked missions will be ONLY given to you INSIDE the village, and you will be put under house-arrest."
Sasuke's glare turned ten-fold as each of his punishments were stated.
"The ANBU team scouted the areas surrounding the specific place to where they found you. Surprisingly, they have found your other teammates." Tsunade continued, oblivious to the Uchiha's glare.
Before Tsunade could expand on the matter more, the doors burst open, and in came a red-haired girl.
"Sasuke-kun!" she exclaimed, wrapping her arms around the said man. Sasuke said nothing, his facial expression did not change, but one of his arms did wrap themselves around the girl's waist.
Sakura wasn't the only one who's eyes weren't widened.
Tsunade coughed. "This girl, one of your teammates was also there when the ANBU found Sasuke." Tsunade said, "I think I forgot to add that in" she said.
Sakura's heart thumped loudly in her chest.
"I'm his girlfriend, Karin." She stated so confidently.
Sakura forced herself into thinking that the loud, almost painful beating of her chest was not there.
"I have already assigned where Uchiha Sasuke shall be living for the next few months, and being as his –cough- girlfriend is also a missing-nin, she will also be going through the same probation as Sasuke."
Sakura tried not to ignore the painful sting of her heart.
"Both shall be under house arrest, to be taken cared off by…Sakura."
She could have sworn her heart stopped beating for a second…
'Oh No…'
"Being as Kakashi and Naruto are unable to do it, seeing as Kakashi has a pregnant wife, Anko under his care, and since Naruto is too carefree, added to the fact that he cannot even feed himself is a bad idea…this was the only solution I could think of." Tsuande explained.
Sakura could feel numerous pairs of eyes on her.
And the worst part? Sakura had already blinked three times…and found herself...awake.
.::TBC::. The end of the Prologue, after which, is the starting of this new story! :D Review, onegai? Meh love reviews! The more I get quickly, the faster I update! XD
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