Hey everyone! This is my first story! I had this idea for a long time and then decided to write it. I am having a bit of trouble with the beginning because I got the main part in my head! LOL Also sorry for any grammar mistakes! Thanks and enjoy!

Chapter 1

......Flashbacks.....

The pink-haired kunoichi woke up from the nightmare that has been haunting her for a long time. She had tears running down her face. She was covered in sweat and started shivering when a cool breeze came in through her window. She was breathing heavily remembering parts of the nightmare. The nightmare was a flashback of what happened on that night. The night when her loved one's entire clan was murdered by his own brother. Only a few people knew the reason why Itachi murdered the whole Uchiha clan. Only a few people knew the reason why Sasuke Uchiha was still alive. Only a few people knew what she did to save her precious Sasuke.

Sakura looked out the window it was still night. The moon was beautiful but it reminded her of that horrible day. She decided to take a walk around the village. She needed to clear her head from the thoughts about that night.

As she was walking around the village she suddenly stopped. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't realize where she was heading. The kunoichi looked around to see that she was at Uchiha complex.

"Sasuke-kun......" "Will you come back? Will Naruto and I be able to bring you back?" she said outloud sadly looking at his house.

"We will bring him back no matter what!" said a voice behind her.

The pink-haired girl turned around to see her precious friend. "Naruto?! What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I couldn't fall asleep so I decided to take a walk around the village. Then I saw you standing near the Uchiha complex. So are you also taking a walk?"

"Yeah." she said.

"Don't worry Sakura-chan we will bring him back fo sure!" Naruto said with a wide grin on his face.

"Thank you Naruto! You are always there when I need someone to help or encourage me." she thought smiling to herself.

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The kunoichi of team 7 was walking down the road between busy markets. Lady Tsunade had called her to come to her office. Then she saw a blonde boy sitting at the Ichiraku's. The blonde saw her and his grin widened.

"Hey Sakura-chan!" he yelled getting off his seat and paying for the food.

"Hey." she said.

"Are you going to Tsunade's office? She said we have a very important mission." he said still grinnig at her with excitment in his eyes.

"I wonder what kind of mission she will give us." she also said with excitment she hadn't had a mission for over a month. She did enjoy her job at the hospital but it got boring over time.

As two very close friends got closer to the Hokage's tower they saw Sai. He was also heading to the Hokage's office. As he heard the blonde haired teammate call out he turned around and waved at them.

"Hey Sai!" Naruto yelled.

Sai smiled as they got closer to where he was standing. "Hi Naruto-kun. Hi Sakura-chan. How are you two doing?" he said with a real smile. He had learned what friendship is from seeing what kind of bonds Naruto and Sasuke have. He also saw Sakura's reaction when she heard his voice when they found out Orochimaru's hideout a few months ago. Sai has changed and became friends with Naruto and Sakura. They both were caring, strong, determined, and wonderful people.

When they finally entered Tsunade's office. They saw Captain Yamato and Kakashi standing in front of Tsunade's desk.

"This is really weird. Kakashi being here earlier than her teammates and herself. He was usually the last one to arrive unless it was something very important. So this mission must be more important than she had guessed." Sakura thought as she closed the door.

"Good morning everyone." Hokage said as her expression turned to a serious one. "You have an important mission and you have to leave tomorrow morning at six." she said as she looked at all the people present in the room. "Your mission is to capture Sasuke Uchiha and bring him back. The anbu reported where his hideout is at this morning. I also have news for you all. As you know Sasuke killed Orochimaru and we got the news that he killed his brother Uchiha Itachi about a week ago. He is cooperating with Akatsuki and has four people travelling with him and accomplishing missions.

Sakura's and Naruto's eyes widened. They were both thinking the same thing. Now that he killed his brother it would be much easier to bring him back. Right?! Then Sakura lowered her eyes to the floor. "What if we won't be able to bring him back. Ahhh Sakura calm down. If you think like this you will become weak and useless again. All this work I have done to become stronger will not go to waste. And what I did on that night was to protect him so I have to be strong and not to give in to this pain. I have to protect him and bring him back no matter what. Even if it costs me my life!" she thought.

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Sakura was a third person to arrive to the Konoha gates. Naruto and Sai were already there and waiting for others to show up.

"Ohayo, Sakura-chan!" yelled Naruto.

"Ohayo, Naruto! Ohayo Sai!" Sakura said in a cheery voice but there also was sadness in her voice. She had that dream again last night and she was thinking about Sasuke. She was staring into the space blankly.

"Sakura-chan?! Are you okay?" Naruto asked worriedly.

Sakura snapped out of her thoughts and focused her eyes on Naruto.

"I am fine" she said giving a slight smile.

They waited for a while until Kakashi and Yamato showed up.

"You are late again Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto said in an slightly angry voice.

"Well you see..." said Kakashi when he suddenly was interupted by Naruto.

"Yeah, yeah I know you got lost on the path of your life." Naruto said with a bored tone.

"No he actuall-" said Yamato when Kakashi stepped on his foot.

"Yeah, thats right I got lost on the path of life" he said as he scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously.

Sakura and Naruto rolled their eyes and started walking.

"Come on everyone! We have a very important mission to complete!" said Naruto in a cheery but serious voice.

"Yeah, yeah we just have to bring back that chicken but haired guy." said Sai calmly until he saw Sakura with flames in her eyes and gulped.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" said Sakura as her eyes lit up with fire even more. "THAT CHICKEN BUT HAIRED GUY WAS ONCE MY TEAMMATE!" she said crucking her knuckels as she got ready to punch Sai.

" Aha..ha..ha. I was just kidding Sakura-chan." Sai said laughing nervously and ready to run. He did not want to get punched by her. Three weeks ago when Sai called her an ugly hag she got so mad and punched him really hard! He had to stay in the hospital for two weeks to recover from his injuries. He did not want to be in the hospital again.

"Ah, Naruto! I think we better go! I'll go ahead" Sai said while focusing his chakra on his feet ready to run.

Sakura concentrated her chakra in her fists and got ready to chase Sai.

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Thanks for reading! I hope you liked it and please review! I really want to know what people think about this story so far! I'll try to update as fast as I can! Arigatou! ^_^