hey, it's me again, the Narutard is back!!! this is probably going to be my longest fanfic ever so please read this, and if you do, gimme some good advice if i need it, something worth telling from other fanfic writers out there who are most likely better than i am, but i try. so please read and enjoy :D

"It's been a month since it happened," said the pink haired medic as she stared at the large and thick gravestone that stood before her.

Haruno Sakura, a well-known medic of the Leaf, stood before the gravestone of what was imagined to be unbelievable, "I'm sorry," murmured Sakura, her tears ready to stream down her saddened face.

The nineteen-year-old gazes down at her hand that contained a small white flower. Sakura knelt down in front of the gravestone and placed the flower on top of it, sighing deeply with her emotions ready to explode with despair. It seemed so surreal that he was now dead after that accident.

"I'm sorry Naruto," it could not be helped, such a person who was so close to that blonde-haired boy, who had perished. She could still remember his last words and the state he was in at the time:

"Sakura-chan," Naruto's blooded hand reached out for the medic but alas, his strength had failed him…

How cold it felt to remember such agony. Sakura places her hand on the memorial stone and lets her tears roll down her cheeks, dropping on the dusty ground by her knees. With all her worries and the rest of her life going down the tube after that scene she was in, she could no longer handle life as it was already.

She gets up with her stuttering sigh from the sadness that held her down and stares aimlessly at the stone. She clenches her fists, nearly imbedding her fingernails into her own hand from frustration. She tucks her pink hair behind her ear and wipes the tears from her eyes. The deep frown on Sakura's face was bad enough to be contagious to who so ever dared to stare her right in the face.

As Sakura leaves the memorial place from where she was, she notices a certain Kunoichi; timid as she was, Hinata of the Hyuuga clan too had her share of pain to send off to the one she loved most in her life, "hi Sakura-san," said the shy Hinata, holding the same flower Sakura had before. Sakura says nothing, knowing that their conversation would be short; she returns a small smile, twitching upward to show her respect towards Hinata.

Their presence was soon short lived when Hinata was already at Naruto's memorial stone. Sakura could not help but hear the soft cry of the now lonely Kunoichi and at that, Sakura couldn't help but cry too. She drops her head, now staring at her feet, knees trembling and ready to let Sakura fall to the ground.

Of course, Sakura had to move on in her life, she had a hospital to maintain and a report to deliver. With the scroll in her hand, Sakura glances up at the clear blue sky; it hadn't rained in days, which was a good thing.

Another flash back of his death, Sakura wanted to cry again, she wanted it all to end. She could still remember how silent the funeral was that time; the sound of the wind was the only thing that kept the village alive. The sound of the people sobbing and crying, the speeches that the Hokage gave and that moment where everyone was wearing black and standing perfectly still in a crowd and stared at Naruto's gravestone, all sad, all wanting to wish the same thing.

"Sakura-chan?" a low voice asked.

Sakura definitely recognised that voice, lazy and always calm. Sakura looks up to find her former teacher, Hatake Kakashi, standing before her. It had been a long time since Sakura talked to Kakashi, especially when she and Naruto became Jounin after so long.

Sakura had blacked out for a moment as she recapped the funeral over and over, wishing that she didn't, "Kakashi-sensei," she greeted blandly, her cold glare just couldn't be helped after what she had been through in the past month. Kakashi tilts his head sideways with a raised eyebrow and asks, "Are you okay?" Sakura looks away from the taller man before trying her best to smile, "I'm fine, just a bit stressed out is all," she proved her point, Kakashi wasn't at all convinced but could tell that asking further questions would really send Sakura mad.

Sakura walks silently past Kakashi, knowing that she still had a few chores to do. Before Sakura was out of sight, she hears one question, "it's been a month hasn't it?" Sakura stops, not looking over her shoulder to reply but knew what Kakashi meant, "yeah," Sakura sighs before walking on and out of earshot.

Upon reaching the Hokage's tower, Sakura passes the Ichiraku Ramen Bar where Naruto was always having lunch. She sees a certain Chuunin sitting at the bar all alone. Sakura enters the small building, "Iruka-sensei?" Sakura wondered.

The brown haired Chuunin faces the medic with surprise, "ah, Sakura-san," he greeted lamely, waving a little. Once seen Sakura's depressing face, Iruka too felt what she had on her mind. He sighs as he returns his attention to his ramen bowl, stirring it with his chopsticks.

Sakura takes a seat next to the Chuunin, looking to her right where the empty seat was, it was where Naruto always sat when he had ramen there. Sakura shook her head to rid herself from those painful memories and decided to cheer up Iruka, "so how has it been at the academy?" she asks.

"It's been busy as always," Iruka replied, feeling bored as ever now that it was nearing the end of the day already.

Sakura nodded her head lightly, knowing that Iruka too was still hit hard by the news he received about Naruto's death.

A sigh escapes Sakura's lips before remembering her small chore she had to achieve before doing anything else, "well sorry I can't stay long, Tsunade-sama wanted me to deliver the report and she wanted to speak with me about something, so I'll see you around," Sakura waved lightly and began to exit the shop. Iruka waves back with a soft grin on his tanned face before mentioning, "definitely," with that said, Sakura gladly leaves Ichiraku with nothing more to say but to focus on her real goal in life: being Tsunade's apprentice and try and survive the rest of her young life.

Sakura finally reached the Hokage tower and usually expected that certain blonde to show up right about now and ask her out for ramen, which of course Sakura would gladly accept but with the jobs she had to do, Sakura was constantly busy working at either the hospital or with Tsunade.

"Here we are," muttered the medic, opening the front door to enter the quiet and dark hallways to the office rooms, leading to the stairways to the next floors.

Sakura makes her way up the stairs and heard her breath and footsteps echo in the emptiness of the hallways. She finally reaches Tsunade's office and knocks briefly before hearing a mumbled, "come in," from inside the room.

Sakura opens the door to Tsunade's office, where Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, sat in her big boss chair, waiting for her stooge to hand in the week's report, "so Sakura-san, you have the report?" she asks firmly, leaning on the desk in front of her. Sakura nods quickly and hands the scroll to the blonde Hokage, allowing her to read it. Tsunade reads the text quickly and nods with an agreeable humming sound, "good," she places the scroll elsewhere on the desk and focuses on Sakura, "Sakura-san, I am assigning you to a mission," she gestures, keeping her glare fixed upon her pink haired student.

"A mission?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, this should be an easy mission for you," replied the blonde, resting her head on her hand.

Sakura felt unsure of the idea of a mission but she had no choice but to listen, "what is the mission Tsunade-sama," she asks, trying to stay calm, and of course, she does, right after thinking back to Naruto's death for the nth time.

Tsunade clears her throat and sits up on her seat before saying, "you have been very unstable and unfocused since Naruto-kun died so I am ordering you to go on a vacation with Kakashi for two weeks, so you can get over this loss,"

Sakura was surprised after hearing the part with the vacation with Kakashi and that it was for two weeks, "a two week vacation with Kakashi-sensei?" she wondered.

Tsunade nodded her head slowly, keeping her glare on the medic standing before her, "yes, you are to have fun on this mission and you must take your mind off Naruto, otherwise you will stay depressed for the rest of your life," she said, sighing under her breath and leaning back.

"Does Kakashi-sensei know about this?" Sakura asked curiously, feeling bad about her self.

Tsunade looks out the window, trying to figure out a good way to put things through in an easy manner, "I spoke to him about it this morning, and you will have to put up with him for the next fourteen days," she exclaimed firmly, narrowing her eyes at the pink haired medic.

Sakura nods hesitantly, 'don't worry Sakura, you always did want to spend time with your former sensei ever since Naruto died, just accept it and move on,' said Inner Sakura lamely. Although Sakura found that her inner self was being annoying in moments like these, she had a point. Sakura really did want to spent time with Kakashi and just take her mind of the stress that was slowly piling up on her, besides, it was only Kakashi she was having a vacation with, what could possibly go wrong between the two.

"You will leave in two days, don't pack too much, but take some food, plenty of money and plan something, just keep your mind away from his death," Tsunade mentioned, making Sakura sigh in frustration.

"Any questions? Good, you are dismissed," Tsunade waved her hand to let Sakura know she was allowed to leave the office after her briefing.

With that said and done, Sakura bows her respect to the Hokage and leaves the office with nothing more on her mind other than Naruto's fate. She retraces her steps through the empty hallways, staring blankly at the ground as she walked. The thought of going on a holiday for a fought night with Kakashi made Sakura shudder inside, but Tsunade had a point, Sakura was falling apart more everyday at the hospital, working in the ER and handling the blooded patients day after day. All those memories of Naruto's last moment alive kept hitting her in the head whenever she was in an operation.

Sakura shakes her head, ridding herself from those haunting reminiscences, "it's just for two weeks, it's no big deal," she shrugs before realising that she had already reached the exit. Right before Sakura could open the door, she felt a familiar presence lingering just outside the tower door. Sakura grabs the doorhandle and pushes it slowly to show more light, streaming through the opening of the glass-pained door.

Out on the steps of the Hokage tower sat a rather lonely Kakashi, hunched over and staring aimlessly at the pavement in front of him, "Kakashi-…sensei?" wondered Sakura, letting the door close behind her and slowly making her way to Kakashi's line of sight.

"Hmm," mumbled the silver haired Jounin in response.

Sakura sits down next to her former sensei and felt the awkward silence sink in, "I suppose Tsunade-sama told you about the mission," she asked, knowing Kakashi already knew but asked anyway.

Kakashi leans back slightly and stares at the pink haired medic with the deep frowning expression in his only visible eye, "yep, we leave in two days for our two week rehab trip," he said, not making any eye contact with the medic.

Sakura smirked, though trying not to but she couldn't help it, "rehab?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at the other Jounin. Kakashi nods repeatedly before saying, "yeah, this practically is a sort of rehab trip so might as well call it that," Sakura giggled under her breath before holding it in her lungs. She sighed softly before coming to her senses.

"This is weird, I haven't laughed or smiled ever since Naruto died and it feels painful to undergo the joy again," stated the Jounin medic blankly.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow, rather confused, "why would it be weird?" Sakura glances at Kakashi before trying to find the right words to reply but sighs instead.

"I always use to smile and laugh and just muck around, but now it's like I don't know the meaning of ecstasy anymore and turned boring and mostly focused on my life ahead, it seems so wrong for me," she explained, wanting to crawl in a hole and die.

"Maybe it's just adulthood kicking in," Kakashi suggested, but it didn't help. Sakura glares at Kakashi, starting to get frustrated with the man.

"I'm being serious here Kakashi-sensei," she snapped angrily.

Kakashi gulped but stood his ground steadily, feeling confident that he wouldn't get a beating from his own former student, "so am I," he stated firmly, staring at Sakura with a serious glare.

"You never know Sakura, people can change quickly over a short time," Kakashi was driving Sakura back to those horrible memories and he wanted Sakura to open up about that last moment with Naruto.

Sakura finally figured out what Kakashi meant about his last words and sighs, ready to cry. She rubs her temples frustratingly and wished that her life ended right now but she knew she would have to confront her memories eventually.

"I guess you're right Kakashi-sensei, though I am trying to be myself, it's just that it's so painful and hard to become what I once was after something like this happened," she explained, staring at Kakashi with her now tired eyes.

Kakashi nods, letting her know that Sakura's mean words weren't a threat to him, nor was it offensive, "don't worry, these next two weeks should fix that and like I said before, people can change over a short time, you'll be back to your normal and keen self again in no time," he enthused, grinning under his mask.

Sakura gladly took the advice and sighs in relief, "well, thanks for the encouragement, sensei, I really appreciate it," she said, a small smile twitching a bit and stares at her feet again.

Kakashi gets up, gazing at the colour of the sky as the sun set into the background, "well, I'm going to head on home," he mentioned, stretching out his arms as if he had been sitting there for a long time. He holds out his hand to help Sakura to her feet and the medic gladly takes it. Sakura looks up at Kakashi's hidden but lazy expression and grinned again.

"Thanks," she muttered, letting go of the other Jounin's hand and smirked lightly.

Kakashi just rubs the back of his head and turns around to head home, "see you tomorrow or another time," he woops, waving a hand back to Sakura, who just waves back before returning her attention to her life problems.

Sakura walks the opposite way from Kakashi down the lonely but not completely empty streets until she reached her apartment. She climbs the five-storey building until she reached her apartment door. Sakura unlocks the door and enters the room.

"What a day," she sighs heavily before ploughing onto her bed and kicking off her shoes. Sakura stares at her bedroom ceiling before changing into her pyjamas and sliding under the covers, having nothing but Naruto's death on her mind.

Me: Whew, so, how was that?

Kakashi: wow, a long story that has me in it? im flattered

Me: well, i guess a story about you wouldnt hurt, so why not

Sakura: wow i'm in it!!! awesome

Me: Sakura???O.o

Sakura: What, never seen a pink haired kunoichi before?

Me: no its not that, i just didnt expect you to be here...

Kakashi: anyways, hope you enjoyed chapter one XD

Sakura: please review so we can get the next chapter in ;P