Summary: They were a family, even if he denied it. The bonds he made will never be severed as much as he wants them to be. They were to meet again. Team 7 Fic! Slight SasuSaku.

Author's Note: As I said, I would make a story before starting the sequel to Weakness. Don't worry! I got the plot down and is half-way done the first chapter! I just thought of this idea because I made a role play on Gaia about this. I thought I'd make a story, too. Go Team 7! And like I said in the summary, only slight SasuSaku. Eien no Setsuna means Eternal Bonds.

Eien no Setsuna

"I will find you, Sasuke."

The sun shone above Konoha. Birds were chirping and everyone was bustling around the village. Younger kids were running around while other ones were in the Academy, training to become a great ninja one day.

Sakura was running out of her small apartment, heading to the hospital as fast as she could. Tsunade wasn't one to like tardiness, so she always wanted to be on time.

Sakura wore her usual attire; the red sleeveless top with the Haruno symbol on the back, the tan skirt with tight, black shorts under. Her knee-high with the little lift on the heels was there, too. The red Konoha headband pulled her hair back and she had her black gloves in her kunai pouch.

She arrived at the hospital, panting. "Good morning, Yuki-san!" She greeted the nurse that worked at the counter. The girl nodded politely and smiled. She smiled back.

"You can go tell Tsunade-sama you've arrived. She's on the second floor." Yuki replied, smiling softly.

Sakura went to tell Tsunade and then went to her office to take care of her tasks for today. There was always a list waiting for her on her desk.

"Hm… Let's see… three poisoned shinobi on the fourth floor… one that has a large gash on his stomach… five who just finished a mission…" Sakura mumbled, looking through the list quickly.

Sakura went to the fourth floor first; apparently all her patients were on the fourth floor. She went to the poisoned shinobi first.

"You got poisoned, right?" Sakura asked softly. The patient nodded.

Sakura took a needle out of her pocket with a yellow liquid filled in and injected it into the side of the patient's neck. Then she placed her hands on his stomach, green chakra flowing emitted from her palms.

"I have just taken out the poison! You should stay here for another hour or so and then you may leave." Sakura informed, smiling at him.

Sakura went to take care of all the patients she had. While she healed the one with the large gash across his stomach, a nurse came up to her.

"Yuki-san told me that she wanted to tell you something." Sakura nodded, finished healing the patient and dashed off to the first floor; where Yuki resided.

"Tsunade-sama is waiting for you on the third floor." Sakura nodded and ran to the third floor.

"Tsunade-sama." Sakura greeted.

"Aa, Sakura. I have a mission for you, Naruto and Sai." Tsunade told her while wrapping a patient's arm in bandages.

"Go get Naruto and Sai then meet me at the Hokage tower in five minutes." Tsunade asked, finishing her job on the patient's arm.

Sakura nodded and headed towards Naruto's house.

"Naruto!" Sakura screamed, pounding her fists on his door. She knew Naruto wouldn't be awake.

The door opened very slowly, revealing a half-naked and half-asleep Naruto. He rubbed the back of his head as he saw Sakura.

"What is it, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.

"Tsunade-sama said she has a new mission for us." Sakura replied.

Naruto's face lit up.

Naruto came back with his normal clothes; the orange and black sweater with the red swirl in the top middle of his back. The orange sweatpants that he wore usually were there too, along with the black sandals. He had his black headband tied around his head tight and his kunai pouch wrapped securely around his upper thigh.

"Let's go find Sai."

Sai had a window that overlooked a tree. That's how they always surprised him when they visited. It was fun.

"Hey Sai!" Naruto called, sitting on the tree branch. Naruto was grinning and Sakura was smiling.

"What do you want, dickless?" Sai asked. Naruto frowned.

"Tsunade-baachan has a new mission for us!" Naruto exclaimed.

Sai was dressed in that short t-shirt sweater of his. His pale, almost white stomach showed. He was dressed in black sweatpants, almost the same as Naruto's but black and maybe a bit shorter. He had the same black sandals as Naruto. The handle of his miniature katana showed from his back.

Sai nodded and headed off with Naruto and Sakura.

They walked through the streets together, heading towards the Hokage Tower. Naruto was grinning and had his hands behind his head.

"I hope it's a Sasuke retrieval mission of some sort! I'm finally strong enough to bring him back!" Naruto exclaimed. Sakura's face darkened at the mention of Sasuke.

Sakura had still loved Sasuke after he left, but she just got occupied with training with the Godaime herself to think about Sasuke. Now that she's trained enough to work at the hospital, she had barely but time to think about him. She prefers to keep herself busy so the thoughts of him were kept out of her mind.

"Yeah… I do, too…" Sakura replied not-so-lively.

"Naruto, Sakura, Sai." Tsunade greeted as they stood in front of her, quiet and anticipating their new mission.

"I want you guys to escort these two twins back to Kumogakure. They're being chased by unknown threats and I want you to eliminate them before coming back." A girl and a boy appeared in the doorway. They were about Naruto and Sakura's age.

"Why are they being chased?" Sakura asked quietly.

"They hold two scrolls that hold two powerful jutsu." Tsunade replied, staring seriously into Sakura and Naruto's eyes.

"Oh, and Naruto, I want you to be careful. The people who are chasing these twins are still unknown, and they could very well be Akatsuki." Tsunade informed them.

Tsunade tossed the mission scroll to Sakura and she caught it swiftly. "I want you to head out as soon as you are finished packing."

They nodded and went to pack.

"Karin. I need you to track down those twins." Sasuke asked in a deep, stern voice.

"Okay, Sasuke-kun!" The girl, known as Karin replied in her squeaky, high-pitched voice.

Karin closed her eyes, focusing on something. After a few moments, she opened her eyes again and smiled.

"They went to Konoha!" Karin reported.

Sasuke eyes flashed crimson. They went to Konoha?

Shit.

Sasuke knew what would happen. They went to Konoha for an escort back to their home village. Konoha, knowing the twins held those scrolls, probably sent high-leveled shinobi.

He gritted his teeth angrily.

When did they enter Konoha without him knowing? It was when they weren't paying attention; that was for sure. There was one thing he knew,

They were in big, big trouble now.

Konoha had its trademark traits. They always came out in groups of ninjas to be safe and because that the twins held those scrolls; security around them would probably be tighter. They wanted this to be a swift and easy fight, but now; it's changing into a harder one. But they were going to get the scrolls anyways.

"I'm ready!" Naruto threw his fists up in the air happily and enthusiastically.

Sakura smiled at Naruto. She had always wished she could have the enthusiasm that Naruto held. She could never be as optimistic as he was, and surely never as determined. She didn't give up easily, but she would give up some time. But not Naruto. He never did.

They started out of Konoha, but after a few miles out, Sakura had the strange feeling someone was following them. Sakura had excellent chakra-sensing abilities, but she had the feeling; she wasn't one hundred percent sure.

Leaves moved behind them.

Sakura quickly took out a kunai and threw it towards the sound. There was nothing more than a small rabbit. (A/N: Haha, I know. Land of Waves copy, much? xD)

Sasuke and Team Hebi followed Team Kakashi as soon as they walked out of Konoha. They concealed their chakra so no one would notice them.

"When are we attacking?" Karin whispered quietly to Sasuke.

"Tonight. We need it as fast as possible." Sasuke replied. "So be ready."

Everyone, Suigetsu, Juugo and Karin, nodded sternly. They had been through a lot together; most of them putting one or another in a life and death situation, but they pulled through.

Sasuke had been shocked it was his old team that was protecting, guarding the twins but he was kinda happy for that fact. It would be easier for him and Team Hebi to take them down; Sasuke knowing mostly everyone's weaknesses.

Sasuke had fought them before going with Team Hebi. Even though Sakura's strengths were still unknown to him; he was sure she wouldn't be that hard to take down. Sai and Naruto were pretty strong, but not strong enough to beat Team Hebi.

He had, after all, chosen the team himself.

Sakura always had that uneasy feeling that someone was watching them. She was never sure if it was there or not, and if it was actually there… then she was never sure where exactly it was. It was moving that was for sure, if it was there.

Naruto was exclaiming loudly, talking to no one in particular. But in his case, he was thinking he was talking to Sai; but Sai wasn't really listening. Sai was looking everywhere, probably for inspiration of his next drawing.

The two twins were in the middle of the group with Sakura in the back, Naruto and Sai leading. She wasn't sure why it was like that; it was just like that. The soft thud of their sandals making contact with the dry earth was all that was heard in her ears, Sakura being used to Naruto's babbling and had been accustomed to ignoring it.

Sakura wished that there was at least someone with Byakugan or Sharingan or something in their team right now. She wanted to know if there was someone there or not. Even if it was Kakashi there, it would have been good. Sure, the Sharingan wasn't the type to see through trees or solid objects but it was better at sensing presences than the normal shinobi.

Sakura looked at Sai. She noticed that he had the scroll that he attacked with in hand and a brush. Why did he have his weapons ready in hand? She knew that it couldn't be because he was going to draw something; everything drawn on that would be an attack. Well, not everything, but Sai used that to attack.

Did he sense those presences too?

"Sasuke-sama." Juugo called. "Do you think they've caught on to us?"

Sasuke looked at Juugo. Why would they have caught on to them? They concealed their chakra almost perfectly, but knowing Sakura, she might, just might have caught on to them. She did specialize in Genjutsu and sensing chakra when they were younger.

"No," Sasuke replied quietly.

Sasuke wasn't worried at all; Naruto was someone who was very slow in catching up with things like knowing someone following them. Sakura may have been good, but word was spread that she spent her days training under the Godaime's wing to be a medic nin; not a chakra sensing nin like Karin. All he knew about Sai's abilities were that he used paint as his ninjutsu.

To conclude, there was nothing to worry about.

"Ah! Let's take a break, you guys!" One of the twins, the one named Manami exclaimed; sitting down in the middle of the path.

"Nami-niichan's kind of right. I'm a bit exhausted." The other one named Yuriko agreed.

Sakura knew this would be a long, long trip. Konoha was right in the middle of the Fire Country but Kumogakure was in the middle of the Lighting Country. How did these two get here anyway? Kumogakure was one of the five great shinobi villages; why did they send them here alone? They could've at least sent Kumogakure shinobi!

"Okay then! Let's take a break!" Naruto said cheerfully.

"…When we find a lake. There's supposed to be a nearby lake, so hang out, okay?" Sakura added.

Manami and Yuriko groaned but nodded. Naruto didn't really care and Sai had remained silent.

Sasuke, upon hearing their conversation, sighed. This was going to be a long journey, he knew that. To go to the heart of the Lighting Country took as long as going to the Land of Waves; almost the same distance. Maybe even longer.

That's why they were going to attack tonight; when everyone was asleep soundly.

Sasuke, being Naruto and Sakura's old teammate, knew a lot of things about them; and he would use them to his advantage. Even though it had been six years since he last fought with them side by side, he knew it couldn't change a lot. Naruto still used his Kage Bunshin as his main technique and Sakura couldn't have gotten stronger than Naruto and himself.

"Hey… Aren't those your old teammates?" Suigetsu asked suddenly.

Sasuke nodded quietly.

"That pinky used to be your teammate, Sasuke-kun?" Karin asked.

Sasuke nodded yet again.

Then he sigh. Sakura used to, or still is, his fan girl. Someone that squealed over him just as she saw him. That's why he despised and thought she was annoying all the time. The last time they met, in Orochimaru's lair, she wasn't squealing; but she had still added that –kun to his name.

Sakura and Karin would not be nice friends; he knew that.

Author's Note: Wow. I got stuck on many parts; but I got through it! I didn't know where to end it, so I might as well end it there since I had no more ideas. It doesn't matter, cause I started a new story! This time actually, I would set a review limit. I want at least ten reviews for this chapter before I post the next. And I vow to keep this promise! (I'm stupid sometimes and can't wait to update. xD)