Gomenasai

Summary: When another Sasuke retrieval mission fails, stuff happens, especially to Sakura. While rescuing a boy on another mission, she makes a deal with an Akatsuki to find something for him, guaranteeing the safety of her and her friends. Breaking the deal, she and her friends escape causing Akatsuki to go after them. Soon, a tragedy happens. A few weeks later, news hits Konoha hard. Will Naruto's reputation of bringing a miracle to people's lives be enough this time?

Pairing: SasuXSaku, NaruXSaku, InoXSaku SaiXSaku ShikaXSaku ect ect. All of them are friendship pairings, some might turn into romance.

I'm so not good with summaries ahaha. Does that sound good though? Why i write such sad stories? I do not know.

Warning: This might end up as another tearjerker, so just a warning ahead of time.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto sadly. If I did, Sasuke would have stopped being gay and come back to Konoha.

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"SASUKE!" Naruto's voice echoed as Sasuke had knocked out Sai. Naruto coughed out blood from the wound he received. Sasuke soon picked up Naruto by the collar.

Sakura just stood in shocked. She was the only one who had a chance to stop Sasuke. She looked down at Sai as she healed him.

"H-Hag what are you doing?" Sai whispered. He watched as his vision became blurry, but he would tell that Sakura was putting on her gloves.

"I'm going to stop him" Sakura said as she sent charka to her fists and charged at him. Sasuke felt someone charging at him from the back. Naruto's eyes widened.

"Let him go!" Sakura shouted.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted. Sakura sent her fist flying as Sasuke quickly dodged it, letting go of Naruto in the process. Sakura's hand had hit a boulder as it shattered.

Sasuke punched Sakura in the stomach. Sakura's eyes widened, he was holding back on her. She knew he could have hit harder than that. Her eyes darkened. Did he still think she was weak?

Sasuke turned around to face his attention to Sakura. He frowned, she was about to fall off a cliff. He headed towards her as Sai tried to get up.

"D-Don't touch her traitor!" Sai said.

Naruto's eyes widened and turned red.

'The girl is getting in the way kid. She's a burden'

Sasuke had grabbed Sakura by the hand and lifted her up before she fell. "You never change. You're still weak and a burden to everyone. Even your teammates and enemy" Sasuke whispered in her ear as he threw her.

Kakashi had moved and caught her while dodging Kabuto's attack. Yamato was fighting Orochimaru.

"Sakura, are you okay?" Kakashi asked. Sakura didn't say anything as she got up. She was letting Sasuke's words get to her, just like before.

Sakura looked to see Naruto and Sasuke at it. Kakashi's eyes widened as Sasuke had taken out Chidori and Naruto had the Rasegan in his palm.

"T-They're going to kill each other" Yamato said as he ran up to Kakashi.

"Where's Orochimaru?" Kakashi asked.

"He disappeared" Yamato said. The two saw a blur of pink pass by them.

"Sakura!" Yamato called out. Sakura ran to Naruto and Sasuke as they charged at each other.

Sasuke saw Sakura running towards them. Fuck, this was just like the time up on the rooftop. Naruto seemed to see her too. Kabuto took this as a chance to kill the Konoha medic. With a deadly form of charka surrounding his hands, he charged at Sakura.

Sasuke and Naruto stopped their fighting to see Kabuto heading to Sakura. Naruto and Sasuke headed to Sakura as Naruto tackled Sakura to the ground taking the hit for her. Sakura's eyes widened as Naruto coughed out blood on her. Sasuke had put his sword against Kabuto's neck.

"You were never ordered to kill Sakura" Sasuke said with no feelings. Kabuto frowned as he removed his bloody hand out of Naruto's back. Naruto fell to his knees as he looked at Sasuke. He was standing next to Kabuto and Orochimaru.

Sasuke just stared at Naruto and Sakura as he disappeared into flames. Naruto had ran and tried to stop him, but ended up grabbing air. They had lost Sasuke once again. Anger had filled his body and mind. Soon his anger was directed to Sakura. Kakashi and Yamato had helped Sai up as they walked to Naruto and Sakura.

"N-Naruto…" Sakura whispered as she tried to heal him but he slapped her hand away.

"Don't touch me!" Naruto growled. Sakura's eyes widened.

"W-What?"

"It's your entire fault!" Naruto shouted. He had his fists by his sides. "If it weren't for you, we could have had Sasuke here with us, but you had to get in the way! You're a burden to the team! 

That's why Sasuke left!" Naruto breathed heavily as he turned around. Sakura had gotten up. She felt so shaky. First it was Sasuke, now Naruto?

"I would have expected this from anyone but you…" Sakura whispered as she walked away. Kakashi frowned at Naruto's actions. Sai had walked up to Sakura and put an arm around her. He could feel her trembling. This was a symptom of crying. He remembered reading this with Sakura before. She wanted to cry, so why wasn't she? Wasn't that a good way to relive sadness?

"Naruto, you shouldn't have said that" Kakashi said as he faced Naruto. "Yamato, go and take Sai and Sakura back to Konoha. Naruto and I will have a little talk" Kakashi said with a smile. Yamato nodded as he ordered the other two to go with him.

"Naruto…" Kakashi said. Naruto had grabbed Kakashi into a hug as he cried.

"I-I didn't mean to." Naruto said. "I would never say that to her. It's just that I was so mad we lost Sasuke."

"I understand. But if you continue to act like that again when we face Sasuke, not only will you lose Sasuke, but probably Sakura as well" Kakashi said.

"What should I do?" Naruto said looking at the ground.

"Apologize" Kakashi said. "It's not too late"

"But what if she doesn't accept me? What if I lose her?" Naruto said worrying as he put his hands to his face.

"This is Sakura, Naruto. You know her better than anyone else. You'd know she will accept you no matter what. And if you lose her, you know you can get her back. That's who you are Naruto; a person who brings miracles to people's lives." Kakashi said putting his hand on Naruto's

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The trip to Konoha was quiet as they could hear Sakura's attempts to stop crying. Yamato just frowned as Sai would keep looking at Sakura.

"Don't think about what Dickless said Ugly" Sai said. "He doesn't mean it"

Sakura didn't respond as they reached the gates. Kotetsu and Izumo had greeted them as Sakura ignored them. Sai had also ignored them while going after Sakura. Yamato had stopped and greeted them back.

"Teenagers…" Yamato chuckled as he scratched the back of his head.

"Why are you following me?" Sakura asked noticed Sai trying to catch up with her.

"I don't want you ruining the village's eyes with your ugliness. You make yourself look uglier when you cry" Sai said as he took out a handkerchief and handed it to Sakura. Sakura took it as she smiled.

"Thank you…" She said. Sai gave her a fake smile.

"There, now you don't look that bad" Sakura didn't hit him, knowing he was only trying to cheer her up.

"Hey, I need to deliver something to Ino. Do you want to come with me?" She asked. Sai nodded as they went to Sakura's apartment and picked up a present.

"I need to take a quick shower, give me a couple minutes." Sakura said as she went to her room.

"Take your time" Sai said as he looked around Sakura's house.

This was his first time here. He looked at the pictures in the living room. There was a picture of the old team seven; the one with Sasuke in it. He had never seen Sakura with long hair before. She looked cute with it, but she looked better with shorter hair. He studied her face. Was that what it looked like to be truly happy? The way Sakura smiled now, it was nothing compared to the pictures. The picture next to that was the new team seven. He soon looked around the house looking at pictures.

On the wall there were many pictures with Sakura and her family. Looking at the biggest picture first, it was one of Sakura when she was little. She was standing next to a woman who was crouching down next to her. Sai assumed this was her mother. She had red hair and blue eyes. On her other side was a strong looking man. He had white hair and green eyes. Was that how Sakura got pink hair?

There were other pictures with friends. There were pictures of her and Ino when they were little, pictures of girls' nights; pictures of her with the Hokage and Shizune, new team seven at a beach, ect.

Finally the door of Sakura's clicked opened.

"I hope I didn't take too long" Sakura said.

"I was just looking at the pictures, you have a lot around your house" Sai commented. Sakura laughed.

"Every picture has a memory I treasure dearly" Sakura said. Sai looked down examining her outfit. He then noticed the blue box in her hand.

"What's that?" Sai asked.

"It's a present" Sakura said.

"Obviously" Sai said as Sakura led them out. Sakura laughed as she held the present close.

"Today is Ino's and my anniversary. Today was the day we first became friends"

"Naruto and I have been friends with you for a few years, but we don't get any presents" Sai said.

"It's only because Ino was my very first friend in my whole life. Before her, I was a loner. So we celebrate this day. She still thinks I'm on the mission, so I can surprise her"

"Maybe I should come and observe this friendship" Sai said to himself. Sakura smiled as she pulled him to Ino's.

"Yeah, that would be good" Sakura said.

The two had finally made it to Ino's as Ino opened the door. Sai was hiding the present.

"Oh hey" Ino said. Sakura noted that Ino sounded pissed.

"You okay?" Sakura asked.

"No" Ino growled. "What are you doing here?"

"I have to give you something an-"

"Hang on" Ino interrupted her. Sakura sighed.

"I wonder what's wrong with her" Sakura asked out loud. Sai just shrugged.

"Forehead, come here" Ino called. "Can you bring these boxes to the living room for me? I'm moving out of this place and into a new apartment."

"Sure" Sakura said as Ino stacked up boxes in her arms. Sakura gulped as she tried to walk to the living room.

"Sakura, watch out" Sai said.

"Huh?" but it was too late as Sakura bumped into a vase.

CRASH

The boxes fell to the floor and so did a vase.

"What the hell!" Ino shouted as she ran to her living room. Ino saw the broken vase as she began to cry.

"Look what you did!" Ino shouted at Sakura. "This belonged to Asuma-sensei! This is the only thing I have of his! You're so useless, why was I ever friends with such a person" Sakura's 

mouth dropped as Sai narrowed his eyes. First it was that traitor, then Naruto, now Ino, how many times was Sakura going to get hurt today.

"I'm sorry" Sakura cried as she ran away. Sai only frowned at her as he dropped the present to the floor and kicked it towards Ino.

"It was a present from Sakura. Happy anniversary" Sai said as he walked out. Ino's eyes widened. Today was her and Sakura's best friend anniversary and she had ruined it for the both of them.

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That was it! She was tired of getting hurt. The closest people to her had hurt her. Sakura had found herself at the Hokage's office. Sakura knocked on the door.

"Come in"

Sakura opened the door as she entered. Tsunade was working on paperwork with a bottle of sake next to her. Shizune was organizing folders on the floor.

"I heard about your mission" Tsunade said. "I'm sorry you guys weren't able to get the Uchih-"

"I want to go on another mission" Tsunade had stopped working on her paper as she looked up at Sakura.

"You just came back from a mission an-"

Again Sakura interrupted her. "I don't care! Just get me out of this village" Shizune flinched at Sakura's tone of voice. Never had she yelled at Tsunade. No one did and got away with it.

Tsunade looked into Sakura's eyes to see it full of hurt and sadness. Tsunade's eyes narrowed as Shizune gulped.

The Hokage had taken out a piece of paper and wrote on it. "Very well, you will be going on a mission with Shikamaru Nara, Neji Hyuga, and Rock Lee. The upcoming heir of the Fire country had been kidnapped a few weeks ago by rouge ninja. It is your job to bring him back safe and sound" Tsunade stamped the paper. "You will be leaving tomorrow morning." Soon Tsunade got up. "Shizune, stop filing, us girls are going out to eat"

"Y-Yes, Tsunade-sama" Shizune said as she got up. Tsunade put her arms around Shizune and Sakura.

"Let's get drunk!" Tsunade said happily. Sakura smiled. Tsunade always knew how to cheer her up. She was like another mother to her since her family died a few years ago on a mission to affiliate Orochimaru's lair and gather information.

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"Tsunade-sama! Sakura is underage!" Shizune said as Tsunade had poured Sakura a glass of sake. Shizune was like an older sister to her. A family is what they were to her.

"Oh loosen up Shizune. Sakura is troubled am I right?" Sakura nodded. "The best thing to forget your problems is sake"

Shizune sighed as she waited for her food to come. She looked at Sakura to see her looking at her drink sadly.

"What's wrong Sakura-chan?" Shizune asked. Sakura bit her lip to stop herself from crying. She took a deep breath as she told her everything that happened.

"They're in for it now. Especially that Uchiha brat and Uzumaki! Never showed respect to me ever" Tsunade said.

"I would have never expected Naruto-kun or Ino-san to say such a thing. Aren't they your best friends? So you wanted to avoid them by taking this mission huh?" Shizune said as she patted Sakura on the head.

"Sorry…" Sakura said. "It must make me look like a coward"

"Nonsense, at times, even I needed to run away to forget my problems." Tsunade said as she thought back out Dan and her brother.

"Here are your orders" The waiter said. The girls thanked him as they ate.

"Itadakimasu"

"Have you looked in here?" a voice said loudly.

"No Dickless"

"T-That's Naruto…" Sakura said. Tsunade made a few hand signs as she touched Sakura on the forehead.

"Tsunade-baachan! Have you seen Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.

"No I haven't" Tsunade said. Naruto's eyes looked at the person next to Shizune.

"Who's the chick?" Naruto asked. He looked to see a girl with long raven hair and brown eyes.

"That's Shizune's cousin" Tsunade simply said.

"Oh, nice to meet you" Naruto smiled. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki"

Sakura didn't know what to say.

"Her name is Kana." Shizune immediately said. "Sorry, my cousin is really shy"

"It's no problem" Naruto said.

"Let's go dickless, the hag isn't here" Sai said as the two walked out.

"What did you do Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asked.

"I just changed Sakura's appearance" With a snap Sakura turned back to normal.

"Well, I guess we're done eating" Sakura said.

"Your check ma'am" the waiter said, giving her the small black book.

"Put it on Danzou" Tsunade grinned. Shizune sighed as Sakura giggled.

"Yes ma'am."

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The next morning Sakura went to the gates meeting up with Shikamaru, Neji, and Lee.

"Sakura-san! You're so kind, greeting us before we leave" Lee said with hearts around him.

"No Lee. Haruno-san is coming with us on the mission"

"No need for formality Neji. We've known each other for years. You should be calling me Sakura by now" Sakura smiled.

"Okay Har-Sakura-san" Neji corrected himself.

"Sakura will be our medic on this mission." Shikamaru said. "Are we all set?"

Sakura turned around to face her village. 'I will not be a burden. I will prove myself useful'

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"There they are" Shikamaru said as they hid behind the trees. From above they watched the rouge ninja walking but there was no boy with them.

Shikamaru made a hand sign to go in as they attack.

Neji beat up one of them. "Where's the Daimyo's son?"

"Like I'd tell you" Neji had knocked them out.

"Where's the kid?" Sakura asked. The leader didn't tell them anything. So she took out a senbon. "Not talking huh? You see this needle. It is full of poison. Once it gets inside of you, your organs will slowly disintegrate. I'm sure you wouldn't want that now, would you?" Neji watched as he raised an eye brow. He never saw Sakura like this before.

Sakura brought the senbon close to the leader's neck as he shouted.

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you! Just don't kill me" pathetic.

"Go on" Sakura said waiting.

"We were hired to kidnap the boy" the leader confessed. Shikamaru and Lee had finished fighting the others as they went to listen.

"Who hired you?" Shikamaru asked. The leader didn't say anything. So Sakura shook him.

"Who hired you?" Sakura asked.

"A-Akatsuki…" the leader said as he was knocked out by Neji.

"Good job Sakura-san" Lee praised.

"Why would Akatsuki want the boy?" Sakura asked.

"Probably to cause disruption in Konoha" Neji said.

"Maybe…" Shikamaru said. "But how are we going to find Akatsuki?"

Sakura walked away from the group as she bit her thumb, drawing out blood. She traced it on her right palm and she made a few hand seals and touched the ground. Smoke formed as a dog was summoned.

"Sakura-chan!" The dog said.

"It talks?" Neji said.

"This is Pakkun's son" Sakura said. "Kakashi-sensei gave him to me as a gift. Isn't he cute?!. Hey I need you to help me find a boy" Shikamaru took out a shirt as he gave it to the dog to sniff.

"They're around here" the dog said.

"Good boy" Sakura said giving him a treat.

"Let's go" Shikamaru said as they went where the dog took them. After an hour, they reached a boulder.

"A boulder?" Lee said touching it.

"It could be a genjutsu" Shikamaru said. Neji activated his byakugan.

"The base is within the boulder" Neji said. Sakura nodded as she took out her gloves.

"Leave it to me" Sakura said as she took a few steps back. Positioning herself, she charged at the boulder with a charka-filled punch.

The guys watched in shocked as Sakura smiled at them.

"Come on let's go" Sakura said, entering first.

"Sakura-san, you're so cool!" Lee said. The group finally reached the entrance of the base as Shikamaru opened it.

"It looks bigger than it seems. The quicker we find the boy the better. Split up but keep your mics on" Shikamaru said.

"Got it!" Lee said as on the other's ear part it was loud.

"Not again" Neji said covering his ear.

"L-Lee, you're t-too loud" Sakura said.

"What?!" Everyone shook again as Shikamaru pointed to his mic. Lee's eyes widened as he lowered his mic.

"Sorry" He said. Everyone shook their head.

"Okay, if you happen to get caught by an Akatsuki member and you know you can't fight them, run and try to find us."

"There shouldn't be that much Akatsuki members. There should only be the leader, the blue head one, Itachi, Kisame, Deidara, Tobi, and Zetsu." Sakura said.

"Not that much, she says" Shikamaru told himself. "Go" The group split up as Neji went west, Lee went east, Sakura went north, and Shikamaru with south.

Sakura looked around at where she was. There seemed to be at least three or four rooms here. She hoped it wasn't any of the Akatsuki's rooms.

"Art is a bang!" Sakura's heart jumped when she heard an explosion as she hid in the shadows. She watched as a man with long blond hair walked out of a room. "I'm so hungry, yeah" She watched as he went to her right.

"What was that?" Neji asked.

"It was Deidara. I almost got caught"

"Are you okay, Sakura-san?" Lee's voice came.

"I'm fine"

"Keep searching" Shikamaru said.

Sakura nodded to herself as she looked into Deidara's room. All she saw was drawings and clay on a table, but no boy.

She sighed. She heard the door closed as she jumped. Turning around, she faced a man with blue eyes and blond hair.

"What do we have here, yeah?" Sakura shivered as she felt Deidara move her a few strands of her hair. "Do you think I wouldn't notice you?"

"Don't touch me" Sakura said. "Where is Yuuki, the Daimyo's son?"

"I wouldn't act like that if I were you, especially when you're locked in a room with an Akatsuki member, yeah" Deidara said.

"I'll scream" Sakura said.

"And get all the members attention? You're lucky that you ended up in my room, yeah" Deidara smiled. "I'm the nicest out of all the members. I won't hurt you" He soon cornered Sakura as he put his arms on both her side. "Maybe we can make a deal"

"Deal?" Sakura repeated.

Deidara nodded. "If you get me something from another Akatsuki member's room for me, then I will let you and your friends out with the boy. If you forget, I will kill you and your friends, yeah"

"What do you want me to do?" Sakura asked. Deidara smirked as he placed a kiss on Sakura's neck before whispering in her ear.

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Whoa, a lot of stuff happened already. I just love adding Deidara to my stories. He's so awesome. How did you guys like that as the first chapter? I hope you guys enjoyed it. I've had this story in mind for a while, and it's about time I wrote it. Please review everyone, it makes me happy.

-Kumiko