1/30/2016: SO. I'm looking this over, and damn. I think I wrote this 3 years ago? This was honestly my first fanfiction, so you are in for a wild ride. It's one of those stories that you look back on and don't edit, bc you want to see how far you have progressed as a writer. xD

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto

Thoughts

Inner

"Sakura! JUST LEAVE!" The enthusiastic Naruto had shown nothing but anger right now.

"What! Why?" I screamed in confusion .

"Stop acting! We know what you did to Karin!"

Karin? That slutty whore bag? She had come back with Sasuke a month ago, as his girlfriend. Of course I was happy for them, but she kept treating me like crap. I guess now was her final revenge.

"I DID NOTHING!"

"REALLY? THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY SHE'S IN A HOSPITAL BED RIGHT NOW! AND ALSO WHY SHE'S CLAIMING YOUR TRIED TO KILL HER AND FAILED!"

"Naruto, who do you trust more? Me or Karin?"

"…. Karin"

I knew I just had to leave right then and there, so I did. Well kind of.

Life sucks when you're betrayed by the ones you love.

What beautiful pink flowers in the park.

"These flowers are such a horrid color. I hate it." I heard her snarl in her lying, ugly voice.

"Well you have a right to, it matches that bitch." What?

"Thanks guys, for believing in me, instead that pink blob."

"She's nothing, & she won't ever bother you again." Naruto...

"Ugh. Speak of the devil." I heard Sasuke spit in disgust.

"Wha-"

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE." Naruto yelled in my face, and I proceeded to run away.

Behind the Sakura trees, I cried.

"Sakura? What's wrong?" Lady Tsunade asked. She probably didn't hear that stupid Karin thing yet.

"I want a long term mission!"

"But Sakur-"

"Please!" Tsunade could see right through me, and she probably thought I needed some time alone.

"Fine.. Come back tomorrow for the details, but don't tell anyone you're leaving."

I tried to tell myself that we were all just unstable from the sudden emotions swarming around us. With Sasuke back recently, along with his team, everything has changed because of those four. So I tried to tell my best friends. To get the truth out.

"Yeah right, forehead. I was one of the nurses that was handeling Karin's case in the emergency room. She was beat up pretty bad, why would she do anything like that to herself?"

"But guys-"

"Sakura, just face it. You did something, and you were caught. Just face the consequences." Hinata stuttered out.

I ran out of my own house. Demanding to see the Hokage hours before she stated.

"Sakura, you need to know that you'll have to suffer through one month of training now, & then later carry out this important task. Are you up to it?

"... Yes."

"Really?"

"It means no more Sasuke, Kakashi, Sai, Narut-"

"I GET IT. Let's just move on."

"... Fine."

I endured a hard month of training. No breaks. I used the excuse that I wanted to get past ANBU, and even the Elites. I was 'aiming' for Hokage.

"I was surprised to hear that was your goal, and even more when I heard Lady Tsunade even named you her successor." Genma stated as we rested under a tree for lunch. "Its funny how we never know what our destiny will be."

"And Sakura, I never trusted Karin."

I glanced to the side to look him in the eyes, to make sure he wasn't lying. "... Thanks." But you can never really trust anyone anymore.

"YOU LITTLE MOTHER FUCKER." I heard Naruto yell as he neared me at an alarming rate. "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US? DO YOU WANT TO CRUSH US ALL ONE BY ONE?"

"... wtf are you talking about?"

"YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE SIXTH HOKAGE! WHAT THE HELL? WE ALL KNEW THAT WAS MY DREAM. THAT WAS MY DESTINY."

"Whatever."

"'Whatever?' All you can say is whatever? I'LL SHOW YOU?"

Please don't make me fight you. It's funny how I never get my way.

"RASENGAN!"

"Storm: Thunder Cloud Inner Wave." I whispered in a small voice.

With a few seconds, "AH." Naruto's loud groan echoed.

"CHIDORI." Aw fuck.

"This cloud, it creates a barrier around her. If you get anywhere near, or eve inside, you get struck by lightning." I heard Naruto inform Sasuke.

"Shadow Clone jutsu." I whispered once again, poof. "Teleportation jutsu."

"You have done well, Sakura. You have surpassed the teacher, but of course, I'll never really admit to that."

Shikamaru and Kakashi stood oposite me in the room.

"Well, let's get onto business. Sakura, the only people who know about this mission are the people inside this room. Not even Shizune will know. To make matters even worse, this won't even be mentioned in the mission catalouge. The seriousness of this mission will exceed anything & everything in your entire life."

"From this day forth, you are to join the Akatsuki and figure out thier current tactics. They have been offly quiet. Almost too quiet. If possible, you should take them down from the inside. Kill off members, but don't allow yourself to be noticed. With this danger, there is a possibility that you may never come back. In fact, there's a 30% chance that the Akatsuki won't even be open for you to join, thinking it would be too risky."

However, thats better than everything else we got. We were thinking of originally sending Kakashi, but that would be too suspicious because of his fift—" coughIMNOTTHATOLDcough was heard from Kakashi " anyway… years of devotion to Konoha ." Tsunade sent a quick glare to the copy nin once more and asked "Are you sure about this Sakura?

"Couldn't be any more."

"Good, you are too leave as soon as possible!" As I was slowly filing out of the room, Tsunade interrupted my thoughts. "Please be careful Sakura…"

Somehow, the story went on. And here I am in the Akatsuki base.