Hello! Second Fanfiction on here. Don't own some Naruto characters… you will know which ones I created as you read. This goes for all chapters! Enjoy!

Chapter 1:

The wind felt nice. The rock under her feet felt firm and sturdy. Sakura closed her green eyes and breathed in the smell of the familiar Leaf Village. She stood on top of Tsunande's carved in face. She remembered her old teacher perfectly well. She curved her rosy lips into a slight smile, but caught it quickly and forced her face into the blank mask she learned to wear over the years. She put her gloved hands on her hips and looked out over the village. She could just barely see several children running and hear the voices of villagers. Suddenly, a feeling of hatred grasped her whole body and she frowned.

They abandoned me. What am I doing? Sakura thought to herself. She narrowed her eyes at the villagers and clenched her hands into fists. Why am I here? They don't want me anymore. Sakura hissed in her mind. She turned her back and ran off. Little did she know a pair of eyes had watched her the whole time. After hours of leaping through trees, she came back to her camp-site and sat down. She clasped her hands together, sat on a log, and looked at the ground. She brushed her hand through her short, pink hair and clasped the two together again. Biting her lip, memories started flooding her mind.

"Sakura-san!" Naruto poked her arm sorrowfully.

"Hm?" Sakura replied. She was staring at Sasuke's body. They finally captured the rogue ninja and killed him.

"Sakura-san, it is time to go home." Naruto sighed, tears pouring down his face. Sakura turned to the blonde and hugged him tight. The two finally let go of each other and walked off, letting the gravediggers to their job.

And another memory—

"Sakura! You must try HARDER!" Tsunande stressed as Sakura was attempting to heal Tenten. She had been seriously injured after a mission and Tsunande was leaving the healing to Sakura. Tears started flowing down the kunoichi's face.

"I-I can't Hokage-sama." She stopped her chakra. "You do it!"

Tsunande frowned at the words but stepped forward and did her job. "Just because the war is over doesn't mean you can slack!"

And another—

Sakura looked back and forth between all of her comrades. Shino, Kiba, Naruto, Hinata, Tenten, and Lee.

"Sakura," Kiba narrowed his eyes, "I thought by now you would have learned from at least some of your mistakes. You could have killed Shikamaru!"

"I am so sorry!" Sakura cried, kneeling in front of them.

"You know Tsunande will strip you of your ninja title." Tenten bitterly stated.

"Please! I am sorry!" Sakura cried harder. The group left for the hokage's office immediately.

Sakura ran to her room and threw all of her things into bags. She then jumped out the window and ran off into the forest.

Sakura bit her lip to keep herself from crying. She stood up and breathed in the clean air. She looked at the dark sky and yawned. On her way to the tent she punched a tree, causing it to fall over with a loud thud. She climbed into her tent and fell asleep.

Sakura opened her cold eyes and sat up. She put her clothes on and crawled out of the tent, looking at the sun to see the time. Roughly 7:00. Roughly an hour later, Sakura had everything packed and she was ready to be on the move again. She threw her bag over her shoulder and ran off into the collection of trees. She finally came to the end of the forest and leapt gratefully onto the dirt road. She looked at her map, the sun, and off she went towards a place she knew would accept her.

Sakura felt the rough wood on her knuckles as she knocked on a wooden door. The door opened to reveal an old man. He went from grumpy, to smiling, to confused.

"Sakura?" Tazuna raised his grey eyebrows. Sakura bowed.

"Hello sir, it has been a while since we have seen each other." She said politely. Tazuna nodded and beckoned the kunoichi into his house.

"What has brought you over here? Do you want some tea?" Sakura nodded gratefully and allowed the man to lead her into his sitting room. She put her stuff down with a sigh and as she sat down, she could feel her bones crack. Tazuna came back with two cups of tea and sat down.

"Sir, I know we haven't really seen each other in a long time, but I need a place to stay until I can get a job." Sakura bowed her head in shame.

"Well you have certainly come a long way. All the way to the Land of Waves eh?" Sakura smiled. "Well we have jobs here. Building and such." Tazuna said thoughtfully. Sakura shook her head.

"I am not looking for that type of job. Thank you though!" Tazuna smiled back and sipped his tea. "What are you looking for then Sakura?"

"Fighting," Sakura honestly replied, causing the old man to flinch slightly.

"I see," He replied, sipping his tea again. "I am afraid I can't help you with that. You know we don't have ninja here." Sakura nodded, remembering the words of her old sensei, Hatake Kakashi.

"I actually think I know someone who is hiring and I will meet them tomorrow."

"I see," Tazuna repeated. The two sat in silence for a while, sipping the hot tea, until they heard the door slam.

"Eh? Inari, is that you?"

"Yeah!" A low voice responded.

"Oh? Inari! You have grown so much!" Sakura's eyes widened. He had grown plenty from the little boy he used to be. Inari smiled and waved at Sakura.

"Inari, Sakura is here to stay for a while. You don't mind do you?" Inari raised his eyebrow but shrugged.

"I can take you to your room Sakura! Follow me!" Inari exclaimed.

Sakura felt the wind brushing through her hair and against her face as she ran through the mist. Today was a rather dreary day and it looked as if it were going to rain any moment. She stopped and looked around for a moment, assessing her surroundings before moving on. Eventually she came to a cave blocked by a rock. She did the hand signals that the man she was meeting told her to do and she walked through the rock easily. Sakura squinted for a moment as her eyes had to adjust to the candlelit walls. As she walked, she could hear the echo of her footsteps.

"Sakura," She narrowed her eyes and stopped in her tracks as she heard the evil voice whisper.

"It has been a while my sweet flower." Sakura smirked and turned to meet the eyes of Kabuto.

"I knew you were still alive." Sakura laughed. Kabuto raised an eyebrow at this.

"Oh? Well come on in Sakura. You want to be my subordinate you say? What is in it for me?"

"The destruction of the Leaf."