-- The Warmth Of The Moon --

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto if I did I would be rich and I would be Japanese lol, and I’m not sooo….if you put 2 and 2 together then you’ll realise that I don’t own it ok! Lol….I wish I did though…

Angel of Sincerity: Hey guys this is my first Naruto fic so I hope you’s all enjoy it. I have an obsession with Sakura and Sasuke sooo this is going to be a Sasu X Saku pairing lol. Don’t forget to read and review!

Chapter One: A Letter For You, But You’ll Never Know

The cooling air of the autumn night sent shivers down Sakura’s spine as she leant on the intricately carven wooden staff. She now had her own estate, and was a sensei for 3 little kozou’s of her own as she called them, but deep down they were her family and she loved them deeply.

Mina Hatake was much like Sakura she had a tough childhood and got bullied a lot because of her bright yellow eyes – she was the daughter strangely enough of her own sensei Kakashi Hatake whom had died before he even knew of his own daughter’s existence. She was a developing candidate for soul switching techniques much like Ino but also showed characteristics of extreme martial arts.

Mina was 12 years old and had long brown hair, which she plated back into 7 individual plaits, 6 of which were tied into a high pony tail and the remaining plait which was larger, stretched right across her forehead. She wore a light green girls fighting kimono with white pants underneath, with her weapons pouch attached to her right thigh while her leaf village ninja head band was tied up in her hair.

Yuuto Kanateno was a rather quiet boy, who avoids speaking to others unless spoken to, and even then he is shy and very nervous. His parents passed away when he was only 5 years of age and he now lives with his grandparents. He was a very advanced Genin who was learning to master his healing and summoning jitsu’s which are an odd combination causing Sakura to be rather fascinated with his development as a Genin.

Yuuto was 12 years old and had fiery red spiky hair with brown eyes. He wore a loose grey turtle neck ninja top with a small zipper at the top of it, and long black pants with pockets down the sides. He wore his weapons pouch on his left thigh while his leaf village ninja head band was tied across his forehead.

And lastly there was Masakazu Nobunaga (Meaning the strength to inspire) ‘the most arrogant Genin ever to pass his exams’ as Sakura often states. Masakazu is apart of the most wealthy clan in the whole leaf village, and expects to be the best at everything as he can afford the best equipment. Unfortunately for him money doesn’t buy talent and he’s the clumsiest Genin ever to cross paths with Sakura. But with that aside Masakazu is a very intelligent young boy who at times rivals Sakura’s knowledge of jitsu’s. He also shows slight promise with the rare psychic based jitsu’s and also water elemental jitsu’s.

Masakazu was 13 years old with medium length black choppy hair and blue eyes. He wore a black sleeveless top with his clan’s crest on the back (of a man helping an injured man), he also wore chopped up black pants with buckles and chains on it as well as silver arm braces with the words, ‘To hate is natural, but to despise is legendary. If you despise someone, let nothing stand in your way until the condition is met,’ engraved on it. He wore his weapons pouch on his left thigh while his leaf village ninja head band was tied across his forehead.

Sakura’s house was a 2 story traditionally designed Japanese house. Complete with a vegetable patch and a tranquil garden. She smiled, ‘If anything has kept me sane over these last years I think it’s my garden. I poured all my love and feeling into creating it…and even now when I think of it, it soothes me it’s just so peaceful.’ She thought to herself as she closed her eyes.

Suddenly Naruto sprinted out of the house and around the veranda many times being chased by his own Genin, “Come on! You will all have to do better than that to beat me! You can’t even keep up with me when I run!”

Her eyebrows twitched as she re-opened her eyes, ‘Ok so it’s not always peaceful here, not with Naruto around anyway.’

Her estate was a large piece of land near the forest of death; where her and her team mates from team 7 undertook the life changing second chunin exam. Because of what occurred in the forest back then she felt no fear of what was resided in the forest at all anymore.

Sakura shifted uncomfortably remembering back to the second exam. “Nothing could be more terrifying than battling Orochimaru and what he did to Sasuke…” her eyes shook as they threatened to fill with tears. She lost the only person she ever loved because of what happened in the forest of death, and if anything terrible was going to occur in it again she preferred to be right near it, as she preferred to be near danger rather than hiding from it. Kind of like her new life quote that was often repeated by the elders in the leaf village; ‘Keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer.’

She sighed as she sat on the damp grass placing her staff next to her as she pulled out a handwritten letter.

Sakura,

I’m sorry for not writing to you for so long. Much has happened since we last crossed paths, so much that I don’t feel that it is possible for me to tell you through a letter. But I can tell you that I have left Orochimaru (I will explain if we meet up), the last few years I’ve tried my best to return to the Sasuke I once was in an effort to reclaim my old ways and to restore my clan. By the way, I’m returning to the leaf village, when you receive this letter I should be about 3 days away.

If you want to see me I will meet you near the leaf shrine to Buddha probably around midday. I would understand if you and Naruto didn’t want to see me, I just thought that I should let you know.

Sasuke

She smiled slightly, ‘I’m so proud of him, no matter how many times I’ve read this letter in 2 days…I’m so glad he’s returning but at the same time why on earth would Orochimaru let Sasuke simply leave him? Did Sasuke kill him? He wouldn’t have…oh well I guess I just have to wait until tomorrow when he comes back.’ Nothing was going to stop her from being with Sasuke now that he was returning to the leaf village. Not Ino not Naurto…no one. That was something she would never allow. It scared her to think that she didn’t even know how far she’d go to ensure her future with Sasuke.

At the same time…

In a nearby camp Sasuke sat by a fire, prodding it with a stick as embers floated out of the fire and into the breeze. He sighed and opened his back pack slowly taking out his kunai and a cloth to polish them, as a scrunched up piece of paper fell out of his bag.

Raising an eyebrow he picked it up and flattened it out to see that it was a letter.

Sakura,

I’m sorry for the way I left you and Naruto all those years ago…but you must understand that I had an obligation to fulfil. But I also left because of you, I had to protect you if not from myself, then from the evil that would pursue me because of the power that was bestowed upon me by Orochimaru.

Unfortunately my twisted fate of being so closely associated with such evil for the past few years, has caused me to deeply regret my original decision to leave in the first place as not only has my intention to draw the evil pursuing me away from you failed, but I most definitely have put strains on our fragile friendship…Sakura, I know that I can never say this to you enough to make you forgive me fully but, I’m sorry for what you and even Naruto have gone through to try and get me back.

I am no longer a servant or follower of Orochimaru, I left his residence almost 2 years ago now. I’m back to the Sasuke I used to be; Sasuke that took the chunin exams with you and Naruto. The 13 year old that had actually had some feelings…except now I’m older as you are as well. Now that I’m 18 I am returning to the leaf village. For the last two years I have worked as hard as possible to become the Sasuke that you once befriended. I miss you, Sakura.

Sasuke

Sasuke’s face was blank and expressionless. ‘If I had sent her that letter she would probably have just laughed. It’s funny how times change…she used to like me and now…well…never mind…’ he thought to himself as he sighed and threw the piece of crumpled paper into the fire. “I guess we’ll see what happens when I return to the Konoha tomorrow…” he mumbled as he lay back on the grass and closed his eyes.

Angel of Sincerity: So how was it?

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