This idea of a new fic just popped into my head for some reason, and I just wanted to write it down before I forget it, so…. here it is.

Eavesdropping and…Leaving?

Dream

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shouted out.

Sasuke stopped walking, and turned around to face the pink haired kunoichi, greeting her by glaring at her.

"What do you want?" demanded Sasuke.

Sakura was taken aback. "I-I just wanted to ask you if…"

"The answer is no," said Sasuke, with a firm and impatient voice.

"B-But Sasuke-kun…"

"You know what, Sakura? You would prove to be a lot more useful as a kunoichi if you train more instead of flirting with me!" spat Sasuke.

Sakura was shocked. "Sasuke-kun, I just wanted…"

"You're weak." Sakura's face turned from sad to shocked. The two words Sakura had heard a lot of times before. The two words that broke her.

Sasuke casually walked away, as if nothing had happened, leaving Sakura stiff and rigid as a board.

Dream end

"NO!" cried Sakura as she sat up quickly out of bed, tears rolling down her face. She looked around her room and wiped the tears off her face.

She closed her eyes and thought, "That's right, Sasuke-kun left about two years ago."

She opened her eyes again, and jumped out of bed. She brushed her teeth, washed her face, and changed clothes.

"I still have to go and help Tsunade-sama and Shizune-san sort out all the documents," thought Sakura as she went out of her house and walked to the Hokage's tower.

Sakura was just going to open the door when to Tsunade's office, when she heard voices from inside.

"Naruto, Sai, Yamato, Kakashi. I'm going to break you up into two groups and assign each group a mission. Sai and Yamato, you'll be working with Shikamaru Nara and Ino Yamanaka. Naruto and Kakashi, you'll be working with Neji Hyuuga and… do you need Sakura? She's a medic nin and she might be…"

"She won't be necessary," said Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei, what're you saying? Of course we need Sakura-chan," said Naruto.

"She's not strong enough to go on our mission Naruto. She's still weak," said Kakashi.

Outside, Sakura went rigid again. Her eyes widened as she stood still as a statue outside Tsunade's office.

"Whad'ya mean weak?! Haven't you seen the way she crushes…" Naruto was interrupted by Yamato.

"What Kakashi-sempai means is that Sakura needs to know how to control her emotions better."

"Sakura's strong physically, but not so much mentally. Still, she only uses her strength in combat. She needs to learn other varieties of jutsus," said Kakashi.

"Sakura-chan's a part of Team 7! She's been depressed since Sasuke left, but still, she's focusing on becoming stronger now!" Naruto defended Sakura.

"Which doesn't seem to be working for Ugly," said Sai.

"What did you say?!" exploded Naruto.

"All right, everyone, calm down. The question is, do you or do you not need Sakura for your mission?" asked Tsunade.

"No," said Kakashi, silencing Naruto with one hand.

"Ok. Then it's settled," said Tsunade.

Sakura was shocked, depressed, angry, but most of all, hurt. Tsunade, the woman who was like a mother to her, has just accepted the fact that she's weak. Kakashi, her favorite sensei, had just called her weak, and he meant it.

The pink haired kunoichi couldn't take it anymore. She dashed out of the Hokage's tower and ran back to her house, tears falling down her face. On the way, she bumped into TenTen.

"Oh, Sakura. Sorry, I wasn't… what happened to you?" she asked sympathetically after looking at Sakura's face.

Sakura sniffed, "T-TenTen, how would you feel if someone you're really close to just said that you were weak and worthless?" she asked.

"Huh? I would be hurt. Wait… did Naruto tell you that you were weak? If he did, I'm gonna…"

"No no, it wasn't Naruto. He defended me, really. It was… Tsunade-sama, Kakashi-sensei, Yamato, and Sai. Why would they call me weak?!" Sakura cried on TenTen's shoulder.

TenTen patted her back and said, "Don't care about that Sakura. You're strong, I can see that. Just don't take other people's opinions to heart."

"Thanks TenTen, but I… gotta go now…. See you," said Sakura.

"Sakura, you sure you're gonna be okay?" asked TenTen, worried.

"Y-Yea, sure. I'll be fine," said Sakura, walking away from TenTen to her house.

"Arrgghh!! I can't believe this!" Sakura was throwing a fit, messing up her house, crasing windows and throwing furniture all around.

She panted heavily, trying to calm down.

"They think I'm weak, huh? Maybe it'll be better if I just left Konoha. Maybe THEN I won't bother them," thought Sakura. She took out a pencil and a piece of paper. She started scribbling furiously on the paper.

The note read:

To anyone who reads this, especially Kakashi, Yamato, Tsunade, and Sai,

I overheard your conversation at the Hokage's tower, and I have to say, do you really mean it? If I'm weak or a burden to you guys, I'm going to leave. I don't know where I'm going to go, but for sure, I'm going to get stronger, much stronger, physically and mentally. Naruto, I appreciate you defending me, but I still have to get stronger, to prove to the others that I am not a weak kunoichi. Good bye.

Sakura Haruno

Sakura folded the letter and left it on a table that hasn't been overturned, where someone would find it easily. She then went to her room, and packed some of her clothes and other accessories that she would need. She put them all in her bag, and jumped out her window, leaving Konoha behind.

"Sorry guys, but this is to get stronger," thought Sakura.

She was far away from Konoha now, and was starting to get tired.

"No, I can't stop now. Maybe I am weak. No, stay positive," thought Sakura.

However, she decided to stop after traveling for so long. Sakura used her bag as a pillow, and lay down to sleep. As soon as she laid down, she fell asleep. So, she didn't see two shadows coming towards her.

"What do we have here?" one voice said.

"I know this girl. She's one of Kakashi's students," said another voice.

"Whad'ya think we should do with her?" asked the other person.

"Maybe we should take her back to our hideout. She might prove useful to us," replied the second person.

O_o I ended it with a cliffie, but I think you guys might be able to figure out who the two people are. I'll update if I can, soon! Plz read and review!