Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Of Love and Betrayal ❯ A Twist of Fate ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!

Warnings: nothing, the fic is going to be rated T right now for adult situations but it will be brought up to M rating in later chapters.

Side note: Okay I know that Sakura thinks about Sasuke a lot so far but you have to understand that even though its been a couple of years she still has not gotten over her past trauma, mainly Sasuke. Also I'm currently looking for a good Beta that can look over my chapters pretty fast. If anyone is interested please PM me and I'll replyas soon as I can.

 

 

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A twist of fate(Revised)

 

After finding out about the mission, Sakura had automatically gone home to get her things ready for the mission. Too soon she was finished with packing and was now sitting on her couch, tea cup in hand, bored out of her mind.

Sipping up the last of her tea, she got up and decided to take a walk outside. So she put on her jacket and left her house.

She just walked around Konohagakure, letting her feet just take her, not really minding where she went. She looked up to find that she had wondered into the old Uchiha sector of the village.

The place was still deserted after all these years. No one wanted to live in this cursed place, the place where the Uchiha's lived and died. It was like a black stain that could never be erased from the minds of the villagers.

Hardly anyone walked through these streets; she was surprised herself that she even dared to walk on the deserted street. This place symbolized everything that has become apart of her life. Loneliness, abandoned, cold… she looked up at the buildings that used to hold life, now only cold windows to the past.

She walked slowly through the deserted streets, looking at the buildings and the homes that had once held happiness and life. She felt a kind of comradity to this place; she who had no one left in this world, whom had lost everything and now only stood on her own stubbornness… just like these buildings.

Even though decay was everywhere, these buildings still stood, too stubborn to be erased, even though the only Uchiha that could have rebuilt this place, was long dead.

Sakura let her mind wander through her memories; something she usually avoided, afraid that her mind would latch onto the bad memories. But much to her surprise she only thought of the good memories of her childhood. She had only been to the Uchiha compound a couple times when she was a child. Back then this place was beautiful, all the people alive and happy, always smiling…Like she used to be.

She had been an innocent child; she never experienced hardship, never experienced death. The only things that shaped her childhood was being made fun of by the other children, but that had stopped when she had met Ino.

`Pig…'

She missed her good friend so very much. After their first Chuunin exams they had become good friends and they used to hang out all the time. But that all changed after Sasuke's death…

Ino had moved to the Suna to be with Kankurou, which was a big surprise to everyone. Sakura hadn't even known how the two shinobi had met but obviously it was a good match because the last she heard was that Ino was married and pregnant.

Sakura sighed and continued walking.

She wished she could go back to that time when she still smiled all the time, when her green eyes still held innocence, when she was still happy….

She stopped before a familiar house, her jade eyes gazing at the once beautiful place that used to be Sasuke's home.

She slowly walked up the walk way to the door and slid it open. Inside was full of cobwebs and dust. The furniture was still untouched, the kitchen left the way it was when he had left.

She walked past all the different rooms in the house and stopped before one room. She raised her hand to press against the cool wood of the door. Pushing it open she stepped into the small room, looking around curiously. She had only been in this room once before, and that was when Sasuke had first run away. Then she had been crying, laying down on his bed and crying, hating fate. Now she only stood her eyes dry.

She moved to the dresser where there was a picture frame face down. She picked up the picture and wiped the layer of dust off. It was an old picture of team 7… she remembered when she took this picture, back then she only had eyes for Sasuke. She looked back at the picture a small smile appearing on her lips.

There was Kakashi his hands on the heads of both Naruto and Sasuke, his eye closed, showing he was smiling. Naruto was smiling goofily, his blue eyes sparkling with happiness. She was in the middle, the 12 year old version of herself was smiling prettily and had a slight blush in her cheeks, while her green eyes where focused on the boy standing beside her. Sakura's eyes shifted to look at the scowling face that she had loved. He didn't look very happy to have Kakashi's hand on his head. His black eyes where looking into the camera, emotionless as always. His young face was twisted into a scowl, and he had his arms crossed in front of him.

He had always done that… he had always closed himself off from the rest of them; he was always the outsider in the team.

Looking back now she didn't understand how she had not gotten the hint. He had never showed any interest in her and when he did it was only as a friend. Her love was always one sided….

Looking back down at Sasuke's scowling face, her hands tightened around the frame until her knuckles turned white.

“With all the hell you put me through I would think that by now I would have learned to hate you… but no matter how hard I try I can't hate you,” She said into the silent room.

Sakura sighed and put the picture back on the desk face down, not wanting to see the picture of team seven anymore.

She took one last look around and left the house, not wanting to think about the dead Uchiha of her childhood.

She walked back to the main village and past all the lighted streets. She was not in the mood to talk to anybody right now, and if she stayed in the village some one was sure to recognize her and want to talk with her.

So instead she found herself sitting on top of the Third Hokage's head. She didn't come here often, it was usually Naruto's spot to hang out on, but today she wanted to sit here and watch the village below her. She had lived in this village all her life, she knew every square inch of it and she risked her life to protect it. Her green eyes gazed down at the sparkling village before her, searching for something.

`I've risked my life, killed, even lost my innocence for the protection of this village… but why do I feel as if I have nothing here anymore?'

She knew she had friends in the village but she still felt alone, even when she was surrounded by her friends she still felt like she was alone.

The only person that had understood her loneliness was Naruto, but now he was happy and about to have a family. She remembered when she had first left the hospital. She had been healed physically but her mental state was so fragile that a wrong look would have broken her.

That was when she and Naruto had first started dating. They had come to each other for comfort and healing and for a while it had worked. They were happy and Naruto had even helped her overcome her fear of intimacy, but soon it was apparent that there relationship wouldn't had worked long term.

`Even in death Sasuke fucks with our lives… its incredible how much power he really had over us.'

Even though Sakura knew that the blond shinobi loved her dearly, Sakura couldn't return his feelings and because of that she felt guilty for leading Naruto on. So she had broken it off with him, which had broken his heart but he had forgiven her. Even though they were still very close Sakura didn't feel that real bond between them anymore. It felt as if everybody but her had moved on. She was the only one living in the past, she just couldn't move on no matter how hard she tried.

Sakura ran her fingers through her hair, thoroughly frustrated.

“God I'm about to go on a mission with Kakashi, alone, and all I can think about is being depressed! What's wrong with me,” She said her voice disappearing in the wind.

She looked up at the sky; it was a cool night tonight. She could see the stars clearly and the moon was almost full.

She took a deep breath of the fresh night air and laid back, gazing up at the night sky. She yawned into her hand and closed her eyes.

`I'll only stay here for a little longer,' She thought before sleep over took her and for the first time in a while she didn't dream.

She became aware again when she heard the cry of a bird. She opened her eyes and was surprised to see the sun already up.

She sat straight up and looked around confused for a second, trying to get her bearings.

“Oh shit what the hell time is it?” she yelled and jumped to her feet.

She looked up and saw that the sun was well on its way into the sky. Sakura quickly made her way back to her apartment and got her pack and then hurried to the front gate. When she arrived Kakashi was there leaning casually against the wall reading his usual Icha Icha book. When she arrived he looked up from his book, his silver eyebrow rising an inch.

“Well hello sleepy head,” He said putting his book away.

Sakura bit her lip, embarrassed.

“I know I'm late, I just lost track of time,” she said apologetically.

“Well since we are leaving behind schedule we are going to have to pick up the pace… I hope you can keep up,” Kakashi said playfully and then took off into the trees.

Sakura scowled darkly and jumped into the trees chasing after him.

They traveled the rest of that day in comfortable silence. They decided to stop for the night a little after the sun had disappeared behind the mountains.

Jumping down from a branch Sakura scanned the clearing, trying to sense for any other chakra signals. Finding none, she relaxed and dropped her pack on the ground.

“Hey Kakashi how about you get the fire going, I'm going to go find us something to eat.” She said, turning and disappearing into the underbrush.

Kakashi jumped into the clearing after Sakura had left and dropped his own pack to the ground. By the time Sakura came back, a couple of fish in her hands, there was a fire going and Kakashi was sitting near the fire gazing into the flickering flames.

Setting the fish above the fire to cook, Sakura then sat down opposite from where Kakashi sat.

“So when are we going to start training?”

Kakashi looked at Sakura from across the fire and sighed.

“We'll start training tomorrow, tonight we need to rest, tomorrow is going to be a long day,” He said, taking a fish from the fire and starting to eat it.

Sakura took a fish also and nibbled on it, her mind wondering. She watched Kakashi through the flames.

“Hey Kakashi… why do you wear that mask?” she had always wondered what was beneath the mask that he always had the need to hide.

“Just a habit I guess,” He said shrugging his shoulders.

“I remember when we were still team 7, me, Naruto and Sasuke used to have little missions to see you without your mask. Naruto always thought you had buck teeth or something,” She said chuckling.

Kakashi's eye widened a fraction and she heard him laugh.

“Naruto and his imagination.”

“So what are you hiding anyways?” Sakura asked, letting her curiosity get the better of her.

Kakashi looked back up at Sakura; he could see the curiosity shining in her eyes.

“If I show you will you keep it our little secret?”

Sakura's vivid green eyes widened in surprise and then she nodded her curiosity building.

Kakashi brought his hand up to his black mask and curled his fingers around the edge and slowly pulled the material free from his face.

Sakura's eyes widened even more when she saw Kakashi without his mask. She was surprised at how handsome he was without his mask. He had no buck teeth or mole; instead he had a strong jaw, and high cheekbones. His teeth were straight and white and his lips were very… kissable.

Sakura almost gasped audibly at her last thought, she looked away from Kakashi slightly ashamed at her own thoughts.

`Now where the hell did that thought come from? Even though his lips are nice…'

Sakura couldn't help smirking at that thought but she looked back at Kakashi to find that he had put his mask back up over his face.

“So you're not ugly, what's the reason for the mask then?”

Kakashi stood up throwing the remains of his fish into the fire.

“It's just a childhood habit that's all. I'll take first watch tonight,” He said swiftly changing the subject.

Seeing that Kakashi didn't want to talk anymore, Sakura sighed and took a blanket from her pack and laid it near the fire. She then lay on the blanket and turned on her side gazing into the fire.

Kakashi jumped into a tree and sat comfortably on the branch, watching Sakura get ready for bed below.

`Why did I show her my face?'

Not finding an answer to his unspoken question he looked back down at Sakura who now faced towards him.

`I guess she was tired, she fell asleep pretty fast.'

Looking away from the sleeping woman he scanned the area closely making sure that there were no ninja around. Finding none he took out his book and began to read.

But after a couple of minutes he put the book away, bored. He looked back down into the clearing where Sakura had turned onto her back, a hand resting near her cheek.

He watched her sleep, his eye picking up the slight frown that marred her features.

`She really has become beautiful.'

He shook his head roughly, slightly annoyed with himself for his own thoughts and looked away from the clearing. A couple of hours later he jumped down from the branch and walked towards Sakura. He kneeled down and brought his hand to her shoulder, about to wake her up for her watch, but he hesitated. His eye gazed at her relaxed features. Her short pink hair was fanned out around her head. He brushed a stray lock away from her face and softly trailed a finger along her soft cheek. She frowned and then pressed her face more firmly against his hand. As if her movement had snapped him back to his senses, Kakashi withdrew his hand and shook her shoulder waking her up immediately. She looked up at him with bleary eyes.

“It's your watch,” He said simply and went to the other side of the fire and lay down.

Sakura got to her feet, a little confused at Kakashi's behavior, and jumped into a branch. The rest of the night was uneventful and when dawn came, Kakashi and Sakura took off again. As she followed Kakashi, Sakura's eyes kept on drifting to the figure in front of her. She thought about last night when Kakashi had showed her his face.

`I wonder why he wanted to show me his face… and why cant I get his face out of my mind?'

Her eyes drifted from the back of his silver head, down his back and landed on his ass.

`I wonder what he looks like under all those clothes…'

Sakura gasped and missed her footing on the next branch. Sakura felt her self falling out of the tree, when a strong arm came around her waist and re balanced her on the branch.

“Are you getting tired?” Kakashi asked, his brow furrowed.

Sakura quickly withdrew from his arms and shook her head, berating her self.

“No I'm not tired I…I was just thinking and the branch gave way under me,” She lied, looking everywhere but at Kakashi.

Kakashi studied her for another minute and then turned around and jumped to the next branch.

“Well let's get going, I want to get to the edge of the desert by the time the sun sets.”

“Hai!” Sakura said quickly and began to follow him again.

`I can not believe I almost fell out of the fucking tree because I was looking at Kakashi's ass! What is going on, why do I keep having these thoughts about him? He's my ex-sensei for Kami's sake!'

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Authors note:

Well that's the 5th chapter. I know not a lot has happened in this chapter but don't worry soon there will be plenty of action. If you have any comments or advice please review! Thanks for reading. Ja Ne!

Next chapter:

Kakashi decides to stop early so he can begin training Sakura. Next is the huge battle between Sakura and Kakashi, who wins? You'll have to wait and see.