Unconditional

Chapter I: Hero's Tears

"We won!" Was the last tasteful word that had escaped my mouth in days. The word we yearned for had be heard by thousands of warrior that had successfully prevailed.

"Sakura!" The spiky blonde hair with a bright smile, wrapped his warm and welcoming arms around my waist. His voice was soothing after the hardships we had desperately faced. The shinobi who had been cheering from top of their lungs were at their happiest.

"Did we really won? The Great Ninja War?" I desperately asked hugging Naruto tight in my chest.

"We did." A familiar voice approached through the crowd as I broke my attention to him.

"You did well, Sasuke. If I should ask... Will you return to the village now?" I gently asked with concern. With a light giggle, Naruto unwrapped his arms around me.

             "Sakura... You must understand that I'm still a rouge shinobi." Sasuke remained me, wiping the smile off my hopeful face.

With concern Naruto tried to wave it off. "Despite that we defeated Madara... something still seems a bit off. Madara just gave up when you went up against him. He let you kill him. We must be careful. Madara Uchiha will always cook up something up his sleeve." Naruto acknowledged with a serious expression. He was giving her specific countenance to the occasion.

I felt sudden danger surrounding me. Everything around me began to muffle. I took a close look around me. Blurry vision took over. Suddenly, I was loosing consciousness. I felt sudden weight on my legs. Was I tired? It wasn't it. I could hear Sasuke's elegant voice calling to me as his hands grabbed my falling form in his arms.

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                  Feeling tingling sensation in my stomach, I picked up myself from the soft object. With a heavy struggle, I squeeze my eye open to the light that was coming from the divided open door that was not very far away from where I was. Soon enough I got obtained my full consciousness.

                 I placed my heavy and weak legs on the cold ground. I felt dull pain on my neck as I picked my head up. I took a look around the room. It was dark with shade of gold from the light that was out that door. The bed was the only thing in that room along with a desk and a chair that was filled with papers and photos. I noticed my clothes were changed into saggy black sweater and comfortable warm pair of sweatpants.

As I slowly walked on the creaky old wooden tiles, I opened the door wider with caution as the sudden warm air rushed through my face into my scalp. I smelled the warm cinnamon and mint. I took in the strong smell as I walked myself out of the room into the long light hallway.

I obviously followed the hallway with caution. As I made my way to the end on the hallway, I heard low conversation. As I was trying to peek, the tile made a creaking sound that made the conversation stop.

"Sakura?" A warm and a familiar voice called as I peeked through the door as I saw Sasuke, Naruto, Lady Tsunade, and Shizune sitting on the table together. With great sigh of relief I jumped into Lady Tsunads open arms.

"Where are we?" I asked, unwrapping my arms from her neck.

"Tsuki-no-me..." Naruto hissed turning his head in disappointment. The expression on his face was priceless.

"What?! For how long? How long has it been since we arrived here?" I asked impatiently as Sasuke offered his seat. With a nod, I took over his seat. He handed me a cup of hot tea leaving me with a slight blush.

"Just couple hours. We woke up just like you did. In each separate rooms, with changed clothes and hot tea. We did some research. But luckily we are in the leaf village and believe it or not... Madara Uchiha is the hero of this village. And Lady Tsunade is still the current Hokage. Sasuke Uchiha is the head of the Anbu. You are also the hero of the village along with Madara. Naruto is the... Idiot... Yep. The same idiot he is. Only he is the fourth Hokage." Shizune shook her head in amusement. Naruto growled in annoyance closing his eyes.

"Our main problem is... The Akatsuki is arriving tomorrow morning. Along with the Itachi Uchiha. Akatsuki are the idol of this village." Tsunade said with consideration as she crossed her arms.