Jades And Rubys
"Sakura-Chan!" Naruto yelled as he spotted Sakura turn the corner onto the street he was standing on. She sighed, she didn't need this right now.
"Hi Naruto." She said softly. "Whats wrong Sakura?" A different voice asked. She recognized it immediately.
"Nothing is wrong Sai." She smiled, hoping Sai wouldn't notice it was fake. He just smiled back.
She knew though that there was something wrong. When wasn't there. Team Kakashi had just returned from another mission to bring Sasuke back. Another failure. Sakura seemed to sink lower and lower after each failed mission to bring him back. Naruto just told himself the next time was the one.
A sweet smell passed under her nose and her stomach growled ferociously. Her face went red. She turned her head to see where the smell had come from. Of course, The new team seven was standing right next to Ichiraku's Ramen Shop.
"Sakura-Chan eat with us! And don't try and tell me your not hungry, I'm not deaf you know." Naruto chuckled. She smiled and followed them.
Being the only girl, of course she was in the middle. Naruto on her right blabbering on how he defeated some fake person with some fake technique. Sai on her left, staying silent and pretending to be halfway interested in Naruto's tale.
At the end of the booth sat a cloaked figure. That's not suspicious at all! Inner Sakura said sarcastically. Would you be quiet! Geez, they could just be very sensitive to the suns rays. The real Sakura said to her inner self. Yeah sure.
"Sakura-Chan, are you even listening?" Naruto asked noticing her lack of focus. She pulled herself out of her argument with her inner self. "Yeah of course Naruto." He looked questioningly, "Oh yeah then what did I just say?"
"You were cornered with little chakra left and your opponent had the upper hand." She stated, Naruto's stories always went like that. He 'hn'd and went back to slurping ramen and blabbering on, on how he made his great escape.
With a half bowl left Sakura stood, said a quick goodbye and continued on a walk to the training area. Only after walking a little ways did she notice the strange chakra following her. She slowly lowered her hand to her kunai pouch on her thigh.
She swerved around, scanning the area. A cloaked figure stepped out of one of the alleys. "Meet me outside the village at midnight." The figure sound nor like a man or woman it was just, flat. She was going to ask why when the figure vanished.
