Sakura looked up at her bedroom window, gazing at the morning birds that flew by, squawking to each other. Sakura looked back to those times, when team cell 7 were together, laughing as a group, but now she knew that all of her hopes had gone. Naruto and her had done so much they could to bring Sasuke out of the dark, but her dreams had felt like there was never going to be victory this time.
"Sakura!" Sakura's mum yelled.
"What mother? I'm busy!" Sakura yelled back.
"Eh!? Busy doing what? Thinking, eh!? Come over here and help me with some chores would ya?"
"No, ma!" Sakura yelled back.
"Don't be lazy Sakura!"
There was a silence; Sakura didn't want to add any more in. Her mind was already jammed by the thoughts of her friends, how much could her mother add in? Sakura reluctantly walked out of her room and offered herself to help out with the chores.
A tall girl from the Hyuga clan waited outside Tsunade's room.
"Come in, Hinata!" Tsunade told her. Hinata walked in the room.
"So Hinata, you've finished the A-Rank mission I'd given you?" Tsundae asked.
"Yes, Lady Tsunade." Hinata replied in a confident voice.
"Good." Tsunade congratulated. "You've become stronger, Hinata. I'm proud."
"T-Thankyou Lady Tsunade." Hinata stammered. "But you haven't trained me or anything, how can you say you're proud and I've become stronger?"
"Hinata, every shinobi in Konoha are like my pupils. I know each and everyone of their strengths, and by means, I know that you've becomebetter Hinata, by coming back quick with A-Ranked missions all by yourself."
"Oh, thankyou." Hinata blushed. "Umm, I think I should go now."
"Okay." Tsunade said bluntly.
"Good bye Lady Tsunade and thank you." Hinata left the room.
"HINATA!" Kiba popped his head as Hinata came out.
"Ahh!" Hinata screamed.
"Haha, did you see that Shino, Akamaru?" Kiba laughed, looking over at Shino and Akamaru.
"Shut up!" Hinata blushed. "It wasn't funny!"
"It was." Shino admitted, nodding his head.
"Hye, guys, want to go visit Naruto and Sakura? They've been feeling a bit down because you know, Sasuke has given them these hard times of losing a member. I can't imagine losing either of you two, Shino and Hinata, oh and Akamaru too, so let's try to cheer them up a bit."
"Yeah, i agree." Shino agreed.
"N-Naruto? U-us? C-cheer him up?" Hinata blushed red. "N-naruto is always h-happy, so I t-think he-he's fine."
"Nah, come on Hinata. You like him, don't you?" Kiba pleaded.
"Shut up, Kiba!" Hinata cursed again. "Fine, let's go."