It was a beautiful and sunny day in Konoha. The streets were filled with people walking while kids were running around playing with each other. As a group of kids were running, one of them was left behind holding a stuffed bunny in his arm. '' Ano! Slow down! '' The little kid shouted, but the others completely ignored him and kept running. As they ran by houses and buildings, a loud shout was heard from the Hokage's building. '' I REFUSE! '' The voice was like spikes that attacked their eardrums and gave them a painful, yet funny expression on their faces. A huge noise came out of the Hokage's building and the kids stopped running and looked up. The kid that was left behind finally catch up to his little friends, panting as he placed his hands on his knees. '' W-What was that?'' He said. Meanwhile at Tsunade's office Naruto was shouting. '' You can't be serious baa-chan, you know I can do this! '' That shout exposed the voice that was heard earlier. Also, his fist was on Tsunade's desk which now had a big crack on it. This also exposed the huge noise that was heard.
'' I will take care of this Naruto! We have a lot of Shinobi's and ANBU's that can complete this mission perfectly. '' Tsunade replied with a serious, yet irritated tone as she had her cheek resting on her fist. '' Tsunade-sama is right Naruto'' A lower voice was heard beside Naruto. The pink haired girl placed her hand on Naruto's shoulder as she gave him a nod. '' B-But…'' He sighed '' unbelievable '' Naruto started again, but this time he lowered his voice and looked down with a frown. '' You need to rest Naruto, you're wounds are still not completely healed '' Sakura continued. Tsunade ordered Naruto and Sakura to take a break from their missions. Naruto was badly injured from last time they tried to bring Sasuke back, but yet he refused to sit and do nothing. Especially, letting wounds stop him sounded absurd to him, he was pissed off. His brain bubbled as he thought about his promise to bring him back. Naruto closed his eyes tightly as his fist tightened. Tsunade decided to let other Shinobi's take care of Sasuke, which made Naruto lose his mind. '' Calm down Naruto..'' Sakura noticed the expression on his face and she recognized it.
Every time Naruto thought of Sasuke, he had that heart-ripping expression on his face, and it killed Sakura from the inside seeing her teammate suffer like this. Tsunade let out a sigh, '' Sasuke is a criminal now Naruto, you have to understand that I do this because of your safety, I can't risk losing you two. '' The blonde shook his head slowly and started to walk away with weak and slow steps. When he arrived at the door, he opened it and stopped. '' But you're ready to risk Sasuke..'' The blonde went outside leaving a huge slam after him as he shut the door. Now they were only two in the Hokage's office, the painful silence took over the room seconds after the blonde left them. Sakura looked down; the silence was making this harder for her to keep her positive thoughts going. For them both actually '' Maybe I shou-'' She said after some minutes but got interrupted. '' You should'' Tsunade replied, as she gave her pink haired student a nod. Sakura slightly smiled at her master and left the room after some minutes.
When she came out there was no track of Naruto outside. She started to wonder where her teammate could've gone as she walked around looking for him. Her thoughts about finding the blonde got interrupted as she spotted a bench after searching for a while. That bench made that scar in her heart burn and the pink haired kunoichi had a different expression on her face now. A painful memory froze her brain, a heart-ripping sentence made her fall on her knees. Sakura felt her tears falling down her cheeks as she thought of Sasuke. She lost him, after tearing her heart out that day and shouting that she loved him, he left her. He left her a clear scar on her heart that meant he did not feel anything for her. She was too weak. Sakura's stomach started to hurt just by thinking of how useless she was. She couldn't stop him from taking his step into darkness. And it felt repeated whenever she thought of Naruto. What if she can't save him either? After all Naruto broke almost every bone of his body trying to bring Sasuke back.
Which did nothing but hurt Sakura's feelings each day that passed. But that was far from Naruto's way of view when he thought of Sasuke and Sakura's bond. Sakura always had a smile on her face whenever she was around Sasuke, and that smile...oh lord, the beauty of that smile was impossible for Naruto to describe. As Sakura rose up and wiped her tears, she started to walk to the bench and finally sat down like she did when she was younger. Meanwhile Naruto was in his apartment lying on his bed, still having his thoughts on Sasuke. His arm hurt, but it was nothing compared to the pain in his head by the moment. As he rose up with a groan he felt sick and weak, but that weakness disappeared immediately when his thoughts went back to Sasuke. '' Damn..'' Naruto mumbled as he looked down with a frown. The blond was never taking the subject about Sasuke easily and it never left his mind easily either.
The day he saw Sakura hugging herself as her tears fell down her cheeks, she begged Naruto desperately with a trembling voice to bring Sasuke back. The blonde grabbed his chest, when that chocking feeling of seeing Sakura crying desperately hit his chest again. He hated how she was suffering, he hated to see that beautiful girl cry and beg for something he never could've said no to. That's exactly why he gave her a promise of a lifetime to bring Sasuke back, even though Naruto never got along with Sasuke. In fact, Sasuke was his rival. The feeling of being inside his apartment did not make the blonde feel any better, so he decided to go out for some fresh air. Walking through the streets of Konoha that beautiful day felt like the wrong day to be down. But he couldn't help it, whenever he looked around; things reminded him of Sasuke and Sakura. Heading towards the gate of the village, Naruto passed by the benches. He had his hands in his pockets, and a head that was pointing down.
'' Naruto? '' A familiar voice called his name and made his head raise up. '' Sakura-chan '' The blonde spotted Sakura walking towards him. '' Where are you going? '' The pink haired girl wondered. The blonde shook his head. '' Just walking around..'' he replied and tried to look happy with his foxy grin. But it did not change Sakura's mind. The kunoichi watched him with her green eyes. '' Naruto, please don't take it like this…'' She then said and Naruto's smile slowly started to fade away. '' Heh, don't worry Sakura-chan '' He then replied as he placed his hands behind his head and gave her another grin. Sakura gave up. Making Naruto tell her what was on his mind was not something she could easly succeed with, but she always tried. Maybe she should try to make him feel better instead by making him forget about Sasuke for a minute. Actually, it would make her feel better too. Suddenly a smile appeared on Sakura's face.
'' How about we go and eat at ichiraku's ? '' The kunoichi asked with a kind voice. The blonde had his arms down again and looked at her. '' Hah? You mean it? '' he asked with an extremely happy face and Sakura felt his negative thoughts fade away. This made Sakura smile bigger. '' Of course! '' She replied and then giggled. Naruto then calmed down a bit, feeling embarrassed over his extreme reaction. '' A-Alright '' he then said and it made Sakura giggle again. As the two teammates headed to Ichiraku's, the sun started to sink down from the sky. This gave them that cozy feeling in their bellies. The sky was orange now, and the wind flied through the village calmly. When they arrived, Sakura was hoping that Naruto wouldn't think of Sasuke again. The last thing she wanted to see was Naruto having that expression on his face again, so she prayed that a bowl of ramen could make him forget about his teammate.
After all, ramen made Naruto forget about everything. After ordering two bowls of ramen they started to eat and Naruto looked at Sakura. '' Sakura-chan..'' He said looking down in his ramen bowl. Sakura looked at him, hoping he did not have his minds back on Sasuke. '' Yes, Naruto?'' She replied. '' I just wanted to say..thank you '' The blonde gave her his foxy grin, but this time Sakura knew it came from his heart. She knew that it wasn't a try to hide his pain from her. The pink haired girl was smiling back at him, happy knowing that her teammate was feeling better. '' You're welcome Naruto. You deserve a bowl of ramen after working so hard lately '' she then answered with a smile. The blonde looked at her with his famous smile.