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Sakura travelled through the dense trees that surrounded the Hidden Leaf Village. Naruto, the Hokage, had sent her out for a reconnaissance assignment. Some ninja coming back from missions had complained of food missing, hearing and seeing something that they were sure was a person. The pink haired girl wasn't sure why she was sent out. After all, there were plenty of other ninjas who were home for a bit, and she was needed at the hospital. However, when she voiced her objections to Naruto, he merely smiled that cat-like grin, and sent her out. Why was it, someone could be so devious, yet so blind? After all, Hinata had only liked him since forever, unlike many of the girls now throwing themselves at him.
She sighed, as much as she loved her brother like figure, he sure could be stupid sometimes.
A rustling in the tree top stirred her from her musings. She glanced up, and started with surprise when she saw a hooded figure standing on the branch above her, staring down at her. The masked man (it must be a man, women just don't get that big!), leaped to the ground, and then looked up at her. It was a wordless challenge, and Sakura accepted. She too fell gracefully to the leaf covered forest floor, and fell into the traditional battle stance. "Sakura, Sakura." the hooded man chuckled in a voice she knew all to well. "I don't want to fight you."
Rage over six years appeared, and she answered back in a low, tight voice. "Yeah? Cause I want to fight you. You pathetic power seeker, how dare you come back?"
With a small flourish, way too unlike the Sasuke she remembered, he removed his hood. Amused black eyes stared back into furious green ones. "You want to fight me? Are you going to kill me Sakura?"
"I just might!" She shrieked as she launched herself at him, pulling out kunai as she spoke. He looked surprised for a moment, and then leaped backwards dodging her attack.
"Would you really kill an unarmed opponent?" he asked her.
Stopping, she looked at him in suspicion. "What do you mean you're unarmed? Don't you have chakra, or did Orochimaru take that from you too?"
"Ah, you found me out. I have only the bare minimum of chakra, thanks not to Orochimaru, who is in fact dead, but to your own Hok…"
The rest of his sentence was stopped as Sakura used the hilt of her knife to bash him on the head.
The first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. This is a gift for X-JOURO-X who had this brilliant idea. Review and tell me what you think!