Chapter 1: The beginning of a new adventure

The sun shined unto a boy with blond hair. His sharp looks and determined attitude does not reflect upon his personality, because this boy is actually a true rascal, troubling the people of the beautiful Konoha. Konoha is a medium sized village with very talented people throughout its generations, despite starting after the rest of the villages. It has thrown itself upwards and making itself into its very own powerhouse. Today, the people of Konoha are represented by the Hokage, who is the leader of the village. The Hokage is someone who is close to the blonde child, Naruto. Naruto's parents passed away because of what happened when he was born. The infamous ninja, Madara, had their parents killed by possessing the Kyuubi, the ninetails, and forcing it to destroy Konoha. At this time, Naruto's father was the Hokage and he gave up the life of his own and the life of his wife to protect Konoha and their child Naruto.

Naruto walks down the many creeks of Konoha and stumbles upon a girl with pink hair. The girl was looking at the water with determined facial expression. The girl with pink hair is one of Naruto's original team partners. The two of them were part of a team called 'Team 7' Team 7 consisted with Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke, the leader being Kakashi. Sakura is not so lively, but she can be when really needs to be. She provides and emotional bond between the two and even though she had placed all her concentration with Sasuke, she's really closer with Naruto, due to the time the two were separate with Sasuke.

"Sakura!"

Naruto called out with a smile and she looks back at him. Her eyes quickly slanted and she looked to be depressed, "Oh it's you. I almost thought you were Sasuke." She stands up with her hands on her hips and glares at Naruto with a playful smile, "What do you want?" she asked and Naruto leans forward with his finger pointing up at the sky, "How would you like to fly with me beloved?" The usual 'romance' line. It's not very effective, well not effective at all since it never worked, but it turned into a conversation starter whenever they meet. Sakura starts off with a depressed look and then Naruto proposes a date with her, the date being more outrageous than the other, and finally…

"Okay sure."

…she would decline…

Naruto's eyes slightly widen, his balance almost slipping off as he stares at her confused. She had always denied him, every chance he got, she would deny him and that would be all. They would start talking about normal things and move on, but now she's pulling something new. Sakura had a pink blush on her face and she notices that Naruto is speechless which causes her to look into a different direction. Her face made a smile, but eventually she begins to feel angry and she looks directly at him. The two looked at each other for a small moment until Sakura breaks it off.

"What, don't tell me you're going to back out after I finally said yes."

She complained, almost walking away but Naruto grabs her by the shoulder and swallows hard, "That's the thing Sakura, you said 'yes'. When did you decide to actually say yes?" Naruto said, still a bit hazy from the fact that she said yes. "I-I-I just wanted a change in scenery, that's all…and maybe going with you in a date won't be so bad." She smooth's her long yellow dress with a blue ribbon. The face she's making was so cute that Naruto almost couldn't help it. He leans forward and lifts her by the chin to get a better look, actually just to make sure she was serious and she actually was.

"Okay…" Naruto decided with a smile. He moves away from her but their eyes still met. He then takes two steps back, moving further away from her, "I'll see you tomorrow then?" the long conversations they used to have ended rather quickly because of what she said, but she looks happy and that's all that should matter, right? Naruto questions his sanity, and as he turns his head to walk off, he could feel his hand grabbed by a warm hand that felt so familiar, "Wait." Sakura said, and Naruto's brain finally clicked. She's going to turn it down, she's finally come to her senses. Naruto thought as he turns back to her and surprisingly she leans forward, tiptoeing to get to his height, "Sa-"

His voice is cut off by the pressing of two lips. Their lips intertwined into something he would call beautiful, but it didn't help his situation at all. He's eyes shot open before he dazed out and he forcefully pushes her off, causing her to fall to the floor. Naruto hung his head in the shadow of his hair and felt kind of bad for pushing her off. He needs to tell her something now, but before he could. She kneels down on the floor and looks up to him, "I'm going to go Naruto…but tomorrow you better be ready for our date." And as if she'd been dating him for the longest time, she smiles. The smile felt really unknown and Naruto questioned if this was really the same Sakura he met years ago. The girl skips away and Naruto watched her leave until her image disappears in the background.

There was some sort of feeling in his heart, but he wasn't sure what it was. It was like mixing poison with sweetness and coming up with something good. He started walking slow motion towards his house, hoping he won't wake up and find himself inside his room. That would actually make sense though, because of what happened today. He was just a normal young man who lived by himself, waiting for his new mission when he was introduced with this. He doesn't know what to make up of it. It's like he should celebrate for something he didn't deserve, but was it something he doesn't deserve? Naruto had been chasing Sakura for the longest time, longer than anyone who tried to be friend with her. He started to think that maybe this wasn't just a coincident, maybe for the first time in his life someone actually grew to love him. The years he spent with Sakura and the battles they fought together, who else would be more worthy than he is?

The questions boiled into his head even after he arrived at home, opening the door to his house he slumps himself unto his bed and closes his eyes. It the middle of the day, but the information they fed him gave him some sort of food coma. It happens only when he is given information that disturbs him and as much as he is excited. The young man was frightened of what this change will do. It was only a while ago when Sasuke rejoined Konoha, so it'll be only a wonder when this good era would end. Sasuke and Sakura had always and always will be the 'couple' that everyone wants to be. The elderly praise them, the young love them and it's going to be Naruto who would end that cycle. The bad boy doesn't get the girl. Naruto is no good apple, but he is a hero and maybe that's why he got her, but he would never dream of the day Sasuke being second picked.

Naruto's surroundings soon disappear and he falls into a deep sleep. He could only wonder what will happen tomorrow when he wakes up.