Sakura was standing near a flower shop; she was wearing a light green kimono decorated with tiny white flowers. She picked up a pink wood flower, that matched her hair, designed with tiny black dots. She stared at it in amazement as she started observing it thoroughly, turning it as she inspected every bit of it.

As Sakura was lost in her thoughts, Naruto was talking with one of the villagers. He was wearing a simple black kimono. He wore a wide brimmed hat to hide his whiskers. The villagers took him as a peculiar person but their concerns were put at ease when they saw Sakura with him. Her warm glow gave off a friendly impression.

Narrator was trying to pry out information from one of the villagers who claimed to have seen a strange man with red eyes. The villager was a 14 year old teenager with a simple face, black hair and defined features. He strode beside Naruto taking interest in Naruto's hidden face.

"So this man with red eyes you saw..." Naruto said, trying to make the teenager elaborate more and not cause any suspicion.

"Oh yes, he had the strangest eye, it almost looked like blood. He had a man with him. The man looked weird too. He had scaly green skin and carries this HUMONGOUS bandaged thing; it might be candy, dontyouthink?"

Clearly this guy is an idiot, Naruto thought, but then I would have thought the same if I hadn't have seen it before...WHAT, no way!! I'm calling myself an idiot, pff nooo way...

"EXCUSE ME SIR!! you're fazing out on me again", the teenager said with an annoyed glint in his eyes.

"Oh that guy you were talking about is interesting. I wonder where they went and what they are doing here..." Naruto said, trying to hint to the teenager to give more information on the whereabouts of the 'two strange people'.

"Well I could say the same thing for you sir. But they seem cold. You know...those bad feelings typeofpeople", Naruto didn't get why the boy always seemed to cluster words together and expressed himself weirdly. It's pretty annoying really.

"But it was weirder that they were followed by this other person. I couldn't see his face but he had strange tattoos on his side", Narrator's eyes widened in shock,

Sasuke is here?

Narrator couldn't hold his patience anymore; he turned to the teenager swiftly and asked as politely as he could,

"Where were they going?" his voice was stern, the teenager took it as a sign to tell before he get himself in a mess.

"That way, they turned to the left after that towards the stream" the teenager said pointing towards the forest, quivering after the tone Narrator gave.

Naruto raised his hat revealing his mouth and gave a big ol' grin.

"Arigato!!" Narrator screamed running off to find Sakura, the teenager waved, in amazement at the sudden change of the strange mans mood. He shook his head and went off to the direction towards his house...

Naruto ran from aisle to aisle of shops looking for Sakura. Then he spotted her, holding a flower that matched her hair. Naruto stopped his eyes softened. Its been awhile since he have seen Sakura this peaceful. At first he didn't want to tell her about what he found out. He just wanted to see that look stay in Sakura's face forever. It was so beautiful.

As he reached Sakura he put on a hand on her shoulders, as if comforting her. She looked at him in puzzlement. Naruto frowned; the peaceful look on her face was gone. It was placed with worry.

He decided he should just tell her, she had the right to know since they have been searching for him tiresomely everyday since last year.

"I think we've found him". Sakura's eye widened, at first a flicker of confusion passed through her face, she had almost forgotten why they were there. Then she remembered. Sasuke.

She gave a nod, as if a sign for Naruto to lead the way.