The cold crisp air blew carrying the first snowflakes of the season with it. The last leaf fell as its stem gave way to the wind. The leaf Blew throughout the whole village of Konaha almost touching the ground but each time it got close, the wind picked it up once more. Finally the leaf reached the village's gates. It blew towards a couple facing each other in the gateway.

One of the figures standing in the gateway was a young man, about around the age of 17 or 18. He had Blond spiky hair with gorgeous blue eyes. There were 3 whisker like marks on both of his cheeks. He wore a black and orange jumpsuit and wore his headband around his forehead.

The other figure standing in front of him was a female Kinoichi around the same age. She had semi-long pink hair, almost touching her shoulders, and beautiful aqua-green eyes. She wore a red shirt with a circle like symbol indicating her family name. She also wore black shorts with a clip-on pink over-skirt. As the leaf flew on over, the two young ninja seemed to be talking about something that had the Kinoichi upset.

"You can't leave…" The girl mumbled as she looked at the ground. The boy smiled and lifted her head by the chin. "Don't worry Sakura-Chan; it will only be for a little while." She blinked as she let a few tears fall from her eyes. He continued. "It's not like I'm leaving for another 2 and half years." He let out a soft chuckle as Sakura still stared at him.

"But!" She took her head away from his hand and stepped back. "I wanted to spend Christmas with you! I wanted to go to the winter dance celebration with you too. But…." She looked at the ground for a moment as he looked at her worried. "But you being gone through all that…." She held her tears in as much as possible. "Makes me want to cry and scream!" She started crying as she couldn't hold it in any longer. He just stood there with his eyes invisible from the shadow caused by his hair. Her tears hit the ground one by one.

"Ill……*sniffle*…..ill miss you to mu—" She was interrupted by his hug. "NO!" She tried to shove away. But she couldn't escape from his embrace. "Naruto……..it's not fair."

Naruto rubbed the back of her head as she cried in his chest. She was crying which seemed like forever and nearly soaked the front of his jacket. His eyes quickly shot open as he realized something. "Sakura..." He then said "Hmm?" She pulled away and wiped the tears away from her eyes. "What is it?" She looked up at his smiling face. "I have something I want to give you." He started rummaging through his kunai pouch. She slightly smiled and leaned to the side in curiosity of what he could have for her. "Here" He pulled out a 3 ended kunai with writing on the handle.

"Eh? What is it?"She asked as he grabbed her hand and set in her grasp. "I want you to have it….it's a special kunai. Jiraiya gave it to me."The blonde said with a smile. She looked down at the Kunai with a confused look on her face. "What….What does it do?" She asked looking back up. "You will know at the right moment," He smiled and held out a thumbs up, like he always did ever since he was a little boy.

"Trust me Sakura-Chan!" She giggled at the sight of his thumbs up. She remembered the day he left to go rescue Sasuke with all the other boys. He had given her the same thumbs up and smile.

"Hey I see you're all ready to go."A voice came from the walkway to the right. Naruto and Sakura both looked in the direction of the voice. Jiraiya was walking towards them. "Ero-sannin. Heh, I almost forgot you were coming." Naruto said with a laugh as he rubbed the back of his head. "Then why would you be leaving?"The old sage then asked. "I….uh…ummm….heh….I don't know, hehehe"

Sakura couldn't help but laugh at her boyfriend's confusion towards his sensei. Naruto stopped laughing so nervously and looked at Sakura. "Well this is where I take off."He said to her. Sakura nearly fell into total breakdown after hearing his words. "I still want you to stay."She mumbled as she felt the tears coming back again. "I'm sorry but I have to go, if you need help use that kunai I gave you, it will give you all the help you need." She looked up at him as she let more tears fall down her cheeks. "Fi….fine. Just be back before Christmas….please." He smiled and nodded. "Okay, I will try don't you worry." He then said. Naruto then walked over to her and gave her a passionate kiss as his goodbye.

"Let's go Naruto! Stop dawdling and let's get a move on."Jiraiya said impatiently. Naruto turned his head and gave Jiraiya an evil look. The old man flinched and turned around to avoid the evil/irritated eyes of his young student. Sakura gripped the kunai and looked up to the blond boy's face. "I'll miss you." She mumbled. Naruto turned his head back around and smiled. "I'll miss you too." "LET'S GO!" Naruto turned around still annoyed by his sensei and started walking away from Sakura. He was still holding Sakura's hand and eventually their hands fell apart as he got further away.

"I LOVE YOU!" She called out to him as he walked away. He stopped and turned around. His smile never left his face. "I love you to, Sakura-Cahn." He said before he turned back around and started out the gates. She held the 3 ended kunai up to her chest, and couldn't help to Notice the keychain hanging off his pants.

It's been 2 months since the Cheyenne incident and he still had the keychain she had given to him. He hated her with all his heart for doing such a horrible thing to him, but in a way he still missed her just as much. Sakura always looked at that keychain only to see the horrible memories of Cheyenne's time with them, no matter how hard she tried to think positive of her……and yet Naruto was able to remember the good times easier than ever. She watched Naruto and Jiraiya disappear into the distance and looked at the ground once more, "I miss him already…."

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Naruto and Jiraiya were both jumping through the trees on their way to the hot springs they always go to on a trip like this. "Ero-sennin?" Naruto mumbled from behind. Jiraiya looked behind him to hear what the boy had to say. But he never said anything he just stared at the ground as it passed by from below. Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. "What is it?" He asked. Naruto slowly looked up. "Never mind..." He grabbed hold of the keychain as they continued. Jiraiya noticed him grab hold of it and wondered if he was thinking about ….her….

"Naruto?"

"What?"

"Are you thinking about Cheyenne?"

Naruto's eyes twitched, as he hesitated to look up. But when he finally did, Jiraiya looked at his sad eyes and decided to leave her out of the subject. He sighed and turned his head back around. "Never mind Naruto, let's just keep going." The old man then mumbled. Naruto bit his bottom lip and looked back down as he reflected on Cheyenne's smiling face. But it all turned to ash in his mind as the memory of her evil laugh came to his thoughts. He closed his eyes as if he got punched in the chest.

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They soon arrived at the hot springs and got situated. Naruto opened the sliding door to the springs and slowly looked out with a cautious look on his face. 'I don't want to be with other people…' He stepped out of the room and looked around. No one. He sighed in relief. 'Thank god.' "OI NARUTO! IS IT A SPA FOR BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS?!"The poor boy grabbed his head in pain as the yell echoed passed. Naruto then turned around to see his sensei running towards him and the spa. "NO! For the last time Ero-sennin we've been here before!" Naruto yelled. He smacked his forehead as Jiraiya ran by and jumped in without thinking. All the water was splashed onto the young Uzumaki. Jiraiya lifted his head out of the water and looked at his soaked student.

He could tell Naruto was angry. "Um Naruto….why are you wet," He asked as Naruto turned around. He narrowed his eyes and started cracking his knuckles. "You haven't jumped in yet so why wou—" He interrupted himself when he realized an imaginary dark aura creeping around Naruto, the words DOOOOOM floated around his head as Naruto looked as if he was going to kill him. "Heh……heh, Naruto you should really cool your jets." And without another word Naruto pounced. "ERO-SENNIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GOT MY CLOTHES WET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" The pervert's scream echoed throughout the mountains, as he was pummeled by his own student.