Sakura's Desire
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To find you must lose
Sakura had been in deep love with Sasuke ever since she met him. No other man seemed worthy of her love. This gained Sasuke lots of enemy's over the years since Sakura was a very attractive girl to other boys. Sasuke had never loved Sakura. He found her very annoying and pushy. Sasuke hated all the girls because they were all too pushy. None were strong at all for they all wasted their time flirting with him. Sasuke did not want love; all he wanted was an enemy worthy in battle. And he could find one now that he had obtained the rank of chunin, along with the rest of his cell.
Sasuke was never around; he was always out on a C rank mission. Naruto was around most of the time, but he went on a fair share of C ranked missions. Sakura was always around because she rarely left Kohona. Even though she was a chunin, she just did not feel strong enough. The reason she got to where she was today was because of Sasuke and Naruto. And now that she was on her own, she felt weaker than ever. Naruto would occasionally offer to take her on a mission but she only accepted twice. She wanted to go on a mission with Sasuke but he wanted nothing to do with anyone anymore. He was purposely isolating himself from basically all of Kohona.
Sakura walked slowly over to Lord Hokage. She decided that she would go on a mission for once. Hokage smiled as she approached him.
"Ah, good to see you around Sakura. How may I help you?" said Hokage cheerfully. He was happy to see Sakura here, because she did not usually go on missions with out a partner. Sakura stood and thought for a few seconds. She started to feel nervous about going solo on a mission.
"Uh, hi. What kinds of C ranked missions do you have?" Sakura asked nervously. She was afraid Hokage would assign her to a mission that would be far too hard for her. Hokage however could see that she was very nervous, so he looked for something that did not involve much fighting. He scanned down his scroll filled with many different types of C rank missions until he found the perfect one for Sakura.
"Aha! I think this one will suit you very well! Do you remember seeing a demonstration back when you were in the ninja academy?" asked Hokage. He was quite certain that she did remember. And Sakura did remember it, like it was yesterday. She remembered being so enlightened by the demonstrator's techniques and skills!
"Yes, I remember it like it was yesterday!" replied Sakura. She had a good feeling about this. Hokage smiled happily.
"Then how would you like to be one of those demonstrators? You specialize in chakra use, and that's the kind of ninja we need!" said Hokage. He knew that Sakura would accept, her facial expression said so. Sakura was overjoyed and relieved at the same time.
"I would love to!" said Sakura in a excited tone. She had always enjoyed teaching younger kids stuff about chakra. Hokage smiled again, he was happy that Sakura was taking interest in teaching others. The things she usually took interest in were: Sasuke, Sasuke and Sasuke.
"Very good, be at the ninja academy at by twelve tomorrow. There is nothing that you need to bring," said Hokage. Sakura nodded then said goodbye to Lord Hokage. She began to leave the room when Sasuke strode in his usual way into the room. He noticed Sakura but he pretended that she was not there. The last thing he wanted right now was Sakura following him on his mission. To his surprise, Sakura said nothing to him. She just looked at him in a dazed manner. He had succeeded in detaching Sakura from him. Sakura decided to leave; Sasuke did not look like he wanted to talk to anyone at the moment. For the rest of the day Sakura wandered aimlessly around Kohona, thinking about her mission tomorrow. She was in such a trance that she could not hear what some kid was warning her about. Then she realized what the kid was warning her about. Sakura walked into a tree, and then fell over backwards. She lied on the ground for a few seconds before standing up.
"Your bright," said Naruto, startling Sakura. Naruto had just gotten back from his latest mission. He was happy to see Sakura not following Sasuke around but he was a bit confused. Why the hell did Sakura just walk into a tree? Weren't chunin were supposed to be intelligent? "Are you on drugs or something?" Sakura snapped back to reality.
"Oh, hi Naruto," said Sakura, a bit embarrassed. She had not noticed him standing there. His facial expression said: you are the most stupid chunin I have ever met. Sakura knew she had better explain to Naruto why she just walked into a tree. "I was in a daze, I am going to do a demonstration at the ninja academy tomorrow. I have been on cloud nine ever since!"
"Hey, I am also doing a demonstration at the ninja academy tomorrow! What a coincidence!" said Naruto. Sakura froze up once he finished. She really had to do a demonstration with Naruto? No way! This was terrible; Naruto would probably make a fool out of both of them. He was the worst role model ever! Sakura though he should get a certificate saying so too!
"Oh, that's great Naruto. I think I am going to go home and eat dinner, it was nice chatting with you!" lied Sakura, feeling the need to escape. She needed to think, alone. Her sail on cloud nine was over with, thanks to Naruto's wonderful news.
"But Sakura! Its three thirty in the afternoon! I have not even had lunch yet!" called Naruto. Sakura ignored him because she felt the need to get home. She began to run away from Naruto as fast as she could. Once Naruto was far behind her, Sakura stopped to catch her breath. It was then that the thought crossed her mind. Why the hell am I running from Naruto? Why is this so upsetting? Those thoughts knocked some sense into Sakura. There was no reason to run from Naruto. Sakura decided that she was not going to let Naruto spoil the demonstration. After all, he was a chunin and had matured greatly since they first met. Now, Sakura had gained the confidence that Naruto would do fine at the demonstration. This put her back on cloud nine, and then she continued to wander Kohona aimlessly.
The next day, Sakura awoke at seven thirty AM then ate breakfast. She was utterly psyched about doing her mission today. The thought of Naruto ruining her mission for her had gone away completely. In fact, she had not thought about Naruto at all that morning. After she had eaten breakfast, she left her house. She took a walk around Kohona; she wanted to be in shape for her big demonstration. After one hour of wandering Kohona, she grew bored of walking. She sat down a bench to rest her legs. Three and a half hours left until her demonstration. Nothing seemed appealing at the moment. Sakura tried thinking about Sasuke, which usually could keep her mind occupied for a few hours but not today. She just could not take her mind of her demonstration. Just when Sakura thought things could not get worse, she saw Naruto walking towards her. He looked mad, probably because Sakura ditched him yesterday. Sakura knew she would have to face him at one point during the day, and it was not going to be easy.
"Why the hell did you ditch me yesterday? You got something to say?" Naruto said madly. He was really pissed off. Sakura had no idea what to say, if she did not say anything Naruto would get even madder! But if she said she thought he would mess up the demonstration he might hate Sakura for the rest of her life!
"Um, I realized my mom had told me to be home at three so I needed to get home really fast!" lied Sakura. Naruto would most likely buy it, he was not all that bright. She felt a little remorseful for lying to Naruto, but it was for his own good.
"You lie Sakura! You said you were going home for dinner! And it was three thirty in the afternoon!" countered Naruto. Sakura now realized that she was in even deeper shit than she thought. Naruto was not going to leave her alone until he got a straightforward answer. "So? I know you have something to say to me! But you're just to chicken to say it! A real chunin faces their problems, and does not lie there way out of things!"
"Ok," Sakura was going to tell the truth no matter what the consequences would be! "I thought for a few minutes that you were going to totally mess up the demonstration. I ran away because I needed some time to think about things alone. After I ran away I stopped and realized that you have matured a lot since I first met you," Sakura blurted it all out. Naruto looked at her skeptically.
"I am glad you have faith in me. I am a chunin for gods sakes!" said Naruto. Sakura had half expected a reaction like this from Naruto because it was in his nature. She could not say that she wanted him to be like this. Sakura always thought Naruto overreacted to lots of things, however almost anyone would be offended by what Sakura had done to Naruto. "I thought you were different" Naruto seemed almost heartbroken. All his life people had assumed him much less reliable than he really was. However Sakura was unaware of this, she was to busy flirting with Sasuke.
"Hey, didn't I say that I realized that you have matured a lot since we first met?" Sakura protested. She wanted Naruto to have at least some trust in her. Naruto looked at Sakura in a way that said: you are such a liar. Sakura hated that look. Her mom and dad both gave her that look when she told them about going to the land of mist and fighting Zazuba. "You can trust me"
"Liar! You made that up off the top of your head you backstabbing bitch!" Naruto yelled. Sakura thought Naruto was overreacting a bit, but he had a right not to trust her. She thought that he had crossed a line by calling her a backstabbing bitch. "Admit it! You're a worthless lying loser of a chunin!" now Naruto had definitely crossed a line. Sakura's story may have been that believable but Naruto was taking this way to seriously.
"Naruto I think you crossed a line! You may have the right to think that I am a liar but you don't have the right to call me worthless, a bitch and a loser of a chunin!" Sakura yelled. She was seriously pissed now. Naruto shot her a mean glare then walked away. The argument had lasted half an hour, and Sakura was glad it was over. Now she knew for sure her demonstration was going to suck big time! With Naruto exceedingly pissed at her she knew he was going to do something to her.
The three-hour wait was over, and Sakura was afraid of what was going to happen at the ninja academy. She arrived at eleven fifty, and was greeted by Iruka. He was happy to see that Sakura was a chunin and was here to help with the demonstration. Sakura asked if Naruto had arrived, and Iruka answered no. Iruka brought Sakura to the front of the classroom and introduced her to the class. The class was all over the place; kids were talking to and beating on each other. Iruka had to yell a few times to get their attention. He explained to the class about what the demonstration was about. Iruka asked Sakura to perform some signs and use some techniques while he explained how they worked. They repeated that for the rest of the demonstration, which lasted one hour. It worried both Iruka and Sakura that Naruto never showed up. Sakura knew it was because of her. After the demonstration was over Sakura wandered around Kohona hoping that she would run into Naruto.
Sakura had been wandering for two hours when she finally decided to give up. Naruto was probably hiding from her. Sakura felt a little guilty, until she remembered how cruel he was to her. She should be the one hiding from him, considering how hurtful he was to her. The thought finally hit her; maybe Naruto was being so mean because he wanted to hide how hurt he was on the inside. It made sense because Naruto had done it before. Now Sakura felt a little guiltier. She decided to go see Lord Hokage to see if he knew where Naruto was.
"Ah Sakura, how was the demonstration today?" Hokage asked. He was very happy that Sakura had returned hopefully to do another mission. However when she got closer to him he doubted she wanted to do another mission. She looked like she had just committed a murder and was confessing to the cops. "What is wrong Sakura?"
"Naruto was supposed to be at the demonstration today right?" asked Sakura. Hokage shook his head. "Yeah well, he was not there today and I think it is my fault that he was not there," said Sakura. Hokage raised one eyebrow at Sakura. He wondered how Sakura could have done that because Naruto almost never backs down! Just before Sakura spoke again, Rock Lee entered the room. He saw Sakura and immediately blushed. "Lee! Have you seen Naruto lately?"
"I think he went with Sasuke on a mission," said Lee. He was disappointed that Sakura was looking for Naruto. Hokage looked at a scroll that kept records of what mission's people were on. Sasuke was on a B ranked mission to assassinate two rogue journeymen ninja off the coast of Oto.
"Well he wont be back for a while," said Hokage. Everyone in the room, even Lee found it weird that Sasuke would go on a mission with Naruto of all people. This was very peculiar and mysterious. "They both went to assassinate two rogue mercenary's of f the coast of Oto, the village hidden in sound," these words shocked Sakura. She knew right away that they were on a B ranked mission. All of the sudden Sakura felt something she had never felt before. She was becoming exceedingly afraid that Naruto might die, but she was more afraid that she might lose him!
