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Chapter 1: A Little Bit Of Ramen
Sakura stood up and was motionless. Her emotions were so mixed and confused. She stood blankly at Naruto and the ends of her lips curled up into a small smile. He finally did it. Naruto Uzumaki brought back Sasuke. Sasuke. It's been so long since she's seen him. She didn't know how to act. To run up and hug him, ignore him, say 'hello', she didn't know!
Interrupting her thoughts she was caught in a bone-crunching embarce. "Sakura-chan!" the peppy voice said, hugging her like she was a teddy bear. "Nar-uto. Can't. Breath!" She choked, squinting up her face. "Sorry, Sakura-chan." the voice said, letting go of her. Naruto's hands were on Sakura's shoulders as his bruises and cuts were shone to her. The cuts on his arms were brutal and he had a huge gash on his right arm. On his face were multiple red scratches that would need a log of bandaging. "Wow, you sure worked hard, Naruto. I mean, look at yourself! You look like a- like a- I don't even know! Like a genin that went against an ANBU!" she said, smiling at the thought of the old genin Naruto.
"Dobe, help me out here before I give you another punch to the face." A darker voice behind Naruto spoke. Sakura tilted her head and saw a young man with raven hair that was an awkward style. He had no shirt on and had a giant scar on his chest. He was wearing black pants and he was crouched on the ground. Sakura then remembered that Naruto was helping him walk, and he must've rushed to Sakura and let go of him.
"Right, Teme. My bad!" Naruto said rushing over to Sasuke and helping him up off his feet. Sasuke grunted and they walked slowly.
"Kakashi." Tsunade said, "Come with me" she said strenly. Kakashi looked up from him book and put it in his pouch and then teleported along with Tsunade. "Come on, Hinata. We need to go home." Neji said quickly, looking over at the shy Hinata. Hinata just nodded and they walked away.
"See you, Naruto-kun." Hinata said quiely, but Naruto didn't hear. "Sakura." she heard the familiar dark voice say. She turned around and the dark coal eyes were staring at her. She was shocked to hear him directly say her name. "Uh- I mean, hi Sasuke." she said, studdering.
"Teme, say something nice." Naruto whispered under his breath so Sakura couldn't hear. "Nice to see you again." Sasuke, said and then grunted.
Sakura smiled a fake smile and Naruto sighed. "Let's go get some ramen, guys!" Naruto declared energetically. "Uh- I don't think I-" Sakura began, but was cut off by Naruto grabbed her hand in one and having his other hand helping Sasuke. "Ramen it is!"
Sasuke grunted and sighed. He didn't want to go eat stupid ramen with his old teammates. He'd rather just get to the damn hospital so he could get healed.
Naruto took his chopsticks and happily ate the large bowl of ramen. Sakura winced at how fast he was eating it and laughed a little under her breath. Sasuke smirked and slowly at his bowl of ramen.
"So, Sakura-chan, what have you been doing? I've been gone for 2 months to go get Sasuke. What have you been doin'?" Naruto asked, not looking up from his ramen.
"Been working double time at the hospital and have been helping Ino train and stuff. You know, the usual medical ninja stuff." Sakura said, smiling at Naruto. Sasuke stared at her and Sakura knew it, but tried to ignore his stare. She felt her stomach twisting a little bit, but tried to ignore it. Inner Sakura was squealing at the thought of Sasuke looking at her, but Outer Sakura just told herself to shut up.
Suddenly, a poof of smoke appeared behind Sakura. Sakura jumped a little bit and grabbed a kunai quickly out of her pouch. She turned around and pointed the kunai at the poof of smoke. Slowly the smoke dissapeared to leave a certain sensei who was reading a very perverted book.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto exclaimed. "Sasuke, you need to come with me. The hokage wished to see you." he said sternly.
"Aw, Kakashi-sensei, how come Sasuke is all you think about!" Naruto complained.
Kakashi just sighed and smiled at the fox boy.
"Naruto, I don't need Sasuke because it's a good thing. Our little Sasuke is in big trouble with the big bad hokage."
Sakura giggled and Naruto burst into laughter. Naruto then directed his attention to the book Kakashi was holding.
"Gross, sensei! You're reading one of the pervy sage's old damn books! Those are bad for the mind you know!"
Kakashi just smiled under his mask and squinted his eyes at Naruto.
"This book is good literature. It has a very interesting plot and is not some perverted garbage. Maybe when you're older you'll understand, Naruto"
Naruto just sighed and crossed his arms over his chest.
"I'll never understand what's with old guys and watching young women..." Naruto mumbled. Sakura smiled at Naruto and put another noodle in her mouth. She always enjoyed these moments with the guys. She always felt special to be the only girl with them. But she always felt she was equal with them, not the high-mantinence girl who needs the guys to help her out all the time. Of course when they were little Sakura was the helpless one in the group. Always needing someone to help her, carry her, save her- ugh! Sakura absolutely hated it. Sakura growled silently to herself, making everyone look at her for a split second.
"So, where are we going, Kakashi?" Sasuke asked, no longer interested in the hot delicious ramen.
Kakashi directed his attention to his ex-student and smiled at him. "You'll find out."
"Hn."
Sasuke sighed. He really wanted to go to the hospital to get healed up. But, being a criminal comes with it's prices. Kakashi walked over to Sasuke and he poked him in the cheek. "Let's go Sasuke-kun." he teased. Sasuke cursed under his breath and they poofed away. Sasuke was still as stubborn as ever.
Naruto grew a giant smile on his face, turning to Sakura. "Sakura, guess we're on a DATE now, huh?" he said, a giant smile crawling over his face.
Sakura's memories triggered of how badely Sakura always wanted to go on a date with her. Sakura just smiled at him and punched him in the arm. Naruto grumbled and rubbed the arm she punched- she hit harder then he thought she would.
"You need to watch you're strength, Sakura-chan!"
Sakura chuckled and took another noodle into her mouth.
"Sasuke Uchiha, you have been absent from this village for around 5 years. You were 13 the time you left this village and are now 18 years old. You caused this village a lot of trouble and have caused great worry among your teammates. You have been associated with Orochimaru and have killed a very important Akatsuki member, Itachi Uchiha. You have both helped this village in a sort and both caused great tragedy to this village. You will have to pay the price and we'll have to question you. You will not be allowed to leave this village for some time and you must comply with us, or death will be the price." The hokage stated, staring the stubborn Uchiha in the eye. Sasuke just sighed and shrugged.
"It's stupid. I only left for a little while. You guys should just leave me the fuck alone. I'm back, aren't I?" Sasuke said, totally disrespecting the hokage.
"Listen here, you punk." Tsunade said, gripped the edge of the desk, "You screwed the village and you caused us so much damn trouble over you wanting to avenge your clan and seeking power! So you will do whatever we need to you do or so help me I'll crush your skull into the wall!"
Sasuke just closed his eyes during her rant and smirked. Her threats didn't even phase him.
"I'll do whatever I need to do. Just leave me alone." Sasuke said, rolling his eyes. Kakashi put his hand on his shoulder and they teleported away.
"That boy is going to bring a lot of drama to this village." Shizune stated. The hokage just simply sighed and relaxed her grip on the table to reveal that her fingernails tug deep into the desk.
"Wow, old man! It's been too long since I've had this ramen!" Naruto exclaimed, downing his 5th bowl of ramen. "Naruto, you're going to get sick, you know!" Sakura explained, sighing.
"Oh, come on Sakura. A little bit of ramen never hurt anyone!" Sakura smiled at Naruto and he smiled back.
"Sakura-chan." She heard Naruto say as she turned to him. "Hm? What is it?"
"I finally brought Sasuke back. For you. I kept your promise. I am not entitled to become hokage, now."
Sakura stared at him. Naruto brought back Sasuke. For her...
"Thank you."
Naruto turned his head and stared in amazment. Sakura finally said it.
"You've always been there for me, Naruto. You're still the knucklehead I remember from when we were at the acadamy, but you've changed. You will become hokage. I believe in you. You've always been so strong. You've always smiled when no one else could smile. You're my best friend"
"Sakura, you've been so sad for these past 5 years since Sasuke left. You went into total depression. I thought the old Sakura was lost. I beat myself up for not bringing back Sasuke for so long. But, I did it. I did it-" Naruto's eyes went into the back of his head and he passed out on Sakura's shoulder.
'Silly. He should've gone straight to the hospital.' Sakura thought.
"Good job, Sasuke." Kakashi said to his ex-student, "Thank you for cooperating with our questions. You've been quite helpful. Atleast you've learned to pass your stubborn-ness a little bit."
Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes. This has taken quite a while to do these stupid questions. 5 hours or more. Sasuke just wanted to get out of there and escape the damn ANBU.
"Whatever," Sasuke quickly said, "anything else I need to do?"
"Nothing for the time being. You should probably go to the hospital. Sakura can fix you up there. Did you know that she's the best medical ninja now? She's almost as good as Tsunade. You should see how good she is. She can fix any broken bone and cure any sickness. She's really grown up." Kakashi stated, admiring the kunoichi.
"Hn."
Sasuke smirked at his old sensei. "Kakashi, I improved your stupid Chidori, you know. I've improved it 5 times more." Sasuke bragged.
Kakashi stared at Sasuke. His one visable eye suddenly grew wide.
"Really? What is it?"
Sasuke then thought of Naruto. Naruto was always excited about learning a new jutsu. But this jutsu he'd keep a secret, but he wanted to egg him on on a little more.
"I used it to defeat Itachi. I really kicked his ass with it. I was almost a one hit knock out. It really sent him flying. Like a million bolts of lightning shot through him. It can kill any genin in the blink of an eye, I don't know you never thought of the technique..."
Kakashi glared at him and growled under his breath. "Tell me." he said sternly.
Right then Sasuke teleported, leaving a very anxious and pissed off Kakashi.
Sasuke entered his old house and looked around. The kitchen was still the same his mother had left it. She always organized the plates in color order. He smiled at the thought of his mother's caring ways.
He walked upstairs and looked at all the pictures on the walls. Most of his anscestors and many Uchiha emblem pictures. He entered his room to see the large double bed. The bed was dusty and had dark blue covers with black pillows. He sat on the bed and saw a little nightstand next to the bed. There was a frame but he couldn't see the picture due to the dust. He picked it up and wiped the dust off.
It was the Team 7 picture. The picture of them when they were genin. He smiled as he stared at Naruto's growling expression as his eyes were set on Sasuke. Sakura was smiling as her cherry pink hair was long. His thoughts flashed to the Chuunin exams when he lost control of his mark. He gripped the spot where the mark was, behind his neck, and bit hit lower lip. He tasted blood. Wiping the blood away with his arm, he heard a very annoying knock at the door.
He let out a very annoyed sigh and walked to the door with his hands in his pockets.
"What is it you want?" he quickly said, not bothering to look at who was at the door. His nose was clouded with the scent of cherry blossoms as he remembered the smell. He looked at the petite yet strong girl looked up at him. Her light pink hair was longer then he remembered and her emerald eyes glared at him. She was wearing a tight red shirt and her headband was holding back her hair. She was wearing black shorts and she was quite slim. "Hey Sasuke." she said, looking away from him.
"Hn." he said, leaving the door open and walking into the house. Sakura guessed that meant 'come on in'.
She casually walked inside and sat down at the kitchen table across from Sasuke. Sasuke had his elbows on the table and his fingers were intertwined and were leaning against his lips. He was staring off into space. Sakura decided to let him finish his daydreaming and wait.
"So," she finally decided to say, "it's been a while. How've you been?"
"Good."
"You've gotten a lot stronger. You've killed Itachi finally. That must be a pretty awesome feeling."
"Yup."
Sasuke stared at Sakura and she smiled awkwardly at him. He then thought about what Naruto had told him when they were walking back to the village. Sakura...
"Hey Sasuke," Naruto said as he stared down at the ground. "Yeah, dobe?" Sasuke answered.
"About Sakura, you have no idea how she's acted since you left. You really hurt her."
Sasuke looked at him, stunned.
"She should'nt care about me. I never asked her to care. I never wanted her to care. It's not my fault. She's so annoying."
Naruto glared at his best friend and rival, looking disgusted.
"You don't understand."
"And I never plan to." Sasuke struck back, spitting on the ground.
"Maybe it's not your fault, but either way, she's my friend. She's our friend. We both care about her either way, even if you decided to hide it. You've always had a heart of stone, Sasuke. But one day someone's going to break that stone and reveal that your nothing but a mushy marshmellow"
Sasuke huffed and shot a glare at Naruto, his nostrils flaring.
"Hn."
"Why're you here." Sasuke asked. More like a statement then a question.
"You know, it's been 5 years. A long time."
"Hn." was his responce. A normal responce for an Uchiha.
"So- what's going on with you?" Sasuke asked awkwardly, almost like it was hard to say. Sakura stared at him for a good 5 seconds, then responded. "I'm the head medical ninja now. I'm almost as good as Tsunade-sama. I work at the hospital alot. I'm a pretty good cook- but I try to not work with sharp things. I've cut myself alot. Good thing I'm a medical ninja."
Sasuke suddenly felt a pain in his chest and grabbed his shirt and groaned. Sakura looked at him in concern and knew the issue. "I can help you, you know." she said. Sasuke just ignored her and tried to deal with the pain, wich he was doing horribly. Sakura put her hands across her chest and made a pouting face at him.
"Sasuke, you probably think you can deal with that giant scar on your chest. But I saw when you came back from the village. Don't try and fool me. I'm a medical ninja, it's my job to help people. You're just so stubborn that you never let anyone help you. All that does is make people end up dead. I saw that scar and I know for a fact that it's very serious. So let me help you or I'll just let you deal with the pain and you'll just have to deal with the pain."
After Sakura's long rant, Sasuke nodded. Sakura smiled at how he finally complied to her. Sasuke stood up and faced her. "You're going to have to, um- take off your shirt." she said, trying to avoid eye contact with him. She felt really silly asking that question- she wished she didn't even ask it!
Surprisingly, he just shrugged and quickly took off his shirt, baring his bruised and scarred chest. Sakura tried to just do her job, but her inner Sakura was squealing like a fan girl. Sakura did a couple of quick handsigns and put her glowing hands on his chest, resting them there for 5 minutes. Those 5 minutes felt like 6 hours to her. She felt so awkward and they both stayed silent. Sakura felt Sasuke looking straight forward, not blinking. She wondered what he was thinking about, but it was probably something about Itachi.
Sakura pulled her hands back and smiled. "All done." she said. Sasuke put his hand on his chest and was surprised by the fact that there were no more scars or bruises. He looked at the kunoichi and she smiled at him. He sniffed and felt the smell of cherry blossom go in through his nose. He hated to admit it, but she was a good medical ninja.
(A/N) Kind of an iffy chapter. Don't really know if I'm totally doing good or if I suck ass.
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