"Oi! Sakura-Chan!"

Sakura turned to the voice of her team mate and friend, Uzumaki Naruto.

Yo, Naruto… So how've you been?

Normally Sakura wouldn't bother to ask this since he always responded the same, but seeing as she's been avoiding him lately, along with everyone else, for a while, with the acceptation of missions, it seemed only proper for her to ask.

"I've been good as usual…how about you?" Naruto asked somewhat hesitantly.

"I've been fine as well." Sakura said just as hesitantly and with a slightly guarded tone.

"So…I guess I'll see you around." Ja ne.

"Sakura-Chan matte!" Sakura turned around at Naruto's call.

"What is it Naruto?" Sakura asked tiredly. She had just worked 12 hours at the hospital and all she wanted to do was take a nice long bath and go to sleep.

"It's just that…Tsunade-baa Chan asked me to bring you to her office and…"

"Did she say what she wanted?"

"She just said something about a mission."

"OK. I guess I'll go there now then." Sakura said trying to give the hint that she wanted to be alone.

"Oh…OK." Naruto got her hint and seemed slightly disappointed and saddened. Then he remembered something else Tsunade said.

"I'm supposed to go get Ino too. You can come with me if you want." Naruto said hopefully, seeing as they never talked more than they had to for a while now.

"It's alright, I'll just meet you guys there, ne?"

"Alright…"

"…"

"…"

"Well I'll se you there?"

"Yea" Sakura said before walking away

Naruto sighed as his friend's figure got smaller down the street

"Why"

And smaller…

"Why Sakura-Chan?"

and smaller…

"Why won't you talk to us anymore?"

until he was left staring at nothing.

"Why did you close off your heart to everyone? Why did you close your heart off to me?

Why…"

Yo! This was that first story I started writing before I started writing Karma. I don't think it's as good but I still want to continue it. And I'm sorry that I haven't updated scince I posted the prologue, but I lost my motivation for a bit…ok a lot longer than a bit, but you get the idea. Either way I updated now and I'll try to update this along with Karma too. So tell me what you think and check out my other story too! Bye!

P.S. If you read the Author's Note on Karma, then feel free to put your opinions on this story too!