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Konoha was rebuilt pretty quickly thanks to Yamato's wood element to make 10 houses in like 2 seconds.
'Its been 4 years already..' Sakura thought. She was getting up from her bed in her apartment and getting ready for her meeting with Danzo. Sakura wore her Jonin vest, and her headband, where she usually puts it on her head. Sakura's pink hair grew all the way down her back now and her body became more womanly. Everyone she knew in her class was a Jounin, including Naruto.
Tsunade is still in bed in a new room in the new Hokage building, recovering, slowly and Sakura smiled day to day with her friends, to make sure Naruto doesn't get suspicious about whats happening , like, about her training, and pretty soon, she's going to get a mission that is deadly, but to protect Konoha and Naruto, she would do it.. She packed her medical bag, kunais and shurikens. Because of her training she surpassed Tsunade by 10 fold, But she might've been stronger than Naruto, but Naruto got stronger and stronger a tad bit more than Sakura, but Sakura's intelligence won over Naruto's strength.
Sakura was walking down the main road to the Hokage building, but she ran into Ino and they decided to grab a cup of tea for a bit because the meeting isn't on until 20 min.
They were both enjoying themselves in the Tea café. Talking about the good ol times.
"Hey Ino, remember Chouji rammed that big hole in the wall in the academy when he got so angry when Kiba called him fat?"
"Oh my god, don't remind me, I had to pay for that whole thing.. My parents wouldn't let me out of the house for a week… I don't know why he gets so pissed off when people say that.." They all laughed.
"Well, don't you get mad when I-" A voice interrupted her sentence.
"Ohayo~ A table for two, please." Sakura turned around to see Hinata at the counter where the waitress is and she seemed to be waiting for someone. Sakura just kept looking and then, Naruto came in the Tea café and came through those curtain thingys that you see in Japanese restaurants in the entrance. Naruto changed so much over the past 4 years, his hair has grown and looked more like the 4th Hokage, but with whiskers, he also got much taller probably like 7 inches taller than her, because she is 5"5 and he probably was somewhere in 6 feet
Sakura thought "It seems that they're going well" and she smiled.
Sakura quickly turned her head around, and started talking to Ino again.. Hoping that Hinata won't notice that she was there…. Well.. karmas a bitch.
"Sakura! Ino!"
Hinata came running over to her table with her arm around Naruto's arm, dragging Naruto with her. Naruto was just staying quiet,staring at Sakura, and Sakura was just looking at her tea.
"So what brings you guys here?"
Sakura didn't say anything. But thankfully Ino responded for her..
"Me and Sakura was just hanging out here."
But then Sakura stood up, "Hey Ino, I have some business to take care of, talk to you later?" Ino knew whats going on whats and what kind of training Sakura was in for Konoha, and Sakura told her that she has a meeting with Danzo, Ino hesitated.
"Yeah..Sakura, I'll see you later, too."
Sakura smiled, and she walked out of the café.
Naruto started thinking about how Ino was acting and started wondering if they were hiding anything from him.
Sakura made it to the building. She slowly walked up the stairs and made it to the room of the Hokage. She knocked the door..
"Haruno Sakura, come in. I've been expecting you."
She went in, and stood infront of his desk, and bowed.
"Haruno Sakura, you have succeeded in completing the 4 year training that I have given you, you have surpassed your master and you have committed your life for the safety of Konoha.. That is why, I'm assigning you this mission."
As Shizune was walking by the Hokage door with paperwork, she heard this, and was stunned, she stood next to the door and listened.
"I shall ask you one more time, will you risk your life for Konoha?"
"Hai, Hokage-sama."
Danzo stood up, and said.
"Haruno Sakura, you will be assigned an S-ranked mission, We are in a secret battle with the Blood village, your mission is to assassinate the Blood village's Kage. You will leave first thing tomorrow."
Sakura looked at the ground with a scowl, and said.
"Hai. But, Hokage-sama, I would like to have this mission to be a secret, because, if Naruto finds out I'm doing this,…. He will never let me go.."
"Okay."
Shizune was shocked when she heard this, she formed some hand signs and disappeared before Sakura could see her. Sakura got out of the room and sighed, "this is it" she thought.
Shizune was running through the streets of Konoha, trying to look for Naruto, she finally reached up to Naruto's apartment. She was knocking desperately for him to open the door.
"Naruto! Naruto! Open up!!!"
The door opened….But it wasn't Naruto that came out, it was Hinata.
Hinata's eyes were wide open so were Shizune's.
"Shizune-san, but brings you all the way over here?"
Shizune was panting and trying to catch her breath, and said.
"Naruto, where's Naruto?"
"He's in his room, why?"
Shizune pushed past Hinata and went to his room. Naruto was sleeping,.
"NARUTO WAKE UP!"
Naruto jolted out of his bed.
"WHA!? WHAT?! WHATS GOING ON!?!"
Shizune closed the door and locked it, so Hinata won't come in. She whispered,
Shizune said through her teeth "This is an emergency!"
Naruto whispered back, "What emergency, and why are we whispering!?"
Shizune got back to talking…
"Sakura's going on a mission for Danzou!!" Naruto just frowned and turned around from Shizune.
Naruto gritted through his teeth, "So? He's the Hokage, she should do the missions and why should I care,also, How do you know this?"
Shizune was furious, he didn't even know what she was going to say…
"I was walking past the Hokage's office and heard him talking to Sakura, She's given a mission, life or death, to assassinate the Kage of the Blood village!!!"
"Why would she do something so reckless?"
"Its because she loves you!!"
Naruto opened his eyes and turned around facing Shizune,
"….What? When?"
"You should ask her your self." Shizune's brows furrowed and made some hand-signs and poofed, then disappeared.
Naruto unlocked the door and went outside, making Hinata wonder what happened.
"I should ask Sakura about this."
Naruto was on his way to Sakura's apartment.
Sakura was in her apartment, packing up for the trip and preparing for the battle. Setting up all the kunai's on her desk and her shurikens. All the scrolls she needed to review her medical jutsu and her attacks..Then someone was knocking on her door furiously.
Sakura got startled because she was so deep in thought.
When she opened the door, and Naruto just rammed inside her house and shut the door..
Sakura was shocked that Naruto would barge in like that, but she knew that he noticed all the weapons and scrolls that were prepared… This made Naruto's answer clear… Naruto's fists clenched but maintained his cool.
"Naruto!? What the hell?!!"
"What about you, Sakura!?" Naruto looks around to see weapons and scrolls prepared, "What the hell is this about?!" Sakura started pushing him out the door.
"Its none of your goddamn business, now get out of my house!!"
"Really?! Is it because you're about to go on a mission that can take your life!?"
Sakura thought, "What?! H-How does he know about this?!"
Sakura hesitated a bit and her voice softened, "What are you talking about?" she lied.
Naruto knew Sakura well enough to know when she was lying. So, Naruto used both his hands to grab each one of Sakura's wrists, and pushed her back to the wall and pinned her there..
Naruto gritted through his teeth, "Don't …. Lie.. to me." Their foreheads touched..
Sakura looked up to see Naruto's sapphire blue eyes, as she stared into her Emerald ones and started whispering "why… the.. hell, would you care, if I'm going?"
"Because….I love you…" he whispered back.
Sakura felt her heart jump. Believe it or not, Naruto felt it too.
Naruto leaned in, to kiss and Sakura was about to lean in too, but, right when their lips were about to touch, Sakura pushed Naruto away, and walked away from Naruto,her back facing Naruto , then she started speaking.
"It is my duty for the Hokage and Konoha. And its not right of you to act like this when you're with Hinata. "
And Naruto's hope was drained all the way down,
And he walked out of her apartment….. After he left. Sakura sat down at the edge of her bed. She bent over that her elbows were touching her knees and her hands putting her hands over her face…
… Without then even knowing, Hinata was outside watching the whole thing through the window of Sakura's apartment.. her heart turned possessive…
Stay tuned for the next chappie. (: