A/n: Well I'm back and armed with a new chapter XD. I hope you like.


Sakura was jumping from tree to tree when she felt a doubt in the back of her mind. She stopped on a small, slender branch, using her chakra to stop herself falling. Chakra was the physical and spiritual energy fused together. All ninja have it, but only some can use it well. Not many people had brilliant chakra control but the Genin team were the best. They were amazing but Sakura was definitely the best. She had learnt the art of controlling it when she was young, and in a team of three with Sasuke and a boy named Naruto Uzumaki.

Naruto Uzumaki was a young Genin like the others, but he never wanted to be part of the team. Besides, he was never around. When he was younger, Sakura had found him a personal trainer. When they were training for the annual tournament, their sensei Ebisu had chosen to train Sasuke, in order to keep him from harm. Sakura had been knocked out of the exam by Kai. She felt exceptionally sorry for Naruto so she searched for the legendary ninja, Jiraiya. They met and he agreed to train Naruto. And that was the last that she saw of the both of them.

Sakura was stood staring ahead of her, wondering why she felt this way. She felt so uneasy, like someone was in trouble. She tried to move her feet but something was rooting her to the spot. It wasn't fear, it was…something else…someone else. She looked down and saw thin cords brimming with chakra.

'This is what Kai did to me when he knocked me out of the tournament. But I can't sense his chakra here. And besides, he could never have found me so quick! Who saw my match? They must know this is my weakness. Who saw me?'

She began to panic and struggled to free herself, even though she knew that her efforts were in vain. The chakra ropes would keep her bound until the user ran out of chakra. Sakura could hear the faintest of footsteps. They were getting closer. She felt like she had been here before. She knew the sound of those steps. 'But it couldn't be!' She thought. She looked behind her and out of the trees came a familiar face.

'NARUTO!?!?!?!?!'

Naruto Uzumaki came walking out of the trees holding a cord made from hair.

'How ya been Sakura? Haven't seen you in…what!? What's up!?!'

Sakura was just stood staring. She was so shocked. She didn't believe what she was seeing.

'It can't be you. You can't be here. Tsunade told me you were dead! You're supposed to be dead!'

Naruto dropped the cord and Sakura's legs were instantly freed.

'When does a ninja strike, Sakura?'

'When the…hold up. You remember the password?'

Naruto laughed at the idea.

'Of course not! But I remember the question!'

Sakura gasped and her features hardened. Naruto looked away from her, feeling offended, but she relaxed and just laughed. Naruto stared at her, profoundly confused. She jumped of her branch towards him, and flung her arms around his neck.

'OH, Naruto! I've missed you so much!!! Why did Tsunade tell me that you are dead? I've cried so much for you over these years. So now I know that I've cried for nothing.'

She began crying once again.

'If you've cried so much, don't you think its about you stopped.'

Sakura looked around her to see where the voice had come from. Her jaw dropped as she saw Jiraiya.

'YOU!!! You're back! I hate you! You took my first true friend away from me! You took my best friend!!!'

Naruto pulled her in tighter to their hug as if to reconnect to her. She ran her hand through his hair as Jiraiya looked on, curious. He knew what she was about to say, and he also knew how Naruto felt about her. He spoke about her non-stop during their training. And when he did stop he talked about how much he hated the Uchiha brothers.

'So Sakura, you hate me, huh? Well, it's your fault that me and Naruto went away on this 5 year training scheme. So, you must hate yourself!'

'Hey! Leave her alone Jiraiya! She's just shocked to see us both. For some reason, Tsunade said that I was dead. I've got a clue who told her to say it as well, Jiraiya.'

'Yeah well, she said that Sakura was gonna come looking for you, so I told her that you were dead. I wanted us to get through this without any distractions, so you could go back to the girl you lo…'

'Don't even go there.' whispered Naruto menacingly.

'If you say so. You know Sakura…' Sakura turned her head to look at him but didn't let go of Naruto, 'this one's gotten good. He may even be better than me now!'

Sakura removed her arms from his neck and jumped to the floor.

'Better than you!? H…How!?!'


A/n: Well there you have it. Naruto's back! But I'm not sure what I'm going to do with him. I've got half of the next chapter written but its taking a while to think it up so...yeah. Review and I'll write quicker!!!! XD

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