Chapter 7

The Unspoken Argument

Sakura didn't want to get up the next morning. She didn't really understand why. She was normally good with mornings. Today was just different. Being so far away from home must have made her tired, made her long for the confines of her bedroom and her soft bed.

Never will I ever run off and leave this loving bed ever again. She thought to herself. I'm just too exhausted now.

She tried snapping herself out of the tiredness. She began to rise into the sitting position to get a stringed headache.

Ah?! Now I can't even sit up. That's how tired I am. My body must be punishing me. She plopped back down. It is a shame I have to explain myself today to everyone. If I didn't have to I would lie in this bed for hours.

Of course knowing exactly that this situation was all her own fault, she ended up getting up. Let's start the day off good, Sakura. That way then you won't get so easily annoyed by the attention you will get today. She told herself.

"What important place? Where is it?" Naruto asked.

"It is just under the Sand region." Sakura answered.

"Why did you need to go that far?" Kakashi asked. "What did you need to do there?"

Sakura put her head down, that was a personal question. "I just- I had to visit something there." She heard her own sadness in her voice. She did have to visit something, a grave, a grave of her own parents. She didn't know how she would be able to tell them. Maybe over time it will just come to it. She could only hope. Now was not a good time. This was the first time ever visiting the graves, so all the emotions still felt fresh since she never been to the funeral. She didn't even know they were died! She didn't even meet them! What emotions could she have had before? She didn't know what to think when she heard about her adoption, and died parents. Now, she doesn't know how to tell her own partners. In time she would. She just needed time.

Naruto got her sadness as if it was a wave that hit him. He could feel it pulse through his body and he hated it. He always hated her being so sad. When she was sad, he wanted to kill the thing that putted her that way. That's why he used to get so mad at Sasuke. Sasuke made her sad sometimes.

He looked at the Uchiha.

Something has changed. He definitely felt that too. Sasuke's eyes looked, now, as though they felt sorry for her. Not a boo-hoo-you way, but a fragile I'm-sorry-for-whatever-happened. Yes, something did change about Sasuke. He was starting to care about Sakura.

Being the friend he was he thought that maybe changing the subject would be a good thing. He knew it wouldn't pass though, people would just bounce right back onto the subject. So he decided to just conclude the conversation, not start a new one.

"So you did what you needed to do?" He sounded angry, disappointed. About what? Something that Naruto would never convince himself about. He was mad at Sakura, for not telling the whole story. He wanted to know so badly, it started to frustrate him. She said she would explain but she isn't doing anything remotely close. He knew the topic was a bad, sad, one for her and that she didn't feel comfortable to continue. He understood that, but that didn't change his anger.

They met eyes. Sakura's was filled with sorrow and confusion. She felt the anger coming from him, and a little even entered herself.

How could he be so selfish? She thought to herself. She knew exactly how he felt, but knew that Naruto needed to accept this as is for now.

She nodded her head along with saying a "Yeah." She got up and walked out of the room.

Sasuke ended up chasing her out. "Sakura, where are you going?"

"No where." She responded stopping in the middle of the empty street.

"What was that all about?"

"I don't know, ask Naruto."

"Sakura-"

"I don't want to deal with this right now Sasuke." She said cutting him off. "The last thing I need right now is people feeling the need to know everything."

Then she was gone, leaving Sasuke in the streets with his thoughts.