Naruto walked down the street spinning his car keys on one finger. He whistled a tune as he walked and soon came to a stop at a nearby park. He looked up at a hill to see a figure standing on the top leaning on a tree.
He looked down the street both ways to see if anyone was watching and walked up the hill. As he approached the tree the person pushed off and walked towards him as well. Soon they both stopped a couple of feet away from each other, and starred.
"Sooo Nori, why are we fighting today?" Nori looked up from the ground and gave him an evil smirk. "The same reason every day, for looking at my girl the way you do." He clenched his fist and growled. "You're not gonna take her away from me!"
Naruto smiled and rubbed the back of his head. "So the same story huh? Okay but can I tell Sakura-Chan that you're the one beating me up yet?" "NO! AND STOP CALLING HER THAT!" Naruto dropped his arms and held them to his side. "Fine…."
They both took fighting stances and charged. Nori threw his fist at the same time Naruto did; making them both hit each other in the face at the same time. Falling to the ground they both stood back up and wiped their cheeks.
Naruto charged for Nori and threw another fist, but Nori caught it and spun around, with the support of Naruto's extended arm. He was soon behind him and hit him in the back of the neck.
"GH!" Naruto stumbled forward then turned around only to get punched in the stomach. It was the first time Nori hit Naruto in the gut in the right spot. He could tell, because after falling to the ground Naruto spit up some blood.
"Bastard……"He stood up and quickly punched the bottom of Nori's chin. Stumbling backward, Nori bit his tongue and could taste the blood. "Naruto you can never win, I took martial arts!" Naruto just grinned to the news.
"Then maybe I should get a little more serious." Nori was confused, because Naruto has never said anything like that before. "What do you mean…." Naruto stood instantly and charged once more. Nori quickly reacted by moving to the side but Naruto grabbed his arm and pulled him back over. And with a swing of his arm he punched Nori pointblank in the face.
Nori fell over and used his knowledge of martial arts to perform a back flip to get back on his feet. He ran towards Naruto and began to throw a punch, but when Naruto prepared himself for it, Nori quickly caught him off guard by kneeling down and kicking him upward.
Naruto fell to the ground as Nori stood back up. "I told you that you couldn't beat me." "NORI?!" "Huh?" The voice came from the direction of the street. He looked over to see who had called out to him only to see Sakura, watching in horror.
Naruto slowly sat up and watched Sakura walk over, still in shock. "Sakura-Chan it's not what it looks like…" Naruto tried to stand up but fell again as Sakura walked in front of Nori. Nori looked down to her face. It was overshadowed by her bangs.
"Sakura-Ch-" She quickly looked up and slapped him across the face. Naruto touched his cheek, as he could almost feel the pain Nori felt. The impact of her hand was so powerful he fell to the ground.
"You……you idiot!" She kicked his leg as he tried to get up. "How could you do this?!" She pointed to Naruto as Nori starred. "He's my best friend! And if you can't deal with that I'm sorry, but there's no need to go and beat him up every day!"
Naruto watched as she defended him; eyes wide with shock. "Sakura….." Nori looked at her and thought about what Kiba had said a few months ago.
Flashback---
"Well you have no choice. You need to tell her you're the right one for her and not that Naruto guy, and the only way you can do that is by proving it to her, and when I mean prove it, I mean, SMASH YOUR FUCKING LIPS ONTO HERS."
End flashback—
'Then I have no choice…..if I want to prove to her…' He slowly started to stand up. "Sakura I…" "NO STOP!" She shoved him to the ground. He looked at her crying face and quckly stood back up.
Catching her off guard he grabbed hold of both her shoulders and pulled her closer. He puckered his lips and came from inches away from her lips, but she turned her head and leaned back. "Stop it Nori…………we're over."
He fell into shock and let go of her shoulders. "I don't know how to tell you this but I……….I was never truly in love with you." Both boys looked at her in surprise. "I'm s-sorry. But y-you should leave." He held up his hand. "But?" She beamed at him. "NO BUTS! We're through! YOU UNDERSTAND?!"
Nori nodded and started walking away. She watched him walk away and once he was out of sight she turned around and held out a hand to Naruto. "Come on lets go back to the school and get your car."
She gave him a sweet smile as he reached out to grasp it. She helped him up and he thanked her for coming to help. He also apologized for what happened with her and Nori, but she didn't mind much, she actually told him it felt kinda good.
"Sakura-Chan?"
"What?"
"How did you know where we were?"
"I didn't know."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, I was just walking and saw you swinging at each other on the hill."
"Oh…..I'm sorry I didn't tell you who was hurting me."
"It's ok Naruto. I completely understand why you didn't."
They walked by an alleyway on the way back and heard something; well at least Naruto heard the odd sound. "Hey Sakura-Chan did you hear that?" She stopped and looked herself but nothing seemed to interest her and she grabbed his arm. "Come on Naruto, Its nothing."
He just lightly pulled away and walked into the alleyway. "Naruto-kun……I have a bad feeling, don't go in there." He looked around the corner in the back. "Oh shit!" Sakura gasped as a brick flew past his head and hit the wall to his left.
He slowly started backing up as the gang from around the corner came around with a series of blunt weapons and guns. "NARUTO!" They shot at him but he was lucky they missed. "You trespassing kid?" The leader of the gang walked towards him but stopped once he recognized the two teens.
"You….two……still know each other?" Sakura was surprised at what the man said and she looked at Naruto. He was just as surprised as she was. "We knew each other?" The man started laughing after Naruto's question.
"WHATS SO FUNNY!" Naruto yelled. The man just stopped laughing and pointed at them both.
"I guess when we hit you; you lost your memories of each other too!"
