So, hi guys…how was your week? I hope you all are in good spirits to read this fic. I know I am uploading the chapter late than the expected time, all new year celebrations and I forgot to say, "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" and thank you to the reviewers once again.

So sticking on to the next chapter…

Chapter – 6 –Perplexity!

It was a regular festival going up in weekend, there was huge buzz in streets of Konoha village for coming fest.

"Yeah that's right…I'm gonna make everything clear tonight with Sakura-chan…" Naruto said enthusiastically when a he sniffs some burning smell.

"Aah…my ramen…"

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"Mom, can I go to the festival tonight?" Sakura requested her mom with puppy eyes.

Mom while twitching her eyes, "Ok, but be careful dear…"

"Hai-hai…arigatou…Okaa-san…"

In the late evening,

"Uhh…God…why isn't she moving out…" Naruto murmured while hiding himself behind one of the walls which is distant from Sakura's house.

"I'm going mom…" Sakura said before closing the door.

"Hai…be sure to come back early…" Mom replied

"There she is…"
Sakura walked right to the festival which was glowing in the whole village and Naruto followed her step by step.

"Have to wait for right opportunity an..d…" immediately there was two people carrying a carriage was running somewhere and Naruto nearly dodged it.

"Watch where you're going…dattebaiyo!"

"Huh…" Sakura turned over to see.

Naruto immediately realizes and hides himself somewhere in a comical way.

"…and have to be careful," Naruto thought while keeping a hand on his mouth.

"I think I have heard that voice somewhere…whom voice is it?" Sakura thought while keeping a right index finger on her lip and looking upwards.
"Don't know…" and moves further ahead while smiling crazily for the festival.

"Phew…that was near…" blonde thought while removing his hand from his mouth.

Naruto started following her and find the right moment but immediately some sellers got in front of Naruto to buy their things.

"Aah…god no…"

Next time, Naruto went carefully and extends his arm to catch her but she turned immediately behind to see some product and Naruto in a comical way turned behind also like Sakura.

In his third time, he was sure of catching Sakura and extends his arm to grab her and also got successful in catching her by keeping a hand on her mouth and flash out in an alleyway.

He removes his hand from her mouth,

"Aaahhhh…who are you…? Somebody help me…"

"Aah…It's not Saku…hu..a…" Naruto immediately responded in a comical way but got attacked by that lady's purse and get back from alley to main market where he was chasing her.

"Where's Sakura-chan…?" Naruto thought while looking skeptically for her.

Immediately Naruto spotted her while looking in a huge crowd.

Naruto starts walking towards her without looking in any other direction.

Step by step decreasing the distance between him and her.

Another obstacle was coming in Naruto's way to catch her i.e. ramen lovers contest.

Naruto was driven towards them like he was hypnotized but was immediately snapped back to reality.

"Not this time you moron…" Naruto grabbed Sakura's mouth and immediately grabbed her into one of the alleyway.

"Shh…it's me…" Naruto slowly removes his hand from her mouth.

"Why are you here? Do you want to hurt me more?"

"No-No…just listen to me…ok…just this once…" Naruto requested her thoroughly with electrifying blue eyes.

"No…you can't!" Sakura rejected his request bluntly.

"Please Sakura-chan…please-please-please…this listen to me once…"
"Pleeaassseee…"

For a moment, Sakura keeps staring in his eyes that was really warm and intensifying.

"Ok…"

"Phew…"

"…but this time…"

"Hai…"
"Let's start from the beginning…" Naruto said to her slowly while Sakura keep on listening to him.

"Remember when I proposed you…"

"Yes…"

"…that time, I already knew the answer, that's why I give up on you…"

"…every time circumstances are against me so that you misunderstood me…" Naruto with lonely face.

"After then, it was time for me to apologize you but some punks were following you and were thinking to make a move on you; in that moment I was dealing with them but got my hand on you…"

"You know…that day, you misunderstood me for writing on your bench, that moment I was playing Truth and Dare with my friends, honestly I didn't know it was your bench."

"Coming to next…yeah…I know the reason was very childish because I was jealous from him, that was my mistake…I admit…"

"…and recently when I was fighting with Sasuke and you showed up…it was nothing related to you…it was between me and him…that's all…"

"So what you're gonna sa…" Naruto turn towards her and was astound to see tears in her big ample eyes as she was shocked to listen all this.

Naruto also widen his eyes and a big 'O' formed in his mouth.

"Uhh…Sakura-chan…" Naruto politely called her name.

Immediately Sakura covers her face with her hand,

"No…don't see me…I'm the worst…here…"

"N-No…Sakura-chan, it was not your fault…everyone would misunderstood in that way…it's natural…"

"…you are right most of the times and yet I blaming on you for everything…"

Naruto stops her from crying by forcing her hands down from her face.

"No…no please leave me alone…"

"Sakura-chan…don't do this to me anymore…I became distant from you right from the start…so please don't do this…"

"Are you sure…?" Sakura raised her face and looks in Naruto's eyes, it was little blurry yet she find something loneliness and despair like something but it was still warm and lighting with hope to move forward.

"Hai…" Naruto replied gently while giving a light grin to her.

"At least…you were true to me…" while giving a pleasing smile to him.

"Hai…hai…but wipe off these tears from your face, it doesn't suits you…" while wiping tears of one side of face while Sakura nodded at that.

"Well-well, looks like I've disturbed the couple here…"

Naruto and Sakura turned towards the new person, while Naruto was familiar with the voice.

"I was taking a shortcut to home, but looks like I have to take a long ones…"

"Huh…Sa..suke…" Naruto and Sakura gasped at that.

"Well…have fun…" Sasuke turned his neck backwards at them and sees them with the corner of his eyes.

"…and…be 18 for that…"

"Aa…aah…Sa-suke!"

"Ja-ne…!" while waving his hand.

Naruto look towards Sakura,

She was fully red, especially under her cheeks and was looking down in embarrassment.

"Sa-Sakura-chan…"

She looked towards Naruto robotically and fury raised against him.

"Na-ru-too…!" Sakura slowly raised her voice in anger.

"Uhh…Sakura-chan…" Naruto got scared in a comical way.

"THAPP!"

And leaves Naruto there.

"Why it happens to me…dattebaiyo!"

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That's it for today.
So review for it guys, and next chapter will be bonus for you cause it will be gonna uploaded on this Sunday i.e. 10/1/2016. And Happy new year to you guys and once again don't forget to review and gonna upload next chapter of
Journey of 7th Hokage's chapter soon and review me for 'till now' fic and also for upcoming chapter of that fic.

So stay tuned for the next chapter and take care! Ja-ne! ^_^

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