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Hajimemashite and Konnichiwa!!! Welcome to the newest chapter of Kismet of Two Lovers!!! I am so SORRY for the VERY LATE update but please just bear with me guys… Anyway… I hope you guys like this chapter… Please read and review!!! Also be kind with the reviews 'cause it's my birthday last Monday!!! YAY!!! Sorry about that… (scratches head) constructive criticism is also welcome by the way…

Disclaimer: Still not owning Naruto… oh when will fate be good to me?!?


Chapter 8
: The Vision and the Long-Lost Family

Classes surprisingly went fast and Sakura didn't even notice that it was already their lunch break until Sai asked her if he could go eat with her.

"Huh?" Sakura asked Yuki as she snapped out of her daze.

"I said would you mind if I eat lunch with you?" Sai repeated. 'What's wrong with Ugly today?' he thought curiously. He was standing in front of her and he was lightly becoming uncomfortable of the attention the two of them were getting.

"Ummm… sure," Sakura said slightly embarrassed. 'Why is he asking me to eat with him? I mean I just punched him and yet he didn't grow angry… he even looked amused,' she thought curiously as she stood up.

Ever since then, Sakura and Sai became steadily closer to each other as the weeks passed by just liked how Sai, Sasuke and Naruto planned it. Although Sakura still has yet to see Naruto. This annoyed Naruto to no end which in turn annoyed the hell out of Sasuke and Sai.

"But teme!!! It's been a month since we went here!!! I mean Sai," Naruto yelled glaring at Sai who was doing one of the projects assigned to them, "he's been seeing Sakura EVERYDAY!!! And I haven't even seen her!!!" Naruto cried out of frustration. He really was missing their pink-haired teammate and friend.

"Dobe, stick to the plan," Sasuke hissed. "I only saw her once. I know that it must be hard for you but it's for her own good," Sasuke added.

Naruto glared at him and was about to retort something when Sai suddenly spoke.

"Dickless, I know that you wanted to see Ugly so badly but if it's for the failure of the mission then I'm going to stop you," Sai said as he continued doing his project. "You're not the only one who doesn't want this. Do you think I'm happy doing all of this stupid just so I wouldn't get kicked out of that school where Ugly studies right now?" Sai asked eyeing the project he was doing with annoyance.

Naruto snorted at this. He was still angry but he knew that both Sasuke and Sai had a point. "Fine… but if I ever heard that Sakura's in trouble and Sai's not doing anything then I'm gonna go there save her and then kick Sai's ass later," Naruto said as he turned his back on both Sasuke and Sai.

"Troublesome," Sasuke muttered as he went onto his cabinet to sharpen his kunai set. Sai didn't say anything but continued on doing his project instead.


It had been three days after their argument. Naruto had calmed himself after that. Now he and Sasuke are in the grocery shop buying some groceries for the three of them while Sai was at their place currently painting something. Sasuke finally decided that it was too hell annoying to eat ramen everyday for every meal. Even Sai agreed that it was already bad for them to eat something like that everyday.

Of course, Naruto being Naruto, saw nothing wrong with eating ramen everyday, although he did miss the ramen being served in the Ichiraku ramen stand. But that was just that.

They were no falling in line to pay for the groceries in the counter when both he and Sasuke heard a voice shouting most likely to them.

"Ryusuke!!!" the voice shouted from not afar. Sasuke whipped his head as he heard the voice of the girl she had been dreaming of this many previous nights. Even Naruto had to turn just to confirm that it really was his teammate and friend.

Naruto's eyes widened in shock as he finally saw Sakura who was currently waving to Sasuke and walking to where they were. She hadn't changed much since she disappeared from Konoha. He was about to run to Sakura when he saw Sasuke glare at him with his Sharingan activated. Naruto growled in frustration but contented himself to watching Sakura.

Sasuke was slightly surprised by Naruto's submission but then again Naruto did want Sakura to be back to Konoha so badly. He knew that Naruto matured a whole lot that he now understood how important it was to complete a mission, even if it means putting your emotions aside.

Sakura was finally able to go to where Sasuke and Naruto where. She was quite happy to see Ryusuke again seeing that after her encounter with him a month ago, it was as if he had vanished from the face of the Earth (metaphorically speaking, of course). He finally noticed the other guy Ryusuke was with. She felt that she had met the guy before just like how she felt when she first saw Ryusuke, she just couldn't pinpoint it where.

Then, a vision of Ryusuke and the other boy flashed in her mind, where Ryusuke and the other boy was about to somewhat attack each other. Ryusuke's hand looked like it had electricity flowing in it while the other boy's hand thrust a ball of air spinning vigorously on its orbit. (Simply put, it's the fight on the hospital roof top.) Then she also heard a voice shout. Naruto!!! Sasuke-kun!!! Stop it already!!! It said. She vaguely remembered that voice being hers although she didn't know how it was possible to be hers. Then, the vision suddenly disappeared and she saw herself standing in front of Ryusuke and the other boy.

"Hi Ryusuke!!!" Sakura greeted. Then her eyes fell on the boy who was with Ryusuke. "Hi! I'm Sakura and you are?" she said introducing himself and offering her hand to shake his hand with.

"I'm Rei," Naruto said reaching for Sakura's hand. He knew that he had to stop himself from hugging her because it seemed to be early to reveal their true identities yet. "Nice to meet you," he added as he shook her hand.

Sasuke noticed that Sakura was just alone in here and couldn't help but feel slightly alarmed because of what almost happened last time Sakura was all alone. She was just lucky to have somewhat used her monstrous strength back then.

"Same here," Sakura said as she smiled at Rei. She couldn't help but feel happy although she didn't know why. She felt as though she just found her long lost family of some sort (which she probably did, after all Team 7 was her second family).

Naruto couldn't help but show his foxy smile to his teammate. He missed her so much. He was worried that something much worse had happened to her. Yes, she might be suffering from memory loss but at least she was still living.

Even Sasuke himself was somewhat happy, although he wouldn't show it of course. He knew that somehow everything will be alright and Team 7 will be whole once again. It might be strange for an Uchiha to feel something like that but he can't help it. he had never felt so relaxed ever since the massacre aside from his encounter with her a month ago.


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This chapter took forever to update but please bear with me guys, okay? Anyway… I hope you guys liked this chapter… Please read and review!!! Constructive criticism is welcome!!! Ja ne!!!