Chapter 8

Training Day

Itachi decided to walk home after the meeting with Hokage. He was thinking about going back to his home in the Uchiha compound or the one he had gotten Naruto. He finally chose Naruto, because he was worried if something should happen to him if he were home alone. More specifically what would happen while he was sleeping.

In all honesty Itachi didn't know the answer to any of Naruto's questions. It was unclear to him as to what the dream or vision was, or even what it means. Even Sarutobi didn't have the answers to his question.

Flashback

"We'll continue this dicussion tomorrow. There is something else I need to talk to you about. It concerns Naruto..." said Itachi

"What is it?" asked Sarutobi with concern

"Today, after he came back from the academy he fell asleep. While he was sleeping, he suddenly screamed. I went into his room to see what the source of his screaming was." said Itachi "I saw Naruto turning side to side on his bed. His eyes were closed, so I assumed he was still sleeping. I reached the conclusion that he was having a nightmare. I used my sharingan to see what he was dreaming about, because he was talking while moving violently on his bed. What I saw was...well it was different than a dream" said Itachi

"What was the dream?" said Sarutobi, this time a little more calm.

"In the dream Naruto had apparently been fighting with someone who looked his age. The background was dark, it was raining and there was a storm. I couldn't see anything else other than a wounded figure in front of me. Then Naruto started walking towards the figure, and as he got closer both Naruto and the figure were transforming to an older version of themselves. The figure soon became clear. It was none other than my little brother." said Itachi

"Sasuke" said Sarutobi with a little bit of shock in his voice.

"Yeah. He had been talking about Naruto doing something bad. It was not clear in the dream what it was. He then got a sword that he apparently had equipped and decapitated my brother." said Itachi with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"I see" said Sarutobi. Who leaned back on his chair and sighed after hearing about Naruto's dream

"What does this mean?" asked Itachi with concern in his voice "What should we do?"

"There is nothing we can do" said Sarutobi with a little bit of sadness in his voice.

"What do you mean?" asked Itachi with a surprised look

"I know you want to help him but we can't do anything. From what you told me, he could be dreaming or he could be having a vision. We can only know in time." said Sarutobi

"We might not have time. We don't know when this could happen ! For all we know, he could probably be doing something right now!" yelled Itachi

"I understand how you feel but in all honesty I don't have an answer. There is one person who will be able to though." explained Sarutobi

"Who?" asked Itachi

"One of my former students and another sannin" said Sarutobi

"You mean Tsunade don't you" said Itachi

Sarutobi nodded his head and said "Because she is trained as a medical ninja she could answer more than I could."

"But she hasn't returned to the village for a long time." explained Itachi "No one knows where she is, where do we look for her?" asked Itachi

"Jiraya should help you. It's part of my condition for you to go on this training mission." said Sarutobi

Itachi looking at Sarutobi a little confused "What do you need Tsunade for?" he asked

"Don't tell anyone" said Sarutobi. Itachi nodded and Sarutobi then said "I want her here because I believe I have found the perfect successor for my position."

Itachi's eyes opened wide, he was obviously shocked. "Why do you need a replacement? What happened?" asked Itachi

Sarutobi chuckled a little and said "It's nothing my child. I've just reached the point where I'm concerned about my health going against me. So I've decided that before it's too late to select a successor to be the fifth Hokage."

"There is something you aren't telling me" said Itachi a little coldly

"I know that Orochimaru plans to invade Konoha during the chunnin exams which will be hosted by us" said Sarutobi

Itachi was surprised "How do you know this?" he asked

"I have a couple of spies in both the sand and sound villages. They tell me that he plans to have both villages invade us during the chunnin exams" said Sarutobi

"What are you going to do?" asked Itachi

"I'll discuss that tomorrow. For now you should go rest, and make sure Naruto is okay" said Sarutobi

End Flashback

Itachi had reached his house. He didn't hear any sounds emitting from the apartment so he assumed that Naruto wasn't having another nightmare. He unlocked the door and entered. Complete darkness welcomed him, as well as a soft snoring sound. He closed the door behind him took off his robe and walked to his room, and tried to sleep. As he was closing his eyes, he heard "No, don't" from Naruto's room. "Not again" thought Itachi

He got up and walked towards Naruto's room. He opened the door and took a good look at what the commotion was. Naruto was having another nightmare, only this time he wasn't moving as violently as last time. "No, Sasuke" mumbled Naruto in his sleep. Itachi activated his sharingan and looked into Naruto's mind.

Naruto's Dream

This dream seemed similar to the last one. It was just as dark and that same thunderstorm was there. However this time there wasn't just one figure. It was about a couple of them. They were standing in a line as if they were defending something.

Looking through Naruto's perspective Itachi was moving towards the line of shinobi. As he got closer he knew who the shinobi were. Sarutobi was on the complete left, Kakashi was beside him, then Itachi, then Sasuke, and a blonde Kunoichi who Itachi didn't recognize.

"What are all of you doing here?" said Naruto. Itachi heard him too.

"Naruto, you don't have to do this" said Sarutobi with a sad expression. Sarutobi then clenched his throat. There was blood coming out of it. He was yelling in pain "What happened?" thought Itachi

"No! Hokage-sama" yelled Naruto. It was right then that Sarutobi had fallen to the ground.

Then Kakashi spoke "Naruto, what happened to you? You were my best student, you were supposed to be the future of this village. What made you become like this" he said

"Kakashi-sensei, what did I do? WHAT AM I BECOMING?" asked Naruto, but like always they didn't hear him.

It was then that a hole appeared in Kakashi's gut area. His eyes went wide and he fell as well.

"NO! NO! Kakashi-sensei" yelled Naruto. Itachi could have sworn he was heard someone cry. Itachi soon realized it was Naruto.

The Itachi from the dream stepped forward and said "Naruto. I thought you were fighting for the good of the village. What did I do wrong to lead you astray from that path? I thought you were powerful enough. You didn't need to go looking for more power, you are already powerful enough. I thought I was a good sensei for you."

"You are a good sensei Itachi. Please tell me what I did. What power are you talking about? What did I do? SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER ME!" yelled Naruto. Naruto then looked at the ground below him as there was water on the floor. He saw his reflection on the water below. "What is that?" thought Itachi as he saw Naruto's reflection he saw Naruto with spikier hair but the colour of his hair and skin was different. His hair was dark, it wasn't the typical blonde colour. His skin was gray too, there was also a mark on his head. It resembled the three black commas on the eyes of the sharingan. "What the hell happened to me?" said Naruto. It was right then that dream Itachi had winced in pain. Naruto looked at him.

The dream Itachi was clenching his heart and said "I'm sorry Naruto"

"NOOOOOOOOOOO! ITACHI!" yelled Naruto. Itachi then fell to the ground. Naruto started crying a little harder this time "Stop. Please stop this. I don't to watch this. PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!" cried Naruto

Then Sasuke stepped forward. "Naruto. I thought we were friends. What happened to team 7? What happened to all we went through as a team 7? Why do go to him? I could have helped you become stronger. Why did you abandon the village? Why did you abandon Sakura?" said Sasuke

"Sasuke. I'm so sorry!" yelled Naruto. Then Sasuke's head disconnected from his body. A lot of blood was squirting out of his neck area. Then his body fell to the ground as well. Naruto's crying continued, the time a little more loudly

The blonde kunoichi stepped forward a little bit and said "Naruto. Think about Sakura. Think about what she would say. She'll forgive you if you come back. I will too. Just come back to the village. You don't have to pursue this pointless journey for power. You can have a life here. Just come back"

Naruto just kept on crying and watched. A kunai had appeared exactly in the middle of the kunoichi's head. There was blood coming from where the kunai was. The kunoichi immediately fell to the ground.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled Naruto.

"Is this your resolve?" said a mysterious voice.

Naruto's crying stopped and he asked "Who are you?"

"Naruto Uzumaki. Is this your resolve? If you had power would you cry and watch your friends die at your own hands?" asked the mysterious voice

"Who is that?" thought Itachi

Naruto's crying continued "I don't this. Please make it stop. If you are causing these dreams then please make it stop. I don't want any of this."

"I'm testing your resolve Naruto. Right now it appears you don't have a resolve. I'll be back and you should have a resolve. If your resolve is good then I shall grant you power that you never imagined. And this power won't make you take the life of your friends." said the mysterious voice. "In two years I will appear again Naruto Uzumaki"

"Wait! Who are you? What power are you talking about?" yelled Naruto. It was too late the voice had already gone.

End Dream

Naruto woke up with a huge gasp. Then he sat up, not before seeing his sensei near his door.

"Itachi. What's happening to me? Am I becoming bad?" asked Naruto with deep concern in his voice.

"No, Naruto. You aren't becoming bad. That was a dream, that man confirmed It." said Itachi

"The possibility is still there. Something could still happen to me. Promise me Itachi if that ever happens that you wil-"

"Enough Naruto" said Itachi quickly "First of all I won't ever let that happen to you. Don't worry about it. I want you to focus on something other than this. I'll find the answers." he explained

Naruto looked sad, he then nodded, and went back to sleep. Itachi closed the door and went back to his room. He was really tired so he shut his eyes and slept.

The morning

Naruto had slept well the second time. He was expecting another nightmare but he didn't have one. It was a miracle, he had actually slept peacefully. Naruto looked at the time 5:30 it said. He got a black t-shirt along with some black pants. He grabbed a black robe along with his ninja slippers and headed out towards the training area.

While Naruto was walking he thought about what the mysterious voice said "If your resolve is good then I shall grant you power that you never imagined. And this power won't make you take the life of your friends"

"What did he mean? Is he testing what I would do with power, or is he testing if I can control myself with power." thought Naruto. He eyeballed a small cafe that was opened. "I should get them some breakfast" Naruto thought. He walked bought a couple muffins and left. He wanted to get there early, so he decided to jump from building to building.

He had reached the training area in a matter of minutes and was the only one there. He looked around at his surroundings. The place seemed beautiful to him. Even though it was simply just grass and tall tree he liked the peacefulness of this place. He turned to see three stumps, he remembered this from the last time he was here. "I wonder did someone fix this place up" thought Naruto as he looked around the area. The place looked new, the damage done by Naruto's and Kakashi's fight had been fixed.

Naruto sat down on the ground cross legged and began meditating. He had nothing to do, he had a good 20 minutes to kill. He kept the bag of muffins in his lap. He kept this pose for 10 minutes, and then he heard someone coming. He got up and turned to see who it is. It was his beloved Sakura, she looked tired. She didn't know someone else was there. When she processed that Naruto was standing a few feet away from her, she immediately stood up straight and tried to look awake. Truth was she was sleepy, and was also hungry.

As she approached him she said "Good Morning" while smiling at Naruto

Naruto smiled back and said "Good morning to you too" Naruto got a good look at Sakura's eyes and was staring into them

"What?" she said "Is there something on my face?" she asked

Naruto laughed a little and said "Even if there was it wouldn't change the beauty your face emits."

Sakura blushed and said "Thanks"

Naruto nodded and said "I was just noticing how tired you look"

"Yeah I'm pretty sleepy" she said

"If you want you can rest your head on my shoulder" said Naruto

Sakura wanted to do nothing more than be close to Naruto, so she smiled and nodded. Naruto and Sakura sat down and Sakura rested her head against Naruto's shoulder. Sakura like the warmth that was emitting from Naruto's body, soo much that she decided to move closer to him. She looked at Naruto, who seemed okay with Sakura coming closer to him.

Sakura wanted to know, did Naruto like her. She had to ask, she wanted to know soo badly. She needed reassurance.

She was going to ask him the question but before she could she heard someone say "Good Morning"

Both Naruto and Sakura parted from each other and stood up to see who had greeted them. They turned to see Sasuke approaching them. "Anyone had a good night sleep?" asked Sasuke

Naruto nodded as did Sakura. "Okay. That's interesting" said Sasuke

Naruto then remembered the muffins. "Hey guys I got some muffins for us" said Naruto

"But Kakashi sensei said not to eat anything" said Sakura

"First of all he suggested that we don't have a breakfast. Secondly he said that because he gets the advantage." said Naruto

Sakura and Sasuke looked at Naruto with a very confused expression.

Naruto sighed and said "When you are hungry you tend to be weaker as your body does not have a lot of energy. It's an advantage for sensei since he has more energy than us. It's also a bad thing for us, because when we are hungry we tend to lose focus about what we have to do, and worry about eating."

Sakura smiled as she understood. Who knew her man was soo smart.

Sasuke nodded and took a muffin from Naruto. Sakura did the same, and together they ate the muffins.

Sasuke then said "By the way...Where did you get these muffins from?" with his mouth a little full

"I made them myself" said Naruto

"Really" said Sakura "They are really good, what did you put in them" she asked

"It's surprisingly easy to make" said Naruto, who had gotten a surprised look from his team mates "The only ingredient you need is 6 dollars" he said while winking, grinning and putting his thumbs up

Sakura and Sasuke began to laugh and Naruto soon joined in.

"Well it's nice to see you all are happy this morning" said a familiar voice

The three of them stopped and turned to see Kakashi sensei. "Hey"

"Good morning Kakashi sensei" said Sakura

"Good morning to you Sakura" said Kakashi "Did you guys sleep well?"

The three of them nodded at him. Kakashi was staring at Naruto for a moment then he stopped and said "Okay well, I guess we should start our examination"

"Examination?" asked Sasuke

"Yes, I forgot to mention one thing to you guys. You still aren't officially done yet" said Kakashi

Sasuke and Sakura stared at Kakashi with shock. Naruto had a blank expression.

"You have one more test to pass." said Kakashi who reached into his pocket and took out two bells "Your test is to get these bells from me before sundown. If you don't get the bells before sundown then you all fail and will have to go back to the academy"

Sasuke and Sakura were still shocked. Naruto was still expressionless.

"Why are there only two bells" asked Sasuke

"Isn't it simple?" said Naruto "One of us will be tied to those stumps if we don't get the bell" he said pointing his finger towards the three stumps

"That is correct Naruto. I also forgot to mention, there are two lunch boxes. The two people who get bells will have lunch. The one who is tied, will be forced to watch. Understood" said Kakashi

"Hai" the three of them said at once

"One more thing" said Kakashi "If you want a bell, you will have to come at me with the intention of killing me."

The three students nodded their heads

"Okay ready...and...Start!" said Kakashi sensei, who had raised his two fingers to his mouth and disappeared leaving a puff of smoke behind.

Sasuke and Sakura were surprised, and were looking for him. Naruto smiled and said "He's not around here"

Both of them turned to Naruto who said "That was a shadow clone, he could be anywhere."

"What do we do now?" asked Sasuke

"Don't worry I have a plan." said Naruto "This is what we'll do..."

Kakashi was looking from a tree above seeing the three discuss their next move. "Good at least they got the teamwork part down" thought Kakashi

"Hey Kakashi sensei" someone whispered in his ear.

Kakashi turned and saw Naruto standing right behind him. Naruto delivered a kick to Kakashi's gut and Kakashi went flying back. He fell onto the ground.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura looked at sensei who had fallen from a tree. Kakashi watched the Naruto from the tree disappear in a puff of smoke. "A shadow clone" thought Kakashi, who was surprised that he was able to sneak on him from behind like that.

"Naruto, you are something special" said Kakashi

Naruto smirked and said "I've learned from the best"

Kakashi got up sighed and then said "Okay well Naruto, since you are too good for me, I'll need to use this" Kakashi moved the headband up a little so that it won't cover his left eye. He opened his left eye to reveal his sharingan.

Sasuke and Sakura were shocked after seeing the eye

"What is that eye Naruto?" asked Sakura

"Let Sasuke explain. After all he's familiar with it more than I am" said Naruto who was smirking

"It's a kekkai genkai of my clan. It's the specialty of the Uchiha. It's called Sharingan. It's the eye that can see all chakra and all jutsu's. It also allows us to see a person's move before he plans to make It." said Sasuke

Sakura was shocked "How can we beat someone with an eye like that?" Sakura thought

"It's impossible, because only someone who is an Uchiha can have an eye like that. How did he get one?" asked Sasuke

"We'll find that out later, right now, we need to get the bells from him." said Naruto

Sasuke nodded his head and took out a kunai.

"Naruto, How do we beat him if he has that eye?" Sakura asked clearly a little worried

"Don't worry about it Sakura. We can still beat him just as long as we work together." assured Naruto "Just do what I told you to do"

Sakura nodded and also pulled out a kunai.

Kakashi looked at the three of them. Naruto was standing in the middle looking at Kakashi sensei with an expressionless face. Sasuke was holding a kunai in front of his face, as was Sakura. The three of them we ready to pounce on Naruto. "Okay, this should be interesting" said Kakashi. He also pulled out a kunai from his pouch.

"GO!" yelled Naruto. Right then Sasuke and Sakura threw their kunai at Kakashi. Kakashi easily blocked the incoming kunai's with his own kunai. Sasuke then did a couple of hand signs "Fire style: Fireball Jutsu" Sasuke took a deep breath and released a big fire ball directly towards Kakashi.

Kakashi copied Sasuke's hand signs and said "Fire style: Fireball Jutsu" and took a deep breath just like Sasuke and released a fireball similar to the one Sasuke made. Within a few seconds both fireballs met, and an incredible light formed at the centre where both attacks met.

Naruto made a couple of hand signs "Wind style: Gusty Wind Jutsu" and a huge gust of wind went towards the directions of the fireball. The added wind powered Sasuke's fireball and soon enough Sasuke's fireball was over taking Kakashi's and was heading straight for him.

The fireball dispersed and there was no sign of Kakashi. Sasuke seemed happy that it was over. Naruto knew he was still around. Then suddenly a large shuriken had appeared from the group of trees in front of Naruto and Sasuke. They both jumped out of the way of the massive shuriken. Then Naruto swore he heard a *poof*, and turned around to see Kakashi sensei with three kunai and he threw them at Naruto and Sasuke.

Naruto made quick hand signs "Shadow Clone Jutsu" and a Shadow clone quickly appeared in front of them. The kunai's hit the clone. The clone dispersed, and Naruto and Sasuke landed on solid ground while Kakashi was standing on water.

Kakashi was looking at Naruto who was smiling at Kakashi. Sasuke looked awestruck as he was staring at something in the sky. Kakashi looked up too, and his eyes went wide. "Not again" he thought

The same hurricane formed over Kakashi's head. This time it looked more deadly as there were more thunder in this hurricane. Naruto reached into his pouch and pulled out a kunai. He then threw the kunai at Kakashi. As he threw the kunai the technique released on that kunai. However the kunai redirected the attack and it was headed towards Kakashi

"THUNDER GOD'S SPEAR" yelled Naruto as the attack as well as the kunai hit Kakashi dead on.

Sasuke was completely amazed at the attack. "Wow, what a powerful technique" he thought, as he witnessed what had happened

"Sasuke" said Naruto

Sasuke looked at him and nodded

The technique ended and Kakashi fell to the ground, then with a *poof* a log replaced Kakashi. Naruto and Sasuke stood back to back, looking around them for Kakashi.

Sasuke closed and suddenly felt a surge of power. This power was allowing him to sense his surroundings. Then he saw Kakashi's chakra network behind a tree. Sasuke took out a kunai and threw it where Kakashi stood. Kakashi had moved according to Sasuke's senses.

Naruto noticed Sasuke throwing a kunai at a tree. As the kunai hit the tree Kakashi jumped out from it a little surprised. Naruto was a little surprised and asked "How did you-" but before he could finish Sasuke turned his head toward Naruto and opened his eyes to reveal the level one Sharingan. Naruto smiled "So it finally awakened" he thought to himself

"You were asking" said Sasuke

"Never mind, that eye of yours says it all" said Naruto

Sasuke smirked and said "Let's end this quickly"

Kakashi from the trees noticed Sasuke's eyes were a different colour. "So, his sharingan finally activated." thought Kakashi "This should be very interesting"

Kakashi charged at Naruto and Sasuke, who looked a little shocked. Before Kakashi could reach the two of them he heard a screeching sound. He turned back and saw Naruto a wind technique in the form of a shuriken. "Wind Style: Great Wind Shuriken" he said and then threw the wind shuriken towards Kakashi. Kakashi jumped out of the way for the shuriken but the original Naruto rushed forward and grabbed the wind shuriken from the hole and threw it back at Kakashi who was in mid air. Kakashi didn't know how to dodge the attack he was about to create a sign for a shadow clone. Then *poof* the wind shuriken changed and in front of Kakashi was Sakura who swiped a kunai at Kakashi. She had missed, and then she was free falling. Before she could fall Naruto jumped and caught her bridal style.

"You okay?" asked Naruto looking into Sakura's eyes

She was blushing a little and she said "I'm fine"

"Did you do it?" asked Naruto

She nodded her head. Naruto put her down on the ground. Kakashi had also fallen on the ground but landed on his feet. Kakashi sounded out of breath, the kids were stronger together than he thought. "I had forgotten about Sakura. It was smart of them to distract me from her with those powerful techniques. These guys really are something else" he thought "At least she missed me." Then it occurred to him, she was really close, how could she miss. Kakashi checked his belt, and the bells were gone. He heard two bells ringing, and looked at Sakura and Sasuke smiling at Kakashi, each of them holding a bell. Naruto was just there smirking, "So did they pass?" Naruto asked.

Kakashi sighed and then let out a little laugh, then he said "Yes you all pass. Good job guys" He then closed his left eye and put his headband over it

Naruto looked at sensei a little confused "Don't I have to be tied to the stumps?" asked Naruto

Kakashi smiled and said "No, you don't have to be tied to the stump"

"Was it because we worked together?" asked Sasuke who was eyeballing Naruto and then looked at Kakashi

"Yes. This test wasn't to see if you had gotten the bells but to see how well you guys worked as a team. You guys worked perfectly together. You guys surprised me a lot of times and I'm really proud of you. From now on we will be team 7." said Kakashi with a smile

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura smiled and nodded at their sensei

"I want you guys to remember this. Those who disobey the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum" said Kakashi

The students again smiled and nodded

"Good, then tomorrow at 10:00 meet me at the Hokage office" said Kakashi

"Hai" Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura said in unison.

With that Kakashi lifted his two fingers and disappeared. Naruto sighing fell on the ground. Sasuke and Sakura looked at him with concern and rushed to his side.

Naruto chuckled and said "Guys I'm okay, I'm just a little exhausted". He then got up and brushed the dirt on his clothes.

Sasuke and Sakura sighed with relief.

"Don't make me worry like that" said Sakura

Naruto smirked and said "Sorry Sakura"

Sasuke was just smiling at the two of them. "What's stopping them from confessing to each other?" he thought.

"I'm gonna go home and sleep I'll see you tomorrow" said Sasuke. He turned and started to walk away.

"Wait." said Naruto

Sasuke stopped in his tracks

"Why don't you join me and Sakura for dinner today. You can take Ino with you." suggested Naruto

Sasuke looked at the sky thinking about the offer. He wasn't going to deny, he had liked Ino for a long time and didn't want an opportunity like this to slip away from him.

"Where are you guys going?" asked Sasuke

"It'll be up to the girls" said Naruto smirking

"Awww, how sweet. Naruto's making me and Ino decide where to eat. He's such a gentleman" thought Sakura while smiling like a little child.

"Alright, but I don't know where Ino lives" said Sasuke

"Don't worry, just meet us by the Hokage building at the same time" said Naruto

Sasuke smirked and nodded then turned back to where he was headed.

"Sakura" Naruto said turning to the blonde kunoichi

"Y-Yes Naruto" said Sakura

"Want me to walk you home?" asked Naruto

Sakura immediately nodded her head. Naruto again put his arms in the same position for Sakura to put her arms through.

They began walking towards Sakura's house, it was a pretty quiet walk. They didn't have much to say to each other, however Naruto realized that Sakura had secretly put her head against his shoulder. He had to admit, they looked more like a couple than ever.

"Hey Sakura" said Naruto

She removed her head from his shoulders and looked at him with anticipation.

"Good job back there. You were great" said Naruto with a smile

Sakura smiled and nodded then said "Thanks, you weren't bad yourself. You were really powerful. Which reminds me...Where did you learn that technique?"

"I created it" said Naruto

Sakura's eyes went wide in shock. "Wow, you really are amazing Naruto" she thought

"Really" said Sakura

Naruto nodded his head. "It's the fruits of my training. It took me four years to create that technique. I nearly died the first few times" he said

Sakura's eyes went wide and then she looked down. Naruto saw Sakura's sad face facing towards the ground. She was clearly concerned. Naruto stopped walking, and then he used his chin to lift Sakura's head a little so that she could look at him. "Don't worry Sakura It's not a dangerous technique. It just took a lot of training to be able to create and manipulate it. Don't worry I won't get hurt using It." said Naruto

Sakura managed a small smile and nodded her head. The both of them began walking again, Sakura's head still looking down and with the same expression. "Man, I shouldn't have told her that I almost died creating that technique" thought Naruto

"Sakura, what's bothering you?" asked Naruto

"Naruto, please promise me something" Sakura said "Please don't do anything reckless that could get you killed" she said with tears streaming down her face. "Why is she crying?" thought Naruto

He then pulled her into a hug. She was a little surprised at first but she easily accepted Naruto's hug, and dug her head in his chest. "Sakura I promise, just don't cry in front of me. It hurts me to see you in pain" said Naruto

Sakura nodded and then broke the hug then wiped the tears from her face. After wiping her tears, Sakura hugged Naruto's arms and leaned her head against his shoulder. They both walked in silence for the rest of the way.

It didn't take long for them to reach Sakura's house. Naruto recognized it from the last time he dropped Sakura off.

"Sakura we're here" said Naruto

Sakura lifted her head off of Naruto's shoulder and smiled at him, then she began to walk towards her home. Naruto returned the smile then turned around and began to walk away but then something had grabbed him from behind. It was Sakura she was hugging him but just from behind. "Thank you Naruto" she said and then she broke the hug and walked back to her house and shut the door.

"You're welcome" said Naruto. He turned and walked towards the direction his home was.