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…..Be Love?
The earth shock violently. The rumble of fallen trees faded along with the smoke and dust clouds that had formed. A sickening cracking noise was heard, echoing throughout the forest before the natural silence finally settled in again. A half conscious pinked-haired kunoichi falls limply to the floor against the side of a cave. Her head is casted down, her hair covering most of her face as she sits there trying to catch her breath.
Most of her clothes were torn to shreds, small crimson stains covered her shirt, a small trail of drying blood from her mouth. Bruises and cuts littered her arms and legs, and she was covered in a layer of sweat. A couple of minutes passed, the noises of the forest surrounding the injured ninja, until the soft steps of another was heard coming towards the girl. A blonde walked through the destructive path that the pinkette created, walking up to stand above the girl, arms crossed, eyes emotionless as she watched her student cough up blood. "You left yourself open again Sakura.
If I wasn't holding back on that kick you would be dead right now." shaking her head in disappointment. Sakura looked up as best she could at her sensei, grinning up at her "Sorry Tsunade-sama, I'm just out of it today." couching up more blood, not even able to move her trembling limbs. The hokage glared down at her student "Distraction could easily lead to trouble. I thought I already taught you this." she shifted so that most of her weight was on her left leg, still glaring down at the pinkette. Sakura coughed up more blood before looking up at the blonde with the same grin as before "Guess it didn't stick huh sensei." The young ninja's entire body was trembling all over from her injuries, her grin was faltering as she looked up at her adopted mother. Tsunade's glare fell quickly, suddenly an image of when Sakura had come to her trying to convince her to train her.
Tsunade had just finished sending Sakura flying through the air for about the 13th time. The pinkette had asked the hokage to train her and of course the blonde had said no, but Sakura wasn't going to give up that easily. The past couple of days, Sakura had asked the sanin over and over again, until finally Tsunade couldn't take any more. "Fine! You want me to train you so bad then prove to me that you're worthy of it!"
The two then had headed out into the hokage's private training grounds were Tsuande would give Sakura the chance to prove herself. Sakura's only instructions were to evade all the attacks that Tsunade was sending at her. Easy to say that it wasn't going too well for the tiny pinkette. Sakura was able to pick herself up from the kick to her side, slowing getting to her feet, and turning to face whatever Tsunade was going to send at her next. Tsunade growled 'What the hell is with this kid! I was positive that she was going to drop out by now!' lowing herself into a fighting stance once again.
Tsunade charged at the girl ready to land another kick, but Sakura dodged just in time to evade the blow. Sadly, the young ninja didn't see the fist coming until it landed squarely at her stomach sending her flying into a tree. Sakura hit the tree with a painful thud, sliding to the floor in a heap. Tsunade walked up to the girl, standing over her "Well? Did you finally give up?" grinning to herself 'There's no way that she would be able to keep going. She should of realized by no-' The pinkette had finally lifted her head, but what Tsunade saw was what surprised her. She was grinning. Sakura was bloody, beaten, and bruised yet she was grinning "Nope."
Tsunade stared at Sakura 'Just like the first time she ended up like this. Some things never change.' a small smile played across Tsunade's lips. The hokage stared down at her student/daughter 'And I wouldn't have it any other way.' By now, Sakura's grin had completely fallen, leaving her staring up at her sensei in confusion "Uh, Senesi…..are you ok?" raising an eyebrow when she still didn't get an answer. Tsuande continued to stare until she finally came back to reality, she shook her head "Yeah, yeah. Just hold still." She dropped to her knees beside Sakura, her hands glowing green as she began to heal the more serious injuries first.
Sakura just shrugged, or tried to anyway "If you say s-OW!" she flinched away from Tsunade's healing hands "That hurt!" The hokage reached over to the pinkette "I told you to hold still you big baby." replacing her hands where they were before and continuing her work. Sakura glared "I'm not a baby you old fart OW!" cringing again when a sharp pain ran through her side. Tsuande glared back at the pinkette "If you don't stop moving it's going to hurt more baka. So sit still and Stop. Being. A. Baby." each word coming out forcible.
The young ninja grumbled silently to herself before finally nodding. Tsunade returned her attention back to her work. Silence soon came over the two medics, but it wasn't uncomfortable like you would expect. They had come so far compared to the shy pinkette who had begged for the new appointed hokage to train her and the hokage who didn't want to get close to anyone ever again. Sakura kept her eyes to the floor, trying her best not to wince when a sudden pain shot through her body from the healing 'Maybe I shouldn't go through with Ino's pla-ow! What if we get ca-ow! Or if someone se-ow! Man sometimes I think she does this on purpose….(sigh) I can't back out of it now. Besides I really do want to see him. It has been so long since the last time I say him…ow! Where is Ten-ten anyway? She should have been here-OW! Shit, I'm so going to-!'
"Hey Sakura, hokage-sama!" a grinning brunette came walking up to the two "Been…..looking for…..you…guys." the brunette stopped a couple of feet away from the duo, moving her eyes all around the area. First looking at her friend on the floor, then to the destruction scattered all around, then finally back to the duo. "Hell pinky, what happen to you? And what's with the freak destruction trail?" Right in front of where Sakura was on the ground, about eight or nine trees were broken completely in half and scattered on the floor creating a path to a clearing that had huge craters, forgotten weapons, and half destroyed boulders. It looked like something that you would find on a battle field during a war. "Oh that? Sakura left herself open."
Tsunade stats like it should be obvious, not looking up from her work. The weapon master stared out at the destruction caused by the two medics 'Shit. If that happens during training, I don't want to know what would happen in a real fight. Note to self, Don't. Piss. Tsunade. Off.' turning back to the hokage and her student 'Maybe this plan is a bad idea.' "So mind telling me why you were looking for us?" Tsunade asked as she stood up wiping her hands on her pants finished with healing Sakura's injuries, glancing at the weaponist suspiciously. "Uuuuuuh….Ino told me to come find Sakura. Something about shopping or whatever." Ten-ten hoped that the hokage wasn't able to see what they were really up to.
If they got caught, they wouldn't live to tell about it. Tsunade raised one of her blonde eyebrow in suspicion while Ten-ten just started back nervously "What? Another shopping spree? Doesn't Pig have enough clothes to last her for the rest of her life already." The brunette moved her eyes to the pinkette "Apparantly not pinky. So hurry up before that fashion diva comes looking for the both of us." Ten-ten was grateful that Sakura played along with the lie, she thought she was going to have face the wrath of the hokage. Sakura rose to her feet slowly testing out her arms and legs, making sure there wasn't any more pain "Fine Ten-ten. Tsunade-sama are you working late tonight?" she glanced over to her adopted mother, still stretching as she waited.
The blonde hokage glanced over to her student out of the corner of her eyes "Yeah, I shouldn't be getting home until around eleven thirty or so." her face stayed emotionless as she began to walk in the direction of the hokage tower 'Hm…..' Sakura nodded her head in understanding "Ok, you want me to wait up for you?" the young medic walked in the opposite direction of her sensei towards her friend. Tsunade kept her back to the girls, waving a hand behind her in a carefree manner "Your choice." Sakura turned one last time to watch her sensei disappear into the trees "See ya at home then!" yelling out to the hokage's retreating back before turning back to Ten-ten. "Thanks for going along with that lie. I wasn't sure if she was believing me or not." the brunette chuckled scratching the back of her head.
Sakura just grinned "Yeah, I didn't want to watch you get eaten." sending a grin in the weaponist's direction. Ten-ten just chuckled again "So you ok after all that? You looked like she banged you up pretty bad." the brunette looked at the pinkette, shocked that she was still able to even think after her injuries. Sakura just nodded "Yeah, got use to getting the shit kicked out of me along time of go. Is everyone at my house already?" looking back to her friend for a moment to see her nod. "Then what are we waiting for. We better get there soon before Ino really does explode." Ten-ten just nodded in understanding, following Sakura's lead as they leaped into the trees and headed towards Sakura's home. Little did the duo know there was someone lurking in the shadows near where they had been.
The two young shinobis dashed through the many trees of the forest that was the hokage's training grounds. Soon enough the trees finally came to an end and they were now running across the tops of buildings instead. They were silent, the only noise coming from their soft steps and the air moving around them as they flew through it. It wasn't exactly uncomfortable, but there was still the tiny bit of unasked questions hanging above them. More exactly, above the head of a certain brunette "Are you sure you want to go through with this Sakura? We're taking a big risk with this plan, you most of all. What if Hokage-sama finds out? Who knows what she'll do if she finds out."
Ten-ten couldn't help it, the thoughts were running through her head since the beginning that they had been planning all this out. It wasn't that she didn't want to help Sakura, but the fact that the pinkette was walking on thin ice with her so called "mother". If the hokage found out that Sakura was sneaking out again even after the last punishment, there was no way that she would be left off easy again. She had seen the way that Ino, Hinata, and especially Sakura are treated like if they're so fragile, never being able to really live their lives as shinobi of the leaf. Ten-ten wasn't sure how they have been living with it for as long as they have. Sakura didn't answer her friend right away, just continuing to look ahead without any trace of emotion on her face. Ten-ten watched her friend intently as she waited patiently for an answer.
It didn't surprise her that Sakura hadn't answered so quickly, who would be able to answer things that they themselves probably aren't completely sure of. Sakura didn't so much as glimpse in Ten-ten's direction, no words were exchanged at all between the two. The silence had quickly become uncomfortable for the young weaponist, making her regret ever asking such a stupid question in the first place "Hey sorry, I shouldn't of asked. You really don't have to-""To be honest Ten-ten…I've never been more sure of anything in my life." The brunette stared at the back of her friend, swiftly shutting her mouth, waiting in silence for her to explain more.
Sakura didn't look back, just continued on "When my life was changed, all that I ever heard was don't do this, don't do that, you can't do this, you shouldn't be doing this, be careful, make sure you do this. I was so damn tired of that life. I missed what I had before, the pain from losing it all so suddenly was still so fresh. Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate everything that everyone has done for me since then, especially Tsunade-sama. But, there is just some things that couldn't be fixed with more training, a new home, and new life."
At this, Ten-ten noticed the sadness behind the words, the frustration, the confusion, the distress that they held. "Suddenly, all my "life" becomes is everyone looking to me as if I'm something that must be protected and cared for. That I'm nothing more than a common girl that is so fragile. Something that should of helped me just turned out to become my prison. I started to truly think that there was nothing that I could do to change what was going on, nothing for me to do but stay locked away. Then I met him. This guy that didn't care about me being related to the hokage, who didn't treat me like if I was some piece of fragile china, the only person that was able to understand what it was that I was trapped in. He is able to make me laugh even on my worst of days, he listens to everything I got to say, he even showed me what true freedom is. To make things even more amazing, it turns out that I already knew him. That's what really surprised me. He was my best friend before all this happened, but I was able to forget him so easily. I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to forgive myself for that."
Sakura leaped to the next building, tilting her head up slightly so that she was looking at the clouds that looked like white blurs passing her by so quickly "Not many people get a second chance Ten-ten." Sakura stopped on top a building, Ten-ten soon landing next to her. The pinkette kept her back to her friend as she continued "So I'm not going to let this chance with him go to waste. Cause Kame knows if I'll ever get another one." at this, Sakura finally turned to Ten-ten, a warm smile planted clearly on her face, and a couple of tiny tears were at the corners of her closed jade eyes. Ten-ten just stared at one of her best friends, stunned at her words. All the weaponist could do was smile back "Then, we better hurry up. We're already late enough as it is." Sakura nodded, turning back towards the direction they were heading in. In just a couple of minutes they reached the huge two story building where three figures stood waiting.
"You finally decide to show up?" Temari joked when Ten-ten and Sakura walked up to them "Fuck, what happen to you?" looking Sakura up and down seeing the dried blood and completely ruined clothes. You really couldn't even call them clothes anymore, they were more like just pieces of torn up cloth draped over the pinkette. The medic just shrugged her shoulders "Normal training session nothing special." walking up to her door "You guys going to stand there all day or come inside?" stepping inside and waving for them to follow her. Hinata, Ino, and Ten-ten followed her in silently, Temari looking confused a little as she followed everyone else.
The group of girls entered into the huge living room "I'm going to go get cleaned up. Ya'll can just wait here." Sakura headed towards the stairs leaving her friends to get comfortable as they waited. Ino and Hinata dropped down on the giant couch in front of the tv, Ten-ten sat on the floor next to Aiko who had been napping, while Temari took the armchair near the doorway. The room was silent except for the quiet bark that came from Aiko as Ten-ten scratched her head and the faint sound of the shower from upstairs. It was a comfortable silence, but how much longer could it stay like that.
No matter how much reasoning they came up with, they all knew that they were going against the hokage. What they were about to do didn't sound like it was something horrible, but with the hokage, if it had anything to do with Sakura breaking her rules, then they might as well have become traitors to the village. Ino twirled a piece of her long platinum blonde hair out of boredom, Hinata looked at each of her friends waiting for someone to start, Temari sitting slumped in her seat yawning every once and awhile, Ten-ten entertaining herself by playing with Aiko. Yup, you wouldn't be able to tell if they were about to commit a "crime" or that they were just having a lazy day off.
"Are we just going to sit here like pricks or is someone going to say something cause this silence is annoying the hell out of me." leave it to Temari to be the blunt one and ruin the peace that they were able to create. Ino sighed letting her hair fall through her fingers "Fine. Everyone knows what they need to do right?" giving a lazy glance to each kunoichi "Or should I just go over it again?" No one made a move to answer, thinking "Do you really think that your plan will work Ino? I mean what if hokage-sama finds out? I already saw what she could do just for 'training' I really don't want to see her when she's pissed." Ten-ten shuttered at the memory of the destruction left after one of Sakura's training section with Tsunade "I like being alive you know."
Hinata and Temari looked at Ten-ten confused, while Ino just chuckled "You saw the after math of their training didn't you?" laughing even harder at the face Ten-ten made "Hell yes! I couldn't even recognize if it was an training area or not! How the hell I didn't find them sooner if beyond me!" the brunette waving her arms in the air to envisize her point. Ino laughed harder, clutching her stomach, almost falling from her spot on the couch, while Temari and Hinata still confused stared between the two, and Ten-ten getting pissed at Ino for laughing "You freaking bitch! It's not funny!" lunging at the laughing blonde.
Ino moved just as Ten-ten was about to tackle her, making the enraged brunette to crash into the couch "Awww come on Teny, Tsunade-sama isn't that scary." Ten-ten pushed herself out off the couch, turning to face the blonde again. Ino grinned back at her, sticking her tongue out "Don't tell me you're afraid of an old lady?" That was it, Ten-ten was starting to see red, next thing anyone knew Ten-ten had charged at Ino, who was barely able to move out of the way in time. Ino jumped around the room evading Ten-ten laughing still "G-Guys…..come on stop. You're g-going to b-brake something."
Hinata had stood, holding out her shacking hands, trying to get the two to calm down but they just kept at it. Ino continued to laugh "You'll never catch me scardy cat!" leaping over the couch while Ten-ten followed close behind. By this time Hinata had stopped trying to stop them, sitting down at one of the corners of the couch trying not to get hit. Aiko had taken refuge at the bottom of the stairs, watching in excitement as she watched the two girls run around. Temari sat in her armchair one hand holding her head, a vein starting to form on her temple quickly 'These fucking shits. If they don't shut it (CRASH) Ok that's it!' swiftly standing standing to her feet.
Just as Ino and Ten-ten were about to run by her chair, the annoyed blonde caught both of them by the back of their shirts lifting them both off the ground so that they were just inches away from touching the hard wood floor. "What the hell Temari let me kick her ass!" Ten-ten reaching out to try and punch Ino who was trying to get out of Temari's hold to run "Tema! Let me go! She's going to ki-!" With one quick swipe Temari had pulled the two struggling kunoichi into each other, their heads collided hard then Temari released her grip on them. They fell to the floor on their asses "Now sit the fuck down before I kill the both of your sorry asses!" Ino and Ten-ten cradled their heads 'Fuck! What the hell did I do!' both shouted in their bruised heads.
Hinata sat on the couch trying to be as far away from Temari as she could manage while Aiko was hiding behind an armchair quietly whimpering. Easy to say that the sandy blonde could be very horrifying when she wanted to. At that time a certain pinkette decided it was the best time to finally join the group. Sakura came walking down the stairs, taking in the scene of a partly recked living room, Ino and Ten-ten still cradling their heads on the floor, a beyond pissed Temari standing over them, Hinata looking like she was about to piss her pants, and Aiko cowering behind an armchair. "Uh…so what I miss?" the confused pinkette walked over to the frightened dog, trying to calm her down while she looked at the four ninjas. Hinata stayed quiet on the couch still frightened, Temari sat back down on the armchair arms crossed in annoyance, Ino and Ten-ten slowly got to their feet "Ow, man Temari that hurt like a bitch."
Ino rubbed her forehead with one hand where a nice sized bump was starting to form. Temari kept her eyes closed as she tried to calm down, mumbling to herself about something that none of them could make out. Sakura still looked confused, but decided that it really didn't matter, Temari getting angry like that wasn't really odd. Ino went to sit on the couch again while Ten-ten choose to lean up against the nearest wall, both still rubbing at their new acquired bumps. Sakura sat on the floor with Aiko next to her waiting for someone to start. "Ok, so let's go over the plan real quick before we leave."
Ino waited for everyone to nod showing that they understand. "Now Hinata and Temari, you guys are staying here in case the hokage gets back early and comes looking for Sakura while we're gone. If anything happens you contact us through this communicators." reaching into her weapons bag, pulling out five communicators and giving one to each kunoichi "We're going to be using station three. Me and Ten-ten are going to go with Sakura. We're helping her get past the patrolling ninja and keep track of time. We are supposed to be back here before about 12, that's about an hour before Tsunade-sama is supposed to get back. Everyone understand?" Ino looked around the room, everyone had just finished attaching their communicators around their necks. "God Ino. You're making this sound like a real mission or something."
Sakura chuckled a little as Ino took on a serious face "Of course! This may be one of our most important missions yet." everyone broke into laughter. "Of course the drama queen would say that." Sakura broke into more laughs at Ino's glare directed at her "I'm not a drama queen forehead." The pinkette just answered by rolling her eyes "Yeaaaaaah. And I'm not living with an controlling mother." Ino looked ready to slug Sakura right in the head. She would of done it too if it wasn't for Ten-ten stepping in "Ok you guys let's get this show on the road. We're wasting time just sitting around here doing nothing. Besides, Sakura would want more time with her boyfriend."
Ten-ten stood waiting for Ino and Sakura to follow her lead. "He's not my boyfriend." Sakura mumbled as she stood, crossing her arms in a pout. Ino chuckled "Not yet he isn't." Sakura stuck out her tongue at the blonde earning a laugh from everyone else. "Ok, ok. Just hurry up. Time is a wasting." Ten-ten grabbed the two girls by their wrists, pulling them towards the door so that they could begin their mission. Temari and Hinata followed the three out the house, waving to them as they dashed away "Good luck!" Temari yelled out to their retreating backs 'Hopefully everything turns out alright. Especially for you Sakura.'
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"Rasengan!" Naruto lunged at Gaara, a blue spiral of chakra in his hand "Suna no Tate." the sand at Gaara's feet shot up in front of him, creating a shield. The swirling ball of chakra collided with the sand shield, creating a great explosion and a dust cloud to erupt on contact. As the smoke cleared Gaara was completely surrounded by his sand while Naruto was lying on his back a couple of yards away breathing heavely. "Ah…..Gaara….I think we need a break. Dickless over there doesn't seem to be able to take much more at this rate." Sai jumped down from his spot in a tree carrying three packed lunches with him "It's weird. Dickless usually doesn't stop until the sun has gone down. Wonder what's up with him today." walking to Gaara who was collecting the last bit of his sand back into his giant gourd that he kept it sealed in.
The red-head glanced over to the blonde on the floor "I think I got a pretty good idea of what's wrong with him." Sai cocked his head in confusion, looking between his brothers "Really? What is it then?" Gaara didn't look at Sai, capping up his gourd and leaning it against a tree in the shade "Come on." He led Sai over to shaded area next to Naruto to have their lunches. Sai dropped down onto the floor as soon as they reached the patch of shade, unwrapping the tie that held the three lunches together "So you going to tell me?" handing a bento over to Gaara and setting one off to the side for Naruto, who still was laying on the ground.
Gaara opened the box quietly picking up his chopsticks and eating a huge thing of rice "Well….(munch)..I'm betting that..(munch)….he is thinking of Sakura-san." Sai ate his lunch quietly glancing back at Naruto who hadn't moved from his spot on the floor. It was true that they hadn't seen the pinkette for a while now, but he couldn't understand why that was affecting the blonde so much "Hmmmm. Why he think of Sakura-san for?" The red head shock his head in disbelief "Wow, sometimes you really just surprise me Sai with how clueless you can be." Naruto laid there staring up at the soft motions of the clouds, unmoving and blocked from the world around him, left to drift farther into his mind.
Which, he wasn't so sure that he wanted to be doing. 'Why can't I get her out of my head? Not even sparing with Gaara seemed to do any good. All I can think about is Sakura-chan. Her short soft pink hair, those deep endless jade eyes….ugh why did I have to fall in love? You're still thinking of her. Great, what do you want now kyuubi? Just listening to your stupid problems like usual. Whatever just stay out of it. Why? Before you seemed to want my help. No way in hell would I want your help. Haha we'll just see Naruto. Anyway what are you going to do about this Sakura-chan hm? ….I don't know… HAHA! You know just as well as me what you need to do Naruto. You're just afraid what she would do if you told her. I'M NOT AFRA- Then why haven't you told her. …I-I…just can't. You can't. Or you won't. What's stopping you from telling her? …..'
He stayed there lost in his thoughts, trying to find a way around the kyuubi's reasoning, not noticing that the sun was setting pretty quickly. Sai and Gaara had long ago given up trying to get his attention enough so he could eat his lunch, deciding it was best to leave him alone for a while. He hadn't even noticed them talking to him or the quiet shuffle of their steps as they walked away. The moon was slowly rising into the sky, shining brightly down on the land, causing shadows to begin to form. A sudden rustle from his left awoke Naruto enough for him to jump to his feet kunai drawn, waiting to see who or what had come.
The bushes that he was facing shifted a little before finally Sakura stepped out looking at Naruto surprised that he was welding a kunai "Naruto-kun?" The blonde dropped his defensive stance, replacing his weapon in its pouch "Sakura-chan?...What are you doing out here? I thought you weren't a loud out anymore?" staring at the pinkette 'Is it really her? Well it isn't the easter bunny not is it.' She walked up to him, stopping just a couple of feet away "Um….I wanted to come see you Naruto-kun. Is that such a bad thing?" crossing her arms, he eyes turning to steel at the blonde in a slit glare.
Naruto waved his hands in front of him in defense "N-No Sakura-chan! I didn't mean it like that! I just meant that isn't the hokage going to be angry with you again!" cowering a little from the pissed kunoichi. He had learned a long time ago that you shouldn't mess with a pissed off Sakura, you would most likely end up with a couple of good bruises to show for it. Sakura stared him down a little more before smirking "As long as I'm back before she gets back, Tsunade-sama won't even know that I was out here." waving her hand like it should have been obvious. Naruto jumped up and down like some kind of kid "Cool! Sakura-chan snuck out to see me!"picking Sakura up in a bone crushing bear hug, lifting her off her feet.
Sakura was being swung around by the excited boy "N….Naruto." still he didn't notice "Naruto!" he just grinned happily "BAKA! I…..can't…breath!" punching him straight in his jaw. Naruto was sent flying a couple of feet before skitting across the floor face first. Man that girl had a punch "Ow Sakura-chan! That hurt!" lifting himself up a little. "You deserved it. I almost passed out from that death hug of yours." crossing her arms and turning away. As the two were talking, Gaara and Sai were hiding watching the entire thing between Sakura and Naruto. When the duo had left, Gaara pulled Sai behind some trees, telling him to be quiet.
The red head had sensed the familiar chakra coming towards them, and he figured that it would be better if they were alone. "Ahhhhhhh, Gaara-san let me see!" Sai was trying to see from behind Gaara who was watching very carefully. "Hmph." Sai dropped down after 10 straight minutes of trying. Gaara continued to watch carefully for another couple of minutes before sighing and walking over to a low tree branch and jumping up to sit. Sai looked at Gaara confused, taking his chance to finally see what was going on. Naruto had managed to sit up in his make shift trench, scratching the back of his bruised head with one hand nervously, a huge grin plastered on his dirt covered face. He couldn't make out what they were saying though. Sakura stood in front of him, one arm crossed over her chest while the other arm held her forehead, she looked annoyed to hell yet he could make out a small smile:
(Gaara) I can see what's happening {Gaara sat crossed legged, sighing}
(Sai) What? {Sai looked back at the red head with even more confusion}
(Gaara) And they don't have a clue {He rested his head into his hands}
(Sai) Who? {Sai sat down next to his brother, pulling out his sketch pad}
(Gaara) They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line
(Gaara) Our trio's down to two {Glancing back to see Naruto and Sakura sitting on the floor and laughing}
(Sai) Oh {Looking back to the couple every couple of seconds then back to his sketch pad}
(Gaara) The sweet caress of twilight
(Gaara) There's magic everywhere {He gestered in a sweeping motion around them}
(Gaara) And with all this romantic atmosphere {Watching his blonde brother make Sakura laugh}
(Gaara) Disaster's in the air {Smiling when Sakura hit him in the head}
Can you feel the love tonight {Naruto rubbed at his new bump "Haha, uh….you want…to go for a walk Sakura-chan?" scratching at his cheek nervously}
The peace the evening brings {Naruto looked off to the side as he waited}
The world, for once, in perfect harmony {Sakura watched the nervous boy, laughing a little "Sure Naruto-kun."}
With all its living things {He lit up with a warm smile, standing}
(Naruto) So many things to tell her {They walked in silence neither not knowing what to do next. 'Now what should I do?'}
(Naruto) But how to make her see {'How am I supposed to tell her?' Naruto watched Sakura from the corner of his eye}
(Naruto) The truth about my past? {'Tell her the truth.' the kyuubi tried to reason}
(Naruto) Impossible, she'd turn away from me {'I can't.' turning his head away}
(Sakura) He's holding back, he's hiding {Sakura caught him watching her, worrying more when he turned away looking defeated and confused}
(Sakura) But what, I can't decide {"…..Naruto…..are you ok?"}
(Sakura) Why won't he be the king I know he is {Frowning when he didn't answer right away '…Naruto…?'}
(Sakura) The king I see inside
Can you feel the love tonight {He mustered up the best smile he could "I'm ok Sakura-chan."}
The peace the evening brings {She still didn't look that convinced}
The world, for once, in perfect harmony {Naruto took her hand in his}
With all its living things {He smiled down at her, his eyes holding something that Sakura had never seen in them before}
Can you feel the love tonight {Sakura felt her heart beat faster as he continued to stare at her, "I promise that I'm ok."}
You needn't look too far {She smiled back at him tightening her hand around his}
Stealing through the night's uncertainties {Gaara and Sai watched the two leave hand in hand}
Love is where they are
(Gaara) And if he falls in love tonight {Gaara watched until they had finally disappeared from their view}
(Gaara) It can be assumed
(Sai) His carefree days with us are history {'I hope this uneasy feeling is wrong. For your sake Naruto.'}
(Both) In short, our pal is doomed {They looked at each other, both with the same thought at mind}
"Sai." Gaara lifted himself to his feet slowly, glancing where the duo had gone, before looking back at the artist. Sai looked up from his drawing "Come on, leave Naruto to handle this. We'll just wait for him back at the cabin." Gaara was already walking away, his large gourd slung onto his back. Sai looked back at his drawing that he had just finished, it was of Naruto and Sakura sitting on the floor, Naruto was telling another joke while Sakura held a hand to her mouth trying to hold back her laughing. He smiled at his work 'Maybe I should show this to Naruto-kun later.' a small frown crossing his face in thought. "Sai! Hurry up! It's your turn to make dinner!" he quickly packed up his things "Hey, wait up! Gaara!" running off after his brother.
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The silence around Naruto and Sakura had been something of a blessing for the both of them. Both were unsure of how to act or what to say, this wasn't like any other day that they have spent together. There was something else between them now that they couldn't easily ignore or talk about. They were at least aloud this time of peace to really think through what it is that they were going to do. Sakura hadn't really thought of what she was doing or going to do when Ino had made this stupid plan. The thought of actually telling Naruto or even touching on this subject with didn't cross her mind until she was standing in front of the blonde. Sakura, Ino, and Ten-ten had neared the clearing, she had sensed the familiar chakra signature.
Ino and Ten-ten disappeared somewhere in the trees, leaving her alone to face the blonde. Now that she was walking with him, she didn't know what she was doing. There was no plan, not even a thought for her to go on. She was completely at a lost. Naruto was in no better shape. He was completely sure that he probably was never going to really see the pinkette again let alone talk to her again. He had come to understand the position that Sakura was in with the hokage. When she had told him that day about not being able to see them again, he had thought it was truly the end. Though he knew that if he was lucky enough he would catch glances of Sakura on the trips to the village, but he thought that was going to be the extent of their relationship.
To be able to see the one person that he wanted to so badly hold, but never be able to. To be so close, but to seem so far away from each other. It had never accorded that he would be walking with the one he truly loved again. He was a lost for words or what to do. The silence had carried on for what it seemed to be like years. It was quickly going from comfortable to uncomfortable fast. Sakura glanced over at Naruto, finding he had a grim look on his face and looked to be deep in thought. 'I wonder what he is thinking about that got him so worried. (Inner Sakura)What are you waiting for! He is right there just tell him! Fuck, why can't you just butt out. No way. You're being too much of a pussy to do anything. So I'm here to help. How is you bitching at me supposed to help? It'll get you to stop being a wuss long enough so that you could grow a back bone and confess to him that you are madly in love with him. You're such an idiot. Takes one to know one sweetheart. Whatever. Now stop trying to change the subject. Ugh! Just. Go. Away! What if I don't what to. I swear if you don't leave I'll make sure that I show you THAT image again. You wouldn't dare. Try me….Fine, but I'll be back.'
She smirked at getting rid of her inner, stealing another glance at her secret crush. His eyes were still trained on the ground, face scrunched up in a frown as he seemed lost in his thoughts. In any other cases Sakura would of thought that he looked cute, but now all she could do was worry about what was going on. For an overly hyper person like Nartuo is acting so serious and troubled, there has to be something wrong 'Maybe I shouldn't of come after all.' she sadly looked away from the blonde. Naruto hadn't noticed Sakura looking at him, he was trying to decide on what to do. Just to say that he was having the same luck as Sakura was. He had no clue as to what to do now.
They couldn't really act like there was nothing there when there was. They couldn't just ignore this forever. What if they wouldn't see each other again? What if this was the last chance he got to talk to her? Just what if. He knew all this, but he was scared of what he needed to do. And his little "friend" wasn't making things any easier to think about. 'She actually came to see me….she's risking so much just to see me. I can't believe that she would do this. For me. What do you care. That proves that you were wrong. She's different from everyone else. She risked the rest of her freedom to come and see me. Just admit that you were wrong about her. How can you be so sure hm. What are you talking about?
You still don't understand Naruto. You need to tell her the truth, she needs to know what you really are, what you hold in you. She needs to know why you're hated so much by everyone, the reason that you were chased out of the village. She needs to know everything, not your cover up stories that you have been telling her the entire time. If she knew…she wouldn't be here right now.…..I…You're afraid I'm not afraid. Stop lying to yourself, it's pathetic. You don't know anything about me! Actually, I know everything about you boy. You act like a fucking happy ass that has "no worries" ha. That stupid saying that gyser taught you is worthless. You will never be able to live without worries, cause there will always be the pain that follows you where ever you go. And you know that, but choose not to accept it. You're nothing but an scared child that is living in his fears. I told you I'm not afraid. That's your biggest lie of all. You're afraid of not only losing her, but of hurting her. …...No…Your afraid of becoming exactly what everyone sees in you….No….You're afraid of becoming what you're truly are…….No…You're afraid of becoming a monster……stop…You hurt every one that comes near you.….stop…..How is she going to be any different. She'll leave just like the others....Stop….You're nothing but a demon. STOP IT!'
"Naruto-kun!" his eyes widened, looking to his left to see Sakura clinging to his arm trying to get his attention "S….Sakura-chan?" During his inner argument with the kyuubi, Naruto hadn't noticed that he had stopped walking, his hand had tightened around Sakura's as he became angered. His entire body had stiffened with anger trembling slightly, his breathing getting quicker and a thin layer of sweat had started to appear on his skin. He looked ready to burst. Sakura winched when his hold on her hand didn't relent in the least "Naruto my hand." The blonde quickly glanced at their conjoined hands, seeing that he was practically crushing her small one in his much larger hand. Fear quickly entered his body like if he was injected with it, quickly releasing his hold and stepping back from the pinkette all in one swift move. Sakura clenched her injured hand with her other, holding it against her chest protectively.
"Sakura….I'm so sorry I…I didn't mean to…..I didn't know…..I'm sorry." he franticly tried to apologize to her, reaching out to touch her hand again, but stopped himself when he saw Sakura flinch away from his touch. His eyes were casted down, he couldn't look her in the eyes, knowing that he had hurt her. That was the last thing that he ever wanted to do. The kyuubi's words echoed in his head again 'You're afraid.' Sakura had used her medical chakra to heal the bruising that was starting to form on her hand, looking up to see that Naruto was standing a couple of feet away from her. His head was down casted, hiding his eyes from view with his semi long blonde bangs. Sakura was unsure of what to think of his sudden changes "Naruto….are you ok?" The blonde was still enraged by the kyuubi's words, closing his eyes for a couple of minutes, taking in deep breaths to calm himself.
Sakura stepped closer to him, reaching out with her hand to touch his shoulder gently 'What happened to him? He just suddenly….what's going on?' she kept her hand on his shoulder. Naruto flinched when her warm hand touched his shoulder, relaxing quickly though. "I'm sorry." the words came out soft and mumbled, almost making them unnoticeable. The blonde had nothing else to say. The kyuubi was right about everything. He was afraid. He was afraid of turning into the monster that everyone saw in him. For the kyuubi to finally take control of his body. Of course he was scared of that, he always has been. But what really horrified him was what he could do when he went berserk. It had happened before, the nightmares still haunt him now. Just thinking back to that time made Naruto's heart sink into his stomach and for his entire body tremble with fear and regret. Every day, he feared that one day he would just lose control and hurt the ones that are close to him, especially Sakura. He had done it once, who's to say that he won't do it again.
Sakura removed her hand from his shoulder, leaving him wanting the warmth back, missing the comforting feeling that it brought him. He was surprised when he felt her slipping her hand into his, holding onto his tightly and sercurly. He looked up slowly to find himself staring at a smiling pinkette and bright jade eyes "It's ok Naruto. Don't beat yourself over it. I'm fine now. So stop with the doom and gloom look that you got going on, it doesn't look good on you." she shot him a warm smile, squeezing his hand gently. Naruto was speechless "So you going to tell me what's wrong?" she stared at him curiously. Naruto smiled at her "Nothing, I'm fine Sakura-chan. Just had something on my mind that's all." giving her hand a soft squeeze to reinsure her that he was fine now.
The pinkette of course didn't buy it completely, she was ready to argue with him but her eyes met his, sighing "If you say so Naruto. Just can't help but worry about you sometimes." pulling on his arm to get them walking again. The blonde was caught off guard now 'She really…..worries about me?' staring at the pinkette 'Do you really believe that Naruto?' Naruto's eyes grew wide a little at the kyuubi's words, glancing out of the corner of his eye to see Sakura looking up to the dark blue sky smiling at the stars that decorated its never ending surface 'With every fiber of my being.' holding onto the medic's hand, his body filling with a warmth that he thought he would never experience. They continued their walk in the cool night, the air filled with them talking as if the world around them didn't exist, at that moment, to them, nothing else mattered but the person next to them.
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From a safe distance, a brunette and blonde sat up on a low branch watching the pinkette and blonde. Where they were hidden was in perfect view of the waterfall, meadow, and most of the clearing. They watched in silence as the couple walked hand in hand, the blonde waving his arms around to emphasize whatever he was saying while the pinkette laughed, hitting the blonde across the head a couple of times with her free hand once in a while. They seemed to be enjoying themselves. Ino sat with her back on the trunk of the tree one leg left to swing through the air while the other was bent up being used to rest her arm on her knee. Ten-ten just sat on the branch with both her legs hanging freely while she held her giant scroll in her lap, smiling as she watched her friend.
"I guess this really was worth it huh." the weaponist giggled a little as a thought entered her mind "She just better introduce us to him next time. I mean really your friends should meet the guy you're madly in love with." Ino smirked "Oh really? Then why did it take you so long to tell us about you and Neji hm?" eyeing the brunette to see if she would get the reaction she wanted. She wasn't disappointed. Ten-ten had stopped giggling, a deep rosy color spreading across her cheeks fast "S-Shut up. At least I have a boyfriend unlike someone around here." This didn't even faze the blonde as she flicked her long bangs with one quick swipe of her right hand "And? You know that I had a boyfriend before. It just didn't….work out." Ten-ten snorted "Not our fault that you always date the idiots that only think about sex."
Ino rolled her eyes, not meeting the girl's chocolate brown eyes. The brunette smirked to herself knowing that she had won this argument. Ino sighed turning her attention back to Naruto and Sakura. While her and Ten-ten had been talking Naruto had led Sakura into the meadow, stopping to sit among the flowers as they watched the last of the day fade. Naruto sat with one arm holding him up while the other was around Sakura's shoulders as she leaned into him. They were cuddled together snuggly, enjoying the little time that they still had left. Ino's eyes were glazed over as she smiled at the change to her friend. Sakura may act like an idiotic child that has no worries most of the time, but inside she was just as fragile and shy as Hinata. She never let anyone see her weakness, always keeping a strong front cause that is what everyone expected from her. Ino was only one of the few that Sakura allowed to see her like this:
Tale as old as time {Ten-ten followed Ino's gaze, smiling when she saw them}
True as it can be {She saw the duo. The sun had finally faded off}
Barely even friends {Naruto easily rose to his feet, holding out his hand for Sakura}
Then somebody bends unexpectedly {Sakura quickly took his hand in hers letting him lift her to her feet}
Just a little change {When she was getting to her feet she tripped on a rock, Naruto quickly caught her}
Small to say the least {Their eyes met, leaning in for their lips to meet}
Both a little scared {Ino and Ten-ten couldn't help but lean in closer, both getting excited}
Neither one prepared {But realizing what they were about to do, they pulled away from each other both with a deep blush}
Beauty and the beast
Ever just the same {Ino and Ten-ten sighed, they were disappointed}
Ever a surprise
Ever as before {Naruto and Sakura stood there in silence, not sure what to do}
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise {Naruto rubbed the back of his neck laughing nervously, trying to think of something to say}
Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song {His eyes lit up when he finally had an idea}
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change {"Uh….Sakura-chan?" watching her carefully afraid that he did something wrong}
Learning you were wrong {"Um…..do you…uh want to…." He was practically shacking}
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east {Sakura suddenly grabbed Naruto's arm "Come on Naruto-kun , I want to see the waterfall." dragging him along}
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme {He stumbled as he was dragged, though all he could do was grin "Ok, ok Sakura-chan! You don't need to pull so hard!"}
Beauty and the beast {The uneasy air had cleared}
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme {Sakura looked back at Naruto, laughing as he stumbled again}
Beauty and the beast
"They're both hopeless bakas." Ten-ten couldn't help but laugh as Sakura pulled Naruto's arm a little too hard causing him to fall forward off balance his added weight making her fall. Ino joined the brunette in laughter as they fell, Naruto right next to Sakura "Yeah, but that's what makes them perfect for each other right?" This made them laugh even more at their friend, Ten-ten stopping to take a breath and check how much more time they had 'Damn, pinkie better hurry up.'
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Sakura had tried to remove the uneasy feeling that had fallen before them. Tonight might be the last time she saw her secret love for a while, so she didn't want it to be ruined just because he thought he had done something wrong. Thinking of a quick excuse, she grasped his arm and dragged him towards the clearing with the waterfall, hoping that everything would be just like they always were. Just as they were getting near the shore though the young medic had given his arm a bit too much of a tug, causing for him to lose his balance as well as her own. With soft thumps from the grass the two fell not so gracefully on the slightly wet ground.
Sakura had landed on her back since she had been looking back telling Naruto to hurry up, while Naruto wasn't so lucky and had fell directly face first skidding a bit on the moistened dirt. "Nh….you really should watch that strength of yours Sakura-chan." he used both his arms to lift himself into a sitting position next to the pinkette, who was already sitting up. He laughed at the anger that flashed across her darkened jade orbs "Whatever, if you hadn't lost your balance we wouldn't have fallen on our asses." crossing her arms and pouting a little. Naruto couldn't do anything but laugh at how stubborn she was being, taking this time to look around at where they were seated. He was facing Sakura with the waterfall behind her, they were close to the shore, the almost full moon's rays reflecting off the clear water of the pool and waterfall giving the clearing a relaxing blueish glow.
It was the perfect night to just sit outside to enjoy the cool autum breeze, to look at the night sky, what made it better for him was that Sakura was there with him. He smiled slightly as he gazed at the near perfect sight before him, all his worries, all his fear, everything that once haunted him had been forgotten. Not even the kyuubi himself could possibly ruin this moment for him, he had finally gained something that he had longed for but thought he could never reach. Naruto watched as Sakura looked at the sky that he had once been looking at 'She really is more beautiful than any of the stars. Why can't I say it! This is the perfect time if any. Why is it so hard to tell her! Ugh, come on Naruto pull it together you could do this. Just open your mouth.' He let his mouth open slightly, but nothing came out. He tried to get words, any words, to come out, but it was useless. The blonde was tongue tied, throat dry, and words seemed impossible.
It amazed him the feelings and emotions that Sakura caused in him. he both hated it and loved it at the same time. It was unexplainable. Finally after a good 5 minutes of keeping his mouth open, he sighed silently to himself 'I'm hopeless. Hm…wait! I almost forgot!' Naruto started rummaging through his pockets crazily 'Damn it, where are they? I know I put them in here somewhere?' Naruto's sudden quick movements caught the pinkette's attenchin. Sakura turned her eyes to watch the blonde pull out his pockets franticly looking for something "Uh Naruto? What are-!" "Ha! Found them!" He turned back to the confused pinkette a huge toothy grin planted clearly on his face that kind of scared Sakura a little of what was going on.
Naruto had one of his hands held behind his back still staring at Sakura practicly jumping up and down from his excitement "Close your eyes." She just raised a questioning eyebrow "What?" still trying to understand why he would become so energetic all of a sudden. He simply shifted his weight back and fore "It's a surprise." She frowned at him even more. Naruto just continued to grin happily "Just trust me, you're going to like it." nodding his head as a sign for her to listen. Sakura frowned, but shrugged, slowly closing her eyes:
There you see her {Naruto waved his free hand in front of Sakura's face making sure that she couldn't see what he was about to do}
Sitting there across the way {He was satisfied that she couldn't see anything}
She don't got a lot to say {Carefully he pulled out two necklaces out from behind him smiling to himself as he gave them one last look}
But there's something about her
And you don't know why {He had made them during the time that he been missing Sakura}
But you're dyin to try {Thought that it would take his mind off the pinkette if he kept himself busy}
You wanna kiss the girl
Yes, you want her{They weren't anything special}
Look at her you know you do {Both were made,of wood one painted white with a black dot while the other was black with a white dot}
Possible she wants you too
There is one way to ask her{When you brought the two necklaces together they created the yin-yang symbol}
It don't take a word
Not a single word {A light weight black string used as the chain to tie around someone's neck}
Go on and kiss the girl
My, oh my {With ease, Naruto threw the black half over his head were it rested easily on his chest}
Look like the boy too shy
He ain't gonna kiss the girl
Ain't that sad {Taking the white half and carefully placing it around Sakura's neck in a similar faction as his}
Ain't it a shame
Too bad he gonna miss the girl
When Sakura felt something being placed around her neck, she opened her eyes to see Naruto grinning proud with whatever he had done. Still feeling a sudden weight on the back of her neck that wasn't there before, the young medic looked down her eyes growing wide. Slowly she lifted her hand to cradle the yang half of the necklace, not understanding why Naruto had given it to her. Sakura traced the rough edges of the pendent, glancing up to see Naruto holding up the yin half that hung around his own neck, his grin never faltering in the least.
When he saw that she was still a bit confused, Naruto decided to explain "I had missed you a lot more than I thought possible. I had tried everything to distract myself, training for hours, sparing with Gaara and Sai…nothing seemed to work. I had come across this giant piece of cherry wood that must of broken off. At first I didn't know what to do with it, I didn't even understand why I was so interested in it really." his grin shrunk down to a warm smile as he spun the pendent between his finger.
"So I carried it with me here to the clearing, picking out a tree to sit under and taking out a kunai…..and I just started carving out of the wood. I didn't have anything in mind of what I wanted to make, truthfully I've never even carved in my life before. Before I knew it the huge piece had been shrunken down to a small circle the yin-yang symbol carved out of it. I flipped it around in my hands for a while, strangely my head become clear somehow during the time that I was sitting there. But then I thought of you and how we were separated from each other because of some idiotic rules." His eyes found hers, locking them in an intense gaze as he let his emotions get the better of him "That's when I got the idea of making it into necklaces.
The symbol is supposed to represent two halves that make a whole. Since you are my other half, I thought this symbol would be perfect for us." smiling warmly at Sakura as he finished 'Even the colors match us. Black for me cause of this stupid demon that is inside me. Kind of like the evil I guess. Hers is the white cause she is the light of my life. She is pure and innocence just like white.' "As long as we both have our half of the necklace we will never be apart from each other. Now we have something that binds us, so no matter how far away we may be or how long apart we will never forget about the other."
Sakura couldn't do anything else but stare into the blue ocean that was Naruto's eyes, her heart over whelmed, not even realizing that she was holding her breath and that during the entire speech Naruto had slowly gotten closer to her. He hadn't even noticed how close they were sitting to each other now. Never noticing how his body seemed to inch closer and closer to the pinkette, one of his hands now rested on the ground beside Sakura while the other had completely forgotten about the pendent and now was reaching up towards her face.
Now's your moment {As he drew closer, their gaze never dropping, the world seemed to have vanished}
Floating in a blue lagoon
Boy, you better do it soon{The waterfall, birds, bugs, everything fell silent for the two ninjas}
No time will be better
She don't say a word {Ino and Ten-ten leaned closer and closer, their eyes practicly glued to the two}
And she won't say a word
Until ya kiss the girl
Don't be scared
You got the mood prepared{'YES! YES! YES! Come on, what are you waiting for! Kisshim already!' her inner yelled but Sakura was frozen on the spot, locked by his eyes}
Go on and kiss the girl
Don't stop now {Naruto cupped Sakura's cheek, his lips mer inches away from hers}
Don't try to hide it how
You wanna kiss the girl {He had stopped to stare into the endless jade eyes that haunted his mind}
Float along
And listen to the song {The lips that he had dreamt of kissing were there in front of him}
Song say kiss the girl
Music play {"Sakura-chan…" his lips barely brushing against hers as they moved "…I love you…."}
Do what the music say
You gotta kiss the girl {Sakura's heart stopped, gasping for air slightly in surprise}
Kiss the girl
Why don't you {With those last three words he captured her lips with his}
Kiss the girl
Go on and kiss the girl {Both poured their unsaid words, the emotions they hid, come out in this one act}
Go on and…..kiss the girl {It couldn't be more perfect}
Sakura didn't kiss back at first, still shocked from his confession and the fact that he was kissing her. 'Yessss! Whoo Hooo! Finally! What are you watching for? Kiss him back!' she didn't even register her inner's words, before kissing Naruto back with as much passion that she could. When their lips had met Naruto was getting nervous cause she wasn't kissing him back, afraid that he had done something stupid.
As soon as he felt her kissing him back, his mind went completely blank as he was overcome by pure joy that his feeling were actually being returned. Naruto wrapped his arms around Sakura's waist practicly pulling her to sit in his lap while she moved her arms around his neck to pull him closer to her deepening the kiss even more. Soon Naruto got bolder and licked her bottom lip slowly asking for entrance, she quickly obligated parting her lips and moaning a little when she felt a wet slimy thing enter her mouth.
He explored her mouth eagerly 'God…she tastes better than I ever imagined.' pulling her even closer to him if that was even possible. Sakura couldn't think straight anymore, all that was going through her head was Naruto. His smell, taste, feel he was like a drug and she was hooked. After a couple of minutes they parted, a single strand of saliva connecting them, the need for air had become too great for them. They stared at each other with their eyes half lidded, their breaths short and quick.
Sakura was the first one to even try and say anything "….That…..that…was….just….." between breaths, while Naruto mustered up anything that he could "…Wow…" She couldn't help but smile at his idiotcy, his words that he had spoken just before kissing her rushing back suddenly. The pinkette looked deep in his sapphire orbs, trying to find any hint that he was unsure of what he said or that he regretted it, gratefully she found nothing but love, compassion, and truth. Smiling, Sakura leaned forward so that their foreheads were touching, closing her eyes "I love you too Naruto-kun."
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Ino let out the breath she was holding, letting her body fall back to lean against the tree limply "Fuck, it took her long enough to finally kiss him. I started to think we would be here all night." Ten-ten was laying down across the branch on her back, the biggest grin was planted on her face and her eyes were closed "Yeah, pinky sure knows how to take forever huh." They both laughed at that, but they really were happy for Sakura, it seemed like nothing could of ruined the moment for the new couple that sat in front of the waterfall. That is until Ten-ten opened her eyes to see how dark the sky had gotten, her eyes widened in realization as she shot up almost falling out of the tree.
Ino jumped at the brunette's sudden movement "What's wrong?" The weapons master turned to the confused blonde her eyes looking frantic "Hurry up and radio Sakura. It's already eleven!" Ino's eyes widened as big as Ten-ten's, her right hand quickly reaching up to her neck to the radio "Saku! Sorry for crushing the mood and all but we got to go NOW!" Back to where Sakura was cuddling in Naruto's lap, Ino's voice filled her right ear "Saku! Sorry for crushing the mood and all but we got to go NOW!" the last word making her jump and fall out of Naruto's arms. The blonde looked at Sakura confused as she suddenly stood up "Sakura-chan? What's wrong?" trying to get her to meet his gaze.
The pinkette was looking off to the edge of the clearing were she knew Ino and Ten-ten were waiting for her "Nothing Naruto-kun, I just have to go." making a move to dash in their direction. Before she could even take one step Naruto had stood and grabbed onto her wrist holding her there "Sakura-chan what's going on?" his voice was pleading with her to tell him why she had to go all of a sudden. She looked up at him "Sorry I don't got time right now to explain. I promise to tell you next time ok?" pulling her wrist free from the still confused blonde, dashing away before he could even say another word to her 'Please understand Naruto-kun.'
He watched her retreating back, the hand that once held hers slowly falling down to his side "Ok Sakura-chan." his words barely coming out as a whisper. Sakura quickly made it to her friends, who just nodded to her and began jumping through the trees back towards the village. "How much time do we still have?" the pinkette yelled to the brunette's back "Not much. So I suggest less talking and more running!" all three of them quickly speeding up. They were nothing more but blurs across the dark landscape, not making any sounds as they dashed through the night. It wasn't long until they came to the village wall, Ino using her clan's mind techniques to control one of the guards to let the other two through.
Once they were in the village, they made a mad dash for the hokage's home, each hoping that they would make it in time. The two-story building came into view, the three ninjas landing right in front of the door breathing like if they just ran a marathon. Ino looked at the other two kunoichi smiling "….We…made it. Just….in time…to." getting the words out between the much needed breaths. Sakura and Ten-ten returned the blonde's smile, but just as it seemed that they were home free, the door swung open revealing a very pissed looking hokage "Just in time for what exactly?"
Fucking Shit! Tsunade caught them! is Sakura going to live to see another day? Tsunade is soooooo majorly pissed :P if you want to find out what happens to our pink hero than tune in next time for the next chapter until then laters!
