The next morning Sakura woke up bright and early. Team 7 was leaving today for their 'vacation'. Sakura was not excited about going at all, at least not after last night. She had no desire to see Naruto ever again, and was too embarrassed to see Sasuke. Slowly Sakura took a shower and got ready. Sakura almost put on her usual mission outfit, but since this was not a 'mission' she put on a normal one instead. Sakura's outfit consisted of a red dress that went down to her mid thigh, and a pair of long black short that went down to her knee. Her outfit was very reminiscent of the outfit she wore when she was a genin, but Sakura didn't notice. She finished packing and left to meet the others on the bridge; Team 7's old meeting spot.

Sakura was the second to get there. Sasuke was already there sitting against the railing of the bridge waiting for the others to arrive. He looked like he was asleep, so Sakura thought that she could sneak away and wait for the others to arrive before she joined them. There was no way she was going to sit there alone with Sasuke after what happened. She was about to leave when Sasuke opened his eyes and spied Sakura. Much to her dismay Sakura could no longer leave and was stuck with Sasuke.

"Why do I always have to be early? Why couldn't I for once be late like Naruto? It's ok Sakura. Just stay calm and don't mention last night. He probably won't say anything to you anyways."

"Oh, it is only Sakura. If it was the Dobe I don't think I would be able to sit here alone with him. Sakura won't bring up what happened last night. She was just as embarrassed as I was. Stupid waitress and stupid Naruto. He just had to make things worse too. I could kill him."

Sakura and Sasuke didn't have to wait too long before Sai and Naruto showed up. Naruto decided to stay away from Sakura and Sasuke and to keep his mouth shut. His cheek still had a bruise on it from last night. Much to everyone's surprise, Kakashi Sensei arrived shortly after Sai and Naruto.

"Well team I see we are all here and ready to go. But Sakura, do you really think you should be traveling in your condition?" –Kakashi

"My condition? What are you talking about Kakashi Sensei, I feel fine." –Sakura

"I mean don't you think it is best if you stay home and take care of the two of you?" – Kakashi

"The two of us? Who are you talking about Kakashi Sensei?" –Sakura

"Don't play coy Sakura. You need to keep the baby's safety in mind now too. And Sasuke, you can't tell me that you are allowing Sakura to risk your child, the revival of the Uchiha Clan, by going are you? I thought you would be more responsible than that. But of course how responsible can the two of you be? I mean parents at such a young age. Really, what is this world coming to?" –Kakashi

Naruto broke into laughter again, but Sai didn't know about what had happened the night before. Sai went over to the stunned Sasuke and gave him a pat on the back before walking over to Sakura. Sai leaned down and patted Sakura's stomach and began talking to the baby that was supposedly inside.

"Hello little guy. Is your mommy taking care of you?" – Sai

Sakura was furious. "Sai- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"I read in a book once that you are supposed to be congratulatory to expectant parents, and that it is common for friends of the mother to talk to the baby and acknowledge the baby's existence even in the stomach."

"SAI, I AM NOT PREGNANT!"

At this point Naruto was laughing and Kakashi Sensei was too. Sasuke had turned a little red and was not saying anything. Poor Sai was confused as heck and Sakura was seething.

"Naruto! This is all your fault!" –Sakura

"No. It's all Sasuke's fault. I'm not the one who got you pregnant." –Naruto

Naruto and Kakashi Sensei broke into another reel of laughter as Sakura and Sasuke turned redder by the moment. Sakura glanced over at Sasuke and was surprised. Was Sasuke actually blushing? No maybe he is just mad, and if he is we'd better change the subject quick before Naruto gets another helping to the face.

"Guys shouldn't we get going? If we travel all day and make good time we can make it to the Waterfall Resort by tonight. Besides Naruto, maybe they'll have ramen for dinner." –Sakura

"Ok! We're off!" –Naruto

Naruto took off leading the group followed by Kakashi Sensei, Sai, Sakura, and then Sasuke. Everybody forgot about the pregnancy thing much to Sasuke and Sakura's relief. Naruto continued to lead the group until his stomach started to growl and he fell back with Sakura. After a while Naruto started to get clumsy with hunger. Naruto jumped onto a weak tree branch that everyone else had avoided and soon found himself plummeting to the ground. Luckily Sakura was nearby and caught Naruto's hand.

"Hehe, thanks Sakura." –Naruto

"Well I guess now is a good a time as ever to stop for a rest. But we head of in a half hour." –Kakashi Sensei

"Alright! Time for a snack." –Naruto

Kakashi Sensei went over to a tree and began reading his book, like usual. Naruto broke out his food and started munching along while Sai went over to the river to sketch. Sakura lied under the shade of one of the trees and fell asleep for a while. Sasuke decided that he would try to rest to and leaned against a tree opposite of Sakura's. After finishing his food, Naruto looked around for Sasuke and found him up against a tree watching Sakura. Naruto figured now would be a good time to talk with Sasuke and went over to him.

Sasuke was just about to doze off when suddenly Naruto plopped down right next to him. Sasuke could tell that Naruto was looking at him even though Sasuke now had his eyes closed and waited for Naruto to talk. But when Naruto remained silent, Sasuke started to get annoyed.

"What do you want dobe?" Sasuke asked Naruto with his eyes still closed hoping that Naruto would take the hint that he didn't feel like talking and leave.

Naruto glanced over at Sakura, and then waited a few seconds before answering Sasuke.

"You hurt Sakura a lot when you left Sasuke."

Sasuke now opened his eyes and looked at Naruto. Naruto no longer looked like his normal annoying self, but had serious look on his face. Sasuke could tell that Naruto had changed since he had left; Naruto had become more perceptive than he was before.

"You think I don't know that."

"Sasuke you could have stayed…"

"If I had stayed I would hurt Sakura even more. She wanted to make me happy. But with the way I was then, she would never be able to and that would hurt her. I had to leave."

Sasuke looked away and there was a long silence. Sasuke's face was calm and his voice was as well, but Naruto noticed that his eyes that were usually emotionless now betrayed Sasuke's cool exterior. Sasuke's eyes showed his pain and anger.

"So Sasuke does know how much he hurt Sakura. I can tell that Sasuke's angry at himself for what he did, but being angry doesn't help anyone."

Finally Naruto spoke again.

"She still cares about you Sasuke."

Sasuke glanced over at the sleeping Sakura but didn't say anything. Naruto caught Sasuke's quick glance at Sakura and continued.

"She may tell everyone and herself that she doesn't, but she still does. She can heal every injury she sustains in battle herself, but no matter how hard she tries to heal the pain you left, she still hurts inside."

Sasuke looked back over at Naruto with the same annoyed look that he gave Naruto back when they were younger.

"Since when do you understand how everyone feels, dobe?"

"Hehe, you're right. I guess I'm not very good at this, but Hinata is. She's the one who told me most of this anyways. Hehe."

Naruto was back to his grinning old self and was rubbing the back of his head bashfully. Sasuke smirked at himself for thinking that Naruto had changed. For a second Naruto's newfound understanding made Sasuke fear that Naruto had guessed how he felt about Sakura.

"Well team, I guess we should get going. Up and at it."

Sai came back over and packed up his drawing utensils, and Sakura yawned and stretched before joining the group. Soon they were off again. Sai was now in the lead followed by Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi brought up the rear.

Kakashi reminisced about the old days of Team 7. He remembered the first time he met the foolish genin that would soon make up his team. Little did he know how far they would come. Each one an apprentice of the Great Sanin, Kakashi couldn't help but feel a little pride for his old students. However, just because they were older didn't mean that he could stop watching them. He was still a little wary of Sasuke. He had been taught by Orochimaru and then surpassed him. This meant that Sasuke was very powerful and very dangerous if he were to ever return to the dark side. Kakashi would have to keep a close eye on him.

As Kakashi watched Sasuke, Sasuke watched Sakura. Was what Naruto said true? Sakura acted happy, but Sasuke noticed she wasn't the same girl he had left on the bench all those years ago. She was sad. Sasuke wanted to make her happy again, but he was afraid he'd hurt her even more. Sasuke knew Sakura was his biggest weakness, and he was afraid others would use her to get to him. Madara had already exploited Sasuke's weakness to get him to fetch the scroll, so who else would do the same? He didn't want to put Sakura in danger by being with her, but he wanted to protect her from all harm. Why was this so complicated?

Sasuke had zoned out while jumping through the trees and didn't realize that the group had stopped. Suddenly he ran right in to an unsuspecting Sakura. Surprised, Sakura lost her balance on the branch and started to fall. Sakura flailed out and grabbed Sasuke's shirt in an attempt to catch herself, but Sasuke was also off balance and offered no support. Sakura fell off the high branch followed by Sasuke. Sasuke quickly pulled Sakura into his arms, and focused his chakra into his feet. Sasuke jumped from tree to tree to slow down their descent and landed smoothly on the ground.

Sakura was still clinging to Sasuke's shirt with her left hand and had her other arm securely around Sasuke's neck. Her face was buried against Sasuke's shoulder and her eyes were shut tight. Sasuke smirked at how tightly Sakura held onto him and continued to hold her close. Sasuke liked the feeling of Sakura in his arms.

Sakura realized that they had stopped falling, but couldn't let go. Her heart had nearly stopped when she started to fall, but now it was beating rapidly as she felt Sasuke's arms around her. Sakura realized that she had hidden her face against Sasuke and was holding on to him rather tightly. She liked the smell of Sasuke and felt safe in his arms, but she nearly died when she heard the rest of Team 7 join them.

Kakashi Sensei, Naruto, and Sai watched as their two team mates fell. It seemed like slow motion to them as the saw the surprised look on Sakura's face as she grabbed Sasuke. Naruto snickered at the momentarily shocked look on Sasuke's face as he realized that he was falling too. However, Naruto didn't have much time to laugh because Sasuke had regained composer within seconds.

"Stupid Sasuke. Even in his clumsiest moments he makes them look smooth." –Naruto

Soon the three guys had also jumped to the ground to find Sasuke just standing there with Sakura still tightly held in his arms. Kakashi made a coughing noise and Sasuke and Sakura realized their situation.

Sakura quickly pulled back her head and withdrew her arm from around Sasuke's neck. Sasuke quickly set Sakura down and the two pushed away from each other. Naruto started snickering, Kakashi Sensei had a teasing look in his eyes, and poor Sai was confused once again.

"Hey Sasuke, now that you and Sakura are done hugging each other to death, do you think we can keep going without you daydreaming again?" Naruto snickered.

Sasuke got a very annoyed look on his face and Sakura's cheeks turned pink. Kakashi took this as a 'yes' and Team 7 finished their journey without anymore problems.