LATE-BLOOMING LOVE CHP.2

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About half an hour later, Sasuke had caught five huge catfish, Sakura had caught two smallish fish, and Naruto...well, you know Naruto...He didn't have any. In fact, he was sleeping with the rod in his hand and a tiny dribble of drool coming out of his mouth...Sasuke just sat there shaking his head at how insolent the other two were, and Sakura was concentrating on reeling in what she believed to be a very very large fish.

"GUYS, HELP ME REEL THIS THING IN!!! ITS HUGE!!" Sakura cried, startling Naruto into waking up. Trying to show off for Sakura, he said coolly, "Here, lemme take care of it for you." Sasuke got up and tried to help, but Naruto wouldn't let him. He grabbed the rod, and, trying to act suave, yanked it. Whatever Sakura had hooked on the line was angered by this and pulled Naruto and the rod into the fastly flowing lake!

Naruto paddled up and down frantically. "HEEELP!! CAAANT SSSWWWIIIM!!" Naruto sputtered and gurgled, barely managing to keep his head above the water. Sakura shrieked and ran to the waters edge and began to attempt to pull Naruto out of the water. She tried as hard as she could, but she just couldn't..She lost her grasp on his arm and he began to drift away with the current.

"NOOOO! NARUTO!!!" she screamed. The almost unconscious Naruto, from being bumped around on rocks, looked over to her and thought he saw one tiny, glimmering tear drip down her cheek. The last thing he thought before everything faded was,

"Maybe she DOES love me..."