Itsumo
Disclaimer: Although I wish Sakura...err...Naruto was mine, it isn't... Otherwise, I would be writing REAL Naruto right now...
Note: Sorry for the last chap., I had a spur of the moment idea... hopefully it doesn't suck...
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Chapter Seven: Chance
March 22nd
I looked into Naruto's eyes, and saw the relief and thankfullness I had never seen before. I also saw the worry I had put him through.
"Sakura-san, are you... alright? You've been missing since noon, and..." he asked me, looking worried.
"Yes, Naruto-kun. I'm fine. Thanks... for finding me. I can't tell left from right in the dark, you know," I grinned weakly. He smiled.
"So, Sakura-san, your parents are gonna be glad I found you...Now let's get going! The quicker we get there, the less they worry. After last night, they thought... Well, anyways, they'll be glad to see you. Come on!" he said, grabbing my hand and slowly leading me by the light of his flashlight.
'Naruto... Even if you g back to being immature, normal Naruto who I always hit and annoy and ignore... I really appreciate this, and I'm glad...' I thought, knowing I could never say it to his face. Naruto was actually remindiung me of...the way I always wanted Sasuke to act. Not annoyingly obssessive, but kind and gentle. Now I saw what I had wanted, and had been looking through.
Naruto had always gone out of his way to do nice things for me, or to try to make me laugh, even if he did mostly backfire and make me angrier than before. Naruto wasn't just the immature screwup I'd always seen him as.
But Sasuke! my mind pleaded. Sasuke, who had snubbed me, and jeered, and had never gone out of his way to say something nice. It was almost like he meant to torture me.
Lee, too, had this amazing personality I hadn't discovered until a few days ago, when I agreed to help him learn to dance. I had been able to see how smart and nice he was, and how he looked without his hair gelled (once, he had rusehed to meet mre on time, he said he'd rather forget it than keep me waiting!). He was gentlemanly, and kind...
I loved all three as my dearest friends.
Finally, we were at my door. Naruto knocked, and my parent's opened. My mother rushed up to me and hugged me tightly, swearing to never let me out of her sight again. My father gave Naruto a stiff "Thank you," which was a lot, considering that it was Naruto and the type of person my dad was.
My father picked me up, and carried me up the stairs into my cozy bed. After quietly and gently scolding me for what I had done, he turned the light off and left me to sleep. I, having just slept for half of a day (making up for all the 1 or 2 hours sleeps I had because of late and early training, and staying up late reading), did not actually sleep , but crept into the shower and let myself feel like I had found heaven.
When I got out of the shower, Ifound my pyjamas left on it for me. I put them on and crawled back to sleep, to dreams...
~~~
"Stay away frrom Sakura, bastard!" Naruto yelled, again in that mysterious but frightening darkness.
"I came to help!" Kiba yelled.
"Get out of there! He'll kill you!" my voice screamed.
"Help!" Ino screamed.
"Lee... What's happened to you?" my voice in the distance.
"Kiba! You IDIOT!" Naruto.
"Naruto, get over here!" Sasuke.
"Where are you? This isn't funny! I-" Ino's complaint turned into a scream.
~~~
(March 23rd)
"Ino,"I said to myself as I woke, then jumped from my bed. I ran down the stairs. It was three in the morning, and my parents were up. "Where's Ino?" I asked them
"I think she'sm training, honey. Shouldn't you get some-" my mother said, but was interrupted.
"Mom, I spent half the day yesterday sleeping in a tree. This time, I need to stay awake more than anything. Bye!" I yelled, grabbing my jacket and heading out the door.
I raced towards the training grounds. I burst into the forest and almost ran into Shikamaru.
"Where's Sakura?" I asked hurriedly.
"She's-" Shikamaru started to answer, "Well, we're suppoed to find eachother, survival training, but Ino's been complaining all the time. She you can hear her now..."
"Where are you? This isn't funny! I-" Ino's complaint turned into a scream.
"Oh no! Ino-chan!" I yelled, streaking through the forest, finally reaching where Ino had been.
'That way' I decided. The leaves and branches looked as if they'd been hacked to let the person thorugh.
"Ino-chan!" I scremed.
Then I was hit, and I stopped moving or thinking. I was unconscious. One quote strayed into my mind...
"We can do things to you that you can't even dream of..."
~~~
I woke in the hospital, on a bed. Why was I here? I looked around, and saw my parents.
"She's very lucky. One centimetre lower, and..." The doctor was saying.
"Is there any... permanent damage?" my mother asked.
"No, nothing," the doctor reassured her, his smile calming her down.
"Mom, I'm awake!" I yelled, flinging my sides to the side of the bed, so I was sitting on the edge.
"Oh, Sakura! Why did you go there. We've been worried sick..." my mom said.
"Mom, I think... where's Ino, mom? Where is she?" I asked.
"I don't know... she did come out of the forest, didn't she?" My mother turned to my father.
"I didn't hear anything about her, so I assumed that's what it meant..." My father was very vague.
"Dad... I think Ino-chan is in danger, like Lee. If we hurry..." I interjected quickly.
"Sakura, there can't be a 'we'. You've been hurt badly. Your legs won't move for at least a day, because you stayed out in the damp cold so long. I heard you slept in a TREE! How could you, when- Well, that's not the point. The point is, after that it will still hurt a bit for a while. You may not be fully healed by your birthday," My father said.
"My birthday's in five days! I don't care!" I screamed, focusing my chakra on healing my feet.
"Honey, be reasonable..." My mother pleaded, a worried look in her eyes. "If you try to walk now it will really hurt! Your muscles might not heal right, even, and leave you with pain for weeks! At least wait until tomorrow, please. I really want you to heal right."
"Okay," I relented hopelessly. I couldn't believe that I couldn't do anything until tomorrow!
~~~
Goon, ne? I'm working on the next one, and I just finished and posted 6 a day ago (when I';'m writing this. You may not read this until a week has passed maybe!
Disclaimer: Although I wish Sakura...err...Naruto was mine, it isn't... Otherwise, I would be writing REAL Naruto right now...
Note: Sorry for the last chap., I had a spur of the moment idea... hopefully it doesn't suck...
~~~~~~
Chapter Seven: Chance
March 22nd
I looked into Naruto's eyes, and saw the relief and thankfullness I had never seen before. I also saw the worry I had put him through.
"Sakura-san, are you... alright? You've been missing since noon, and..." he asked me, looking worried.
"Yes, Naruto-kun. I'm fine. Thanks... for finding me. I can't tell left from right in the dark, you know," I grinned weakly. He smiled.
"So, Sakura-san, your parents are gonna be glad I found you...Now let's get going! The quicker we get there, the less they worry. After last night, they thought... Well, anyways, they'll be glad to see you. Come on!" he said, grabbing my hand and slowly leading me by the light of his flashlight.
'Naruto... Even if you g back to being immature, normal Naruto who I always hit and annoy and ignore... I really appreciate this, and I'm glad...' I thought, knowing I could never say it to his face. Naruto was actually remindiung me of...the way I always wanted Sasuke to act. Not annoyingly obssessive, but kind and gentle. Now I saw what I had wanted, and had been looking through.
Naruto had always gone out of his way to do nice things for me, or to try to make me laugh, even if he did mostly backfire and make me angrier than before. Naruto wasn't just the immature screwup I'd always seen him as.
But Sasuke! my mind pleaded. Sasuke, who had snubbed me, and jeered, and had never gone out of his way to say something nice. It was almost like he meant to torture me.
Lee, too, had this amazing personality I hadn't discovered until a few days ago, when I agreed to help him learn to dance. I had been able to see how smart and nice he was, and how he looked without his hair gelled (once, he had rusehed to meet mre on time, he said he'd rather forget it than keep me waiting!). He was gentlemanly, and kind...
I loved all three as my dearest friends.
Finally, we were at my door. Naruto knocked, and my parent's opened. My mother rushed up to me and hugged me tightly, swearing to never let me out of her sight again. My father gave Naruto a stiff "Thank you," which was a lot, considering that it was Naruto and the type of person my dad was.
My father picked me up, and carried me up the stairs into my cozy bed. After quietly and gently scolding me for what I had done, he turned the light off and left me to sleep. I, having just slept for half of a day (making up for all the 1 or 2 hours sleeps I had because of late and early training, and staying up late reading), did not actually sleep , but crept into the shower and let myself feel like I had found heaven.
When I got out of the shower, Ifound my pyjamas left on it for me. I put them on and crawled back to sleep, to dreams...
~~~
"Stay away frrom Sakura, bastard!" Naruto yelled, again in that mysterious but frightening darkness.
"I came to help!" Kiba yelled.
"Get out of there! He'll kill you!" my voice screamed.
"Help!" Ino screamed.
"Lee... What's happened to you?" my voice in the distance.
"Kiba! You IDIOT!" Naruto.
"Naruto, get over here!" Sasuke.
"Where are you? This isn't funny! I-" Ino's complaint turned into a scream.
~~~
(March 23rd)
"Ino,"I said to myself as I woke, then jumped from my bed. I ran down the stairs. It was three in the morning, and my parents were up. "Where's Ino?" I asked them
"I think she'sm training, honey. Shouldn't you get some-" my mother said, but was interrupted.
"Mom, I spent half the day yesterday sleeping in a tree. This time, I need to stay awake more than anything. Bye!" I yelled, grabbing my jacket and heading out the door.
I raced towards the training grounds. I burst into the forest and almost ran into Shikamaru.
"Where's Sakura?" I asked hurriedly.
"She's-" Shikamaru started to answer, "Well, we're suppoed to find eachother, survival training, but Ino's been complaining all the time. She you can hear her now..."
"Where are you? This isn't funny! I-" Ino's complaint turned into a scream.
"Oh no! Ino-chan!" I yelled, streaking through the forest, finally reaching where Ino had been.
'That way' I decided. The leaves and branches looked as if they'd been hacked to let the person thorugh.
"Ino-chan!" I scremed.
Then I was hit, and I stopped moving or thinking. I was unconscious. One quote strayed into my mind...
"We can do things to you that you can't even dream of..."
~~~
I woke in the hospital, on a bed. Why was I here? I looked around, and saw my parents.
"She's very lucky. One centimetre lower, and..." The doctor was saying.
"Is there any... permanent damage?" my mother asked.
"No, nothing," the doctor reassured her, his smile calming her down.
"Mom, I'm awake!" I yelled, flinging my sides to the side of the bed, so I was sitting on the edge.
"Oh, Sakura! Why did you go there. We've been worried sick..." my mom said.
"Mom, I think... where's Ino, mom? Where is she?" I asked.
"I don't know... she did come out of the forest, didn't she?" My mother turned to my father.
"I didn't hear anything about her, so I assumed that's what it meant..." My father was very vague.
"Dad... I think Ino-chan is in danger, like Lee. If we hurry..." I interjected quickly.
"Sakura, there can't be a 'we'. You've been hurt badly. Your legs won't move for at least a day, because you stayed out in the damp cold so long. I heard you slept in a TREE! How could you, when- Well, that's not the point. The point is, after that it will still hurt a bit for a while. You may not be fully healed by your birthday," My father said.
"My birthday's in five days! I don't care!" I screamed, focusing my chakra on healing my feet.
"Honey, be reasonable..." My mother pleaded, a worried look in her eyes. "If you try to walk now it will really hurt! Your muscles might not heal right, even, and leave you with pain for weeks! At least wait until tomorrow, please. I really want you to heal right."
"Okay," I relented hopelessly. I couldn't believe that I couldn't do anything until tomorrow!
~~~
Goon, ne? I'm working on the next one, and I just finished and posted 6 a day ago (when I';'m writing this. You may not read this until a week has passed maybe!