AN: Allo minna! Erm...I know I wrote in the last chappie that I would write
a Sakura POV...Well, I rewrote the whole chapter and changed it into a
third-person type. GOMEN!! I thought it would be better if I write it as a
third-person.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto...
Bittersweet Return Chapter Three
It was a sunny yet windy day and Sakura with Ino has just finished reporting about their last mission. They were doing their typical strolls in the park and Ino was blabbering to Sakura the funny incident that happened to Chouji when he was trying to help with Ino in the shop.
"...so he was persisting on to reach the vase, but unfortunately his hands were too stubby and short to reach the vase and..." Ino stops and looks at Sakura. She sighs, "Sakura-chan?" Sakura doesn't respond and is still looking far away. "Sakura-chan? Sakura-chan?" Ino calls out again.
Sakura looks at Ino and says, "Yes? Were you saying something Ino-chan?" "See?! You're not even listening to me!" Ino whines. Sakura looks at her and Ino raises her eyebrow. "Aah...Gomen!" Sakura apologizes with one hand in front of her.
"It's alright Sakura-chan, but what have you been thinking these past few days? You don't even seem to pay attention to whatever I say." Ino points out to her friend. Sakura stares at her blankly, "I was listening to you..." Ino raises an eyebrow again, "Oh really? Then why does my all trusty instinct tell me that you don't even know a single thing that I was talking about?"
Sakura looks at Ino and smiles at her. "Ha! I knew it! You weren't listening to me...You were thinking about Sasuke-kun all these times weren't you?" Ino blurted out. Sakura nods in reply and puts out a weak smile.
Ino smiles and looks at the sky, "You should talk to him you know...Tell him how you feel, instead of walking around the park all day thinking. It's dangerous walking around with something in your mind, you mind hit yourself on a pole or maybe even a tree!"
Sakura looks at Ino with concern on her face, "Ino-chan, but you like him too don't you?" Ino smiles scornfully at Sakura and replies, "Sakura, it was just a petty little crush I had on him when I was young. And now...well I am older now and my feelings for him...are gone." Ino says unconvincingly followed by a smile with traces of uncertainty in it.
"But you don't look---" Sakura tried to reason out but Ino cut her off, "Oh come on Sakura-chan! Do I look like the kind of person that lies to her best friend?" Sakura smiles and shakes her head. "Besides," Ino continues, "Sasuke-kun doesn't even seem to be interested in me..."
"But, he seems to be interested in you, Sakura-chan." Ino says. Sakura sighs and whispers, "I wish he really does." Ino smiles and says cheerfully, "Of course he will Sakura-chan! What kind of guy wouldn't notice a beautiful and intelligent girl like you?!" Sakura looks at Ino and says, "Thanks Ino-chan, Thanks..." They both sigh and look at the horizon in silence.
Sakura stands up and says, "Well I have to go, I promised Naruto-kun to help him with a new technique he's practicing." Ino looks at Sakura, "Wait a sec did I hear that right? Are you still going out with Naruto?"
"No, we've broken up, remember? Besides I'm just helping him with a technique..." Sakura reasons out. "Well...Isn't that what heartbroken ex- boyfriends do? Set up some kind of plan to get their ex-girlfriends back?" Ino answers. Sakura laughs and replies, "Ino-chan, you should get to know Naruto-kun more, he isn't the type of guy who would do that."
"Whatever you say, I still can't believe you went out with him for almost a year!" Ino blurts out. "Naruto-kun is a really nice guy, honestly." Sakura said in a matter-of-factly voice. "I better get going then; see you tomorrow, Ino-chan!" Sakura smiles and leaves Ino in the park. "Good luck with Sasuke-kun!" Ino, calls out. Sakura shouts and looks behind her, "Thanks!" Ino stares at Sakura's back and sighs deeply.
Ino bites her lip and whispers, "Hn, good luck with Sasuke-kun..." She closes her eyes and tears start to fall from it. "Ino, you fool. Why did you say those things to Sakura? Who were you kidding? You know you still like Sasuke-kun..." She tries to wipe her tears from her eyes but tears were still running down on her cheeks. She sighs and turns around to go to the flower shop with pure sadness and guilt on her face.
Meanwhile, Sakura is walking along the road to Naruto's house when she spots Sasuke sitting on a tree. She smiles and calls Sasuke, "Good afternoon! Sasuke-kun." Sasuke, who seemed to be in deep thought, was suddenly brought back to Earth when Sakura called out to him. He blinks twice and looks down to Sakura, then goes down to face her. "What do you want?" He replies with his typical cold voice.
"Still hasn't changed haven't we Sasuke-kun?" Sakura teasingly responded. "Hn." Sasuke grumbled. Sakura looks at him fondly, "You know what Sasuke- kun, I can't help but notice that there is something that changed on you. Although I cannot guess what, I just feel like you're different from the Sasuke-kun that left years ago after passing the chuunin exams."
Sasuke looks at Sakura in surprise. "So...what have you been thinking up there? On that tree...You seem to sit there and do the same thing every time you come back here in Konoha." Sakura helplessly continued on with her attempt on starting up a conversation with Sasuke. "None of your business," Sasuke retorts in annoyance.
Sakura looks taken aback by this but not surprised, she just answers with her usual sweet smiles and decided to finish the conversation since Naruto is waiting for her and there is no point in trying to open up Sasuke like this.
"Sasuke-kun, try opening yourself up on people a bit, because keeping it all to yourself will only make the thing seem worse. And that seeking advice and help to someone who cares for you wouldn't hurt. And I'm not telling that, that person is me. All I'm saying is that why not try talking to someone else besides that tree and yourself, in that way you would be able to handle the situation more easily and find a different kind of perspective on how to handle it."
Silence followed Sakura's little speech. She sighs and waves goodbye to Sasuke, "Well...I hope I helped you a little with your problem... I have to go now... See you then..." Sakura turns around to leave.
Sasuke, who was still thinking about what Sakura just told him, did not even bother to answer Sakura. 'Maybe she's right... Maybe I should open up a bit... But who could help me find the answer I have been looking for...' Sasuke looks at Sakura's back. 'Maybe she'd be able to help me...Yes...Maybe Sakura COULD help me.' He looks up in front of him and calls out to Sakura before she could even disappear farther.
"Sakura!" Sasuke shouted to get her attention. Sakura turns around to Sasuke in a confused and surprised look. Sasuke in turn walks to her and looks surprised himself that he called Sakura. "Ano...What is it Sasuke- kun?" Sakura inquires.
"Sa...Sakura, I was just wondering about what you said lately. And I was thinking that maybe you could come with me and have a little talk..." Sasuke asks Sakura with difficulty. Sakura smiles in surprise to what she just hear Sasuke say to her and nods as an answer.
"This isn't a date..." Sasuke quickly clarifies in case Sakura thought so. "Of course it isn't," Sakura replies a little too cheerfully. Sasuke stands there in silence and Sakura looks at him blankly, "Aren't you going to tell me what time it is?"
"Oh...Yeah, right...Afternoon, tomorrow" Sasuke replies. Sakura grins, "Great! See you tomorrow then!" Sasuke nods in reply and walks back to the tree. Sakura stares at Sasuke's back for a short while then turns around to leave.
Just when everything seemed perfect for that day, a bloodcurdling scream was heard all throughout Konoha. The scream was at the direction to where Naruto's house was; Sakura suddenly remembered her appointment with Naruto.
She hastened her pace by using her chakra and jumping from roof to roof. Mumbling the same thing over and over again, "Oh! Please let that not be what I think it is! Please let that not be what I think it is! Naruto- kun...Gomenasai...Gomena."
She finally reaches the place where the scream was heard; she sees that almost everyone in Konoha was there. Lee, Ino, Neji, Chouji, Tenten, Kiba, Shikamaru, Hinata, Shino, and even their teachers were there, so was Sasuke who seemed to have just arrived was asking Iruka-sensei what happened. But Naruto wasn't there...Where is he?
Sakura frantically searches the crowd hoping to see a blonde man, looking through the crowd, but Naruto couldn't be found. Ino walks towards Sakura and asks, "You heard it too didn't you?" Sakura nods in response but was barely paying attention to Ino she was still looking for Naruto. "Sakura, you look pale...what's wrong with you?" Ino asks with pure concern.
But before Sakura could even answer, another scream was heard in the middle of the village. Everyone quickly reacted to the scream and ran towards the direction of the scream and was horrified by what they saw next.
AN: Aah...Ano...I was planning on making a cliffhanger and here it is (although I don't think I made a good cliffhanger). Thanks for the reviews! I can't promise what'll happen next chapter since I'm not even that good at keeping it. So until then...ciao!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto...
Bittersweet Return Chapter Three
It was a sunny yet windy day and Sakura with Ino has just finished reporting about their last mission. They were doing their typical strolls in the park and Ino was blabbering to Sakura the funny incident that happened to Chouji when he was trying to help with Ino in the shop.
"...so he was persisting on to reach the vase, but unfortunately his hands were too stubby and short to reach the vase and..." Ino stops and looks at Sakura. She sighs, "Sakura-chan?" Sakura doesn't respond and is still looking far away. "Sakura-chan? Sakura-chan?" Ino calls out again.
Sakura looks at Ino and says, "Yes? Were you saying something Ino-chan?" "See?! You're not even listening to me!" Ino whines. Sakura looks at her and Ino raises her eyebrow. "Aah...Gomen!" Sakura apologizes with one hand in front of her.
"It's alright Sakura-chan, but what have you been thinking these past few days? You don't even seem to pay attention to whatever I say." Ino points out to her friend. Sakura stares at her blankly, "I was listening to you..." Ino raises an eyebrow again, "Oh really? Then why does my all trusty instinct tell me that you don't even know a single thing that I was talking about?"
Sakura looks at Ino and smiles at her. "Ha! I knew it! You weren't listening to me...You were thinking about Sasuke-kun all these times weren't you?" Ino blurted out. Sakura nods in reply and puts out a weak smile.
Ino smiles and looks at the sky, "You should talk to him you know...Tell him how you feel, instead of walking around the park all day thinking. It's dangerous walking around with something in your mind, you mind hit yourself on a pole or maybe even a tree!"
Sakura looks at Ino with concern on her face, "Ino-chan, but you like him too don't you?" Ino smiles scornfully at Sakura and replies, "Sakura, it was just a petty little crush I had on him when I was young. And now...well I am older now and my feelings for him...are gone." Ino says unconvincingly followed by a smile with traces of uncertainty in it.
"But you don't look---" Sakura tried to reason out but Ino cut her off, "Oh come on Sakura-chan! Do I look like the kind of person that lies to her best friend?" Sakura smiles and shakes her head. "Besides," Ino continues, "Sasuke-kun doesn't even seem to be interested in me..."
"But, he seems to be interested in you, Sakura-chan." Ino says. Sakura sighs and whispers, "I wish he really does." Ino smiles and says cheerfully, "Of course he will Sakura-chan! What kind of guy wouldn't notice a beautiful and intelligent girl like you?!" Sakura looks at Ino and says, "Thanks Ino-chan, Thanks..." They both sigh and look at the horizon in silence.
Sakura stands up and says, "Well I have to go, I promised Naruto-kun to help him with a new technique he's practicing." Ino looks at Sakura, "Wait a sec did I hear that right? Are you still going out with Naruto?"
"No, we've broken up, remember? Besides I'm just helping him with a technique..." Sakura reasons out. "Well...Isn't that what heartbroken ex- boyfriends do? Set up some kind of plan to get their ex-girlfriends back?" Ino answers. Sakura laughs and replies, "Ino-chan, you should get to know Naruto-kun more, he isn't the type of guy who would do that."
"Whatever you say, I still can't believe you went out with him for almost a year!" Ino blurts out. "Naruto-kun is a really nice guy, honestly." Sakura said in a matter-of-factly voice. "I better get going then; see you tomorrow, Ino-chan!" Sakura smiles and leaves Ino in the park. "Good luck with Sasuke-kun!" Ino, calls out. Sakura shouts and looks behind her, "Thanks!" Ino stares at Sakura's back and sighs deeply.
Ino bites her lip and whispers, "Hn, good luck with Sasuke-kun..." She closes her eyes and tears start to fall from it. "Ino, you fool. Why did you say those things to Sakura? Who were you kidding? You know you still like Sasuke-kun..." She tries to wipe her tears from her eyes but tears were still running down on her cheeks. She sighs and turns around to go to the flower shop with pure sadness and guilt on her face.
Meanwhile, Sakura is walking along the road to Naruto's house when she spots Sasuke sitting on a tree. She smiles and calls Sasuke, "Good afternoon! Sasuke-kun." Sasuke, who seemed to be in deep thought, was suddenly brought back to Earth when Sakura called out to him. He blinks twice and looks down to Sakura, then goes down to face her. "What do you want?" He replies with his typical cold voice.
"Still hasn't changed haven't we Sasuke-kun?" Sakura teasingly responded. "Hn." Sasuke grumbled. Sakura looks at him fondly, "You know what Sasuke- kun, I can't help but notice that there is something that changed on you. Although I cannot guess what, I just feel like you're different from the Sasuke-kun that left years ago after passing the chuunin exams."
Sasuke looks at Sakura in surprise. "So...what have you been thinking up there? On that tree...You seem to sit there and do the same thing every time you come back here in Konoha." Sakura helplessly continued on with her attempt on starting up a conversation with Sasuke. "None of your business," Sasuke retorts in annoyance.
Sakura looks taken aback by this but not surprised, she just answers with her usual sweet smiles and decided to finish the conversation since Naruto is waiting for her and there is no point in trying to open up Sasuke like this.
"Sasuke-kun, try opening yourself up on people a bit, because keeping it all to yourself will only make the thing seem worse. And that seeking advice and help to someone who cares for you wouldn't hurt. And I'm not telling that, that person is me. All I'm saying is that why not try talking to someone else besides that tree and yourself, in that way you would be able to handle the situation more easily and find a different kind of perspective on how to handle it."
Silence followed Sakura's little speech. She sighs and waves goodbye to Sasuke, "Well...I hope I helped you a little with your problem... I have to go now... See you then..." Sakura turns around to leave.
Sasuke, who was still thinking about what Sakura just told him, did not even bother to answer Sakura. 'Maybe she's right... Maybe I should open up a bit... But who could help me find the answer I have been looking for...' Sasuke looks at Sakura's back. 'Maybe she'd be able to help me...Yes...Maybe Sakura COULD help me.' He looks up in front of him and calls out to Sakura before she could even disappear farther.
"Sakura!" Sasuke shouted to get her attention. Sakura turns around to Sasuke in a confused and surprised look. Sasuke in turn walks to her and looks surprised himself that he called Sakura. "Ano...What is it Sasuke- kun?" Sakura inquires.
"Sa...Sakura, I was just wondering about what you said lately. And I was thinking that maybe you could come with me and have a little talk..." Sasuke asks Sakura with difficulty. Sakura smiles in surprise to what she just hear Sasuke say to her and nods as an answer.
"This isn't a date..." Sasuke quickly clarifies in case Sakura thought so. "Of course it isn't," Sakura replies a little too cheerfully. Sasuke stands there in silence and Sakura looks at him blankly, "Aren't you going to tell me what time it is?"
"Oh...Yeah, right...Afternoon, tomorrow" Sasuke replies. Sakura grins, "Great! See you tomorrow then!" Sasuke nods in reply and walks back to the tree. Sakura stares at Sasuke's back for a short while then turns around to leave.
Just when everything seemed perfect for that day, a bloodcurdling scream was heard all throughout Konoha. The scream was at the direction to where Naruto's house was; Sakura suddenly remembered her appointment with Naruto.
She hastened her pace by using her chakra and jumping from roof to roof. Mumbling the same thing over and over again, "Oh! Please let that not be what I think it is! Please let that not be what I think it is! Naruto- kun...Gomenasai...Gomena."
She finally reaches the place where the scream was heard; she sees that almost everyone in Konoha was there. Lee, Ino, Neji, Chouji, Tenten, Kiba, Shikamaru, Hinata, Shino, and even their teachers were there, so was Sasuke who seemed to have just arrived was asking Iruka-sensei what happened. But Naruto wasn't there...Where is he?
Sakura frantically searches the crowd hoping to see a blonde man, looking through the crowd, but Naruto couldn't be found. Ino walks towards Sakura and asks, "You heard it too didn't you?" Sakura nods in response but was barely paying attention to Ino she was still looking for Naruto. "Sakura, you look pale...what's wrong with you?" Ino asks with pure concern.
But before Sakura could even answer, another scream was heard in the middle of the village. Everyone quickly reacted to the scream and ran towards the direction of the scream and was horrified by what they saw next.
AN: Aah...Ano...I was planning on making a cliffhanger and here it is (although I don't think I made a good cliffhanger). Thanks for the reviews! I can't promise what'll happen next chapter since I'm not even that good at keeping it. So until then...ciao!