Torn between her first crush and the two people who taught her so much…

Hyuuga Neji…

Sabaku no Gaara…

Uchiha Sasuke…

All of them except Sakura woke up in the hospital room. The white ceiling, the white walls, the beds, the curtains, even the floor. It was too god-damned white.

Kakashi was the first of the three to wake up then Naruto and lastly Sasuke.

"Hey! You're up." Naruto grinned at Sasuke.

"Shut up dobe." He glared at Naruto which returned it fully.

"Sasuke-Baka…" they continued to glare at each other until Kakashi sighed.

"I will inform Tsunade-Sama about the mission…See you tomorrow for training…" Kakashi walked over to the cupboard and took out his clothes. He went into the bathroom and never came back out, but they could smell the smoke so they both assumed that he used a technique to get himself out of here.

"I'm leaving…" Sasuke got out of bed and Naruto followed suit, it was then Sakura came into the room.

"Morning! Good to see you guys awake ne? Now what will I do with these flowers." she smiled at them and Naruto was happy to see her unharmed by the souns-nins.

"Sakura-Chan! I'm glad to see that you're not hurt by those sound bastards. I'm sorry I couldn't help you but I knew you could do it!" Naruto talked excitedly waving his arms around his head.

"Thanks Naruto. Why don't we all go get some ramen ne?" As soon as he heard the word ramen, Naruto rushed to the bathroom with his clothes.

"Silly Naruto…" she sighed at her team-mates behavior, she turned to see Sasuke staring at her.

"Neh Sasuke…Daijobu?" (A/N: Daijobu means, are you ok?) she cocked her head in a cute way but Sasuke was unfazed by this.

"Fine…" he replied in a monotonous voice but still staring at her intently.

"That's good." She was still holding onto the flowers and smiling at him.

"Sakura…" he started but was cut off by Naruto coming out of the bathroom.

"Sasuke! Hurry up I wanna get some ramen!" Naruto looked excited and impatient at the same time. Sasuke growled having being interrupted by him.

"I'm not hungry…" he stalked off and locked the door to the bathroom.

"Oh wells…Let's go Sakura-Chan!" he skipped out of the room while Sakura followed behind him.

You could hear his slurps from a block away without even trying. Naruto ate his ramen noisily while Sakura just continued to eat hers with an occasional slurp here and there.

"Naruto, don't eat so fast. You might get a stomach ache." Sakura gave him a small smile.

"Ah sorry Sakura-Chan." He ate slower but he was already on his fifth bowl and Sakura was only half-way through her first.

"Ne Sakura-Chan! How did you do it?" he polished up his bowl and rubbed his stomach feeling satisfied for now.

"Hm? Oh that. Well…I used a few techniques and dodged their attacks every now and then. You shouldn't have slept Naruto." She smiled again and continued to eat her ramen.

"I couldn't help it Sakura-Chan…He knocked me on the head!" he scratched the back of his head and smiled whole-heartedly at her.

"Don't worry Naruto. I understand. Besides, it was just a normal fight." She finished her ramen and paid for herself and Naruto as well.

"Eh! You didn't have to do that Sakura-Chan! Here let me pay you back!" he took out his frog pouch but Sakura stopped him.

"It's ok Naruto. Don't worry about it. Think of it as the times I didn't go to eat ramen with you." She picked up the flowers that were on the chair beside her while Naruto looked very guilty.

"See ya Naruto!" she waved to him and walked off.

"Bye Sakura-Chan! Thank you!" he waved to her retreating back and even though she couldn't see him waving to her, she gave a goodbye signal.

"You're stronger now, Sakura-Chan. I'm happy for you." He was about to walk away when Sasuke stopped him.

"What do you want Sasuke-Baka…" he glared at him half-heartedly.

"We need to talk…it's about Sakura…" Naruto's eyes widened when Sasuke said her name and turned around to try to find her but she was already gone into the distance.

"What about her…?" he looked confused and determined at the same time.

"Haven't you noticed anything different about her?"

"Yea, she's stronger now. So what?" Naruto got more confused as to why Sasuke would ask him that question.

"It's the technique that she uses…"

"So? I was knocked out so I didn't see what kind of techniques she used Sasuke-Baka…" Naruto got annoyed at Sasuke.

"She used sand to protect her from a punch from the sound-nin…like Gaara did." Sasuke continued to stare at Naruto with furrowed brows.

"…and?" making a gesture for Sasuke to continue.

"And she hit them the way the Hyuuga's do it. Their gentle blows…remember when you fought Neji at the chounin exams?" Sasuke never saw Naruto fight with Neji but had a pretty good idea as to what the prodigy would use against Naruto.

"Your…point?" still not fully understanding.

"Do you think that she might be training with them?" Naruto's eyes shot wide open as realization dawned on him.

"NO WAY!"

Outside her front door, Sakura sneezed.

"Looks like someone misses me. Hehe" (A/N: it's a Japanese thing. You end up sneezing involuntarily when someone talks about you.)

She pulled out the keys to her house and with a click, the door opened. She dumped her keys into a small bowl and placed the flowers on the kitchen counter. She looked through cupboards looking for a vase for the flowers and eventually found a purple odd shaped one.

"It looks so funny…Why did mum buy this?" she shrugged it off and went over to the flowers. Taking off the wrapping paper. She took the vase to the sink and filled it up half way with water and put the flowers in one by one. Practicing her Ikebana skills. (A/N: Ikebana means flower arranging…) Once she was done she smiled at her masterpiece, then she began to prepare three separate Obentos for the picnic tomorrow. (A/N: Obento means lunch…)