Author's Note: Hi, it's me again! I finally updated the 9th chapter of this fanfic. Well, this story is going to finish soon. Only one chapter to go! Thank you for the reviewers very much! This chapter shows us what happened to the other characters, even my OC who's a minor character, Alyanna (I used my name 'cause I can't think of any name!). Enjoy this fic!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and its contents. I'm just a member from who makes fanfics related to something! I only own the OCs I made here…

Story notes: (Optional for non-beginners)

OC: Original character

POV: Point Of View

"blah"-dialogue

'blah' –thoughts

blah –Inner Sakura's dialogue

Let's start the ninth chapter!

Deep In His Cold Heart

Chapter Nine: Alyanna's Departure! Sasuke and Sakura's little walk

Days and days have passed since Sasuke confessed his love to Sakura. Those days were really different for the two who confessed their feelings to each other. At the other side of Konoha, Sasuke and Sakura are walking together with holding hands. They are walking through the village to have a "little" stroll. While they were walking, silence was within them. Neither of them is talking, but they are just looking at the surroundings.

The place is very peaceful and quiet, because it's just 7:00 in the morning. But suddenly, the "couple" heard a familiar shouting voice at the ramen shop.

"MMMM! THIS IS DELICIOUS!" It shouted.

Sasuke sighed. "It's Naruto again. That moron is eating ramen as usual."

Sakura laughed. "Let's talk to him even for a while. We didn't talk and see him for weeks, Sasuke-kun."

Sasuke smirked. He and Sakura went in the ramen shop. They saw three people sitting and eating ramen. It were Kakashi, Naruto and the team evaluator, Alyanna who's going to leave tomorrow.

"YUM! YUM! PORK RAMEN IS THE BEST!" Naruto shouted.

Sasuke and Sakura sweatdropped.

"Idiot…" Both of them said.

Kakashi was the only one that wasn't eating ramen at the shop. He faced himself at the two and greeted them with a hidden smile behind his mask. "Hi, Sasuke and Sakura. We haven't seen you for a while. Where were you two, dating?"

Sasuke and Sakura both blushed. Their hands were not holding each other anymore.

"We're just… uh… looking for you three! Kakashi-sensei, what are you three doing here with Alyanna-san?" Sakura said with a fake smile.

Kakashi laughed quietly. "Ha, ha! Don't you remember it's Alyanna's 30th day with us. She'll be leaving tomorrow, so we treated her in the ramen shop."

Naruto was still eating his ramen, which was already his 5th bowl. "Yum! Yum!"

Alyanna was done eating her ramen. "Mmm… the ramen tastes good here!" She said, grabbing a colorful notebook from her purple bag. "Hey, I'm finished evaluating your team!" Alyanna cheered.

Naruto stopped eating. "So, what's my grade, 100! Tell us, please!" Naruto shouted with excitement.

Alyanna laughed. "Hey, pipe down, will you? I'll tell each of your grades. Don't tell me that I grade too high, okay?" She told them.

Naruto excitedly smiled. Sasuke and Sakura sat in each chairs. Kakashi was silent.

"Okay, Your sensei, Hatake Kakashi scored 90. He's a very good sensei, but a little late in meetings." Alyanna said.

Kakashi sweatdropped and the trio laughed, even Sasuke.

"The loudest here, Uzumaki Naruto scored 89. He's hardworking and enegetic but noisy." Alyanna said.

Naruto sighed. "Aww… I SHOULD BE 99! I'M THE GREATEST HERE!" Naruto complained.

"Be quiet, total moron." Sasuke said. Sakura laughed again.

"Uchiha Sasuke scored 89. He's good and behaves well, but sometimes, he prefers to be alone. But now, he's getting along well with his teammates, especially Sakura." Alyanna said, laughing.

Sasuke hid his blushing face to Sakura. Sakura blushed as well. Kakashi silently laughed, but Naruto laughed loudly.

"Haruno Sakura scored 85. She's not that good at fighting, but she has care for others especially Sasuke." Alyanna said.

Kakashi smiled at the trio and Naruto smiled, with his teeth showing.

Sakura sighed. "I knew it. I'm the lowest here."

Sasuke smiled and whispered to her, "Don't worry, that's still a high score and it doesn't mean that you're the weakest, Sakura."

Sakura looked at Sasuke's eyes showing happiness. 'His eyes are not seeking power anymore.' Sakura thought.

Naruto laughed. "So Sasuke is really in love with Sakura! He even calmed her down!"

Kakashi grew curious. "So, where did you two go, Sasuke and Sakura?"

Sasuke blushes showing that he's too shy to respond.

"It's a long story. Sasuke and I confessed our feelings to each other." Sakura replied shyly.

"Oh… you're having a good time together." Kakashi said, grabbing a book from his pocket entitled, Come Come Paradise.

Naruto laughed loudly. "SASUKE'S IN LOVE WITH SAKURA!" He teased again.

Sasuke got annoyed. "Naruto's in love with Hinata!" he said with anger.

"Hey! I also confessed my feelings to her and vise versa!" Naruto said.

Alyanna laughed. "Well, the overall score of the team is 89." She said.

"Wow, that's a high score!" Kakashi said, reading his favorite book again.

"Yep! I'm just too kind and generous. I want to make anyone happy!" Alyanna said.

Naruto stood up and cheered with joy. "So, Let's celebrate!"

Kakashi sighed. "We're done already with the ramen!"

Then two genins entered the ramen shop. "Hi, Sasuke-kun! Hi, forehead girl!" One of them, a blonde girl said.

The other one with black hair and a high ponytail on his head scratched his back. "Ino, I thought you like me already and I like you back. You're still with that Uchiha boy! How troublesome…" He told the girl.

Sasuke sweatdropped. "Shut up, you Ino-pig!" He said with annoyance, shouting like Sakura.

"Sasuke-kun, don't be too harsh to her! She's one of my friends now but she still call me 'forehead-girl'!" Sakura said, calming the angry Sasuke down.

"Yeah, I'm just greeting you and your team!" Ino said with her hands holding to the boy she was with.

Naruto looked at them. He knows the boy Ino is with! "Oh, it's you, Shikamaru! What are you doing here with Ino?" Naruto asked him.

Shikamaru blushed a little. "Well, I like her and She likes me back. So… we're here because I want to treat her!" He said looking at Ino's smiling face.

Naruto smiled with his teeth showing again. 'Sasuke's in love with Sakura, while Shikamaru's in love with Ino and I'm in love with Hinata-chan so… love's in the air!' He thought.

Ino looked at Sasuke's right hand, which is holding Sakura's left hand. "Oh, So Sasuke-kun… Why are you holding Ms. Forehead's hand?" She asked.

"It's because… I love her. So, don't bother me or Sakura, Ino-pig!" Sasuke replied with his usual, angry face.

Ino was surprised. Her former crush, Sasuke-kun is in love with her former rival, Sakura. "Oh, anyway I like Shikamaru-kun already. You're too close with Sakura." She said.

Shikamaru and Ino sat in each chair.

"Two pork ramen bowls, please. One for me and this beautiful girl beside me" Shikamaru said.

Ino blushed happily when Shikamaru said that.

Kakashi was finished reading a chapter of "Come, Come Paradise". He hid it again inside his pocket. "So, Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto and Alyanna… Can we leave already?" He asked them.

"Okay, let's go, Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto replied. The other three just nodded.

The team left the ramen shop. But Naruto said goodbye to Shikamaru, one of his friends. "See you tomorrow, Shikamaru and his 'girlfriend' Ino!" He said, waving his hand.

Shikamaru and Ino ate their ramen, while the team went back to their houses. Sasuke wants to walk Sakura home so he tried to ask her.

"Sakura, can I walk you home?" Sasuke said with a rare, attractive smile.

Sakura blushed. "Of course, I would be happy if you would!" Sakura replied

The two walked together to Sakura's house, while the other three went back to their houses alone.

The next day, Alyanna packed her things and said goodbye to team 7. "Bye, Team 7… I would miss you all!" She said, waving her hand as she left Konoha, going back to the real world. (A/N: Our world, that OC is actually me!).

"Bye, Alyanna-san!" Naruto said. Kakashi, Sasuke and Sakura waved their hand goodbye to their evaluator. 'The team's scores are already at the Hokage's office. My mission is finally over. I hope they would all be stronger soon.' Alyanna thought. When she was away already, the team started their morning training.

END OF CHAPTER 9

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