Dear reader,

Sorry about the large delay in this chapter, I've just been really, REALLY busy lately (the sad part is that this story wasn't the only thing I fell behind on throughout the course of this month). Now that school is out I hope to be able to write more, and to be a little more constant with updating this story. Thank you for being so patient with me, and my lack of consistency. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I also apologies for its shortness of it, but I had this sudden urge to update it as soon as possible and wanted to procrastinate the rest till later (I think that's how I got myself into this mess in the first place. But what can I say? I'm a procrastinator by heart). Lastly I would like to thank everyone who sent me reviews on the story, they kept me motivated (or at least made me want to write more of the story, but I really never did get around to it until now) and without all of you I may never have really gotten anymore of this fanfic written.

Your procrastinating author,

Andy


Chapter 4

Sakura idly rested her elbows on the old worn wood of the diner table and cradled her face in her hands. She turned her head slightly and looked at the blonde haired boy sitting next to her, who was sloppily slurping up a mouth full of ramen. She let out a soft sigh and closed her eyes.

"Hey, Sakura." Naruto leaned toward her and waved a hand in front of her face.

Sakura open her eyes lazily. "What?"

"Well, I was wondering what you wanted me to do, you know... for…" he moved his head toward Sakura's ear and whispered, "… your crush on Kakashi-sensei…"

She blushed "I'm not really sure yet, it's been a while since I've seen Kakashi-sensei, the last time was about a week ago when we went camping."

"Hm-m-m-m…" a dumb expression developed on Naruto's face, the kind that he would unknowingly make when he was thinking hard about something, or at least when he was trying to think. "I know! I'll help you find him, you know how good I am at tracking and spying on people!" He grinned stupidly.

Sakura's face brightened. "Yeah!"

"Okay, just as soon as I get another bowl of ramen."

"No! I never said I'd pay for two bowls a night!" She stood up and dragged Naruto out of the ramen diner.


Naruto and Sakura perched themselves on top of a large apartment building and scanned the street below them.

Sakura turned her face toward Naruto. "You really think we'll find Kakashi-sensei here?"

"Yeah, this is one of the busiest places in Konoha."

Sakura smiled, sometimes Naruto was smarter then she gave him credit for.

"Any way there's a really hot blonde in the window across from here." With a very perverted looking smile on his face he pointed to a large illuminated window located in the apartments across the street.

Sakura's eye twitched and the muscles in her right hand tightened. "You idiot! I should have know you'd pull something like this!" she yelled as she punched Naruto, sending him flying away from her, almost making him fall of the edge of the building.

Naruto rubbed his jaw. "Oww, that hurt."

Sakura ignored her friend and stared down at the streets below as something caught her eye. A smile formed on her face.

"What are you looking at?" Naruto climbed up to his feet and tried to follow Sakura's gaze.

"I found him." She said in low tone.

"You what?" Naruto asked squinting his eyes in confusion.

"I found Kakashi-sensei, you idiot!"

"Where?"

"Down there!"

"What…?"

"The big head on silver hair down there! You can't miss it!" she pointed at the street.

Leaning over the edge in what would seem to be a little too far to be safe, Naruto tried his best to concentrate down below him. "Hey look, it's that lady we saw in the ramen diner that one day." He pointed downward at the street.

"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked in a very annoyed tone.

"That lady we saw talking to Kakashi-sensei that one day, right before we went on the camping trip."

"What!" She pushed Naruto aside and desperately scanned the streets below. "Where!"

"She's walking right by Kakashi-sensei."

Sakura caught sight of the two and stared down at them. 'Naruto was right, they are walking together…' she bit her bottom lip.

"Heh heh, looks like Kakashi-sensei's got himself a girlfriend." Naruto taunted, without thinking of the consequences.

"What did you say!" Sakura asked leaning toward the now frightened boy with a look in her eye of pure killing intention.

"I…I…" Naruto backed away from Sakura.

Sakura gathered her chakra to her fist ready to punch Naruto. 'Don't waist your time on that idiot. You've got better things to do… like kill that bitch who keeps hanging around Kakashi.'

'But…'

'You want Kakashi don't you?'

'I do but, what if Kakashi-sensei…'

'But what! Just kill the bitch and he's yours!'

'But… what if it's not like that…'

Naruto stared up at Sakura in confusion. 'What's wrong with her, wasn't she just about to kill me…' "You okay, you just kind of spaced out for a moment."

"What?" Sakura popped out of her trance.

"So, are we going to follow Kakashi-sensei or what?" he asked hoping Sakura forgot about punching him.

"O'… yeah" she forced a smile.


NEXT CHAPTER: Sakura and Naruto spy on Kakashi, but Sakura may not be too pleased with what they find out. And Naruto gets in over his head.