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Fantasy Boy

Chapter 2: Hey, Sakura-chan!

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Sakura was shocked.

To say she was shocked was an understatement actually.

She was very, very shocked.

Right there in front of her was the cutest boy she'd ever seen (with the exception being Sasuke, but he was more handsome and good-looking rather than boyishly cute).

Now if only she could stop gaping.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto waved his hand in front of her face.

Snapping back to reality, Sakura managed to close her mouth and say something coherent.

"Uh, who are you?"

Naruto laughed and slipped his hand behind his head.

"Oh that's right, I forgot to tell you; I'm Naruto."

He then smiled and grabbed her hand.

"So anyway, let's go Sakura-chan!"

"Wh-what? Go where? Hey! Let go!"

Sakura struggled to get her hand out of his grip but couldn't. Sighing, she gave up and let him drag her to wherever it was he was going to take her to.

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"Eh!"

Sakura was at, bet you'd never guess where…a café.

And not just any ordinary café either, it was the loveliest little corner shop she'd ever seen. With beautiful cream colored walls and decorative tiles on the floor and on the lower half of the walls, there was a pleasing aroma of coffee and tea and cakes in the air.

"Naruto, why did you bring me here?"

"Because we're on a date Sakura-chan, and I thought you might like it here."

"A date?"

Sakura mentally smacked her forehead.

Of course he thought he should take her somewhere on a date, she was in a dating simulation game! Jeez, what was wrong with her?

Well, it was just a game right? Might as well enjoy herself while she was at it.

"Of course, a date! Now, let's go order something!"

And Naruto took her hand again.

Sakura smiled at the energetic boy and let herself get dragged yet again to the ordering counter.

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Sakura lay on her bed in her bedroom, thinking the events that had passed.

The date was fun, and Sakura didn't think she'd ever had such a simple, comfortable date before. The only dates she had ever been on were always uncomfortable and awkward, and usually she was the only one talking and her boyfriend was just grunting like he was bored. She liked the fact that for once a guy tried to please her instead of having it the other way around as it usually was. It was just like in her silly childhood dreams.

She smiled as she thought of Naruto.

She swore she could still see his clear blue eyes watering slightly and his mouth pressed into an adorable pout from the time when they had to part ways after their date, and her mind was sent back to reality.

When she got back, Shizune smiled slyly and asked if she enjoyed herself.

She did. She really, really did.

And that was what scared her.

Was she supposed to enjoy herself so much when HE wasn't even a real person?

She needed to go out. Yeah, that was it. She just needed to go out, get some fresh air, meet real people and maybe go see her boyfriend.

Yeah…riiiiiight…

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So here she was, out in the open, breathing the fresh open air, and…well, just standing in the middle of the sidewalk.

If she was any other normal person, she would be meeting girlfriends at the mall or at a fast food place to chat, shop or gossip.

But the fact was, she wasn't like any other normal person.

Or maybe she just needed to get a life?

Fat chance of that ever happening.

Sakura sighed and started walking. She decided to just window shop for a while. She really didn't feel like seeing Sasuke at the moment. He wouldn't want her to bother him anyway.

As she was stuck in her thoughts, her eye caught a flash of orange.

She started, then whacked her forehead.

Naruto

Damnit, why was she thinking about him now!

Sighing yet again (she noticed that she's been sighing a lot lately and wondered if she should see a doctor), she decided to look in the window with the orange thing in it and found that it was a stuffed animal shop. The orange thing she was looking at was a cute little chibi fox with a mischievous look on it face.

That look was reminding her of someone, and she really didn't want to say who.

But it was really cute, and she felt that she just had to go in the shop and buy it, and that was what she did.

She went home after that with a smile on her face and that little fox plushie snuggled tightly in her arms.

She really needed to see HIM again, and she decided to go back to the research center first thing in the morning.

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Sakura was blushing.

Shizune was staring at her with a look that said "Er, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to use the machine again. I apologize, but I really want to use it again."

Shizune puzzled look changed to a knowing smile.

"Oh all right, we're not giving tours at the moment, but I'm sure just this once will be fine."

Shizune walked towards the stairway.

"Follow me."

Sakura followed.

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Sakura once again felt the odd sensation of having her mind transferred from her body, then the dizziness of landing somewhere.

"Sakura-chan!"

No matter what she did, she couldn't stop the smile from appearing on her face. She had to admit she was happy to see him too.

"Hey, Naruto. Let's go again."

Naruto once again gave his usual Naruto-style grin, grabbed her hand and took her to yet another place.

And Sakura at that moment, felt happier than anything.

She decided to forget reality for now.

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Review replies:

krn-kimbap: Hm, well, that is a good idea for an ending. But notice that the genre for this fic was Romance/Tragedy? Originally, I had a pretty bittersweet sort of ending planned, but your idea is making me think about the way I should end the fic a bit more. I'll read your fic as soon as I can this weekend, and yes, I'll give my opinion.

Arkhe: Thank you! Don't worry I'll definitely finish this.

Mochi 3ingGirl: I hope you enjoyed this chapter too.

Ichigo -dattebayo: You don't read NaruSaku's? Awww, well to tell you the truth, at first, I didn't even consider the pairing NaruSaku at all. But eventually, after I saw how Naruto really cared for Sakura, I started liking that pairing, now I'm a huge fan.

Dairokkan: Eh heh heh, thank you.

Hououza: Thank you very much!

Hitokiri Jotham: Thank you!

I'm still pretty shaky at this whole fic-writing thing, so I may mess up sometimes. At the moment, the fic may seem pretty light-hearted, but it will get serious later. Feel free to suggest or criticize or both.

Thank you for reading!

-Mochi Dragon