Sakura walked home. She figured that the only thing worth doing was going home. She had missed Sasuke so much, and he was avoiding her. She continued on her way when a small cherry blossom fell in front of her. She was no where near the orchard, so where did this come from? She picked it up and it was paper. Sakura opened it and it read, I'm sorry. Meet me in the forest tomorrow at noon. Sakura half smiled and continued on home.
At noon the next day, Sakura stood in the forest. Her long white skirt blowing in the wind. She waited for Sasuke-kun to arrive. After about 10 minutes, he appeared behind her. He grabbed her shoulders, and she jumped. Sasuke started laughing and she turned around to face him, seeing a Sound forehead protector.
"Must you wear that thing?" She asked pointing to his forehead protector.
"Must you wear your Konoha one?" He asked smirking
"Yes I do. It's my village." She stepped back a bit
"And Sound is mine." Sasuke took a step towards her.
"No it's not! Konoha is. You were born there, and you became a ninja there!" She took another step back and Sasuke advanced a step.
"That was the old me. This is the new and improved version." He held his arms out to the side
She stopped suddenly, "If you are improved, show me."
"Alright." He jumped up but stopped when he heard Sakura
"Not that way. Fight me."
"Fight you? Sakura, you know I can't do that."
"How come? You fought Naruto."
"That was different."
"Fight me Sasuke-kun…"
He looked down, "Fine… 2:00. Be here, or I won't fight."
She nodded and ran off.
"YOU'RE DOING WHAT?" Naruto screamed
"I'm fighting Sasuke-kun to see how much he's improved… Also, I'm going to find out what my strength against his is like." She stood in Naruto's doorway wearing the same shirt, but a mini white skirt.
"Sakura-chan, if he's stronger than he was, let me fight him. I don't want you getting hurt…"
She looked at him in the eye, "Naruto-kun… You know I've gotten a lot stronger. I need to fight him."
Naruto finally agreed, "Alright. Be careful though."
Sakura nodded and ran off. 2:00... It's 1:50 right now… Might as well head over there. Please let me have the strength to beat him…
