Life as a Chunin: Chapter 3

Me: Here's the next chapter!

Sasuke: Yay.

Me: Do you have to be so sarcastic?

Sasuke: Hnn…

Naruto: At least answer her!

Sasuke: Shut up dope.

Sakura: How about you guys cool it? Have some tea and calm down.

Sasuke and Naruto drink tea and fall asleep within minutes.

Me: Told you Nyquil would work.

Sakura woke early in the morning. She couldn't sleep. She yawned and got up. She dressed and grabbed a piece of fruit from the basket on her counter. She then gathered her weapons and walked out the door, locking it afterwards.

She walked down the still dark street slowly eating the fruit in her left hand. She heard something behind her and turned to see what it was. She saw nothing. She turned back around shrugging off the odd feeling she had.

She continued down the street taking another bite from the fruit. She turned again when she heard the sound again. It was like a light padding of feet. Again, she saw nothing. 'I'm just being paranoid,' she thought to herself as she turned again but immediately heard the padding noise again.

She turned and nothing was there. She rotated back to her path and gasped in surprise. "Scared you didn't I," asked Naruto who was now in front of her. "Don't you ever do that again Naruto!" Sakura yelled feeling relieved now. She then started to tell him off in a loud voice.

"Sakura…you need to quiet down. Are you trying to wake everyone?" Naruto said trying to calm his friend. "Ok…I'm calm now," said Sakura. She hit him over the head and then smiled. "That hurt," said Naruto rubbing his head. "I think it was supposed to hurt you dope," said Sasuke who came out of nowhere.

"Hey Sasuke-kun," said Sakura smiling. "Hey Sasuke-bastard," said Naruto who was now moody and still in pain. "What are you two doing up so early," he asked. "I could ask the same from you," said Naruto. "Well…Naruto is acting like…well…Naruto…and I couldn't sleep," said Sakura who was no longer angry. "What about you?" asked Naruto whose pain had subsided.

"Same here," he said, his hands in his pockets," I've got training so…see you guys later." Sasuke then walked off without another word. "I'm going to…hm…I'll see you later Naruto," said Sakura walking off. She was a bit worried. She couldn't sleep because she was worried. She hid it well so that the others wouldn't notice.

Her parents hadn't returned from the mission they were on. They were supposed to be back a few days ago. She wondered if she should report the fact that they and the others that had gone on the mission were not back yet. She continued walking until she realized she was going the wrong way from where she had been going.

'Oh well…not like I actually have to be anywhere. I'll head to the park instead,' Sakura thought continuing to walk in the same direction. She went back to her other thoughts as her feet led her to the park as she was so familiar with the territory. She didn't even realize that there was someone in front of her until she ran into them.

She stumbled back in a shocked manner. "Oh…I'm sorry," she said to whoever it was without taking notice to who it was. She then continued to walk but a hand caught her wrist. She turned to face the person and saw it was Sasuke. She immediately put on a happy face to hide her worries. She thought Sasuke hadn't noticed but he had.

"Hey Sasuke-kun…what's with the weird look," she asked. "What's wrong," he asked. "Nothing," she said. He had let go of her wrist. He smirked. "You're lying," he said," You think I can't tell when my teammates are lying?" Sakura bit her lower lip. "I'm not lying. I'm fine, just a bit worried. I'll see you later Sasuke-kun," she said walking in the direction she had been going in the first place.

'Hnn…something is defiantly up. She didn't flirt or anything. That was actually quite nice though. If she wasn't my friend than I'd just let her stay this way,' he thought. He shrugged off this thought as he heard his trainer's voice. Turning to face his doom, he put his friends out of his mind. "We're going to have fun today," said Mamaki. She cracked her knuckles and smiled evilly.

Sasuke gulped as he thought of what horrors awaited him. 'Dear lord almighty…please do not let me die a horrible painful death under the hand of this cruel person,' he thought trying not to show fear on his face.

Sakura walked to the park. 'I can't believe him. It's none of his business what I'm upset about,' thought Sakura. 'He was actually worried about me,' said inner Sakura. 'So! He needs to mind his own business,' Sakura said to her inner self. 'But he cares! He cares, I know it,' said inner Sakura triumphantly. 'This is exactly why having a conversation with you is so annoying!' Sakura yelled to her inner self. 'WELL EXCUSE ME, for noticing that he cares about me,' said inner Sakura. 'Just go away,' Sakura pleaded. On command, her inner self was quiet.

"Well thank god," she said out loud.

Naruto too had noticed Sakura acting a bit weird. 'I wonder what's wrong with her,' he thought while walking along the now noisy streets of Konaha. 'She is acting well…weird,' he continued to ponder these thoughts. He then decided that he should talk to his friend. "Where's Sakura-chan going to be though?" he asked out loud.

Sakura noticed a person running in her direction. They stopped in front of her waiting a moment to catch his breath. He was a ninja but Sakura had never seen him before. He had sandy brown hair and was a jounin it appeared. "The Hogake would like to speak with you," he said after catching his breath. "I'm supposed to bring you there, so if you could follow me," he said now straightening.

He led her down the street without a sound. They reached the building and Sakura went up to the receptionist. "Uh…I was called here," she said awkwardly. "Oh you must be Haruno, Sakura," said the secretary. Sakura nodded. "I'm Shizune," she said with a smile," Tusunda-sama can't see right at this moment so if you could just take a seat." She gestured to a chair which Sakura sat in.

"Um…am I in trouble," she asked nervously. "Far from it, don't worry," said Shizune. Sakura nodded and sat quietly for what seemed hours. "Sakura…Tusunda-sama will see you now," said Shizune gesturing to the door leading to the office. Sakura walked into the office and saw the Hogake sitting looking irritated and you would be too if you had so much paperwork!

"You wanted to see me Hogake," said Sakura. "Yes I did, and please just Tusunda-sama," said the women smiling now. Sakura nodded. "Now…I've taken notice that you seem to be a gentle person…by nature. Also, it seems you might have what we medics call, The Healing Touch. I think that you would do well as a medic-nin," said Tusunda. "Really," said Sakura. "Yes I think you would do well as my apprentice actually," Tusunda continued.

They continued to talk until Tusunda was completely sure. Sakura would come to learn the medic-nin's way and techniques tomorrow. She left the building thoroughly happy. "You didn't tell her the other news?" asked Shizune. "I just couldn't. I'll tell her later," said Tusunda. "Alright but she's not going to like the fact that you didn't tell her right away," said Shizune returning to her desk.

Sasuke lay on his bed in pain. Mamaki had put him through tests that he doubted that she could do herself. 'I have to finish this. They said that all I had to do was beat her in a spar and I'd be free as a chunin. It must be difficult to beat her though or else they wouldn't have assigned her to me,' thought Sasuke. Suddenly he had a thought. Yes, he was sure it would work.

Naruto was already asleep at the late hour of 11:00 at night. He had trained while thinking of what could be on Sakura's mind. As usual, he could think of nothing as he wasn't good at guessing what people thought.

Sakura too was asleep and Sasuke fell asleep within the hour. What was Kakashi up to? Well what the hell do you think? Sleeping duh! Sorry but I felt it necessary to say that.

Me: Ok, so it took me a while to update.

Sakura: A while! Sasuke and Naruto are already waking up!

Me: Oh no! Their gonna be mad! But I have a plan!

Sasuke and Naruto wake up angrily

Me: Look over there RAMEN! Naruto runs into another room and I lock the door

Sasuke: What did you do!

Me: Uh…look Itachi!

Sasuke: What where!

Sasuke runs in another room and I lock the door

Me: See I told you I had a plan!

Sakura: You just improvised.

Me: So! It worked!

Ok I will update as soon as possible. Review plz.