Life as a Chunin: Chapter 4
Me: Hey people! Here we go again!
Sasuke: Mamiki is such a bitch!
Naruto: Dude you have no clue!
Sasuke: I do too!
Sakura: Guys, please don't start fighting over something so stupid.
Me: Yeah, you guys are totally being babies.
Sasuke: I'm not the baby. Naruto is.
Naruto: Bigger baby.
Sasuke: Biggest baby!
Naruto: Huge baby!
Sasuke: Gigantic baby!
Naruto: Humongous baby!
Sasuke: Colossal baby!
Naruto: Ginormous baby!
Me: ENFINATY BABY! I WIN NOW SHUT UP!
Sasuke: You cheated…
Weeks passed by and Sasuke learned Mamiki's technique in time. He felt he would soon be able to take her. Naruto had missions and was kept a lot busier though he was happy. Sakura was learning quickly from Tusunda but grew steadily more worried for her parents.
It was the end of a long Tuesday and Sakura was eager to leave. She was meeting the guys at the ramen bar. "I'm finished Tusunda-sama," said Sakura smiling. She had been working on healing cuts. She had progressed quickly. "Very good, but before you leave I have to talk to you," she said looking at the young girl. The truth was that she had grown a bit attached to the girl.
"You might want to sit down," said Tusunda with a sad look on her face. "What's wrong Tusunda-sama," asked Sakura sitting. "I know this will be hard for you, but as you must know, your parents haven't returned from the mission they had about a month ago?" Sakura nodded. "And you know that none of the other people that went returned either?" Sakura again nodded. "We found the bodies of the ninja's in the forest a while ago." Sakura's mouth parted slightly as her eyes grew slightly. "We believe the Akatsuki killed them as they left their mark," Tusunda continued. "Your parents are dead."
Sakura blinked. Everything felt gone. Her insides had sunk into the bottom most pits of her body and her mind was swallowed into nothingness. She couldn't contemplate what she had just been told for a few minutes. A single tear slipped down her face.
"We have found their wills and everything was left to you. This includes the house, money…everything. Sakura I know this is horrible…I'm so sorry," said Tusunda looking painfully at her students blank face. 'Their gone…' Sakura thought. Sakura swallowed hard. She wanted to cry but wouldn't let herself, at least not till later.
Sakura stood unemotionally and said," Thank you for telling me Tusunda-sama. I need to go now. I'll see you tomorrow." "I think you should take tomorrow off," said her teacher. Sakura nodded and left. She started toward her house as the hot tears started to form in her eyes when she heard someone call to her.
"HEY, Sakura-chan!" yelled the blond ninja, Naruto. He waved to her. Sakura blinked the tears from her eyes. It was Tuesday. She had now remembered that she was to meet them at the ramen shop. Naruto ran up to her and looked at her. "Is there something wrong?" he asked worriedly. "No of course not," said Sakura in a false cheery voice and smile. "Let's go."
They reached the ramen shop and they saw the others. Sakura had a false smile on but the others luckily didn't notice. They ate and talked about what they had been doing as they didn't see each other more than a few times. The night grew on and they went their separate paths home.
Naruto knew something was up with Sakura but kept silent. If she didn't want to tell him than she didn't have to. Sasuke too had noticed that she seemed quieter and slightly depressed. Kakashi was oblivious to everything as always but he'd catch on soon enough.
Sakura went into the quiet house that was now hers and sat on the couch. She now let the tears pour over.
Me: The sadness!
Sakura: MY PARENTS ARE DEAD!
Me: NO! I was just kidding. Calm yourself!
Sakura: They aren't dead?
Me: No.
Sakura: Thank god!
Sasuke: It's just a story.
Naruto: Yeah you need to chill.
Sasuke: I agree.
Sakura and my eyes grow big
Me: You guys just agreed on something.
Sakura: It's a sign of the apocalypse!
Me: Head for the bunkers!
Naruto: Oh come on! We don't fight that much!
Sasuke: Yeah we do.
Naruto: We do not!
Sasuke: Do to!
Naruto: Not!
Sasuke: Do!
Me: SHUT UP!