Authors note: I'm still not sure if I should continue this but we'll see. I'll give this story a little try for those who've said yes. For those of you who voted thanx! Oh and Thanx for the reviews guys!
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Sakura's chest heaved up and down. She had been in Konoha now for almost a month and already she was condidered part of everyone's family. She didn't mind, it showed that she was just really liked, and that her and her friends had gotten closer. It was just weird that everyone freaked out when Lord Hyuuga said that he was going to teach her the Hyuuga fighting style. He started training her on it right away. Her, Neji, and Hinata trained together. The training was hard but she didn't mind. It was knid of fun, she would never admit that to anyone though. To everyone around her, training was nothing to joke about.
Later on she ended up training with everyone else too. Gaara's family taught her their special styles, Naruto's adopted family taught her they're style, and the Uchiha's taught her they're style. It was all hard work but that was okay. She was glad, her family didn't have ANY style, they were'nt fighters though. They were walking talking brains.
During one special training though Sakura and others got some things figured out. Everyone trained together that day. They were all thinking about how Itachi had said they were like a big family, and he's kind of like their big brother. They were all happy to hear that but they had one question. What was a big brother? None of them had big brothers, Gaara did, but the others didn't. So they went to Itachi. "Itachi nii- san, whats a big brother?" Itachi looked at them in surprise and inwardly laughed, it was at times like these that he remembered that these kids were all a ound 5 yrs old. They usually acted so mature that he'd forget. "A big Brother is a brother who is always there for you. When you need him, he's there. He's suppose to protect you as much as he can." They all stared in wonder, so that was what a big brother was! Cool, they all had a big brother, they grinned. YAY!
Everyone was happy, except Naruto. For some reason he was sad, no one noticed except Sakura. She didn't know what was wrong, but as his friend she felt obliged to find out. She followed him home and stood out hi window, he started to cry. She stiffened, Naruto was crying! "It isn't fair! How came papa Iruka had to get a mission today of all days, on my Birthday!" Sakura paled, that's right, Iruka was on a mission that he would not be back from for a week. She felt bad, SHE didn't even know it was his Brithday. "IT ISN'T FAIR! WHY DOES THINGS LIKE THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME! REALLY, DOES ANYONE EVEN CARE ABOUT ME!" Sakura stepped back feeling hurt. How could he feel that way? She cared! So did all the others they've been hanging out with.
She ran quickly through the streets skidding to a halt in front of a bakery. She didn't really have much money but she was determined to get him some sweet! She stared at the cake in the window, if only she could afford THAT for Naruto, then he would know for certain that she cared. Her head went down, at most she could afford a SMALL cake, enough to give everyone a very tiny piece. She got lost in her thoughts until she heard a loud "EHEM!" She turned around, "Excuse us but your in our way!" Sakura blushed, she didn't realize that she had been blocking the doorway to the bakery, she stepped inside and held the door open apologizing the whole time. "I'm sorry, so sorry!" Chouji shrugged, "It's ok." Sakura stared at him, studing him and his pals. She tilted her head, was it just her imagination or was Chouji a bit bigger all around then last week? Next to him stood a very bored looking boy (Shikamaru), next to him was very pretty girl with golden lock (Ino), and next to her was a boy holding a dog (Kiba). She grinned, the dog was adorable.
Since they just turned and ignored her she just shrugged and walked to the counter. After ordering he cake she started to walk out but was stopped by the pretty blond girl who had walked in with Couji. "Hey forehead girl, you took the last vanilla, cinnamon cake!" Sakura's whole body froze, forehead girl? The blond whipped her shoulder length locks around her head. Sakura slowly turned. "What do you want with that cake anyway? You gonna eat it all yourself? Are you a pig on top of being a big forehead girl?" Sakura in low voice said, "No it's for my friend Naruto's birthday." Chouji and his friend laughed, "You're the freaks friend?" Sakura's body hunched, her control on her anger was slipping fast. They laughed harder, except the bored guy, he just smirked. Everyone all but heard the snap. "Who do you think you are?" She had had enough of people judging her friends. "Who do you guys think you are to just judge him like that when you don't even know him? YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO HE IS, WHAT HE'S LIKE, OR WHAT HE'S BEEN THROUGH AND YOU WANT TO JUDGE HIM? YOUR WRONG, HE'S NOT A FREAK YOU GUYS ARE!" Her chest heaved in anger, her face was flushed. Before Ino could say something Shikamaru stepped forward, "Don't say anything, Ino. She right and you know it!" His eyes looked Sakura over lazily, "On behalf of my friends and myself I'm sorry." They all nodded, Ino did so after getting elbowed by Kiba. Grudgingly she had to admit, the girl was right. Sakura sighed, "If you want you can come to Naruto's Birthday." They all looked at each other. "Who will be there?" Sakura bit her lip, thinking. "Everyone; the Uchiha family, the Hyuuga family, the Subaku sand family, and me." They all stared in shock, did she just name the 3 most powerful families in the country? She nodded, "And yea, that's about it. Meet me here in an hour and I'll tell you were to go, ok? See ya!" She ran off leaving everyone else staring at her in shock.