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"Quotes" - Dialogue

Italics - emphasis, diary entry

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Chapter 2

Sakura returned home in the evening. She had tried to enjoy the day but what had happened with Hinata and Naruto were still stuck in her head. All day she kept thinking about it and about the possible causes of this. She was sitting at her desk with her diary open; she had decided to write an entry in hopes of having an easier time going to sleep.

Dear diary,

I couldn't believe what had happened today! I woke up and then there's an entry under my first one and the entry said that Naruto will reject Hinata-chan's offer for a date because he would make plans with me. Then at Ichiraku, the exact thing happened! What is going on? Tch, yeah, sure, my diary has super magical powers that tells me the future. Riigghhtt. So since this is off my list, the only explanation would be that Naruto or someone snuck into my room and wrote in the entry. But how could they? Since training under Tsunade, I've been able to learn to defend myself well and to keep intruders out of my home or hideout or whatever...argh! This is so confusing! Well, I should go and sleep now. Naruto is leaving on a mission again...I wish he didn't have to go on this mission. He's been gone too much...

Sakura woke up bright and early the next morning. Why wouldn't she? Naruto was going on another mission and she probably wouldn't see him for weeks. Even though he annoys her to death (okay, maybe that's an exaggeration), he was still a very loyal and trustful friend of hers. Who knows, what if it's the last time she sees him? Anyway, after brushing her teeth and combing her hair and all, Sakura stood in front of her diary. She was just somewhat sad about seeing Naruto off again. She couldn't let Naruto see her sad, though; she had to smile. So she decided to write out her sadness in her diary. She opened her diary, only to be shocked yet again.

Dear Sakura,

My purpose is to make you happy and to shape the future according to your desires to satisfy you. You are the lucky owner. Simply "correct" my replies to you, and I will make happen what your corrections are. Rest assured that this is no trick whatsoever. If you doubt my abilities, then throw me away. Leave me to someone else who will appreciate my powers. Naruto will leave on his mission today, and try your best but in the end you will cry.

Inner Sakura: Okay...a talking diary...interesting.

Outer Sakura: What do you mean interesting? This is a load of shit. I'm throwing this crap away. Who the hell came into my room and wrote it?

Inner Sakura: No one did, you idiot! Isn't it obvious that the diary has super magical powers?

Outer Sakura: Aren't we supposed to me one? Why are you a complete opposite of me!

Inner Sakura: Hey, you have nothing to lose - so just do what the damn diary says!

Outer Sakura: ...fine...I have nothing to lose anyway...

So Sakura took a moment to think. What should she correct? Perhaps she should change the part where she cries? She definately doesn't want to cry in front of Naruto again. How many times has she cried in front of him? After a few more moments, she finally made her mind. She crossed out the diary's last sentence and wrote "Naruto will not leave on his mission."

"Sakura!" Sakura's mother called out. "Hinata is here for you!"

"Coming!" Sakura called back. She immediately shut the book and ran downstairs. "Hi, Hinata-chan!"

"O-Ohayo, Sakura-chan..." Hinata smiled. "L-let's go before Naruto-kun leaves."

"Ok!"

"What!"

"I told you!" Naruto frowned. "The old hag just told me that I can't go on this mission because she needs me to do another mission. Do you want me to repeat myself again?"

Sakura stared in disbelief. She was having a hard time registering the information. She and Hinata were on their way to the entrance/exit of Konohagakure to see Naruto off. On the way, they passed by Ichiraku and heard an all too familiar voice; it was Naruto's voice. They questioned him on why he was there at Ichiraku when he was supposed to be with his team at the entrance/exit of Konohagakure.

"Don't do this to me, Sakura-chan...you know it hurts me every time I repeat that cursed sentence of me not going on the mission," Naruto faked a sob.

Sakura glared. "What the hell..."

"Uhm, S-S-Sakura-chan..." Hinata stuttered, trying to get Sakura's attention.

"Hm? Yeah? What is it?" Sakura turned her attention to Hinata.

"Look, it-it's Sasuke-san," she pointed up ahead. Sure enough, it was Sasuke.

"Eh! Look, it's the bastard!" Naruto pointed.

Sasuke approached them. "What a warm welcoming, dobe."

"W-Welcome back, Sasuke-san," Hinata said.

"Welcome back, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura chirped.

"Hn."

"So, you finally finished your mission, bastard?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah," Sasuke answered. "But Godaime-sama just offered me another mission."

"Offered?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah," Sasuke replied. "I don't need to go, but she offered me the mission anyway."

"What's the mission?" Naruto asked.

"Certain Akatsuki members stole some of the Kazekage's file of ninja datas. Word has it that the two members were seen lurking around the Fire Country's border. The mission is just to take back the files, but Godaime-sama said that I am allowed to kill the members if I want."

"But why would you want to kill them?" Sakura asked. "I mean, Akatsuki members are very strong, Sasuke-kun. No offense, but you'd be risking your life. What could possibly make you want to try to kill the members?"

One word answered everything.

"Itachi."

The whole day, Hinata, Sakura, and Naruto tried to convince Sasuke to not go on the mission. Their attempt ended in a failure. Sasuke still wanted to go on the mission. He said that it could be his only chance to kill Itachi. That evening, Sakura sat at her desk with her diary open in front of her.

Dear diary,

Naruto couldn't go on his mission after all, but it seems like Tsunade-sama has another mission for Naruto. Sasuke-kun came back from his mission today. But he will leave again tomorrow. He is going on a mission in hopes of being able to finally kill Itachi and avenge his clan. I don't want Sasuke-kun to go on this mission though...no offense or anything, but I don't think that he should risk his life just for revenge. Doesn't he care at all about Naruto or Kakashi-sensei or me? Well, I have to go sleep now.

The next morning, Sakura did not want to wake up. She feared that the diary may not work and Sasuke might go on the mission. She feared that Sasuke might die on the mission. After getting ready, she flipped through the diary.

Dear Sakura,

You are a very caring person. Sasuke will go on his mission today. He is still not powerful enough to defeat Itachi, but luck might allow him to win this battle against Itachi. Might. That is the keyword here.

Sakura stared for a moment before picking up a pen and crossing out the second sentence and every sentence after that sentence. Instead, she wrote down "Sasuke will not go on his mission."

Sakura finished bandaging up the left arm of her patient, a fellow male ninja. "Now, be careful. Don't use your left arm too much for an entire week. Tsunade-sama probably won't assign you any mission. If she does, come see me and I will completely heal your arm."

The ninja grunted. "But can't you just heal me now?"

"Nope," Sakura answered. "There are many more patients here and I need to save chakra to heal them. Healing you completely will take up more chakra. I will only do that when necessary. Well, see you, Ryo-san."

Sakura put away the materials and left the room. She glanced up at the clock; it was noon, meaning she was now on her lunch break. She head over to Ichiraku, hoping to find Naruto or any of her other friends. She arrived at Ichiraku after a while. Just as she had hoped, Naruto and Sasuke were there. Sasuke sat to Naruto's right, although he sat a seat over and there was a seat in between him and Naruto. Sakura went in and took a seat in between Naruto and Sasuke. After making her order, she turned to Sasuke.

"Sasuke-kun, you didn't go on your mission?"

"No," he answered, anger obvious in his voice. "All of a sudden Godaime-sama said that it might be too dangerous and she doesn't want to risk the life of a good shinobi."

"Oh, well that's too bad," Sakura said, putting on a sad face although inside she danced with joy.

"Hey, hey, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said. "Guess what, the Tsunade-obaachan just gave me another mission! And get this, this mission is even harder than the one she was gonna assign me!"

"Oh?"

"Yep!" Naruto exclaimed with joy. "See, the other mission was just a B-rank mission. This mission is an A-class mission! I am supposed to go and kill this one guy or something. They say he's been secretly working with some powerful Sound missing-nins. It seems that he's been paying the missing-nins to kill innocent people."

"Oh..." Sakura muttered. "Is...he powerful?"

"Nope! He's very weak, although very rich. He hires bodyguards."

"I see..."

"Hey, bastard, did you tell Sakura-chan about your new mission yet?"

"Huh? New mission? I thought that you weren't going on a mission."

"Oh, that," Sasuke said. "Yeah, I can't go on the mission with Itachi involved. But Godaime-sama said that she has another mission for me."

"We're not supposed to tell anyone, Sakura-chan, but I know for sure that Tsunade-obaachan is gonna make you participate in this mission too! See, the old hag realized that the snake freak is stealing some of her information. She doesn't know if he's working together with the Akatsuki people, though. She's decided she has had enough of Orochimaru and she wants Sasuke to be the leader of the mission of killing Orochimaru," Naruto explained.

Sakura couldn't believe it. She didn't mean for it to sound as though she thinks Naruto and Sasuke are not strong enough to handle someone like Orochimaru. It was just that she cared too much about their lives; she didn't want their life to be at risk at all. Naruto's loud voice broke her reveries.

"Sakura-chan?" he waved in front of her. "See, bastard! I told you, you shouldn't have taken the mission! Look what it's done to Sakura-chan!"

It was a long day for Sakura. Come to think of it, the days had all been long ever since she found that diary. After taking a bath and getting ready to go sleep, Sakura sat down in front of her diary.

Dear diary,

It seems that Naruto and Sasuke-kun aren't going on their original missions, but Godaime-sama has new missions for them. Sometimes, I wonder if maybe Naruto and Sasuke-kun are just fated to be gone all the time on difficult missions . Well, anyway I'm just glad that Sasuke-kun won't be facing Itachi any time soon. I think that it is better for him to fight Orochimaru instead. I have to go sleep now.

The next morning Sakura hastily got ready, eager to read what her diary had written in response.

Dear Sakura,

The mission to kill Orochimaru will be difficult. I am sorry but I will not be able to reveal to you the results of that mission right now; I am only capable of telling the events within the range of a week. Although Sasuke will not be facing Itachi, he cannot escape Itachi. Kisame will come soon for Sasuke.

Worry filled her eyes that Kisame would be coming for Sasuke. Picking up a pen, she crossed out the last sentence and wrote instead "Kisame will not come for Sasuke."

"Sakura! Ino is here to see you!" Sakura's mother called from downstairs.

Sakura quickly shut the book and went downstairs. What's sad about this scene is that Sakura didn't know the diary doesn't respond overnight. It responds after every entry. After being shut, the diary responded with its own words.

Itachi will come for you today.

Senko: That's all for now! Please review!