Update: Sorry for long update. I have been spending my boring summer days wasting life on video games. I so wish their was a Naruto MMORPG I will make it someday trust me. btw Writing this fic makes me feel better because I feel creative. Thank you so much for all the reviews! Upload also was being damn past few days.
and damn, i forgot to put my time settings before each setting in the last chapter.
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Chapter 4: The dinner
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9:43 A.M Konoha Hospital
The cherry blossom hair swayed on the side of her cheeks as she slowly closed the door. She began to think to herself as a battle broke out in her mind.
'You idiot, you just called him Sasuke!' she closed her eyes head a bit tilted towards the ground 'Yeah...but remember what you told yourself' she paused for a brief moment as she began to walk 'That after you bring him back you would begin thinking of him as a friend and nothing but a close friend' she began agree with herself. 'He probably didn't notice nor cared, in fact he probably sees you that way too.'
She then suddenly halted standing in the now empty white halls, Haruno Sakura touched her back of her hand remembering Sasuke's gentle touch. A couple of seconds had passed as she stood there playing what happened over and over in her mind. 'It was...nothing...right?' she then decided to stop thinking about it as she approached another door. Turning the knob slowly and pushing it lightly so that it wouldn't creak, she slowly looked inside.
There were two beds in the hospital room Sakura entered. One carried Uzumaki Naruto, who had a bandage wrapped all around the top of his head and several around his body. The other bed carried Sai who had a bandage wrapped around his chest just like Sasuke. The difference between these two laying figures was that Naruto was awake staring at the ceiling.
Naruto's eyes turned towards the door as he caught a peaking Sakura. Already excited and hyper he let out a smile along with his usual cheerful greeting.
"Hoi! Sakura-chan!" Sitting up with haste as if he wasn't hurt at all.
"Good morning, Naruto." she replied glad to see Naruto already well, she finally entered.
"You idiot, don't sit up that fast, that bandage took long to wrap on your hair!" Giving Naruto an angry face as she came closer.
"Eh, sorry Sakura-chan, but you know what? I don't need this wrap anymore!" taking off the wrap on his head to reveal that his wound had already healed. He pointed towards his head and smiled, "So this means I can be released already?"
"sigh Yeah, of course Naruto, but come on you aren't gonna train already are you?"
"Of course I will, because I will be come Ho-" Sakura smacked Naruto in the head to cut him off, "Ouch! Okay, okay, I think Iruka-sensei wants to have lunch with me anyway!" beginning to drool.
Sakura nodded smiled, "That's better. Has Sai waken up anytime yet?"
"Nope, but I heard the nurse say he'll be in the hospital for a long while." Sakura looking a bit concerned at Sai.
"But...Sakura-chan. I need to know something."
"Eh?" Sakura raising an eyebrow.
"I can't remember exactly...what happened yesterday in the middle of fighting with Sasuke. I could recall the nine-tailed demon starting to take over and telling me things in my mind...It was like I couldn't control myself. It kept telling me to kill Sasuke over and over. Is... "
"Naruto, Sasuke is just fine in fact he'll be out tomorrow." Sakura gave him a smile to assure him everything is alright.
"That's great then!" Naruto then felt a rumbling in his stomach, "So...hungry, I'm going to see Iruka-sensei for some ramen, want to come?" he asked sitting on the bedside putting his shoes on.
"Ah, sorry Naruto I can't...in fact I have to see Tsunade-sama right now, I'm so late." remembering that Tsunade only gave her 5 minutes, when it's already been 10. Waving goodbye to Naruto and a unconscious Sai, she quickly rushed outside to get to the Hokage's office un-eager to meet an impatient sensei.
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9:50 A.M Sasuke's Sleep
The little blue Uchiha kept running and running. Shadowy figures of those he once loved standing in places he once remembered. He looked at them trying to make little gestures for some attention. He was in a place burnt in his memories, every time he goes through it, he wishes more and more that he would just vanish. Vanish from all those painful stabs. There he stood again, the one who always wins. He began running from him, running again, and again, but the street he ran through never ended.
"Foolish brother...don't forget your hatred."
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Still same day, 11 P.M On the streets of Konoha
The stars were shining bright tonight and the moon lighted the walkways. Despite being pretty late at night, the dirt streets of Konoha was still a very busy place with tons of people looking for any restaurant that was open or rather that had space. Jounins, Chunnins, Patrol guards, ANBU, they were all looking to relax with their friends drinking away and stuffing themselves.
Sakura on the other hand was looking forward for her cozy soft bed that awaited for her every night at this time, the tempting smell of all the restaurants around her kept making her think twice, but her legs kept begging to just get home. She would've agreed with her legs, however she knew it was gonna change when she heard that familiar voice. "Fore head!"
"Sakura!" turning to her head to see her blonde haired best friend along with the shy as always Hinata. "Good evening..." still a bit shy even if Sakura was a good friend.
"Oh, hey Ino. Hey Hinata. What's up?" a rather tired looking Sakura replied.
"What do you mean what's up! Everyone's celebrating for the victory and your heading home! That is so not right!" Ino protested in her hyper voice, noticing Sakura's tired eyes.
"Eh, well I was sort of tired heh..." scratching her pink hair.
"Your coming with us! We won't be too late." demanded the blonde.
"But..." Sakura tried to protest, but Ino grabbed her arm and started pulling her away. Sakura defeated decided she is a bit hungry.
"It'll be fun, trust me. The guys are already there and gasp come on before Chouji eats it all!"
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BBQ Grill Restaurant 11:06 PM
Despite being one of the crowded nights of the year, they all managed to get a table since Konoha Shinobi get first priority for the night. At the table the four boys Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba and Chouji were already fighting over the portions of BBQ.
"Chouji that's MINE!" growled Kiba trying to separate his meat on the grill.
"Hoi where did mine go, that's mine Kiba!" Naruto yelled pointing at the meat as Kiba and Naruto began arguing.
"Actually Naruto your piece is about to go in Chouji's mouth" Shikamaru said lazily with his head leaning on his hand and elbow as he organized his meats carefully.
"Noooo! Chouji that's mi-" Naruto suddenly stopped trying to prevent Chouji when he heard Ino's voice.
"And how much have you guys eaten!" putting her hands on her hips.
"Hoi Sakura-chan! Ino-chan! Hinata-chan! heh." he waved towards the three girls who just arrived at the table. The guys turned and waved at them also as they all sat down to have a a great time.
BBQ Grill Table 11:30 PM
The night went by as everyone was busy eating and having conversations about the latest movies, sports, places and anything that wasn't related to jitsu. Shikamaru was complaining about the latest movie as Naruto argued it was the best movie ever. Hinata was feeding Akamaru who was sitting on her lap as Kiba and Chouji conversed about meat. Sakura and Ino were busy conversing about life until it came to the subject on guys.
"So Sakura, what do you think of Sasuke?" Ino asked as she picked up some tea to drink.
"Well he's recovered pretty fast despite having a serious wound in his chest, but what can you say I must have great skills" she joked to Ino, who smiled but it soon turned into a concerned face.
"Eh, that's not what I meant forehead. I meant how do you feel about him now?" Ino asked curious.
Sakura knew Ino was always interested in her love life however Sakura barely ever talked to anyone about it. Sakura looked at her food for awhile, she herself didn't even know what she felt about Sasuke.
"I...don't really know." she answered hoping that it would satisfy her.
"What? Well do you at least know if he's interested in you at all?" Another question Sakura was hoping to avoid.
"I don't know either?" letting out a smile as she scratched her head.
"Sakura, I don't even know if that's a question or a answer...but I'm really worried about you. It's not healthy for you to be working all the time and not even date!"
"Like your dating anyone." Sakura said to try and change the subject to Ino.
"Well at least I am dating, but that's not the point! That's it Sakura I'm going to find you a date! "
Sakura sighed, "I really don't think I have the time"
"Well I will surprise you with someone, trust me! Give me a week, okay?"
"Fine whatever." Sakura answered starting to feel really tired.
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Outside Sakura's Apartment 1:00AM
The temperature was pretty cold and the streets had cleared up however not completely empty. With many drunk people heading to their homes from a night of celebrating with friends. Despite Konoha being one of the safest villages to walk in at night and for the fact that she could probably kill them, Naruto still insisted to walk Sakura back home as he usual does after getting together with friends.
"Ah, that shrimp tempura hit the spot! I could eat a thousand more of those!" Naruto said satisfied of his non-ramen meal.
"You know Naruto eat too much of that and you'll get too fat to train." Sakura joked looking at the close shops she sees every night.
"Hah! With Kakashi's training tomorrow I could clean out the ocean." making a hand gesture to hold his excitement back inside.
"What! We have training tomorrow?" starting to look worried reminding her that tomorrow is the day she would bring Sasuke to stay with her at her apartment. She kept trying to remind herself to not think of Sasuke when she was with friends, but she couldn't help thinking about cleaning her place to at least give it a good first impression.
"Yeah Sakura-chan! Uh, I wonder if Sasuke will rejoin our team." with his arms now over his head and his thinking face.
"He can't join our team..."
"Eh but why! Granny Tsunade is out of her mind! I'm gonna talk to her tomorrow!"
"Don't forget that that Sai is still on our team you know." feeling as though she had to defend her sensei even though she agreed with Naruto.
They stayed quiet for a bit and soon enough they found themselves at Sakura's outdoor apartment complex and soon enough they arrived at Sakura's door as Sakura unlocked it.
"I'll see you in the afternoon, Sakura-chan!" Naruto waved as Sakura waved back. Naruto began to jog back home as she unlocked the door to her apartment.
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Sakura's Apartment 1:15AM
Eyeing around her pretty decent sized apartment thanks to her high waged medical job, people would expect a medic-nin as careful as she was would be tidy and organized. Her apartment was far from tidy with many books all over the carpeted floor and a lot of useless junk all around. She entered to her main living room/kitchen and turned her head to the what was once a kitchen counter.
'What the hell is that!' she screamed in her head looking at a huge pile of dirty dishes and a very messy kitchen counter filled with wrappers of who knows what.
'Crap what am I gonna do!' She was torn between trying to clean her place or getting her so long awaited sleep. She yawned as she covered her mouth and began looking for the clock which was probably buried under all the scrolls piled up on her desk.
'Let me at least make space on the couch for Sasuke-kun' and then it hit her again, the original way she used to say his name. She began to think maybe he would be uncomfortable staying with her, but reminded her that it was too late. 'Do I still love him...?' she asked herself but didn't seem to answer. 'Well I don't think he feels that way... just like before... I want us to at least be friends' assuring herself once more that she will not let her feelings destroy her friendship bonds with Sasuke.
'Enough of that nonsense. The bed is calling you!' Sakura quickly took piles of books off her couch and stuffing it into the book shelves. Picking up all the jitsu powders, scrolls, and other medical ingredients off the floor and placing it on her desk, she felt that her apartment was pretty decent now. Satisfied, she moved on to her bedroom which was much more tidy compared to her living room and finally falling into deep sleep on her queen-sized soft bed.
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OMFG this chapter was SASUSAKU LESS. Nooooooooo, thus rendering this another useless chapter. I feel depressed that it was SasuSaku-less.
Thus next chapter will definitely be filled with SasuSaku FILLED TRUST ME! It will be loaded that you will explode. I dream of the story and plot every night before I go to sleep.Review please ! Extra stealth word count increaser.