Chapter Twenty-three: Getting Sakura
"Let's look for Sakura-san next!" said Lee.
"Why?" asked Sasuke.
"Yeah, Sakura-chan!" agreed Naruto.
"Oh, right, Sasuke turned Sakura away and called her annoying." said Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"So where would she be right now?" asked Naruto.
"You're her best friend. Where would she be, Ino?" asked Sasuke.
"Uh…polishing her forehead?" suggested Ino.
"That works! Where would she do something like that?" asked Naruto.
"Maybe at the hot springs?" suggested Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"She's obviously polishing her youthful forehead at a cemetery!" said Lee.
"That makes sense! Let's go to a cemetery!" agreed Ino.
They thought about going to a cemetery, and closed their eyes. Suddenly, they were there.
Sakura was sniffing, and tears were falling down freely. Her eyes widened when she saw the group.
"Sasuke-kun…you're back…" she said, still crying.
"You…were crying that whole time?" asked Sasuke, dumbfounded.
"What did you do to her, Sasuke?" asked Naruto angrily.
Sasuke shrugged. "I called her annoying."
"That's it?" asked Naruto. He looked from Sakura to Sasuke.
"Well…make her stop crying so we can go!" said Ino.
"What should I say?" asked Sasuke. He was already starting to look uninterested.
"Offer her one of my jumpsuits!" said Lee, showing Sasuke one of his extra jumpsuits.
"That's okay." said Sasuke.
"Say you'll give her a banana when we wake up from this dream!" said Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"Threaten her with a kunai!" said Ino.
"Won't that make her cry more?" asked Naruto.
"Hm…" said Sasuke, considering that option.
"Offer her ramen!" said Naruto.
"I'm right here you know…" said Sakura quietly, although she didn't stop crying.
Sasuke walked up to her. "Your forehead never looked better." he said.
"Really, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura stopped crying, and gave him a watery smile.
"Yeah. Have you been polishing it?" asked Sasuke.
Sakura nodded. "I was in a cemetery after all, so I had to look my best."
Then Sakura gestured to a grave. "That one popped up a little while ago."
"Here lies Uchino Sasukura." read Ino.
"That's the banana you ate!" said Naruto to Tenten.
"How sweet, it's our names combined!" said Sakura, hugging Sasuke. Sasuke tried not to call her annoying to prevent the previous episode from occurring again.
After a few moments of silence, Sakura took the hint and got off of Sasuke.
"Uchino Sasukura…but if Tenana ate it, what lies here?" asked Neji.
"The peels." said Ino.
"Peels full of youth!" said Lee.
"Should we bother looking for someone else? I like this cemetery…" said Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"Wait…didn't you eat the peels too?" asked Naruto.
"Come to think of it…" Tenten had a brief flashback of her peeling Sasukura, eating it, and then going back for the peels because she was so excited about the huge banana.
"Yes, I did." said Tenten finally.
"Shut up, banana freak."
"What lies there then?" asked Ino fearfully.
"Sa-sasukura's ghost!" stuttered Sasuke.
"We have to get out of here fast! Sasukura alive was scary enough!" said Naruto.
"Okay, okay! So who should we go after next before Sasukura rises from the dead to haunt us forever?" asked Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"What about Kankurou?" suggested Ino.
"Where would he be?" asked Sasuke, remembering that Kankurou was the most boring.
Suddenly, they heard a noise from Sasukura's grave.
"Anywhere! Let's go to a cave!" said Naruto quickly.
They thought about the cave and teleported there as fast as they could.