Three hours into walking they decided to take a break.
Sakura sat on a log near the lake to catch her breath. Crouching over she filled up her canteen. She saw another person sitting beside her. Seiko, she knew instantly.
She sat up hastily.
"Did he tell you to stay away from me? Figures," Seiko stated, Sakura instantly knew he was talking about Sasuke. "The loser."
Slap! Sakura's face flushed in anger as she slapped the boy. "Never talk about my Sasuke-kun like that," she yelled and left with a huff.
Seiko touched his red cheek and smirked.
Sakura mumbled and saw Sasuke leaning against a tree.
Sakura's eyes bugged out. 'Did he see me hit Seiko for insulting him?' she asked herself, blushing. 'Hell yeah! We so kick ass!' Her Inner self tried to reassure her. Not that Sakura ever listened to what she had to say.
Sasuke smirked smugly at her and walked over to where Naruto was sitting and Kakashi was reading his book, Sakura trailing behind.
"Can we go now?" Naruto questioned looking at the two of them.
Kakashi's eye drifted from his book. "Where's Seiko?" he asked.
"Right here," Seiko replied appearing next to the tree.
"Then let's go," Kakashi stated, everyone once again walking at an according pace. At the rate they were going it would take thema few weeks to reach the Sound.
That nightSakura found herself unable to sleep under the night's sky so she shifted positions in her sleeping bag, facing a slumbering Sasuke. He had his eyes clenched tight and sweat on his face. He was making slight cries into the night. 'Must be having a nightmare,' Sakura told herself. It happened to Sasuke a lot. The pink-haired kunoichi put a hand on his cheek and the Uchiha tensed. His eyes slowly fluttered open and he clasped her delicate hand in a reflex. His breathing slowing, he let go of her hand.
"Sasuke-kun daijoubu?" Sakura questioned in concern.
Sasuke gave a stiff nod. "Go to sleep, we have a long day ahead of us," and with that said, he turned onto his side away from her.
"Oyasuminasai (1) , Sasuke-kun," Sakura said and closed her eyes but they opened right back open when Sasuke whispered, "Oyasuminasai, Sakura." Sakura fell to sleep with a visible smile on her face. Making sure she was asleep, the emotionless male ran his fingers through the cherry blossom's pink locks.
Little did he know a pair of black eyes was watching him.
Sakura let out a big yawn, the sun shining in her face. She sat up from her sleeping bag.
"Konichi-wa, Sakura-chan," Naruto stated and Sakura replied with a small wave.
Rubbing her eyes, Sakura reached into her pack and brought out a brush, gliding it over her soft locks.
"Can we go yet? It's already past sunrise," Seiko complained.
Sakura started to wrap up her sleeping bag and she set it in her backpack. "Let's go," Sakura stated, standing up. Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi walked ahead but Seiko seemed to linger beside her.
Glancing back at them, Sasuke gave Seiko his death glare. "Come on, Sakura don't trail behind," he said shifting his gaze to Sakura. The girl of the team nodded and ran up to the three others. Seiko stayed behind them, keeping his distance.
"Kakashi-sensei, what do you think of him?" Naruto asked his former teacher.
"Who?" Kakashi questioned looking down at the blonde.
"Sasuke-teme-look-alike," Naruto answered.
"He doesn't look like me," Sasuke stated, his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah, right. He's exactly like you, Sasuke" Naruto said rolling his blue eyes.
"Hn," Sasuke turned his head.
"Well, he doesn't seem too bad," Kakashi responded to Naruto's earlier question.
"I think he's hiding something," Sasuke implied, glancing over his shoulder.
"Don't fret too much, Sasuke," Kakashi told his ex-pupil.
"Maybe we should just give him a chance. We shouldn't judge him before we even get a chance to know him," Sakura suggested. 'Cha! Yeah right! He's a complete jerk!' Her Inner self seemed to disagree.
"Tch, fat chance," Sasuke mumbled.
"But Sakura-chan, he's like Sasuke, so he isn't going to be exactly friendly," Naruto complained.
"That didn't stop us from being friends with Sasuke-kun, now did it?" Sakura questioned.
Naruto pouted. "I don't like this one bit, Sakura-chan. It's not only the fact he isn't very nice, it's just there's something weird about him," he stated.
"Well, Naruto, you're weird yourself, so you should get along just fine," Kakashi stated.
Naruto grumbled.
"At this pace, we should get to the village of Sound in aboutthree days," Kakashi calculated.
Sakura bit her lip. Inthree days, who knows what Sasuke and Seiko would do to each other? She knew one thing for sure: It wouldn't be pretty.
(1)- Good night
Gomen! This took me forever, I had exams at school and my nose was stuck in the books. Sorry for the wait! Happy Holidays everybody!
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