Chapter Five: Haruno Sakura's greatest day...

"Hmmm...Sasuke-kun has been thinking about weather or not to ask me for a really long time. I wonder if he's come to a descion yet..." Sakura thought to herself. Innner Sakura then, of course, had to put in her two cents...

" Cha! If he left me hanging for this long and then says no i'm gonna be SO mad!" Inner Sakura raged.

"Knock Knock!" Knocked the door, Sakura hopped up.

"MAYBE THAT'S SASUKE NOW!" She thought hopefully. She quickly glanced in the mirror on her way to the door to make sure her hitai-ate was on straight.

"HI SASUKE!" Sakura said happily as she opened the door. Sasuke wasn't standing there though. Just a very confused Naruto. "...Oh...It's you...Well, what's up Naruto?" She said trying to be nice and not sound too dissapointed and failing miserably at that.

"Ummm...hey Sakura-chan. Say, did you see Hinata? She's walking around dressed up like you." He said. Naruto was originally going to ask if Sakura had seen Sasuke so Naruto could rub it in Sasuke''s face that he had a date. But judging by her greeting Naruto deducted that she in fact had no idea where Sasuke was.

"Yeah, I did that. OH! Did you talk to Hinata lately?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah! Hey, did you know she had a huge crush on me? Man, that was news to me!" Naruto said while chuckling a bit.

"...You are SUCH a baka Naruto..." Sakura said, marveled at his cluelessness.

"Anyway, we're going to Ino's dance together. Are you going with Sasuke-jerk?" asked Naruto thus, getting hit in the head by Sakura.

"...I dont know..." Sakura said sadly. "...He just left me hanging. He always says no so I don't know why he wanted to tourture me this time..." She said close to tears. Naruto still considered her a good close friend, so naturally, to see her this sad it made Naruto pretty pissed at Sasuke.

"It's okay Sakura, " He said as he wrapped his arms around her in a brotherly hug. He fealt his jacket begin to get wet. He knew she was crying. "It's okay..."

"...(sniffle)...Thanks Naruto, I really don't know why I'm crying."

"...Well, you better stop. My jacket it getting soaked..." He said laughing.

"OH! Geez, I'm sorry Naruto." Sakura said.

"Well, I have some very important genin busniess to take care of so I have to go. Are you okay Sakura?" asked Naruto.

"Yeah, I'm fine now. Thanks Naruto." She said.

"M'kay, see ya!" Said Naruto as he went off on his way to Sasuke's house to brag.

"HEY SASUKE!" Naruto Yelled.

"What do you want Naruto." asked Sasuke.

"Why did you leave Sakura hanging like that!" Naruto asked angrily.

"Why do you care?" Sasuke asked. "Are you going to ask her out?"

"No, I have a date already." Naruto said.

"Who in their right mind is going with you?" Asked Sasuke skeptically. He was a little bit peeved that Naruto had a date before him.

"Hinata." Naruto said in a 'matter-of-fact' tone. "Now, do you know how upset Sakura is!"

"I was on my way to her house now you idiot..." Sasuke said. Then without even saying another word Sauke just continued on his way to Sakura's house.

"...YOU JERK!" Naruto yelled after him as a last-ditch effort to save his pride. Then he went off to Ichiraku ramen shop for a bowl of ramen.

"I can't believe I'm doing this." Sasuke thought as he Knocked on Sakura's door.

"SASUKE!" Said Sakura suprisedly as she saw him standing on her doorstep. "What are you doing here?"

"...Sakura..." Sasuke began. "...Will you accompany me to the dance?"

"Yes! Of course I'd love to go with you!" She said Happily.

"Well, I really only had a minute to ask you that, I have to go train now." Sasuke said.

"...May I come along?" asked Sakura. Now she knew very well odds are he'd say no thinking Sakura was nothing more than something to weigh him down.

"...Sure..." He said, Inner sakura was going crazy by now.