Sakura whipped out a kunai from who-knows-were and pointed it in his direction, "Stay away from me." She growled. Sasuke stepped back. Sakura dropped her knife onto the wet grass and gasped, "Sasuke?" she choked out. Before she could see anymore, Sasuke hit her on the back of her head and knocked her out.
Sakura woke in her house in her room, in her bed. Her parents were standing around her. "Sakura!" her mother exclaimed, smothering her daughter with a hug, "Your awake!" "We were so worried," Mr. Haruno smiled, "We found you this morning by the river. We thought you were dead. Did somebody kidnap you? Did you get in a fight? Hopefully no man touched you. You have a large bruise on the back of your head, look."
Sakura gingerly felt the back of her head, "Ouch!" she hissed. "I'll make you some tea," Mrs. Haruno suggested, "Stay in bed today. You're sensei knows you are here. You will not go to training today." "It's a good thing that Uchiha kid is gone," Sakura heard her father say to her mother, "I he was she would be begging to go!" Sakura sighed. They still thought she had a dumb crush on Sasuke. Every one in the village thought he was dead. Everyone except her and Naruto.
"Naruto!" Sakura exclaimed, "He wanted me to meet him today at noon." The pink haired kunoichi swung around to look at the clock on her bedside table. Ten a.m. good, she still had a chance to get ready and convince her parents she could go. Naruto had been extra nice to her since Sasuke left. She knew she had been saving her first kiss for Sasuke but she was growing quite attracted to Naruto. He wasn't the cutest guy in the village but he was the sweetest.
Sasuke wandered though the streets, his straw hat over his eyes so no one would notice him. He wandered in to a place in some sort of forest part of the village and collapsed. He felt his body become wet as rain pored out of the sky and soaked him but he didn't wake.
Sakura walked into the kitchen fully dressed and saw that her parents were gone. A note was taped onto the refrigerator. It read, important mission, Dad and I w ill be gone for two days. Stay inside. Sakura smirked. She ran outside and went to the bridge were Naruto said he would be waiting.
Sakura approached the bridge and Naruto jumped up and grinned. His smile faded though when he saw Sakura, "Sakura, you look sick." "Oh great!" Sakura moaned, "I didn't look in the mirror this morning. I must look like a complete bed head today!" Naruto smiled again and said, "I don't mind. Come on, let's get ramen. You look hungry and I have some money Iruka sensei gave me!" Before Sakura could protest Naruto grabbed her hands and half dragged her away.
"So," Sakura asked her teammate, "Did you ask me to come meet you jus so you could get ramen with me?" "Ah man!" Naruto exclaimed, smacking his forehead, "I completely forgot. After I finish eating I'll tell you." "Another round please!" Naruto yelled to the waiter guy, "and make this one beef."
As Naruto slurped down another steaming bowl of noodles Sakura wondered what Naruto had to tell her. "Since this is Naruto," she thought, "It can't be anything too important. Or can it?"