Naruto groaned as he stirred awake in his bedroom, a room which felt particularly empty due to the missing presence of his pink-haired girlfriend. He yawned loudly as he outstretched his limbs across the bed and smiled dreamily at the delicious smell emanating from the kitchen. He removed his blanket and got up from the bed, stretching his muscles while doing so. Naruto proceeded out the door and into the kitchen to see what the delicious smell was.
The blonde boy entered the kitchen and saw one of the most beautiful sights in his entire life. Sakura Haruno, clothed in his oversized shirt and boxers was plating up a breakfast dish consisting of bacon and scrambled eggs for the both of them.
"About time you got up." She said, smiling gently at the blonde.
"Did you cook this Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked as he inspected the food on his kitchen table.
Sakura nodded proudly as she saw her boyfriend staring hungrily at the meal in front of him, "Yep, I thought you could use something else inside your stomach besides ramen. We need you in top shape for our examination!" Sakura said as she finished placing the last strip of bacon on his plate.
"You're amazing Sakura-chan!" Naruto said as he sat down, making the girl blush slightly at his comment.
"It's nothing special Naruto-kun." Sakura said through her blush as she sat down at the table and began to eat her meal with him, giggling as she saw Naruto hurriedly devouring down all that was put in front of him.
Naruto stopped his rapidly paced eating and stared at his girlfriend, making her slightly worried. "It's not bad is it?" Sakura asked as she looked Naruto who had yet to open his mouth.
"No." He finally spoke with a small smile on his face, "It's perfect." Naruto said, looking at the girl in front of him.
"Then what's wrong?" She asked, obviously confused by the blonde's weird remarks.
"I… I can't really explain it. This just makes me feel really happy." He said, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head with a big, stupid grin on his face.
Sakura smiled gently at the blonde as she went back to eating her breakfast, occasionally looking at her boyfriend who was devouring his meal at twice the pace.
"Alright you two, here's how the trial will work." Tsunade said as she looked at the two ninjas before her.
"Your goal will be to grab the red flag in Kakashi's possession by any means necessary other than fatal harm, we can heal any injuries caused by ninjutsu or taijutsu quite quickly and easily so don't hold back. This will be designed to test your individual abilities and your abilities to work as a team. The test begins when Kakashi signals to start, you have till midnight to retrieve the flag." Tsunade said as she walked out of the field, joining Jiraya under the shade of the large tree.
"Piece of cake, Baa-chan." Naruto said, crunching his knuckles together.
"Alright, let's begin." Kakashi said, placing the flag in his back pocket.
"Wait, Naruto-kun!" Sakura tried to shout but Naruto was already rushing the Team 7 leader at an incredibly fast pace, ignoring his girlfriend who was visibly annoyed at his impatience.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as three more copies of himself emerged from plumes of smoke and began rushing ahead to attack Kakashi.
The first Naruto clone attempted a jumping kick at Kakashi but was swatted out the air by a quickly executed spinning heel kick while the second clone slid in behind the jounin sensei who jumped the clones sliding attack with ease, leaving the clone and the original Naruto rushing down Kakashi in a two-on-one assault. The clone was quickly dispatched with an elbow to the head while the original Naruto got a small amount of offence in before being kicked back to where he started.
Kakashi noticed Sakura was not with Naruto and began scanning the area around the forest for any traces of her, Kakashi was shocked that his student had managed to elude him for so long but was even more shocked that he saw her in the air about to hit him with a chakra enhanced blow, he barely made it out in time and was lucky he did. The crater Sakura had made caused Naruto and Jiraya to look at the girl with shocked expressions.
"That was very impressive Sakura; I forgot you've been training with Tsunade-sama as well." Kakashi said, giving the girl a one eyed smile.
Sakura didn't take time to respond to her sensei's praise as she knew he was just buying himself time. She instead continued to rush him down, hoping to keep the pressure on him, Sakura launched a flurry of chakra-enhanced strikes at Kakashi and smiled as the final one seemed to hit… a log?
"Watch out Sakura-chan!" Naruto called out.
"Substitution!" Sakura exclaimed in thought as she barely ducked under a kick from her sensei, she quickly retreated back to a safe distance next to Naruto who was already readying another attack.
"Hold on Naruto." Sakura said, as she placed a hand in front of her boyfriend.
"What's wrong Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked as looked down at the pinkette kneeling down in front of him.
"We won't be able to connect any blows against him one on one, we need to work together like Tsunade-sama said." Sakura ordered as she looked up at Naruto who nodded in agreement.
"Do you have a plan Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked as he conferred with his girlfriend while Kakashi looked at the whispering ninja.
"Hmm, he's actually listening to her and not running in like a brash idiot. Good job Naruto." Kakashi thought as he examined the flag in his back pocket.
"They've definitely improved; I won't be able to take them both on for this long. Not with Naruto's stamina coming in to play." Kakashi thought.
"Ready Naruto-kun?" Sakura asked with a grin on her face.
Naruto nodded confidently, "Yeah, let's do this." He uttered out as he tightened his headband.
"I hope this works…" Sakura thought as she began channeling chakra in her arm, a ball of what appeared to be lightning started forming at the base of Sakura's palm making Naruto look at her proudly.
"He didn't teach her that did he!?" Tsunade exclaimed angrily.
"Hmm, this girl's got talent." Jiraya thought with his arms crossed.
"Naruto!" Sakura said as she looked over at the blonde.
"Got it!" Naruto said as he began to create a rasengan in his palm without the help of a clone.
"So he's learned to do it correctly, huh?" Tsunade said, looking at Jiraya.
"It wasn't easy, but he did it." Jiraya said, smiling proudly at the boy.
Naruto smiled at Sakura who in turn smiled back at him as they both turned to face their sensei.
"Here we go!" They both said in unison.
Sakura charged her sensei at blinding speeds due her channeling chakra into her feet, the lighting emitting from the move was creating a large trail in the ground as she ran at her sensei. Naruto ran beside her as the rasengan swirled in his palm.
"They've really improved, I didn't think I'd have to use this." Kakashi said as he reached for his forehead protector.
The two ninjas smiled as they were about to hit Kakashi before he managed to barely move out the way with split second timing, Naruto and Sakura abruptly stopped their charge as they turned around to face their sensei's back.
"Well, that was a close one." He said, turning around to reveal the sharingan to his two shocked students.
"He's using the sharingan? That's unfair!" Naruto muttered.
"No." Sakura said with a smile on her face before speaking out loud. "He's using it because he's having trouble fighting us, we've got him on the ropes. Isn't that right Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura said loudly with a grin as she looked at her sensei who smiled at the girl proudly.
"You've learned to read a battle well Sakura, good job. Now let's do this for real." Kakashi said as he eyed both his students proudly before his look changed to something more serious.
Kakashi quickly summon two of his ninja hounds to who proceeded to charge at the students while he ran behind the hounds, creating seven shadow clones on his approach towards his students.
"Sakura-chan, I'll focus on the clones." Naruto said as he made seven clones to equal Kakashi and charged at them from the far right, avoiding the path of the charging dogs.
Sakura saw Naruto run wide of the dogs and dodged their charge herself by jumping over them while throwing a kunai with an explosive tag attached to it into one of the dogs, eliminating it from the battle.
Naruto and Kakashi's clones charged at each other, once the collided it was a war of taijutsu; Kakashi telegraphed each and every one of Naruto's attack, leaving the original Naruto on his own as the Kakashi's circled around him with smiles on their faces.
"Looks like I win this one Naruto." Kakashi chuckled slightly.
While Kakashi was smiling about his victory he heard the faint hiss of an explosive seal and saw that Naruto was holding one in his hand with a grin on his face, the jounin managed to get away but his clones weren't so lucky and got obliterated by the explosion.
Kakashi looked around and saw Naruto waving at him at a safe distance from the explosion; Kakashi gave his student a one eyed smile.
"How'd you do that, Naruto?" Kakashi asked, moving his head slightly to the left.
"When my clones were running towards you we ran in a wall formation. I went behind the wall of clones and made an extra clone, then I used a transformation jutsu to turn into a tree stump." Naruto said as he gave his teacher a thumbs up.
"Naruto… you've improved leaps and bounds." Kakashi thought as he looked at the orange and black clad genin.
"Naruto did that on the fly like that? That's ingenious." Tsunade said, quite shocked by what she had just seen.
"I told you, he's my student – He's inherited his teachers smarts." Jiraya said with a big grin on his face.
"This dog never gives up…" Sakura thought as she dodged yet another swipe from the large ninken.
Sakura had enough of dodging and finally decided to take action, she rushed some chakra to her hand and quickly jabbed the dog in his left front leg, effectively paralyzing it. Sakura gave the dog a sad look as she saw it whimper on the ground as it tried to move, "Sorry doggy." She said apologetically as she hit it once more, causing it to disappear.
Sakura was broken from her sad trance as she heard heavy impacting blows from behind her, she quickly rushed over and caught Naruto who was sent backwards by one of Kakashi's kicks.
"How'd you do?" Naruto asked groggily, panting in exhaustion.
"I don't like hurting dogs." She paused for a minute to reflect on her battle, "Make any progress?" Sakura asked.
"Barely anything, I can't get near him with his damn sharingan." Naruto said as he stood up from Sakura's grasp.
Sakura quickly healed Naruto of his injuries and exhaustion with her medical chakra as she looked at her sensei who was walking away from the battle.
"Where do you think you're going!?" Naruto called out.
"I'm taking a break." Kakashi said as he disappeared from the area, leaving his two students alone in the field together.
"We… We should go after him…" Sakura said in a tone that was both exhausted and determined as she slowly paced off in the direction Kakashi jumped.
Sakura made it almost a meter before collapsing into what she thought would be the ground; instead the blonde ninja leaned down and let her body impact on his back. Naruto lifted the pinkette up by her legs into a piggyback position and proceeded to walk into the forest with the girl in his arms.
"I… I can walk by myself Naruto." She said, trying her best to resist the comfortable feeling she felt.
"No you can't. You've exhausted a lot of chakra. Even an idiot like me can tell." He said, turning his head slightly to give her a view of his smile.
"Fine…" Sakura sighed in defeat, "What are we doing then?" Sakura asked the blonde who was carrying her.
"Kakashi said he wanted to take a break, so we will too. We still have plenty of time judging by the sun." Naruto said as he gently placed Sakura down at the base of a tree. Sakura tried her best to resist the temptation of passing out from chakra depletion but it seemed to have overtook her even when she was using all her will to fight it.
Naruto smiled as the pink-haired kunoichi gently shut her eyes as her body began to rise and fall with each drawn out breath, Naruto walked off down the path to gather some fire wood.
"Darn it, I can't see them anymore." Tsunade said with an annoyed grunt.
"It's alright; Kakashi will give us the rest of his evaluation anyways." Jiraya said, trying to calm the Hokage.
"You're probably right." Tsunade paused as she let out a long, drawn out sigh, "Come, we should head back to my office." The Hokage said as she stood up.
"Tsunade-chan, that's very kinky of you." Jiraya said with a perverted smile.
"Not for that, you idiot!" Tsunade exclaimed angrily before she regained her composure, "We need to talk about your next mission." Tsunade said as she looked the grey-haired man in the eyes as he nodded in response to her. And thus, the two sanin retreated back to the village.
Sakura awoke to a feel a warm sensation in front of her, she groggily opened her eyes to see a vibrant glow in front of where she had woken up. Sakura's eyes jolted awake as she realized that she was meant to be in an examination right now. She relaxed however when she saw her blonde boyfriend roasting a fish over the fire with a stick.
"Oh. hey Sakura-chan." Naruto said, giving the pink-haired girl a small wave.
"Naruto-kun? What time is it?" Sakura asked.
"Around six at night. Come on, you should eat." Naruto said as he passed the roasted fish over to Sakura.
"T-Thanks Naruto-kun." She said with a small smile as she took a few bites of the fish before handing it back to him.
"Are you feeling better now, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked, concerned over his girlfriend.
"Yeah, I'm fine you big loving goof." She said, reaching out and rubbing his hand as she sat up straight.
"So, what's our plan of attack boss?" Naruto asked as he looked at the green-eyed girl.
Sakura sat there in thought for a moment, letting her eyes wander over the flickering flames of the fire before her eyes widened and a happy smile spread across her face.
"I have one last idea, it's sure to work!" Sakura said with a confident grin.
"It's been a while. They better not have left me here." Kakashi said as flipped through to the next page of the book.
"Oh, Mokimichi! You scoundrel!" Kakashi exclaimed quietly with as he inspected the chapter closer.
Kakashi closed the book as he felt the familiar chakra of his students approach his position. Kakashi stood up and looked around the area as he pulled out his kunai, awaiting his students to attack.
"They're close." Kakashi said to himself before he felt the tree's rustle not too far away from his current position.
As if almost on cue both Naruto and Sakura jumped from the tree and were heading towards their jounin sensei before Naruto began opening his mouth.
"Kakashi-sensei, I know the final plot twist to Make-Out Tactics!" Naruto said as he landed in front of his jounin-sensei, followed by Sakura.
"Y-You're bluffing!" Kakashi said as his eyes widened in horror.
"I was in the room with Jiraya-sensei when he wrote it!" Naruto said with a grin on his face.
"The final plot twist is-"
"Shut up!" Kakashi said as he covered his ears, trying to avoid Naruto's spoiler.
"Oh no! I can read his lips because of the damn sharingan!" Kakashi exclaimed in thought as he shut his eyes desperately.
At last Kakashi was at peace, he wouldn't have to worry about Naruto spoiling anything for him. He sighed peacefully before opening his eyes and releasing his hands from his ears.
"We got it!" Naruto shouted happily as he jumped up in the air with the flag in his possession, Sakura also joined in and started cheering gleefully with the blonde.
"H-How?" Kakashi asked in shock.
"Never close your eyes on a shinobi sensei, and especially don't cover your ears." Sakura said with a smile.
"I see…" Kakashi sighed out in defeat before looking at the two students in front of him. "Good work, I'm proud of the both of you." He said with a smile.
Naruto and Sakura returned their sensei's smile before Kakashi approached Naruto and locked his eyes with Naruto's blue orbs.
"Did you really know the plot twist to Make-Out Tactics?" Kakashi asked.
"Nope." Naruto grinned sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head.
Kakashi chuckled as he ruffled the blonde's hair playfully, "Come on, if we hurry back we can catch Tsunade-sama before she leaves." Kakashi said as he jumped off, followed by his students.
"I see, so you've discovered where he can be found." Jiraya said, looking at Tsunade with a serious expression on his face.
"Yes. It's on the outskirts of Amegakure, The Village Hidden in the Rain." Tsunade said, passing Jiraya the scroll.
"So, what is it you want me to do?" Jiraya asked.
"You're to gather information, nothing more. Do not engage the enemy." Tsunade ordered.
"Alright…" Jiraya paused as he slipped the scroll into his pocket, "Tsunade-chan, in case I don't return-"
"What do you mean 'don't return'?" Tsunade questioned worriedly.
"You know what I mean…" Jiraya said as he took a serious pause, he felt the tone in the room change as he continued to speak. "Give Naruto this scroll, it contains information that he must know." Jiraya said as he looked at Tsunade before sliding the scroll across to her.
"You'd better come back, you idiot." Tsunade said as her voice began wavering.
"You never know when a plot twist can happen, Tsunade-chan." Jiraya said as he kissed the Hokage's hand before leaving the room.
Tsunade said there for what seemed like forever, mulling over her thoughts before the doors opened once more to reveal Kakashi, Sakura and Naruto.
"So, how'd it go?" Tsunade asked, trying to keep her composure in front of the ninjas.
"They worked extremely well together as a team and what's more, they were able to get the flag from me." Kakashi said as he saw Naruto hold the flag up happily.
"Naruto Uzumaki, step forward." Tsunade said as she made a hand gesture for the blonde to approach her.
Tsunade stood up out of her chair and approached the front of the desk where the blonde stood and looked him in his cerulean blue eyes as he looked back at her with a nervous expression laced across his features.
"Naruto Uzumaki, for your services towards the Leaf Village and your exceptional work in the ninja field I am proud to present you with the rank of Chunin." Tsunade said proudly as she looked upon the blonde who looked to be holding back tears.
"T-Thank you Tsunade-sama." Naruto said as he returned back to his place with a small smile present on his face, Sakura, Kakashi and even Tsunade were surprised by his sudden accommodation of manners.
"Sakura Haruno, step forward." Tsunade said as she called the pink-haired kunoichi over to her.
"For your remarkable work in the field of medical jutsu and your ability to work well with a team, I am assigning you the role of combat medic." Tsunade said as she gave the teen a small pin on to place on her shirt that would identify her as such.
"Wait, why didn't Sakura become a Chunin as well! She's just as good as me!" Naruto complained angrily.
"Sakura already became a Chunin quite a while ago, you were the only student from your class who had yet to become one, Naruto." Tsunade replied to the blonde who looked a bit deflated at her comment.
"It's ok Naruto-kun, I'm still proud of you." Sakura said with a smile as the returned to her place beside the blonde.
"Thanks Sakura-chan." Naruto said, feeling a bit more upbeat at Sakura's praise.
"Kakashi Hatake, step forward." Tsunade said as she looked the jounin in front of her.
"I am relieve you of your services as Team 7's jounin sensei." Tsunade said as she looked at the silver-haired ninja who nodded in response.
"Wait, what!?" Sakura and Naruto both said in response.
"You can't just get rid of Kakashi-sensei, Tsunade-sama!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Let me finish then, both of you." Tsunade said as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
The two chunin piped down as they listened to what the Hokage had to say, "Team 7 will still exist as a three ninja unit.. However you will all be treated as equals due to your ranks." Tsunade paused once more as she looked at the three in the room, "Kakashi will still have some lenience over you due to experience and rank but you will make your decisions in terms of how you will attempt missions as a group." Tsunade finished.
"Understood." The three said in unison.
"Now, get out of my office so I can go home." Tsunade said tiredly as she sat back down in her chair.
The three ninja nodded and proceeded out of the office accordingly, Kakashi looked at his two genin students who were walking hand in hand and smiled at them. "You two have really grown up…" Kakashi thought to himself as they proceeded out of the hallway.
"You did really good today, Sakura-chan." Naruto said as the two stopped at the front door of Sakura's parents' house.
"Thanks Naruto." She said, squeezing his hand a bit tighter.
"No, I mean it. You totally kicked butt." Naruto said, making Sakura blush a little.
"I should let you go eat dinner." Naruto said as he let go of his girlfriend hand, "Goodnight Sakura-chan." Naruto said as he went to leave he could feel Sakura tug on the back of his shirt.
"Maybe I don't want to eat yet." Sakura said with a naughty grin as she pulled Naruto towards her via his hand.
Sakura stood on the step so that her face was level with her boyfriends before she pulled him into a passionate kiss, giggling naughtily as she felt him press her closer to him. The two engaged in tongue warfare for the better half of five minutes before they heard an interrupting cough come from the door.
Naruto quickly broke the kiss and looked up at Sakura's father who was staring down at him quite heavily. "I-I'm sorry sir. I-"
"No, I intruded. It's my bad." Sakura's father said calmly.
"Dad?" Sakura said, confused.
"Naruto, do you want to come in for some dinner?" Sakura's father asked as he looked down at the blonde boy who he had to admit, had grown quite a lot in three years.
"Y-Yes sir. Thank you for your hospitality." Naruto replied as he followed the man in, Sakura entered behind her blonde boyfriend.
"Please, call me Kizashi." Her father paused as he called out to the kitchen, "Mebuki, we have a guest!" Kizashi exclaimed making Sakura's mother turn around.
"N-Naruto" Mebuki said as she looked upon the boy who now looked much more like a man.
"Hi, Mrs. Haruno." Naruto said as he bowed in front of the woman, making her giggle.
"I'm not the Hokage, silly. You don't need to bow for me." She said as the blonde nodded nervously.
The four took a seat at the dinner table, Sakura sat there quietly and prayed that her parents wouldn't do anything weird or awkward to the boy. Naruto and Kizashi began eating the meal that Mebuki had made.
"Is it good Naruto? I'm sorry if it's not enough. I didn't prepare for four people." She said sheepishly.
"It's fine Mrs. Haruno, it taste great." Naruto said, giving Mebuki a small smile.
10 minutes had passed and the group sat there eating dinner in relative silence until Kizashi decided to speak, "So Naruto, what are your intentions with my beautiful Sakura?" Kizashi asked, making Naruto choke on his food a little.
"Dad!" Sakura exclaimed as she hid her blush.
"Uh…. I guess I want to have a relationship with her, sir." Naruto said nervously.
"What kind of relationship?" Kizashi asked inquisitively.
"A… good one?" Naruto said as Sakura gripped his hand under the table to help ease his nervousness. This didn't go unnoticed by Kizashi.
"Do you want to marry her?" Kizashi asked, making both Naruto and Sakura turn as red as tomatoes.
Naruto looked at the pink haired girl and then looked back at Kizashi with his face still bright red, "Y-Yes. Maybe in a few years when we both have settled down a bit I'd like to marry her." Naruto said, looking Kizashi in the eyes.
"I assume that means having children one day as well?" Kizashi asked, at this point Sakura had her head hidden behind her hands, this was embarrassing for them both and her father knew it.
"U-Um, I… Ch..-" Naruto tried to stutter out before Sakura spoke for him, "Maybe one day we'll have kids, maybe we won't. It's not really the time to think about it yet." Sakura said as she squeezed her boyfriend's hand under the table.
"Hm, alright." Kizashi said as he stood up and ordered Naruto to do so as well.
"Naruto, you're not as bad as I thought you were and I'm sorry for my actions previously. I wish I'd put up more of fight but I guess it's time for her to grow up." Kizashi paused as he looked down at his daughter. "Sakura loves you, I can see that. Please… take care of her." Kizashi said as he shook Naruto's hand before he walked up the stairs, leaving the three remaining people with surprised expressions on their faces.
Mebuki smiled at her husband's retreating figure as he proceeded up the stairscase, "He may not show it, but he just wants you to be happy Sakura." Mebuki said, speaking out loud.
"Dad…" Sakura thought to herself with a wide-eyed expression as she smiled at her father for the first time in a long time.
"I'm going to bed as well, have fun you two." Mebuki winked, making the two blush slightly at Sakura's mother's suggestive tone.
"Naruto-kun, are you alright?" Sakura said as she looked at her boyfriend who still seemed to be standing in the same place.
"Did we just get permission to date?" Naruto asked as he turned around with a confused expression.
"I guess so…" Sakura replied as she stood up and hugged her boyfriend tightly, "Thank you for putting up with them, Naruto-kun." She said with a small smile on her face.
"Your father still scares me, Sakura-chan." Naruto hesitantly said, making Sakura giggle.
Sakura yawned as she leaned her head deeper against her boyfriends chest, she looked up at the blonde's blue eyes and smiled at him.
"I'm gonna go to bed, Naruto-kun," Sakura tiredly uttered out.
"Alright, goodnight Sakura-chan." Naruto said as he broke his embrace from the pink-haired girl and proceeded towards the door.
"N-Naruto-kun?" Sakura called out as she saw the blonde turn around to look at her, "Are you sure you don't want to stay the night? I don't think my parents would mind." Sakura said with a small smile on her face.
"I'd love to Sakura-chan, but I can't really sleep in your clothes." Naruto said, making the pink-haired chunin giggle and nod.
"I guess you're right. See you tomorrow then?" She asked, feeling remorseful about letting him go.
"Of course. Love you, Sakura-chan!" Naruto called out as he exited the door.
Sakura sighed for a bit as she proceeded to walk slowly up the stairs before turning around and looking at the door swaying open in the wind, "Screw it." Sakura said as she proceeded quickly down the stairs and out the door.
"Man, is that what it's like to have parents?" Naruto asked himself as he walked down the street with his hands in his pockets. "They sure are weird." He muttered with a small smile.
Naruto walked up the street for a little while longer before he heard the familiar voice of his girlfriend behind him, Naruto turned around to see the pink-haired kunoichi running down the street towards him. Sakura collided with Naruto and crashed her lips to his, Naruto responded by snaking his arms around her waist and deepening the kiss. After five long minutes of bliss the two finally broke their embrace, Sakura decided to speak up first.
"I… I don't want to be apart from you Naruto-kun, I don't know what it is but I want to stay with you." She said, gripping his hand lightly.
Naruto smiled at the pinkette and planted another chaste kiss to her lips before looking at his girlfriend of three years with hope in his eyes, "Move in with me then, Sakura-chan." He said, making the pink-haired kunoichi's eyes widen.
Sakura smiled and nodded at the boy as they passionately collided their lips together once more before embracing with smiles laced across their faces. "There's nothing more I'd rather do." Sakura said, taking his hand in hers as they proceeded down the street together.