Hello my dear readers, I apologise for the lateness, but I've just been having this mind-wracking block, and I know what I want to write, but I just cn't seem to be able to write anything… --'

Obviously, I'm not gonna stop writing, that'd be just stupid, but it might take a while until the next update, but I'll try to make the next chapter really quick.

I apologise in advance for the shorteness of the chapter, but I'd rather post this than wait 2 weeks to post a longer chapter, I'm sure you'll be happy with my decision.

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Saturday, March 15th

"Kakashi-sensei, why are we doing this again?" The blond whined and flicked an ant from his jacket.

"Be quiet Naruto." The silver haired man scolded, to which the blond Hokage-to-be huffed and flicked yet another ant that was trying to go up his jacket.

"Why do we have to hide under the bushes Kakashi-sensei? Can't we ju-"

"Just be quiet Naruto." The older man scolded, annoyed at the blonds' whining. Naruto glared at the older man and flicked another ant from his jacket, couldn't the ants just leave him alone? They were as annoying as hell when you had to be under a bush, spying on someone.

"I still don't understand why we have to be under a bush." Naruto mumbled and squished a couple of ants, then sending the tiny corpses flying away from him.

"Just be quiet Naruto, we're under a bush because this way we'll be unnoticed." The blond mumbled something incoherent under his breath, squished some more ants and then huffed, spying wasn't something exciting, and it certainly wasn't something he liked to do.

"Stupid Teme." He mumbled and squished some more ants, then sending them flying away from his jacket.

Chapter 18 – Spying, feelings and confrontation

Saturday, March 15th

They sat on a rooftop, observing the scene below in amusement.

"Ne, aniki, why are they here anyway?" he looked at the girl next to him and shrugged. Yes, he knew they were there looking for her, but if he told her, she'd just be confused.

"Whatever the reason is, they should really get a better hiding spot, ne Hayu-chan?" the girl next to him giggled and nodded.

"Yeah, and be more quiet." She added. From their point of view, they could see Naruto and Kakashi hiding under some bushes, the blond kept mumbling and squishing or flicking ants, while the silver haired man kept scolding the blond.

"They're funny aniki." He grinned, it was quite amusing seeing them spy on the Uchiha survivor, especially since said Uchiha still hadn't noticed them.

"Ne, Hayu-chan, are you hungry?" just as she was about to answer, a load stomach growl was heard from bellow. They both looked to see a whining blond and a sighing silver haired male.

"I'm hungry Kakashi-sensei." Whining.

"Be quiet Naruto." Scolding.

"But I'm hungry." Whining again.

"Naruto, shush." Warning and scolding.

"You're buying me ramen Kakashi-sensei." Mumbling followed by huffing.

"Just be quiet Naruto." Annoyed mutter followed by a sigh.

"Score!!" excitement. "I'm so gonna eat until I can't walk anymore." Evil plotting while rubbing hands together.

"Naruto, shut up." Annoyed and defeated.

They both burst out laughing, if they really were trying to pass unnoticed, they were doing a lousy job at it.

"So, what do you want for lunch Hayu-chan?" the girl tilted her head to the side lightly and put her index finger over her lip, thinking. After a few seconds she turned to him with a grin.

"How about Onigiri and Tempura?" he nodded and grinned.

"And then we'll eat cake!!" he cheered. She grinned and took his hands.

"Cake!! Cake!! Cake!!" they cheered while jumping up and down.

Later that day

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the bushes on the other side of the street leading to a park, ignoring was becoming annoying. He could hear mumbling, whining and scolding coming from 2 people he knew.

"Ne, Kakashi-sensei, he disappeared." He smirked when he heard the blond and saw the 2 males look around looking for him. They were so underestimating his abilities.

"What are you doing here?" the 2 males jumped to their feet and then faced him, disbelief visible in their faces.

"Teme." Naruto yelled pointing an accusatory finger at him. "How'd you know we were here?" he asked in confusion. He rolled his eyes.

"Dobe." He mumbled and then started to walk away. "And stop following me around." Naruto turned around and ran after his old team mate.

"Oy Teme, don't you dare ignore me, you hear me, don't you dare ignore me." Kakashi watched as the 2 boys argued and followed them, after so much happened, they didn't change.

"Shut up Dobe."

"Don't call me Dobe Teme, and you shut up."

He sighed, they were acting like when they were genin, and, somehow, that brought a smile to his mask-covered face, because it meant they weren't enemies any longer, rivals, perhaps, but no longer enemies.

Sunday, March 16th

It was a beautiful day. The sun was high in the sky, there were no clouds visible, the birds chirped happily and there was only a warm breeze flowing by. All in all, it was a perfect day. At least almost everyone considered this day a perfect one.

"Damn it." a nicely trimmed raven black brow rose as the blond kept mumbling under his breath.

"Why can't these fuckers just leave me alone? Damn it." a smirk made its way to the Uchiha avenger's lips, because Naruto was being assaulted by an army of ants, he kept flicking and squishing them, but more just kept coming. And the amusing thing was, the ants were only crawling over the blond.

"This is no fair, you guys aren't being almost raped by ants." A chuckle was heard from the silver haired man at Naruto's whiny comment.

"Be quiet Naruto." The blond huffed and mumbled something incoherent under his breath.

"So, where are they?" he looked at his sensei (wasn't it supposed to be ex-sensei?) and then at the esplanade where people were having their lunches and pointed at a table in the far right, right next to the cliff railings. Two people were there, a male and a female, the male had his back to them and the female was facing them, in some way. She was laughing happily, emerald green eyes shinning as the sun washed her skin with its rays.

"Are you sure, it doesn't look like her and we never did see the guy's face."

"It's her." He stated, he knew it was her, even if it didn't look like her.

"Like, Teme, Sakura-chan would never paint her hair." Naruto butted in.

"Well, she did Dobe."

"And she'd never dress like that."

"Well she does."

"And she'd nev-" his eyes twitched and he turned to glare at the blond.

"Shut the fuck up Dobe." The blond glared but shut up nonetheless.

"Tell me Sasuke, how can you be sure it's her?" he glanced at Kakashi and then back at the couple having lunch.

"I just know."

"That's not a good explanation Teme, you're not Kami-sama to know everything." He sighed in annoyance. One thing he liked about Oto was that he always went on missions alone, so no one nagged him like what was happening now.

"The seal." He stated but didn't say anything else.

"Interesting." He heard Kakashi mumble but paid no heed to it, he needed to find an opening to get closer to Sakura, but the guy she was with seemed to always be around, which was quite annoying.
"When are we going to eat, I'm hungry." Naruto complained, his stomach growling.

"This time I have to agree, we should eat something." He narrowed his eyes and contained the groan that wanted to come out.

"Fine." He gritted out.

"Ne, aniki, do you think they know we know they're spying on us?" he glanced back at the group sitting 2 tables away from theirs and shrugged.

"I don't think so." he faced her and remembered he had something to tell her. "Ne, Hayu-chan, can I ask you something?" she smiled and nodded.

"Of course you can aniki!" he nodded to himself, and contained the urge to refer himself in the third person like he always did, it was as difficult as taming a band of wild animals, the damn kink was just hard to suppress, he had it since he could remember, but since he was with her, he had to contain it and measure his words, especially since they were being spied on.

"Ne, Hayu-chan, if you found out I was a really bad person, would you still be my friend?" she tilted her head.

"What are you talking about aniki, you're not a bad person." He shook his head at her.

"But if I was, would you?" she stared at him, and seeing that he was, indeed, serious, she smiled.

"Of course I would, you haven't done anything bad to me, so why should I care about what you did, ne?" he let out a sigh of relief that he didn't knew he had been holding.

"Then I wanna show you something later." She grinned.

"That means we'll have to play with the 3 little mice over there ne?" he grinned at her, she had such a wicked mind sometimes.

Monday, March 17th

After a good night of sleep, feeling save and protected, she was in a good mood. Her aniki had already taken everything to their meeting point, so she just had to get ready, pay the old lady that owned the inn and then go meet him at around 4 p.m. where he had told her.

She smiled at herself in the mirror and ran her index finger over the small piercing on the far right of her lower lip, it was a small hoop with two edges that ended in small spikes. She liked it, and it took the whole 'innocent and weak' out of her, it gave a more dangerous look. The piercing and the different hairstyle did the trick.

But no matter how dangerous she looked, she smirked, she could still make any kind of man fall on his butt with just one glance. She'd tested it, and it had worked.

With one last grin at herself, she turned to the bed and looked at the remaining of her gear. She had already dressed the black shorts and skirt, the purple strapless-top, this one was simple, over a mesh shirt, the black sleeveless vest, half zipped and the black boots. She took the pouches first and put them on, then the arm guards, covering up the dragon-like seal on her right arm, after that she took a black thin ribbon and pulled her hair up in a ponytail, the small braids being more visible, and leaving some bangs out on the left side of her face. To complete, she slipped the katana between her belt and skirt, making sure it would stay in place.

And she was ready.

She walked out of the room, and when she reached the lobby, she paid the old lady with a smile and walked out of the inn.

After taking a couple of steps out of the inn, she looked around, using her perfect chakra perception (or so her aniki said) to find out where the group that had been spying was. They were easy to find, the copy-ninja was near a fruit stand in the busy street, the Hokage-to-be was chatting with some kids, and the Uchiha survivor was a little away from the other 2, hiding in the shadows. She noticed that, as soon as she had left the inn, almost all the male population started watching her.

She started walking, knowing that, even if she looked dangerous, some guy was bound to approach, which was what she was hoping for, because, she had been remembering things, more specifically, feelings. She remembered feeling stepped on, ignored, underestimated, she also remembered someone calling her weak, pathetic, a hindrance, also, someone always stepping in front of her, not letting her fight, and empty promises of 'it'll be alright', and when she had remembered those feelings, the faces of the 3 males that were following her came up.

A couple more steps, and a male came up to her. He was quite handsome, a lean and well-built body, ocean blue eyes, messy light brown hair and a shinobi attire, his hitai-ate around his left upper arm. A Kumo shinobi.

From the corner of her eyes, she saw the 3 males spying on her narrow their eyes at the male approaching her.

"Hi!" he greeted with a slight grin. She smiled at the male and greeted him back.

"Hi!" he stopped in front of her, and she stopped as well.

"I'm Akira!" she smiled again and started walking, he followed next to her.

"I'm Hayuki!" the guy seemed pleased with himself, and she contained the giggle forming, for someone named 'intelligence' he didn't seem that bright.

"Can I ask you something?" she tilted her head and looked at him. She saw his cheeks turn pink as he fidgeted with the hem of his shirt. "Well… etou…" she giggled and then reached a hand up to his face. When her fingers traced his cheek his face turned a deep shade of red. She winked at him, and he gulped, his body shivering.

"Maybe some other time Akira." She walked away from him, a smirk plastered on her lips as she heard a light thud, signalling her that he had fallen to his butt, and raged breath, signalling her that the poor guy had fallen under her charm.

Her eyes glanced at the shadows to see a slightly shocked raven haired male, glancing at the other 2 males, she saw shock in their faces too. She presumed she'd never done something like that, that they knew about at least.

She glanced at where the Uchiha was, seeing that a teen near him was eyeing her as well. Said teen was carrying a wooden box with oranges.

Turning her attention to the teen, she winked at him and then watched in amusement as the teen blushed a dark shade of red and then dropped the box, the oranges rolling away. Oh, she was good at this, she could make a man fall with just one look.

A smirk settled on her lips, playing with the male population was sooo much fun.

Deciding to take a step further, she looked right at the Uchiha survivor, not stopping her walk, but locking his gaze in hers all the same, he looked as if he was seeing a ghost.

She gave him her most wonderful smile and then blinked innocently at him, like a true seductress would do, minus the revealing your body part.

She smirked in amusement when he leaned against the wall to steady himself, although his eyes never left hers and he had a, somehow, blank expression (like always), but she could still see the turmoil she'd caused in him.

He took a step forward, and the moment he started walking she knew she had found someone worthy to play her game with.

Her eyes moved to look at the other side of the street, and she saw the blond teen, his mouth agape, looking at her in shock, while the silver haired man was looking just as shocked.

She ran her eyes over the street, the male population was quiet, eyeing the raven haired boy (more like glaring) and some watching her.

Her smirk never left her lips as they walked closer and closer to each other, and when they were less than a feet away, they stopped, eyes still locked.

For some reason, her seal pulsed, almost painfully, as if something was pulling it.

"Sakura." She tilted her head, he looked so cold, but she managed to perceive some emotion in his voice, something she had the feeling did not belong to him.

"Is it really?" she had no idea if Sakura was her name, but somehow, she didn't liked it, because if it was, it was probably given to her because of her pink hair, and she could bet that, with that name, she was viewed as a fragile little porcelain doll.

"Stop playing games." he was giving her an order, but she merely smiled.

"Who said I was playing games." She took a couple steps forward, stopping next to him. "And it's Hayuki." He looked at her and she smirked. "If you're supposed to take me back, then try and catch me." His eyes narrowed when the next seconds she was on a roof nearby.

"Did you see that Kakashi-sensei? She just… walked away."

"And she's fast." Kakashi added, she had simply disappeared and then reappeared in a roof. And from what he had heard from the small talk between her and Sasuke, she didn't remember them, she was probably amnesiac, maybe a consequence of the coma.

"So that's why she didn't recognize us back them." And the fact that she hadn't recognized them made sense now.

She stood in the roof, and as they looked up at her, she looked down at them, something akin to sick amusement in her eyes, accompanied by a an amused smirk. Her eyes lazily moved from them to the raven haired male and her smirk widened.

When Sasuke looked up at her as well, she smiled at them and waved.

"Bye bye!!" she cheered and turned her back to them, starting to walk away in the roofs.

Blue eyes lowered to watch his best friend/rival. Said best friend/rival looked pissed. Taking a few steps forward into the street, he walked closer to his best friend/ rival.

"Ne, Sasuke-teme, what do we do now?" the boy didn't turn to him, just clenched his fists and kept glaring at the girl walking through the roofs.

"We go after her."

I hope you all enjoyed, please give me your opinions about it, I know it may seem that it goes too fast, but it had to happen some time.

Also, please, if you have any ideas for the next chapters, things you'd like to see happening, don't hesitate to tell me, it really helps!!

i just remembered, if anyone could help me out and give me a possible summary for thio story, it'd really help, 'cause i'm not really good with summaries!!

I don't have much more to say, so…

Just one last thing, I was getting tired of my pen name, and, somehow, it doesn't suit me, I think it never did, so I'm changing it, it'll no longer be 'Yoi Kaori', i was thinking of changing to Tsukimi, which means viewing the moon, and I really like watching the moon, but unfortunelly, it's already taken... i also like Yukimi, which means viewing the snow, but it's also taken, so i don't really know what i'll choose...

Anyway… I'l stop rambling now!!

Love you all very very much, and even much when you review!!

Kaori-chan!! (for now)