Different
Different
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"Hi"- talking
Hi- Inner Sakura
Hi- Outer Sakura
Recap: When I got home, I went straight to my room. Without any dinner, I changed into my white nightgown and jumped into my bed. I fell asleep immediately.
Chapter Five: Warming Up
Sakura's POV
It's been a long time since I've had training with the rest of my team, mostly because we've developed a habbit of training by ourselves. Naruto mostly trained with Jiraiya-sama. I trained with Tsunade-sama, Kakashi-sensei, and sometimes Kuenai sensei. Sasuke Trained with Kakashi-sensei to improve his Sharingan, and did a lot of sparring with random Konoha nin, trying to pick up different styles of fighting. We never learned techniques together as a team anymore, and only occasionally met to spar eachother.
When I arrived at the bridge, Sasuke, of course, was already there. I don't get how he is able to come so early every day. What bugs me is that Naruto is always a couple minutes late, therefore leaving me with the Uchiha for a good amount of time.
Our mornings are always the same. I come to the bridge. I ignore him. He glances at me. He looks away. I sit down to read a book. We wait for the others in complete silence. We're both too stubborn to change the routine, at least, until today.
The routine went the same up to the point where I was reading a book. I had borrowed a book on water ninjutsu from the library. These days, ninjutsu training has been my biggest interest since it was the only way to catch up with my teammates. I was in deep concentration trying to comprehend how to perform a certain technique, when suddenly, he talked.
"You read a lot."
His statement took me by surprise, so it took me awhile to register what he had said in my head. I probably looked pretty stupid there, looking at him, dumbfounded.
"Yeah…..I do."
We were both silent for a while. It was very awkward. I thought about going back to reading my book, but he began walking towards me, breaking the three yards barrier I've kept ever since he came back. He leaned over to see what I was reading. His onyx eyes quickly scanned the page I was on, and focused his attention back on to me.
"You know water ninjutsu?"
"….a little."
"Since when?"
"…Since you came back. I've been having Kakashi train me."
"…Why…you're already strong enough as it is."
"I'm nothing compared to you and Naruto…and I don't want to be known as the weakest link on squad seven."
"…You're not-"
"SAKURA-CHAN! SASUKE-TEME! OHAYO!!"
Great, now he shows up. And I was really looking forward to hearing what Sasuke was gonna say. I guess life just isn't fair that way. It was the first non-violent conversation the two of us have had since he cam back. I think he's finally warming up to me, and so am I. Too bad Naruto had to come and ruin it for us. I stood up and bonked Naruto on the head.
"OW! What was that for Sakura-chan?"
"It's for being so loud you baka!"
It was also for interrupting the conversation. I glanced at Sasuke. Somehow, he was able to return to his original position, three yards away from me, without anyone noticing. He had an uncaring face and was acting as if nothing had happened between us. Typical Uchiha. There's no way he'd show any knd of affection towards me in public, even if he was talking to me before.
-poof-
"KAKASHI-SENSEI! YOU'RE LATE!"
"Be quiet, Naruto. Be grateful I wasn't as late as usual. Now come on, we have a mission."
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