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Not So Sweet

Chapter four: Not So Sweet Walk

'They say that time heals all wounds...but whoever came up with that cliché must not have known me...Haruno Sakura...' Sakura thought to herself as there team walked along in silence. It was the kind of awkward silence that made you nervous, and all Sakura could think was 'what if we can't bring him back?' The silence continued for about an hour before Sakura sighed to herself. She stared dragging behind Naruto and Kakashi. She walked a little slower until she just stopped. Naruto noticed this right away and stopped as there sensei continued to walk. He walked over to the spot she had stopped and asked her "What's wrong Sakura-chan? You haven't been acting yourself ever sense we got assigned this mission...I know Sasuke hurt you, and you're nervous, but we can do it. This might sound lame, but, you can do it if you put your mind to it!" Then he gave her his trade mark goofy-ass grin. She looked up at him, and she noticed a bit of nervousness in his eyes too. No matter how hard he tried to cover it up, she could see he was just as nervous as her. "I'm sorry Naruto... I guess I'm...just too weak...still..." She said trying to fight back tears as she slumped to the ground.

Naruto's grin faded as her put on a stern face and looked at her with bright blue eyes that no longer looked nervous, but determined. He looked into her almost teary green eyes and frowned at her, then told her, "Sakura-chan, you are the strongest Kunnoichi I know! You've even surpassed Tsunade! Ino isn't even a challenge for you, and your medical skills are unrivaled! You have nothing to be afraid of! Over the years you've grown so much! Look at you, you've got brains, and brawn, with an amazing amount of skill! I thought over the years you became more confident, but whenever it has to do with that bastard Sasuke...you act so weak, like you can't do anything...why? Why it that? Do you think you're not good enough for him? Is that why you act this way whenever it has to do with him? Why do you tell yourself you can't do it...when I know you can...and everyone else knows it too...but why? Why can't you see it? Why?" Naruto trailed off as he looked down at her with a now sad expression. 'Sakura-chan thinks she's so worthless when it comes to him...but in reality...She's probably too good for him...Why can't she see herself...the way I do?' Naruto thought as he looked at her. She was beginning to cry despite her attempts keep it in. She couldn't hold it anymore. She looked up at him with an angry expression; her eyes had a mixture of sadness and anger in them as she yelled at him "Don't you get it Naruto! I might be a little stronger, but so what! You've gotten way stronger too! But that only means...that he's gotten stronger! With the way he trains he's probably ten times as strong as all of us put together! And on top of that...on top of that..."she began to cry harder and looked down at the ground slumping her head in shame as her tone was now barley above a whisper "...he probably learned...the forbidden techniques...that are unbeatable...that...we...can't stop... He won't be afraid to kill us! He almost killed you last time he saw you...what makes you think...he...won't kill..." She couldn't even finish her sentence she was crying so hard. Naruto just looked at her as a new realization hit him. 'What if he is that much stronger?' Naruto just shook his head.

He continued to look at her as she cried. "See...I am too weak..." she told him. "I can't even stop crying...I'm a ninja, damn it...I'm not...not suppose...to cry...emotions are...they're a weakness...I'm just...just so weak..." He frowned at her, this was not the Sakura he knew, and then he said "Hey!" Sakura looked up from the ground to see his hand extended to help her up, she just stared at it confused. "Sometimes, a ninja needs a little help, even one as strong as you. Oh, and Sakura-chan...A ninja is still human." He told her with a grin on his face. She wiped her tears away and gave him a weak smile as she accepted his hand. 'That was the same thing Tsunade-shishou told me...maybe it is ok to cry...sometimes.' As soon as Naruto had her on her feet he gave he a big hug and told her "Everything is going to be fine, you wait and see! We'll bring him back! Believe it!" She gave an even bigger smile as he let her out of his embrace.

He then started to walk ahead hiding the blush he had. When he was a few feet in front of her, far enough away so she couldn't see his bright red face, he looked back giving her his goofy grin and said "We better catch up to Kakashi-sensei before we loose him!" She just smiled and said "Yeah! Oh, and Naruto...Thank you...I needed that..." She then started to walk toward Naruto as they continued toward Kakashi.

They had finally caught up to Kakashi after almost the whole day of walking. It was a good thing Sakura had packed a map, or they would be lost. Kakashi looked up at them as he sat on a log reading his book, and then looked back down to continue reading. As he stared at the pages he said to them "About time you two made it. This is where we stay for the night. The village is about an hours walk away. I walked ahead to see that it's heavily guarded... and entrance is nearly impossible. But we'll manage. It should be fun."

Sakura put her hair up in a high pony tail to get it out of her face, then closed her eyes and tried to imagine Sasuke's face. She wondered how much he had changed over the years. Naruto had gotten a lot taller, he still had the same blond hair, and bright blue eyes, but his body had grown in size and strength. He was now one of the hottest guys in Konoha; he even has his own fan club of girls like Sasuke had before he betrayed them. He had outgrown his favorite orange jump suit he used to ware all the time. Right now he was wearing an orange muscle shirt with loose black shorts that ended at his knees. Orange was still his favorite color, and he was still bent on becoming the next hokage...some things would never change. Sakura had changed though. She had gotten a little taller; she was just on the back side of the average height of women. She had also grown her once short pink hair long, to her mid back. She never put headbands in it anymore. She usually wore it down, and sometimes in a high pony tail. Her body had filled out; she was very fit, and had almost the perfect body. She even grew into her huge forehead that she used to constantly be picked on for. She used to be very pretty, but now that word didn't fit. She wasn't pretty anymore, she was beautiful. But she didn't see it. Whenever someone said something about her beauty she didn't believe them. She just didn't see herself as beautiful...no matter what anyone said to her. She wore a lot of pinks and reds. She loved skirts, and things that were comfy and easy to fight in. She wore very light make up, just enough to bring out her beautiful green eyes. She had become the beauty queen of Konoha, even if she didn't realize it.

She then sat down with her back resting on a tree as she tried to imagine how mush Sasuke had changed. 'He probably still had his deep onyx eyes, and raven hair...but I imagine his body is way hotter...and his face...oh I can't wait to see it! Even if it's the last thing I ever see, I want to see his face!' She just sat there and drifted to sleep, even if it was still light out.

Naruto was gathering fire wood while Kakashi was putting up a tent. After the two had finished they decided to leave Sakura alone. They knew what she was going through. So they went to find food without her...leaving her alone was their biggest mistake they ever made...

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