Cherry blossom's puppet

By

Faithxlink

Chapter two

Kankuro stood in his spot next to Amika. He had heard Naruto but he saw Sakura's face. She had slipped out of her chair and started running. She had a reason to run. "Kankuro, who's that?" He looked up to where the brown hair girl was pointing. "Oh that's my friend Naruto" Amika nodded and took a closer look at the blonde boy. She always did have a thing for blondes too bad she was engaged.

Kankuro ran his hand through his hair. He remembered Sakura face when she saw him. That's not what he wanted to see. He had been thinking about her ever since she left Suna. He glanced at Amika. Her dull brown hair and unexciting smirk could never measure up to Sakura's bright pink hair and sunny smile. The thing he missed most about Sakura, her smile.

But on her face just a moment ago wasn't a smile. It was a face of regret, sadness, and maybe disappointment. It made him wish he never listened to Gaara. He watched Naruto shout something about never mind and running off.

"Hey Amika, I'm not feeling so hot. I think we should back to the hotel we're staying at" The girl blinked her eyes. "You've never been one to be knocked down so easily" Kankuro gave a fake laugh. "Well yeah I know, but it might be the climate change or something" Amika rolled her brown eyes. "Oh come on, you expect me to believe that? I want to see the Hokage Monument, they don't have that in Rock Village" Amika pointed to the mountain with faces carved in it.

"Yeah, Maybe you should go. I don't think I can" He turned and started walking. He knew one thing, Amika maybe not be bossy but she has ways of making you do stuff. "But Kankuro! You are going to be my husband" She shouted. Kankuro cringed at the thought. It made him think of what he lost. He kept walking though.

He felt lost. He didn't know why. He knew it wasn't because he was in a new village. He just didn't know what to do. It was like being lost in a way.

He watched the people walk past him not even noticing his suffering. Why should they? They didn't know him. Only his sister and brother did. Sakura did. He clenched his jaw. He missed her. He always missed her.

He thought about her when he woke up in the morning and when he went to sleep. It was like her face was carved into his memory. He regretted ever getting engaged. It wasn't his fault anyway.

He jumped up on a nearby roof. He sat down letting his legs dangle over the edge. He heard something. Almost like sobbing. He turned around to see an open window. He quietly edged toward the window. It sounded like a girl.

"Oh Sasuke-kun, How could he?"

He heard a shaky voice say. The voice sounded familiar put he couldn't place it. He got a little closer. He could see the girl's back. Short pink hair feel above the girls shaking shoulders to a red shirt.

Sakura.

The girl put her hands to her face and let out some more tears. "I t-thought that he l-liked me, for once s-someone did…S-Sauke-kun, you should have saw his bride to b-be" She sobbed. Kankuro knew she was talking to Sasuke but why would she go to him? Wasn't she over him?

"Oh S-sasuke-kun, she w-was so better then m-me, she d-didn't even have a b-big forehead" He saw the girl lean forward. Looked like for a hug. How dare Sasuke, hug his girl. He knew Sakura wasn't his but jealous was getting the best of him. It was quiet for awhile. Just the sound of Sakura's little waterfall.

"Sasuke-Kun, I love you so much, you wouldn't go off and get married like Kankuro did" That did it. How could Sakura do this to him? He had to get married. Sakura just can't replace him like that.

He jumped to the window sill. He saw Sakura look over at the window sill. In her arms she was holding a raven furred cat. "Oh" he dumbly stated. Sakura glared at him. "What are you doing here?! Get out you loser" She walked over to the window still about to the window.

Kankuro jumped in and landed on a couch. "Get out of my house" She stood over him with her hands on her him, Her green eyes glaring at him through tears. She looked so sad but mad at the same time. "Sakura wait!" He said trying to get up from the couch. He didn't even know why he jumped though the window in the first place.

"No!" She shouted. She picked up a pillow about to hit him with it. Kankuro saw her and hated what he did to her. He couldn't see her like this. He jumped up from the couch and avoid the pillow by moving to the right. Sakura still looking at him with anger.

"Kankuro, I ha-" Kankuro couldn't hear her finished that sentence. It would break his own messed up heart. He quickly grabbed her and kissed her. He couldn't help himself. Sakura dropped the pillow and was stunned. For a second she forgot she was mad at him. Only for a second though.

She gently pushed him away. She still couldn't forgive him. Not now not never. Even though she had been waiting for this moment forever she couldn't forgive. "I'm sorry, Sakura" Kankuro pleaded. Sakura looked at him with tear filled eyes and a broken heart.

She took his hand and let him to the door. Kankuro sighed. "Sakura please" She gently pushed him out. "Kankuro, I will never forgive you" She said with one last glare she closed the door. Kankuro clenched his teeth and made his hands to his fist.

"How can I be so stupid?!" He shouted. He punched the stone wall of Sakura's apartment. He imedently he bounced back and flung his hurting fingers out. He wiggled them shouting ouch. He fell back on the wall and sat down. He leaned against it looking at his knees. How could he be so stupid?

"Kankuro?" He looked up to see Amika. The start of all his problems. "This is your fault!" he shouted at her. "What do you mean it's my fault? I didn't do anything!" Kankuro stood up and glared at her. She was the start of all his problems.

"Your stupid village just couldn't fend for itself now could it?" Amika gave him a odd look. Kankuro usually didn't lose his cool. She was the one know for doing that. "Are you okay?" Kankuro stomped his feet and gave Amika a nasty look then jumped up to the roof tops. He started jumping toward the place they were staying while they were in kohona.

"Hey Wait!" She shouted. She may not know Kankuro that well, it was an arranged marriage, but she did know him a little. He didn't just get up and run away, that was more Gaara's thing. She may not like Kankuro but when she had to move in with him he was welcoming. Then when she had been upset about her father he had made her feel better but her and Kankuro weren't like that.

She made him do countless chores and they fought like cats and dogs. Should she go after him? Or just let him run? After five seconds of thinking she went to go finishing her shopping. She couldn't help but wonder about Kankuro, but she did meet someone on the monument. It was that blonde boy from earlier.

"The village is so pretty from up here!" She shouted out to the air. "It is pretty isn't it" a voice from behind her said. She turned around to see the kid from the Ramen stand. He looked about her age though. She was younger then Kankuro.

The boy stood next to her. "I'm Naruto" Amika nodded. "Amika" She stated. "I saw you with Kankuro earlier" Amika sat down on the grass. "Yeah, we're engaged" She felt the boy's shock. Could it really be that shocking? "Seriously?" He said. Amika looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "Yes, how is that so shocking?" Naruto sat down next to her. "I just thought Kankuro had a girlfriend"

That's a thought Amika never really had. She didn't really think much about Kankuro. Maybe it was about time she started to. "I didn't know that…" She looked at Naruto and saw his face brighten. "Hey look!" Amika looked out to see a bunch of blue butterflies. She gasped at the sight. The sun reflected the bright blue of the wings. "It's so pretty" She looked at the blonde strange. The blue of his eyes were reflecting the butterflies.

"Naruto…" He looked at him. "I think messed up Kankuro's life…" She stood up and started walking.

Naruto seemed like a good person. Meeting him on the mountain was good. How could she fix what she had done and who was Kankuro's girlfriend? There was a lot to do in so little time to do it. Maybe she'd fix it after shopping.