Here's the next chapter, guys. I hope that you like it!

"Hello": regular talking
'Hello': thinking
'Hello': Inner Sakura talking

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, then Naruto and Sakura would have kissed already

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Day 1: Do I like you?

Sakura was walking through the dark streets of Konoha. There wasn't a soul in sight and it was quiet, almost too quiet. How did she end up here? When searching through the mazes in her mind didn't help, she was getting a bit scared.

Her attention was suddenly drawn by a hard sound behind her. Already shivering from fear, she slowly turned around to see what it was. There was nothing there. The space behind her was empty. The weather was pretty bad, so there was a lot of wind today. The wind probably just caused something to fall over or something.

Taking a few minutes to regain her breath, she started to walk again. Looking up, she could see the moon shining. It was a beautiful sight. There were a lot of stars as well and it looked like that those stars were dancing around the giant light ball. But somehow she couldn't help but feel a bit anxious. Why was she getting this cold and empty feeling all of a sudden?

Shaking her head, she resumed her walk again. She hated to be completely alone at times like this. She had seen a lot of horror movies in her lifetime and now she regretted that. All of the scenes came back to her at the moment. She closed her eyes and shook those thoughts away. It didn't help to get scared now.

When she opened her eyes again, she suddenly saw a man in front of her with a giant knife in his right hand. The man was holding a bottle of sake in the other one. Her eyes widened when the man started to approach her with a twisted look on his face.

Quickly turning around, she tried to get away, but she stopped after taking two steps. There was another man with a giant sword on his back. He was wearing some kind of mask and she could see the smoke coming out of his mouth. This one closed in on her too and she got really scared now.

She quickly closed her eyes and started to scream. She stayed like this for a couple of seconds, but when the nothing happened, she slowly opened her eyes again. "What the hell?" There was nobody there. She looked around, but there was no sign of the two freaks. Had she imagined everything? Was it just some kind of stupid prank?

"Whatever you are doing, this is not funny!" Sakura screamed. The people who heard her had to think that she was a lunatic, but she didn't care. She was scared and she wasn't afraid to tell the world this.

When nobody answered, she sighed. 'It must have been my imagination…'

She started walking again, but looked around her the whole time. After turning a corner, she suddenly stopped. In front of her was a large street and in the end she could see the Haruno household. A smile came upon her face when she saw this.

But when she started walking, it became darker and darker. This didn't help, so she started running. She stopped after hearing some sounds again. Looking to her left, she could see that one of the trashcans was moving. Her eyes widened and she slowly approached it, grabbing a kunai out of her pouch just in case.

She slowly looked inside and she let out a sigh when she saw that is was just a little cat. "Don't scare me like that, little guy."

She turned around to head home, when she couldn't move anymore. "What the hell?!" She glanced down and was shocked to see that her feet were covered in sand.

"I couldn't kill you the last time, but I will kill you now!"

Sakura glanced up and saw the source of the voice. Her eyes widened and tears started to fall down. "No…" Before her was standing the demon that had almost killed her during the sound/sand invasion. In front of her was standing the sand ninja, Gaara!

She tried to get away, but it was no use. The sand was just too strong! Glancing down, she could see that the sand was climbing its way up. It was up to her knees now. She saw that the monster gave her a wicked smile before lifting his hand in the air. "I live only to kill! No die!"

"No!" She screamed before everything went black.

Sakura looked around and was surprised to find herself in her own room. "Was it…was it just a dream?"

Suddenly the door to her room opened and her parents came rushing in. Her mother sat down on the bed and started to hug her daughter, who started to cry when her mother did this. "There there, let it all out, my little flower."

"It was so scary. It was so awful." Sakura screamed through all the whimpering.

Her mother continued to hold her. The woman had no idea what had just happened, but she knew that it wasn't pretty. "It's okay, dear. Just let it all out now."

Somehow the crying started to get softer and after a few minutes it completely stopped. The girl stopped shaking and just enjoyed the warmth her mother was emitting. She glanced up and gave her mother a warm smile, although her eyes were still red from crying. "Thanks a lot, mom. I needed that."

The Haruno woman just smiled and released her daughter. Looking at her shirt, she couldn't help but smile. "You got my shirt all wet, little lady."

Sakura frowned when she heard the nickname her mother used for her, but had to smile too when she saw the huge wet spot on her mother's shirt. "I'm sorry, mom. Don't worry; I'll wash it for you."

"Don't be silly, sweetheart!" The pink haired woman said with a big smile on her face. "I am your mother. I am just glad that you stopped crying."

"Thank you, mom." Sakura said with a weak smile on her face.

Her mother saw this too and put the girl on her lap. Sakura tried to resist, but her mother wasn't letting her go. She had no choice but to surrender and made herself comfortable on her mother's lap. "Mom, I am not a little girl anymore, you know. I'm already fourteen years old!"

A smile came on the face of the woman. "I know, dear, but to me you will always be my little girl. So what happened, Sakura?"

The pink haired girl closed her eyes and laid her head on her mother's chest. "I just had a bad dream, mom."

"Just a bad dream? The way you were screaming and crying just now would indicate something else. Would you like to tell me what you were dreaming? Maybe it will help you calm down." The pink haired woman exclaimed with worry written all over her face.

Sakura sighed, because she knew that she couldn't hide anything from her mother. "Okay, it was a really bad dream. I was walking through the village and I was really scared. I was suddenly attacked by Gaara and then I woke up. I thought that he was going to kill me."

Her mother knew who this Gaara was, because Sakura had told her everything what had happened. She had been a medic in her younger days and she knew that an experience like that could cause someone to freak out. "Don't worry, dear. You're just going through a tough time right now. You were almost killed by that bastard and it is only normal that you have nightmares because of it."

Sakura's face fell and she began talking in a low tone. "I'm sorry, mom. But it was really scary. If it wasn't for my team mates, I would have been dead by now."

"I know, dear. And I am really thankful for those two." She took the hands of her daughter in her own and gave her a smile. "They saved my precious flower and I don't know what I would do without you."

Sakura got tears in her eyes again and embraced her mother with all the strength she had. "I love you too, mom."

The woman stood up and walked over to her husband, who had been standing there the whole time. "Breakfast is almost ready, dear. So hurry and take a shower. We are leaving in a few hours and I know that you still have to pack your stuff."

Sakura gave her parents a smile and started to get her clothes for today. "Alright, mom. I'll be right there!" The two left the room to give their daughter some privacy.

Looking outside, she could see that the sun was shining. She opened her window and the heat spread into her room. Opening her dresser, she grabbed a red short sleeveless shirt that stopped just above her bellybutton. She then grabbed her back ninja shorts and a short skirt to cover it. That would do for today.

Stepping into the bathroom, she laid down the clothes and grabbed some black underwear. She looked in the mirror and saw herself for the first time. There was no denying it. She just looked terrible. Her eyes were red, her cheeks were puffy and her hair was a mess. She definitely needed a good shower.

She turned on the water and took off her pyjamas. Stepping into the hot water, she let out a moan. The water felt good on her sweat-covered body. She still couldn't understand why she started dreaming about that again. She thought that she was over that by now.

Shaking those thoughts away, she grabbed a battle with shampoo. The bottle was pink and she started reading what it was. "Hmm, shampoo that smells like strawberries, eh. Mom got me a new one. I hope that it smells nice. Maybe then Sasuke-kun will start liking me more."

She sprayed some of the shampoo on her hand and started to rub it into her hair. It smelled really nice and a smile came upon her face. Then it suddenly hit her. Sasuke would be gone for at least five days, so he wasn't here today. So the boy couldn't smell it, even if he wanted to.

She sighed and stepped under that water again. The water mixed with the shampoo and the strawberry-scent became even stronger. Her hair felt softer than before and it smelled really nice. She had to ask her mother where she could get this shampoo.

Suddenly another boy came to her mind, her other team mate. The most unpredictable ninja in the world. She still wasn't completely sure about her feelings, but she knew that the boy was important to her.

She could still remember the events of yesterday. She had won their little race and she was still able to remember the face he made then. It was the mix between a pout and a smile. They then both ordered two cups of miso ramen and they ate it while talking about random things. Surprisingly, the boy was real fun to be with. He never stopped talking and he was even able to show some table manners. They talked about the vacation and the ninja life and even about her family.

One thing made her a bit sad though. They were talking about the trip Sakura was going on and then the boy suddenly whispered that he had nobody to spend the vacation with. Sakura knew that he didn't have parents and that Iruka would be too busy with his job. So the boy had nobody spend his vacation with. It was sad to hear and she was sure that the boy was on the verge of crying, but when she was about to comfort him, he gave her a smile and started talking about other things again.

She didn't want to leave too, but her parents told her that it was some kind of tradition to go there. She didn't know why though. To her it was nothing special and she wondered what made the place so special. "I'll go ask them sometime. It's not like I have something better to do there anyways."

She was now sure of one thing, though. The boy was not the boy who she thought he was. He was nice, he has a cute smile and he's fun to be with.

'I knew it. You just thought that he was cute. Are you forgetting about Sasuke-kun? I sure hope not. Although I too think that Naruto is cute, Sasuke-kun is the one for us.'

Sakura frowned when she heard that the voice in her head had returned again. 'Yeah, I think that you are right there. I don't know why, but I kind of find him cute when he smiles at me. It gives me some kind of happy feeling. It isn't the same feeling I get when I am around Sasuke-kun though. I just can't lay my finger around it.'

'What do you mean? What kind of feeling does he give you?'

'Well, whenever I am around him, I feel like I can be myself, you know. I don't have to pretend to be someone I am not.'

'Like you do with Sasuke-kun?'

Sakura thought for a while and wanted to protest, but she just couldn't find the words. She knew that her inner self was right. She always acted more mature around Sasuke and because of that she couldn't have any fun. She hated it sometimes, because it was boring as hell.

'You know that I am right.'

'Yeah, but why do I do that with Sasuke-kun and why don't I do that with Naruto?'

'Probably because you know that Sasuke-kun wouldn't like the real you and Naruto is almost the same as you and that's why you don't have to act around him.'

Sakura thought about this and knew that it was true. She knew that she could act like a little kid sometimes and she was certain that Sasuke wouldn't accept a childish girl as his girlfriend. So she had to act to make him like her, but with Naruto she didn't have to do that. She could just be herself and she liked that. She hated that acting and just wanted to express herself more.

'You know, I think that you are right. I don't know what this feeling is, but I will find out. I do feel that we have grown a lot closer the last few days. I can truly say that I see him as one of my best friends.'

'This is the smartest thing that you have said all day. I can't wait to grab that ass of those two boys, shannaro!'

When Sakura saw her inner self getting all exited, she quickly shook her head. She stopped the water and exited the shower. She dried herself with the pink towel she got from her father. Putting the towel on her head to dry her hair, she turned to the mirror. Her inner self could be so irritating. Why did she have to be so perverted? Her eyes widened when she saw the red cheeks in the glass. Why was she blushing?

'Just admit it girl, you're just as perverted as me, shannaro!'

When her cheeks started to become even redder, she quickly turned around. "I am not!" She quickly put on her panties and her bra and exited the room. Hopefully her other persona would stop being such a pest after exiting the bathroom.

'I'm just telling you the truth.'

'Can you just shut up? I have things to do, so I you don't mind.'

'Okay. But I will be back later.'

'I know…And now leave me alone!'

When the girl in her head didn't reply, she sighed. "Finally, I should really start asking rent for her staying in my head…"

She put on her clothes and then started doing her hair. It took her quite some time, but she was finally ready for breakfast. She wasn't a girl for nothing right, so she could take her time to get ready. Looking at her alarm clock, she could see that it was past twelve already. Just how long had she been sleeping. She couldn't believe it.

She walked down the stairs and headed towards the kitchen. Her head perked up when she smelled something nice. When she finally reached the place, she couldn't believe her eyes. The table in front of her was filled with pancakes, toast and bread. "What's the occasion, mom. We never eat this for breakfast."

Her mother flipped another pancake in the air and answered her daughter without turning around. "This is the last time that we can eat like this. So I thought why not. Why, don't you like it, dear?"

Sakura had grabbed a pancake before anyone could say something. "This looks great. Thanks a lot. I just love pancakes. Has anyone seen the strawberry jelly?"

"Here it is." She glanced to her side and saw that her father was handing his hand out with the jar of jelly in it.

Sakura took the jar and quickly put her spoon in it to put some jelly on the pancake. "Thanks, dad!"

Sakura's mother and father couldn't believe what they were seeing. Sakura was devouring one pancake after another. Table manners were forgotten as well. "Sakura, calm down. They won't walk away, you know."

"I know, dad." The pink haired girl said between bites. "But I just can't control myself when I see pancakes, you know that."

When she was finally done, she sat back in her chair and let out a sigh. "That was good!"

"So, what are your friends going to do on their summer vacation?" Her mother asked while sitting down next to her. She still couldn't believe that her daughter had eaten more than twenty pancakes.

Sakura turned to her mother with a thoughtful look. "Let's see, Sasuke-kun is away on a training mission. So I guess that I won't be seeing him for a while, but I don't see him very often aside from missions anyways. I think that he really hates it to be around me…" She sighed and shook her head.

"Naruto isn't going to anything. All of his friends are going away, so he doesn't have anything to do. I guess that he's going to train or something." Sakura frowned and stood up with a sad expression on his face.

Her parents saw this too and looked at each other. Giving each other a confused look, they turned to their daughter again. "Since when do you care about, Naruto? I thought that you hated him."

This shocked Sakura. "What do you mean, mom?"

"Well, you always complained how stupid and annoying he was. It was always Sasuke-kun this and Sasuke-kun that. You just said that he was in the way of your love life and that you hated him." The woman said with a stern look on her face.

Sakura's face fell. 'I really said all those things, didn't I? And I said them without a reason too. He just wanted to talk to me and I always pushed him away. But no more. I will be nice to him. I will make it up to you, Naruto.'

"I have changed my mind. I now see the real Naruto and I now see that I was wrong about him." The pink haired girl said with a smile on her face.

"Is that so? Well, I am happy for you." Sakura's mother then sighed. 'I am sorry, but you don't know anything about that boy, dear. I just hope that you can accept him with the being inside of him. He really needs a friend like you.'

Her mother then gave her daughter a smile of her own. "So, is the great Sasuke-kun replaced then?"

The woman started to laugh when she saw that the girl's face became beef red. "No, it's nothing like that, mom. We're just friends! I do feel like we are closer than before and maybe I like him, but Sasuke-kun is still the one for me."

The pink haired lady knew what was going on and she couldn't help but smile. Finally she was slowly getting over that stupid crush. "Okay, dear. If you say so. Then I have no choice but to believe you." The woman said sarcastically. "And what about Ino-chan? She used to be your best friend."

Sakura's eyes suddenly widened. "What time is it, mom!"

The woman looked at the clock and turned to her daughter again. "It's almost one o'clock. Why?"

The pink haired girl suddenly stood up and turned to the door. "I am supposed to meet with Ino in a few minutes. I'll see you at the gates, mom! My suitcase is under my bed and you know where my clothes are." With that the girl left the building, leaving two confused parents behind.

"So what do you think, Yuki?" The man asked her.

The pink haired woman sighed and shook her head. "She is falling for the boy. I kind of like the idea. That boy deserves someone like her to love him. And I hate to say it, but I think that she could use someone like him too."

The man sighed and stood up. "Well, I guess that I should be going now. I'll see you later." He walked over to his wife and gave her a deep kiss. "I love you."

"Love you too, sweetie!"

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Sakura was running as fast as she could. She didn't have much time left. It was already one o'clock and she had decided to go shopping with Ino today. She had to leave the village very soon, so she wanted to get there on time, but something had to go wrong of course. "Ino-pig is going to yell at me for this. I can't wait…Why did mom have to make pancakes today?! She knows that I can't restrain myself when I see them."

'Yeah, you looked like Naruto eating his ramen!'

'What the hell are you talking about?'

'Nothing, nothing, just hurry.'

Sakura was about halfway there now. Just three more long streets to go and she would be there. She turned a corner and was surprised when she saw a big blur of orange in front of her. "Shit!" She bumped into the orange blur and fell on her behind. "That hurt."

"Are you okay, Sakura-chan?"

Said girl opened her eyes. She knew only one person in the whole world who called her like that. She looked up to find Naruto with his hand outstretched. A smile appeared on her face and she grabbed his hand. The hyperactive boy hoisted her up and gave her a nervous smile. He knew that the girl could get pretty angry because of something like this. "Sorry about that, Sakura-chan. I wasn't looking...again."

"No, no, no. It's is my fault. I was running too fast and I couldn't stop in time. Thanks for helping me up though." She said with a smile on her face.

Naruto just smiled back with his foxy grin and started to scratch the back of his head. "You're welcome, Sakura-chan!"

Sakura smiled, because he was just the same Naruto as always.

'Hurry, say something to him. We can't talk to him for almost a week after this. If you really want to find out your feelings for him, you have to talk. Just say something!'

Sakura agreed with her inner self and started to think. When she finally thought of something she saw that Naruto was still smiling at her. "Thanks for last night by the way. I really enjoyed myself."

The boy's smile grew even bigger and Sakura couldn't help but smile back. He looked even cuter when smiling like that. "I am glad that you did, Sakura-chan. I really had fun too! I hope that we can do it again sometime!"

'This is your time to strike! Then we can reel him in and have our way with him, shannaro! He's not Sasuke-kun, but I am sure that we can have a lot of fun with him too!'

'No, you pervert! I am still not sure about my feelings for him. I still believe that Sasuke-kun is the one for me. And even if I do like him, I am only fourteen!' Sakura thought while taking a few steps. When she saw that the boy started walking next to her, she became happy.

"I'll think about it. Maybe if you behave yourself, we can do it again sometime." She said while looking forward. She didn't want the boy to know that she was actually thinking about it.

She was surprised when the boy suddenly stopped and started jumping up and down. "Oh yeah!"

Sakura put her hands in the air and shook her head. That boy really needed to grow up, although she found it kind of cute as well. "So what were you doing, Naruto?"

Said boy ran to her and then looked towards the houses in the southern part of the village. "I just came from Iruka-sensei. He had a bit of time, so we talked a bit. It was really fun. But he has a lot of work to do, so he won't be able to spend time with me for a while."

Sakura saw his sad expression and walked over to him. Placing a hand on his shoulder, she gave him a soft smile. "Don't worry, Naruto. Cheer up. When I get back from my vacation, we'll spend some time together, okay. So don't feel down. Sasuke-kun will be back by then too, so we can have a lot of fun together then!"

Naruto knew that the girl was still fond of the raven haired boy and it pained him to hear her say his name. The girl was really nice today, but he knew that it was just an act. But Sasuke was his friend too, so he was actually looking forward to seeing the boy again, although he wanted to kick his ass as well. Looking up, he gave her a smile, although it was a forced one. "Thank a lot, Sakura-chan!"

They then continued to walk towards the shopping district and nobody said something. Both were nervous and didn't know what to say anymore. It wasn't often that they were enjoying each other's company like this. But both didn't object either. Sakura got a funny feeling in her stomach and wondered if she really started to like the boy next to her. Glancing to her side, she was surprised to see the boy looking at her with a frown. "What?"

The boy walked over to her and stretched out his hand. "You've got something on your face."

Gently moving his fingers over her cheek, he removed the red stuff that was on her face. He brought his fingers to his nose and was too busy examining the stuff to see the red face of his pink haired friend. "It smells like strawberries. What is it, Sakura-chan?"

Quickly regaining her composure, she took a look at the red stuff and immediately knew that it was jelly. Mentally hitting herself because of her stupidity, she started to laugh nervously. She knew that she was blushing again too, but this time it was because of embarrassment. "It is jelly; I was in a rush while eating breakfast, so I forgot to clean my face. Sorry."

The boy suddenly started snickering and Sakura started to frown. She was getting angry now. "What's so funny?!"

The boy quickly stopped laughing, because he knew that the girl could get really angry. "You hit me all the time, because I get ramen in my face while eating, and now you are the same as me. Shame yourself, Sakura-chan!"

Sakura became even redder and couldn't help but laugh herself. It was the truth. Normally she wasn't like this. Maybe she was hanging around him too much. She lightly hit the boy on the head and then pointed a finger at him. "You know that I have to kill you if you tell anyone about this, don't you."

Naruto waved his hands in front of him to protect himself. "Don't worry, Sakura-chan! I won't tell anyone. I promise! And I don't go back on my word, because that is my way of the ninja!"

Sakura smiled, because she knew that the boy was true to his word. She suddenly realised that she still had to go to Ino. "Naruto, what time is it!"

Said boy quickly looked up to see the clock. "Almost two o'clock. Why?"

"Shit, I was supposed to meet up with Ino-pig!" Sakura almost screamed.

Naruto grinned and scratched the back of his head. "Then you are a little too late, Sakura-chan!"

Sakura started running and sighed. The boy was still as dense as you could get. "You think I don't know that, baka!"

The pink haired girl was surprised when the blonde appeared next to her with his foxy grin. She shook her head, but didn't tell him to go away. She was actually kind of glad. "I am a bit faster. I'll tell her that you are almost there." And then he disappeared.

'He's so fast. Maybe we can train together sometime. I still feel like I am a bit weak, but maybe he can help me become stronger. He's stupid and annoying sometimes, but he can be really nice when he wants to as well.' She finally reached the shopping district and looked around to find her two friends. "Where are they?"

"Sakura-chan!"

Said girl turned around and saw that the two blondes she was looking for were coming her way. She started waving with her hand until she saw the angry look of the female's face. 'Shit, the pig is angry…'

And she was right. Ino came her way and stopped right in front of her with a frown. She lightly hit the pink haired girl on the head before looking her straight in the eyes. "Where were you forehead!? I have been waiting for more than an hour. I was just about to leave when Naruto here told me that you were coming."

Although she wasn't happy with the nickname, she took a step backwards and started apologising. "Sorry, I overslept and bumped into Naruto on the way. I kind of forgot about the time. Sorry, Ino. I hope that you want to go anyways. I can still go to a few shops."

The furious blonde turned to the other blonde and when she saw that he nodded, she calmed down. "Okay, I forgive you this time, forehead. But you'll be in trouble if it ever happens again. And you let me hanging because of Naruto out of all people. You act like I have nothing better to do then go shopping with you. Well, let's go!"

Ino started to walk away and Sakura turned to Naruto one last time with a smile on her face. "Thank for the help, Naruto!"

"It was my pleasure, Sakura-chan!" The boy said with a smile on his face. The smile became a bit smaller though after a few seconds. "I guess that this is the last time I get to see you in a while. I hope that you enjoy your vacation."

Sakura's lips curled into a smile because of his smile, but she wasn't feeling that well. The boy wasn't happy and she partially knew why. She knew that the villagers hated him for some reason. After finally giving some attention to the boy, she was able to see all the glares that were sent his way. There were calling him things like 'monster' and 'demon' too. But she just couldn't figure out why. He wasn't the monster they made him out to be. He was one of the kindest people she knew. So why would those people hate him? Maybe her parents would know.

"Thanks a lot, Naruto. I hope that you enjoy yours as well. I'll come visit you when I come back, okay?" Sakura said with a small smile, although she had trouble doing so.

"That would be great, Sakura-chan! Well, I think that you should go now. I wouldn't keep Ino waiting anymore. She looks really scary right now!"

Both started to laugh now. Naruto turned around to leave, so that the girls could go shopping. "See ya, Sakura-chan!"

"Yeah, see ya, Naruto!" Sakura replied while turning around. She didn't know why, but it hurt to leave him like that. Bringing a hand to her chest, she tried to figure it out. It was like she was leaving a part of her behind with him.

She started to walk, when she suddenly heard her name. Turning around, she gave the boy a confused look. "What's wrong, Naruto?"

The boy didn't turn around and kept walking, so that Sakura couldn't see his face. When the boy didn't respond, she turned around again. Did she just imagine it or something? Shaking her head and shrugging, she was about to run towards her shopping partner when she heard his voice again.

"Your hair smells really nice today, it smells like strawberries."

Her eyes widened and she quickly turned around. The boy wasn't there anymore. Sakura couldn't help but smile. So there was someone who smelled it and it was no other than Naruto. She didn't know why, but her heart started to beat more rapidly and she could feel her cheeks burning. Why was she feeling like this?

'What are you getting so excited for? It was Naruto who said it, not Sasuke-kun?!'

'But I normally feel like this when I am around Sasuke-kun. What is going on?'

'Maybe because Sasuke-kun has never complimented you. And he has never paid attention to you. And I know for certain that he would never care about how you smell. Our dream boy has some flaws.'

Sakura really wanted to deny it, but she knew it was true. Her heart couldn't lie to her. A smile came upon her face. It was like she was seeing Sasuke in front of her, but it wasn't the raven haired boy…it was Naruto. And she liked the feeling, more than anything else. 'You're not done with me yet, Naruto. I am going to figure this feeling out no matter what.'

She was broken out of her thoughts when she saw Ino waving her hand in front of her. "Hey, forehead, you okay?"

Sakura just smiled and started walking. "I'm great, Ino-pig."

The blonde was confused and ran to her friend. "So why did you have that dreamy look on your face, Sakura? Were you thinking about him again?"

"Yeah, I was thinking about 'him' again." The pink haired girl said and her smile grew even wider, because she knew that they weren't talking about the same boy.

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"Where is she? She told me that she would be back at four o'clock." Sakura's mother said with a frown on her face.

They were supposed to meet at the gates of the village, but Sakura still wasn't here yet. Looking at her watch, she could see that it was already past four. Her daughter wasn't the type to come late. Yuki hated it. She could be a bit overprotective at times, but only because she loved her daughter. Sakura was the only child she had, so she loved her more than anything. She was about to get Sakura when a hand stopped her.

She turned to the man who stopped her with a confused look on her face. "I have to find her. What if something happened to her?"

"Don't worry, Yuki, she's already here." The man said with a smile on his face, while pointing towards the pink blur that was heading their way.

When Sakura finally reached the two, she sat down on the ground for a moment. The two adults could see that the girl had been running, because she was completely out of breath. "I am sorry, I forgot the time and shopping was so much fun. Look, I have even bought a new bikini for the vacation." Sakura said while showing the bags.

"I am happy for you, Sakura, but next time: come on time!" Sakura was taken back by the tone of her mother. "Do you know how worried I was? I have been waiting and waiting for you. Anything could have happened to you. You could have been kidnapped or you could have been raped or even worse: you could have been killed. I don't know what I would do without you, shannaro!"

Sakura sighed. "Mom, I am a kunoichi. I know how to take care of myself."

Yuki smiled and patted her daughter on her back. "I know, dear. But you're still my little flower too. Well, we have wasted enough time already. Let's go."

They nodded and started walking towards their new destination. Sakura took one more glance over her shoulder. The village was beautiful and the sunshine gave it an extra effect. She could hear her mother gasp at the beautiful side. A smile came upon her face. Not because of the sight she was now seeing, but because she was thinking about a certain knucklehead ninja again. 'I will figure out this feeling. That is my promise to you, Naruto.'

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AN: Finally finished the second chapter. I want to thank everyone for the nice reviews. I didn't expect to see so many of them and I am glad that you liked the first chapter.

Well, I don't know why, but the chapter became more than 5000 words again. I hope that you like the length, but I can't guarantee that every chapter will be so long. This chapter was more Sakura based and I think that the next one will be more Naruto based.

I hope that Naruto and Sakura are still in character. I am trying my best and the only thing that is out of character a bit is Sakura liking Naruto, although I believe that she liked him in the manga too. She will act a bit out of character, or else I can't make this story of course, but I will try my best to keep most of her in character. Sakura's parents will play a pretty big role in the story too. And you can see that inner Sakura is a pervert. The dream that Sakura was having in the beginning will play a role in later chapter too. Not much NaruSaku yet, but it will be there in later chapters. Hope you guys like fluff and mushy stuff ;)

I made a small edit, because after reading this, I figured that I went too fast with her feelings, so I have made some small changes. She still thinks that she likes him though. And someone pointed out that I used the word 'baka' too much and I agree with him. I hope that you still like the chapter though.

Well, I hope that the next chapter will come quickly too.

Please keep reviewing, because I want to know what you think of my story. I got really motivated today because I saw those nice reviews for the first chapter. You can flame me too if you think it is very bad. I didn't have much time, so I haven't checked the chapter, so if you see any big grammar mistakes you can tell me too. I will try to answer any questions asked in reviews.