Sakura Petals
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
A/N: I want to finish this fanfic and then carry on with my other fanfic. It sounds easier to me since I'm busy. Enjoy the chapter!
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Chapter 4
Tournament
A week passed and it was finally the day of the tournament. Sakura warmed up in the changing room by practising her swings. Kakashi peered through the door.
"Are you girls ready?" He asked.
Everyone nodded and followed their teacher to the stadium. Sakura's place was the first bout so she had to wait until her turn. She watched her team mates as they tries their very best to win. So far it was a draw. If Sakura won her team would win the tournament, making them a step closer to the nationals.
Sakura took a deep breath before she was going to spar. She saw Naruto and the rest of the gang, sitting in the audience. Sakura got out and took her starting position.
"Good luck Sakura!" Naruto yelled from the crowds.
"Why am I here again?" Sasuke moaned.
"Because I dragged you here." Naruto said simply.
"Why?"
"I wanted to see Sakura's tournament."
"I heard she was really good at kendo." Neji commented.
"I overheard Kakashi-sensei saying that she was on of the best students he's ever had." Tenten added.
"Well let's see if that's true." Sasuke said, interested.
The referee came up and looked at the players.
"The White team: Haruno Sakura. The Green team: Koyuki Hanako." The referee announced.
(A/N: FWI Sakura's team is the white team. I will tell you about this tuff at the end of the chapter.)
"Begin!" And with that Hanako started to attack. Sakura blocked her attacks and tried attacking aswell. Hanako dodged and blocked her attacks carefully.
'She's good. Well I'm just warming up with you.' Sakura thought to herself.
They both still attempted to hit each other, shouting. Hanako had stepped her foot out of the line.
"Out of bounds. Restart!" The referee announced.
They both got back to their starting positions and prepared for the duel to begin again.
"Begin!" The referee called out again. They both started to strike faster with booming voices. Sakura saw the weakness of her attacks. She found an open space and raised her shinai, dodging Hanako's attacks.
"Kote!" Sakura shouted. But the attack didn't work since she just hit her without getting the stance right. They still continued the fight. Hanako hit Sakura on the body but the attack was too light. They started all over again with their starting positions.
"Begin!" They hit each other once more, blocking and dodging the attacks.
"Kote! Men! Dou! Dou!" Hanako was hitting a lot more than usual and she was attacking much faster. Sakura fought with a new level of skill and she saw an open spot. She raised her shinai the final time.
"Men!" She screamed as she hit Hanako's head, passing her.
"Head strike!" The referee called. They won the tournament. Naruto screamed his head off and the others cheered.
Sakura felt happy. She had never had that feeling in years. She squealed in joy and jumped up and down.
Later on, they went to Naruto's favourite ramen restaurant. They celebrated there and it seemed like they wanted to be Sakura's friend.
"You are so damn good!" Ino complimented. "I didn't know you were that good!"
"I didn't know either." Sakura said, trying to join in.
"Do you wanna be our friend?" Tenten asked eagerly. Sakura was longing for those words. She tried to be calm and answer normally.
"Sure!" Sakura smiled sweetly.
The celebrations carried on for the rest of the day. Sakura got home at sunset. She did her normal routine once again.
She sat under the cherry blossom tree and wrote down the events that had just happened.
'Okaa-san, Otou-san and Onii-san in heaven,
We won the tournament which means we will be getting closer to going to the nationals! Also I have made friends with Naruto's group. I haven't felt this happy in years. It's also nearly my birthday too. I can't wait to see what good things are happening in the future.'
Sakura stopped writing and waited for the wind to drift some petals away. She than stood up and skipped inside.
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A/N: Sorry for the short chapter. That was all I could think of. Reviews are much appreciated. Merry Christmas!