Sakura Petals

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

A/N: I'm going to change the fanfic name to 'Sakura Seasons'. You'll see the reasons in the next chapter why I'm changing it. Remember to look for that name since on the next chapter I'm changing the name. (I think that makes sense.) The rest of the chapters I'll be typing is dedicated to SilentKiller1 thanks man you encouraged me to finish this fanfic! To other readers i would like to thank you too since I have a poor amount of people who read this. Oh well this isn't the end though -cackles- anyways here's the chap.

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Chapter 11

Practice Tournament

Sakura put on her dogi awkwardly. She remembered the practice a week ago.

A few days ago…

Sakura breathed heavily from the training.

"Is she really that hard to fight?" Sakura breathed.

"Well, yeah. You can go home now; you've done a good job." Sayaka said, taking of her head gear.

Later Sakura walked out of the school gates. Sasuke was already waiting there.

"Do you still remember the new route home?" Sasuke said.

Sakura nodded. After that accident, they decided to go home in a different way. They went into the forest where there was a path leading to their street. Sakura wearily walked down the gravely path. She was so carefree that she tripped on a branch that had fallen. She leaned forward, already feeling a throbbing pain at her ankle. Sasuke then caught her.

"Are you okay?" He asked caringly, trying to get her up.

"My ankle hurts." Sakura said slowly.

"Come on, get on my back. We have to see if it's alright." He said showing her his back.

Later the doctor came out of the examination room.

"Haruno-san has a sprained ankle, I'm afraid she won't recover until a few weeks time." The doctor announced.

Sakura wore a sad face. That meant that she couldn't do the practice match which was only in a few days.

Sakura still remembered the falling part. Replaying it again and again in her mind. She sighed and limped outside the door. She slumped on a bench with Sayaka on it.

"What's wrong Sakura?" Sayaka asked, unaware of the incident.

"I sprained my ankle and I can't join the match. What should I do?" Sakura asked desperately.

"You what?!" Sayaka panicked. They would be disqualified if they didn't have a substitute.

She stood up and made her way to the changing room. She then came back, wearing a dogi. Sai noticed and made a comment.

"Sayaka, what are you doing?" he asked.

"Sakura sprained her ankle so I'm filling in for her." Sayaka explained.

"But you said that you wouldn't join the-"

"I didn't say that I wouldn't do a practice match."

Sai smiled. He let her off since it was for a good cause. Minutes passed as competitors failed and won. It was then Sayaka's turn, the first bout which was at the very end. She put on her mask and walked up to her starting position. She faced Miyako on the opposing team.

"Begin!" the referee yelled.

The girls started fighting with their full strength.

"Let's see if you're better than you were, Mikatsuki." Miyako said, between the strikes.

Sayaka made sure that she wasn't hit. She didn't want to have that accident again. Miyako was hitting really hard but she wasn't focusing at her stances. Sayaka found an open spot and raised her shinai.

"Dou!" She screamed, running past her after the hit.

"Body strike!" the referee announced.

This time Miyako got really angry. They stood at their starting positions again. The referee shouted again and Miyako attacked even harder.

'What's wrong with her? She's attacking too hard and she's trying to attack at invalid places!' Sayaka thought behind her mask.

There was now an opportunity for her since Miyako left a lot of open but risky spots. Sayaka raised her shinai once again.

"Dou!!!" She screamed, running past her again after hitting.

"Body strike!" The referee announced.

Sayaka smiled. That meant that she won. She ran to the group and joined in the cheer. Miyako was really livid. She crept up to Sayaka but Sakura noticed. Miyako raised her shinai and started to hit forcefully.

The sound of an ambulance could be heard, carrying two injured girls with it.

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Hours later Sakura slowly gained consciousness and open her eyes. There she found the gang and Sayaka with a cast on her left arm and in a wheelchair with a cast on her lag aswell. She slowly sat up.

"Sayaka, what happened?" Sakura asked.

"You got hit by Miyako instead of me but she got me too." Sayaka explained with a smile.

Sakura looked down on her. She was almost covered with casts and drowned in the colour white. She looked up at her friends again with a face like this: 0.o

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The next day came and in the class were Sakura and Sayaka with casts on their arms and legs. Sai helped Sayaka with everything so she didn't struggle with anything. Sakura sat in her desk, trying to get her books out with one hand. A shadow loomed over her again, it was Sasuke. He sat beside her and got the books out. Sakura gave him a confused look.

"Kakashi-sensei said that I could sit with you since you're injured." He explained with one sentence.

Sakura went along with that since he was trusted. But then Lee came by bragging about Sakura all being injured. This made her really annoyed.

Lunch came and Sasuke still followed her, helping with everything. They sat with Sayaka and Sai so they could talk about the injured days.

The end of the day came. Sakura had remembered something about an event happening at school. She went upstairs and checked the calendar. She scanned through the month's events and found a big red text saying.

'MIDTERM EXAMS. STUDY THE WEEK BEFORE.'

Next week was the week before the midterm exams. She stumbled into her room, getting ready for next week.

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A/N: Sorry for a long update! A long chapter is about to come up so brace yourselves. I'm going to update less frequently now since I'm busy again. Plus I'm changing the name to Sakura Seasons. So next time, look out for this name. Have a happy new year (advanced). Reviews are much appreciated.

PrEvIeW

Sakura Seasons- Midterm Exams

'I believe I can fly. I believe that I won't pass the exams. I've been nuts every night and day. I wanna get out of this damn hell way. I believe I can't soar with my grades so very poor. I believe that I won't pass. I believe that I won't pass. I believe I won't pass…'

"IF YOU SAY ANYTHING ELSE I SWEAR THAT I WILL CRACK THAT DAMN HEAD OF YOURS!" Ino threatened at the unconscious Naruto.

"You're going into the janitor's closet." They finally pointed out.

"Bottom thirty! Yes!!!" Ino cheered as she paraded in circles.

(I bet you're wondering who's thinking the first part. Well I think I gave you more hints than usual…)