Finding my Way Chapter 6, a naruto fanfic

Revised January 14, 2007

Finding My Way Chapter 6

Kiba was turning his room into a disaster zone looking for something in particular, but not telling Sakura what. Becoming frustrated about the fact she was being ignored, the pink haired ninja threw herself onto the bed and watched with curiosity.

"Found it!" yelled Kiba triumphantly, "The ultimate cliché!" As he proudly displayed an invitation to the Annual Masquerade Ball, "Mystery and Intrigue will bring them together, and love will forever bind them!"

Sakura was absolutely speechless; this was Kiba's master plan. "You got to be kidding; both of them are so clueless that if you managed to get them in the same space. Hinata will pass out and the only thing Naruto will pay attention to is the ramen he is hauling around."

"Of course I am; this is the perfect chance! They will spend the evening together and not realize each other identifies!"

Trying to figure out what happened to the drinking buddy she had known from the prior nights. It was completely stupid, Naruto could pick up scents sometimes and Hinata had her very well-known bloodline ability. Sakura needed to reason with her delusional friend. "Okay Kiba, you need to cut out the romance novels and get a real relationship! I mean those books poison your mind . Seriously they are worst than the filth Kakashi reads."

"You're just upset because a former rookie has dismissed all of your advances; but look on the bright side; you almost nailed someone else's crush! Oh yea! Let's not forget you tried to take advantage of this poor innocent boy standing in front of you!" taunted Kiba.

Sakura had to take a few deep breaths before answering his ridiculous remark, "We agree never to speak about either of those events again, Kiba-kun."

"Hey, everyone loves a good scandal; even through Tenten is so going to kick your ass when she gets back!" Kiba was having a hard time from laughing, "If it makes you feel better, my money is on you!"

"I glad you at least are enjoying my misery, but seriously I really want Naruto and Hinata to hook up," calmly spoke Sakura, "They are both good people and deserve to find happiness."

Kiba looked at her with genuine concern, "Why do you care now, Sakura? I know something is wrong! Trust me!"

"Like you said, Sasuke has turned me down so many times I have lost count. Call it corny, but I want to see true love win out." sadly spoke Sakura.

"When you're are ready to spill, I'll be here for you. Just promise me you won't do anything you will regret. I don't like seeing you lose control."

"Everything fine, Kiba. No need to worry," trying to chance the subject, "The Masquerade is a great idea; I'll get the others involved so it will be a success. By the way, when is it?"

"I think it's Saturday night, so we have plenty of time to plan." answered Kiba.

Sakura's eyes widen just a bit; that was her supposed death date. Things were starting to look up, maybe that Kyo was wrong, and life just goes on. After all nothing bad could happen at a party with a few dozens ninjas in attendance. "Great, I think everything is going okay; thanks Kiba for being a great friend."

Kiba gave a small look of bewilderment, "I need to get to work, I have been playing hooky the last couple of days and it is time to be a responsible young adult, again."

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Sasuke was doing his best to train, but the last few days with Sakura kept disrupting his concentration. That seer's predication really messed with Sakura's head. As much as he hated to admit it, he did not like to see her unhappy. This was very ironic, because he was the cause of her many sad days. What really was driving him mad was the thought at what could have happened between Neji and Sakura; if no one intervened. Sakura was known for her cool and calm composure, and to see her lose control was worrisome. For now he would keep the information to himself until he had hard proof something bad was going to occur.

Tired of waiting for his former mentor, Sasuke left the training ground in favor for lunch. On his way, he happened to past Sakura's empty apartment. Still having a key from the other night, Sasuke let himself in. Scoping the room, a pink paper caught his attention. The words were short and brief, but Sasuke was fuming. When Sakura was with Kiba things always went amiss. "Promised to be a good girl," muttered Sasuke. Part of his was wondering why he should care, it is not like he is her caretaker.

"That girl, what I am going to do," Sasuke thought to himself, "Well I better go and find her before she has the chance to cause more trouble." With this an irritated Sasuke was out of her apartment.

Sakura stood outside the hospital, trying to summon the courage to face her associates. She knew they were short staff and playing hooky put a more of a strain on the crew. "Might as well bite the bullet and face them. I plan to be here for the long haul."

"Good Morning, Yumi! How is everything going." smiled Sakura.

Yumi was the head nurse and she look very exhausted and spoke very rudely, "Well Ms. Haruno we have several minor injuries, and two major traumas currently. One of the ANBU teams took suffered major casualties. Tsunade-sama and Shizune-san have been in surgey since early this morning.

"Thanks for the info, I'll handle all the minor cases and lighten the load, go home gets some rest," as she pointed in the direction of the door.

Looking at the sack of charts, Sakura pick on up and began her shift, "Good Morning, my name is Sakura and I'm be taking care of you this morning, Sai!"

"Why to you always insisted on introducing yourself when we used to be on the same team, Ugly!"

"Well maybe if you learned to said my name correctly, I wouldn't have to keep reminding you, dumb ass," playfully spoke Sakura, "According to the chart, you suffered a minor fracture, so let's take care of it and get you out of here!"

Sakura rubbed her hands together signaling she was ready to go, "Now hand me you arm."

"How do I know you will not make it worst, if it is alright with you I'll wait for another medic?"

"Quit being a baby, we go through this every time; I made a mistake one time and you'll never forgive me, Sai."

"Mistake, I was in the hospital for an extra week, all because you lost your concentration, Ugly."

Feeling the frustrating rising, Sakura grabbed his hurt arm and quickly repaired the damage. "See, I'm not the head of the medical squad for nothing."

"I heard of about the promotion, Congratulations Sakura! Also I heard about what happen between Hyuuga, care to explain?"

Sakura could not help but blush, Sai had never called her by name; and he wasn't the gossiping type. "You're welcome Sai-kun, I better go we're pretty swamped and people tend to get cranky if their kept waiting. See you around."

"You didn't answer my question," as he reached up and grabbed her arm, "I have the right to know, as a former team mate."

"I don't owe you anything, Sai," responsed Sakura is a pissed off tone, "Like I said, I have work to do. The next time you grab me like that, you'll be fishing your balls out of the river, clear."

"Whatever ugly, keep acting like a slut! I guess I know how you made it to the top!" Sakura response with a quick slap to the face, "That was low even for you, Sai."

Exercising good judgment skills, Sakura left the room but not before signing Sai's chart for some uncomfortable tests. "What a bastard," thought she thought to herself.

The incident with Sai rattled her nerve quite a bit. Hustling through the charts, Sakura had cut the patient load into half, but she was low on chakra, "Man, my lack of training is catching up to me." She wiped the sweat off her brow; Tsunade and Shizune were still in surgery.

"Haruno-san, Team Gai has just been brought in, nothing serious they just need to check over and released."

"Talk about awkward, I wish Shizune was here!"

Sakura made her way to exam room, and could hear Tenten yelling about getting another medic. "You have to understand miss, we are short handed and Haruno-san is the only doctor on call." The nurse was doing her best to calm the weapon mistress down, but was failing miserably. "I'll be in here at all times, so no indiscretions will occur."

Sakura pushed the door open, "I'll try to make this as painless as possible," feeling a little mischievous, "bend over so I can give this shot."

Tenten's eyes went livid, "Why so you can finish trying advantage of my team mates? Any respect I had for you disappeared that night!" She was about to slap Sakura, but Lee wrapped his arms around her. "Trust me, this isn't finished!"

Sakura was trying to calm her former friend down, "Look Tenten, I'am sorry the joke was in poor taste; about the other night it was a mistake. I promise it will never happen again!"

"Speak for yourself, Haruno; I do not regret what happen between the two of us. If anything I would like the chance to take you on a proper date, one that does not involve any alcohol." interjected Neji.

"You're a back stabbing bitch, I thought you were my friend! You knew I liked Neji, I hate you!" By this time, Lee had his screaming banshee team mate pinned and was struggling to get to the exit, "Sakura-san I would like to discuss this later." calmly spoke Lee as he left.

The whole room was filled with an uncomfortable silent, it was not everyday the white eyes prodigy asked a girl out, "I think I heard the nurse's station paging me, everything looks good. Tell the others, I cleared them for duty." replied Sakura as she quickly left the room, "Another friendship ruined all because of a guy, Kiba was right; Tenten is so going to kick my ass."

As the hospital rushed died down a very tired Sakura inform the front to page her if anything critical came up.

"I think it is time to tell Kiba the full story, or maybe Ino about my current situation; first Sasuke stays with me, then Sai gets all possessive, and now Tenten wants to kick my ass," trying to find a silver lining, "It might be a good thing I'll be dead by the end of the week."

Too bad for Sakura, she ran into the person she wanted to see the least…