Summary: Lovers Quarrel sequel. Naruto and Sakura had broken up after 6 months. But both seem to be unhappy. Mimuru, determined that they still love each other, tries to get them together with the help of two mysterious friends.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I do own Mimuru, she is not related to the Mimuru in Hack sign or any other anime, she is my character.

Notes:So far the chapters have gone slow-slow-slowish-fast-fast-slow as in there isn't much going on. The only ones that are kind of entertaining and fast are the date and concert ones. Don't worry I think the story will end in two to three chapters so the next one will be fastest! It's Valentines day and the day of the festival. Look forward to it!

Inspiration: That I can do the chapter I'm waiting for after this one. :D

Sakura is really stubborn and takes a lot to make her love you. I mean it's the same in the anime :D So bear with me...

Lovers Quarrel

The Memories

'The next day, when Naruto and me woke up, our parents said Naruto could stay home from school today because he was that badly hurt. I felt really bad and party responsible so I asked if I can stay and take care of him. My parents, should have objected like other parents who don't want their kids to skip school but after the events that happened, they thought we needed to talk. We never did say our decision on the engagement and the other reason my parents also thought it was a good idea was that we would be home alone and it would be like a second "date." To me, it's not of couse, and truthfully I really shouldn't have asked. He just kissed me yesterday but.. he did protect me and as much as I hate him, it wouldn't be fair after what he did for me. Ya that's the reason.' Sakura reasoned in her head.

She made her way down to the kitchen to see Naruto had been watching television and eating eggs, his usual breakfast. She smiled at him and went to take her own cereal and sat beside him. He watched her lips taking in the Fruit Loops. 'Those lips, I kissed those yesterday and ended up getting slapped. Then I went and got beat up by some guys who tried to harrass the owner of those very lips. It's an intoxicating drug, that's what it is. She must use acid or something in her lip gloss and whoever kisses her goes crazy, what other reason would I have done that. Man, I don't even have memory of half the things that happened, after they beat me up I fell unconscious and then all I knew was I woke up and brought her home... I feel like I'm forgetting a real important fact, but what could it be?'

"Valentines Day is coming up, isn't it James? Do you have any plans for the day...?" The television was on the news channel and when Naruto and Sakura heard about Valentines day, their head popped up. Valentines day was tomorrow and neither of them had a plan or a Valentine. They both looked at each other and twisted away. 'Oh yeah, Valentines day is coming up, wasn't I going to go make some chocolate for my friends.' Sakura thought as she placed her finger on her chin. She shook her head up and down and looked determined. She was going to make her chocolate and give it to her friends, and maybe even one for Neji for being so nice to her. The only thing that could stop that would be Neji's fangirls. Sakura shivered at the scary thought.

Naruto questioned her actions with his eyes, "What are you thinking?" He asked.

"Oh, I was thinking about making some chocolate for Valetines day for my friends, and maybe... Neji-kun."

He scowled at the "girly-boy's" name and started stabbing his eggs. She probably didn't think of getting him one, even if he risked life for her... well not really life but it's close. It could have been obligation chocolate, he would be fine with that, but Neji is all she thinks of.

"I need to go shopping..." Sakura said to herself.

"I'll come too." Naruto told her.

She peered at him and he had demolished his eggs but seemed happy, she furrowed her eyebrows to show she didn't want his company."Hey, if you go I will be bored here all by myself, and I got nothing to do. Anyway aren't you supposed to take care of me? Just let me come. I want to buy Ino something too, you know." He half fibbed, he did really want to get something for Ino but he just wanted to spend the day with Sakura.

"Fine, fine go get ready then." She said as she went to her room and dressed in a olive green t-shirt and dark blue skinny shoes, with a checker style blue sweater. She came out of her room to see Naruto in a red shirt with a yellow swirl on it and his baggy jeans. "Let's go."

They wore their coats and locked the door and headed to the grocery store. It was a silent walk, both too busy thinking about what they wanted to buy, to talk to each other. They entered the building and split to different aisles. Sakura headed towards the chocolate section as Naruto just roamed around.

'Hmm... dark chocolate, or maybe even milk chocolate... How much do I need too? I want to get some for mom, dad and Mimuru's dad. Mimuru, Hinata and Temari also need to get some. I think I'll give some to Kiba-san and Neji-kun too... .. Should... Should I get some for Naruto? He did save me, and I guess I owe him some... but that would be totally off from what I kept telling myself. I should...' She grabbed a little more chocolate and smiled, she was done her shopping and she searched for her blond companion.

Naruto was bored in the grocery store so he saw a flower shop across the street. Naruto felt that a flower would be perfect for Ino. He entered inside to be surrounded by flowers of every shape and size. He went over to the cashier to ask for help, and saw the back of a girl who was placing flowers in vases.

"Um.. Excuse me, but could you help me?" He asked.

"Oh, sorry, gimme a minute." The figure faced Naruto and they blinked a few times.

"Ino! What are you doing here?" Naruto voice was high pitched as he showed his suprise.

"I work here, Naruto, so how can I help you today?" She replied with a sweet grin.

"Oh... well never mind then, I was going to buy you a flower because I thought you would like it, but I guess working at a store with flowers cuts that idea out. Well I don't know what to get you but you want to go with the festival with me? I could win you a stuffed dog or something." He scratched his head. Sakura was probably going with Neji and if he asked her, she would say no anyway. Ino really liked him too and she might be expecting him to ask her.

She giggled at his response, "Ya, I guess you'll just have to win me something. Take a look around though, maybe you get something for Mimuru."

He did as he was told and ventured into the corners. His eyes landed on the variety of beautiful colours until a certain one caught his eye. It was a cherry blossom flower. He had secretly smiled and picked the flower up. 'Cherry blossom, eh? I guess I could get her something, since it reminded me of her, not like she'll care though. It would be the nice thing to do. I could make her feel guilty too if she doesn't make me any chocolate.'

"Ino, can you save this flower, I'll come get it tomorrow." With that Naruto left his flower in Ino's hand and jogged over to the grocery store to see a very pissed of Sakura waiting for him.

"Hehe, sorry about that." He apologized and they marched on home.

When they got home, Sakura immediately began to start making her chocolate, Naruto sat down in the living room in front of the television and scanned around for something to watch. Naruto couldn't find anything to watch and tried to locate any movies but there wasn't anything good. He came upon a video which said Home Videos :NaruSaku.

"Hey, Sakura, do you any video called NaruSaku?" He put the video in and went back to his spot on the seat.

Sakura put on a apron and her long flowing hair into a messy bun. "Hmm, no, why, what is it?" She inquired.

"I don't know, I guess we'll just find out." He said and they both stared into the television to get a glimpse of the mystery video.

"Stwop it, Nato!" A little voice yelped. It was a small child of the age five who was dressed in a yellow swimsuit and had short pink hair. Another child came into view and he was in a swimsuit trunk and splashing water onto the tiny girl. He had spiky blond hair and a mischevious smile. "Phhh... no! Make me Saku!" He yelled back at her. They both ran around and chased each other until the girl fell and started to cry. The startled boy ran over to her and patted her back and gave her a peck on her forehead. He told her to cheer up and held her hand and guided her forward.

Sakura and Naruto knew the little kids were them and watched intently. There they were as kids getting along. Both of them never remembered that they had met each other. Before they could analyze anything more the scene changed and now the kids were in front of a group of young adults.

"Daddy!! Daddy!! I need to say something!" The boy pulled on his father's clothes.

"Yes, what is it Naruto?"

"Me and Saku here want to get mwarried! Can we get mwarried?!" He pouted and showed little tears in his eyes.

The man chuckled and ruffled the boy's hair, "Maybe when you're older, how about that?"

"No! We want to get mwarried now!" He protested.

"Ok, ok you can get married now, and I'll make it offical when you're older." He said and got nods of yes from the others.

"Promise? Pinky promise." Naruto held out his pinky and then the promise was made.

The parents were discussing something while Naruto and Sakura ran into the fields outside. Mimuru was running behind them with her teddy bear and a fake ring in her hand. "Wai... Mr. Snuckles wants to marry too."

"Mr. Snuckles can't marry Saku. She's mine! Now gimme the rwing." Naruto took Sakura's hand and put the ring onto the ring finger. Mimuru went in front of them and gathered their attention onto her teddy bear.

"Do you Saku take Naruto to be your awfully redded huband?" Mr. Snuckles asked.

"Ya!"

"Do you Naru take Saku to be your awfully redded ... ugh.. life?" Mr. Snuckles asked Naruto now.

"Yup, yup!"

"You're now huband and life! Chu Sakura now!" The stuffed animal ordered.

Naruto pecked Sakura's lips quickly and walked her down the aisle and back into the house. He then proclaimed loudly that he was married to his family and showed the ring to them all. They awed and oohed to please the two and pleased they were. Mimuru was trying to get inside and got locked and cried and banged on the glass. Then Mimuru's dad went in front of the camera and that was the end of the tape.

Naruto shut off the television, and glanced at Sakura. Sakura went back to the her work and Naruto searched the cable for something to watch. They both didn't speak, they tried to preoccupy themself with their tasks. They didn't forget the video instead it was sketched into their minds and their minds raced but they wouldn't let the other one know.

Naruto was fed up with the television and had given up on it. He sat across Sakura and her work and stared at that. Sakura felt uncomfortable but still kept on with her work. He would smirk when she fidgeted under his view. He had asked to help but she declined every time. Eventually Sakura finished her chocolate and packed it into little extravagant bags.

"That video was shocking, eh? Who would have known that our parents still kept that? I got to admit though you were cute as a kid and pretty clumsy. You know... I was wondering when I asked to marry you to my dad, and he said we would when we were older, did he take that seriously. It looked like our parents actually discussed it and decided to. I don't think we should break the engagement, Sakura. After all it was a pinky promise." He eased it out of his mouth.

Sakura didn't reply for a while, and he thought that she may be considering to not break the engagement. She played with the ribbons on the bag, trying to curl them. "It was only a pinky promise when we were kids. It's not that important." She finally said.

When she finished making the bags perfect, she put them into the fridge. A ringing noise was heard in the hallway and Sakura went over to it, it was the phone. She picked it and was whispering so Naruto couldn't hear, but he did. It was Neji and she seemed to have been agreeing with something he said. She hung up the phone and re-entered the room.

"It was Neji, he was asking if I want to go to the festival with him." She stated.

"That's nice, I'm going to go with Ino." He told her.

A small silence was held until Naruto interrupted it, " Sakura... I know you don't want to talk about this, but we should. That kiss yesterday... did it mean anything to you? You kissed me back then you just slapped me. I'm confused, you're sending me mixed signals here."

"Naruto, it was nothing. I don't know what I was thinking, but it means nothing to me. Sorry if I did send mixed signals but so are you. You like Ino and you go and kiss me. You shouldn't do that to Ino, it's unfair."

"It's because I..." He never finished his line because she left him in the kitchen, alone.

She was in her room, slightly fuming at the conversation she tried hard to avoid. She really shouldn't have said she'd take care of him. She was searching for a kimono to wear for the festival tomorrow. She came upon a small box and opened it to reveal a strawberry pink kimono with tiny cherry blossom print everywhere. Her mother bought it for to use if she had a really special date with Naruto. She didn't want it to go to waste and put it out for her to wear tomorrow. As she was doing that she noticed her package she bought for Naruto. Another thing she didn't want to go to waste. She thought she would just give it to him and tell him she bought it a long time ago for him.

'What was with him asking those questions? I mean even if he did care for me, we were going to move on. Why did he kiss me? Why is he asking me what it meant to me? Did it mean something to him? Ugh.. too many questions. If it did mean something to him, where does this leave us?... Nowhere, that's it. I'm not going to care.' Sakura was folding the kimono as she tried to persuade herself that it meant nothing. Yet she still felt weak and flustered when she thought of him, soaking wet kissing her with limited space. It reminded her of the days they were together, those days were the best for her. Now all that's in the past and the future is all that matters. A future without Naruto.

School had ended, and Mimuru came home. She asked how the two's day was and received no specific details. The parents also came home, and Naruto asked them about the video. They all snickered at their memory and talked of how cute the two were as kids.

"Dad, did you really make us get engaged because of the promise?" He asked.

"Yes, son. After you made me pinky promise, we all thought it would actually be a good idea."

"That's sick! When I have a kid, I'm not forcing it to marry someone when they are like fifteen, just because they like someone when they're four or five." He shouted and Sakura nodded her head in agreement. They finished their dinners and then went to sleep.

Sakura's head was pounding and she couldn't catch a wink of sleep. She shuffled downstairs to the kitchen in the dark and fumbled the medicine in the cabinet to find some Advil. She heard some distant footsteps and froze. She saw a silhouette of a tall boy, and she figured it was Naruto. He inched closer to her and stood next to her. She ignored his presence and went back on her search. He grabbed her hand and held it to his chest. She was startled and more startled by the sudden kiss he placed on her lips. Her mind was spinning already and now it was ten times worse. He shoved his tongue into her mouth, feeling the rims of the inside. He explored the mouth he knew too well and then brought his face away to see her expression. He smirked and left to go to his room.

She fell to the floor and held her mouth. How could he just keep doing this to her? Dang it! She knew well enough. She was in love with him, he had a power over her. She didn't want to be in love, it hurt her too much and she was tired of this. He wasn't letting her go, he wouldn't let her move. Love is a game with a winner and a loser. She wasn't about to be the loser in this. She took her Advil and went back to sleep.

Her feelings she knew to well was that she was in love with him. Without him, she would break any minute. Until he proves that he won't hurt her, she would not associate with him. That was her plan, tomorrow she would make him eat his heart out for ever causing her pain. Tomorrow she will commence the plan to be the winner in the game of love.

Dun. Dun. Dun... the end of this chap!

YES! THE CHAPTER I'M WAITING TO DO!! THE FESTIVAL IS NEXT! LOOK FORWARD TO IT. LET'S WATCH WHAT BECOMES OF THESE TWO.

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