If You Walk Away I'll Walk Away
The News
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Authors Note: Okay, so this starts four years later, which means everyone (Sakura, Gaara, Sasuke, etc...) is sixteen.
"Talking"
"Thinking"
'Inner Sakura'
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Sakura fell to the ground in a bloody heap. Sitting up she sighed and shook her head. "Dammit, why can't I beat him?" She thought to herself as she got up and stood in a fighting stance again.
"That's enough for now Sakura. Come over here so I can heal your wounds and then you can go clean up." called Dante from the balcony she was standing on. Sakura dropped her position and walked to the door of the circular training room. She walked up the stairs that lead to the second floor and sat down on a bench behind Dante.
As she pulled off her jacket and and over shirt Dante stared thoughtfully across the ground. "You know," she began slowly, as though she were measuring her words carefully, "The chunin exams are soon..." she trailed off and look back at Sakura. The expression on the younger girl's face was a mix between pain and vicious anger.
"Chunin exams," thought Sakura bitterly. "That brings back memories..." "Yeah, of people who should never be thought of again!" Her inner self screamed angrily. Mentally wincing she put a hand to the side of her head to try and ease the pain from the loud noise. "Will you shut up?" "No! That old woman wouldn't just bring up the exams if she didn't want us to have something to do with them so I'm staying until I find out what it is."
Closing her eyes, Sakura leaned back against the wall the bench was pushed against and waited for Dante to say what she was saying and heal her so she could go take a shower. Finally, Dante turned to face Sakura.
"I want you to take the exams." She said bluntly.
Faced with this new found news a million thoughts whirled in her head. Most revolved about a pair os stoic young boys, their pictures in her minds eyes getting blurred together in a mix of inky blue and blood red. And with all these thoughts all she could say was, "I don't have a team."
Dante smiled a slight smile and said, "That will be no problem. They're doing the exams a little differently this year." She said with an amused tone and Sakura got the feeling she was missing some key fact. Before she could ask about it though Dante walked over to her and started healing her. When she was through about a half a hour later she said, "Thank you Sakura, for doing this."
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Authors Note: Rather short, no? Don't worry this was only a filler chapter to tell you what's going on... The next one will come soon and it WILL be longer, I promise. r&r for me. Thanks.