'For Reasons Unknown'
A Naruto Fan-Fiction.
By: Kinsey Douglas
The bottle had stopped on Sakura Haruno's long time teammate, Naruto.
Chapter 1:
'Into The Darkness'
"Please, no, I don't want to go in there with Naruto!" Sakura pleaded with Kiba, who was the one to spin the bottle. Naruto's smile faded, and his heart wrenched. It wasn't as if he was going to try anything, was he?
Kiba smiled. "Sorry, Sakura, those are the rules."
Sakura huffed, "Fine. Let's go Naruto." She stood up, crossed her arms, and scowled at her blond teammate. He nodded, knowing that if he burst out with joy, she'd get even angrier. Naruto stood up and made his way to the closet in the back of the room with Sakura. On the way, he heard Ino giggle.
"After you," he said, while opening the door, and extending his arm to guide her in. She mumbled something under her breath while she entered and Naruto was soon to follow, shutting the door behind him. The closet was cramped and dark, with full shelves on both sides of the two ninja. It was so full, in fact, that their bodies were almost plastered against each other. He could feel her breath against his chest.
There was an awkward silence for a moment or two, with Naruto fumbling around to find a light switch of some sort, and Sakura staring at the darkness below her. "Ah. Got it," Naruto said huskily as he pulled a short chain that hung from the ceiling. Light filtered down from above, casting odd shadows against the closet walls. "Sorry you got stuck with me, Sakura-chan," Naruto murmured, loud enough so that she could hear, while heartbrokenly staring at his feet.
She smiled, trying to cheer him up. "It's not your fault, Naruto, it's just random." The kunoichi accidentally brushed her hand against his, in attempt to put a lock of hair behind her ear. It was scarred and calloused from excessive training compared to the smooth, almost silk-like feel of her own. It made her shiver.
Naruto apparently hadn't noticed. "Cold, Sakura-chan?" A turn of the head signaling 'no' was the answer. The blond tapped his foot, preparing himself. "Sakura. I've been meaning to tell you something for awhile now." Naruto cleared his throat. "I really like you. I know that you have feelings for Sasuke. But, I've been training a lot, hoping that you'd notice-" Sakura was just staring at him now, in an almost trance-like state. He continued, "And we're not kids any more. I'm seventeen. So I was wondering if you'd give me a cha-"
Something came over Sakura. The way Naruto's big, blue eyes were watching her softly, and his pleading voice made it seem so real. Sasuke had never looked at her like this. The pinkette was lost in thought; she hadn't noticed that his face was getting closer and closer to her own. He placed a light, gentle, sweet kiss on her cheek and whispered into her ear 'think it over' just as the sound of a buzzer rang out through door, signaling that their seven minutes was up.
Naruto smiled at her, opened the door and casually strolled out, leaving Sakura behind him, confused and amazed.