Chapter 5, Can Finally be a Flower

"Sakura!" Lady Tsunade yelled, causing the pink haired teenager to jump.

"Y-yes?"

"You killed another one." The hokage growled.

"S-sorry Lady Tsunade!" Sakura apologized, looking down at the lifeless fish.

"This makes it two days in a row, Sakura, want's wrong?" Tsunade sighed, giving Sakura a sympathetic look.

"Nothing is wrong, Lady Tsunade." Sakura smiled, the honesty written on her cheery face, her mood drastically different from the solemn, worried mood she had bore only a day ago.

"Is she giving you any trouble, Lady Hokage?" A voice giggled from the doorway of the hokage's office. There, standing with her long hair tied in it's usual pony tail and her face up in a grin stood Ino Yamanaka.

"Ino? I there something you need?"

"I was wondering if Sakura could stop her training for a bit and help me and Choji. The idiot over ate and I was wondering if Sakura would use her medical ninjutsu to help ease his pain." Ino shot a glance over at Sakura as she spoke to her superior.

"Alright, fair enough." Tsunade waved, the two girls walking out of the office and onto busy Konoha streets.

"You're such a liar." Sakura giggled once sure she was out of earshot of Tsunade.

"You went along with it!" Ino laughed, grabbing Sakura's hand in her own.

"I guess ditching one day of training won't kill me." Sakura joked, the two girls walking over to a nearby cafe.

"What should I get?" Ino pondered, seeking the option of her companion.

"I don't know." Sakura shrugged.

"Hello there, Sakura and Ino!" A buoyant voice called over to them. Running up to them was none other than Konoha's very own handsome devil (or so he would have liked to think, at least). "Why don't you allow me to treat you to lunch, Sakura?"

The two kunochis exchanged awkward glances. "Actually, I'm not so hungry any more." Sakura lied.

"Me too. We should go train." Ino tried to make a serious expression.

"Oh, would you like me to join you?" Lee grinned.

"T-that's OK, Lee, we're practicing medical ninjutsu, so it should really only be medic ninjas." Sakura tried to let him down easy.

"Well, see you later!" Ino waved, tightening her grip on Sakura's hand and running off with her, hoping Lee didn't decide to use his super speed to catch up to them.

"Where are we going, Ino?!" Sakura asked as she was tugged along.

"Just wait, OK?" Placing her trust in Ino Sakura shut her mouth, waiting to see where the sassy girl would lead her next.

Ino skidded to a stop as they entered one of the Leaf village's many dense forests. The branches blocked out most of the sun, a few of the bright rays sneaking through the barrier the trees had formed and dancing on the grass that lay underneath.

"No one will bother us here." She winked at Sakura.

"Honestly, I feel bad for Lee...but... those eyebrows!" Sakura exclaimed, leaning against a tree.

Ino laughed, "You know, we can do anything we want without anyone watching us."

As if on que Sakura stepped forward, wrapping her arms around Ino's waist and kissing her.

She felt a tug on her hair as Ino latched onto it, quickly overcoming Sakura as the two stumbled backwards into the tree that Sakura had been leaning against. When the two parted Ino grinned at Sakura, "So, did you manage to stop thinking so much about Naruto and Sasuke?" Ino joked.

Sakura looked at Ino, her smile falling and her eyes staring at her blankly as the words hung in the air. Ino gulped, realizing that mentioning the two was crossing the line. "Sakura-I... Just forget I said anything!" She tried to cover her mistake.

Sakura's flat mouth curved back upwards into a smile, her eyes turning from expressionless to warm, "I didn't think of them at all, Ino, and as long as you're around, you're the only one I'll be thinking about." The two shared one more passionate kiss, a theme that would continue as did their joyous days together.

The End

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