Not much to say so on with the fic! Oh, I don't think I cleared this up but the rookie nine are fifteen and Sasuke never left for Orochimaru. Thank you to all of my reveiwers!
And to Ness345: I hope you don't mind me using your idea. And I put some fluff in this chappie!
Bold Inner Sakura
Bold /italics Sakura talking to Inner Sakura
Chapter Five
Sakura...
"Okay, what's this?" Naruto asked crouching on the bridge's railing holding up a kunai.
"Naruto I don't know and I won't know what ever you hold up next either." Sakura had pretty much given up on guessing what the varius weapons were called and was sitting on the railing opposite Naruto. Turning to Sasuke she asked, "When will he be here?"
Silence, the raven haired teen was still "annoyed" with her Sakura guessed.
"Oh, Kakashi-sensai's always late, we've only been sitting here for a half hour. He'll probably be here in another half hour, if we're lucky." Naruto said waving his hand to show it was no big deal.
I wonder what he looks like.
Black hair, dark eyes, always frowning...
That's what Sasuke looks like.
Oh...he he he. Oops.
"Hey Sakura-chan! Catch!" Naruto sent a kunai whizzing through the air. Before she knew what had happened Sasuke had stepped in front of her and caught the flying weapon. Not giving Sakura the chance to say thank you he walked up to Naruto and hissed,
"What do you think your doing? You know she doesn't remember how to catch one of these." Shoving the kunai into Naruto's hand he walked away. Sakura who hadn't heard what Sasuke had said took this as a good time to thank him,
"Hey Sasuke, thank you."
"You shouldn't thank him, he doesn't even think you can throw one of these." Naruto held up a senbon.
Sasuke was about to point out that that wasn't what he had said and Naruto was holding up the wrong weapon when a mans voice drifted lazily over to them.
"Students, students. Put your arguments behind you, it's time we started training."
Looking over to the grey haired man walking towards the three genin Sakura sighed.
Is he an old man?
No look he's young but could he walk any slower? Really.
"Sorry I'm late. There was a bullfight..."
"Your three and a half hours late." Sakura doubted that there had even been a bullfight. Looking at Sasuke she raised her eyebrows to ask what she should tell Kakashi.
"Sakura lost her memory on a mission. We'll need to spend time re-training her."
"Sure, whatever. I'll just sit here and read..." He pulled out his book and began to read blushing almost immediately.
"Alright Sasuke-sensei what should we do?" Naruto mumbled.
Pulling out a kunai, Sasuke handed it to Sakura saying,
"See if you can hit that tree."
Grabbing the kunai Sakura was surprised at how comfortable it felt in the palm of her hand. Maneuvering it between her fingers so the weapon was in a good throwing position Sakura pulled her arm back and flung it foward. Needless to say it missed the tree by about four feet. Retrieving the way ward kunai Sakura tried again. Closing her eyes she centered her focus and released the kunai.
"Whoa..."
"Sakura?..."
Opening her eyes the young kunoichi realized that not only had she hit the tree dead center but she had thrown the kunai with such force that it was buried about four inches into the tree(which was rather thick).
Holy sh-
"It looks to me like you three don't need to train. So I'll give you three the day off" Upon seeing Naruto's bulging eyes Sakura figured this wasn't a normal occurrence.
Jumping in the air Naruto shouted "Ramen time!" and ran off. More slowly Sakura and Sasuke followed.
Ino...
After their lunch team eight decided to go their separate ways, Shikamaru to his house, Ino and Chouji in the opposite direction to their houses, and Asuma to well where ever it is that he does go...
"So who forced Shikamaru to come and get me?" Ino started off the conversation lightly.
"Actually the weird thing is, Shikamaru offered to come and get you by himself." Chouji said remembering the strange situation.
Flashback...
"Hey Shikamaru, Asuma's taking us out to eat. Do you think I should go and get Ino?" Chouji asked his lazy friend.
"No I'll get her."
The slightly(ok maybe a bit more than slightly) pudgy boy stopped, floored.
"What?"
"She probably won't listen to you any way." Shikamaru reasoned, "and any way I need to check on her. Ino seems fine but you didn't see her on the mission...she was ...different."
End flashback...
"Oh, I need to find Shikamaru!" Ino yelled her mind racing, "Chouji where is he?"
"At his house? I really don't know, that's where he said he was going..." Ino ran off before she heard the end of Chouji's sentence. If Shikamaru was worried enough about her to actually volunteer to find her then chances were he thought some thing was wrong. She couldn't let him think that, let him be worried about her.
Ino was running so fast that she didn't even see Shikamaru-until she ran inti him that is.
"Ow Ino...what's the rush?"
"Sorry but Chouji said...and then I thought...there's nothing wrong, really...am I making any sense?"
"Follow me." Shikamaru said running his hand down his face.
After twenty minutes he finally stopped in front of some tall bushes.
"This is where I come to relax some times, though not often because it takes so long to get here."
"But-" Ino was silenced when Shikamaru put a hand over her mouth. Rolling her eyes she followed hi through the bushes and nearly gasped when she got to the other side.
They were on the edge of a cliff that over looked a bubbling stream. If a person looked into the distance they would just be able to see a waterfall. The cliff was just large enough to fit two people comfortably.
"Oh Sasuke would so fall in love with me if I showed him this." Ino sighed
"What does Sasuke have to do with this?" Shikamaru asked and if Ino had looked at him she would have seen the hurt in his eyes.
"Everything. Sasuke is my world. Why don't you like him?"
"Like him? Oh I love him." Shikamaru said lightly then frowning added "Oh wait you're the one who does that." And he walked away.
"Shikamaru wait! SHIKAMARU!"
"Leave me alone Ino." How many times had Sasuke said that to her? Too many times to count, and yet Ino had always just brushed it off. So why did it hurt so much more when Shikamaru said it to her?
Ok I meant to make it fluffier but then I got the argument idea and it fit so nicely. So I promise there'll be more fluff when I find a way to patch things up between them. Next chappie: The girls get together to talk about the guys. Be prepared for some confessions. please reveiw!
-Fumei