Two and a half weeks after the date
Sakura was in her room tidying up from last night when she had Ino and TenTen over at her house. There were snacks and other party items scattered all over her room. She was having some weird dreams lately, every time she dreamed of something to do with Sauske it would be dulled out and blurry, but Naruto would show up in the dream and it was like a glow was coming off of him. Was she in love with Naruto? No, she couldn't be, she still loved Sauske. Or did she? She hadn't seen him in 8 years. She needed to talk to someone about this before it killed her. She thought Tsunade would have some experience so that's where she would go first.
Tsunade's office
Tsunade was working on some paperwork from the sand village when her door opened. A depressed looking Sakura came through and took a seat in front of The Hokage's desk.
"Hello Sakura, you don't look so good. What is troubling you? Oh wait, you want to talk to me about the whole you want to love Naruto but you think you should love Sauske thing right?"
"Yes, I mean NO I don't want to love Naruto!"
"You can lie to my face, but you can't lie to yourself or my mind. My jutsu won't allow it."
"You put a jutsu on me without my permission!" Sakura's eyes then began to water and she started crying. "Oh who am I kidding? You're right, I want to love him, but I think it would be unfair to Sauske." Tsunade then leaned across the desk and slapped Sakura hard in the face.
"UNFAIR! You call one of the biggest traitors in the history of the village not being loved by one of the prettiest girls in that same village that he betrayed unfair! I never thought that I would say this to you, but you are truly an idiot!" Tsunade then calmed down and sat back down. "And besides, you have no chance with him."
"Why don't I have a chance with Sauske?"
"I sent some of our top ninja to spy on Sauske and we found the reason he is staying with Orochimaru. You might not like this Sakura, but on a journey through a village Sauske met a girl. When he brought her back to camp Orochimaru was absolutely furious. Sauske's girl has been tied up and has had a knife pointed at her throat ever since. He has tried to get her back many times, he can beat Orochimaru but with Kabuto with him, there is no chance. Orochimaru has asked her if she has wanted to leave but she says she will not leave without Sauske."
"Wait, you mean Sauske finally found someone? That's great, but that's so horrible that she is being tortured. Why is Orochimaru doing that?"
"Because the girl has ninja skills that are about at a leaf ninja genin level, plus she has a very little known bloodline ability. So, Orochimaru is scared that Sauske will teach her to become strong so they can escape."
"What is this bloodline ability of hers?" Sakura was now looking at Tsunade with a look of concern on her face.
"She has the ability to make water out of nothing. If she had proper training for about a year, she would be able to pull off a water shark jutsu in the middle of the desert."
"Umm… Tsunade, can you excuse me, I have to go talk to Naruto." Sakura then turned her back on the hokage before she could mutter out any response.
In front of the hokage building
Sakura looked around before walking down a street towards Naruto's house which was about 2 miles away. She walked peacefully and silently through the streets observing her surroundings. She couldn't remember the last time that she was on this side of town. This part of town was by far the most beautiful side, but the most crimes were committed here. Sakura kept walking until a guy a lot of tattoos walked up to her and started talking. "Hey honey, how about we grab a room and have some fun."
"How about not" the man screamed and flew into the nearest house where he was put threw a window. Sakura looked behind her and there stood Naruto rasengan still in hand throwing a little grin in Sakura's direction. Naruto put an arm over Sakura's shoulders and they kept walking in the direction of Naruto's house. Sakura had never personally been in Naruto's house but her friends said that it's amazing. When they reached the house Naruto took or a key and unlocked the front door and let Sakura lead the way into the living room.
Sakura had never seen such an expensive looking house, in his living room Naruto had bushy carpets, leather furniture, and golden framed pictures up on the walls. Sakura had noticed there was a big space on the wall where nothing was, not even any paint.
"Umm… Naruto, why is that big space there?"
"I'm waiting to have a picture with my first true girlfriend, and when I do, I get another golden frame and I hang it up there."
"Ok Naruto how about tomorrow we go up to Hokage Mountain, we can get our picture taken and then we can get some lunch."
"That would be great Sakura, now let's get off that subject. I know you have something important to tell me, so I'll go make some coffee, and then we will talk." Naruto then disappeared behind one of the many doors leading out of the living room. Sakura sat door in one of the comfortable chairs that Naruto had pulled up for the two of them. She was looking around the room at the various pictures that Naruto had placed on the walls. There was one of team 7, one of him, Shino, and Shikamaru.
Naruto then came in with a tray that had two cups of coffee on it along with the cups that had milk and creamer. Naruto handed one of the cups to Sakura so they could start talking. Naruto looked much sadder than he usual was and Sakura wanted to know why.
"Naruto you look depressed, why is this?"
"Oh, it's just that the village had to stop the mission to try and find another member of the Uzumaki clan before they could succeed."
"Oh, I'm so sorry Naruto, but maybe someday we can build the Uzumaki clan." There was then a twinkle in Naruto's eye, they both knew what the other was thinking, and they both knew what was coming.