A/N: Ok I know I said the chapters were getting longer, but this one is still short, sorry. But the next chapter is a LOT longer, so please bear with me one more time. ^^;

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"Sakura-chan, are you there?" called Naruto at Sakura's front door. Nobody answered. Naruto gave a disappointed sigh. "We just got back and she's already working in the hospital again?" he mused.

"I'm right behind you, you idiot," said Sakura. Naruto turned around and saw Sakura with a huge bag of groceries.

"Ah, Sakura-chan," said Naruto. "Wanna go for a walk with me through the village?"

"I'm not going on a date with you," said Sakura.

"It's not a date," said Naruto quickly, "just a walk! That's all!"

Sakura put her groceries inside the house. "Alright," she said, "as long as you're not gonna pretend that we're on a date." She gave him a threatening look.

"Alright, alright," said Naruto with a nervous laugh and a blush on his cheeks.

It was only a matter of minutes before they ran into Sai, which was disappointing for Naruto since he wanted to spend some time alone with Sakura.

Sai told them he had read that the more time you spend with your friends, the closer you'll get to them, but when you hang around with them for too long, thing could become a little tense. He didn't quite get that. And Naruto and Sakura couldn't really say anything to that. Just take Naruto and Sakura, for instance.

"The more time we spend together, the more annoying Naruto gets," explained Sakura casually.

"Eh?"

As they moved on, Sakura saw a pretty familiar face coming their way. She looked at her, then looked at Naruto, who was giving Sai some "tips" about girls. Then she recognized the girl, who was now just a few metres away.

"Hey!" she yelled at the girl, who froze. Then Sakura yelled at Naruto: "You idiot! Are you using that jutsu again?" She punched him on the head again.

"Ow! What jutsu?" asked Naruto. Sakura pointed at the girl, who was still surprised for being yelled at for no reason. Naruto looked at the girl, and immediately recognized his Sexy Jutsu form!

He stared at her for a while, then screamed: "Eh? That's not me!"

"Is it one of your Shadow Clones?" asked Sakura, still mad. But Naruto shook his head. He walked towards the girl and observed her. He crossed his arms and gave her a suspicious look.

"Nee-chan, lady, who are you?" he asked. "You look exactly like my Sexy Jutsu!"

"Se… Sexy Jutsu?" repeated the girl, looking totally confused. "Excuse me?"

Naruto made a seal. "Transform!". He turned in the exact image of the girl in front of him, only naked. A few smoke clouds covered her private parts.

The girl's jaw dropped and her eyes went wide open, her face turned red… and then she fainted, landing on her back.

Sakura punched Naruto again, making him turn back to normal. Then she grasped the collar of his jacket and jolted him.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" she yelled, while Sai was trying to get the girl out of her stupor.

Right at that moment, Kakashi approached his teammates, a little confused from seeing this scene.

"Uh, guys?" he asked carefully after seeing Sakura go mad on Naruto. She stopped, looked at Kakashi and dropped Naruto, his eyes a bit swirly.

"What happened?" asked Kakashi. Just then, he saw the girl he had just met, lying on the ground.

"Naruto's just being an idiot again," said Sakura. She continued yelling at Naruto while Kakashi helped Sai waking the girl up.

"Miss, wake up," he said calmly, giving her a few gentle little slaps on the cheek.

She opened her eyes. As soon as she saw Kakashi, her gaze was locked to his uncovered right eye.

"Come on, up you go," he said, slowly helping her up and supporting her as she stood. "You ok?"

It was like she just realized he was holding her; suddenly she pushed herself away from him and took a few steps back. "I-I'm fine!" she stuttered.

Kakashi's uncovered eye narrowed. "Have we met?" he asked.

"Um, well, just a moment ago, you—"

"No, I mean… before that," said Kakashi. "You look kind of familiar."

The girl turned away, hiding her flushed face. "N-no, I don't think so," she said.

"What's your name?" asked Kakashi.

Sakura had stopped yelling at Naruto and they both looked eager to know her name.

The girl turned her head a little, but her hair covered half of her face, hiding her eyes.

"My name?" she asked so softly they could barely hear her. "I'm… It's… Michiko." Right after that, she started walking away. "A-anyway, I have to go now. Sorry."

She left Team Kakashi in surprise. Naruto crossed his arms and said: "Geez, what are the odds of that?"

Kakashi didn't remember anyone called Michiko, but she really did remind her of someone.

But that can never be…

A/N: Ehehe, see? He's getting it. :P Also, Michiko is Kaede's alias, in the next chapter you'll see why she uses it. :)

Reviews are still welcome, please do let me know how you like it so far! :D

P.S. I came up with this scene when I was still in high school, but I decided to actually write this fic a year later, after my final exams. It just kept spooking around in my head! xD