Blind Faith 2

Chapter Two: Blind Faith in Sunrises

"Sakura, I want you to go and wake up Kakashi-sensei, okay? Do you think you can do that for me?" Naruto asked, calmly.

I shook from head-to-toe, my breath coming in short, shallow gasps. Could this really be the man that had taken away my vision? No, of course he was not my torturer. This was probably just some random spy that had showed up out of the blue and had no idea who I was. I needed to stop taking everything so personally.

"Sakura-chan, please…" Naruto kissed my forehead before subtly shooing me out of the kitchen.

I stumbled a little but recovered quickly. When I was sure that my shaking had receded enough to escape notice, I focused chakra in my ears and nose. In a matter of seconds I had Kakashi's room pinpointed. Turns out that our mask-wearing, perverted sensei snored rather loudly. Wow, who would have guessed?

I tapped on his door a few times, only to be answered with a few grunts and more snoring. Taps turned into knocks and knocks turned into pounding until the sleepy ninja finally opened his door.

"Kakashi-sensei, Sai just found and captured an Akatsuki spy outside. Naruto told me to come get you," I informed him, my voice shaking a little.

He sighed and swallowed a couple times before grumbling in an irritated tone, "Let's go then. I suppose I should be the one to interrogate him since Naruto obviously can't do anything himself. Do those boys even realize that it's five in the morning?"

"What do you expect us to do with him, Kakashi-sensei?" I asked a little defensively.

"Sakura, you guys aren't my students anymore. I am no more powerful nor skilled than you guys. Add that to you, Naruto, and Sai working together, and you have enough power to defeat me with your hands tied behind your backs. You aren't children anymore. You need to learn some responsibility."

I sighed, knowing he was right. "Yeah, I guess so…"

"Then again, I've only had four hours of sleep so far and no coffee. I could just be making all of this up," he said with a laugh.

My mind fizzed a little. "What?" I asked, giggling. "I swear, Kakashi-sensei, sometimes you make no sense at all!"

He patted my shoulder. "You're a good girl, Sakura. I'm glad you could come with us on this mission. I don't know anyone who can keep such good control over Naruto. If you weren't here, then I'd have to put up with Sai and that knuckle-head all by myself."

I smiled. "No problem, Kakashi-sensei! Whatever I can do to help, I'll do."

A large crash sounded from the direction of the kitchen.

"Good thing, too," he grumbled. "Sakura, you stay here while I set those boys straight. I wouldn't want a lady to witness something like that."

I giggled while I leaned against the nearest wall. "Sure thing.

A few minutes passed before Naruto showed up and mumbled, "Come on. We're going on a walk." He grabbed my hand, and stormed out of the building, seeming ticked off. I had not even heard him approach me.

Hmm, you're getting rusty, Sakura. Better start training harder. All this pampering from Naruto isn't very good for my ninja-skills, I thought as we walked. "Where are we going?" I wondered out loud.

Naruto sighed, letting himself calm down. "Well, I figured we'd go to the nearby cliff while the sun rises. I know how you love to feel it when it does."

I nodded. Indeed, I enjoyed the way the sun would slowly raise, warming me with its rays as it did. It was always so relaxing.

"So, Naruto, did you and Sai figure out who the epic failure of a ninja was?" I asked, wanting to hear him talk and trying to figure out what had happened. I did not like being so out of the loop, whatever "the loop" was.

"Not before Kakashi-sensei came barging in," he grumbled, pulling me, rather abruptly, by the elbow to a stop.

"What? What is it?" I asked, fearing the worst.

He chuckled, wrapping his arms around me. "Go any farther and you'll walk right off the cliff!"

I had already prepared a very mean and sarcastic answer, but I forgot it thanks to Naruto's extreme proximity to me. He nuzzled my neck with his nose, sending a shiver down my spine. Who ever would have thought that a girl like me would fall for an idiot like Naruto? Me, I guess. After all, I am a romantic…

"Sakura," he whispered.

"Yes?" I murmured back.

"I love you."

I grinned and turned around, letting my fingers crawl up his face and into his hair. "I love you, too."

"That's good." Naruto's lips pressed softly on to mine, gradually becoming rougher. Yes, it was very, very good.

Little did we know that another Akatsuki spy was hiding in the nearby trees, recording everything for his master.

A/N: Bum bum bum!