A/N:

Super happy for this chapter, way easier that the chapter with Sai. I guess I just love Naruto and it kind of was inspired by a real thing that happened to me.

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I update simultaneously with Maten (Friendzoned) and erihiwatari5 (Freaks) their stories are in Spanish.

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The Try-Outs

By: NenaUchiha22

Chapter 5: A Date with My Best Friend

Sakura sighed closing the book she was reading and looked up at the clock on the wall. It was two o' clock. It'd been seven hours since she woke up, it'd been six hours since she dressed up, and it had been five hours since she sat on the couch to read a book waiting for her date. And she finished it, she finished the book and there was no sign of her date. There was nobody home either, the rest probably left to give Naruto and Sakura some space. But the blonde was nowhere to be found, she tried all the rooms too thinking that he might be asleep. But he wasn't there.

She thought that he may had been called for an emergency mission, but most of the times when there was an emergency mission she'd also be summoned, since she was the official medic nin of team 7. Besides, Naruto rarely went on a mission without the rest of their team as he personally requested it.

"He probably forgot" Sakura sighed a little disappointed. But then again, she knew her best friend and he forgets everything, he'd forget his birthday if it wasn't for the rest of the team celebrating it with a surprise party every year.

She stood up and walked towards the kitchen, she was hungry as she hadn't had anything to eat yet because she was waiting for Naruto. But just as she was about to open the fridge to grab some eggs.

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs, as he opened the front door with a loud noise.

Sakura held in a scared scream of her own.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" Sakura yelled and refrained herself from hitting the blonde who was entering the kitchen with about ten bags of groceries in each hand.

"So-sorry Sakura-chan. I wanted to be the one to make you breakfast" Naruto justified.

Sakura raised an eyebrow and tried to calm herself down from the scary episode by breathing slowly. She was going to kill that creepy date of hers. And then it hit her…

"Breakfast?" she asked. "Dude, it's past two in the afternoon. Breakfast time passed about three hours ago."

Naruto left the bags on the counter and looked at the clock.

"Oh, sorry. I just didn't know what to get from the grocery store" he excused himself. It was then when Sakura looked at all the bags he bought, they were probably enough to feed all Sunagakure for a year.

"I think that's too much, Naruto"

"Nonsense" Naruto said as he started opening the bags. "Leave this to me, breakfast will be ready in a second" he said as he pointed a chair for her to sit and wait. And she didn't complain, because for once in her life she'd see Naruto cook and not just boil water for ramen. No, this Naruto her date was going to show off his culinary skills. And yes, she was excited.

She opened a newspaper that probably Sasuke left on the counter, and started reading it. When she was done she began the games that were in the end.

"Mmm… Sakura-chan?" Naruto called her from the kitchen. She raised her head from the paper.

"Yes?"

"How do you make scrambled eggs?" he asked. And Sakura smiled and tried hard not to laugh. It was silly to think that of all the years living together as roomies and as friends, he had a hidden talent such as culinary skills.

She stood up from her chair ready to help out her date on making breakfast for two.

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Naruto did buy a lot of food but most of it were not breakfast material. They were either too sweet for a healthy breakfast like marshmallows and Nutella, to salty like potato chips. They ended up making traditional scrambled eggs and French toast. Despite Naruto's constant proposals they did not eat ramen.

"So, Naruto… you spent all morning in the grocery store?" Sakura asked while biting off a piece of her bread.

"Well…" Naruto looked up and sighed. "I was actually very stressed about this date, I really wanted to make a big impression and blow your mind with this date. But because of that I was up all night and couldn't sleep until 3 in the morning. And when I woke it was 11AM. So before you noticed that I was not prepared I sneaked out the window" he finished.

She had to confess, she loved that Naruto was so honest. Instead of making up another excuse that didn't get him in trouble, he was real. He fell asleep.

Sakura smiled. "So, any plans for today?"

"Yep. You have to get ready because we are going to Konoha's fair" Naruto announced before picking up the dishes and pointing out the door.

Sakura on the other hand was hyperventilating. Yes, she was a grown up kunoichi. Yes, she was the Hokage's apprentice. And yes, she was about to turn twenty. But she loved that stuff, amusement parks, fairs, carnivals, they were her guilty pleasure.

And now she was going to have a date in a fair. This was probably going to make it up for the tardiness of her date.

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Sakura couldn't stop her eyes from wandering. It was a dream. They arrived at 4:30 at the place, it was early but there were already a lot of people all over the place.

On their right, there were those kind of games where you could win stuffed animals and other stuff. Among those games, there were the stair game, where you had to cross a horizontal stair and push a bottom though the stair was in a 45 degree angle towards one side making it difficult to walk on it. Another one, was the classic water gun game where you'd compete against more people to see who hits the target for longer time. A bowling game, an arching game, and catching fish game. And a lot more of that kind.

On their left they had the rides. Roller Coaster, Kilauea, Bumper Cars, and more. Sakura couldn't decide which ride would go first, Naruto smiled at her. He probably was the only one who had seen this side of Sakura.

"Oh my god. I can't decide" Sakura finally said looking at him.

Naruto smiled. "Then I'll decide" he said, Sakura smiled excited. "I'll win you a prize first"

Sakura had to stop herself from squealing like a fangirl.

They walked towards the stair game.

"One please" Naruto asked and paid the ticket to play.

He started leaning against the stair and began to climb it. He had one meter to go but then, gravity made effect and because of the angle he was leaned in, he fell.

But Naruto was probably the most featherbrained ninja in the village. So he'd never quit. And he paid for the next one, and he fell again. So he paid for the next five games, and he kept falling. Therefore he paid for one more.

He climbed and just as he was about to reach just 30cm more, he started to slowly flip to the side. But then a strong wind courtesy of a jutsu Sakura learned from Temari hit him and he reached the alarm and hit it. Nobody noticed her hand signatures as she did them under her shirt, not even the skilled ninja that Naruto is noticed it.

"Oh my fucking God, I won!" Naruto screamed once the alarm was turned on.

Sakura smiled and nodded. She'd never tell him that she helped a little.

"What do you want, Sakura-chan?" he asked as he pointed at the three stuffed animals that were eligible.

"The bear!" she screamed and Naruto handed her the bear.

That's when she noticed that no one had ever given her a present like that before. This was probably her dream date and just now she realized it. She blushed at the idea, and Naruto stood nonchalant of this action.

They kept going to different games, they went to the Kilauea and Roller Coaster, Sakura thought that they were nothing compared to the Jumpe Kaze she had two days ago. So she went and rode them. They also kept going to the prize games, despite being skilled ninjas, they couldn't use chakra so it made it more difficult than what it looked.

Sakura was having so much fun that she didn't notice that it was already 9:30PM, until Naruto pointed it out.

"Woah, really?" Sakura said. "Wow time passes by fast"

"Yeah, but we should leave" Naruto announced.

"What?" Sakura began to complain.

Naruto smiled "It's okay, I'm taking you somewhere that you might like more"

Something better than an amusement park? Sakura thought. She was already excited.

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"This is it?" Sakura asked.

They made a stop in the house to change clothes and leave the stuffed animals. By that time they had won over fifteen huge animals.

Sakura dressed up in a black tight dress with black heels. Naruto wore black jeans and a light yellow shirt.

Naruto nodded and opened the door. They had arrived to a dead end street with a black door on the wall. It looked very suspicious kind of like the kind of place where mafia gangs would meet.

Sakura swallowed hard and took a step in before Naruto, she was internally blaming herself for not bringing her kunai with her.

But just as they entered, she saw an utter contrast inside. It was a very fancy house. It looked huge and…

"Oh my god… Is that Sukune Orea?!" Sakura asked tapping Naruto on the shoulder. "From the Sunagakure Sanders?!"

Naruto smiled.

"And is that Kabutowari from the Konohagakure Rangers?!" Sakura asked almost too excited to function.

She met Naruto's eyes.

"Yes. We are at a football elite party" Naruto smiled.

"Oh my god. We sneaked to an IFL party?" Sakura asked.

"We didn't sneak." He said and Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Being the village hero has its advantages".

Sakura smiled. This date was so great.

Since the end of the war, the villages focused on different things for entertainment. One was a sport known as football. It was like football with the use of chakra for speed or force, a few jutsus were allowed as well. Sakura became a huge fan of the Konoha Rangers as soon as they made their appearance and had been ever since. But this was the first time she was so close to shinobi Football players.

"Hey, Naruto!" a big man approached them. Sakura almost fainted. It was none other than Raiga Kurosuki, the second quarterback of the Rangers. "I'm glad you could come!"

"Hey, Raiga! I wouldn't miss it!"

"Is this your girlfriend?" Raiga asked.

"Yes, dattebayo" if this was a normal situation Sakura would have punched him in the face for saying that. But she didn't, because she was in front of freacking Raiga and nothing else mattered. She clumsily greeted him and he took them to the main room.

It looked like a college party. Chicks with few clothes everywhere, music at its best, tons of drinking games being played, and an open bar.

This is probably what shinobi heaved looked like.

It was no secret that every time a big game came up, both parties involved would throw a party the day before. All in the name of good sportsmanship, but everyone knew that it was just the perfect excuse to get drunk and get free boost. Why not throw the party the day after the game so the players wouldn't have to worry about getting hangovers? Well… the losers would be bitter by then.

"Hey Sakura-chan, let's join them!" Naruto said as soon as he saw a table of people playing beer pong. She was dragged towards the table by her date and she didn't complain because she was still too excited to act.

They arrived to a table already set with cups filled with beer, it was a couple game. And the other couple had just lost.

"So, who's next!?" asked the man in the winning couple, who happened to be the offensive Guard of the Konoha Rangers with a cheerleader.

"We are!" Naruto screamed causing the crowd around the table and the couple to look at them. Sakura blushed, but Naruto looked confident.

"Be my guest" said Kinuta Dosu a tall guy who had an eye covered. And yet it was incredible with just one eye he could play as well as he did.

Sakura then realized what they were about to do. They were about to play beer pong with the O.F. of her favorite team, nervousness slowly growing in her stomach in the form of what felt like small butterflies.

Everyone started cheering. Dosu threw the small Ping-Pong ball to Naruto indicating that Naruto's team would begin.

He threw it and it went in. Everyone cheered excited as Dosu drank the whole cup. Then it was his turn and it went in. Naruto drank and then handed it to Sakura.

The whole crowd cheered louder when she took the ball, after all, every time a pretty girl played it was a nice spectacle even if she sucked.

Sakura couldn't hide her nervousness as much as she tried, despite Naruto smiling at her she felt uneasy. Inside her head the only though she had Jesus Christ, I'm playing beer pong against freacking Dosu!

She clumsily threw the ball, missing the cup and the table for that matter. She blushed embarrassed and Naruto tapped her shoulder.

Comments such as "At least she's pretty" or "She's a girl, what were you expecting?" and "I missed it, I was looking at her fine ass" kept being spoken around the table as if she could not hear them, and she felt more frustrated every time.

It was the turn of the cheerleader. Blonde and beautiful, she was what Ino would look like if she had curly hair. The crowd cheered, she gracefully threw the ball, and it hit the table and then entered the closest cup to their side. The crown cheered.

"That's how it's done, Pinky" she uttered as she winked.

This was the straw that broke the camel's back for Sakura. She had had enough. A spark appeared in Sakura's green eyes, and Naruto suddenly knew it was on. Things were about to get wild. In one gulp she drank all the cup. And everyone even Naruto gasped surprised. And just when Naruto was about to take the ball, Sakura did. And he didn't complain just smiled amused. The crowd around the table started screaming again. "It's okay sweetheart, don't hurt yourself" and other things were screamed.

She turned around showing her back to her opponents and threw the ball blindsided. And silence.

Silence for about three seconds after she threw it. And then everyone cheered. It went in. Naruto hugged Sakura and she couldn't hide her excitement that it worked and she gave a look to the cheerleader who couldn't close her mouth from the surprise.

And the game continued, until one cup was left for each team and Naruto made it in.

As the winners they continued for about one hour, three games and lots of beer later. And then they played flip a cup, and then card games, and then just regular shots. And just as Sakura felt like she was about to hit the floor and Naruto caught her was when they realized the time.

4AM.

And she had her date with Sasuke later that day.

They clumsily reached for the door knob of the exit and after a few end streets they miraculously found their way home. They went up the stairs trying to not make any noise but they kept giggling like crazy. Sakura was being half carried by Naruto. It took them about ten minutes and a few hits against furniture to finally arrive to Sakura's bedroom. Naruto grabbed the doorknob and opened it slowly but almost falling as he entered because he was now carrying all the weight of Sakura carrying her bridal style. Sakura laughed at this and Naruto did too but made a "shhhhh" noise.

He slowly lowered her into her bed, and carefully left her on top of it. But the amount of alcohol made effect and he fell on her, clumsily he tried to get up but stopped when he realized how close their faces were.

Suddenly Sakura sobered up and started paying full attention to what was happening. Naruto was on top of her and their faces a few centimeters away. The line that was always there for them as friends was about to get crossed.

In a matter of seconds Naruto closed the gap that was between them, locking lips with her. She quickly responded the kiss with the same urge that Naruto had, a mixture of alcohol in their breaths. And heat becoming more and more evident.

Naruto opened his mouth more waiting for Sakura to give him permission to fill her with his tongue. She gave her permission and their tongues battled for dominance. Naruto made a huge effort to not fall fully on top of her, but suddenly he felt her hands pushing him away. With the strength that characterized her, he pushed him to the other side of the bed and quickly ran towards her bathroom. And threw up.

The romantic evening had come to this, a horrible ending for a drunken night.

When she was done, Sakura walked towards her bed and found Naruto snoring like crazy. She didn't try to wake him up, just opened the cover and got in her bed. Too drunk and sleepy to realize than in a few hours her date with Sasuke would start.

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