Hello you guys! Look at me, I updated! 8D
Ok, here's some things I wanted to tell you:
Somebody reviewed that it's annoying how I give all characters that aren't by Kishimoto English names.
That's because of this: I get very annoyed when people put their OC's in their story's. XD Honestly, it makes me want to pull my hair out. And, since most OC's have names like... Oh, I dunno... 'Mitsuki' or 'Okumi' or whatever, I wanted my characters to be as far away from fanmade as possible. I don't know how you feel, but I don't get annoyed by characters that don't have a OC name easily.
...Did that make sense? XD
But, if you have a story with an OC of yours in it, please don't feel insulted. You are the writer, you have every right to decide who's in your story's and who isn't. :)
''So you've been taking care of your mother and yourself?''
Sakura nodded, her bangs covering her face.
She and Naruto were seated on top of his roof, their legs dangling from the edge. They were each staring ahead of them, both too concentrated to really see anything.
''Wasn't it hard?''
''I managed,'' she mumbled.
He turned his head to give her an awkward stare.
''Ok. I felt like I was going mad,'' she admitted, hanging her head even more.
They were silent for a while.
Even though it was five o'clock, the sun already had that golden evening glow. Normally, because of the high skyline, the citizens of Konoha never got to see anything of the sun after three. Now, though, Naruto and Sakura were a part of the skyline. So high. So very high above everybody else that it seemed as if they were in heaven itself.
''And now?''
''My mother needs some time to, you know, get away. She wants to calm down.''
''And she leaves you on your own?''
''I'll be just fine. You succeeded, didn't you?'' She huffed, crossing her arms.
'She took it as an offense on her responsibility, didn't she?' Naruto wondered.
Naruto huffed as well, annoyed at the pinkette's obnoxiousness. The bright sunlight went dim when the sun disappeared behind the clouds.
''It wasn't meant as an insult,'' He muttered, ''I was just wondering why she would leave you alone if you always helped her.''
Hearing this, Sakura untangled her arms and fiddled her hands together on her laps. She bit her lip. 'That's what I thought as well...'
Suddenly a chilly breeze caught the two teens off guard. Of course, it shouldn't be such a surprise to them since they were seated on top of a building and all, but it had been surprisingly calm all day. Sakura cursed herself for not taking something with sleeves with her just in case.
''You cold?'' Naruto asked her.
''No,'' Sakura huffed stubbornly.
Naruto rolled his eyes, removed his jacket and threw it at the pinkette's head.
She gave a soft squeak, shaking her head and heaving her arms up in the air. When she finally realised what had happened, she grabbed a hold of the jacket and pulled it out of her line of vision. She looked down on it but then shot Naruto a questioning glance, ''Eh?''
''Put it on,'' Naruto muttered edgily.
''Oh, right, thanks.''
They were silent once more.
Sakura Looked down at her fingers. They were barely visible because of the black sleeves from Naruto's jacket. It was way too big for her. She didn't always feel that small, but at that moment she felt like she was drowning.
Sakura was woken up from her thoughts when the world around them, again, caught on fire as the golden sunlight touched the earth. The pinkette gave Naruto a few hard pats on the shoulder, resulting in him almost falling down, startled by the surprising amount of strength Sakura obviously kept in store in her petite body. She pointed at the sun excitedly while shouting, ''Look Naruto, it's heaven!''
He gave a soft chuckle at her childishness. But when he looked up, he was surprised. The picture did look like heaven all right.
The clouds were drifting about in front of the light orange like golden dots of wool. Behind them was the bright sun, trying it's best to peek through the clouds before it resulting in slim rays of sunlight sparkling down on the earth like sparkling waterfalls. Of course the raven silhouette of the skyline underlined it, only emphasizing the spectacle above.
''Hey Naruto,'' Sakura said after a while.
''What is it?''
''Why don't we go to the library?''
''The library?''
''It helps me take my mind of things.''
''I don't know. I've got more interesting things to do.''
''Like what?''
''Like watching dust fall on my desk.'' Naruto smirked.
Sakura chuckled, ''Ouch!''
A silence followed, in which both teens gazed at the sunset. After a while though, Naruto said, ''Why don't we do something else?''
''Like...?''
''Like... Er...'' Naruto started, tapping his chin. He then snapped his fingers and shouted, ''-Like getting ice cream!''
''Ice cream?'' Sakura muttered. It had been a long time since she had tasted ice cream. She couldn't even remember what it tasted like.
''Yeah, what about it?''
Sakura was silent for a while, over thinking it. Wasn't it expensive? She should be careful with her money, now more than ever. But of course, now that her mother was gone, she had some extra money.
Yes, she could get ice cream. She just shouldn't take a fancy one.
She smiled, ''Why not?''
''Ok, then why don't we get it Friday afternoon, after school?'' Naruto said, earning a questioning look from the pinkette next to him. ''It's too dark down there now.'' Naruto pointed down the building, at the streets, ''Ice cream tastes the best when the weather is hot and sunny.'' He explained.
They were silent again. Naruto stretched and let himself fall on his back.
Sakura peeked at him from the corners of her eyes. His eyelids were closed and he was wearing the biggest, most goofy and satisfied grin she had ever seen. She almost chuckled.
''Hey, Naruto?'' She asked him, poking him in the side.
''Hm?''
''Why do you like the sun so much?''
He opened one of his sapphire coloured eyes, measuring the pink haired girl's expression. Then the eyelid drooped again.
''I guess,'' Naruto started after a short while, ''There's various reasons. For starters, it kind of gives everything a safe feeling,'' He put his arms behind his head, making himself even more comfortable, ''And when the sun shines, people tend to get more friendly and outgoing.'' He turned his head so he could look at her, ''And what about you?''
''What about me?''
''You like the sun a lot as well, don't you?''
''...I think I might like it because of the reasons you listed,'' She said, leaning forward to place her elbows on her knees and rest her chin on her hands, ''But also... Because my flowers adore the sun. They get more gorgeous with every sunny day.''
''Flowers?'' Naruto mused.
''Oh, yes,'' Sakura said, dropping one of her hands so she was able to gaze at the sunset, ''I like gardening. Didn't I tell you?''
''Nope.''
''Well, I do,'' the teenage girl spoke, clasping a strand of bubblegum pink hair that had been lingering in her line of vision and tucking it behind her ear, ''You should go see my garden sometimes. It's gorgeous.''
''Yeah, who knows.''
The week passed without much important things happening. Just silent schooldays, tests, homework and lonesome evenings. Sakura continued living through those days, for unknown reasons longing for the upcoming Friday afternoon. But the days were long and, as you probably experienced yourself, they seem to get even longer when you are looking forward to something.
Finally, there was the upcoming sun, announcing the start of a brand new day. A brand new Friday, I might add.
In a morning-light lit bedroom, a white varnished bed stood proudly against one of the walls. A mop of pink hair peeked out from under the covers.
The room itself was neat. There was an almost empty cherry wooden bookcase standing next to a desk. Against the opposing white wall, a closet was placed.
Though there weren't many personal belongings lingering in on the floor like in a normal teenager's room, the room was kept clean. The furniture was shiny and well kept. This was probably a result of Sakura's obsession with cleaning.
There were doors on the far side of the room, adorned with curtains in a light shade of pink. They led to a balcony that allowed one to oversee the entire suburb, and in the distance the high buildings from the Central Business District of Konoha. If Sakura squinted and took the time to really search, she would without a doubt be able to distinguish the building holding Naruto's apartment from the other grey rectangles.
The serenity of the room is immediately broken as the shrill beeping of an alarm clock pierces the morning air. A low groan erupts from somewhere underneath the covers of the bed and the pink mop of hair moves, revealing a cherubic face.
''Great,'' Sakura rasped, hitting the alarm clock with her fist. It stopped beeping immediately. ''Another a-ma-zing school day.''
She sat up with a groan and ruffled her hair. Then, she shifted on the bed and stood up groggily. The girl was about to open her bedroom door and enter the bathroom, when the calendar hanging from the door gained her attention. It was Friday.
''Friday!'' Sakura yelped, clapping her hands together. She was going to get ice cream with Naruto later that day.
Thinking of that, she almost skipped down the passage and into the bathroom. She took a sink shower -like she had been forced to take the past week- and then walked back into her room, still rubbing her hair dry with her favourite red towel.
She put on some underwear first, and then peeked outside through her window. It was going to be sunny, she noticed.
Sakura pulled open her closet and searched it for anything that would be suitable for a warm, sunny day. The pinkette owned quite many clothes. Mainly because, back when she was twelve, she adored shopping and buying useless stuff. Luckily the clothes still fit her now, four years later, because she couldn't exactly afford a whole new wardrobe.
''Yes!'' Sakura chirped when she found something suitable underneath a pile of clothes. It was a white summer dress with light blue spaghetti straps and a ribbon in the exact same shade of blue in the middle of the neck-piece. It wasn't too frilly, unlike the other dresses she owned.
After Sakura had put it on she noticed it ended well above her knees.
'How weird,' she couldn't remember it had been this short when she had worn it a few years before. She guessed her legs must have grown more than she thought.
It wasn't a problem, Sakura figured, if she put on a legging underneath. Luckily, she had a few. She picked out a white one and put it on, then pulled on a light pink buttoned vest, leaving it un-buttoned, a silver chain she had gotten for valentine's day a few years ago -she had never found out who gave it to her- and finally tied her hair up in a loose bun, leaving her side bangs out so they were cupping her face.
The pinkette then hopped over to the bathroom, put on some make up -she was finally getting the hang of it- and headed downstairs to grab some breakfast.
That day seemed to pass even more slowly than the previous ones, but even despite that Sakura paid attention during every class. It was just who she was.
The people seated in the front of the class, though, were less focused.
Naruto, for instance, had been scratching his table with his pen when mr Yamato passed his table and halted. He slowly turned his head to look down at the blond teenager and waited a few seconds to see if he noticed him. When, after a short while, he still got no reaction, he snatched the pen away from him and barked, ''We do not besmirch our tables with pens during my class, Uzumaki!'' The teacher then walked on, put the pen on his desk, grabbed a piece of chalk and started writing on the chalk board.
Naruto, visibly unimpressed, took out a new pen from his pen case and continued scratching the table.
Sakura rested her face on her hand palm and tilted her head to look outside through the window. She sighed and returned to her notebook. She underlined the sentences from her notes that were important for the upcoming test and then copied the new notes on the chalk board as precise she possibly could. She even added and scrapped some things.
It was a warm day and Sakura found herself barely able to concentrate. She wasn't the only one, really. Even Sasuke wasn't focusing on what mr Yamato was saying.
Sakura snapped her head up when the screeching sound of the bell filled her ears. She put her books in her bag, stood up and made her way to the classroom where she had math. It was going to be the last period of that day.
She stopped in her tracks when a thought struck her, 'Maybe I can walk to class with Naruto!' But, when she looked around, she could just see him walking through the classroom door. He was was laughing at something his friends had said, Ino at one side of him and Sasuke at the other.
The pinkette sighed and continued on her way to the next class.
The last class was the most boring one for Naruto. Math wasn't exactly his best nor his favourite subject, so he was even less focused than normally during school time. He moaned audibly, ignoring the cold stare Sarutobi shot him.
The blond smirked. He loved pissing teachers off. It was almost too easy.
He looked down when a small, folded note was thrown on his table from Sasuke's direction.
'Ino, Shikamaru and me are going to see a movie after school. Are you coming with us?'
Without bothering to check if Anko noticed, he tore off a piece from a page from his notebook and scribbled down, 'Nah, can't. I've got something to do already.'
'Are you sure? Kiba is coming too. He said he'd bring Hinata with him.'
'Nah, that's ok. =] Besides, why would I care?'
'She's got a crush on you. Kiba promised her you'd be there.'
'Everyone knows he's crushing on her. Let him have her.' That was true. Naruto didn't like Hinata like that. It'd be unfair to Kiba if he started dating her. Especially since they were friends.
It took a few minutes before Naruto got a reply.
'Whatever. What are you doing after school, then, if you're not hanging out with us?'
'I promised Sakura I'd get some ice-cream with her.'
Again, it took a few minutes for Sasuke to answer.
'Are you still busy with her?'
'Yeah.'
'You're spending less time with us lately, dude. Don't forget who your real friends are.'
'Like I'd do that.'
Before Sasuke had the chance to tear off another paper, though, the bell rang.
Naruto's friends accompanied him to his locker, but skid to a halt when, after the blond had slammed his locker shut, he didn't tag along with them.
''What's wrong, Naruto?'' Ino asked, placing one hand firmly on her hip, ''Aren't you coming with us?''
''Nah,'' Naruto shrugged casually.
''Fine.'' Ino pouted, crossing her arms, ''But call me and Sasuke tonight, 'kay?''
''Yeah, sure.''
She then hooked her right arm with Shikamaru's and her left with Sasuke's -they both tried shaking her off, but didn't succeed- and marched up to the doors, where Kiba and Hinata were already waiting for them.
Naruto sighed and leaned back against the cool metal of his locker. The weather was sure getting warm. What was it, June?
''Naruto!'' A voice chimed from his left. Sakura came walking up to him, smiling broadly.
''What are you so happy about?'' He couldn't help but mutter.
''We're getting ice cream,'' She explained, placing her hands on her hips. Her smile fell and was replaced with a deep frown.
'Since when's she so defensive?' He thought. He was just annoyed because he really wanted to go with his friends. But he widened his eyes and smiled, ''Oh, that's right! Sorry, I forgot!'' He covered.
Her expression brightened after he was done speaking, and she took a few steps in the direction of the school doors. She paused and waited for him to catch up with her before continuing on her way.
When they walked through the doors and searched the sunny school yard for Naruto's scooter, the blond caught sight of a blinding glint coming from Sakura. He turned his head in curiosity, and almost tripped down the stone steps when he recognised the object dangling from her pale neck.
When he was seven years old, he'd done chores for Jiraiya and his neighbours for four months before he finally had enough money to buy the silver chain for her. He had gotten into a fight with the jeweller and got kicked out of the shop, and only after waiting for four hours in the pouring rain the jeweller had let him in so he could buy it. Naruto had sent it to her for Valentine's day, but didn't dare to put his name on the card.
''Is something wrong?'' Sakura asked him, awaking him from his thoughts.
''-Er, nope,'' Naruto muttered and looked away from her. From the corners of his eyes, he could see Sakura cocking an eyebrow at him, but he distracted her by pointing at a random orange object and saying, ''Hey, there's my scooter!''
A few awkward seconds followed, before Sakura cleared her throat and muttered, ''-Er, Naruto?''
''Yeah?''
''That's a garbage can.''
Mentally, Naruto stomped himself. 'Who the fuck puts down an orange garbage can?'
''Er... Right. Sorry.''
''There it is,'' She mused, tapping him on the shoulder. He followed her gaze and noticed his scooter standing proudly against the iron fence surrounding the school.
''Oh, yeah. Let's go.''
They walked over to the scooter and rode it to the sidewalk. Then Naruto got on it and cast Sakura a glance over his shoulder. She didn't look like she was planning on sitting down behind him any time soon.
''You climbing up?'' He muttered.
''-Can I drive your scooter?'' She asked him unexpectedly.
He looked at her as if she were insane, his mouth hanging agape and his eye twitching. His scooter was like his baby.
...But he wasn't telling her that.
''Maybe sometime later,'''...When Sasuke volunteers on playing Cinderella in Disney World.'
''Ok!'' She said then, practically jumping on the scooter. Naruto stumbled a bit but quickly regained his balance.
They rode off towards the centre of town.
''There it is!'' Sakura said, and pointed towards a shop on the far side of the plaza, ''Come on!''
Naruto followed the girl as she hurried over to the pink ice-cream parlour. He almost had to run to keep up with her.
Sakura wondered why she had spent so little time in the shopping centre. It was gorgeous.
It was so big it was like a small town. The ceilings were high, and several floors circled around the main hall, with low glass walls that allowed the people on the higher floors to look down at the ground floor. There were big corridors leading from the main hallway into several directions. There were big, high windows and a beautiful, round window in the middle of the high ceiling. A pearly white fountain stood in the middle of the hallway, sending splatters of sparkly water flying around. Of course, shops and people were everywhere.
The two teenagers stopped walking abreast the fountain when they caught sight of the enormous mass of people surrounding the ice cream parlour.
''It's kind of... Crowded, isn't it?'' Naruto muttered. There were so many persons surrounding it that the cheerful colours and paintings were barely visible. The door was hidden completely by the crowd.
''-Hm... Yeah, you're right.'' Sakura said, pursing her lips.
''So, what are we going to do?'' the blond asked her.
''What about I find my way in there and get our ice cream?'' She turned to face him, ''I'm smaller than you.''
''Yeah sure, good luck!'' He said, ''And don't get crushed by those people. Well, don't until I've got my ice cream.''
''Jerk,'' She chuckled before turning around and taking off towards the ice-cream parlour. He sat down on the edge and leaned back, listening to the clicking of her slippers against the marble floor until it faded.
After a few minutes he was startled by an R&B song that started playing obnoxiously loudly. The tanned boy took out his cell phone from his pocket and answered it with a, ''Hey.''
''Hello, Naruto,'' A masculine voice replied.
''Jiraiya! Pervy old man!'' He called out suddenly, much more cheerful.
''Call me something different, will you? I'm not that old.''
''You've gotta get out of that denial sometimes''
A low chuckle could be heard on the other side of the line, followed by a, ''I haven't seen you in a while. How are your grades doing?''
''The usual.''
''Figures.'' Naruto pouted at this, before his expression brightened, ''Why don't we grab some ramen later?'
''Yeah!'' The blond called out, ''I'd love to!''
''Ok, I'll drop by later then.''A young family passed the fountain. The woman held a small kid in her arms, but she was having a hard time because it was trashing and screaming. Naruto almost felt sorry for her. ''Do I hear screaming? Where are you, Naruto?''
''It's just a little kid. I'm having ice-cream with somebody at the mall.''
''Who, your friends?''
''Nope,''
''Then with who? Are you on a date?''
''N-''
''-Who're you on a date with? Your friend Ino?''
''She's just a friend.''
''Then who's with you?''
''Sakura.''
''Sakura? Childhood-crush Sakura?' Naruto rolled his eyes. He could almost hear the man winking, ''So you finally got her to go out with you! Great, Naruto! That's my boy!''
''It isn't a date. We're just getting ice-cream.''
''That's where it starts, Naruto.''
''Shut up, old man.'' Naruto muttered. He caught sight of Sakura waving him from the corner of his eyes and waved back at her, ''There she is. I'll talk to you later.''
''Say hi to her for m-''
Naruto hung up on him, knowing that Jiraiya would tease him about Sakura all evening.
He directed his sapphire irises on the pinkette again. She was balancing the ice-cream in her hands, trying not to let them drop down on the floor.
He couldn't help but notice she was wearing a dress. It flowed down her hips and actually looked quite good on her. He couldn't remember the last time he had noticed anything involving her looks. For a second, she looked like her twelve year old self again. The beautiful, proud, stuck-up girl she had once been.
It was gone in a flash, though, when she stopped in front of him and held out the treat, ''Here, Naruto!''
No, she had definitely changed.
''What flavour is it?'' He asked, taking it from her. It was bright orange.
''Oh, I took mango and orange for you!'' She said, sitting down next to him.
''Those're my favourites! How'd you know?''
''I'm not sure... I guess you just really seemed like a tropical fruit person to me.''
''What do you have?''
She cast him a glance from the corners of her eyes, ''Oh, I took raspberry.''
They spent about fifteen minutes just eating their ice cream and talking and having a good time, until it was almost time for the shops to close.
''No way!'' Sakura giggled when Naruto told her about one of the pranks he played on their teachers, ''You're so mean to them!''
''Maybe.'' He shrugged with a smirk.
''Why do you always enjoy pestering them?''
''I dunno,'' that girl always asked him such weird questions, ''I just like their reactions I guess. I love how they try to punish me but know that it's no use. I enjoy their attempts at trying to change my behaviour.''
The pinkette laughed again.
''What is it?'' Naruto asked her, cocking an eyebrow.
''You're such a brat!'' She chuckled.
He ran a hand through his blond spikes, ''I'm not that bad.''
''Yes you are!'' She said, punching him on the shoulder. It must have been meant as a playful punch, but almost sent him falling into the fountain nonetheless.
Naruto rubbed his arm, ''That hurt!''
''Oh come on, don't be a baby.'' She said, licking her ice cream.
He frowned at a shop on the opposite side of the plaza, crossing his arms.
It was then that he took notice of the decreased number of people in the mall.
He looked around. Several shops were closed already.
''I'm going to the toilet, I'll be right back,'' Naruto said, putting down his ice cream beside him and getting up. He cast her a glance over his shoulder, though, and pointed at the treat on the stone fountain, ''Oh, yeah. Touch mine and I'll feed it to you faster than you can say 'brain-freeze'.''
Sakura smiled up at him, ''Can't promise you anything!''
When he came back later, he found his ice cream sitting on the exact same spot he had put it down minutes before. Sakura's position, though, had changed.
''Dah, crap!'' She muttered, looking down at her lap. She had accidentally dropped her ice cream, causing in her white dress now being smudged with pink.
Naruto snickered as she attempted to dab her dress dry with a handkerchief. Hearing his laughter, she put more force into the dabbing. Her bun started bobbing up and down.
''We should go,'' He said when she had finished trying to save her dress -and failed. There was a pink spatter on it, blurred a bit, but still visibly there-, getting up from the edge of the fountain.
Sakura sent him a questioning look before she cast the big clock hanging above the main doors a glance and noticed it was six o'clock already. The shops were closing.
''Yeah,'' she got up as well and picked up her bag. On their way to the bycicle stands outside, they passed a waste-bin and threw the plastic ice cream cups -and in Sakura's case a sticky, pink handkerchief- into them.
''D'you need me to take you home? I'm kind of in a hurry.'' Naruto asked her, sitting down on his scooter.
She shook her head, ''Nope. I'll just take the bus. I have to go grocery shopping anyway.''
Naruto didn't move. He thought for a while, before he turned his head to face her and asked her, ''Do you have a sheet of paper and a pen?''
Not understanding him fully, she reached for her bag and tore a page out of one of her notebooks. She then took a pen out of her pen case and gave it to him. He took them and scribbled down something on the paper.
The pinkette took it back from him and read it's content.
It was a telephone number.
She looked up at him, ''Why are you giving me this?''
''You're a girl and you're alone,'' He ran a hand through his spikes and looked away from her, ''Call me when you think something's wrong or when you are scared or something.''
''Scared? Me?'' She laughed a bit too loudly, ''Don't make me laugh.''
'You looked pretty scared that night I saved you from that thug.' ''Yeah, maybe I'm exaggerating.'' He muttered, ''Just keep it in case.''
''Well, okay then,'' Sakura put the letter in her bag and zipped it shut, ''Bye.'' With that, she turned around and crossed the road.
The blond took off towards his apartment.
When he arrived at the building, his attention was caught by a fancy, black car parked on the parking lot. He recognised it immediately, 'that old perv is here already?'
Naruto practically dove off his scooter. He was too distracted to think of taking the elevator and sped up the stairs, leaving an old lady to narrow her eyes at his back and mutter something that sounded like, ''Kids these days...''
When the teen finally arrived at the hallway bordering on his apartment panting, he wiped his forehead with the back of his hand and opened the door. He walked into his apartment and crossed the hallway, and Jiraiya was revealed, slumped down on the couch. His tie was undone and a beer sat in his hand. He took a sip and then burped loudly.
It was unbelievable this man was a businessman.
''Yo,'' He waved when he noticed Naruto.
''Make yourself at home?'' the blond smirked, walking into the kitchen. He opened the fridge and got himself a beer as well.
When he walked back into the room, Jiraiya had turned off the television.
''How's business going?''
''Great. I swear I'm this close to getting Tsuna Inc to coöperate with us!'' He exclaimed, grinning, ''How was your date with Sakura?''
''It was nota date!'' Naruto snapped.
Jiraiya only shook his head, still wearing that goofy grin, ''Hm-m-m. Don't deny it.''
''I'm not admitting stuff that isn't true!''
''Yeah, yeah,'' Jiraiya mused and patted Naruto on the head, ''Let's go eat.''
He turned around and walked into the hallway, leaving Naruto in his wake.
''-Er, wait!'' the blond called out, running after him, ''I don't have to pay, do I?''
''Why? You spent this month's money already?''
''It's been a long month...''
''You could get a job, Naruto.''
''Tsk. Yeah, like I'd do that.''
Much later that evening, Naruto sat on his roof. Some people inhabiting an apartment in the bordering buildings had forgot to close their curtains, resulting in Naruto now being able to watch television with them.
He had convinced Jiraiya to pay for his ramen earlier that evening, and had a great time. They had just talked and laughed together in a way he only could with his guardian.
They didn't see each other much lately because Jiraiya was a busy man, and Naruto had other things to do like football, school -even though that didn't take much of his time- and doing stuff with his friends.
He took a sip from the mug of tea he had taken on the roof with him and sighed. He took his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed Ino's number.
Barely a second later Ino's voice chimed into his ear, ''Helloooo!''
''Hey Ino, you told me to call you, didn't you?''
''Yeah! Hang on, I'm on the phone with Sasuke too.''
Naruto could hear a high tone, before Sasuke's voice muttered a, ''Did it work?''
''I think so! Naruto, can you hear Sasuke?''
''-Um, yeah.''
''Fabulous. Now tell us about Billboard Brow. Did you have a great time?'' He could hear Ino's sarcasm through the phone.
''What d'you expect?'' He asked them, rolling his eyes. Ok, it hadn't been that bad, but he couldn't risk his friends thinking he liked spending time with her.
Naruto heard a snort. He guessed it was coming from Sasuke.
''Tell us more. Did she do anything stupid?'' the girl squealed.
''She dropped her ice cream on her lap.''
''No way! That's so like her!'' Ino giggled.
''What've you guys been up to?''
''Oh, it was really fun! Hinata and me got to pick the movie and-''
''-Meaning: Ino forced her opinion on Hinata and she went along with it-''
''-Shuddup Sasuke! It was nothing like that. Anyway, we went to this really cute chick flick! Honestly, I loved it sooo much.''
''I don't care anymore, really." Naruto muttered, knowing the blonde would explain the movie with as much details as she could probably fit into a half an hour. It was nine o'clock. Gossip Girl would start in thirty minutes, and Naruto knew that not even an earthquake would be able to stop his friend from watching it.
''Who cares? I'll tell you anyway.'' Then she gasped and squeaked, ''Oh my gosh! By the way, Naruto, I went to get some popcorn half way past the movie when Kiba didn't allow me to eat from his anymore, and there was this really cute guy! I couldn't find the salted popcorn, so he helped me and now I've got his telephone number!''
Naruto rolled his eyes, ''You really need some girl friends, you know. I don't give a damn about your love life.''
''Lovelife...''Ino mused, ''That's it!''
''-What's it?''
''I just thought of something. Wouldn't it be a good revenge when you... When you made Sakura fall in love with you?''
''What?''
''Oh come on! it'd be so funny!''
''Wow, Ino. That's kinda mean. I don't know if I can do that, man.''
''Of course you can! Remember what she did to you in the canteen some time ago? In front of totally everyone?''
Naruto clenched his teeth. That memory made him so angry... But still, making somebody fall in love with him just so he could hurt her?
''Come on, Naruto!'' Ino urged, ''Perhaps she won't even fall for you! She didn't when you were younger.''
That memory made Naruto angry as well. Flashes of pictures from himself, always trying to gain Sakura's attention but at the same time, always failing ran through his head. Images of him doing everything for her whenever she needed him and always being rejected.
''I'll do it,'' he hissed.
''Ok, Naruto!'' Ino cheered, ''This'll be soooo funny!'' A jingle could be heard in the background, before Ino gasped, ''Oh wait, Gossip Girl is starting. I'll talk to you guys later!'' With that, she hung up on her two friends.
They were silent for a while, until Sasuke said, ''Naruto, you sure about all this?''
Naruto was startled for a second. He had almost forgotten about Sasuke, ''Yeah.'' he then said.
Naruto was furious. Ino was right. Sakura deserved it for always thinking about only herself.
''Listen dude, don't get too carried away. Ino doesn't think about other people's feelings. She's fun to hang out with, but she's making you do stuff that isn't like you, ok?''
''She's right this time. Sakura deserves it.'' With that, Naruto hung up.
What did that Sasuke know? He hadn't been that witch's victim for all his life.
The blond frowned. He'd make Sakura fall in love with him.
Piece of cake.
Why look at that! Naruto has to make Sakura fall in love with him!
...Wonder if he'll pull that off. ;D
And I made Jiraiya appear
...As a business man! Guahaha, who would've thought? 8D
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