Well here it is, yet an other chapter is released, i am really hoping you guys are enjoying it, also to note, i have downgraded this from rated M to rated T, as i realized, nothing Rated M is planned to happen, however, if i decide to change my mind, i will re make it M and give a warning :)

Ymere, thank you for the review, Naruto and Sakura's feeling for each other are slowing becoming apparent, as for the new people, a little bit of light has been shed on them in this chapter, however as you can read, not much is known about them yet, so keep reading to find out more

Also to note, anything in bold "TEXT" is Inner-Sakura :)

Disclaimer – I do not own Naruto, or anything related, if I did, I would be the happiest person on earth

This chapter was revised on May 17th 2017. Most grammar errors should have been addressed (Hopefully :P) I did a few enhancements and changed a few things around but the story remained unchanged

Saving old bonds

Chapter 5 (Revised)

Sakura was standing in front of Ichiraku's ramen shop wondering what kind of ramen Naruto would like. She figured he would like anything she brought him, well he better or else she though happily and grinned to herself. She entered the small shop, Teuchi was making a fresh batch of ramen in the back while Ayame greeted her. "Welcome to Ichiraku's, would you like to see a menu or do you already know what you will be having?" She asked with an infectious smile. "Wait a second, I know you. You're Sakura!"

At the mention of Sakura's name Teuchi turned around from what he was doing "Sakura? What a surprise! Welcome, Naruto isn't with you?"

Sakura was a bit surprise. How did they know her? This was her first time in the shop; at least the first time that she could remember. "No he is in the hospital, that's why I am here."

"Say no more, I know exactly what he wants, one extra-large order of pork ramen with extra meat coming right up, oh would you like something for yourself my dear?" The old man said with a smile that was almost as infectious as his daughters.

"Father, we don't even know if she is here for ramen!" The young girl said to her father.

Sakura was smiling at the pair "No he is right; I was going to get him some ramen from the hospital but I figured he would want some from his favorite ramen shop instead."

"You made the right choice. That hospital slop can't be compared to my award-winning ramen!" The man said proudly. "So will you be taking anything for yourself?"

Sakura let out a small giggle, the man was almost like Naruto in a small way "Well I guess I could, give me the same as Naruto, except smaller portion."

"One regular size pork ramen coming right up!"

"Out of curiosity, how did you all know who I was?" She asked as she sat down to wait for the order.

Teuchi almost began to laugh at the question while Ayame smiled at her. "Naruto talks about you almost none stop when he comes here. He is like family so we know you almost as much as we know him." She responded

"He is like a son to me and Ayame's little brother. I would have adopted him when he was younger had I known about him." Teuchi said while he was packing up the ramen. "And it's not because he is my best customer but because he has a lot of heart. Do us a favor, take good care of our Naruto alright?" He told her while handing over the 2 orders of ramen to go.

"He has been talking about us all that time?" Inner-Sakura said as Sakura herself was trying to fight off a blush that was creeping up her face that made Ayame smile even wider. Sakura picked up the order and was reaching inside her pocket for money when Teuchi spoke up.

"It's on the house my dear. Just make sure he gets better, and take good care of our boy for us, will you?" Said the man with a large smile.

"Yes, take good care of him, only you can make him feel better and happy the way he wants to be." Ayame said with a malicious smile on her face causing Sakura to lose her battle with the blush she had been fighting as her face turned completely red. She thanked them both and quickly made her way out of the small shop and headed back towards the hospital.

While walking back she began thinking a lot about what Ayame and Teuchi had said. "I know he always had a crush on me when we were kids, but he talked about me during all those years?" She thought to herself. "He isn't so bad, sure he used to be a pranking annoying little brat that only wanted attention." Responded Inner-Sakura. "But he turned out to be a reliable hard working team mate and friend who I could depend on for anything." Responded Sakura to herself. "And he turned out to be a hunk!" Inner-Sakura responded back with a huge grin. "What? No, he is like my best friend. I can't be having these thoughts about him." Sakura fought back. "Oh come on I know you better then you know yourself. You can't fool me; you like him and for more than just a friend! And he likes you back, so what's the problem? I know that you don't have feelings for Sasuke anymore. So, don't try to pull that on me!" Said Inner. "I don't have the time to argue with you. He is my best friend that that's all he is, end of argument!" "Alright, if you say so but I know you're just lying to yourself. Eventually you will see who was right and I will be there to say, I told you so."

Meanwhile Tsunade had returned to her paperwork when Shizune ran into her office once more. "Hokage Sama!" she screamed out.

"What is it Shizune? I told you not to disturb me. How am I supposed to get these done if you keep coming in here?"

"I am sorry Hokage Sama but we just received news from one of our port cities. A large fleet of unknown ships have appeared off the coast. One of the ships has docked and a man claiming to be Kurokage of the hidden moon village of the Night country is waiting for you."

"Kurokage of the moon? Night country? I have never heard of either."

"He says it's from a faraway land on the other side of the world. We have never explored that far so it could be true. The fire lord is already on his way to meet with him and would like for you to join him."

"Hurm, I guess I have no choice. Shizune get an ANBU escort ready. We are heading out to meet this Kurokage."

"Right away Hokage Sama." She said as she ran out of the office.

"She really needs to find a way to deal with all that energy she always has. Perhaps I am not giving her enough things to do?" She said with a grin while thinking of extra work to give her assistant.

Sakura had returned to the hospital. The sun had just about set as only a small ray of light was still shining in the sky. She was smiling thinking of how surprised Naruto was going to be when she walked into his room with the ramen he so loved. She walked by a nurse who recognized her. "Forehead what are you doing here? Your shift ended 2 hours ago and visiting hours are over."

"Ino I told you to stop calling me that! And I am just here to bring Naruto some ramen. I am sure this will cheer him up. As for visiting hours, I am the second in charge of the hospital. One of the perks of the job is being allowed to come to the hospital whenever I want."

"Oh I see now; you are bringing your sweet Naruto Kun his favorite meal. Then ravish the poor weak boy's body and no one will hear you because it's the night, right?" She said teasing knowing it would set off her best friend.

"Ino!" She said whit a large vain throbbing on her forehead indicating how mad she was at the moment.

"Yes forehead?"

"YOU HAVE ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO DISAPPEAR OUT OF MY SIGHTS BEFORE I MAKE YOU A RESIDENT OF THE HOSPITAL RATHER THEN A WORKER!"

Ino quickly walked away with a large grin knowing that her objective of annoying Sakura was completed. But even she knew that Sakura would carry out her threat if she stayed there.

Sakura continued on her way towards Naruto's room wishing she would just have beaten the crap out of Ino instead of giving her the chance to get away. But she had better things to do anyway. Naruto must had been getting hungry since she had told the staff not to feed him since she would take care of it. She finally reached his room. She opened the door with a very large smile on her face but it didn't last long as his bed was empty. She suddenly got angry; he was not schedule to leave the hospital for another few days. Which meant that he had snuck out. She had gone through all this trouble of getting him his favorite ramen and he had run off! Oh, how he would pay she thought to herself. "NARUTO, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" She turned around only to bump into someone. Whoever this was better get out of her face right now because she had a dead man to find, or he would be dead once she was done with him. She backed away and froze.

It was Naruto and he was very much afraid of her right now since he was behind her when she said she would kill him. "Sa…Sakura Chan, I don't know what I did but I am sorry. Please forgive me…" he begged as he got on his knees shutting his eyes expecting to be hit with all of Sakura's fury as she had done in the past whenever she was mad with him. But it never came.

"Naruto?! Where were you….?" She asked surprised.

"I had to go to the bathroom. Please forgive me Sakura Chan I didn't mean to do it!" he kept on pleading with her. He still had no idea what it was that he had done but if Sakura was mad at him he must had done it, whatever it was.

Sakura felt very low at that moment. She had once again jumped to the wrong conclusion. And here was Naruto begging for forgiveness for something he didn't do. Wait he was begging? "Am I really that scary?" She thought to herself. "Get up, you didn't do anything…. I thought you had run off without permission…" She said with remorse in her voice.

Naruto slowly got up making sure she wasn't just trying to give him a false sense of security, that's when he smelled it "Is that…."

"Ramen from Ichiraku. I thought you might want something other than hospital food." She said while handing him the bag and fighting off a slight blush as Naruto took the bag with a huge grin on his face. The fear of being beaten to almost near death by Sakura was already a memory of the past as he sat down to eat with Sakura. She smiled at him as she took out her own bowl. She was staring into Naruto's eyes, those beautiful blue eyes. She thought about how she could lose herself in them. "Just friends huh?" Said Inner-Sakura "Shut up!" Was her response.

Naruto was just staring at her wondering what was going on. "But Sakura Chan…. I didn't say anything…"

Sakura suddenly realized that she said it out loud rather than to herself. "Oh no sorry Naruto Kun, I didn't mean to say it to you." Then she realized, did she just call him Naruto Kun?! "Should I say it now? Or do you need more time to accept your own feelings?" said a grinning Inner-Sakura, but Sakura just ignored her.

Naruto was more than puzzled and confused. First she wants to kill him, then she gives him ramen, then she tells him to shut up and then calls him Naruto Kun? "Why are girls so complicated?" He asked himself with a sigh as he continued to eat his Ramen.

End Chapter 5

I have realized that my chapters are smaller than some of the other fanfics out there however they take longer to make updates, so i am going to ask you all, do you like it better this way? as in small but fast updates, or would you rather larger posts but slower updates, since it would take me longer to type them up :P anyway, either send me a message or say it in a review what you would prefer

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