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Chapter 1It was exactly five o'clock AM when Haruno Sakura's alarm clock buzzed next to her bed. The now awake kunoichi groggily sat up in her bed.
"Ugh... I'm supposed to meet my team at six... I'll just sleep in. Knowing our sensei, he'll probably arrive at eight... lazy old man..." Sakura thought as she tucked herself into her bed. Just as she was about to doze off into a dream-filled sleep, she heard a loud, booming voice.
"Oh no you don't young lady! Get out of bed or you'll be late! No wonder you're not making progress in your training, you're as lazy as a sloth!" her mother yelled as she shooed Sakura out of her comfortable bed.
"Moms are so bothersome... I'd like to see her train all day, then she would be the one to complain!" Sakura thought with a grumpy look on her face.
Sakura rolled out reluctantly and dressed at a slow pace. Normally, she wasn't this tired in the morning, but she was up all night trying to learn some new jutsus so she could impress her beloved Sasuke-kun. She didn't make much progress, because most of the techniques she was attempting to master couldn't really be performed in her small room. Not unless she wanted to destroy all her belongings.
She took her time to eat her breakfast, said goodbye to her mother, and set off to her team's usual meeting spot.
As she was walking down Konoha's clean streets, Sakura started to think about what the day would have in store for her. When she would arrive, Sasuke-kun would probably be there staring off into the distance. He was usually deep in thought as he leaned on the railing of the bridge. She would probably be somewhere near him, trying to start a conversation. After a few minutes of silence, Naruto would make a loud entrance and yell, "OHAYO SAKURA-CHAN!" in his annoying voice, then he would call Sasuke a bad name, and she would hit him on the head. Eventually, their sensei would arrive, and he would make up another lame excuse for being late. Then their training would begin.
After a few minutes of walking, it began to pour.
"Great... we have to sit around for two hours in the rain... Is sensei trying to make us all sick?!" she thought as she tried to shield her head from the downpour.
"Let's see... so far I only taught myself one technique... but Sasuke will HAVE to aknowledge me after he sees it!" Sakura thought with a determined face, as she gave up trying to protect herself from the rain.
This technique in particular is very difficult to master, since it was jounin level. Sakura did not yet master it, but she could use it to an extent.
"Hah! I'll be so strong that they won't see me as the little fragile girl that they need to protect! I'll be able to beat them up with my eyes closed!" Sakura thought as her inner self kicked in.
She continued her walk to the bridge with her head up in pride.
When she arrived at the bridge, surely enough, Sasuke was staring off into the distance while leaning on the bridge's railing. Apparently Sasuke knew of the bad weather because he held an umbrella over his head. Sakura looked down at herself. She was soaking wet. She was definitly going to catch a bad cold. She walked next to her crush and shivered.
"He'll see me all cold and wet and offer the umbrella to me! Sakura, you sly dog!" she thought.
"Good morning Sasuke-kun" she said with a sweet voice.
He gave her a small nod and continued to stare at nothing,
He never was the talkative one, Sakura thought to herself. He really needs to get out more. She can't remember the last time she had a proper conversation with him. They usually talk the most during training when he gives her tips on improving her fighting skills.
"Why didn't you bring an umbrella?" he said, still looking ahead of him.
"It started to rain on my way here. I didn't know it was going to pour." Sakura said, clutching her shoulders to keep herself warm.
Sasuke scooted over to her so she could also be covered by the umbrella, and didn't say another word. Sakura smiled.
"HELL YES!" Inner Sakura shouted in her mind.
Sakura thought now was a good time to show her progress on her new technique.
"Sasuke-kun, I have something to show you-"
"OHAYOOOOOO SAAAKUUUURAAAA-CHAAAAN!!!!!!" yelled a familiar voice.
"Hi Naruto..." she said with a bored tone. "Gah! He came at just the perfect time"
Naruto is hyper. Very hyper. It's like he eats a heaping bowl of sugar every morning. He's also as loud. Extremely loud. Sakura and Sasuke are used to this, but it doesn't mean they don't mind it.
"Quit being so loud, idiot." Sasuke said giving him an annoyed glare.
"Quit being so sulky, idiot" Naruto said sticking his tongue out at him.
This has always interested Sakura. Sasuke lost his family, so he broods and is rarely happy. As for Naruto, he has never known his family and lived alone his whole life and yet he was so energetic and upbeat. That was one thing the girl liked about Naruto. Even though he is always happy and optimistic, he's still really irritating.
"Whatever..." Sasuke said, and continued to think about various things,
"Haha! I WIN!" Naruto said pointing a finger at Sasuke. "I make up the BEST comebacks!!!".
Sakura and Sasuke sighed. They both had one thing in commom. They both couldn't stand Naruto.
"Anyway, Sasuke-kun, I wanted to show you my new jounin level technique!" Sakura said proudly. "Now I can prove myself to Sasuke-kun! He'll be all over me!"
"Wow Sakura-chan!" said Naruto rather loudly. "I wanna see! Show me, show me!" he said enthusiastically. He was always eager to see a new technique.
"Okay..." She did a few complicated hand seals, and Naruto screamed.
Sasuke stepped back, looking a bit alarmed.
"Raaaaameeeen!" Naruto squealed. A delicious cup of ramen appeared in front of him. Naruto drooled. "Sakura, I really like your new technique!" Naruto chirped as he tried to grab the noodles. As soon as he touched the cup, it disappeared.
"Sakura, that's mean!" said a pouting Naruto.
Sasuke smiled slightly. "That's a complicated illusionary technique. If it is mastered, you'd be able to simulate entire enviroments, that you could hear, smell, and touch."
"That's right!" Sakura said looking proud. "Yes! He loved it!"
"You need some imrovement though" he started. "You should be able to have Naruto feel the illusion as well"
"Yeah... you're right" Sakura's pride went down a bit. At least he was interested.
"Wow! That's cool Sakura-chan!" Naruto said with a big grin on his face.
"Try it again, Sakura" said Sasuke who was now standing next to his teammates. "Make him able to smell it"
When it came to training, Sasuke can be somewhat talkative. It's probably the most interesting subject to him. He always works hard to get stronger and stronger. It wouldn't hurt for him to have a little fun, Sakura usually thinks.
"Okay, once again..." she performed the hand seals, and once again, a cup of ramen only visible to Naruto appeared in front of him.
"Yatta! I can smell it!" The blonde boy said as he salivated onto his orange jacket. He grabbed for it once again and it disappeared.
"You just want to make me suffer!" Naruto said with a big frown.
"Well, at least I made some progress!" Sakura said looking mildly happy for herself. She wasn't a great kunoichi, she admitted to herself. She could get so much better, but she's always busy trying to make Sasuke like her. She decided this was the best way to get stronger and to impress him. Just try to learn a new technique every week.
"Once more" Sasuke said to Sakura, "Try your hardest to make him able to taste it."
"This is it! I will do it!" she told herself.
She performed the necessary hand seals, and concentrated her hardest. Again, ramen appeared in front of Naruto. Narutocould see it and smell it,and he prayed that she did the technique properly. He was hungry. Sakura knew he wouldn't be able to taste it, so she concentrated harder, causing beads of sweat to drip down her forehead. Naruto cautiously poked the ramen cup. It didn't disappear. Naruto squealed and picked it up.
"It's working Sakura-chan! It's WORKING!" he said happily.
Sakura was still struggling to keep the ramen as realistic as it could be. Naruto brought some ramen to his mouth, but it dissapeared before it touched his tongue.
"Whhaaaat?!!! Nooo!!!" Naruto yelled sadly. "You were so close!"
Sakura collapsed onto the floor breathing hard. Kunoichis had a smaller chakra supply than shinobis, and Sakura just had a small chakra supply to begin with. She made good progress though, and that was all that mattered to her at the moment.
"You should rest." Sasuke said, going back to lean against the bridge's railing. "You've used up a lot of your chakra"
"Right" Sakura said as she sat in a more comfortable position on the bridge.
"I think I did pretty well...Sasuke helped me with my training, I gave Naruto his own ramen fantasy, and I'm getting stronger! This is the beginning of a NEW AND IMPROVED Sakura!" she thought.
"Hey, isn't Kakashi-sensei later than usual?" Sakura said while looking at her two teammates.
"Sensei is probably on an important mission that he couldn't tell us about because it's top secret!" Naruto said looking excited at the thought of exciting missions.
"Yeah right idiot, I bet he's off somewhere reading his... book and forgot about our training. It's happened before, remember?" Sasuke said.
Sakura remembered well: The three of them waited for at least 4 hours for their sensei to arrive, and they finally decided to go home when they saw their teacher in some tree reading his book. He took notice of them and gave them a quick apology and continued to read. Sometimes Kakashi-sensei can be really irresponsible.
"Yeah! That was a whole day wasted!" said Naruto.Then an idea hit her.
"Why don't we all go hang out today? I have nothing to do..." Sakura said looking excitedly at her comrades.
"Yes! Then I can spend the day with Sasuke-kun! Yatta! But...Naruto will be with us too... Oh well, Naruto can be fun to hang around too. And since Naruto will be coming, there will be a better chance that Sasuke-kun wouldn't mind coming because he won't think I'm trying to make the outing a date! Perfect plan, Sakura!" She punched the air in triumph. "Yeah!"
Both the boys stared at her, which made her blush in embarrassment. "Uh...so how about it?"
"No thanks..." Sasuke said as he began to walk home.
"Hah! I knew the jerk wouldn't want to spend time with us! He's too sulky and dark to have fun!" Naruto said smirking at the dark haired boy.
Sasuke was Naruto's rival, but they were actually both good friends, it just didn't show much. He also knew that Sakura would be upset if Sasuke didn't go with them, so he tried to trick him into wanting to come.
"Please, I can have more fun than you can ever have" Sasuke said with a smirk.
Naruto pointed his finger at him. "Then prove it Mr. Misery!"
"You're on, dobe!" Sasuke yelled, and the three walked together, thinking about what they should do first.
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A/N Well, what do you guys think? Any tips?