First Time to see the World

Chapter TWO

Chapter TWO

Sakura was impressed. Very impressed.

This...Hatake Kakashi was able to keep up with Zabuza!

Beside her, Haku was nibbling on his hair. Sakura understood how he was feeling. If things went in this direction, they would probably have to move along to plan B.

They watched as the two boys of the team worked together to release Kakashi from the water prison. Sakura reminded herself once again that this was not the time to be impressed.

Haku nodded at her and she quickly pulled up her mask. She made a hand sigh and Haku nodded. She split away from the boy and moved around the battle to the other side.

She turned to look in Haku's direction. He sent her a signal and Sakura mentally counted in her head. Three...two...one.

She threw her senbon at the exact same moment Haku did and they all hit their target, Zabuza's pressure point on his neck. His eyes snapped shut and he fell to the ground.

She flashed out of her hiding place and joined Haku beside Zabuza. She tuned out everything as Haku greeted Kakashi and focus as little chakra as she could towards Zabuza. He was alive. She smiled in relief.

Kakashi approached him and checked him for a pulse. He confirmed the lack of it and turned to his team, who were all speechless. Their mouths were hanging open and they were doing nothing to conceal their shock.

Sakura inwardly scoffed. People like them shouldn't bother being shinobi.

Haku lifted Zabuza and made to leave. Sakura stepped back, signaling for him to go first. Haku disappeared but Sakura stayed where she was for a few more seconds, eyeing the Konoha team.

The Jounin, Kakashi, didn't look any different from why they had began tracking the team, but she could see the hint of suspicion in his gaze. He suspected something. He might not know exactly what was going on, but he would figure it out in time.

She glanced over at the three Genin and decided immediately that she didn't like the girl. She dismissed the others as well, in favor of nodding at the Jounin before she too vanished.

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Naruto's eyes fluttered open to the sound of rustling. He slowly opened his eyes to see a pretty girl with long black hair was crouched over him. Another girl with pink hair was standing a few feet behind her, looking out into the trees.

"You'll catch a cold if you sleep here." The black haired girl said.

He quickly sat up and looked around. "Who are you?"

The girl didn't say anything. Instead, she smiled.

Naruto blushed and he scratched his cheek. "Did you wake me up? What are you doing here?"

"I'm picking herbs." She said. She indicated towards the the basket.

"Herbs?"

"Yeah. It's for injuries and illnesses."

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"Who's that?" Naruto asked, eyeing the other girl. She was still standing to the side, eyes hooded by her abnormally colored hair.

"She's my friend." The girl replied. "She came with me because I asked for company."

Naruto slowly nodded and pulled out another plant. "It must be hard, doing this from so early in the morning."

"What about you? What were you doing out here?"

"I'm training!" Naruto exclaimed.

The girl stared at him for a while. "Are you a ninja, or something? With the hitai-ate and..."

Naruto grinned. "Really? Do I look like one? Yeah, I'm a ninja."

The girl smiled. "That's amazing."

"But why are you training?" The girl asked.

"Cause I want to become stronger." Naruto leaned back.

"You look strong enough."

"But I wanna get more and more stronger!"

The girl looked him in the eye. "For what?"

"So that I can become the number one ninja in my village!" Naruto said. "I'm going to make everyone respect my power. ALso, I need to prove something to someone."

"Is that for someone else? Or yourself?" The girl's eyes became serious.

Naruto scrunched up his face. "Wha-"

The girl chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Naruto whined.

"Do you have someone important to you?" The girl asked.

"Important? What re you trying to say?"

"A person can become truly strong when they want to protect something ore someone important to them."

Naruto's mind went through all the people that had protected him, shoving their own safety out of the way. "Yeah. I understand that."

The girl stood up and picked up her basket. "You'll become strong."

"Yup!"Naruto agreed, grinning.

"Let's meet again somewhere."

The pink haired girl stood up from where she had been leaning against a tree. She nodded at the older girl and glanced over at Naruto.

"Oh, and I'm a boy."

Naruto's life came crashing down.

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Sasuke sigh. Where was the blonde idiot? He managed to sense Naruto's chakra and began making his way towards him when he suddenly sensed two different chakras. He looked up and saw two figures walking towards him.

The older person walked right past him.

However, the younger slowed her steps as she looked at him. Then she quickened her pace to catch up with the other. He turned around and watched them leave.

He shook his head and made his way towards a horrified looking Naruto.

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"What did you think?" Haku asked.

Sakura shrug. "They have potential." She said. "The blonde one looks like he'll grow up to become a really strong ninja. The one we met on our way back didn't seem to bad either."

"Why didn't you kill him?" Sakura asked.

Haku slowed his steps. Because when I looked at him, sleeping in the forest without a care in the world, I was forced to wonder if you had been like that when you family was alive. It didn't help that you were the same age. I couldn't bring myself to.

Instead, he turned to look at her. "I didn't think he was worth it." He knew Sakura could easily see through his lies, but she didn't comment.

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Zabuza winced as Sakura and Haku tended to him. "Next time, I'll definitely beat you, Kakashi of the Sharingan."