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Chatper 6

Chapter 6

"I can't believe it... I can't believe it..." Naruto kept repeating himself over an over. He, Sasuke, Kakashi and Tsunade were in Tsunade's office. The three had read the letter.

"Naruto, we know now, ok?" Tsunade said annoyed. The blond boy was giving her a headache. "But, Granny Tsunade, Sakura-chan's ALIVE! Isn't that good news to you!?" Naruto screamed. "Yes, but please, just shut up, I need to think."

"I don't think we should search any longer." Kakashi said to the female Hokage. "I believe Sakura. We should just wait." "I know." Tsunade answered while massaging her forehead. "But what if it's a trick?" "It's not, just believe in Sakura-chan!!!" Naruto screamed. Sasuke hadn't said anything at all. He knew that Itachi had Sakura. Now he had two reasons to murder him.

"Sasuke, what do you think?" Naruto asked in his loud way. Sasuke raised his shoulders and left. Tsunade and Kakashi gave each other a worried look, before Kakashi 'poofed' away.

"Naruto." Tsunade said. "I want you to stay with Sasuke every second of the day. Do you understand?" "What? You want me to shadow him?" Naruto asked in disbelieve. "No, just stay with him! Stick on him like you're glue! Now GO!" Naruto left quickly.

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Sasuke didn't understand. Why had Itachi taken Sakura? He didn't believe his brother would just let her go after she'd done what he wanted. What was going on?

"Sasuke!!" Naruto cached up. "What is it?" Sasuke asked annoyed. "Uh... Dunno, just felt like talking to you." Naruto said quickly. The Uchiha boy stared at his teammate for a while. "Are you nuts?" He asked then. "No thank you. Hey, you must be happy!" Naruto tried, to change the subject. "With what?" Sasuke asked sarcastically. "With Ino and Shikamaru dating! She's leaving you alone now, finally." "Oh, that." Sasuke scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, I guess..." "Your fanclub gets smaller every day, Sasuke-kun!" Naruto teased. "Ino goes with Shikamaru, TenTen with Neji, -" "TenTen never liked me." "Oh?... Ehm... But, hey, you must remember that pretty brown haired girl that lives in the same street as Shino, do you? That girl that used to ask you out four times a day! She's with Kiba now! And Hinata-" "Is dating you." Sasuke said bored. Naruto turned red. "Wh- What- No- I-" Sasuke grinned. "Idiot." He said. "I feel sorry for Hinata." "Why you-!" "Naruto-kun!"

Naruto and Sasuke turned around and saw a boy in weird green clothing and black bobbed hair ran towards them. His eyebrows were really fat.

"What is it, Lee?" Sasuke asked. "Is it true?" Lee asked in a hopeful voice. "Is what true?" Naruto said confused. "Gai-sensei told me that Kakashi-sensei told him that Sakura-san was still alive!!" Lee said hastily. "Ohh!" Naruto grinned. "Yeah, she is! She send a letter." "Really! WOW! The youth has spoken! I have to tell TenTen..." Lee ran off again. Sasuke and Naruto watched him leave. "He's a little... strange, sometimes." Sasuke mumbled. "Yeah." Naruto said. "Absolutely."

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In less than an hour, whole Konoha knew exactly what Sakura had written in her letter. Everyone was glad, they now knew their best medic ninja was still alive. Even people like Shino and Neji smiled a little when they heard the good news.

Only Sasuke wasn't happy.

When Naruto asked him why not, he only said: "That's not important." "It is!!" Naruto yelled. "Don't you care at all about Sakura-chan!? Or are you just that cold hearted person again like you used to be!?!" "Shut up, Naruto!!" Sasuke said angry. "No!!" Naruto screamed. "Don't be selfish Sasuke!! Sakura-chan loves you! You know that!! And you only hurt her! Ohh, I could just beat you up-" "Naruto, that's the problem." Sasuke interrupted. "She liked me, like you said, she highly annoyed me with her 'Sasuke-kun'... But in the letter she just called me Sasuke!" "...So?" Naruto didn't get the point. "So, she suddenly doesn't love me anymore. Isn't that strange? She could never let me go, and then she get kidnapped, and like one two three she just forgets about me!?" Frustrated, Sakura picked up a stone and threw it into the parks cannel.