Cherish Me (Forgotten Crossover){DISCONTINUED}

{Chapter 6} A Place Away From Criticism and Neglect

(Strelizia P.O.V)

     "Do you think...we..can take a break.?" I asked the Hokage between breaths. He was in his own uniform, and we were battling each other. Sweat was dripping from his forehead, and he was breathing very rapidly. He wiped off the sweat and sat down, nodding.

     "Only for a bit though. I want to try to see what your limits are." He said. I brought extra water bottles, and some apples. I know Hokage-sama would've so I just decided that we would need some. We have about 30 minutes until we finish train today, and I know he wants to make the best out of these 30 minutes, but I think he's going too far.

     I nodded, but then I could see in his old wrinkly face that he was re-considering something. He reached behind him, and grabbed out a summoning scroll. As soon as the summoning object was summoned, a cloud of dust was all that I could see. Once the dust cleared, The old man was smirking, and I could almost tell what he was about to say. In front of him, I saw weights. Animated tears fell out of my eyes.

     "Oh please no..." I said. His smirk only widens.

     "Put these on." I got up and slowly trudged over to where he was sitting. I put on the wrist weights and the ankle weights, and waited for what I was supposed to do. "Now, run 7 laps around the village without stopping, and then when you get back, we're going to do some Taijutsu." I sighed, knowing that there was no way around this.

       (Time skip brought to you by Naruto's love for Ramen.)

     It was the next day after training with Hokage-Sama and let me tell you, I am sore all over. I was walking home when I came across Naruto again. He looked back at a girl who was passing by him and smiled.

     "Hey Naruto!" I shouted to him. It seemed as though he didn't hear me, so I went over to him. I snuck up on him, and looked over his shoulder at his phone. "Oof. What are ya doing Naruto?" I whispered in his ear. He jumped up, hitting my chin, and causing me to fall on my butt. I groaned in pain as my chin started to pulse from him hitting me in the chin with his freaking shoulder.

      "Woah! Strelizia you scared me, believe it!" Naruto yelled. I glared at him causing him to retreat a few steps back.

      "That hurt like hell Naruto." I said getting up. I rubbed my chin again, but then went back to my original smiling self. "Oh! I won't be able to train you for a while because the Hokage is training me for something."He looked a bit sad when I said this, but he instantly brightened up with a blinding smile.

     I threw my hands in front of my eyes, and looked the other way. A hiss escaped my mouth, and he looked at me with uncertainty.

     "Strelizia...are you okay?" He asked. I looked back at him and laughed a bit before nodding. I turned around and started to walk away, causing him to follow right behind me. "I'm heading home. See you whenever I see you!" He said. I nodded in return, and he headed in his house. I giggled to myself, before going back to my house.

     "Mom, Dad, Sakura I'm home!" I yelled as I walked into the door. I took off the wrappings that lay dormant on my feet, and head into the living room. I pulled out my phone, and saw it was 6 p.m. and no one was here. "Sakura?" I ask as I walk through the house. I look threw the bathroom that was in the hallway that lead upstairs, she wasn't there. I looked in her room. She wasn't there. I went back downstairs and looked in Mom and Dad's room. Neither of them were there. The last place was the closet, or Mom and Dad's bathroom. I went back upstairs and checked the closet, and no one was there. Sighing, I went back down the stairs and to mom and dad's bathroom.

     I opened the door, and didn't see anyone. Then I remembered the bathtub, so I went in there to check the bathtub. I dramatically opened the curtains and said, "Hah!" but no one was there either. I decided to leave, but the mirror over the sink caught my eye. I couldn't look at it, but it was so hypnotizing. I let nature take its course, and I felt my head turn to the mirror, as my eyes slowly followed it's lead. I came face to face with myself. I glared. It was like I was myself, but someone else at the same time.