Sakura-Hime

Chapter 22

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They had been at Ichiraku's for over an hour now. Naruto took it upon himself to eat himself sick, leaving Sasuke and Sakura to pay for him.

"Seriously Naruto?! You had to eat twelve bowls of ramen? I've never even seen Choji eat that much!" Sakura scolded him.

It had been up to Sasuke and Sakura to drag him around the village. Their destination is the Hokage tower.

The blonde groaned. "Sorry, Sakura-chan. I just couldn't help myself." He was verging on falling asleep in their arms.

Sasuke scoffed and dropped the boy, who fell, almost taking the kunoichi with him.

Naruto just sunk to the ground without a fight. "What the hell Sasuke?!"

"This is a waste of my time, I'm out of here." He grumbled.

"You can't just leave me here! What the hell kind of teammate does that?!" Naruto shouted before clutching his stomach in pain.

"It's your own damn fault for eating so much. A true shinobi should know their limits." Sasuke replied.

"Oh, that's rich coming from you. You're the one who trains themselves to death all the time!" Naruto argued back.

"I wouldn't have to if I didn't need to save your ass all the time. If it weren't for Sakura and I, you'd have gotten yourself killed a long time ago." This time, Sasuke turned around to glare at the blonde.

Naruto seemingly cured of his stomach ache, stood up and growled. He angrily marched up into Sasuke's face.

Sakura sighed and got in between the two, a hand on both boy's chest. "Will you guys stop?! This is like the third time today!" She pushed on their chests, but they wouldn't budge.

"What's this? A love triangle?" An unfamiliar voice chuckled.

Naruto and Sasuke stopped growling at one another to focus their attention on the new comers.

There, standing a few feet away from them, was a seemingly older boy and girl. The boy had purple markings running down his face and around he's mouth and eyes. He wore all black and seemed to be carrying something on his back.

The girl was blonde and had her hair up into four puffy ponytails. She was also carrying something on her back, an oversized fan.

"Heh, I don't blame you two though. That pink-haired girl is awfully cute." He smirked. "Hey pinky," he was stepping closer towards them. "How about you ditch those losers and come hang out with me for a while."

Sakura grimaced and stepped out from between her teammates. She took notice of their hitai-ate's. "You guys are from Sunagakure. You must be here for the chūnin exams."

This time, it was the kunoichi that spoke. "That's right." She smirked "I'm surprised they'd let scrawny genin like you participate. Guess that says a lot about Konoha shinobi." She spat.

"If you haven't noticed, you guys aren't much bigger than us. However, I'm surprised they've allowed you guys to participate. Seems to me that you lack any indication of brain activity. That says a lot about Suna shinobi."