INCARNATE OF OBITO UCHIHA

Chapter 5: A Promise Of A Lifetime!

To be honest, Naruto was worried for his best friend. She had been looking pale, with bags under her eyes and her green eyes losing that warm spark that he loved about her. Also, these days she rarely played any prank on anyone, and yesterday she even refused to have ramen! Oh the horror! No one refuses Ramen like that, especially Sakura, because even she agrees that Ramen is the food of Gods.

So what had happened?

He did not know. But he did know one thing- that he was not the only one who had noticed her changed behavior. That weird girl who always faints around him -what's her name again? Oh yeah, Hinata- she had also noticed her strange behavior. And then there was Iruka-Sensei, and Old man Hokage, and even her own Grandmother who were worried about her. Heck, even that bastard Sasuke asked about Sakura's well-being that one time, and that's saying something because Kami knows that bastard has the emotional capability of a teaspoon.

So yeah, Naruto believes he is right to worry about his friend's health.

"Sakura?" He asked one day, stopping the pink haired girl as soon as the last bell. He flinched when she looked at him with her emotionless green eyes. "Er, Are you okay? I mean you seem distant lately."

Hinata quickly picked up her bag and appeared next to him, waiting anxiously for Sakura's reply.

"I'm fine." The pink haired girl replied coolly, her voice devoid of any emotion, as she grabbed her bag and walked past them.

"A-Are you sure? Y-you've b-been acting s-s-strange since S-Shisui's d-death. " Hinata squeaked out, poking her fingers nervously while looking at her friend from the corner of her eyes.

"Yes," She replied, without turning towards them, though her next words had them wincing "Though I'd like it very much if you minded your own business."

Saying this, she stormed out of the class, not noticing the hurt looks passed between them.

She sat alone under a tree outside the Ninja Academy, glancing down at a book blankly, with her mind not even grasping a word of what she read. The sound of footsteps neared her, and she glanced up and saw Sasuke looking down at her figure, looking hesitant about something. She looked back down at her book, ignoring his existence entirely. She had nothing to say to him.

He placed his hands in his pocket and looked at her intensely. The weight of his stare did not even faze her. He sighed and said in a quiet, but strong tone "You will be fine."

She glanced up at him, and saw him smile at her for the first time. He placed his hand over her shoulder and squeezed it. "I know you will." He gave her a closed eye smile as she stared at him blankly, and then he walked away from her, and soon she heard a happy shout of "Itachi! You came!" as Sasuke hugged his brother.

Sakura stared at the two brothers as they talked to each other, ignoring the pang in her heart. Itachi looked tired, and he was even more tensed for some reason, but the happy glint in his eyes at the sight of his precious little brother was unmistakable.

As Sasuke chatted with Itachi at the speed of a mile per hour, Itachi glanced at Sakura for a moment and she stared back. Itachi looked like he wanted to come and talk to her. Considering how she had brushed him off during Shisui's funeral that was to be expected to happen sooner or later. Well, it's not like she had treated him like that exceptionally. She had brushed off almost everyone during the funeral, and after that. And it doesn't look like she'll start warming up to others sometimes soon.

"Please protect this village and the honor of the Uchiha name ... and Sakura too. Take care of her for me, please."

She slammed her book shut and walked away from there quickly. She wanted nothing to do with her dead brother's best friend, who let everyone believe that her brother had committed Suicide, when the truth is far from this lie he had concocted.