Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Bloody Snow ❯ Tested Friendship ( Chapter 7 )

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Hey ya’ll! I hope you guys don’t hate me for not updating in like... 4 months. Lol. I’ve had a LOT of stuff to take care of.. Mainly school.. And now that im finally OUT of that hell-hole for about three months im gonna try to update every week or so.


We walked hand in hand back into the school. There we were met with glares from all the girls and smirks from all the boys. Naruto was grinning at us and gave us a thumbs up. I smiled a little. Then I heard a growl from my right. “Sakura? What’s wro..” I was interrupted by a sharp pain on the side of my face. I brought a hand up to my now swollen cheek. It felt warm. I turned to Sakura only to find that she was storming out of the room. I went to the window and saw her blindly running in the direction of her home. I sighed and looked to Sasuke. He just rolled his eyes in Sakura’s direction. “Such a drama queen..,” he said softly as he pressed a wet handkerchief to my face. “She just doesn’t understand that I do care for her.. Just not in the way she wants me too. I cant help how I feel and as sad as that makes her.. She just needs to accept it.” I nodded and stood up carefully. “Excuse me Iruka-sensei? May I be excused for a little bit? I would like to go to the nurse and then I have some.. Business.. To attend to.” Iruka nodded and I limped out of the room. At the nurse’s office I took some aspirin and borrowed a pair of crutches. I went outside and hobbled after Sakura. I found her sitting on the front steps of her house with her head in her hands. I carefully made my way over to her. “Sakura..?” I said softly. She sniffled and looked up. “What do you want Hana..” She said. “I came to see if you’re ok... listen.. Im sorry about me and Sasuke.. But.. You have to understand he cares about you a lot. He really does. Just..not in the way you want him too..” Sakura sniffled again and said nothing. I sighed “Sakura.. I am willing to overlook that you slapped me out of jealousy and I am willing to continue being your friend. The choice is yours and you don’t have to answer now. But I suggest that you get back to the school cuz Iruka-Sensei is gonna put us into our ninja teams.” With that I headed back for the school. I heard footsteps behind me. I turned and saw that Sakura was following. When I stopped to let her catch up, she stopped too. I sighed and rolled my eyes and kept walking. I heard footsteps behind me again. I turned once more. Sakura stopped again and crossed her arms on her chest. She raised her eyebrows. I choked back a giggle and continued to walk. When we got back to the school, Sakura silently walked to her seat. I sat in the back again. I saw that Sasuke had retreated to his original seat by Naruto. He raised his eyes and shrugged. I smiled. Iruka cleared his throat. “Now.. I am gonna pick your ninja teams.” he went through the lists of names and he was now on team seven. “Team seven : Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Yuki Hana. You all are with Kakashi.” I grinned and looked at my comrades. Naruto was happy he was with Sakura, Sakura was sad she was with Naruto, Naruto was angry he was with Sasuke, Sakura smiled slightly at the fact that she was with Sasuke, and Sasuke made a small smile that he was with me. I was happy to be with all of them. Being with Kakashi was pretty awesome too. And since Sakura and I were in the same group, she’d have to talk to me at some point. Maybe things’ll work out. Class was dismissed for lunch and I went over to the large tree with the swing and climbed as well as I could. My ankle was feeling a little better so it wasn’t too hard. I sat as I summed up everything that happened today. “Mind if I join you?” I heard a voice say. I saw Sakura’s face looking up at me. “Sure.” I said. “Im... im sorry about hitting you.. I was just so upset about you and Sasuke that I forgot that you were one of my best friends and I.. Please forgive me.” she said and bowed her head. “I told you before.. I am still willing to be your friend.” I smiled and so did Sakura. She reached her hand into her bag and pulled out two riceballs and handed one to me. I said thanks and we sat in the tree in silence.Converting /tmp/phpen4j4o to /dev/stdout