Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Valley of End ❯ We can do it...and if we dont we'll die trying ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3-We can do it…and if we dont we'll die trying

 

Sakura and Kiba had gotten everybody so far but Lee. So now the six genin started down the road to Lee's home. Luckily they didn't have to go that far though; because they stopped next to the training grounds when they had heard Lee's usual counting. (as he did each move)

Sakura ran up to him immediately while shouting out his name.

“Lee! Lee, hey, come over here a second!”

When Lee heard Sakura's voice, he hurriedly looked up, and tried to keep himself from falling over at the sight of her.

“Sakura! What do I owe this great visit?”

“Lee, I need your help. Will you please go on a mi…” but before Sakura had the chance to finish what she was saying, Lee was kneeling on the ground in front of her with his hand up in a fist, as he said,

“Oh Sakura! I will do anything that you ask of me!” Lee was looking at her as if to him that was a very serious moment; but he didn't seem to notice was that Kiba was barely holding his laughter in, Shikamaru looking at the sky muttering `troublesome…' and Hinata and Neji looking at the ground while playing with the dirt. (Trying their hardest to forget what they had just heard.)

Sakura turned the deepest shade of red. She tried her best to look at Lee with a look of gratitude. But all that she could manage was a look of pure embarrassment.

“Oh, Lee…you're so kind.”

He looked up at her with the biggest smile that she had ever seen.

“So…um, should we get going? We can tell you about the mission on our way to meet Kakashi-sensei.” Sakura told Lee to go get any gear that he might need, and then to meet them at the Konoha gate.

 

Ten minutes later…

 

“Well, it looks like everyone's here,” Kakashi said, “I successfully got Tsunade-sama's permission for all of us to go…for some reason she is willing to do anything she can to get Naruto back.”

Sakura looked up at him with anger written all over her face.

“Sakura, that's not what I meant. What I meant was, that she just acts different when it comes to Naruto. I don't know, almost as if she thinks of him as a son.” Kakashi said.

“Oh…” Sakura mumbled. She was thinking about everything that Tsunade-sama had done for Naruto. She looked up at Kakashi. “Ya, I think your right Kakashi-sensei.”

They were all starting to head out the gate when they heard someone yelling to them. They all turned around to see Sasuke, trying the best that he could to make his way over to them.

“Wait. You guys aren't going without me.”

Sakura at first froze at the sight of him, but decided not to ignore him. She didn't want anyone to be suspicious. She knew that they would start asking her why she wasn't obsessing over Sasuke. But the truth is, she didn't want to tell anyone about the conversation that she and Sasuke had the day before. Besides, at the sight of him limping his way over to him, (he was still supposed to be in the hospital) her heart softened, and she realized that what he told her was sincere.

“Sasuke, you shouldn't be here. You still need some medical care.” Sakura ran over to him and attempted to turn him around. But he just shrugged her arm off and gave her a look of determination. He said something to her that only she could hear.

“I told you that I would do anything to take what I did back. So if there is still a chance that Naruto is alive, I will do anything to bring him back.” With that he started to walk right past her.

Sakura walked up beside him and put his arm on her shoulder. Sasuke thought that she was trying to take him back again, was surprised to see that she was helping him walk over to the rest of the group.

When Kakashi saw them walking over together, with Sakura helping Sasuke, he couldn't help but feel extremely proud.

“Well, now that everyone is here, I think that we can now head out.” Kakashi told everyone. He turned and started walking out the gate, with the seven genin following right behind. Kakashi smiled under his mask, thinking to himself: These kids all have a pure spirit of fire burning within them. I know that because of that spirit, they will not give up searching for Naruto.