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A Fine Fine Line	By : eksimenrol Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female > Naruto/Sakura Views: 5904 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Quick notes:� No spoilers if you have read up to Chapter
330 of the manga. �This is during the
events that takes us to the 5^th day.

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Chapter
Seventeen: Passing Troubles

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�� Someone
should make a law about rain and funerals.�
Whenever there is a funeral in this village it always seems to
rain.� It�s almost like the sky itself is
sad to see our friends and family go.

�� I
wasn�t really surprised that Shikamaru didn�t show up for the service.� He always thought that public displays of
grief were not befitting of a ninja.� But
he shouldn�t be alone with his mourning.

�� Naruto,
can I have a word with you?�� What does
Kakashi want?� And why can�t it wait for
after I�m out of my formal uniform?� �I
was wondering, did you notice that Shikamaru wasn�t at the funeral just now?�

�� I
couldn�t help but look away, towards the breaking clouds in the sky.� �Yeah, he never was one for showing how he
feels, too troublesome I guess.� But I
think he might be up to something, planning his revenge or something.�

�� I
see.� You�re worried about him aren�t you
Naruto?� I�m worried too.� I know what it�s like, losing a teammate in
battle, a friend.� It�s hard to bare it
alone like he is.� Team Ten was very
close to each other.� And while I don�t
think he would normally make a mistake, his desire for vengeance might blind
him to something.� I�m worried he might
be willing to sacrifice himself and his team in the name of vengeance.� Anyway I�ve made a decision.� I�m going to keep an eye on him for the next
few days, make sure he doesn�t do anything stupid.� And if he does get himself in over his head
I�ll be there to save him from any trouble.�
But for the moment I want you to continue your training.� Konohamaru will be okay, he�s with Kurenai
and they should be able to help each other out.�
Take the rest of the day off.�
Rest, relax, spend time with Sakura or something.� Just be ready.� Shikamaru�s going to make some sort of move
and I want Team Seven ready for it.�

�� I
felt a strong sense of determination flow through me at that moment.� �You can count on us sensei, I�ll make sure
that Sakura and Sai are ready for anything that might happen.�

�� Good,
now if you excuse me, I have a shadow I have to go stalk.�� And with that he started walking away, not
once pulling out his book.

�� It
wasn�t hard to find Sakura after the funeral.�
She was sitting on a nearby bench sulking.� I decided to sit down next to her and wait
for her to notice me.� However after about
five minutes of sitting there staring off into space she hadn�t said a word to
me.� �Hi Sakura.�

�� Naruto?� It�s good to see you.� Well I mean it would be good to see you if it
weren�t for today�s occasion.�� She was
starting to babble.� Sakura never babbles
like this.

�� Sakura
how are you holding up?�

�� Me,
well I�m fine really.�� She stopped
herself when I gave her a concerned look.�
�Okay, not really.� I�m worried
about her Naruto.� I mean, last night she
just cried and cried, and then suddenly she became very resolved and
emotionless.� I mean today she barely
even cried.�

�� I
noticed that.� Personally I thought that
Ino was just all cried out from last night.�
But now, after what Kakashi told me, I think she knows that Shikamaru is
planning revenge and she�s probably waiting for her part in it.�� Sakura was speechless at this.� She just looked down in worry as I watched
her.� �But, Kakashi has a plan.� As you know he�s lost team members before and
knows how hard Team Ten is taking this.�
He thinks that, maybe and only maybe, Shikamaru might miss something, or
overlook it.� He�s going to as he put it stalk the shadow to make sure that
nothing bad happens to them.�

�� Sakura
looked up at this point and a small smile appeared on her face.� �But, he wants us to be ready to move at a
moment�s notice.� He�s going to keep an
eye on them for us, and we�re going to back them up if they make a move.�

�� So
it�s the waiting game then?� They make
the move and we follow?�

�� Yup.� Now come on, we have a team mate to find, and
a day off to spend.� Come on, we gotta find Sai and tell him of Kakashi�s plan.� Then maybe the three of us can go get some
lunch.� You know, bond a little.�

�� Sakura
gave me a small look of confusion before finally letting herself smile.� �Sure thing Naruto.� I think I heard him say he was going to go
home when he left here.� Maybe if we
catch up to him we can spend some time with just the two of us.� Catch up a bit of all the things we�ve missed
out on in each other�s lives.�

�� I
couldn�t help but grin at her.� �If we
have the time then it�s a date Sakura.��
Then it hit me.� �Um, Sakura do
you know where Sai lives?�

�� Really
Naruto, you don�t know where your own teammate lives?� His place is over on the eastern side of
town.� Now come on, the sooner we get
there the sooner we can eat.�� And with
that she took my hand and started dragging me off towards the eastern
market.� �You can even buy him a gift on
the way.�

�� Gift?� What do I need to buy him a gift for?�

�� Think
of it as a welcome to the team gift.� I
was thinking you and I could go in together on a set of paint brushes.�� Then after she leaned in close and started to
whisper conspiringly at me.� �Then we can
give the bill to Kakashi sensei and let him worry about it.�� And with that Sakura gave a small giggle.

�� After
that I couldn�t help but think that maybe; just maybe, things would be okay for
us all in the end.� All we would have to
do is stick together.

Author notes:� Okay I feel really, really bad.� This chapter has gained a bit of a stigmata
with me� every time I�ve started to think I have a way to finish it, someone
ends up dying.� Now while not everyone
was someone I�ve known personally, most have been celebrities, it has occurred every
time.� So I�ve finally finished the
chapter, and have decided that, when I start on A Fine Line Between Us again I�m
skipping the funeral.� Even before all
the troubles I�ve had a hard time actually coming up with stuff to write.

And now that I look at how long it�s been
since I�ve updated, more than a year, I�m starting to feel really bad that I�ve
been neglecting it.
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