I walked down to a certain ramen shop, to find a certain blonde knucklehead.

I paused.

'Should I tell him about... Sasuke?' I thought, my mind forming a bundle of feelings all in one.

'I couldn't tell him, could I? But he would...'

"Sakura!" A voice called. I snapped my head in the direction of the call and smiled at the two.

There Ino stood, holding hands with Shikamaru, who rubbed his ear at the voice.

"Hey! You two a thing now?" I said, raising an eyebrow. She chuckled while Shikamaru just shook his head, muttering about 'troublesome women'.

"Well guys, I gotta head to Ichiraku's now, bye!" I shouted, running off to the shop.

~No One's P.O.V~

Ino stared at her rival, as she grew further, and further apart.

"What's up with her?" Shikamaru said, looking at the figure, then to his blonde girlfriend, who seemed to be thinking.

Finally, she looked at him and shrugged.

"I don't know.."

-To Ichiraku's/Naruto's P.O.V-

I kept on slurping down my 15th noodle bowl, as my mind turned to one thing.

Sasuke Uchiha.

What if he's dead? What if he's already gotten to a Konoha nin?

What if it's Sa-

"Naruto!" A voice the blonde easily recognized screamed. Naruto just shook his head then turned it to face the girl.

"Hey, Sakura-chan." He said, a smile on his face as he went to pay the bill, he was stopped by a hand.

"You keep eating. My treat." She said, as he widened his eyes and could only give a foxy grin. He returned to the guy and finally spoke.

"I want 27 bowls of miso ramen, Hokage size please," Naruto said, as he turned to the pinkette, a smirk on his face.

Sakura just sighed, and went to order. She sighed again and muttered under her breath.

"I'm gonna be broke."

Naruto just chuckled, as he went to eating his massive bowl.

~Later~

"Naruto.." Sakura said, slurping down the last of her noodles, while Naruto stared at her, gesturing for her to continue.

"Well, can you meet Tsunade-sama at 7:00p.m? Me and her need to tell you something private." She looked
at him with a serious face, as she remembered her talk with Tsunade.

~Flashback~

Tsunade sighed as she finished the last of her paperwork for the day.

She was about to call Shizune to lock the place, when a knock was heard at the door.

Tsunade muttered a 'come in'. As the door opened, Tsunade was suprised to see her apprentice standing there, her face with a look of utter seriousness.

The Hokage sat up, and asked the obvious.

"Sakura, what brings you here?" Tsunade asked, as Sakura began to speak.

"Sasuke, he came back to me one night and confessed his feelings for me. I told him I love someone else and he left." Sakura said as she ducked her head to keep the tears from flowing.

"Tell that baka Naruto to come here at 7 pm and tell him the news." Tsunade ordered, as Sakura just merely nodded and left the room in total silence.

The room just clouded with the question that everyone longed to say, but wouldn't dare.

What is Sasuke Uchiha doing in Konoha?

And what does he want to do with a person like Sakura?

~Flashback End~

"But why?" Naruto asked sheepishly. Obviously he slept much more earlier than that.

"Just do it." And Sakura left it with that.

Naruto just stood there, dazed by the conversation.

What could be so important?