“…….Nii-san…….please wake up Nii-san………HEY MASERU!!!!”
“Wha-oof!” I grunted as I fell off the side of my bed.
“Ugh my head.” I said as I stifled a yawn. “Oh! Good morning Sakura.”
Apparently my younger sister Sakura had succeeded in waking me up. She was trying to hold back a laugh at the sight before her. Her older brother was sprawled on the floor before her.
“Good morning Nii-san” Said Sakura with a smile.
“Oh come on. Please call me by my name. You know I don’t like being called that.”
“Sorry Maseru but it’s a habit”
“Well you seem in a good mood this morning”
“You could say that.”
*Man. What could be so happy about?* I thought to myself. Its not my birthday or her’s for that matter. What could it be? I took a quick look at the clock at the side of my bed.
“HOLY CRAP IT’S ONE IN THE AFTERNOON!!!”, I yelled surprised that I had slept in.
“Yeah. When you got home from that mission last night you slept like a log.”, said Sakura still holding back a laugh.
“And you couldn’t wake me earlier?” I said slightly annoyed.
“Mom and I figured that you could use some rest”
“Oh well thanks”
There was a long pause after that. I still couldn’t figure out what was on her mind Untill…
“…Hey bro?” Sakura asked nervously.
“Yeah what’s up?”
“I kind of have a problem.”
“Well what is it?”
“Well you know I like Sasuke right?”
“Ugh! The emo kid? You know I still don’t get what you see in him.”
I had always disliked Sasuke. (Mainly because Sakura liked him.) But I couldn’t help but feel that we were similar. My parents abandoned me as a baby and his parents were killed when he was eight.
“Yea I know but you know Naruto right?”, Sakura said with a nervous tone in her voice.
“Ha! How could I not? All Iruka ever talks about is Naruto!” I said with a grin on my face.
Iruka was two years older than me but he had been my best friend since I became a Chuunin. Now Naruto is my kind of guy. I’ve begged him to teach me the Shadow Clone Jutsu but whenever I did he’d say, “Sorry but I’m not much of a teacher”.
“Well….I think I might be getting a crush on him….”
“Wait! Are you going to ME for dating advice?”
“…Well…kind of…so what do you think I should do?”
“Well do you still have feelings for Sasuke?”, I asked despite my dislike for Sasuke.
“Well maybe but-“
“KIDS LUNCH IS READY!!!”, Yelled our mom.
“We’ll be down in a sec mom” Yelled Sakura.
“Ok but hurry! Your lunch will get cold!”
“Listen I’ll talk to you about this later” I said tiredly.
“Ok well I’ll be seeing you then”
“Wait! Aren’t you going to have lunch?” I said confused.
“Nope. I have a mission body guarding some drunk named Tazuna. We’re bringing him to the Land of Waves so I’ll be gone for about a week.”
“Really? Well I guess ill be seeing you then.” I said with a worried tone in my voice.
Sakura had only JUST become a Gennin. I didn’t think that she was ready for a mission like this. The fact that Kakashi was with them helped a little bit. As Sakura headed downstairs I couldn’t help but feel that something was going to happen to her.
After lunch was finished I went out for a visit to see a friend of mine. It was time for our usual GO match.
As I was running I saw him sitting on the front steps of his house.
As I got closer I yelled, “Oi! Shikamaru! What’s up?”
Shikamaru looked away from the clouds long enough to spot me running towards him.
“Oh hey Maseru.”, he said calmly as he went back to staring at the clouds.
When I was close enough to speak in a normal tone I cut straight to the chase.
“Ok Shikamaru today’s the day! I’m finally going to beat you in a game of GO”
Shikamaru frowned at this “Oh come on. You’re never going to beat me. It would be such a drag anyways.”
“Man you really know how to kill the mood.”, I said disappointed
*He’s probably right though* I thought to myself. He is said to be the smartest Genin in his class despite his horrible grades in the academy.
“Ehhh whatever”, I said with a sigh. “So what’s up with you?”
“Nothing much, just relaxing”, He said still watching the clouds as usual.
“Hey. How’re Ino and Choji”, I asked not really caring.
“They’re doing ok actually”, He said in a relaxed tone.“By the way, I heard that Sakura’s going on a mission for the week.”
“Well you heard right. She left right before lunch.” I said with a nervous tone in my voice.
“What’s the matter Maseru? You should be happy. You got one less girl to deal with this week.”
“I know Shikamaru, but… I just have this feeling that something’s going to happen to her…”
“Relax man. Kakashi’s with her. She’ll be fine.”
“I know, but …I just can’t shake off this feeling…”
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