Chapter no.10

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(Location, Haruno residence)

Sakura entered her house, she then climbed up stairs to her room where she sat on her bed, thinking of what she had said and done to Naruto. She was upset she was sad.

Sakura's mom noticed her daughter's sadness and decided to help her with her situation.

She went to her daughter' room and opened the door.

"Sakura honey, are you okay?" Mrs Haruno Asked, concerned for her daughter

"Yes mom. I'm okay." Sakura replied sadly, giving her a fake smile

Mrs Haruno realised this and began to worry for her young daughter.

"Sakura…., I'm your mother. If there's something bothering you, tell me what it is and I hope I can fix it." Mrs Haruno Explained

"Thanks mom. But I don't think It's something that you can fix." Sakura replied in her same sad tone, still having that fake smile up

Mrs Haruno was a tall woman in her 30's, she wore a long brown light coloured dress and had pink hair, he eyes were black colour and had a fair skin colour like her daughter.

"What do you mean honey?" Mrs Haruno Asked

"I'll tell you down stairs." Sakura replied

Sakura and her mom walked down stair and sat around a table.

"Okay honey, what's the problem?" Mrs Haruno Asked with concern for her daughter

"Mom…., I messed up." Sakura replied

"What do you mean?" Mrs Haruno Asked

"First…, do you know my teammate Naruto?" Sakura Asked

"You mean that child that always smile and says he wants to become hokage? The child that you said was annoying back at the Academy?" Mrs Haruno Asked

"Yeah…, That's him mom." Sakura replied giving her a fake smile

"What happened? He didn't hurt you or anything did he?" Mrs Haruno Asked with a hint of anger in her voice

"No…., It's more like the other way around. He Asked me for a date, I rejected him and called him a monster. Now he left the village because of me. I wanted to join the search team but I was ordered by the Hokage to keep out of the search party. Now all of a sudden I feel terrible, like my life is about to fade out or something." Sakura explained sadly, dropping her fake smile and giving a sad expression

"I knew something like this could happen to Sakura one time. I just hoped she would not make the same mistake I did a long time ago with her father when I was her age." Mrs Haruno thought sadly

"Sakura. I think I know what the problem is?" Mrs Haruno suggested

Sakura looked up at her mother and had confusing expression on her face.

"What is it mom?" Sakura Asked

"First. Tell me what you think of this Naruto kid and tell me what you feel about him?" Mrs Haruno Asked

"Well….., Back at the Academy days I always said to you that he's stupid, he's always between me and Sasuke-Kun and he's annoying, he doesn't understand me and he always says stupid things like he's goanna become Hokage someday. But once we all graduated I suddenly felt something for Naruto, when we were taking the first test of the Chunin Exams he was having a tough time to complete the sheet from some Jounin with a scare on his nose." Sakura started to Explain

"Ibiki? Sometimes that man never stops playing with people. *Sigh* It's like a hobby of his." Mrs Haruno sighed in her thoughts with a small smile on

"Naruto was having a bad time and when we all got to the tenth question, the Jounin said that if we fail the question we will be terminated from the Shinobi ranks, If we don't do the question we will have to wait for another six months until the next Chunin exams come. For some reason, I felt like I couldn't take that Naruto would be terminated from the Shinobi ranks. He really wants to achieve his dream on becoming Hokage so bad that I didn't want him to lose that dream forever just because we couldn't answer the tenth question. I wanted to raise my hand and quit the exams, If I quit the entire team quit as well." Sakura Explained

"But Naruto said that he wouldn't give up and we all passed. When I saw him battle Kiba and Akamaru I wanted him to win more than I wanted Sasuke-Kun to win….., I don't know why but I really wanted Naruto to win more than anything. When I saw his battle against Neji I wanted him to win the battle as well. Then when I heard when Naruto defeated Gaara in order to save me from the sand I felt something in my heart. Something I had never felt before in my life." Sakura Finished with a small smile

"To be honest with you Sakura, you and Naruto kind of remind me of me and your father when we were your age." Mrs Haruno said with a small smile

"Really?" Sakura Asked

"Yes Sakura. Really. When I was your age I was in love with someone else than your father. That someone was Minato. Minato Namikaze." Mrs Haruno started to explain

"You mean…, the fourth Hokage?" Sakura Asked in surprise

"Yes honey. I was in love with the fourth. Just like you I always thought that your father was like you always thought about this Naruto kid. I always thought he was always between me and Minato. Like you I always shouted at him and told him he was between me and Minato." Mrs Haruno explained

"I tried to get Minato to love me but he said that he was in love with someone else. Like you Io never gave up, I always kept asking Minato out for a date. That time your father took the opportunity to go out with me but I refused." Mrs Haruno continued to explain

"He told me one time that he was in love with me and asked me out for a date. That was the final straw and I got really mad at him and screamed at him and insulted him. I soon realised what I have done and tried to speak to him. But he called me a "Haruno bastard" then left." Mrs Haruno continued her story

"Those were the same words Naruto shouted at me this morning." Sakura explained

"Really? Then I guess just like your father he must've been really hurt by your words just like your father was hurt by mine when I was your age." Mrs Haruno said

"After that your father ran back to his home. After what I said to him I felt terrible, I then walked to his house to apologise…, But I got the news that day that your father tried to commit suicide. He stabbed himself lots of times….." Mrs Haruno explained with a hint of sadness in her voice

"The doctors managed to save him, he was in a coma for the past six hours. For those six hours I waited for him until he would wake up. I didn't know why at that time showed such concern for him, but now I realise that I was hiding feelings for him." Mrs Haruno continued

"Once your father was awake I came to see him. He did not want to see me at all. He said to me that he shouldn't be alive, If I wasn't there for him his life would mean nothing at all…., At that stage, I realised that I loved him, and I had been keeping those emotions hidden inside me for all that time. I apologised and begged for forgiveness, he accepted it and that day we loved each other all the way to the end." Mrs Haruno finished her explanation

"So…,That time you were not in love with the fourth Hokage? You had a crush that kept you from loving dad?" Sakura Asked

"Yes honey. I kept all my feelings for your father sealed all because of a crush I had with Minato." Mrs Haruno replied

"So…., probably that's why I have strange feelings for Naruto…., I think that…., I might love him." Sakura guessed