Go home

Naruto thought it was best if he headed home to salvage the rest of the day. It had been such a beautiful day, weather wise, he expected a spectacular sunset later in the evening. He thought that maybe looking out of his window and enjoying the setting sun would be a good ending to his odd day. When he got home he took off his shoes, jacket, and placed Gama-chan on the table. As he walked over to his bed he stepped on the broken alarm clock from earlier in the morning.

One piece dug into the soft tissue of his foot. He instantly hopped up and down complaining, "Oh, owie owie owie," as the pain shot up from his foot through the rest of his body. Hopping on one foot, Naruto bumped into his table and fell over on his head with a loud thud. He then heard the clinking of his coins as they fell out of Gama-chan and all over the floor. Naruto cursed at himself for throwing the clock. He begrudgingly got up and went to find a band aid.

After applying the bandage to his foot, he picked up and re-fed Gama-chan the coins, and then picked up the broken pieces of his clock and disposed of them. After he finished his tasks, he walked over to his window and gazed toward the falling sun.

"It's been a pretty decent day, hasn't it Gama-chan?" The froggy-wallet sat there with its usual blank stare. "Yeah I think so too."

After a few minutes of sky watching, he started to look at the villagers passing by. They all seemed to be busy with their own lives. It was then that Naruto saw Sakura passing by on the street below. He noticed that she wasn't walking quickly, in fact, she didn't look like she was headed anywhere at all.

Naruto started remembering the 14 year old Sakura?she was much more timid, much more fragile, and a LOT less scary. Now she was a destructive machine that could kill him instantly with one punch. But even with this fear deeply instilled in him, Naruto continued to stare at her.

She had grown some much. She was in her usual ninja attire and he couldn't help but notice the distinct changes in her from when she was young. Her clothing from before was much more girly and less suited for battle, probably to woo Sasuke?Naruto cringed. Now, she was still girly, wearing a short skirt with black shorts and a more functional top. She had definitely grown into an accomplished medical-nin.

Naruto could feel himself get a bit excited as he watched Sakura. "Yo, Gama-chan. Think I should still try my luck with this one? It's been so long. I don't know if she even has anything left for me besides a punch in the face."

Gama-chan gave Naruto that convincing blank stare he always gave him?it told him exactly what he was going to do.