[Naruto] The Disaster of the Red Sand Scorpion

When Kakashi thought of his words and found Sakura again, he was faced with Scorpion.

Before Kakashi could finish speaking, Scorpio let out a "tsk". He probably knew why Kakashi would say such things to him. She is a seemingly smart girl, but why is she always thinking about meaningless things? Being a ninja and not thinking about improving one's own strength is really boring.

In order to prevent her from doing stupid things in his body, Xie left a message to Sakura.

So when Sakura returned to her body, she noticed that Xia, who rarely took the initiative to leave messages for her, wrote a few words——

[There is no need for the existence of your sweetheart who hates you because of your strength. If you don’t cut off the contact with him decisively, I can still praise you for your ability. 】

"..."

Who wants him to praise her? And what does this have to do with him? Sakura wrote angrily on the bottom, and as she wrote, her hand holding the pen paused.

She couldn't help but think back to the battles she participated in, but she could only think of the mission in Wave Country, the battle against Zabuza and Hakutoki. What was her mood like at that time? Why did she go to war in the end?

The ink smeared on the paper, and her reply was so smeared that it was difficult to see what was written.

When Sakura came back to her senses and was looking for something to wipe with, there was a knock on the door, and the voice of Mebuki came from the door: "Kakashi-sensei is here."

Oops! I stayed here for too long and forgot to meet up.

Sakura closed her notebook, got dressed, and ran downstairs to meet Kakashi, and they went to the meeting point together.

On the way, Kakashi took the time to chat with her: "Sakura, who said she hated waiting at first, has learned to be late."

Sakura was about to retort, but then she thought of the existence of another person. The one who hated waiting should be Mr. Scorpion. She was surprised that Mr. Scorpion didn't look like someone who was punctual.

When they arrived at the meeting point, Sakura discovered that in addition to Class 7, there were also people from Class 10, and the two classes had to do tasks together.

Because the person who needs to be protected in this mission is a princess of a small country. If it is perfunctory, it will hurt the feelings between the two countries.

Kakashi and Asuma were discussing the route. When Shikamaru saw the three people from Team 7, he knew that there would be a lot of noise along the way.

Sure enough, Ino hugged Sasuke's neck and looked at Sakura with a smile. Just when he was about to confront Sakura, he found that Sakura ran to Kakashi's side at some point and discussed the route with their two teachers.

Sakura didn't think anything was wrong. Because Lord Scorpion is the strongest, Lord Scorpion is the captain in every mission. Sakura, who knows nothing, has no choice but to rush to the top. With Lord Scorpion's help, she must do what a captain should do. Even if she can't remember exactly what happened there, that habit is still rooted in Sakura's soul.

She pointed to the hill location on the map and said to Kakashi: "This place can easily be ambushed. It would be better for us not to take this road."

Kakashi glanced at Sakura and chose to adopt her opinion: "Then just take the high road." Anyway, even if there is danger, he and Asuma will be there.

Ino let go of her hand and looked at Sakura blankly. It feels like Sakura has become very different from before.

After determining the route, the group started heading to their destination.

The students from Class 7 and Class 10 lined up on both sides of the carriage, with Asuma walking at the front and Kakashi walking slowly behind.

The noisy scene Shikamaru imagined did not happen, and Ino didn't know what he was thinking, although he could roughly infer it.

Sakura is alert on the other side. Every time she receives a protection mission, she will be attacked. This time it will not be smooth sailing.

As she expected, the attacker appeared.

Sasuke picked up the kunai and was about to rush forward. The attackers didn't want to fight them at all, and ran directly past Sasuke towards the carriage.

Sakura stood in front of the carriage with a determined gaze.

The attacker reached out to grab Sakura without thinking. Sasuke saw this scene and rushed over quickly to block Sakura with open hands.

What he didn't expect was that the girl he was protecting behind took a few steps forward past him.

The cherry-colored short hair drew an arc in the space, and the girl's fingertips shot out chakra lines, which stuck to the attacker and threw him heavily into the distance.

This attacker was obviously very strong. He was just surprised when he cut off the chakra line, and then stepped on the tree trunk to steady his body.

"Don't get in the way." He was about to take out his weapon and kill the child. As soon as his hand touched the weapon bag, his expression changed.

Sakura raised his weapon and said in a show-off, "Here I am."

Kakashi, who was fighting with others, took the time to pay attention to the situation on the student's side. He looked at Sakura in surprise. This student actually knew how to disarm first. He thought they all liked to fight head-on.

The attacker was furious: "You little brat!"

Sakura, now without a puppet, clings to the attacker's weapon and fights him.

This is the first time Sakura has used her own body to fight in actual combat. The time in Wave Country does not count. She is just a support.

Thanks to the efforts of everyone, the attackers were repulsed.

Kakashi said through the car curtain, "The princess was frightened."

The princess opened the curtain, revealing her delicate face, "Thank you, ninja-sama."

Then, her eyes fell exactly in the center, and she smiled at the man, "I was secretly watching the battle just now. Miss Sakura is very powerful."

Sakura was a little overwhelmed when she was called, "Thank you?"

As the princess spoke, everyone's eyes focused on Sakura. Sakura blushed shyly after being praised, but her eyes were bright and full of determination.

A feeling that she had never felt before lingered in Sakura's heart. She felt very satisfied. She didn't know why, but she was very happy.

Both Classes 7 and 10 saw Sakura's changes. They never thought that Sakura would take the initiative to participate in the battle, especially Class 10. Their impression of Sakura was that she had a good mind but had eye problems and had a good relationship with Ino. ordinary girl.

But what was that ninjutsu about?

There were no further attacks, and the princess was safely sent to another country, the country to which she was about to marry.

The mission is completed and the ninjas of Konoha are about to leave. Before that, the princess stopped Sakura.

"Thank you." The princess said to Sakura.

"Eh?" Sakura couldn't figure out why the princess thanked her, and the princess didn't explain. She could only return to Konoha full of doubts.

Sakura couldn't figure it out and had to find someone to answer her questions.

"Honestly, I don't know for sure." Ino put her index finger next to her cheek, "Maybe it's to thank you for protecting her."

Sakura didn't think this was the reason, but she couldn't think of anything else and could only accept this statement.

Ino, who originally thought Sakura would leave after asking, saw Sakura still struggling. She thought of the strength Sakura showed in that mission. When she was about to ask about it, she heard Sakura say to her: "I I asked Kakashi-sensei a question before."

"Huh?" After hearing what Sakura said, Ino felt incredible, "You would actually consider such a thing sincerely?"

Sakura, who only wanted to talk to Ino about her troubles, said, "What, what's wrong?"

"Do you really not know? In that mission, when you were attacked, Sasuke came over to protect you, but you actually ignored Sasuke and only focused on fighting."

Sakura was stunned: "When did Sasuke-kun ever protect me? Is there such a thing?" Why didn't she remember it?

Ino couldn't hold her forehead, "I lost to you, so what's the point of asking this question?"

"..."

"Wait a minute." Ino looked Sakura up and down, "Could it be that the person you like is not Sasuke, right?"

Sakura immediately retorted: "Of course I like Sasuke-kun. You know this better than me."

"But your performance is very suspicious. You used to always duel with Sasuke. Your liking... is quite special."

"Ino!" She began to regret saying such words to Ino. It was really strange.

"It's very strange." Ino, who was smiling just now, turned serious. "No matter who he is, if his sweetheart will hate him if he becomes stronger, then don't like him. He doesn't deserve it."

"Eh?"

Ino held Sakura's shoulders and said seriously: "Sakura, the only thing I admit is that you will definitely become more powerful than me."

"Ino..." Sakura looked into Ino's eyes. She felt that they were back to the state they were in when they were young. Ino protected her like a big sister.

and many more……

Sakura suddenly remembered why she and Ino had changed from good best friends to a pair of happy enemies. Wasn't it because she didn't want to hide under Ino's wings anymore?

She wanted to be equal friends with Ino.