"Do you want my autograph or something?"

"Yes, I'm your biggest fan." Kabuto holds out a pen and a small notebook.

"Oh, you really are. Who should I make it out to?" You ask, flipping through the pages to find an empty one. He steps in to help you find one.

"Kabuto, K-a-b-u-t-o." He watches you sign it before flipping to another empty page. "One more?"

"Sure, sure."

"O. R. O. This is your second biggest fan by the way, he finds you to be very interesting." You nod, waiting for the next letter and not really listening to what he's saying. You just wanted to get this over with, he gave you bad vibes. "C-h-i-m-a-r-u."

"That's a weird looking name. Anyways, here you go, is that all kiddo?"

"Kiddo? I'm flattered you think I'm so young." He takes the book back and starts writing something of his own.

"I feel like you just suggested that I'm really young, like six."

"I don't think that, I find you to be very mature for your age." That didn't reassure you at all.

"You don't know me well enough then buddy." You finger guns as you take an unconscious step back.

"I can change that."

"No, you know what they say. You should never meet your heroes," you were really uncomfortable at this point.

"Too late, we've already met." He ripped the page out of his notebook and held it out for you, pulling it out of reach when you went to grab it. "You are very interesting Sakura, it's strange that this.... talent has only come to light recently wouldn't you agree? I mean, you come from a family of nobodies but you're an all-knowing psychic?"

"What about it?"

"Nothing," he lets you grab the paper. "Just know, we have our eye on you Sakura. Don't try to mess with our plans." You glance at the paper.

"Or?"

"If you knew anything about Orochimaru you wouldn't need an or."

"I know enough, what's the or?" You didn't like him acting like he was controlling this conversation, it made everything way more terrifying.

"You don't need an or Sakura, you're shaking."

"It's cold," you lie.

"You're scared enough." You put the note into your pocket, grabbing onto the socks.

"You're the one that's scared, you're scared that I'll tell the Hokage. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here, tell me the or."

"Why do you want to know so bad?" You didn't have an answer for that, maybe you wanted to be sure of what he was threatening. Maybe you needed to know so you could decide if it was worth it. "You're psychic, figure it out yourself."

"Fine.... I will." You turn around and head towards your house, Kabuto followed behind you a few feet. "Why are you following me?"

"I'm not, I'm going this way too." He said, an awkward silence settled over both of you as you walked down the same street.

"Well, this is my stop." He glances around him, his eyes settling on the Hokage's office.

"Really?"

"I don't think you have an or, I think your threat is empty so there's nothing to stop me from telling on you."

"Fine, I'll tell you. You're so stupidly stubborn," he mutters and shakes his head as he keeps walking towards your home. You follow, a little unsurely, but you're still moving behind him. "Don't you like walking with me, just the two of us?"

"Not really, you're kind of a creep."

"But you're in no real danger, you're in the middle of a village."

"So?"

"So, imagine if you will, none of these buildings. Just you in a room, the only people you'll ever see again is Orochimaru and myself. Doesn't that sound lovely?"

"What color are the walls?"

"White, why does it matter?"

"I'm trying to imagine it and I just can't, is there a bed? A table? A light?"

"That humor can't save you Sakura."

"But it can annoy you, imagine this for me. These wonderful jokes, for the rest of my life. I'll be in my room, all alone, who else is there to tell my jokes to?"

"I'll get you a crab."

"I'll find a way to make you regret that."

"I'll keep you up to date on everything Sasuke related, since you two are so close."

"Nice try but you're not getting Sasuke, you can lock me in a bland room for the rest of my life but Sasuke will never go with you. You and Oreo Mario have your fancy threats but I have more on my side." The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

"You have a while to make up your mind, I highly suggest you listen to me." His eye twitched behind his glasses and he turned down a different street. That was a tense conversation and you hated every minute of it. You make your way all the way back to your house, running into nobody else. You were so thankful to be laying on a bed you forgot all about the note that you left in your pocket, abandoned on the floor for the time being. Your world was expectantly bright, Sakura sat at a desk doodling in the corner of her paper as she zoned out. She glanced up at you and sat up straighter.

'What did you do?'

"What do you mean?"

'You look like you've seen a ghost.' You catch the small smile and send her a disapproving look.

"I'm going to ignore that but you'll never believe what happened today."

'Gaara gave you socks?'

"You knew?"

'Yep, I didn't tell you because it's a present and you don't spoil presents. I assume you also saw your bodyguards again too?'

"Yeah, they're good boys. Did you also know about Kabuto? He's so weird and creepy, he wanted my autograph and he told me not to mess with their plans or else they'd lock me in a room for eternity."

'I wasn't aware of that, it cut to Naruto as he tripped over a mountain of ramen cups.'

"Typical Naruto."

'Since I don't know what happened there, do you think it's something to worry about?'

"Definitely, he thinks he's going to get Sasuke from us. I'm not letting Sasuke out of my sights once he gets back. Where'd you disappear to while I was training?"

'It doesn't matter, I just wanted to check up on everyone and see how they were doing.'

"How are they?"

'They're all good, for now. Do you like my dog?'
"That's a dog?" You stare at the strange doodles on her page, the longer you looked the more dog-like they seemed. "Yes."
'Good, this one is named Jeffery. He's a chocolate lab.' She scribbles around the puppy, clearly proud of Jeffery. 'You know, I've been thinking and I want to be a doctor.'
"What do you mean?"
'If I'm stuck here forever, that's what I want. If I'm not then I can bring my knowledge back to my world and help it advance medically. I had the right idea, training with Tsunade, but your world has a lot of medical knowledge that ours doesn't.'
"Your world has a lot of medical problems that mine doesn't though," you point out.
'So does yours, I just think it's important to have as much information as we can get.'
"I guess you're right, so how are you going to get this information?"

'I'm going to the library as soon as school's out, see if they have any medical textbooks. What are your plans if you're stuck in my world forever?'
"I'll retire as a ninja after saving the Akatsuki, get a cat, and open a restaurant where I make food from all over my world. And maybe I'll marry Ino." You joke at the last bit, Sakura makes a face.
"(Y/n), what's the answer to number 39?" Your teacher asks Sakura, seeing that she wasn't paying attention.
"It's 156," Sakura answers after glancing at her paper.
"Very good, please try to stay with the class and not go ahead."
'Whatever,' Sakura thinks to herself.
"Dang, you really showed them."
'This class is dumb, if I know the stuff then why do I have to hear them explain it all?'
"You know this stuff already?" You glance at the work she was doing, flinching once you realize it's not something you know. Sakura would have to explain it to you later.
'Yeah, I read the book and answered most of the questions already. It helps me think.' She leaned back in her chair, you blinked at her. 'So, Ino?'
"Oh yeah, she's very nice. But also, Tenten senpai would be a great wife. Could you imagine?" Sakura didn't answer immediately, instead, she got lost in her thoughts as she tried to imagine it. An embarrassed smile crossed her face as she finally responded.
'She'd be an amazing wife, strong and smart. Plus she's beautiful,' Sakura agreed with you. Although you were mostly joking it seemed like she put genuine thought into that.
"I mean, if you want to marry her I can stick to Ino-"
'What? I don't like girls like that, at least I don't think I do.... I don't know honestly. I've only really liked Sasuke and, while those feelings are still there, I've also begun to wonder if maybe I'm misunderstanding my own feelings.' Sakura admitting, sad and confused about the whole thing.
"Can you imagine marrying him? Spending your life with him? Having children, if that's what you want?"
'Yes, it doesn't take a lot of imagination to see what Boruto has shown me. However, am I happy? It's what I wanted but is it what I deserve?' You stay quiet, it's probably best to let her voice her feelings before saying anything. 'I don't want Boruto, I don't want to raise a child on my own. I don't want be alone. I want someone who loves me and loves our family, I may even want a team of my own. I want to be happy, I want Sasuke to be happy. And the funny thing is, whenever I feel upset or worried? It's not Sasuke I'm thinking about.'
"Oh god, it's not (F/n) is it?"
'No, (Y/n). It's not.' Sakura sighed, 'with Sasuke, being just friends has never felt like enough. But with you? I'll take what I can get.'
"Me?"
'Yes, I think I have a crush on you (Y/n).' Sakura rests her head in her palm and glances at you, waiting for some sort of reaction.
"I don't know what to say," you try to find some way to respond. How did you feel about her? Did you like her back or were you just friends?
'You don't have to say anything, if you feel the same then you'll tell me when it's right for you. If you don't, I'm comfortable just being friends. I don't mean to pressure you but it hurt too much to keep it a secret from you, I'm just relieved that you know now. I wouldn't get in the way of you being happy with someone else or anything like that.' She sounds sincere, you smile softly at her.
"Thank you."



(A/N) Whoop, update. I wasn't able to write for awhile but my computer doesn't seem to care when I use other browsers so yay. Sakura is not confessing her undying love for you, she isn't in love with you yet. However she is finally coming to terms and understanding her feelings toward you a little better, and voicing them as she's the type of person that would. And, just so everyone's aware, Sasuke doesn't love you yet either. He's developing a crush and considers you to be his best friend, though he's new to this kind of things so he acts a little over the top sometimes and that kinda sends the wrong signals. Anyways, keep letting me know what summon animal Reader-san should have! There's so many good ones you guys have suggested, you can just comment what you'd like and I'll include it. Also, Kabuto is kinda creepy-