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[betterthanthen]

Eh? Where did the lab go-- Suna? No, impossible, we never moved away fro--

Oh. I seem to be back again.

[ooc; WELL, semi-hiatus is still valid, but Sakura is brought back from chapter 408, canon updated, and not stinking like she walked a month on someone's trail. ;) Do as you know best.]

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[icouldnotkeep]

Just a stupid curse.

I kept the apartment clean.

1/4

[betterthanthen]

Ah--

[betterthanthen]

So you've been here. Then the news of--

[betterthanthen]

Not my place to tell

Right?

[betterthanthen]

Naruto, hey. How long have I been gone?

[icouldnotkeep]

Just long enough for most of the food in the refrigerator to spoil. And long enough for me to pick up a girl who's sleeping on the floor in our apartment.

You went home? What's going on?

[betterthanthen]

Picking up a--on the floor? Naruto, that's not nice, we should get her a futon at least! Or the couch...

Ah, well. You know. Rest, and...investigation, and the boring stuff, and...other things that...are really...mm.

[icouldnotkeep]

She likes sleeping on the floor.

Well, you're on vacation again anyway. So I guess there's no use in worrying about it.

[betterthanthen]

...she does?

...yeah, I guess. I--mmh. Things aren't going well.

[icouldnotkeep]

What's going on?

Akatsuki?

[betterthanthen]

No- actually, we haven't heard of them for a while, but--someone has...

...oh, crap. I don't--if I tell you--but we're ninja, and we must be prepared for this and-- there is no danger, just...sadness.

[icouldnotkeep]

Well, that's...nothing new. Another funeral?

I feel bad for Konohamaru, then. It must be a real blow, so soon...

[betterthanthen]

...it's not Konohamaru who's suffered the real blow...

[icouldnotkeep]

Why are you beating around the bush, Sakura-chan?

[betterthanthen]

Because--I don't think you should hear it from me. If...I just...I've already seen you react to it once, another time would be--

[icouldnotkeep]

Who else am I going to hear it from? The old lady?