Phonebooth

[tbf_anon]

As the sun rose upon World's End, it bathed the land in an orange glow, encompassing all and sparing none in its wake. It was warm and muggy and the whispers from the night of the full moon, the night of the Tower, hadn't seem to have gone away. Still, the day was bright and the light beckoned all to go outside. By midday, clouds had begun to roll

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[insanestrength]

The ringing was getting on her nerves. Sakura was one moment away from punting it out of existence, her frayed nerves almost getting the better of her. And then she straightened herself, tightened her jaw, controlled her temper and picked up the receiver.

"This had better be good."

The tone was confident, but with a definite undertone of annoyance.

[tbf_anon]

"OI, SAKURA!"

Naruto's voice screamed across the line and the boy sounded almost echoed; the voices of many clones added to the sheer volume and obnoxious sound of the blond ninja.

"Where did you go?! You left us high and dry! What, did you get scared?"

[insanestrength]

"Naruto?!"

What the hell? This was obviously a prank, and she was left pissed rather than laughing. He'd never accused her of being scared since he'd come back. Green eyes narrowed, and she clutched the receiver in a grip that threatened to shatter it.

"Like hell. You're pretending to be my friend and I don't fucking appreciate it. You think I don't know him better than this?" Hah. Sakura kicked hard at the window of the phonebooth, watching her irritated gaze reflect back at her through the grimy plastic/glass.

"Stop playing games with me." This was growled.

[tbf_anon]

"What's the matter with you?!" he screamed into the phone. He sighed and all of the other voices disappeared in the back. "Sakura, I mean it! We've been pinned down here by Pein. You were right beside -- Ah!"

An explosion erupted in the back but it grew muffled as Naruto shut himself inside the booth on his end. "Where are you? You better not have gotten yourself lost out there!"

[insanestrength]

"That's already happened." Both in her memory and Naruto's when he'd been here, Pain had been defeated. Sakura was thus quick to disbelieve whatever the voice on the other end said. And yet.. it was good to hear that voice again, no matter the circumstance.

"The hell is really going on?" Harder than before, she slammed a booted foot into the booth. "I've been stuck in this place for a few weeks now. But you know that, because you were here. Right?"

And if he didn't, he was a fake. Just like the fakes of her shishou, and Sasori, and Jiraiya-sama she'd seen in that rain. Only instead now she was hearing one.