Sakura Is Reincarnated

Team 7's achievement in being the fastest to complete a great number of Missions with a perfect score and also being the most active of the Nine Rookies made it so their name spread across the village quite fast.

Especially since Naruto's attitude seemed to have improved compared to before. Although the prejudice around him was thick as usual, that didn't change the fact that his actions were changing their view on him.

On their time off though, Sakura took them to meet Hinata, Kiba, and Bug Guy. Kuranai, the one who was in-charge of them wasn't around, which was the perfect opportunity for her to get Naruto and Hinata together.

"Naruto, that's the girl who likes you." Sakura pointed at Hinata, causing Sasuke to be surprised there was someone who would find an idiot like Naruto to be attractive. The orange-clothed youth himself was a little embarrassed since no one's actually liked him before…

"That's only your guess. She could just have something she wants to say to me." Naruto could sense negative emotions but not anything else. Even if there WAS another girl who liked him, he still liked Sakura.

"Sasuke, you're in-charge of distracting Kiba so Naruto and her can have time to talk. Think of this as a lesson in socialising." She spoke while remembering how introverted he was in the future. It would be better if he hanged around with people rather than earning merits.

Sasuke wanted to refuse, but couldn't considering how important this seemed to Sakura. He jumped down the tree, approached, and tried his best to socialise with them, but the results were him challenging them to a kunai throwing showdown where the loser buy's lunch.

It really seemed like there was nothing but fighting in this guy's head… Even trying to befriend people turned into gaining new rivals. Not that it mattered though since the results were what she wanted.

"You go wait nearby. I need to talk to her about something first before I give you two some alone time to talk with each other." She lightly slapped Naruto on the back while ignoring the complex look on his face…

"You really think it'll work out…?"

"Just go wait at that tree." She didn't want to wait about any longer and approached Hinata openly.

"Did your Clan refuse to let you come to that training session or were you too shy to come?" Sakura was the first to speak. Hinata was embarrassed about how she couldn't join them when they were training together…

"I am… not confident in Taijutsu."

"My Clan wants me to stay away from Naruto."

"Is that what YOU want as well?" She looked at her deeply, causing Hinata to shake her head furiously.

"I don't want to cause him trouble… and want to cheer him on." Hinata couldn't understand why she was saying so much to a girl she barely knew. Although she knew Sakura was on Naruto's team, she couldn't understand why Sakura wanted her to confess the feelings she currently had for him so spontaneously.

Although Naruto would mostly used Shadow Clones for battle, Sakura on the other hand used them to build up relationsh.i.p.s with the people she cared about. Even as she had been going around with her team, she DID take her time befriending Hinata in the background so she could set Naruto and Hinata up quickly.

The first part of her plan went smoothly since she was friends with Hinata in the future as well. It was to the point that the white-eyed girl seemed to visibly become more confident in herself as she was influenced by the active aura around Sakura. The friends a person picks change them deeply, and Hinata was no exception.

"Naruto is an idiot who won't understand a girl's feelings unless they're beaten into his head. You have to speak straightforwardly if you want him to understand anything." Sakura encouraged her strongly.

But even as she was talking to her, the two Bloodline Seals in the shape of Hearts integrated into Hinata's Chakra Pathways without her noticing. She didn't know how to explain things to a smart girl like Hinata so Sakura decided this would be the best way to extend her 'gift' to her without wasting word for explanations.

"Thank you, Sakura."

"You're welcome! No go talk to him." Even though she was old on the inside, her pushy nature hadn't changed as she encouraged her again. Then secretly followed to see what they were going to talk about.

'She is someone you will fall for. Destiny says so!' The words Sakura said to him appeared in his heart as he shook his head. He didn't understand complicated things like destiny and stuff, all he cared about was the here and now. Stuff like fate had zero meaning to him.

But what DID bother him was the negativity that didn't seem to leave his teammates. He could feel the almost self-destructive anger that Sasuke was hiding from the surface and how Sakura almost seemed melancholic.

What was making her so sad all the time?

"Naruto." He heard Hinata call out.

"Oh hey, Sakura said you wanted to say something to me." There was a curious look on his face as he spoke.

"..." She blushed while hesitating, the brought up Her courage to say exactly what she was feeling.

"I… really admire you…!" These words were like a paper bomb that blew up away his previous thoughts.

"You admire me! Haha! You really have good taste in the people you admire! You see, I am definitely going to become the future Hokage and surprise the entire world!" Naruto was ecstatic to find another person who wanted to be his friend. What was he thinking about before? Meh, it probably wasn't that important.

Hinata was sincerely happy that he finally heard her feelings. Then talked more with him with a smile.

The girl she was pushing forward to meet him had a pure heart that didn't have ulterior motives. When she said she admired Naruto's earnest efforts, that was exactly what she meant. There was no deeper meaning to her words other than genuine admiration.

As a indecisive girl with a weak will, she naturally admired someone like Naruto who never gave up no matter what was against him. She only hoped that she could one day be more like him as the pure child she was… If those feelings had been unheard for a few years like the original timeline, then perhaps she may feel some special feelings for him, but the Hinata of now had yet to become that girl she met in the future.

She watched as the two talked about many things as they took advice from each other. Who said a boy and a girl couldn't have a genuine friendship? Sakura felt her world was turning upside down after hearing their topics. The most infuriating one was the last one.

"Hey, you know. Do you know how I can get Sakura to like me?" Naruto brought up the subject expectantly.

"Aren't you two friends?"

"But I want her to like me more." Hinata didn't seem to find anything wrong with that as gave some advice.

"Sakura said she liked flowers and... seemed to like it when people." She remembered Sakura's earlier words and decided to give that advice to Naruto. She didn't understand what those words meant but she was sure it was probably good advice if her friend said it.

"Oh?! Tell me more about this!" Naruto was inwardly taking notes as Sakura was hitting her head on a wall.

'What have I done?!' She thought as things weren't going as expected. Why was Hinata actually giving Naruto tips on getting her to like him?! Didn't future Hinata say she liked always like Naruto?

They had got together in the future, so it was probably fine if she let their relationship blossom by itself. Since they now knew each other, it shouldn't take more than four years like the last time for them to get together.

Meanwhile, Naruto was having a lot of fun planning out his next confession and wanted to make it as elaborate as possible. After saying goodbye to Hinata, he went to the store Ino worked at for some nice flowers.

"You're going to confess to Sakura?"

"I'm super duper serious this time! You have to help me pick out some flowers she would like!" Naruto begged.

Ino, who was happy to see that there was someone who just sincerely wanted to confess to the friend got back, decided to help him out. Of course, she wasn't polite as she spoke out how dirty his clothes looked and a bunch of stuff about how girls want confessions.

Naruto also took notes of all the girly nonsense she was saying so he could find some inspiration.

"I got an idea! Thanks Ino!"

"Your welcome. Be sure to buy more products and not cry to me after you get rejected!" Even though his feelings were sincere, Ino truly didn't have high expectations of him since girls had high standards. It would be a miracle if Naruto actually succeeded.