Sakura woke up a bit later than usual and came down rubbing her eyes and mumbled a "Guh mornin" as she sat at the dining table and started eating her breakfast.
"So, Sakura, where were you yesterday?" Sakura's mother, Mebuki Haruno asked her. "I was being trained with my new friend Naruto by Gai sensei" Sakura said as she took a huge gulp of orange juice, not missing the slightly happy expression her mother had.
"I see.. Gai is one of konoha's strongest ninjas so im sure he can be trusted with your training, I just hope you don't pick up his fashion sense" Mebuki said, shivering when she imagined Sakura with a bowl cut and sparkling as she did a nice guy pose.
"Yeah...definitely" Sakura said, who was imagining the same thing. " As for this Naruto, would this happen to be Uzumaki Naruto?" Mebuki asked. " Yeah, why?" Sakura asked, wondering why her mother of all people knew Naruto.
"Hmm, nothing just happy that such a nice boy is your friend" Mebuki said with a small smile.
" Have you met him before Mom?" Sakura asked, a bit startled.
"Well kind of, he helped me pick up a bag of groceries I had dropped once, Nothing major but I thought it was sweet".
"Naruto is an orphan" Sakura told her.
Mebuki nodded and said " That's why, if he ever does something ill mannered, it will be up to you to teach him manners, sometimes a bit forcefully"
Somewhere else in Konoha, A blonde whiskered boy shivered in fright. " Why do I feel like I'm going to be in a world of pain soon" Naruto asked himself.