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"Don't go," her world was crumbling, "please don't go." She could feel her heart stop as he starts to leave. She knew there was a high possibility she would never again see him. She would never forget this moment. "Please." Her voice sounded foreign to her. Her tears were blurring her vision, "Please." Her pleading would not stop him from leaving her. The numbness allows her to feel no pain as she hits the ground with full force. Her knees are bleeding freely, her arms don't cover her face as she allows herself to feel the cool sensation of the wet grass.
"Sakura," the voice is becoming louder, "wake up, Sakura-chan!" The blonde boy is shaking the girl in his arms. He manages a smile as he notices her eyes begin to flutter. "Are you okay?"
"Sasu…ke?" Her whisper is lost with the echoing of the thunder. It had been a long day, and the night was just starting with a thunder storm.
"I have to move you Sakura. The wind is starting up and we need shelter for the night." His well formed arms pick her up with ease. "Don't worry we will find him in the morning." The sorrow in the young blonde boy was deep. He wanted to help his friends at whatever cause, even if he had to pay the ultimate price.
The rolling thunder increased and the heavy drops of water began to shower them. "Naruto." Sakura was sure it was he who was protecting her from rain. "Half a mile…south…hut," her words were shaky but understandable.
Naruto started a fire to maintain the abandon hut warm, they needed to warm themselves and dry their clothes. "Sakura you have to stay strong, please don't fall asleep." He was scared that she had hit her head too hard and suffered a concussion that could prove to be deadly if she allowed herself to give into the heaviness of consciousness.
Sakura's vision was still unclear, making out only the blur of a figure. Naruto. He had come to get her. She remembered that they had fought earlier when she refused to wait for him to go find Sasuke. They had gotten a report that said he was but a few hours away in the deep woods. They had come too close not to go searching out for him. "I need to see him, Naruto! I need to know why he can't stay with me. It is it so hard to understand that I can't live knowing that he is gone and alone. I love him! I love him so much!" Naruto had only looked at her straight into her eyes and answered simply, "I understand." Naruto had allowed her to leave, but he would always follow behind her. Both his friends were the only thing he came to acknowledge as family. He was going to save Sasuke if it was the last thing he did on this earth.