I worked on this alongside with ch5 of giving up, i wrote it because i had a similar loss in my life, and i guess thats how i was able to write this one...
(edit:changed title in request from some readers)
"I told you Sakura-chan… I would bring him back to you…" and with that he made one more seal. The flame like chakra around him dancing to his seals and becoming even more violent and unpredictable than before.
"Naruto! Stop it!" I yelled helplessly, unable to get close, the intense flames threatening to burn me if I got any closer. "Sasuke-kun is already safe, You don't need to do anything anymore! Come back!"
In between the flailing flames, I could see his face, it was calm… peaceful, he smiled to me… not his cocky smirk, but a genuine smile that said… Sorry…
"Naruto!!!" I yelled one more time. I wanted to make a sprint to the moron, stop him before he destroyed this place and himself. But a pair of powerful arms grabbed me from the waste and jerked me towards the opposite direction. "Yamato-taichou! Stop! Naruto is – "
"There's no time, we must leave!" he said hastily. Over his shoulder I looked back to the ball of fire.
"Kyuukyoku Honoo no Jutsu!" I heard from behind them, there was nothing else I could do…
A deafening sonic boom followed those words, Yamato-taichou was running faster and faster, from the shining bright light behind us, it was getting close… this light consumed what was left of Akatsuki, and pretty soon, it consumed us too…
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"Naruto!" I yelled sitting up.
Only a silent white room greeted my scream. My voice slightly echoed around a bit before I realized I was alone in this small room… the hospital?
I looked around once, just me in the standard hospital bed, IV tubes in my right arm, a monitor watching my heartbeat… it was normal, my heartbeat, so I'm guessing I'm not hurt too much…
Naruto… "Naruto!" I yelled once more, repeating my thoughts.
It all hit me quickly, I remember… all I remember… in the Akatsuki underground hideout… we battled with Akatsuki… we fought our way towards Sasuke-kun… and we stopped him before his brother could kill him… they gave chase to us as we fled with Sasuke-kun… and Naruto… He…
I felt some tears welling up in my eyes, there's no way…
"No way… No way…" I sobbed quietly, "He can't be dead…" I closed my eyes, trying to wake up from this strange dream, or better yet, Naruto would jump in and yell this was all some crazy ass prank he put together… He's not dead… "He's not dead… He's not…"
"Sakura…" said a voice, I opened my eyes and looked to the voice's owner.
"Kakashi-sensei…" I said, still sobbing quietly. I didn't even notice him walk into the room… how long has he been watching me cry?
"Your awake… good." he said a little shaky, it almost sounded as If he didn't know what to say… that's not him… he always knew what to say… "How are you feeling Sakura?"
I rubbed the tears out of my eyes, "Fine… just, a little tired I guess…" I said trying to hide my hurt feelings…
"I wouldn't be surprised… you battled fiercely against Akatsuki and Sasuke's group." He said approaching the left side of my bed.
"Yeah…" I said finally putting away my tears. "How long have I been out?" I asked trying to change the subject.
"About a full day Sakura, its almost five thirty.."
"Ah, I see."
We paused there, silence fell upon the room, it was awkward and seemed to drag forever. I looked at my lap, and Kakashi-sensei gazed out the window, I knew what he wanted to talk about… and I wanted to too…
"Kakashi-sensei…"
"Hmm?" he responded casually.
"How… how is … Sasuke-kun… is he ok?" I said straying from what I really wanted to know.
Kakashi-sensei let out a slight breathe, I guess he was expecting a different question. "He's fine… he's still sleeping."
"Good… good…" I said pessimistically
"Sakura, Naruto is –" he suddenly started, I guess sensing my feelings.
"He's not dead!" I blurted out, finishing his sentence.
"Sakura, you know as well as I do…"
"No!" I yelled denying everything he was trying to tell me. "He's not dead! He can't die!"
He sat on my bedside, I felt aggravated, listening to all this nonsense… but…
"Sakura… listen to me… you and I both saw what we saw as we fled the underground hideout… Yamato had to actually carry you out from what you were watching."
"So…?" I said feeling my tears returning.
I closed my eyes one more time… I had to wake up… this is just a bad dream.
He let out a deep breathe, he sounded sad. "Sakura, I'm going to miss him too…" he finally said.
That did it right there… I broke out into a complete frenzy of tears, moans, and screams, I let it all out, it wouldn't stay inside any more... I just can't accept it… why did he go and do something so fucking stupid?? God damnit…
"Why Kakashi-sensei why…." I asked grabbing his arm and crying into it. "Why did he do that??" I continued.
He didn't respond for awhile. He let me cry into his arm… "He did it because he wanted to save us…" he said finally, I could hear the pain in his voice. "He did the right thing… if he didn't, then we would have all died and Sasuke would have died with us, and our mission would have failed…" he said trying to sound professional, but it was no use, he was trying way to hard to hide his tears. But you could hear them in his voice as he tried to patronize Naruto… "Damnit… I should have been the one to stay behind… not him…"
We sat there a while longer, crying over our loss… as I cried into his now tear soaked arm, Images… pictures… moments, flashed before my eyes… I could still see him. He was smiling… his signature fox grin, I always thought it was annoying… it suited him well…
Positive flames welcome.