"Sakura? Sakura!" The blond called out, shaking the fallen girls body with worry etched across his features, the scowl from their fight gone, and a few bodies lay scattered around the pair, Naruto's eyes brimming with a mix of hate, a mix of worry, and many other things he'd never speak of to the girl who he could not keep his promise to.
"Sakura! Please, wake up!" He shook her once more, thinking then to just carry the girl back to the village, too impatient to wait around when he was not skilled enough to determine the true state his pink haired team-mate was in. "Please.. Sakura.." He almost cooed out so quietly, yet it was clearly heard as the wind died down seemingly to carry out the sound a bit more.
The girl murmured, a soft twitch going through her body and facial features.
"Sakura?" He paused a slight hope gleaming behind his eyes, a slight relieved expression and feeling, spreading through him as she gave out a soft moan, stirring more and he did his best to prop the girl up. "Sakura, it's okay.. I'll get you back to Konoha-" But he cut off, suddenly realising what she had been mumbling.
"..Sasuke." Her eyes fluttered, wary from the fight and being knocked out briefly, her body aching from the fight with the rogue ninjas who'd ambushed them not a moment before.
"..Sakura,
I'm not-" Naruto stopped, feeling a quell of pain, and maybe
even a form of jelousy as she saw the girls soft smile up at him, her
hand, shakily outstretched to bring it to his cheek, ever so gently,
ever so shakily.
"Naruto.. He.." She breathed out
softly, shutting eyes her for a moment before opening them again,
somewhat tiredly and half lidded yet her expression was oh so
painfully soft, and happy. her hand still cupping his own cheek, her
thumb absently brushing against it. "Naruto, kept his promise..
He brought you back. Thank you.. Sasuke." She kept murmuring
softly, her eyes glittering almost as tears built up in their
corners, looking at a boy, who wasn't even there anymore.
Naruto, silently listening and watching, didn't dare move again, his heart thumping against his chest as a rather overwhelming pain, clutched at his chest, watching the girl who he'd care for for so long, the girl he couldn't keep one promise to, watching he laying there, unable to see him.
In the end, he just whispered quietly, shutting his eyes and leaning slightly into the hand, obeying the soft cry his female teammate was giving out. "I'm here.. Sakura."
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A/N; So yep, short, nonsence of my head. Enjoy, or don't. Thanks though, if you do read this.
