Understanding a Nightmare
One-shot
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, kuso
I shot straight up as I found myself sweating in my pajamas. Looking at the clock, I find that it's four A.M. in the morning.
"The same nightmare, again" I mutter under my breath
After Sasuke left, I had no dreams or nightmares. Then Naruto decided to leave and I felt lonely. Now Naruto's back and we're hanging out more, and then these nightmares started. The problem is that these nightmares always wake my up and then I can't get back to sleep. Not only that, but in each nightmare Naruto died, although the latest is by far the worst
(Start Dream)
It starts out with Naruto confronting Sasuke, and then I run in between them to try and stop them, But Sasuke doesn't stop and keeps going like I'm not even there. Just as Sasuke's blade is about to come upon me, Naruto gets in the way, shielding me from the flurry of strikes that are bomb barding his back, all the while trying to consol me by smiling
Bending down, he whispers in my ear "On the count of three, I'm going to kill Sasuke-teme…please forgive me?"
"One…two…THREE" Naruto yells the last part, before grabbing me and jumping away, but not before I hear
"Fuuten Resangan" and witness a clone shoving the almighty attack in the back Sasuke's head, completely ripping it off and shredding it
When we land about 10 meters away, he puts me down gently before collapsing in front of me; ready to die at a moments notice from the deep gashes in his back. Once again I start to cry and think to myself
'I'm so useless! Naruto's dieing and I can't do anything'
"Sakura-chan…" looking at him, I find his smiling face
"Don't cry, it doesn't look good on you"
His hand then found its way to my cheek, wiping away the tears and caressing my face at the same time
"At least I was able to keep one promise," he says from out of nowhere
"Huh?" I reply intelligently
"Do you want to know what that promise was?" he asks
"Yes" I manage to say while holding back tears that were threatening to fall
"That promise was to protect you and make you happy, and apparently that costs my life, but I don't mind, you're alive and that's what matters. The only thing that I regret was not being able to bring Sasuke-teme back to you; you do forgive me, right? Or do you hate me?" He asks
"I could never hate you, baka," I say, smiling through my tears
'He thinks I can hate him after all he has done for me?'
"Sakura-chan, can you lean down so I can tell you something?" he asks
As I lean down, he grabs neck and pulls forward, kissing my quickly and softly on the lips. Blushing was the after affect of this endeavor; I touch my lips, the tingling feeling still there from the kiss.
"I love you, Sakura," He whispers in my ear
"I love you too, Naruto," I say before sobbing uncontrollable, because as those words faded, he fell limp in my arms. I didn't even bother to fight my tears as sorrow, pain, regret, anger and heartache took over
(End Dream)
"Thank Kami it's just dream" I reassure myself
'What would I do if Naruto actually did die?' I ask myself
'I wonder, do I love Naruto, or is it just a dream? Probably the latter' I reason
"No" I say aloud "They say dreams are the key to the sub-conscious, to what you really desire; to what you really want. And to what you really fear" I say triumphantly
Then it struck me, the meaning of what I said
"Then does that mean I fear losing Naruto. But wait, I love Sasuke not Naruto, right?"
"AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH, kuso!" I yell; thankfully mom didn't wake up
"I need some air"
Making my way to teams seven's training ground; I see the silhouette of a man standing on the middle log
"Who's there?" I question, pulling out a kunai
"Oh, Sakura-chan, how have you been?"
Sighing, I conceal the kunai back in its pouch. The man then appears right in front of me, causing me to stumble backwards over a rock. Just as I was about to hit the ground, he grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me into an embrace. Looking up, I see his face, a smile accompanying his face. He had untamed, sun-colored hair, a Konoha Headband, but that was mostly covered by his hair. He had cerulean-blue eyes that were soft but powerful at the same time, his face had matured over the two-and-a-half-years of training with Jiraiya-sama.
"Ya know, Sakura-chan, you're a klutz," he said softly, still smiling
Noticing the close proximity; I know there's a blush rising to my cheeks, and that I can't stop it
"Naruto-kun, can you let go now?" I ask, hoping he wouldn't her for I was enjoying the warmth
To my displeasure, he took a step back and looked at me with quizzical written all over his face
"Did you just call 'Naruto-kun'? That's a first" he said, smile spreading into a grin
'Oh no, I just called him Naruto-kun; what is WRONG with me' I yell at myself
Breaking away from me, I feel the warmth leave my body
Not wanting to jeopardize or friend ship, I walkover to the log he was on moments ago. Placing my back against the log, I slid down and hug my knees to my chest, hoping to replace the warmth lost from the contact.
Sitting down next to me, Naruto asks "Why are you up this early, Sakura-chan?"
Contemplating on rather or not to tell him the truth, I decide against it
"A nightmare"
"Who was in it?"
"Why would you want to know?" I ask, curiosity getting the better of me
"It was the first question in my head"
"Okay? Whatever. Lets see, Sasuke…" at his name I see Naruto flinch
"Me, of course…" he looked anxious, as if willing something to happen
"I couldn't see the last one, he was just a silhouette of shadows in my dream"
"Think you can tell me what happened?" Naruto asks, looking at the stars
"The silhouette saved me and in the processes killed Sasuke"
Naruto had a look of confusion written all over his face
"What?" I practically yell at him
"You said Sasuke and not Sasuke-kun"
'Kuso, I did it again, what is wrong with me tonight!"
"What are you doing out here, Naruto-kun" I reply, trying to change the subject
Giving me a puzzled glance, he replies "A nightmare"
"That's funny; what was yours about?" I ask
"I finally found Sasuke-teme, and tried to convince him to come back to Konoha, but he said that he will never come back; so I told him that if he didn't come back willfully, I would break his arms and legs. He said he would die before he was dragged to Konoha, so he charged at me, drawing his sword, and I returned the favor. That's when you jumped in the way, and Sasuke-teme didn't stop, so I did the only logical thing, I jumped in between you two so you would not get hurt. While Sasuke-teme was carving up my back, I summoned a clone and had him kill Sasuke-teme with a Fuuten Resangan, and grabbed you and jumped away as to not get caught in the explosion; then you started to cry because I was dieing from blood loss. Mustering the last of my energy, I tried to cheer up, which worked out fairly well, seeing as I got you to smile. Then I told you to lean down so I could tell you something, but instead I kissed you" At this he paused and closed his eyes, as if expecting a beating
"I won't hit you Naruto-kun" I sigh
"Ok, that's it, what have you done with Sakura-chan; the Sakura-chan I know would yell 'You pervert' and then hit me with all her might" he says, joking around
"Baka, it's just a dream"
Looking at me like I was someone else, he continues, "Then I whisper in your ear 'I love you, Sakura'; then the next part shocked me, you said 'I love you too, Naruto', which I know you would never say that" when he said this, it felt like something was squeezing my heart, and it hurt, like it was stabbed
Then something dawned on me, the nightmare he had was identical to the one I had
"Isn't a strange nightmare?" he asks
"Yeah" I mutter, too lost in my thoughts to string together a full sentence
"Naruto-kun?"
"Yeah?"
Hanging my head, so my face was out of sight, I ask "Do…do you still love me?"
When I didn't hear an answer, tears came to my eyes, I didn't why exactly, but I started to cry silently
'What did I expect, 'Of course I still love Sakura', ha, yeah right!' I thought to myself
Hiding my face as I did so, I stood up, and say "I understand"
I start to walk away, but before I got to far, I felt a pair of arms wrap around my torso; hot breath accompanied these arm as I felt the warm sensation come back from earlier, and I lavished in it, and it sent shivers down
"I never said no," he whispers in my ear, in a husky voice
Realizing he still didn't answer my question, I pull away and reply "But you never said yes, either"
Walking up to me, he puts his hand under my chin and forces me to look at him
"Did I hurt you?" he asks, voice and eyes portraying his massive worry
"No" I say abruptly
"Then why are you crying?"
"I was thinking about Sasuke" I say, not thinking before I spoke, which turned out to be a bad idea
When I said these words, his eyes reviled pain, but then, as fast as lightning, they turned cold and heartless
"I see" the venom evident in his voice
Then I realized what I did, I crushed his heart for the last time, and I don't think it's ever going to be the same.
He had never looked at me with no emotion, his eyes were the one doorway to his actual emotions, no matter how hard he tried, his eyes told everyone what he was feeling; now all they were holding was, nothing, something thought impossible by all who knew him. That's not the reason for his heart not being able to heal though, the reason was that he was behaving like this in front of her, the one he used to love.
Turning around, he starts to walk away
Doing the first thing that came to mind
I yell
"WAIT, NARUTO-KUN, STOP!"
He halts, but does not turn around, asking "What is it, Haruno?"
He hurt to hear him talk so coldly to me
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it" I chock out, holding back the tears threatening to spill
"Oh, but you did" he spits out
When I hear the tone of his voice, me courage crumbles, and I break down, and fall to my knees, sobbing
"Damn it, Naruto-kun, I don't love Sasuke, in fact, I hate Sasuke. I hate him for what he did to you" I yell through my tears
There was a silence, which meant he wanted me to keep going
My head drops as my gaze falls to the ground
"When…when Kakashi brought you back to the village… the hole in your chest, the one that destroyed your right lung, Sasuke did that, right?" I ask
"Correct" he says as he turn around
"Naruto-kun…" I start
Gathering up my courage, I jump into his form, wrapping my arms around his torso, and look up to find a shocked Naruto-kun
Shoving my head back into his warm chest, I finish in a whisper "I love you" holding him closer
Getting over his shock, he places a hand on my lower back, moving it in a circular motion, trying to calm me down. While the other hand found its way through my hair, running through it in a soothing manor
"I love you too, Sakura-chan" he whispers
"Just Sakura, please?"
"Only if I'm just Naruto"
"Okay, Naruto" I say in a flirtatious tone
"Flirting are we, Sakura?" he says in that husky tone
I fell asleep in his arms, and he brought me to his apartment. He put me into his bed, and crawled in besides me, pulling the covers over us. That night was the best sleep I've had in weeks, because instead of having a nightmare I had a dream; a dream of a future with Naruto
Review, flame and whatnot
I think I might turn this into a chapter fic
I have an apocalypse to plan, so see ya
I live in the dark
All who cross my path shall die
I'm the end of life
A little Haiku I just thought up
Hope you like
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