Your Embrace

The sun was setting on what most of Konoha would think of as a beautiful day. But for one it was just another day to be alone. Sakura Haruno sat in front of the Memorial Stone looking at the names that were carved into it.

Namikaze Minato

Sarutobi Hiruzen

Sarutobi Asuma

Jiraya

Uzumaki Naruto

She looked at the many names of the ones who gave their lives to keep the village safe.

Her late Team 7 of Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke and their leader Hatake Kakashi, had recently dwindled down to just two remaining members. After Sasuke killed Orochimaru and his brother, Itachi, only to find out the truth about what Konoha did to his brother, he came back to destroy them all, every single one of them that had destroyed his life. And with that, that is how Naruto got involved into the fight.

Once Naruto heard that Sasuke had returned only to attack them he immediately jumped in to try and save as many villagers as he could. Sine both of them were both equally matched they gave it their all and ended up killing each other with their final blows.

Sakura had tried to save Naruto as soon as the fight was over but it was a fatal blow and she could do nothing.

As she remembered the last memory of her knuckle-headed teammate, the tears started to flow down her cheeks, unaware that she was being watched.

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*FLASHBACK*

She had come to him right after Naruto had died saving the village. She was completely heartbroken that she couldn't do anything to save him. Even after all her training with the Hokage she still couldn't do anything. She was still weak. She knew where to find him and that is where she headed to.

When she got there she found him standing in front of the stone gazing at the names engraved upon it. She walked slowly over to him, wondering how she was going to tell him what had happened. The tears were still coming and there was no way for her to stop them. Once she reached the stone she stood next to him, closing her eyes, wishing everything would just rewind. He didn't turn to her immediately and for that she was thankful. She was still trying to get the tears to stop. But of course they wouldn't.

"Sakura?" she heard him ask quietly. She couldn't respond to him. There was no way she would have been able to control her voice. "What happened?" he asked her the fatal question. She shook her head furiously. She couldn't repeat it. Her whole body started to shake furiously and she couldn't control it. It eventually became too much that she collapsed to the ground on her knees. She wanted the pain from her heart to stop. She had lost everything she held dear to her. There was only one thing left and he was standing next to her. As the tears continued to flow she felt two arms wrap around her shoulders and in that second she felt the safest she has felt in quite a few hours. She never wanted it to end and she hoped it wouldn't.

"I'm here" she heard him say softly.

*END FLASHBACK*

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KPOV

The sun was setting as he arrived back at the village after a 3 week long mission. He was going to give the mission report to the Hokage when he was done visiting his fallen comrades. That is what he did, he headed to the Memorial Stone.

As he walked to the stone, he wondered how Sakura was holding up while he was gone. He hoped that she had kept herself busy so she wouldn't have to worry as much about him. He knew that she was the only thing she had left now but some days she was a complete mess when he was gone.

Along the way to the Stone he thought back to the days when his team was complete and how Naruto always tried to outdo himself to prove that he was better than Sasuke. They were some of the good times while he was teaching. He also thought back to the old days with his sensei and his comrades Rin and Obito. They had some good times as well.

He smiled as he thought of them while walking. He was close to the Stone by now.

Ever since Sakura had come to him that fateful day the two of them had helped each other cope with the loss. The whole village had acted differently once they found out about what happened to Naruto. Not one person wasn't affected by it.

By the time he was done reminiscing about the past, he was finally at the trees surrounding the Stone. And sure enough there was the pink-haired Kunoichi, just sitting there. He gave a small smile as he continued to walk towards her.

As he got closer to her he could hear small sobs coming from the same direction. The smile was removed from his face. He stopped behind her looking at the Stone for a few minutes.

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SPOV

Many memories of her old team replayed in her head. All of the great times that they had together and all of the hardships they had been through. She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice anyone until they wrapped their arms around her shoulders. At first she tensed up but there was something different about this and she relaxed. She knew this embrace all too well. She knew she didn't have to hide or pretend and nor did he, because as soon as she felt a drop of water hit her shoulder, she knew. She knew that he was thinking of them as well.

His embrace always helped her. She felt safe, she felt like there really was a reason to still be living, even after everything that happened.

"Kakashi," she said through her tears, "I'm glad you're back."

ok so it was just a short one shot. i got the idea from a song lyric lol

tell me what you think!

Evil Angel