I'll stand By You
Summary: Even though the fact that Sasuke was gone for the second time, Sakura wasn't completely hopeless. Nop. Not this time. This time she was completely aware of a certain blonde with fascinating blue eyes.
"It's not true…" She whispered. Her green empty eyes stared at her image reflected in the mirror. "It's not t-true." Her voice threatened to fail her.
"Sakura, I saw it with my own eyes." A tall figure was leaning against the door. He was wearing, dark navy blue clothes and a cape that matched. A small hood was covering half of his features.
"No…" She said with one hand covering her mouth as tears fell down her pale face. "LIAR! YOU DID THIS! YOU MADE HIM LEAVE!" She said hysterically as she walked towards him. He was caught off guard as her fist made contact with his chest. "You did this!" She shouted with all her strengths.
He tried to hold her but she was too agitated. After a great effort to calm her down, they were both on the floor; she was resting her head on his shoulder as she cried hard. He stood there emotionless, holding her as his robes grew wet of her tears.
He didn't know how long he held her in his arms, but he knew it was a long time now. She had her eyes closed and breathed softly, her eyes had purple rings around and her face was red of crying.
"I'm sorry." He whispered.
That was probably the longest night he ever had. He didn't want to move, afraid that he would wake her up. He stared down at her pale face and closed his own eyes.
After a few hours, Naruto woke up to find that she was gone. He stood up confused and worriedly, he moved the dirt away from his clothes and took a last glance at her room before he walked out the door.
He searched everywhere, he even begged Sai to him look for her and before he knew it half of the village was helping as well.
"Sakura-chan…" he whispered as the wind caressed his tired features. He suddenly noticed where his feet had dragged him to.
Konoha gates.
Sai placed a soft hand on Naruto's shoulder not really comprehending the empty feeling that was slowly taking over him.
The pitter-patter of rain was muffled by the thick foliage over head. Small drops of water fell off the leaves to the soil below. A pink-haired girl walked silently amongst the trees, her eyes staring blankly ahead. She had no idea where she was heading to; she just kept walking and walking. She felt completely exhausted but her feet still carried on through the muddy path. Her heart kept beating rapidly against her chest and the tears kept falling down her cheeks.
They had failed, completely failed. They couldn't help him at the end. Sasuke had returned after completing his vengeance but he was completely changed. She knew he would be different but she never thought that he would be so drown in darkness. He didn't belong in Konoha anymore. He didn't belong with them anymore. But she didn't want to acknowledge it. No, she refused to believe it. Team seven was something for life. He couldn't just give up like that, he couldn't!
But then the fact that Sasuke had left again was not what hurt her the most. What hurt the most was that Naruto himself had let him go. Naruto had lost his hope.
Naruto… he was the one who was supposed to fight till the end. He was the one who was supposed to try and keep Sasuke with them, not to push the Uchiha to leave… again.
"Sasuke-kun?" she asked quietly as he kept looking through the window. His eyes were set on the Konoha gates with a serene expression.
"Hn," he said not bothering to look at her.
Sakura bit her lip nervously as a horrifying feeling took over her. It was the very same feeling she had felt the day he had abandoned her. Abandoned them.
"Is everything alright?" she asked softly. He merely nodded, "O-okay then," she said as she turned around preparing to leave.
"Sakura…" she stopped on her tracks, her body shivered, "You deserve better than me…"
Her green eyes widened, "I know…"
The rain started to fall heavier and Sakura desperately tried to warm herself. The pink-haired girl was absolutely soaked to the skin, filthy, and stinking. She then decided to stop. She placed herself next to a tall tree, the leaves protecting her from most of the rain. But she was still cold.
Sakura leaned her back on the tree and her knees gave in, causing her to fall with a loud thump on the muddy floor. Her shoulders started to tremble as more tears threatened to fall. She was being foolish. It wasn't anyone's fault that Sasuke left. He would have done it sooner or later anyway. She now cried harder. How could she be so selfish? How could she blame Naruto when he was probably suffering as hard as she was?
Then she closed her eyes tightly and she could see him. She could see Sasuke Uchiha, with his arrogant, bored expression look of his, his hands inside his pockets.
Suddenly she felt anger, anger rising inside her, she suppressed a loud sob as she drew her fist back and pounded the ground with it once. She saw with a satisfied look as the ground shook, the rocks jumped. It wasn't even her full strength.
She laughed quietly as she imagined herself beating the hell out of Sasuke.
He was so right. She did deserve better than him.
"Over there!" Kiba shouted as he caught her scent for the sixth time. Ino nodded and she stared ahead towards the direction Kiba had pointed.
Naruto was already gone and everyone seemed quite surprised at his speed.
"You're okay, Ino?" Shikamaru asked raising an eyebrow.
The blonde looked at him and smiled, "Yeah," she answered, "I'm fine."
Naruto came to a stop as he spotted her. He jumped off the tree branch and landed on the floor silently as the night itself. His blue eyes stared at her devastatingly; his own heart beat seemed to come to a stop as she sobbed quietly, her hands rubbing her arms.
Slowly he walked towards her and the pink-haired girl raised her head to stare at him. Her green eyes widened in surprise as she saw him there.
She looked like a child as she stretched her arms to him, her green eyes filled with tears. He bent down and picked her up, "Sakura-chan…" his voice sounded strange to her ears.
"Naruto… I-I'm s-soo-sor-sorry," she said between sobs, "It's n-not your f-fault," she tightened her arms around him looking for his body warmth. It felt surprisingly good.
"Shhh, it's okay," he told her as he breathed down to her pink hair, "It's okay…"
"Just the t-t-t-two of us now," she told him quietly. She had stopped crying, "Just you and me, Naruto."
He chuckled lightly, "It sounds good enough to me,"
She chuckled too. Even at time like this Naruto would not stop trying to flirt with her.
"Naruto?"
"Hmm?" he told her as he kept hopping between trees.
"Do you ever t-t-think about the future?" she could feel him tense, "W-what do you see?"
Naruto stopped on a tree branch and stared down at her emerald eyes, "What do you see?" he asked quietly.
"I'm serious…" she told him as he placed her down, his hands supporting her.
He sighed deeply and stared to the dark sky now filled with stars. The rain had faltered down. "The future huh?" Sakura nodded and she too stared at the stars, "I see… I see you, Sakura-chan,"
She turned to stare at him, her emerald eyes beaming at his words. She attempted to smile but instead a sob escaped her lips. Naruto looked at her worriedly.
"What? Did I say something wrong? You asked wh-"
"I see you too…" she said quietly as she looked at his bewildered blue eyes, "I see you too,"
Naruto smiled softly at her, "Ah come on, Sakura-chan… you're making me blush," he grinned as one hand scratched his head.
She hit him playfully on the arm, "I'm serious you baka!" she told him with a small smile. Then she frowned, "I didn't hurt you earlier did I?" she asked worriedly as she remembered punching his chest hard.
"I'm okay, really," he told her but she shook her head.
"Let me see it," she told him as she pushed his shirt up.
"Sakura-chan! Really… I'm fi-"
"Fine?" she told him her face filled with worry, "Naruto you have an internal bleeding and a broken rib,"
He laughed, "Sakura…"
"Naruto…" she was growing impatient. Couldn't he see that he was hurt?
"Sakura…" this time his voice caught her attention. There was an urge in it that sent a cold feeling down her spine.
She stared at him wonderingly; his left arm was still supporting her while the other moved slowly to her cheek. His thumb caressed her still wet skin and she could feel her knees tremble slightly. His blue eyes stared through her with a scary eagerness, the same eagerness her inner self was screaming for.
Sakura could feel his warm breath on her face as his face moved closer to hers. She didn't flinch, she didn't think. She just stood still as his lips brushed hers softly causing a strange sensation down on her stomach. Butterflies…
She found herself closing her eyes tightly, and then in an impulse she allowed his tongue to explore her mouth and then the strange sensation increased through the rest of her body as she explored his.
"Ewww forehead! Not Naruto!"
Sakura and Naruto parted, both blushing furiously as they stared at an amused Ino, a bored Shikamaru and a grinning Kiba.
A/N: Hello everyone! I hope this was worthy of your time. If so please drop me a review and tell me what you think. Oh by the way, I think this is good as one shot, short and sweet. Thanks for reading.