It Is What It Is

Hey guys, Spazzgirl here with a brand new spankin NaruSaku fic. Yes Naruto has finally ended and NaruHina and SasuSaku have been confirmed canon. Though so many things were left unresolved and was very rushed. Though I am happy for the NaruHina and SasuSaku fandom, this is a fanfic that I am writing and will be solely NaruSaku.

The reason why I wanted to write this was to give an alternate ending but for NaruSaku. I wanted to put my whole spin on how I believe Naruto should have ended if NaruSaku was endgame. I am not denying the fact that my pairing is nothing more than fantasy, but when something is fantasy we can have endless imagination. When our fantasy is finally real, it's like a "then what situation."

One of the unresolved situation I am using for this chapter is:

The Promise of a Lifetime

The lifelong promise that Naruto has finally fulfilled has been pushed aside, and that is what makes me unhappy. I wanted Kishimoto to bring it up and see just HOW grateful Sakura was that he manage to keep his promise.

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, the ending would be COMPLETELY different

Summary: things were unresolved between the two and now must be confronted

By the way, I got inspired by the song "It Is What It Is" by Lifehouse, which I think it's the perfect song for this story

ENJOY!

Emerald eyes finally spotted the two familiar figures laying on the ground.

Her heart race quicken as she saw them and immediately dashed over when she saw the blood. Hastily and in medic ninja mode, she began to pour chakra into her hands so she could heal their wounds.

"Thanks Sakura-chan," came the groggy voice of her blonde haired teammate.

"Sakura…I…"

Looking down, she refused to look at him. "Don't…I need to concentrate."

"I'm sorry," Sasuke apologized.

She wanted to scoff at him but instead held it in. "Sorry? For what?"

"For everything I've done."

"You'd better…Geez." Both Sasuke and Naruto looked her with gentle smiles on their faces. "You are so much trouble…Stupid…"

Naruto's heart was aching, he never liked it when Sakura cried. "Hey Sakura-chan," sniffling a bit the rosette looked up, she was met with a grinning face, "My promise of a lifetime. I brought him back just like I promised."

Fighting back the tears that were building up, she held them back, and gave the blonde haired shinobi a small and gentle smile. "Thank you, Naruto," she gently brushed the strands of hair away from his face, "thank you, for everything."

With that, the whiskered face man fell asleep with a smile on his face. Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle a bit, which earned him a playful (more like aggressive) punch on the shoulder.

"Ow, what the hell was that for."

"Don't laugh at him," Sakura growled.

The last Uchiha couldn't help but laugh a bit. "Never thought I'd see the day you'd defend him." He smiled a bit.

"Well after everything he's done, I'd thought that I tried to return the favor."

"Hmm," Sasuke hummed softly, "I think he deserves more than a simple thank you," he whispered softly.

"Did you say something?" The rosette could've sworn she heard him mutter something.

"No," he said and looked up in the sky. "Thank you Naruto, for bringing me back into the light."

It took a while for everything to get back to normal. There were still buildings that needed to repair alongside the lives of those that took part of the war.

"How's the arm," Sakura asked the blonde as he was toying with it.

"Hmm," he was looking at the prosthetic arm strangely, "feels weird."

The rosette sighed a bit and placed her hands on her hips. "Well that's what you get when you two use your most powerful moves on each other." Naruto couldn't help but grin and rub the back of his neck. "Then again, doing stupid mistakes is something only you would do."

"Oi, Sasuke did the same thing."

"Okay," she giggled a bit, "It's something stupid the two of you would do."

Naruto smiled a bit, walking over to the small bag that held his clothes, he began to search for something.

"You know Sasuke is leaving today."

"I know," she looked down.

"You'd think he'd stay for a while after what happened."

"Yeah," the rosette softly whispered.

"Found it," she jumped a bit as his loud voice. She wasn't able to catch a good glimpse of what he put in his pocket. Turning around a bit, he smiled at her. "Want to say goodbye?"

The two were surprised to find Kakashi already at the gates. Greeting each other, Naruto leaned against the one of the trees further down. Once Sasuke arrived, Kakashi and the last Uchiha exchanged a few words, after that, he walked up to Sakura.

"I want to go with you Sasuke-kun," she blurted out.

Smiling a bit, he walked up to her and placed a gentle hand on her head. "I'll be back soon, besides," he spoke with a much softer tone so only Sakura could hear, "I'm sure he needs you more than I do. And didn't you tell me that you wanted to return the favor to Naruto?"

After walking away from the rosette, Sasuke finally met up with Naruto.

Reaching into his pocket, the blonde stretched out his hand. "Here, I'm returning this to you."

"I'll keep this until…We really settle things between us." Sasuke reached out.

The two smiled as Sasuke's old headband was being held by the both of them.

Naruto smiled as he watched his brother walk away. Sasuke stopped a couple feet in front of him and turned his head. "Oi dobe," the blonde couldn't help but grin a bit, "make sure you tell Sakura about what you think about her forehead."

Cerulean eyes widened as the black haired figure was leaving. "TEME!" Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle and waved as he continued to walk. "Bastard, can't believe he found out about that." He said under his breath.

"Naruto is everything okay," Sakura asked worriedly.

He laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his neck. "Nope, everything is fine Sakura-chan. Come on, let's get some ramen, cause I'm starvin'." With that, the two of them ran back to the village.

Kakashi couldn't help but smile as the two ran off. Looking up the sky he said, "Hopefully everything will be alright between the two of them." He smiled under his mask as he saw two doves fly by, "Maybe those two will exceed in what the previous Team 7 couldn't."

END

I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of this fic. I have a lot of things outlined and planned out for this story. Remember, I am writing this for you, the NaruSaku fandom. Please if you are a NaruHina and SasuSaku fans, please do not leave any mean reviews.

Be warned, most chapters will be short, see you all in the next one!