Only Dying For A Month
Chapter II.
Day For The Dead To Enjoy
He stood in the doorway for a moment and stared at Sakura who stared deadly at him. He fox grin appeared and he ran over to her side.
"Sakura! You're okay!!! I was so worried! Cause you're okay and not dead or-" 'dead' At that word Sakura shoved Naruto away from her and gave him the nastiest look. He stumbled back and stared at her with curious eyes, he was about to speak but was cut off.
"Don't come near me." She ordered coldly as if she loathed every fiber of his being. Naruto's eyes grew a fraction at her words and looked from her to Tsunade as if to ask what happened.
"Sakura." Tsunade snapped back at her. "It's not Naruto's fault. Don't you dare blame him for saving your life."
To say in the least, Naruto was VERY confused as he watched his partner and life long friend become cold and dead, never had he seen Sakura and Tsunade yell at each other.
"I'm sorry… I just want to be alone for a bit, I'll call you when I'm ready, 'kay?" she had that sweet smile and those lit up eyes that he couldn't live without, but something was off, in the back of her eyes a dark dead shadow hid behind a mist of mixed emotions as she struggled to keep that fake smile in place and her eyes lit up to it's fullest.
Naruto calmed down and smiled with a nod he said "All right, you let me know when you're ready to go home and call me when you're ready. You know where to find me." With that he walked over to her and gripped her chin lightly and turned her head to face him and lilted her head upwards. He leant down and kissed her forehead and walked out of the room, leaving a stunned Tsunade and Sakura who was slightly flustered.
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Naruto sighed after closing the door and decided that it would be best to go to his favorite ramen stand, he needed to plan how to take care of HIS cherry blossom. He wouldn't let her get away after pulling a stunt like that.
He ordered his usual, three of everything. As he eat everything thoughtfully he didn't notice the familiar chakra of his friends.
"Welcome what can I get you?" the shop owner said to the new customers who had walked in.
"Beef ramen." "Chicken ramen." "Plain ramen." The people said and took seat beside Naruto.
"Hey Naruto you ok man?" one of the people said, Naruto turned to the people with a uninterested expression.
"Hey Kiba, Shino, Hinata." He said. "What's with you man? You seem down, what is the ramen not good today?" Kiba teased poking Naruto with hid elbow.
"Nah, just thinking about the mission me and Sakura just got back from." Naruto said with a scowl and glared at the bar.
"What happened to Sakura-san?" Hinata said in a timid voice, Naruto glanced up at her then turned his attention back to his ramen and finished it off.
"Some asshole mist-nins attacked us and Sakura's in the hospital from sever poisoning…" he said as the rest of his order was brought to him along with the others.
"Ouch, how could ya let that happen man?" Kiba said before digging into his bowl of beef ramen. Naruto glared at him for a moment from the corner of his eye then continued eating.
"Will she be alright?" Shino finally spoke up. Naruto nodded once and didn't look at them.
"Yea. I went to go see her as soon as I heard she was awake and Tsunade-baachan was there but when I went to go see her she pushed me away and then she and Tsunade started yelling at each other."
"Maybe she's still under effects from the poisoning." Hinata offered. Naruto just shrugged and sighed then attacked his food as usual.
He said goodbye to his friends and left to go back to the hospital. Checking in with the nurse she said that he could stay for awhile but she was probably asleep, he went anyway.
Knocking cautiously on the door he waited for an answer, he figured she was asleep so he went in quietly. He stood in the doorway, her bed was empty.
He whipped around and ran to the front desk.
"Miss, miss!" he yelled as he approached the nurse. "What's the matter sir?" she said with slight alarm.
"The room you sent me too was empty." He huffed out. She looked at him for a moment trying to remember what he had told him.
"Who's room did I send you too?" she said looking through her log book.
"Sakura, Sakura Haruno's room." Looking through the book and computer file she looked up at him.
"Room BC2, correct?" she said in a matter-of-fact tone. "Yea, she's not in there, Is there a possibility of her being moved and wasn't recorded?" he said after regaining breath.
Looking through her log book and the computer she shook her head "No, the room number is correct she's probably-" "She's not in there!" He was annoyed with this woman and needed her to find Sakura now.
"I'll ask her doctor but please have a seat until then." She pointed to the waiting area and he grunted but sat down as she left her desk to find Sakura's doctor.
He waited for her to walk around the corner before jumping out of his seat and running to the exit. If Sakura wasn't in her room then she was probably with her former sensei the Hokage.
Running through the almost empty streets he headed towards the Hokage tower to where Tsunade was.
Barging into Tsunade's office Naruto flew the doors open and glanced around franticly.
Tsunade looked up from her paper work with a bored and annoyed expression. "To what do I owe the honor of your visit today Naruto?" she said sarcastically.
"Where's Sakura-chan?!" he blurted out. "She's still in the hospital of course." She said with a hint of alert.
"I checked, she's not in her room." He growled. Tsunade stood up and walked across the room until she was infront of him.
Placing a hand on his shoulder she said. "Try checking at her apartment…But Naruto I warn you that Sakura may not act like she used to after this, I suggest you spend as much time with her as possible and be there for her, she needs a friend like you now more than every whether she admits it or not… I promised not to tell you anything until she was ready for me too but please look after her, she's like a daughter to me and I want her to be the happiest she's every been for the next few weeks."
Naruto absorbed his Hokage's words in confusion but nodded and headed out the door.
Tsunade walked back behind her desk and looked over the papers she had been working on, picking one up she looked over it again as it read: Death Certificate.
Leaning back in her chair she cried silently and hoped that it was all a bad dream but she herself was the one that cured Sakura and she was the one who had given her the bad news.
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Knocking on Sakura's apartment door he heard light footsteps coming to the door, with the rattling of the chain lock and a twist of the door knob Naruto looked at the girl who had opened the door.
She looked at him through puffy red eyes and backed away from the door for him to enter. Taking his shoes off at the door he walked into her apartment and walked into the living room.
Sitting on the couch he looked at her as she walked into the living room behind him, she sniffed and rubbed her eyes. His heart dropped and he motioned her to sit next to him.
She stood next to him for a moment deciding if she should, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her down on the couch and embraced her in a tight hug.
"It'll be alright Sakura, you're okay now you'll be fine… I owe you my life." He whispered. She broke down in tears "I miss you Naruto." She sobbed out.
He pulled back just enough to see her face, he wiped away her tears with a small smile.
"What do you mean? I'm right here." He said but she just shook her head. And laughed slightly. "How stupid, I'm not even dead yet and I already miss you."
Naruto frowned at this "What do you mean? You're not going to die, didn't you hear Tsunade- baachan, you're going to fine."
"Just shut up Naruto, she was lying to protect you, She promised not to tell you what she told me until I was ready, I wasn't going to tell you, ever." She mumbled.
"What are you talking about Sakura-chan?" he said confusingly, she broke from his embrace and inched away from him. She cupped her hands and gripped her knuckles so tight they turned white.
"I'm dying Naruto, end of story." She said matter-of –fact. "You need to rest you're talking in riddles."
"NO! I'm DYING NARUTO! That poison did a lot of damage and I'm dying I only have a month." She shouted at him, she looked down at the floor as if ashamed.
Naruto took this hard as tears slid down his cheeks, Sakura looked up at him and gave a small smile. "Hey now everything will be alright, nothing to worry about." She said reassuringly.
Naruto jerked her towards him and held her in another tight embrace. "How can you say that! You're the one dying Sakura, I should be comforting you not the other way around!" Naruto growled at her.
Sakura's eyes widened for a moment then became blurry with tears and she cried into his chest, Naruto buried his face into her hair for a moment.
Pushing back slightly he used one hand to lift her chin up to face him. His eyes became hooded as her cheeks turned into a faint blush. Naruto lowered his face closer to hers. Instinctively she closed her eyes as she felt the warmth of his lips on hers. Is this what heaven felt like.
She kissed him back as the warmth of each other enveloped them. Moving his lips from hers they found her earlobe and sucked on it lightly. Sakura shuddered at the contact and moaned. "Can I keep you?" he whispered in her ear, she shuddered and pulled back and instantly crashed her needy lips back onto his.
(A/N: yea if ya noticed that "can I keep you" was from Casper, just random thought really)
Naruto grinned into the kiss and kissed her back with equal passion. Finally pulling back he brought her to his chest again and held her. "I'm going to stay here with you from now on, I won't take no for an answer… you're my girl now and I intend to make that clear." He said, Sakura just nodded sleepily and buried her face into his jacket then drifted off to sleep where she dreamt of the man whom she loved.
Naruto picked her up bridal style and tucked her into her bed. Quietly he left the apartment and headed to his own to get clothes and other things he would need.
He was not going to let her live by herself when she needed him the most, she belonged to him and he was going to make sure that she was safe, secure, and happy.
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After getting most of his clothes from his apartment he, believe it or not, neatly put his clothes and other belongings in their proper place in Sakura's spare bedroom. Afterwards he went down the hall and quietly went into Sakura's room to check on her. She was sound asleep in her bed, she ended up on the other side of the bed against the wall. Out of instinct he walked over to her sleeping form and leaned over the bed with one hand and gave her a quick butterfly kiss on the forehead.
Before he could withdraw completely Sakura had grabbed his hand and held it tightly under her chin. Looking at her face he saw her eyes were hooded "You can stay in here tonight until I can get the spare room cleaned up." she mumbled.
Naruto took this into consideration, he had dreamt of this for so long yet he knew she was half asleep and didn't want to get yelled at in the morning form her getting mad at him for sleeping in her bed…
"Please?" She said barely above a whisper, she was already almost dead asleep when she spoke, she pulled his hand completely under her chin and against her neck as if tugging on his hand would convince him to stay, though it did.
Sakura was wearing a orange-red tank-top and black sweat pants while Naruto wore the opposite, he was in his usual black shirt and his orange sweat pants, Tsunade's pendant hung from his neck like it has every day and night since he received it.
He slipped under the covers which made her more alert and realized what was going on, she didn't yell at him though but instead one hand grabbed the black fabric on his shoulder while the other gripped at the fabric over his side. Her head was under his chin and his arms wrapped around the small of her back and waist. He fell asleep drunk from her strawberry scent and dreamt of pure bliss.
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Okay I'm SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SO LONG! As you can see My Three Loves is a continual and is taking up most of my time. I was hoping to make this 7 pages up I fear that didn't work out to good since this seemed like a good spot to stop at.
Anyway from now on I'm going to make my chapters a minimum of 7 pages if I can help it.
Well chow darling XD I just watched The Devil Wears Prada, it's got me thinking about scheduals, meetings, organization. I'm gonna clean up my act as my New Year revolution!!! Please review and also tell me what your New Year's Revolution will be.
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!! WELCOME 2007!!! I AWAIT FOR 2010 WHICH IS MY GRADUATION!!!!!!
2007 Is a great year for me because my sister will be graduating in March and will be moving in with my brother and my sister-in-law (brother's wife) afterwards, which means no older sister thinking she's my mom and pissing me off, and also I GET HER ROOM!!!!!!
I'd also like Ideas for the next chapter if anyone's interested in PMing me or telling me their ideas in their Reviews.
