Disclaimer: As per usual. I don't own Naruto. BUT ONE DAY! probably still won't happen. Enjoy!
It had been 3 months since Sasuke left Konoha. Sakura still didn't wake up. This worried Naruto more and more each day. But what he doesn't know is that his best friend stayed near the village at all times.
'Sakura…' was all Sasuke thought. The girl who once was just an annoying fangirl, who turned into a close team mate, soon enough a close friend, the one person who truly loved him for him after his parents death, was close to death. At least that's what he believed. She had fought all obstacles for him. She, who once loved him unconditionally, killed for HIM. And not just killed anyone, but Danzo, the man who originally caused the death of his beloved clan.
"How was she able to accomplish all this in 5 years…" he muttered to himself trying not to let anyone else hear.
"What was that Sasuke-kun?" Karin bent over his shoulder trying to be seductive as always. But as always, she failed to do so.
"What are you talking about Karin?" he muttered a little louder.
"You said 'how was she able to accomplish all this in 5 years' who is she? She better not be that pink haired freak from your old team." Her words angered Sasuke. Before she could take a step back he was behind her, Katana to her neck.
"Don't you EVER speak about Sakura that way again." His voice was dark. Almost demented.
"Damn Sasuke, it sounds almost like you care for the girl." Suigetsu chuckled a little bit.
"Hn." The only response that he received.
"So you DO care about this pink haired girl, er I mean Sakura." He gave Sasuke a smirk that made him want to punch his lights out.
"I'll be taking my leave." Sasuke announced as he stood up and started walking away. When he was barely in ear shot distance he could faintly hear Karin say,
"I'm so sick of him sneaking off to check on that pink haired slut! What does she have that I don't have?"
"She avenged his clan…" Juugo was the one to speak up this time. His words shocked both Karin and Suigetsu. "Danzo, the man behind the murder of the Uchiha clan, Sakura found out what happened and took it in her hands to kill him. She also fought Itachi for Sasuke, she is the reason it was so easy for Sasuke to defeat Itachi. He was weakened from his fight with her to even bother to fight back. You see, this girl was his old teammate so of course she'll mean something to him, but the fact that she would do so much as to help him, even though he didn't want any help and even after betraying his village, she has shown so much love for him that he is silently grateful." Everyone stayed silent after Juugo finished his short lived tale.
Far off when all was said and done, Sasuke took off to Konoha like he did every night. He sat with Sakura when everyone had finally left her alone, until the morning when all the nurses would come in and check on her. He didn't know what else to do; he was truly becoming dedicated to this amazing woman.
It wasn't until that night that something happened. Sasuke was holding her hand and talking to her about how sorry he was for everything that he had done and out of the blue came a loud mouthed, blonde haired boy running into the room to see the scene that was before him.
"Hey Sak I came to tell yo…" just then he spotted the dark haired man holding on to the pink haired ladies hand. "TEME!"
"Shut it dobe. You're being too loud!" Sasuke had said glaring at Naruto.
"What are you doing here?! And why are you holding Sakura's hand?! You're lucky I don't have Anbu come and take you away!"
"Dobe I said shut it!" Just then something struck, they heard a faint noise that gave both the boys wide eyes.
"Both of you shut it before I make you…" The voice was faint and almost unheard, but it was Sakura.
Naruto rushed over to her side and whispered, "Sakura? Sakura are you alright?" Her eyes slowly began to open and stared at the boy next to her. "Na-Naruto?" her smile at the boy brightened his life. She looked to her other side to see him…the man she so desperately wanted…was not by her side holding her hand.
"Sa-Sasuke-kun…?" Her voice cracked at his name and before he could respond she fainted again.
"Nice going teme! You made her faint!" Naruto yelled.
"Shut it dobe, I hate repeating myself. At least she is now conscious and not in a coma anymore!" Sasuke looked back down at Sakura and brushed loose hair out of her face. For the first time in a long time, Sasuke actually smiled.
A week passed since Sakura woke up, she was still confused about the night that she was awoken by her two teammates fighting. She still thought it was a dream, but when she was finally released to go home she learned that night it surely was not a dream.
She walked into her long unused apartment to see it the way she left it many months ago. Sakura headed to her room and began to strip down into her pajamas right before…
"Sakura…" a voice spoke behind her.
"Kuso!" She turned around covering herself with just a blanket to meet eyes with dark onyx. "Sasuke…"
"What happened to me being Sasuke-kun?" He smirked at her and she was taken aback.
'Still the most beautiful man I've ever seen…' Sakura thought before speaking. "Why are you here Sasuke?"
"How could you be so fucking stupid Sakura?! You could've gotten yourself killed! No you did worse! You got yourself comatose and scaring the hell out of everyone! You know they had a funeral for you? How fucking stupid can you get?!" His voice was threatening and before you knew it his sharingan started spinning.
"Sasuke…I can explain…" her voice drifted off so he could cut in.
"Explain? Explain how you can fight my brother than go and kill someone who was meant to be killed by me?!"
"I'm sorry…" her voice drifted again.
"You're fucking sorry!?" He took a step closer to her as she took one step back making her back hit the wall. His yelling was takings its toll. She was now beginning to get angry.
"Yes I'm fucking sorry!" She raised her voice. This came as a total shock to Sasuke that he finally had shut up. "I couldn't help it. Once I found out Itachi was being forced by non-other than an elder, a fucking elder Sasuke! I lost it. If it weren't for him you'd…." her voice lowered and once again trailed off.
"I'd what Sakura?" He stepped closer to her until finally she had to look up to see his face.
"You'd never have left…" She looked down as she said the words. There was so much hurt in her voice that Sasuke couldn't help but soften.
"Sakura, this wasn't your fight to battle, but mine…"
"I know this! But I couldn't handle it! Danzo wanted Tsunade out to. OUR FUCKING HOKAGE! I had to take action being Anbu that I am…" Sakura stepped aside Sasuke before he grabbed her arm and pulled her into a hug.
"Sakura…thank you…" And like he did so long ago Sasuke knocked her out, but instead of laying her on a bench he tucked her into bed and soon left once more as he did ever night for the past 3 months. But he'd be back. He always came back. For her. He'd do absolutely anything now.
