I do not own Naruto
This is the first story I started writing, but have decided to abandon along with one other. The whole idea behind this one is a fusion story between naruto and sakura. I could pick it up again in the future if I think of where i want this to go, but for now you're free to adopt it. No pairings.
They were dead, pure and simple. Their deaths were quick, but that that really did not comfort them as they were dead. and being dead sucked.
Team 7 had ended up running into the Sand team during the second day in the forest and had ended up fighting the strange redhead who could control sand. Sasuke had been the only one to survive, being saved by a female grass ninja when he had been about to get killed. Naruto had turned to chase after the kunoichi, but had ended up getting caught by the sand. Sakura had attempted to attack the insane sand ninja to save Naruto, but had ended up getting swatted aside as Naruto escaped the sand with shadow clones. Naruto had fought bravely against the redhead but ended up losing too much energy and unable to summon up any more chakra, was quickly disposed of. The Sand ninja had then quickly crushed Sakura who was too caught up in grief and fear to fight back. they then took their scroll and left the area.
Needless to say, this was quite upsetting for the two of them. Naruto was upset for failing to protect Sakura, and Sakura for pretty much failing to be useful as a ninja.
They had been standing in that clearing for a few hours finding they were unable to leave and had were a bit bored, having gotten over their deaths surprisingly quickly.
Naruto groaned loudly. "Is anything going to happen soon? I thought when we died, we would, you know GO SOMEWHERE! I'm sick of staring at what's left of us, It's gross"
"Shut it idiot. I don't know what's going on either, but the only thing we can do is wait. we're dead, we've got all the time in the world."
"But Sakura-chaaaan, I'm bored"
"And complaining helps? Just be quiet and I'll go on a date with you later."
"Don't worry about that, you two will have plenty of time together where we've decided to send you"
The two dead ninja turned to see an average looking woman in a white kimono walk up to them. "and you shouldn't make a promise you might not have been able to keep, Sakura, you two could have ended up in totally different places."
Sakura blushed (which was strange, because her blood was currently strewn all over the forest floor) and looked slightly to the side. She hadn't really thought about that.
"No harm though, you two will be spending a lot of time together after today"
Naruto grinned. So they were getting sent to heaven then. He would have whooped with joy, but had opted to keep quite as to earn his coveted date with Sakura, and instead decided to fantasize about Sakura feeding him ramen.
As Naruto began to drool despite the lack of body fluids, Sakura had decided to get a little more information. "What do you mean by that? Am i being punished? I mean Naruto isn't a bad guy, but spending large amounts of time around him is liable to drive me insane. And who are you?"
"Calm down young one, you are not being punished. If we were letting you move on today, you would be sent to heaven. To answer your third question, I am Fate"
"It is a pleasure to meet you Fate-sama. And what do you mean we aren't moving on, what are you going to do with us?"
"Just call me Fate dear, and we are going to be bringing you back to life. You two were not supposed to die today, and though usually we could deal with the consequences, this case is different, and you two are too important."
Unable to stay silent any longer, Naruto broke his silence "Really lady! I knew i was an awesome ninja! Even the afterlife needs me to be Hokage!"
As he ran around the clearing celebrating, Sakura felt glad to be getting a second chance, but was still feeling insecure about her worthless career so far. "Are you sure you need me, I'm not much of a ninja. I'm not strong or brave like Naruto and Sasuke are."
"Believe me child, you would have become quite strong if you hadn't died today. You also have a great affect on the future, and you'll be a big help in your new role"
"New fate? what does that mean?"
"It means that you and Naruto are going to be put in the same body."
Naruto stopped running around and looked at fate with wide as he and Sakura loudly exclaimed "WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!"
"As amusing as it would be to argue with you about this all day, I'm afraid I don't have the time." Said Fate looking at her watch "Oh and have fun figuring out what happened. I'm erasing your memory of our meeting. See ya" with a wave of her hands she vanished and Naruto and Sakura felt their souls getting sucked to the center of the clearing along with the remains of their bodies as they began to reform.
A few hours later and the new body containing the souls of Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura was formed, and the individual barely noticed the woman enter the clearing and gasp as the form of Naruto/Sakura collapsed.
