Shattered Tears:

A SasuSaku and NaruSaku story

'There's always that one person who will help guide your way out of the darkness'

"He What!?" Ino screamed, her voice filled with furry and anger.

"I didn't know what to do after he said all that, then when he asked if I'd still be his friend I got so mad at frustrated I just told him off and told him to stay out of my life."

"Sakura, what you did is good, I'm proud of you, I feel like a proud parent. I'm so happy for you, what you did took a lot of courage and it's been something many of us have been waiting for. I know it's gonna take sometime, but with the help of all of us you'll be able to make it."

Sakuras picked up her head to find Ino smiling at her. The tears began to stop as Sakura smiled back. She felt happy, happier then ever. Ino was like a sister she never had. They both understood eachothers pain and helped one another through everything.

"Yeah Sakura, we'll stick through it with you." Hinata answered, smiling back.

Hinata and Ino stood up to walk by Sakura, they reached down to her and gave her a hug, it wasn't a hug of friendship, but sisterhood. Ino quickly picked herself off of Sakura and pointed in the direction behind her, it was Naruto and Shikamaru, they were walking across the street to Neji's. Sakura couldn't help but turn over to find Naruto gazing at her (as usual). Suddenly, Sakura remembered yesterday and how she embarrassed him, she knew he was probably upset about it, but her pain was much more greater then his.

"Aww Sakura, you should go talk to Naruto." Ino pointed, giggling.

"Ew, no why would I do that?" Sakura asked in disgust.

"Maybe you could give Naruto another chance, Sakura." Hinata said, blushing.

Sakura turned over to Hinata to give her an odd look. Both Ino and Sakura knew about Hinata's feelings for Naruto, but she'd always deny them. Sakura took one more gaze over to Naruto only to find he wasn't staring at her, she took that as her cue to walk over there and give him one more chance.

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to talk to him."

"Sakura, if it makes you feel better me and Hinata will go with you, ok.?"

"Um, ok."

The three stood up and began walking off the porch, they slowly walked over to the Hyuuga's porch to find the three boys talking. Sakura cleared her throat to give the hint that they were now there. Ino stared at Shikamaru, but before he could notice she put her attention on Naruto.

"Naruto, I want to talk to you, alone please."

Naruto quickly glanced up to see Sakura. He knew just by looking at her something was wrong, and he knew it was no longer time to fool around. He stood up to follow her into the Hyuuga's backyard.

"What's up Sakura?" Naruto asked.

"I just want to let you know, I'm real sorry for hurting you yesterday, I hope you can forgive me."

"I'll always forgive you Sakura, it was no big deal anyway, I shouldn't have did that to you knowing you like Sas-" Naruto quickly stopped, noticing the change of emotion on Sakuras face.

"...Sakura, what happened between you and him? I knew you acting the way you are had something to do with that jerk!"

"Please Naruto, I don't want to hear his name anymore. And, you don't have to worry about him anymore, I told him I didn't want to talk to him anymore, right now I'm focused on wanting to start new with you, and be your friend."

Narutos eyes lit up, he didn't know what to do. He always liked Sakura, but she never gave him a chance. He tried to be cool with Sasuke, but he always thought he was better then everyone else, so, Naruto gave up. He began to walk over to Sakura to hug her, but she backed away.

"I'm sorry, it's too soon for that isn't it?"

"It's not that Naruto, I'm just not ready for a hug."

Sakura couldn't help herself, her tears began to come back, she missed Sasuke already, and like Ino said, it would be hard, but if she gave it her all she'd be able to get over him soon. Suddenly she heard Naruto let out a low chuckle.

"Sakura, Sasuke's an idiot. If he's too dumb to see that you're beautiful and your love for him is true, then he doesn't deserve you. You need to let him go, I know you don't want to hear this from me, but it's the truth."

Sakura picked up her head noticing Naruto smiling. She began walking closer to him, only to hit him on the head.

"Naruto! You're not supposed to say that to me! I don't deserve it!"

Sakura couldn't help but reach out to give him a hug, she began to press her face into his chest. She didn't need Sasuke, she just needed someone to give her comfort and sanctuary, and Naruto was the right kind of person.

"Why Naruto? Why did it have to be me to love him? Why couldn't he have just went about his way and make it as if I never existed. Why did he have to hurt me?" Sakura sobbed.

"Sakura, he's not worth it. He was never worth it, I'm gonna stick with you through the end, and make sure you get over him, and that's a promise."

Sakura lifted her head off Narutos chest to find his gaze meeting hers. Suddenly, she felt as though all her stress and cares had washed away, as if they were never even there, being around Naruto made her feel so much better, she felt as though he truly understood the way she felt, she knew he was a true friend. She picked herself off Naruto and thanked him for everything, the two began to walk out of the backyard into the front to find Ino, Hinata, Shikamaru, and Neji talking. Hinata immediately picked her head up and blushed when she saw Naruto, it was sweet, but sometimes it was a little annoying, not the blushing, but the fact that she could never talk to him without getting embarrassed.

"Well well, it looks like you two are finally friends. It's about time, I'm tired of Naruto talking about you and how much he's an idiot for jumping to things so fast." Shikamaru pointed.

"Yeah Sakura, hopefully now Naruto can help you get on the right track, and with the help of all of us too of course." Ino smiled.

Sakura began to slightly blush. She stopped as Naruto ran ahead of her, she found herself staring at him from behind, he truly was her friend, and he has been all along, she knew this would be the start of a good friendship, and she was happy once again, for now at least.

Yay, here's chapter 3. I loved writing this one out. As of now I like NaruSaku, but I still love SasuSaku lol. I hope everyone who reads this enjoys it, and trust me, there will be a lot of NaruSaku moments coming up. :)

Enjoy, please review and favorite.

All characters belong to Masashi-kun :D