"Sh. It's fine. I forgive you Sakura. You know me…I could never be mad at you" Naruto said running his left hand through her hair and rubbing her back with his right hand.

"I'm so sorry for everything I've ever done to you" Sakura said with her head buried into Naruto's neck, not even bothering to notice Sai standing there watching.

"I'm sorry about being annoying and an idiot all those years" Naruto said into her ear and Sakura pulled away from him slightly to look into his eyes. She then lifted her right hand and placed it on Naruto's cheek gently.

"That's what I love about you" Sakura said

"How can you love an idiot and a monster like me?" Naruto asked looking deep into her eyes with a sad look on his face

"You may be an idiot and get annoying at times but you're my idiot and you are NOT a monster…you're a boy who has turned into a handsome, young man with a kind, gentle, and brave heart and I don't care what anyone says" Sakura told him with a small smile on her face and he smiled back and slowly leaned forward placing his forehead against hers before kissing her gently on her lips.

It didn't take long for Sakura to kiss him back. They kissed for what seemed like an eternity before they finally pulled away from each other and remembered that they were sitting in the cold snow and that Sai was watching them.

"We should start heading back and meet up with the others" Naruto said as he looked at Sakura who nodded her head in agreement before standing up and holding out his hand to help Sakura up off the ground.

Together Sakura, Naruto and Sai began their journey back through the woods to Kakashi and the others in the thick white snow and hard winds.

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As they were walking through the woods Sakura began to get really dizzy but didn't think it was anything serious, probably just from being in the cold for so long.

"Sakura, are you alright?" Naruto asked when he noticed that she was starting to slow down some.

"What? oh yeah I'm fine" Sakura responded with a small smile and Naruto looked at her for a few seconds to see if she was really telling the truth and could tell she was lying but decided to let it go.

The winds had begun to pick up and the snow was blowing so hard that they could hardly see ten inches in front of them.

"We need to…" Naruto began saying before realizing that Sakura had let go of his hand. He turned around to see Sakura passed out in the snow.

"Sakura!" Naruto yelled in concern as he knelt beside her, moving the hair off her face he noticed that he cheeks were bright red but couldn't tell if it was from the cold or if she had a fever.

"Sakura come on wake up!" Naruto yelled while shaking her gently and Sakura began to open her eyes

"N-Naruto?" Sakura said weakly

"You're going to be alright Sakura. Don't worry" Naruto said not really sure who he was trying to reassure

"We need to find shelter" Sai said from the other side of Sakura and they both looked around for some place to stay until the storm calmed down.

"There! We can take shelter in that cave up there!" Naruto said pointing to a cave that was up the hill to the left of them. Naruto lifted a half-awake Sakura into his arms and he and Sai ran up to the cave.

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Thank you everyone for reading this story. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I realize it is short but I am going to try and make the chapters longer from now on. I am still taking ideas so if you have anything you want me add just let me know. =)