A/N: Hello guys! I want to thank you for your reviews and for supporting my story. It means everything to me! So here is the fourth chapter of my story, I hope you will like it.. :)
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I DO NOT OWN NARUTO
It had been a month since Naruto left Konoha and many sad things had happened. From the day Naruto left, Sakura was locked in her apartment. All she was doing was sitting on her bed thinking all about Naruto and crying because she thought that she was the one who made him leave. Inside her apartment there was only dark; the curtains were covering the windows forbidding beams of the sun to light up the apartment.
Sakura was not eating much and she did not want to speak to anyone but only to her best friend, Ino. The blond hair woman was visiting her every day trying to persuade her to eat and go out to get some fresh air. Of coarse Sakura would refuse to eat something but Ino would say that she needed strength for her baby and that made her eat even a little.
Sasuke who was watching Sakura crumble, was getting more and more disappointed with Naruto. How could he leave her and make her suffer if he loved her so much? He just couldn't understand. Ino learned everything about what happened but she didn't tell Sasuke about it, because if he knew that he was somehow the reason of this, he would have never forgive himself.
Two months after Naruto's «escape» things got tragic. One day, Ino was ready to leave her apartment and visit Sakura but Sasuke offered him self to do it because he wanted to speak with her; he wanted to know if there was something he could do. He wanted to know if he could erase her pain.
He reached her apartment and knocked the door. After two minutes of waiting he knocked the door again but the door never opened. It was then when he got worried and opened the door by himself. He got inside the house but he couldn't see anything due to the darkness inside the room. His eyes opened wide when he smelt something familiar…blood. He anxious switched on the light and looked around the room. It was then when he looked down the floor and saw an unconscious Sakura with blood down her legs.
Sasuke got near her and kneeled down beside her ''Sakura, wake up… Sakura'' he said terrified while touching her face fidgety. Sasuke got scared when she didn't wake up and so he got her into his arms bridal style and took off at the hospital.
Sasuke got into the hospital like maniac ''I need help right away!'' he shouted
Shizune heard his voice and her eyes winded in terror when she turned around and saw him holding a bleeding Sakura ''What happened?'' she asked terrified
''I don't know, I just walked into her house and saw her bleeding'' he answered
''Okay, lay her down on that bed and bring Tsunade here'' she said and started to perform an examination on Sakura when her eyes winded when she found out what was happening ''This is bad''
Sasuke was at the waiting room walking back and forth like crazy ''I hope she is okay; she lost a lot of blood. What happened anyway?'' he asked himself out loud.
''Would you calm down honey? I can't stand watching you like this'' Ino said with a soft voice
''How am I suppose to calm down when I don't know what's wrong with Sakura?''he said with a loud voice
''I know, I am worried too'' she said looking down at the floor with a sad expression on her face
''They are late; they have been in there for an hour now and –'' he couldn't finish his phrase when the surgery's doors opened to reveal Tsunade.
''Well?'' Sasuke asked with worry clear on his face. Tsunade didn't answered and that made terrified Ino ''Is she okay? Did she d-''
''She is fine'' Tsunade said trying to calm down the young blond woman and continued ''But'' she couldn't finished her phrase when Sasuke asked waveringly ''Is…Is the baby allright?''
Tsunade sighed and said ''The baby is fine but both of them are in danger. We might lose them both if Sakura won't take care of herself''
''We will take her at our place and take care of her'' Sasuke said with seriousness trying for the first time to keep his calm. Both Ino and Tsunade went agape by Sasuke's phrase.
Tsunade the formed a serious expression and said ''You don't understand Sasuke. Their lives depend by Sakura's actions and only. If she doesn't have the will to fight for her life and just give up the she will…die''
Sasuke and Ino were in shock by her statement ''What are we going to do now? I don't want to lose her. How are we going to make her fight for her life?' Ino asked with terror. Tsunade then grabbed her from her shoulders and said trying to calm her down
''Calm down Ino. First we are going to talk with her and tell her about her situation she is in and see how she will react''
''And what if after we talk to her continues falling apart?'' Ino asked with more terror in her eyes.
''Honey, don't be do negative. She will be fine just fine; she will see her mistake and fight for her and her baby's life'' Sasuke said with a soft voice. Ino nodded and wiped her tears away
''I will go and see how she is doing'' she said with a weak smile
''I will come too in a while'' Sasuke said with a soft voice and kissed her softly on her lips
When Ino left, Sasuke turned at Tsunade and asked with a serious look ''How did this happen? I mean how is that possible?''
''Isn't it obvious?'' Sasuke's eyes blink for a moment and Tsunade continued
''You know how Sakura was acting tow months now. She wasn't eating or getting any sleep. She fell in depression when Naruto left. All these are the reasons to Sakura's break down''
Sasuke looked down at the floor and said with a sad voice ''It's all my fault''. Tsunade was taken aback by his words why is he at fault? she asked herself; she placed a hand on his shoulder and said ''Its not your fault Sasuke''.
Sasuke then looked at her surprised ''We did everything we could; we tried many times to change the way she was acting these two passed months. It's not your fault okay?'' Tsunade said softly
Sasuke looked away and said ''Okay'' he turned around and said
''Tell Ino I am going for a walk; I will come and see Sakura later''
Sakura…Why? Why so much pain? Sasuke asked while walking through the streets of Konoha not knowing were they will lead him to. I know you love him but… doesn't your baby means something to you? He stopped walking when he realized, he was standing in front of Sakura's apartment. He got inside and started looking around. His gaze stopped at a picture; a picture showing a smiling Naruto hugging the pink hair woman; she was looking so happy back then. He then went at her bedroom; he didn't know why he was doing it, maybe he was looking for something that could give him strength to help her.
His gaze stopped at the bed; on the bed there was a small box and a rumble note. He took the note and started reading it. Anger welled up inside him; his hands started shaking and his eyes became red
''Naruto, you are going to regret this''
Tsunade was at her office watching outside the window and thinking a certain blond hair man. ''Naruto'' she whispered If only I knew what happened the day before I gave you the mission she was brought back to reality when she heard a knock on the door
''Enter'' she said. The door opened to reveal two worried faces. Ino and Sasuke sat across Tsunade's desk.
''Tsunade-sama we must do something about Sakura; it's the second time that she collapses'' Ino pleaded
''There is nothing we can do Ino. It's up to Sakura and only''
''What if we call Naruto back?'' she asked
''That won't happen. I won't allow it!'' Sasuke shouted with anger clear in his face. Tsunade and Ino went agape by Sasuke's reaction
''Honey what got into you? Naruto is the only one who can make things better'' Ino said softly trying to calm him down
''How can you say he can help her when it's his fault that Sakura is in the hospital right now?'' he asked furious
''They love each other Sasuke. Sakura is in that state because he left and she wants him back!'' Ino said in a loud voice
''That's it! I am going to put an end in this!'' Sasuke said incensed and left the office
Ino tried to follow him but Tsunade stopped her ''Let him be Ino, he is the only one who can help Sakura right now''
''What do you mean Tsunade-sama? What if he says something to her and get worse?'' Ino asked worried
''He won't'' she said with a smile on her face
''Tsunade-sama, shouldn't we call Naruto to come back?'' Ino asked
''We can't call him back. He is working on the spy network and we don't know were his location is. Only Naruto can communicate with us. So let Sasuke handle this'' she answered
Ino thought for a second and asked ''When Naruto is coming back?''
''He will be back in three years'' she said with a sad expression on her face.
Sakura was sitting on the hospital bed looking outside the window without looking at something specific. She was only thinking of him. The words that were written on the note when she left flashed in her mind Move on with your life. You deserve someone better than I she grabbed the sheets tightly and said with tears welling up in her eyes ''Baka, I can't live a life without you. I don't want anyone else to be with; I only want you''. She brushed her tears away when she heard a knock on the door.
''Come in'' she said. The door opened to reveal a furious Sasuke getting closer to her and setting at a chair near the bed. Sakura tried to speak but she was cut off by Sasuke who said in a loud voice ''That's enough!''
''Sasuke please I don't want to talk about it again'' she said looking away
''No, you are going to hear me out!''
''Sasuke I-''
''He isn't here Sakura! Deal with it. You are with a child, his child and instead of taking care of your self, you are here in this hospital with high possibility of dying. Is that what you want? You want to die? And if you want to die, don't you care that your child is doing to die too?''
''I do care about my child…but-''
''No buts Sakura'' he stood up and walked to the door ''Don't you get it? He left you; he ran away'' he said and closed the door.
Sakura's eyes winded at Sasuke's last words He left me? She asked herself and just like a flash Naruto's promise came into her mind I will never leave you. I promise.
Five months later Sakura brought to life a beautiful pink hair girl. During the childbirth there were some complications as a result Sakura be in a coma for a week. Ino couldn't watch her best friend in that state, so she named the baby Saki. That name means «Blossom of hope»; she hoped that this child would make Sakura wake up but what she hoped the most was that one day Saki will bring Sakura and Naruto back together.
It had been two years since little Saki came into this world and things got a little bit better for Sakura. Little Saki's birth had eased the pain in her heart and became strong so she could stand up for her daughter. Of coarse Sakura was never left alone; her friends helped her rising her child with every possible way. Everyone loved little Saki and it wasn't because they felt pity for not having her daddy around her. Little Saki loved them all so much that she considered them as her family and that bond was becoming stronger each time they visited her. There was only one man that she loved Saki more than the others and that was Sasuke. He always felt a strange feeling when he was around Saki that he considered her as his own daughter and he couldn't explain the reason of that. One day Ino said to him that the reason of that feeling it might be because he had been there when Sakura gave birth to little Saki and seeing her after she had born without her father been around, he felt the urge to give her a father and that was when that feeling was born inside his heart.
It was a beautiful afternoon when Ino and Sakura stepped inside Ino's house after a lot of work at the hospital.
''We are here'' Ino shouted so Sasuke could hear her
''I am in the kitchen'' Sasuke replied
The scene in frond of them after they entered the Kitchen left them speechless. Sasuke was wearing an apron cooking something with Amy as his assistant giving him some ingredients and little Saki sitting on the counter playing with a spoon.
''What are you doing there and why are you wearing an apron?'' Ino asked curious as she went next to Amy and placed a soft kiss on her left cheek
''We are cooking some food for our mothers, aren't we girls?'' Sasuke said with a smile on his face
''Yeah!'' the girls shouted happily
''You are so crazy sometimes you know that?'' Ino said as she placed a soft kiss on his cheek. Sakura went near the counter and took little Saki in her arms
''Hey sweetie, how are you? Did you have fun with Amy and Mamoru?'' she asked smiling
''It was great mommy but Mamoru got tired and now he is sleeping'' little Saki said in a sad tone. Mamoru was Sasuke's and Ino's second child; he was born four months after little Saki's birth. The boy looked just like his father; he had black dark hair and eyes. Saki loved to play with him as he was at the same age as her. But that day Mamoru was sleeping almost all the time and Saki got disappointed by him.
''Thank you for watching over her Sasuke'' Sakura said smiling at him
''No problem. And now ladies please have a sit because the dinner is about to be served. Amy please help daddy here''
''So, what do we have for dinner?'' Ino asked as the two women sat next to the table waiting for their meal to be served
''Well after a lot of pressure from Amy we made rumen'' he answered without looking at the women. He didn't want to make rumen because he knew that it would remind Sakura of him. It would remind her of the one that left her all alone; the one that had caused her so much pain in her heart. But he had already talked about that and Sakura told him that she didn't want them to stay back for her sake. Life goes on and we have to accept the bad facts as it is and continue with our lives. That is what she said back then but only she knew that she didn't believe these words.
''Thank you for the dinner Sasuke but you already know that I want Saki eat healthy food so I think it is best to take little Amy and go home so I can cook something healthy food for her to eat'' she said smiling at him
''You don't have to leave Sakura; I boiled some vegetables for Saki'' he said smiling back at her
''Sakura, Amy won't get food poisoning if she eats something other than healthy food once in a while'' Ino said as Sasuke and little Amy placed their plates on the table and started eating.
''Mind your own busyness Ino-pig'' she said as she took with her chopsticks some vegetables and leaned closer to feed Saki. Before little Saki could open her mouth Ino grabbed the chopsticks from Sakura and said to Saki
''Now sweetie, do you want to try something awesome?''
''Yeah!'' little Saki shouted with excitement. Sakura sighed in frustration as she watched Ino feeding little Saki rumen from her own plate. They stayed in silence watching little Saki chewing her food waiting for her respond.
''It's awesome'' the young pink haired girl shouted in a cheerful voice
''So witch one do you like more?'' Ino asked smiling at the little girl
''Rumen!'' she shouted once again with joy. She then turned to face her mother ''Can we have everyday rumen mommy?'' she pleaded. Sakura was taken aback by what she heard; the more Saki grow up the merrier she took her father's habits. She gave a dead glare at Ino promising her that she was going to regret it one day and then looked at little Saki smiling
''Not everyday honey but lets make a deal; if you are a good girl and behave your self then we will have rumen every Sunday. Is that okay with you?'' she said as little Saki grinned like her father.
It was a beautiful day in Konoha; the sky was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly above the village hidden in the leaves. Tsunade was at her office with Sakura giving her reports about medical supplies of the hospital.
''Is that all we have?'' Tsunade asked
''Yes Tsunade-sama, we need to order herbs so we can make antidotes'' Sakura answered
''Okay I will assign a team for that, you can-'' she was cut off when a knock came at the door.
''Enter'' she said in a strict tone. The door opened and closed
''I came to report'' said a blond hair man.
Sakura gasped by hearing that voice. She recognized that voice; it belonged to him. The one that she loved, the one she had a child with, the one who promised so much and yet he left her all alone. She didn't know what to do; she wanted to slap him on his face and yell at him and at the same time she wanted to run into arms and forget everything. She just ran away
''Hokage-sama, if you excuse me I have to leave'' she said and left the office.
Naruto on the other hand was happy to see that his cherry blossom was fine. He formed a weak smile and said in a whisper tone ''I am glad she is fine''
''She is not fine you idiot!'' Tsunade spoke for the first time. Naruto looked up at her and formed a confused look. Tsunade sighed and said ''Never mind, it's not my busyness''
Sakura was at the hospital doing some paper work at her office. She was trying to get him out of her mind but she couldn't. She thought that if she threw herself into the mountain of papers in front of her, she would forget him but she was wrong. Every time his face flashed in her mind, a pain deep in her heart reminded her, what he done and what he put her through.
In these three passed years she never managed to forget him. Maybe it was because of her daughter; their daughter or maybe she didn't want to forget him. She sighed and looked at the photo in front of her; in that photo there was a pink hair girl. She was Saki, hers and Naruto's child. Although Saki had her mother's hair and eyes, she looked just like her father; her attitude, her smile; everything.
Saki knew about her father. It was one day when they were leaving Ino's house and little Saki asked Mommy, don't I have daddy like Amy has uncle Sasuke?
Sakura was taken aback back then but she told her that she had a father and that one day he will come back. She told her that his father was the hero of the village and that one day he would be the Hokage. Even after all that talk the little girl still wanted to meet her father; that's when Sakura gave her a charm. Inside that charm there was two pictures; it was hers and Naruto's pictures. She told her that if she would wear it and think of him, her father would come back soon because wherever someone is thinking about you, that's where you go home.
Sakura was brought back to reality when she felt a hand on her shoulder ''Will you please stop doing that Ino pig?'' she chided her
''It's not my fault you are daydreaming forehead'' she answered back
''One of these days you are going to give me a heart attack!''
''Okay, Okay I am sorry. Anyway, what's the deal? Why were you daydreaming?''
Sakura sighed and said ''Naruto is back''. There was a silence for five minutes when Ino asked waveringly ''What…What are you going to do now?''
''I will do what I must. I will introduce Saki her father'' she answered back. Ino's eyes winded for a moment but then softened and a smile formed on her face. She thought that this was the first step for them to get back together.
''What's the big smile about?'' Sakura asked in curiosity
''Nothing really! How about you go and get Saki from your mother? I will finish the paper work'' she volunteered
''I thought Sasuke was going to get her after he will get Amy from the academy and then treat them at ichiraku's'' she said confused
''Yes he was, but after hearing about Naruto's come back, I thought you might need time to prepare some things' she said and winked her right eye playfully
''Ino, all I am going to do, is to tell him about our child; I am not going back to him'' she stood up and continued ''but I guess I have to talk to him before I introduce him to Saki'' she finished and left her office.
Ino at first was speechless but then her eyes softened and said with a smile ''this is only the beginning Sakura''
Somewhere in Konoha, at a place where the hero of the village lived, a blond hair man was laying on his bed looking at the ceiling.
''Sakura'' he whispered. He was thinking about her since that morning when he saw her for the first time in three years. God she was so beautiful; her hair had grown longer and her face was looking mature. Her eyes, those beautiful green emerald eyes were the reason to get lost in them. He wished he could be with her once again, to kiss her soft lips, to embrace her into his strong arms and never let her go again…never. But that couldn't happen because he saw it in her face when she left the office. Sakura didn't looked at him but he saw in her eyes the closed doors which they were hiding her feelings, her soul, her heart.
His thoughts were cut off when a knock came at his door. He sighed and got up from his bed ''Can't anyone have a little privacy in this village anymore?'' he said while opening the door. His eyes winded when he saw a pink hair woman standing in front of him.
''I am sorry for disturbing you. I will come again tomorrow'' she said and turned around to leave when Naruto grabbed her from her grip and said ''No, you are not bothering me…please come inside''
Sakura got inside and sat on a chair next to a table and waited for Naruto. ''Do you want something to drink?'' he kindly asked
''No, thank you. I have to talk to you about something'' she said getting right into the chase
''I am listening''
''I have a daughter and I-'' she was cut off by him who said in a sad voice.
''I understand. You have moved on as I asked you. I won't get in your way Sakura''
''You understand wrong'' she said in strict tone. Naruto looked at her with a confused look and waited for her to explain
''As I was saying I have a daughter. Her name is Saki and she is your daughter, our daughter'' she said in a serious tone looking into his eyes.
Naruto stayed there with his eyes wide open trying to believe what Sakura had told him ''I have a daughter?'' he asked with the shock still clear in his voice
''Yes you have'' she answered back
''Why didn't you tell me that before, I-'' he was cut off by Sakura who stood up and said while walking towards the door
''I was going to tell you that night but things got… complicated. It's not my fault you ran away'' she opened the door and said before leaving his place ''Come tomorrow in the afternoon at my place to meet your daughter''
Naruto was still sitting on the chair looking at the closed door. He had a daughter and he didn't know it. If he only knew that time that his cherry blossom was pregnant he wouldn't… he wouldn't have leaved…he wouldn't have caused her pain.
