Here's Chapter 4, thanks for reading and as always PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW….please?

In this chapter things get a little more involved so I put some swears in, not to much to change the rating but more to add feeling. If I'm wrong on this let me know.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Italics – Memories/Thoughts

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Chapter 4: Falling Back Down To You

A million thoughts ran though my head as I fidgeted with this damn monkey suit. I spent days running this scenario in my head and it was harder than I prepared myself for. I was going to kiss her, and as crazy as it sounds this was my only option, the only way I could show her how I really felt.

"You're late dummy, couldn't you at least tried to be on time, being the best man an all "

I walked straight passed him "Not now Sasuke" I peeked my head in the church door. "Where is she?"

"She's talking with Sakura…why?" he raised his eyebrow, he was catching on.

"Where?"

"In the brides room, why?"

"Which way is it?"

"Down the left hall! Now tell me why?" he was started to get annoyed.

I began to run down the hall in search of her with Sasuke on my tail. I must have checked ten doors before I could hear her voice behind one. I stopped dead in my tracks. Sasuke grabbed my shoulder and spun me around.

"Idiot what do you have planned?"

"Something I should have done long ago" There was no other way…

Opening the door Sakura looked at me and smiled, Ino slowly turned around. There's no turning back now…

"Naruto I'm glad you-"I didn't give her a chance to finish and before I knew it our lips were locked together. I could hear Sakura gasp and Sasuke sigh but I didn't care, all that mattered was Ino still kissing me. The kiss was perfect,it was the type that started romances in books or movies or was only in dreams, my knees started to buckle from the sudden rush of passion. I pulled her closer to me as she ran her fingers through my hair. Pulling away I gently grasped her chin and looked deep into her eyes. This was either the beginning…or the end.

"Ino I love you…I never had the guts before to say it, I know this really is the worst possible time but I had to say itI couldn't go on living knowing I never got the chance to say this to you."

"Naruto…I…"

"Don't marry him"

"No, Naruto" her eyes began to swell "What the hell is wrong with you! How can you be so inconsiderate you jerk?" A few tears ran down her cheek "I don't love you Naruto…please leave" I froze as my heart shattered into a million piece…it was over, I was too late and there was nothing I could do or say. A hand grasped my shoulder and I was thrown into the wall. Oh shit…Sai…

"Bastard!" he raised his fist, I knew what was gonna happen…but I deserved this….BAM!

I flew up from my bed, I sighed.

"Stupid dreams…" More bangs came from my front door. "Alright already I'm up!" I yelled. Opening the door she stood there smiling at me with groceries in her hands.

"Sakura?"

"Can we talk? I have a few surprises for you and I'll make you breakfast?" damn my love for food.

"Yeah, I guess" I also had no food

"I want to say first that I'm sorry for last night, I didn't mean to corner you like that, I just feel that this the best way to fix things so we can go back to the way we used to be" Funny how Shika said the same thing.

"Things will never be the same Sakura, not after this."

"I know but…"

"Look, its water under the bridge, let's just…not talk about it" I knew it would come up again, this wasn't gonna go away so easily.

"I talked to Shikamaru this morning, he said he tried to talk to you about coming on the trip but you were silent"

"Yeah…wait, coming on the trip? You don't mean!" No. Friggin. Way.

"Well that's surprise number one…Tsunade agreed to giving us a break, believe me I'm as surprised as you are." Damn it Granny…

"I see" I tapped my finger on the table, the bridge was burning from both sides and I was trapped in the middle…the fall was inevitable. A set of knocks came from my door. "I wonder who that could be."

"Surprise number two" she responded as she turned on the stove.

"Oh god" I slowly opened the door, not exactly sure what was behind it. Surprisingly it was Hinata and Kiba.

"Morning Naruto." Said Hinata smiling

"Yo" said Kiba

"Morning, you guys are here for breakfast too I assume?" I smiled as I lead them into my kitchen. This wasn't so bad I guess, I haven't had company in a long time, it was actually nice to have breakfast with other people.

"Oh, I almost forgot" Sakura handed Hinata the spatula "Hinata could you take over for a quick sec, Sasuke left something here and he wanted me to get back" she looked at me and winked "He said they'd be in you're room?"

What the hell was she talking about? "Umm, oh yeah, those kunais he left here, I'll help you get them. Excuse us for a sec" we made our way into my bedroom, Sakura slowly closed the door behind us.

"What are Kiba and Hinata doing here?" I whispered to her

"I invited them over your jerk, what's wrong, you don't like them anymore?" she whispered back

"You know that's not how it is, but what's going on here Sakura?"

She sighed "Look, you haven't been hanging out with any of us since Ino announced she was engaged. We don't leave for the trip for a few more days, so you're gonna get reacquainted with everyone" How far into this scheme did they think up?

"Who the hell said I was going!"

"Naruto." she yelled at me like a scorned puppy…wait, puppyoh crap Kiba can probably hear us whispering! I forgot all about his trained ears. Grabbing a handful of kunais I began to bend a few, and as hard as it was I slightly bent one.

"Play along" I walked out the door laughing "Just don't tell Sasuke about it please" I said loudly

"Why were you guys whispering in there?" asked Kiba. I was right.

"Uhh…" Sakura didn't have an excuse

I held up the bent kunai "I bent one of his kunais, I tried to keep it quiet but your ears are better than I thought." I laughed. Please fall for it…

He smiled "Damn right they are" our stomachs began to growl. Sakura and Hinata laughed

"Well aren't we hungry" Thankfully breakfast went smoothly and no mention of Sai or Ino were brought up. After cleaning up and a few cups of coffee Hinata and Kiba parted.

"See, now that wasn't so bad was it?" she smiled

"Yeah it was fun, in all honestly I do miss doing things like this. So what are you going to do today?"

"Sasuke and I were going to go do a little shopping" I laughed, he hated nothing more than to shop with Sakura."You?"

"I'm going to go see Granny, I've been meaning to talk to her."

"Don't take to long, she has a ton of work to do, but I'll see you later Naruto, Sasuke's probably waiting for me" Leaving my house cleaner than it was when she entered I made my way to the shower. Tsunade has a second motive for this vacation time she was giving us vacation time and I wanted to know what it was.

Knocking on the door to the Hokage office I could hear Shizune lecturing Granny about finishing up the daily's worth of work. The door opened and Shizune stood there smiling at me.

"Naruto, it's good to see you" she led me into the office "How have you been?"

"Better, that's for sure" I grabbed a chair a pulled it up to the desk.

"I know why you're here Naruto, Sakura explained everything to me" Tsunade smirked "Causing some trouble are we?"

"Why" I responded "Why are you giving us a vacation?"

"That's pretty ungrateful, I give you and your friends the choice of a short break and you're here to complain?"

"Damn right, giving us a vacation is rare, a vacation as group? Even rarer, but a group vacation at the same time of Ino's wedding, TOO Ino's vacation spot is just unbelievable and you call me ungrateful for being suspicious. What are you guys planning?"

"You guys?" she responded. I was going to have to interrogate her…with the possibility of her killing me…

"Sakura, Sasuke, Yourself and who knows. I thought the lie at the dinner party was a good cover up. But this? This is just…madness. So tell me why, If you really know what happened yesterday, if you really know the relationship I had with Ino…then why throw me into the lion's den?"

She threw a manila envelope at me "Take a look" I pulled out a stack of papers. My old mission reports?

"What's all this?"

"There are ten mission reports there are only three alike, can you tell me why?"

I scanned through the papers. I couldn't find anything that would stand out. "I don't know"

"The first three, all done perfectly, those missions were from six months and back. Now the other seven are from six months ago to the present. You see the difference?"

"No not at all"

She slammed her fist on the table "They've been getting worse! Naruto you're one of my top ninjas, you rejected the opportunity to join ANBU four months ago and you've steadily been doing worse and worse, at first I thought you were just tired, so I threw some breaks in between but it only made things worse it seems. Only up until today have I learned the real reason behind it." She slid Ino's profile across the table. "At this point from what Sakura has told me I can only assume she is the reason why you've been failing, so I'm not asking you to go, I'm TELLING you to go!"

"I don't believe this shit…"

"We'll you better, you leave in two days with the others, you're dismissed." She went back to her paper work. As I walked out she said one last thing to me "As for this cover up, I haven't been involved at all up until now." Yeah bullshit.I slammed the door on my way out, the world was against me and there was nothing I could do. Returning to my home I made my way to my bed. I groaned as I face planted into it.

"Why meeee?"

"Yo Naruto"

I rolled over to see the person sitting on my window sill "Kakashi?" He smiled as he stood there in his ANBU kit, so he was with ANBU… "I thought you were on an ANBU mission?"

"Just got back from it, seems I missed a lot while I was gone."

"So who told you?"

"Tsunade was vague with the details, but I think I've got the rest. She sent me here as soon as I gave her my report."

"She still mad?"

"No, you know she was being tough on you out of love right?"

"Oh I bet…"

"It's called tough love for a reason Naruto, she loves you like you were her own family, do you honestly think she would put you in dangers way if it wasn't for your own good." He sat down next to me on my bed.

Why do you have to make sense"I know but…I don't know. I just…wish this would end already"

"You had to have known it was going to be like this" he sighed "It's times like this you have to over come it and be emotionally stronger"

"Kakashi…" Was he opening up to me? I never knew much about his past, but that last line raises some questions. Maybe he can answer a few of mine…

He stood up "Come on, lets get some ramen, on me of course" I smiled, how could I say no?

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And there's chapter 4, 5 should be coming along soon, it'll be a lot longer than these past few chapters. Hope you guys enjoyed it.