Disclaimer: This is the last time I say this -.- I do not own Naruto or any of the other characters!!

Kyuubi talking and inner Sakura

'thoughts'

Chapter 4: Narutos Power

The whole city felt as it always had, almost nothing had changed besides the constant presence of the Akatsuki wandering the city and doing what they needed as orders from Pein, two such were Deidara and Naruto.

"Naruto-kun why is it we are going to this…place uhn?"

The two blondes stood infront of ichikaru ramen stoe, Naruto for the first time in his whole time spent within his childhood home was smiling a genuine smile, and as contagious as the spikey haired mans smile was Deidara still couldn't due to the prospect of eating in this dingy little rat hole that Naruto seemed infatuated with.

"Naruto-kun?"

"Shut up Deidara….just order something to eat…"

Deidara couldn't exactly argue with someone potentially more powerful then the whole team of super criminals, so he was forced to just sit down and take the younger blondes around a hundred bowls of ramen Naruto was finally satisfied after the years of being without his delicacy, and in that time Deidaras wallet was left extremely unsatisfied due to the lack of any money.

"Naruto-kun….you owe me so much money….yet..i cannot force you…..uhn….but I will find a way for you to repay me you bastard! I shall!!!......uhn….." By this point Deidara was standing in the middle of the road, his fist pumped into the air and by the time he snapped out of his victory delusions Naruto was already long gone.

Sakura sat on top of the hokage monument staring out at the building below her and the forest beyond them, a soft sigh escaping her lips as she hung her head, it was still hard to grasp how much her team mate had changed, and unknown to her a black robbed man stood behind her watching the delicate girl.

"what the hell!? When did this pink shit start coming to my spot!!" Naruto almost growled as he stepped forward, and watching the pink haired girl more closely it gave him a shock when she turned to look at him, their eyes making contact and instantly sending his heart into flight, it wasn't a feeling he had enjoyed since he left, and infact he had only felt it a few times since he had ran from the pathetic village but this was the strongest he had felt his feeling for Sakura return, he hated it, but couldn't help it, he never had been able to.

"Naruto? Why are you here?" Sakuras eyes were wide with curiosity and somewhat of fright from the knowledge of her old friends almost limitless power. The only thing in Narutos eye was the film of tears at the edges of her eyes, a frown immediately creasing his brow, which now caused Sakura to have her heart jump.

"I used to always come here its.." But before he could continue he was interrupted. "Its your place to think….i know Naruto…I still remember…whenever you came here I would follow and watch you.. obviously doing my best not to be seen or heard…but all I really remember was how worried I was each time you came here because it meant you were worried about something…" now looking out over the city again she started to laugh nervously, closing her eyes and sighing "Stupid me, I never realized I was probably then main reason you came here…"

Naruto was only staring down at her his eyes wide with apparent shock, and his heart going crazy, it was beating so hard he was sure even the trees could hear it.

"What the hell is going on here?? I thought I was over this little pink ass! What the hell!! I refuse this!!!" And despite his thoughts Naruto simply sat down a few feet from the pink haired girl and frowned out into the distance his mind ablaze with thoughts as to what he was witnessing from his old friend now, but was overpowered by memories of her past treatment of him, then of the wholes villages treatment, then the whole worlds treatment and the anger slowly ebbed back into him, but then he realized she was still talking.

"It took me a while after you left to realize that…and then Sasuke…he proposed and of course I said yes…but you were always on the back of my mind…." Although his view was still directed to the horizon, he was still listening to her with every inch of his capability and then something made him lose his breath, he felt something moist on his cheek, pulling away from it his hand rose to the spot where a tingle could still be felt, only to see Sakura sitting on her knees right next to him, a slight smile tugging at the corners of her mouth, SHE HAD KISSED HIS CHEEK!!!! He stared at her in utter shock his mouth gaping slightly "Im sorry Naruto-kun….for everything…." And with that she stood and left hurriedly, Naruto looked back into the horizon and sighed shaking his head.

"Fuck my life…"

(that's all I got for now the next chapter is already under works and sorry this took so long!)