Chapter Five; Lost In The Woods

I'm really sorry that it's been a few days but I've been really busy with my other Halloween story and school project (plus I've been sick on and off) that I was helping the girl with. Anyway, here's the next chapter and I'm sorry again for the delay.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura continued walking through the dark forest. The moon brightly shone down upon them and Sasuke used his sharingan to lead them through the woods. "It's getting awful dark out of here." Naruto said shakily with a gulp while his whole entire body trembled with fright. Naruto suddenly stopped dead track in his tracks as Sakura pulled a branch out of her way and accidentally hit Naruto with it.

"Yowch!" Naruto hollered on the top of his lungs as he fell on top of the ground before Sakura let out a rather loud and astonished shriek and placed her hands upon her cheeks before she quickly rushed over to his support.

"Sorry Naruto." She apologized while she blushed and hung her head.

"Are you alright?" Sasuke asked him as he slowly rose to his feet and gently started rubbing his bottom.

"That depends what you mean by alright. I'm alive if that's what you mean. At least I think so." He said.

"Well I'm pretty sure that we would know whether or not we were talking to a ghost." Sasuke told him.

"What about an angel? I mean it would be kind of hard to know if I was an angel considering that nobody really knows what they look like." Naruto said.

"Really? Wouldn't the halo, wings, robe, and harp give you away?" Sasuke questioned him but Naruto just simply stared at him.

"Let me guess, you've never actually read the Bible have you." He said.

"No,.. why?" Sasuke inquired.

"Because for your information angels don't really look like that." Naruto told him.

"Well how would you actually know that if you've never seen one?" Sasuke asked him.

"Come on boys this is crazy." Sakura began while waving her hands at them. "I mean who really cares what angels look like anyway? I'm just glad that Naruto's alright." She said.

"You're right. And I am too. Come on, we better get back to the car." Sasuke told them.

"Alright." Naruto began before he started turning his head and looking in every direction. "So, um Sasuke, do you have any idea where that would be?" he wondered.

"Please tell me that you do." Sakura told him before he took a deep breath and then slowly let it back out.

"Great, you don't have a clue do you." Naruto realized.

"No." Sasuke admitted.

"So let me get this straight, we're stuck out her in the woods in the middle of the night, and a killer doll is after us!?" Naruto hollered.

"Just calm down Naruto. If Chucky does find us we don't want him to know that we did. Remember, a ninja_" Sasuke began.

"I know! I know! A ninja always waits quietly until the enemy loses his guard and strikes from behind! Honestly Sasuke I'm not a little kid anymore alright!?" Naruto snapped with a roll of his eyes.

"Then shut up and stop acting like it!" Sasuke yelled back at him.

"God, why do you hate me so much?" Naruto questioned him.

"Don't be ridiculous Naruto, you know I love you." Sasuke told him.

"Then why are you always yelling at me!?" he exclaimed before he took a deep breath and then sighed heavily.

"Look, I'm sorry alright? Kakashi always said that the biggest thing that we always had to work on was working as a team. And now, our very survival depends on it." Sasuke told him.

"But,.. I'm scared." Naruto admitted with great reluctance.

"I hate to say it but me too, what if we don't make it through the night?" Sakura asked him.

"Don't worry. You two are far more precious to me than my own life and I promise that I will do everything in my power to protect you." He assured them.

"You really promise?" Naruto questioned him before he wrapped his arms around him and embraced him tightly.

"I promise, little brother." He whispered softly while he rested his chin down on the top of it, kissed it, and continued holding him tightly.

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"While you guys are finding some shelter I'll go ahead and find some firewood." Sakura said.

"I don't know, I don't think it's such a good idea to split up." Naruto said.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but I agree with Naruto. I don't like the idea of you going off by yourself without me or even Naruto around to protect you." Sasuke told her.

"Don't worry Sasuke , I'll be fine. I'm a lot stronger than I used to be. Honest." She assured him with a warm and loving smile.

"She's got a point." Naruto said.

"Alright. We don't have time to stand around here and argue. Just promise me that you'll be careful." He told her.

"I promise. I'll be back soon." She told him before she turned around and walked away.

"Do you really think that Sakura can do it?" Naruto wondered but Sasuke just simply shrugged at him.

"I don't know. I sure hope so though." He told him.

"Man, I'm starting to think that I should have just told you the truth that I was too scared to come out here tonight in the first place. Then none of this would have happened." Naruto said with a shake of his head before he took a deep breath and heaved a sad little sigh while slowly turning his head away from him.

"Really? You were?" Sasuke asked him while raising his eyebrows questioningly at him. "Then why didn't you just tell me?" he wondered while placing a comforting hand upon his shoulder and resting it there.

"It's just that I'm the seventh hokage, I'm supposed to be brave. I didn't want you to stop being my friend. And I was afraid that you would if you found out that I was a coward." He admitted before Sasuke grabbed ahold of his body and turned it to face towards him.

"Listen to me Naruto, nobody calls my best friend a coward. Nobody. Especially my best friend. You truly are one of the bravest ninjas that I've ever met. You'd have to be to have the guts to come back after me specifically after I told you not to and I tried to hurt you so many times. And you have to know that there's nothing in the world that's going to stand in the way of our friendship now or the love that we have for one another." He told him.

"Really? Do you mean that? Naruto questioned him with uncertainty as Sasuke nodded at him.

"Yes. With all my heart. Naruto, the only way you would ever truly be a coward is if you gave up and went back on your word. And I know for a fact that that is something that you would never do." He told him with a knowing grin.

"Hn." Naruto began as he returned the grin. "You've got that right!" he exclaimed.

"Then see, you have nothing to be worried about. It's alright to get scared sometimes. Everyone gets scared now and then. I know that I was completely petrified when I realized that you were gone. I don't know what I'd do if anything ever happened to you. The important thing to remember is that when you have the strength to admit you're scared, it only makes you braver in the end." Sasuke told him.

"Thanks buddy, I'll remember that." Naruto told him.

"Come on, let's go." Sasuke said before he led him away.