Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto: Shippuuden, it is owned by Masashi Kishimoto.

Credit: The Keeper of Worlds, for helping put this story together.

Warning: Sexual themes near the end of the chapter.

Naruto's eyes shot open from the three words that had uttered in his mind. He sat up slowly, grabbing his head, as he panted slowly. "W...What the hell was that?..."

'It sounded nothing like Kurama... So... What was it?...'

He looked around, and noticed he was back in the alternate world. He gave a slight yawn, and as he got up, he stumbled slightly. "H-Huh?..." His vision began to blur, as he put a hand over one of his eyes. "D-Dammit..."

He stumbled, as he slowly made his way to the bathroom. He turned on the light, and leaned against the sink as he splashed water on his face. "Come on... Keep it together..." He looked at himself in the mirror and was rather... Surprised by the dark rings that had built under his eyes, and his pupils were dulled. "Man, I look like shit..." He then walked out, grabbed himself a towel, then trudged his way back into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him.

The now disrobed blonde stood silently, as he let the water from the shower hit him, in some hope that it would help him wake up. Unfortunately, all he could do was slide down the wall of the shower, and sit down, allowing the water to continue hitting him. He stared at the floor of the shower, trying to get his thoughts together.

'My body is fully awake, but... Why am I still so tired?...'

After finishing his shower, and getting dressed, he stumbled into the kitchen, and noticed a note on the fridge. "Left early for wedding preparations... See you tonight, Hinata..." He leaned against the counter, as the coffee began to brew.

He looked down at his hand. He could barely focus on it. He squinted his eyes, as he struggled to try to bring his vision back to normal. Something was clearly wrong.

'M...Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I'm only asleep for like a minute before I transition to the next world?...'

He shook his head, as he poured his cup of coffee, and sipped on it. "Gotta be... I mean it would make sense. My bodies are getting rest, but my mind isn't." He laughed slightly, as he finished his coffee. "Well, for now, I shouldn't have too much to worry about... Just gotta keep myself busy..." Despite him laughing it off, he knew this would become a huge problem. He knew that he would need to decide soon.

He then blinked, as he looked down at his empty cup. "Alright... Time for another one."

"Ooh God..."

Naruto stared at the files, trying to make them out. However, he just couldn't focus. "Son of a bitch...! It's so fucking hard to read when my mind is so clouded...!"

He rubbed his eyes, as he kept at it, trying to get through the files. His eyes twitched, as he painfully went through the files. If someone were to see him like this, it would be almost painful to watch.

'I don't understand why I'm so tired... I mean, I've tackled being up for 3 days before...!'

The blonde scratched his head, as he folded his arms. "Then again... It has been awhile... Plus, it was never under these circumstances..." He groaned outwardly, as he looked back down at his files. "Whatever... I need to get this stuff done..."

He then noticed Sakura walk in with more files. But he didn't pay much to it, as he looked back down. As she placed the files down, she noticed that he had a lot less finished than normal. Normally, she wouldn't converse with Naruto, but this was something she had to bring up. "Something wrong, Hokage-sama?"

The blonde blinked, then looked up at Sakura. He gave her a tired smile, as he rubbed the back of his head. "O-Oh, I'm just a bit... Out of it, you could say."

The pinkette nodded slightly, as she began to turn around. "Okay... Well, try to get some more rest."

Naruto watched as she began to leave, he looked down, as he began to start looking at the files again. But... Some part of him was holding him back... He wanted to talk to her. He wanted to settle things with her.

He wanted to stop Sakura's tears... "Oh, Sakura..."

Sakura stopped, and turned back to the blonde. "Yes?"

Naruto looked at her solemnly, as he put his pen down. "Tonight, I wish to discuss something with you... Is it alright if we discuss it at your house?"

Sakura looked at him in surprise, before nodding slowly. "A-Alright, Hokage-sama."

The blonde then gave her a slight smile. "Okay..." Before he went back to work, he gave her a tired grin. "O-Oh, could you also get me another cup of coffee?..."

The pinkette gave a shadow of a smile, as she nodded, then walked out.

As the doors shut, Naruto allowed his head to fall on to the desk, his groans muffled as he felt like hitting himself. He didn't know what side of him was the side that wanted to talk to her anymore...

'This is why I hate having two me's in my head... I can't tell what's MY thoughts, and what's my Alternate's thoughts!'

He then picked himself off of the desk, as he leaned back in his chair. "Doesn't help that I'm having fluctuating emotions towards her... One moment I'm fucking head over heels, the next I feel nothing but resentment..."

The blonde then sighed, as he looked down, a shadow covered his eyes. "Then again... The same could be said about Hinata... One moment I only think of her as a friend, the next I can only think of her as the woman who I'll spend the rest of my life with..."

He then grabbed his head in frustration, as he groaned loudly. "Graahhhh, all of this is giving me a headache!" He then blinked, when he started to feel a great deal of pain coming from his head. "A... Huge headache... AH!" He grabbed his head, as he leaned against the desk. He felt like someone was pounding his skull in! Not a metaphor either, given that he has experienced that kind of pain before.

He looked around, for a way to get rid of the pain. He searched through the desks, and was relieved when he found a bottle of pain killers... And... A bottle of Sake.

His eyebrows creased at this, as he stared at them both. He knew for a fact that his alternate self never drank on the job. He then felt a shot of pain go through his skull, as he instinctively picked up the bottle of pain killers. He then looked down at the bottle of Saké.

Guess he would have to make an exception this time.

He opened the medicine bottle, and popped a couple of pills into his mouth. He then poured himself a small dish of Saké, and drank the bitter liquid. He coughed roughly, as the strength of the alcohol stung his throat. He rubbed his mouth, as he looked at the drink in slight disgust. "Well, that should help... Hopefully..."

That evening, Naruto walked through the streets of Konoha. It was a slow trip to the pinkette's house. Not just because he still felt worn out, but also out of hesitance. A part of him really did not want to go through with this, and it was certainly understandable. Who knows what could happen? Maybe they'll have another falling out?

The blonde shook that idea out of his mind, not wanting to scare himself out of doing this. He then blinked, and looked over at the alcohol shop that was still open. At that moment, an idea rung in his mind. "Well... Ero-sennin always did say that alcohol was a great way to kill tension in a conversation."

Soon after, he walked out of the shop with a large bottle of Saké. He knew that this could make things worst, but he didn't have a lot of options at this point.

'Something tells me this is going to go wrong regardless of what I do...'

Not long after, he had finally reached the house of the pink haired Haruno, and with a gulp, he knocked on her door.

'Please make this go smoothly... Please make this go smoothly!'

The door opened, allowing Naruto to witness an amazing sight. It was Sakura, in an outfit much like the one she wore when they were kids. When they were kids, he had always thought she looked great in the outfit. But now... She was absolutely gorgeous in his eyes.

He then gave a slight smile. "Good evening. Thought I would bring something as a thank you." As he said this, he lifted up the bottle of alcohol slightly.

The pinkette nodded slowly, as she stepped aside, allowing him to walk in.

When he entered the living room, he looked around at every part of it. She had a nice wooden floor, subtle pink walls, and a fire-place, which was currently lit. It felt very... Cozy.

They both sat down on her couch, as she brought out two glasses. "Rather not let this go to possible waste." Naruto nodded to this, as he poured the drink into the two glasses.

The pinkette picked up her glass, and gulped down the drink, much to Naruto's surprise. Then he remembered that she WAS taught by Tsunade... The hag didn't know when to stop with alcohol sometimes. Sakura then looked at Naruto. "So, what did you come here for, Hokage-sama?"

Naruto frowned at this, as he waved his hand slightly. "Sakura, please. You don't need to keep the titles up when we aren't working."

She looked at him hesitantly, then nodded slowly. "Okay... N-Naruto." She said it as though the name was foreign to her. Clearly, it had been a while since she last spoke his name, rather than his title.

Naruto looked down at his cup, he noticed his hands were shaking slightly. It was either his body reacting to the sheer amount of caffeine that he has had, or he was just nervous as fuck. He drank the entire glass of Saké, and wiped his mouth.

'Okay... Now or never...'

He turned to Sakura, and took a breath. "I ran into Ino yesterday..."

The pinkette took notice to this, as she looked at him in surprise. "Oh... Really?"

Naruto just stared at her, as he sighed lowly. "She told me... That you felt guilty?"

Her eyes only widened after that, as she stared at the ground. She then bit her lower lip, as a shadow covered her eyes. She then poured herself another glass, and drank the whole thing. "...Yes... I do feel guilty."

Naruto put his glass down, as he refilled it. He then picked it up, and swigged it down. "Why?... You chose to lie to me... To use my love for you against me..."

Sakura was visibly shaken by this. She began to tremble, as she gritted her teeth. "Naruto..."

He looked to the side, pain could be seen on his face. "You betrayed my trust... I have never felt so hurt and lonely before in my entire lif-"

"I AM SO SORRY!"

The blonde's eyes widened greatly, when Sakura embraced him and cried roughly into his chest. She trembled, as she buried her face into his chest, and cried harder than she had ever cried before. "I never should have done that to you! I only wanted you to give up that god damned promise! I didn't want to see you get yourself killed!"

She gripped on to his shirt, as her tears flowed at a greater rate. "But the way I went about it was wrong... I knew it was wrong, but I thought I didn't have any other choice...!"

Naruto looked in shock, as she looked up at him. He had never seen such an agonized look on someone's face. "I understand if you hate me...! You have every right to, after what I put you through...!"

She then put her face against his chest again, as she wept even more. "Just... Please know that I am so sorry...! I am so sorry...!"

Naruto just stared at her, as she kept apologizing to him over and over. He then closed his eyes, and wrapped his arms around her. "I don't hate you, Sakura..."

Sakura's eyes opened at this in shock, as she looked up at him. He gave her a slight smile. "I was angry... For a long time... I was also hurt... But... Nothing you do, could ever make me hate you."

He then decided to do something daring, but he did so, to show that he truly meant it. He gave her a light kiss on the forehead. "I forgive you..."

The pinkette could only stare at him. Her face was red, not just from her crying, but also from the kiss he had given her. He then gave her a smile, as he poured himself another glass of Sake. He chugged it down. When he looked back, he saw that she was still staring at him. He could only laugh at this, as he poured her another glass of Sake. "You gonna keep staring at me? Or are you gonna drink?"

His question snapped the pinkette out of her thoughts, as she looked down shyly at the glass. She then picked it up, and chugged the drink down.

It wasn't a half hour later of comfortable silence, before the two were heavily buzzed. Sakura looked at the blonde, and laughed slightly, causing him to glance at her. "What is it?"

She shook her head, as she looked down. "It's just that... What you did earlier... It reminded me of something that happened a long time ago..." The blonde raised an eyebrow to this, as the pinkette sighed slightly. "Back when we first became part of team 7... When I still liked Sasuke-kun... I was sitting alone on a bench, when he approached me, and told me that I had a charming forehead..."

She laughed after saying that, as she took another sip of her Sake. "I always had such a problem with my forehead when I was a kid... But because he complimented me, that's what got me for so long..." The pinkette gave Naruto a toothy grin, as she put her glass down. "Pathetic, isn't it?..."

The blonde shook his head. "No. It isn't. Because you do have a beautiful forehead." Both their eyes widened, the moment he said that.

'W-Why did I just say that?...'

Sakura blinked at this, as she thought more about what Sasuke had said. "H...He also said 'but that's something only Naruto would say.'..." Her pupils shrunk, as everything began to piece itself together. She then looked at him. "It was you, wasn't it?..."

Naruto looked to the side, as his face went a bit red. He gave a slow nod. "H-Hai... I henged as Sasuke, so I could find out why you liked him... Kind of back fired."

Sakura looked down, as she put her hand over her face. She began to laugh, as she closed her eyes. "I tried so hard to push it aside... Now that you're with Hinata... But... After knowing that it was you... that you were the one who I should have started liking way back when... I can't hide it anymore..."

She turned to him, as her face was flushed completely. Her lower lip quivered, as she uttered out the four words that Naruto had both longed, and feared to hear. "I love you, Naruto..."

Naruto was... Frozen by this. He didn't know whether to be happy, or... Guilty. Whether to engulf her in his arms, or to deny her. He then looked down, as he bit his lip. "You know... It's weird... Despite everything that has happened between us... Despite how long I was hurt from what happened... Being with you now, has made me realize that..."

'Wait... Wait what am I saying? S-STOP! DON'T SAY IT! NOT HERE!'

"I love you too, Sakura..."

Sakura could only stare at him, before smiling, and wrapping her arms around her. "I'm so happy..." Both were too intoxicated to make proper judgment. They were acting purely on instinct, over logic.

Naruto put his finger under her chin, and lifted her head so she would be looking at him. They stared into each other's eyes. Both showed signs of longing for the other. They slowly began to lean in toward each other.

'Wait...! Wait! STOP! PLEASE! I CAN'T BETRAY HINATA!'

'But don't you love Sakura?...'

'E-Eh?... O... Of course I do... But-!'

'Then why hold back? Why not give into your desires? Is there something wrong with holding the woman you love?'

'I...I.. I guess not... Bu-!'

'Then why hesitate?'

'Because I'm with Hinata! I can't betray her!'

'But you have already, haven't you? Regardless of which world you are in, you have already kissed the woman you truly love.'

'T...Truly love?...'

Their lips smashed together, as they kissed passionately. His arms wrapped around her waist, as her arms wrapped around his neck. They made out, as though it were their last. Naruto's eyes widened slightly, when he felt her tongue enter his mouth, and played with his. He closed his eyes, as he got into it, and frenched with his pink haired love.

'N... No...'

They both pulled away, panting as they pulled in much-needed air. Sakura stared at him, with lust filled eyes. She brought his hand to her chest, more specifically, her zipper, as she helped him unzip her front.

'Please... Stop!...'

'Give into your desires! You want to be with her... Don't deny what you truly wish for!'

'But it's wrong...! I can't do this to Hinata!'

'GIVE IN!'

Clothes began to get torn off, as their lust continued. Naruto at this point, realized that he had lost control... Whatever this was, it had him...

He tried to stop it... He begged for it to stop... But he felt powerless... Helpless, as whatever this was, took advantage of its control.

'No...! Please...!'

Sakura positioned herself over the blonde, and allowed him to enter her.

'NOOOOOOOOO!'

Once it had ended, and the pinkette was sleeping in his arms. All Naruto could do, was cry softly into his hand.

'I am so sorry... Hinata...!'

Well... That happened. Lol.

Okay, I think I've fufilled my dark quota. Hope you guys liked it.

Laters.