Hey guys! The votes were unanimous, so I guess I as the author have no choice! smiley face

After a long year (has it rly been that long)? We have finally come to the end of this story, I think.

Unless I feel like adding on more.

But I would like to thank you guys for all your reviews and encouragement, especially the ones who have been w/ me from the beginning.

Lots and lots and lots of love and thanks to Zkl9274, for being my first reviewer ever on this story!

Special thanks to Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain who gave me the longest reviews ever and lots of opinions

For those of you who reviewed three times (which was the most anyone reviewed), thanks:

DrendeSalkash

JonJ

Gnosismaster

EverlastingBliss

uzukun7

Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain

(p.s. If I spelled yours wrong, gomen! I had to write these all down and sometimes I'm not sure if there's supposed to be a space, capitilization, etc)

Coming in second with two reviews each, thanks to:
Katestar98

xXbeautifullyshatteredXx

Krymsom

Kid Anime

Akiro Knight

twin083

And finally, thanks to everyone who reviewed!!

-lilmisschatterbox-

Narusakurocks (I quite agree ))

kimiko888

DrendeSalkash

JonJ

ex0

Katestar98

twin083

Kaiser Spartan

Jairo1

Gnosismater

darkwolf1990

ilvcoffee-n-narutoYOUTH (I don't love coffee, but I'm right there w/ you for naruto!)

xXbeautifullyshatteredXx

shinobilegend101

nekozr

EverlastingBliss

devil666demon

uzukun7

shadamyfan123

Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain

LightStripe

Kyuubi 93

Shadow Wolf Princess

xXxfallenxsakuraxXx

wild Hinata (I'd like to see that)

Akiro Knight

slick rick

uznarV1

Rita S. Rin

kabata4life

Kyrmsom

Strickex105

Sakurarockz

Kid Anime

holdingontobelieve

Zk19274

Whew! Thank you all! ARIGATOU and aishiteru!

Ok, well I've been really busy, but I don't want to give you guys nothing! Here's a teaser for the next chap!

Sakura's eyes opened blearily as she sat up, touching her head gingerly and hissing with pain.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto whispered, afraid to hurt her head even more. His weary and sleep-deprived eyes sought her.

"I'm so sorry...if only I hadn't assumed that you had kissed Sasuke and run away and left you all alone unprotected and--,"

"SAKURA! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I WAS, FOREHEAD?" Ino burst into the tent, mock glaring at her best friend while checking her head in relief.

"Good, it's mostly patched up and I think you can manage the rest yourself. I did the best I could, but I'm not as good of a medic nin as you, so I wasn't sure...,"

Sasuke and Shikamaru ran into the tent next.

"Sakura!"

"Are you ok?"

"When did she wake up?"

"Is the wound in her head ok now?"

Neji heard the commotion and strode in calmly.

"Her chakra is back to normal."

"How do you know? Maybe we should get Tsunade here...,"

"We're almost back to Konoha, there's no point in calling her here."

"Yeah, and Sakura can heal herself now, right?"

"Shikamaru! Will you run to the gates and bring Choji out here?"

"What, to cook? Ino, just wait to see your husband, ok? You've made it a week, you can go on for a few more hours."

"You selfish, lazy bum! You just don't want to walk all the way there!"

"You have a point."

"EVERYONE SHUT UP! SAKURA JUST WOKE UP AND YOU GUYS AREN'T HELPING HER WITH ALL YOUR CHATTER! GET OUT!" Naruto roared, pushing everyone outside the tent.

"Heh, thanks. The noise was really getting to me," Sakura mumbled gratefully. She looked up at Naruto, who had tears brimming over his whiskers and was silently crying.

"Naruto?" she asked, and before she could react she was in his arms and he was sobbing over her.

"So scared...gonna die...all my fault...how could I...love you...," Sakura smiled ever so gently.

"I love you too. Nothing will ever change that." She lifted her head, wincing ever so slightly, and very lightly pressed her lips to his. Sakura felt his warmth slowly seep into her bones and she pulled back after what felt like forever.

"Naruto...," but she never finished her sentence as she fell back asleep.

OK!

hope you enjoyed, sorry it was so late and so short!

ok well I'm gonna ramble on because I just looked at the word count and it was "666"

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