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Recap

'She knows, she probably hates me…' A man cried atop the Hokage monument.

'Not probably. She does. Now give me control, let your pain go and let me destroy.' Kyuubi said tauntingly cruel.

Naruto sat quietly actually pondering it…

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'…Fine. What do I have left anyway?'

'Nothing.' Kyuubi announced cruelly.

With tears in his eyes Naruto rose to his feet.

'What do I have to do fox?'

'Just come close to death and cut your seal. The quickest way would probably be… jumping off of here.' Kyuubi said eagerly.

Naruto slowly approached the edge and looked over down towards the city. Anger entered his eyes, as did hatred for the villagers who shunned him for having a burden thrust upon him.

'I promise to kill them all.' Kyuubi smiled.

'Not Hinata.' Naruto thought quickly.

'Or Tsunade, Ero-Sennin, Iruka, Sasuke or any of my other friends.'

'Fine whatever just jump.'

And that's what Naruto did.

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'Where is he?!' Hinata screamed in her head while running around the city looking for her blond person.

She was passing by the monument when someone screamed and pointed up towards the top of the monument. Hinata followed the finger and gasped.

"NARUTO!" she shrieked running towards the base of the monument.

As she arrived he hit.

-CRACK-

He had landed on his side and tipped to the side leaving him on his back. His arm bent backwards, bone sticking out of the bleeding flesh. Hinata resisted the urge to throw up and kept running towards him.

"NARUTO!" she shrieked again.

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'S-so much pain…'

Naruto grit his teeth at the mountain of pain coursing through him. He slowly, with his uninjured arm, took out a kunai from his leg hoister and held it level with the seal on his stomach. But he dropped it when someone screamed his name.

'DAMN IT! WHAT NOW!?' Kyuubi growled.

"H-hinata?" Naruto whispered in disbelief.

He couldn't believe that Hinata would come after him, let alone scream out his name in worry.

She kneeled next to him and began to cry.

"Idiot! What were you thinking!?" She choked out.

Naruto winced at her words.

"I can't lose you Naruto," She cried desperately.

'DON'T LISTEN KIT! SHE'S TRYING TO TRICK YOU!' Kyuubi tried to lie.

Naruto growled mentally, 'LIAR! FUCK YOU, YOU DAMN FOX!' Naruto blocked off his mind to Kyuubi.

He reached up and stroked Hinata's cheek before passing out from blood-loss.

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It had been an hour since the incident. Naruto and Neji were both accepted into the hospital, and had been operated on quickly to fix up his arm. Sasuke and Sakura left after some coaxing that everything would be fine here and that they would be informed of everyone's health later.

Ino walked with Shikamaru back towards his hospital room and couldn't helped notice the way he walked. He walked like a man who had been through hell and back and is just now recovering. No longer did he slouch though. He walked standing tall, proud, yet at the same time he looked so tired.

'I'll talk to him in his room.' Ino thought.

They walked in silence all the way back.

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Sakura and Sasuke walked side by side in a peaceful silence just enjoying each other's company when it abruptly came to an end. They had come to the front door of Sakura's apartment.

"Well, bye I guess," Sasuke said a bit of disappointment identifiable in his voice.

Sakura bit her lip, her boyfriend just got back and they're about going to part again. She took a breath.

"Do you want to come in?" She asked bashfully.

Sasuke smiled.

"I'd like that." He answered quietly.

Sakura opened the door to her apartment and stepped in as did Sasuke. It was a small and quaint. It had a nice homely feeling to it.

"You can sit if you want," Sakura said smiling, "I'm going to go change."

Sasuke nodded and sat on the couch, sighing as the soft cushions relieved his aching muscles. He sat looking around the living room. He smiled when he saw a picture of team seven when they were younger. He kept looking around and did not notice the pink haired woman sneaking up from behind… Or did he!

Sakura dived at him at an attempt to catch Sasuke off guard and get a laugh out of it when he turned right towards her and caught her easily.

"You're no fun Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said pouting.

Sasuke laughed and smiled down at her, plopping down on the couch. Sakura smiled brightly and held his cheek.

'Her hand is so soft…' Sasuke thought nuzzling the hand caressing his cheek.

"You've changed a lot Sasuke," Sakura stated softly.

"Hn." Sasuke replied.

"There he is," Sakura said playfully.

Sasuke smiled again.

"But really Sasuke you've changed, you look so much happier, I like it," Sakura told him.

Sasuke's smile turned into a smirk, "Well I've completed the first stage of my plan as an avenger. Now I only need step 2, to repopulate the Uchiha clan."

Sakura blushed as he continued, "I can't do that alone well can I? And I say you're the best candidate for it."

Sasuke laughed at her expression and brought his lips to hers in a passionate kiss.

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Neji opened his eyes heavily.

'Damn…Where am I?'

He turned his head slightly to the left to get a look and saw Ten-Ten sitting in a chair by the bed side, asleep. He smiled, she looked so peaceful. He reached out and stroked her cheek lovingly. Ten-Ten opened her eyes and gazed at her boyfriend.

"Hey," she whispered.

"Hey," he whispered back.

"You feeling better?" Ten-Ten asked wincing as she sat up pain from being slouched over coursing up her back.

"Are you okay?!" Neji said sitting up, eyes and voice holding worry.

Ten-Ten nodded, "I'll be fine. Just a bit of pain from being an idiot and sit-sleeping."

She laughed, trying to cover up the pain from a crick in neck.

Neji frowned and scooted over to make space for her.

"Come on," he said a small smirk on his face.

Ten-Ten blushed in embarrassment, Neji could read her so well.

"Well?" he asked motioning to the spot he reserved for her.

Ten-Ten blushed more and laid next to him, resting her head on his chest comfortably. Neji smiled and kissed the top of her head. Ten-Ten giggled and snuggled in closer into him. Neji smiled more and stroked her hair.

"I love you," He whispered into her ear.

"I love you too," Ten-Ten replied.

They held each other closer and they were soon asleep.

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They entered Shikamaru's room and sat side by side on Shikamaru's bed. He offered Ino his arm to snuggle which she gladly accepted.

"Shikamaru?" Ino said breaking the comfortable silence.

Shikamaru turned his head to meet her eyes, and she again saw that same tiredness in his eyes.

"What else is going on?" She asked quietly.

He tensed. He had hoped that this conversation wouldn't come until later. He sighed.

"Ino… what would you do if I asked you to do something that would change our lives forever…" He said looking at the ceiling.

"It depends on what it is." She answered quietly.

Shikamaru gulped and whispered into her ear, "Marry me."

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