Author's Note: Wow. I won't make this long, but I've had this chapter done for a while. Didn't know if I should post it cause I didn't know how u guys would react to it. Please remember even if u don't like it, there is another version of this story that I was working with on the side. But...keep in mind...I'm going somewhere with this so yea. Please forgive my lateness everyone and enjoy!

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto.

Requested by: Crazy Neko Girl

Parring warning: Once again reminding the DxS lovers that for the time being this is a NxS parring. Part of the plot and having another love interest just spices it up a bit no? :)

Collide: Sakura and Deidara Story ch. 10

1 year and a half later

"Sakura honey, Naruto is here." Her mother called out from down the stairs.

"Tell him I'm coming." Sakura called out from her room.

Her mother turned to look at the young man standing next to her and gave him an apologetic smile. He like wise smiled back at her with a nod. "It's ok, there's no need for her to rush, we don't have any kind of reservations tonight."

Mrs. Haruno's eyebrow rose out of curiosity. "But you're taking her out for dinner, right? She's been talking about tonight for two weeks straight. You two have been together for 6 months tonight right?"

A proud smile came across Naruto's face as he nodded his head. "Yes madam is has." A thoughtful look crossed his face as he thought back over the year and a half that has passed. "It took a long time for her to move on. To even smile again at that. But now she's back to her old happy self again. I couldn't ask for anything more then that."

Her eyes drifted up the stairs as she nodded her head slowly. "What made it worst was what I told her that night. The conversion just drifted in that direction. I often wonder if I should have said something then or if I should have waited. Honestly, I was hopping she would never find out. I blame myself...so much..." A deep sigh escaped her lips as she kept her back towards Naruto.

A worried look crossed his face as he looked at the woman in front of him. "Mrs. Haruno, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. Even Sakura now understands, it took her time to speak with you again Mr. Haruno, but she loves both of you too much to hate you."

A single tear came down her cheek and she wiped it away quickly. She turned to look at the young man standing by her and she nodded her head, trying hard not to cry. "I'm not quite sure if I ever told you, I know Mr. Haruno wouldn't quickly express it too, but Sakura is quite blessed to have you in her life. Not only did you pick up her broken heart and handled it with loving care, but you also helped us as a family." She paused for a moment. "Honestly, there are times I'm surprised that she would look at me with a smile, or tell me that she loves me or even hug me. I feel as if her father and I have been delt a lucky card. What we did, it was so cruel and I regret it so much. I almost feel as if there's a delayed punishment..."

Naruto's eyes widen at the comment that he heard. He was about to reassure her again before Mr. Haruno walked through the front door. He noticed Naruto and his wife standing by the stair case. Both of them looked towards the front door when it opened.

"Hey Naruto, how are you? You and Sakura have a date tonight?" He asked casually, not aware of the serious conversion from before. He placed his suitcase and coat by the door before making his way towards the two. He gave his wife a sweet kiss on the cheek and patted Naruto's back.

"I'm fine Mr. Haruno, Thank you for asking." A smile came across his face as he was about to continue, but Mrs. Haruno cut in.

"Tonight is Naruto and Sakura's 6 month anniversary." She said with a warm smile, quickly masking the look she had on her face prior. "Naruto's been here for a few minutes. Sakura is still upstairs getting ready."

"Oh? How long has she been up there?" He asked out of curiosity.

A very long pause was in place before she answered her husband. "5 hours." She said bluntly.

A look of shock came across both Naruto and Mr. Haruno's face. "5 hours?" They both cried out in unison.

"Oi! Sakura! If you don't get down here in 1 minute, I'm going to kidnap your boyfriend and take him to that new raman shop the next town ov-" He didn't get to finish his sentence before he saw a blur of pink grabbing the said blond and speeding out the door. Both parents barely heard the 'Love you mom and dad, see you later' from their daughter. Both stood stun as they looked at the opened door before them.

"She gets it from you." Mr. Haruno said plainly as he looked at his wife with a matching look.

Still looking at the open door a smirk came across Mrs. Haruno's face as she looked up at her husband. "Don't you mean you?" She playfully smacked him from behind before running away giggling and him chasing after her.

Some several blocks away from her house, both Sakura and Naruto stopped. Naruto was still in a daze over the speed of which he left the house. After catching his breath, he took the moment to look up at the pink haired girl. And now he was struggling to catch his breath again. She looked stunning. She had on a knee length baby pink halter that had white cherry blossom petals decorating the right side from the waist down, white flats and her hair was tied up in a loose bun. Sparkly diamond earring adorned her ears while a simple diamond necklace hung loosely around her neck. To top it off, there was this intoxicating sent of Jasmine drifting from her.

Sakura noticed that she was being stared at and blushed deeply as well because she just noticed how handsome Naruto look. She was so used to seeing him in orange and black. However, standing before her he was dressed in a light blue button down dress shirt and light Kacky pants. The blue in his shirt brought out the color in his eyes 10 fold. It was all she could do to prevent herself from flinging at him and having her way with him.

"You look amazing." Both of them said at the same time blushing deeply.

"Thank you." They once again said in unison. They both stood silent for a moment blushing before they both broke out in laughter.

"Come on," Naruto said with a boyish grin as he grabbed his girlfriend's hand. "I have somewhere special I want to show you."

Following him as he walked off, Sakura was getting more and more excited about where he was going to take her. Was it that new restaurant (not the raman shop as her father had mentioned) or was it to see that movie that both of them were dying to see? She knew it couldn't be the amusement park cause he told her to dress up. After what seemed like forever, the two finally stopped. It was then that Sakura looked around and for the first time noticed her surroundings (since she was so deep in thought). What she saw though paled in comparison to what she thought it might be. They stood on a cliff that over looked all of Konoha. Against the midnight blue sky, the lights in the city below sparkled liked the stars in the sky. There was a table with two chairs set up and a small table next to it.

She looked back at her boyfriend as he looked back at her with that boyish grin of his. She bit her lower lip as she walked towards him holding back her tears. "It's so beautiful Naruto-kun. How? How did you pull this off?" She asked as she stood in front of him wrapping her arms loosely around his neck.

He likewise wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer. A smirk came a cross his face as he gave her a mysterious look. "A magician never reveals his tricks."

She rose an eyebrow as she gave him a questioning look. "Ah? So you used magic?" She smiled softly as she pulled his face close to hers. Looking deeply into his eyes she whispered. "Well I think you're gonna need a little more then magic tonight..."

"Oh really?" He whispered back as he slowly closed the distance between them, capturing her lips with his. The two kissed deeply as they held on tightly to each other. After a while, they parted and stayed in each other arms for awhile longer.

"So I take it that you cooked dinner too?" Sakura asked softly as they pulled away and took each others hand as they walked towards the table.

"Well..." A sheepish grin crossed his face as he pulled out her chair and pushed her towards the table when she sat down. He made his way to the small table that was off to the side and started to plate the food that he made. When he returned to the table with the food, Sakura tried really hard to hold back her laughter. Considering the location and how they were dressed, she almost expected that they were going to eat something a little more fancy. But she had to remember that Naruto wasn't the best cook, their first date was a testament to that.

"Rice balls?" She asked with a raised eyebrow and a small smile.

"And let's not forget the sparkling apple cider. It's the good stuff!...ya know...since we can't actually have wine..." He add as he walked back to the side table to bring back a couple of glasses and a bottle of apple cider. He also made salad for the two of them.

"Do you like it?" He asked once he returned to the table and sat down across from her. He tilted his head slightly looking at her with this innocent eagerness. Like a little puppy.

She placed down the rice ball she started nibbling and nodded her head. "This is really good." She said with a warm smile as she reached her hand across the table to hold his. "It's the best you ever made. I'm so proud of you." She said honestly.

A shy smile crossed his face as he looked down and squeeze her hand softly. He looked back up her and gave her his best smile. "That means a lot coming from you, Sakura-chan."

She nodded her head as she continued to eat. During dinner, they chatted about mundane things. Once they were fished, Sakura was surprised to see the strawberry cheese cake that he pulled out. However, he reviled the obvious that he brought it from a near by bakery. But she didn't mind one bit. All that mattered was that he knew it was one of her favorite desserts. After awhile longer, he once again surprised her by playing some soft romantic music in the portable player he brought there. Standing up and walking toward her, he extended his hand towards her and gave her a charming smile.

"May I have this dance, princess?" He asked.

A deep blush crossed her face as she reached out her hand and took a hold of his. "Yes." She whispered softly as she stood up.

His smile widen as he pulled her towards him and wrapped his arms around her waist. She like wise wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head against his chest.

"Naruto-kun?" She whispered softly as they started to dance.

"Hum?" He replied as he rested his head on top of hers, the two swaying from side to side slowly to the beat of the music.

"Thank you for tonight...and...for everyday these past six months." She held him a little tighter as she felt a sting of tears in her eyes. Her voice started to quiver slightly as she continued. "And thank you so much for waiting for me. You waited for so long before my heart was able to accept you.."

He stopped for a moment as the music continued to play and took a hand to lift her chin so that she was looking up at him. He gave her a serious look as he started to speak. "I promised that I would wait, even forever. I could never rush you. I messed up once and promised never to do it again." He pulled her close to him and held her tightly.

He was about to open his mouth when suddenly both of them heard a loud explosion. His eyes widen in shock when he saw a large cloud of smoke. Before he could prevent her, she turned around still in his arms. It took a moment for her to see what he saw and it took a moment for her to notice where that explosion was coming from. There were several houses in that area. It could have been any one of them. It HAD to be any one of them. But for some unknown reason, she felt a cold shiver running down her spine despite the fact that there was no breeze and it was not cold out.

Without another word, she broke free from Naruto's hold and ran towards the direction that would lead back down to the village. For a moment Naruto stood stunned. He had the same uneasy feeling as Sakura. But for him, the very last thing Mrs. Haruno said before Mr. Haruno walked in still echoed in his mind. An uneasy feeling rushed over him as his face went pale. Without wasting another moment, He rushed over to the one place he knew that she would go and he hopped and prayed he was wrong.

By the time he made it there, There were fire trucks and a large crowd of people surrounding the house. Or what remained of it. The Ambu's were still in the middle of putting it out. A horrified look crossed his face when he noticed that her parents cars were still in the drive way. He looked between the cars and the burning house.

"MOM! DAD!" Cried out the hysterical pink haired konochi. He looked over to see a couple of Ambu ops holding her back. She fought tooth and nail trying to get out of their hold to run into the burning house.

He saw a few med nins around some stretchers. They were off to the side, away from Sakura's view. Slowly he made his way through the crowds and walked over towards the mid nins. Once there, he did notice that there were two stretchers, but no one laying in them. His worst nightmares were starting to look real.

"Where are they?" He cried out to one of them with a panicked look on his face.

The med nin slowly turned around and looked at him. A blank look across his face. "Sir, I'm sorry, but you can't be this close, you have to wait with the crowd."

"No! You don't understand! My girlfriend...t...those are her parents! w...where are they?" He cried out in even more of a panic then he planned.

By now the med nin had a more grim look across his face. He nodded his head in understanding as he looked over at the pink haired konochi still calling out for her parents and being held back. Looking back at the blond, he gave him an honest reply.

"We only got here a few minutes ago. By that time they were starting to put out the fire and some are in there now looking for anyone." He looked at the cars that Naruto was previously looking at then back to Naruto. "If they are in there, their chances aren't looking good. The explosion was rather large, we were only a few blocks away on our dinner break and we felt it. I'm truly sorry sir."

A dumbfound look crossed Naruto's face. It was almost as if the man in front of him were talking in a different language. And if felt as if he were having an outer body experience. Not too long ago him and Sakura were enjoying a beautiful night together and not much earlier they were all in that house. That house where he spend almost every day for the past year and a half. Over that time he really started to develop a good relationship with her parents. For someone without parents, he knew all too well what it was like to be alone. But to have known her parents only to lose them this soon, in such a violent way? He couldn't bare the thought. Sakura had just gotten her life back together. This...she absolutely didn't need a tragedy like this.

About a minute later, two Ambu's carried out a body each. They brought the two of them to the stand by stretchers. Just as they were placed down, Sakura ran to their sides but now had to be held back by a couple of the med nins. There were just starting to put the stretchers on the truck when Sakura informed them that they were her parents. They nodded their head and allowed her to enter the truck which her mother was traveling on. The med nin who was talking to Naruto nodded towards the truck where her father was being pulled into. Without a word on his part, he rushed to the van and was allowed on after explaining his relationship to the staff.

On the way to the hospital, their out look was very grim. At least from what Naruto could see, her father had burns through out his body and he was missing his right leg below the knee. Contently he flat lined and they had to use the chargers to revive him. Normally, as a ninja both Naruto and Sakura were used to seeing things like this out on missions, and in the past they have despite their age, but to see this on people that they personally know outside of a war zone? To innocent people? He just couldn't get his mind over it.

By the time they reached the hospital, the med nins rushed her parents to surgery and Sakura and Naruto trailed along as far as they could. They were both instructed to wait in the waiting room. Both of them stood stun starring at the door way both of her parents went through. It didn't take long before Sakura once again broke down in tears. Before she crashed down to the ground, Naruto caught her in his arms and held her tightly in a comforting hug. He whispered soothing words in her ears as both of them walked towards the empty chairs. As they sat down, Sakura rested her head against his shoulder with his arms still around her. A couple of agonizing hours passed. Sakura was finally sound a sleep in his arms after the many attempts in calming her. He himself needed to be in control for her. He looked at the clock for what seemed like the thousandth time. It was completely silent, hardly a soul around. Many different emotions were stirring within him. He absolutely didn't know what to think. All he hoped and prayed for was that they would make it and be ok. As he continued to drift in his thoughts, he heard foot steps walking towards the room both him and Sakura were waiting in. He looked towards the door, hoping that it would be someone who would finally give them updates.

A second later, a male doctor walked into the room. He looked at Naruto and then to the sleeping Sakura in his arms. Naruto motioned to stand but the doctor shook his head as he took a seat across from him. He looked at the doctor with full attention, waiting to hear the outcome.

The doctor sighed deeply before he spoke. A grim look on his face. "Who's parents are the Haruno's?" He asked.

Naruto swallowed hard still unsure of what he was going to say. He looked down at Sakura and then back to the doctor, as if to silently say 'their her parents'. The doctor nodded his head and went on to explain the situation.

"I don't know how to say this..." He started off.

Naruto's face went pale again. He knew those were not the words anyone wanted to hear after hours of sitting alone in a waiting room. He didn't need to hear anymore. He suddenly lost the strength in him and was thankful that he was sitting down, other wise he would have dropped. Tears swelled up in his eyes and he couldn't hold it back any longer.

"I'm sorry, but they didn't make it. We tried the best we could, but the burns were too severe and they went into system shock. It was too much of a trauma for them to handle." He reached out his hand to touch Naruto's shoulder offering the little comfort that he could. He looked at Sakura then back to Naruto.

"Would you like for us to tell her or would you like to tell her?" He asked.

Taking in a deep breath, he shook his head. "No, I think I should tell her, but can you stay here while I tell her?" He asked as he wiped away the last remaining tears.

The doctor nodded his head and Naruto look down at Sakura, softly shaking her to wake her up. Her eyes opened slowly as she look up at him and out of the corner of her eyes she noticed the doctor in the room. The look he was giving her caused her to snap out of her sleepiness. Both Naruto and the doctor were quite for such a long time, she instantly could tell something was wrong.

"What's going on?" She demanded, fully awake now. She looked back and forth between the two. Part of her knew what it was, but she wanted to hear it from their mouth. She had to hear it from them.

After a moment, Naruto spoke up and told her everything that the doctor told her. Once he was finished, there was no response from her. Both him and the doctor started to worry due to the delay of the response. The look of confusion and shock was on her face but no words came out of her mouth. However, when the words finally sunk in and she grasped the full meaning of what he was saying, to say that she broke down was a complete understatement. Crashing down to ground, she screamed such a horrifying scream as tears upon tears fell to the ground beneath her. For a while she wouldn't let Naruto touch her as she pour out her emotions. Tears once again started to fall from his eyes at seeing her so distraught. He knelled down next to her and once again attempted to hug her and this time she didn't refuse, but rather crushed into his chest crying and screaming.

Slowly blue eyes fluttered open only to be greeted by the night sky. As he slowly sat up, he noticed a shower of cherry blossom petals covering his body and the strong scent of the tree filled the whole area. A small smile crossed his face as he closed his eyes and remembered the person who had that same scent. How could he have hated that scent? Hated her? He remembered the last time he saw her, when she was in her room talking to her mom. He remembered hearing her mother confess to the very thing he blamed her for. It was true, at that time he was burning with anger. However, over time his anger died down. Only cause he would occasionally sneak to her house to see her and whenever he did, he saw that gradually she grew to forgive her parents. He couldn't understand at first, but over time he could see something that he was unfamiliar with. Her parents really did love her and they really wanted what was best for her. Perhaps the way they went about it was wrong But they showed a great deal of remorse for their actions and to him as long as she forgave them, he likewise should forgive them too for the last thing he wanted was to hurt the girl he loved even more.

He had planned to visit her but decided against it since it was later then when he'd usually go. As he looked around his surroundings, he noticed that someone was missing. Before he could call out to him, the said person casually walked into view through the thick trees.

Brows frowned together, Deidara looked up at his aloof partner with a confused look on his face. "Where where you? I asked you to wake me up after 15 minutes. Why did you let me sleep longer?" He yawned as he stretched his arms over his head and stood up.

"Oh really? You said 15 minutes? My bad! I thought you told me not to wake you up, so I decided to go for a nice walk. It's such a beautiful night and all." He said as he scratched the back of his head chuckling a little.

Rolling his eyes at his luck of being stuck with this idiot, Deidara sighed deeply as he walked on a head. "Whatever," He called out over his shoulder, "It's too late now, let's just get going, I have things I need to do." He continued to walk without paying much attention to how close behind Tobi was following. Once he was a fair distance away, The goofy look that usually crossed Tobi's face faded away into that of an evil look. A smirk crossed his hidden face as he slowly followed Deidara.