"Sasori how are you alive, I saw granny Chiyo kill you"

Sasori smirking at the pink haired girl in front of him put his hand on her head. Too her displeasure Sakura smacked it off not feeling the mood. Sasori looked behind him and saw the red head release her ogers. "Tayuya get ready we should leave before the leaf gets here" he said.

"Wait!" Sakura grabbed his arm. She wanted answers and he wasn't about too leave without giving it too them. Sasori saw this and saw no real harm in telling her what she wants to know. Before that the problem of the other leaf ninja is still there and they are getting close. He looked back at Tayuya with a blank look on her face.

"Tayuya go hold off the other ninja. Leave in about ten minutes and meet back with me at the base" Sasori told her.

The pissed look on her face came up. "You better hurry up, you lazy red head" Tayuya flickered from sight leaving no trace behind.

She didn't know why, but Sasori wasn't in the normal Akatsuki cloak. He now wears a simple brown colored cloak and he didn't have the ring anymore.

"So pinky tell me what you want to know" said Sasori.

Just as she was about too open her mouth, Sasori placed his finger over it too shush her. She blinked and the face of irritation came too her face. Sasori stood their in front of her having a sweet look on his face. "Instead of you asking me silly little questions that won't change anything, I will tell you what you should know. First the reason Diedara attacked you was orders under Danzo"

"Danzo, that's that old man Tsunade warned me about" thought Sakura.

"Also the reason me and Tayuya are even in the area is none of your business. Now I can also tell you where your friend Sasuke is if you want" said Sasori.

Sasuke! He knew where he was and he was about too tell her, this was almost too easy. But she couldn't just take his word for it, he is still the enemy in her eyes. There are two possible scenarios with the pro and con. One he was telling the truth and they could try again at returning Sasuke. The con was that he was lying and it was nothing but a trap.

"I don't have a reason too lie, if you remember me and Orochimaru are not on the best of terms. I am also no longer involved with the Akatsuki. But you don't have too believe me" His words made sense, she would listen but stay cautious.

Naruto leaped around the forest searching for Sakura. In the middle of there fight with the masked man a plant like human had carried of Sakura. He was able too slip pass the masked man himself and continue a pursuit for Sakura. He loved the latter herself like it was unconditional, she loved him too despite his flaws. No matter how much she pushed him away in the past, he never left her side. At one point he almost died for her and when she thought he was dead she cried. But when he woke up she smiled, called him a idiot, and even hugged him. If that wasn't love, than what was?

He blinked and quickly dodged a giant club, he landed on a near by tree branch. The holder of the giant club was an oger, he was curious too find out who the controler was.

"What the hell! Its this piece of shit! Why do I get stuck with the special ed ninja"

He only knew one person that spoke like that. It had met her before, but hasn't seen her in two years. He looked up at the red head and his heart skipped five beats.

"What the hell are you doing here!" Naruto shouted.

Tayuya looked at him with a sly smirk, but stayed silent.

"Your one of Orochimaru's goons. So what are you doing here?" Naruto asked her.

"Hey let's get something straight!" Tayuya shouted. "I don't work for that damn snake anymore!"

Naruto took a kunai from his pocket and prepared for battle. Naruto jumped over the giant oger making his way towards Tayuya. The sound of flute clashing with kunai rang through the forest, with his free hand Naruto punched Tayuya in the gut, hurdling her through the air passing by other former branches. Her flying wasn't stopped until she crashed into a tree and second fall too her death.

She was surprised when her attacker caught her by the arm, saving her from a presumed death. Naruto motioned her and himself down too the ground, before he left and went on his way. She sat there as a failure, failing too keep him away. She thought this until Sasori arrived a few seconds later.

"Stupid red head puppet" she muttered.

"Don't spit insults at me just because your angry." said Sasori.

Sasori offered too help her up, but she denied it and stood up herself. "So do you think she took it?"

He smiled and put his hand on her chin, angry at him she smacked his hand off. He laughed for a short second before answering her question. "I don't think… I know. If they take my lead and find there Uchiha friend than the former himself can't help Orochimaru when we attack"

"Whatever" a thought then raised her mind. "Hey you never did tell me how you are still alive"

"Let's just say a puppet master knows how too pull some strings" Sasori hinted. "I notice you are speaking less foul mouth"

"Screw you"

Not long after his brief encounter with Tayuya, Naruto soon found his blossom Sakura. They hugged each other reuniting again. They then made there way back too Kakashi and Yamato.

"Naruto I have some important news, I don't know if the source is completely reliable but I know where Sasuke is" Sakura said as they leaped.

"That's great! We get a new chance at getting him back again" said Naruto. He was happy with this entire second chance. Then Sakura opened her mouth again and then his opinion changed.

"This time we can get him back I am sure, when we do it will be just like old times" Sakura told him.

Like old times… something he didn't exactly look forward too. He wanted Sasuke back more than anybody else, but what she said actually hurt him. In old times Naruto was the flexible member of the team, meaning they would be better off without him. In the old times Sakura gave him little too no attention and always stayed glued too Sasuke. He didn't want that.

He was with Sakura now, something he wanted since the day they met. Even if it wasn't for long he enjoys every single moment of it. So if Sasuke did come back … how fast could all of that be taken from him. The second thoughts of having Sasuke back came too his mind.

"Sakura I love you" said Naruto.

"Naruto I love you too" said Sakura.

Those words 'I love you' was forced out his mouth. Something was wrong with her love, he was just happy and overjoyed then a second later he was feeling sad. When she saw the tear drop from his eye, she almost broke down himself.

"Naruto please don't cry. I don't know what's wrong, but please don't cry!" She herself began too tear up.

The both stopped in there tracks and faced each other.

"Sakura you have too promise that when we get Sasuke back. Things won't change between us" said Naruto.

That's when she realized her wrong. She always did talk about Sasuke and even loved him, so when she said things could go back the way they where it must have hurt Naruto.

"Naruto I promised nothing will change"

The fox and the blossom hugged each other. Giving them the comfort they needed, it was here they realized that if this was going too work, it wasn't going too be just as simple as they thought. It was going too take work and trust. Something they both could spare.

I was having a bit of writers block, so that's why it kinda took long. It doesn't matter because now I have the next arc planned out, another Sasuke retrieval arc. Sorry is Sasori is a bit ooc in this and the same goes to Tayuya, but I heard a near death experience can change a person. Don't really have much else too go on except one request or favor.

If you like the movie 'Rise Of The Guardians' you might like my story of it and Naruto crossed over. I of course don't own either of them.

Okay until next time I am Cole D. soul and this has been Blossoming Kitsune.