Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any character or anything from that series. Any resemblances between any character and anything in this fan-fiction story with any other character or any other things are purely coincidental.

Author's Note :-

(^‿^) Many many thanks to you guys & girls who reviewed & follow/favorite and who read this story. I really appreciate it. (^‿^)

Enjoy the chapter.

Queen Of The Waves

Chapter 14

The conversation on the return voyage was stilted: Sarada's course, Sakura's job and Naruto's next book. They all expressed polite interest, but all three felt they should be discussing something else: them.

After three long and awkward hours they reached the port.

"Skipper Naruto, you've saved our lives and given us a week in paradise."

He hugged them both tightly. The women looked up and saw tears in his eyes and both clung to him.

"Look after yourself darling Skipper," whispered Sarada.

"You too."

"Anytime you want to stay with us when you're in town, just call."

"Sure."

"And be sure to email me the last chapter. I can't wait to see what happens."

"Sure."

Two final tight embraces and Naruto watched them walk away. He took "Queen of the Waves" to some marine engineers for some work, then bought a coffee and thought.

Already there was an emptiness deep in his stomach. For much of the last two days he had been thinking. Would Sakura and Sarada finish their week of excitement, go back to their city lives and forget him? Could they somehow continue the three way relationship? What about the distance?

"I can't go into town and I wouldn't fit into their lifestyle anyway. I've been the happiest I've been in my life on the island. And I want to finish my book."

He thought about phoning Shion, a girl who was always happy to share her bed with him, but immediately dismissed the thought. He collected his boat from the engineers and had a long and lonely trip to the island. He looked around his cabin. There wasn't any sign that Sakura and Sarada had ever been there until he checked his razor and again found they hadn't cleaned it since their last pussy trims.

He went to his computer. There was an email :

"Our darling skipper

We will never forget our enchanted week with you. We will remember it for the rest of our lives. Lives we only have because of you.

All our love

Sakura and Sarada"

He tried to interpret it. Did they want to see him again or not? They didn't say. He opened his photo files and started to look at the dozens of picture he had of them, but it was too painful and so he went for a five kilometer swim and a walk around the island. It was dark when he returned. He grilled a tuna steak and had a desperately lonely meal. He started writing, but didn't write much.

Over the next days he gradually got his life in order. He worked on his software and book and took out "Queen of the Waves" having the luck to catch a marlin which he tagged and released. He couldn't bring himself to look at his photo files but did resist the urge to delete them. He convinced himself that it had been a week in paradise, to be treasured but impossible to repeat.

"Once they're back in town they'll pick up their high society living. I wonder how Sakura now thinks about sharing a man half her age with her daughter."

Sarada and Sakura were busy when they returned. Sarada had her new course and Sakura had to catch up on her work.

All their friends wanted to hear about the rescue and all asked the same question.

"Why did you stay there for a week?"

"We thought we were going to die. If he hadn't turned up we would have. To thank him we painted his boat."

"What was he like?"

"A bit odd. A recluse living by himself on an outer island."

"Did you and he . . you know . . do anything?"

"Certainly not," snorted Sakura with her frosty stare. "He was half my age and as I said, a bit odd."

"God no," laughed Sarada. "He was weird, a recluse, a loner. I certainly wasn't interested and he wasn't either." She felt guilty talking about Naruto like that

Sakura's friends invited her to a dinner party to celebrate her return. The dinner guests who had bought new houses talked about their new houses, those who bought new cars talked about their new cars and those who had been on holidays in exotic locations talked about exotic locations.

Sakura wondered how she had ever found these dinner parties interesting and she remembered the stimulating, laughter filled evenings on the island.

Her well-meaning friends introduced her some eligible bachelors but when she looked at them and imagined being in bed with them she had not the slightest interest. Sarada told her boyfriend that she felt it was best for both of them if they moved on.

After a two weeks Naruto received an email :

"Has 'Queen of the Waves' gone down with all hands? If yes, where and when is your funeral? If no please note that we're not dead either."

He replied, "Here's the final chapter for you to pull to bits. I'm coming into town to meet my software contractors Monday week. How about a coffee late in the afternoon?"

He had thought long and hard before suggested the coffee. He didn't want to revive that awful loneliness after he had left them the last time. But he couldn't just walk out of their lives. And, he desperately wanted to see them again and to hear them laugh again.

A day later Sakura emailed back :

"Skipper, that last chapter was so, so sooooooooo good. I've proofread it and I hope you don't mind, but here are a few suggestions. I know a publisher who might be interested. Can I show your manuscript to him?

Love Sakura"

He emailed back thanking her for her great suggestions and yes, please, give it to the publisher as he didn't know how to do that.

Naruto arrived early at the cafe. In the intervening days he had decided that this would be the last time he would meet them. "Time to move on. They're from a different world and I don't want to go through what I felt the last time I said goodbye, again."

When he saw them approaching he was more determined.

[ To Be Continued… ]

A/N 2 – So, do you like this chapter? Please 'REVIEW' to tell me your thoughts & opinion and again a big thank you for the 14 reviews in the last chapter. If you like it then Favorite/Follow this story.

News : I posted a new story, please read it... Although it isn't a full story.

The Beautiful Alien Visitor

Naruto found a beautiful alien girl unconscious in a space-pod half a mile away from his home, the girl has a huge secret & she was send to Earth to complete a mission. Earth is in a grave danger. Naruto suddenly became a part of a great plan to save the world from the aliens who want to take over the earth… Rated 'M' for lemons and Naruto harem of Naruto-Oc-Saku-Hina-Ino-Mei-Anko.