Love is Strong
Rated: Teen
Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine
Claimer: hehehehehehehe
Authors Note: OMG OMG OMG OMG. My story is coming to a close a very very cute close. Atleast I think it is. ENJOY.
AGES
Sasuke-15 Natsuki-14 Sakura-14 Kakashi-28 Hinata-14 Shikamaru-15 Ino-14 Kiba-14 Shino-14 Choji-15 Iruka-25 Neji-15 TenTen-14 Lee-14 Gaara-15 Temari-16 Kankuro-15 Midori- 30
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Last Chapter:
Sasuke sat down in the chair next to her bed and grabbed her hand. "I'm sorry Nastuki. I really am. I couldn't protect you. I couldn't do anything for you. If only, "Sasuke sighed. " If only you didn't get in the way of Itachis attack you wouldn't be dead and I wouldn't be feeling this pain that I'm feeling. I love you Natsuki and I always will. I hope you can forgive me when we see eachother again. If we ever do." Sasuke kissed her hand and released it. Sasuke got up and walked towards the door he was about to exit it when he heard a sweet voice say. "Where are you going?" He turned around and starred into a pair of ocean blue eyes.
Chapter Fourteen: Love is Strong
Sasuke starred at those Ocean blue eyes before slowly walking towards them. He stood infront of the bed and just starred. "You're...You're...alive." Sasuke said in disbelief.
"It's as if you think its a bad thing." Natsuki said chuckling a little. Sasuke still starred. He sat on the bed and crawled over to her. "Sasuke?" Nastuki asked tilting her head a bit. Before anything else could happen Sasuke embraced her.
"How? Why? What happened? What's going on? Am I going crazy?" Sasuke said pulling her tighter.
" Sasuke," Natsuki said pushing him away a bit. "You were always crazy." She said laughing a bit.
"Is that all you can say!" Sasuke said raging.
"Ummm? Well..." Natsuki said stcratching the back of her head.
"I thought you were dead. Gone. No longer here." Sasuke got of the bed and yelled.
"But Sasuke..."
"You had me worring over nothing. You..you...you..." Sasuke clenched his fist. After a few seconds he softened his grip. " I don't know what you are." He said stupidly. Natsuki sweatdropped. Sasuke looked at her this time with love. "I was so scared when I saw you infront of me with that kunai plunged near your heart. "Sasuke moved toward her once again. " I was thinking only one thing when I saw you infront of me. Do you know what I was thinking?" Nastuki shook her head. "I was thinking 'If I was the one who got plunged in the heart with a kunai, would you care?'" Natsukis eyes widened and she began to talk but Sasuke quickly shut her mouth with a fingure. "I don't wanna know the answer just yet." He said placing a small chaste kiss on her lips.
Just then Tsunade walked in. As she closed the door she looked up and her eyes widened. " Nat-Nat-Nat-Natsuki!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I thought. I mean I saw. But still now I see. I mean. Well. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tsunade fell to the floor with a thump.
Natsuki sweatdropped and Sasuke just starred. "Well I should have seen this coming." Natsuki said throwing her legs over the hospital bed. She stood up and walked over to Tsunade. Sasuke stood up and walked over to Natsuki standind right behind her.
"You know, "Sasuke said. " you never told me why you alive."
"Once again Sasuke you make it sound as if your not happy that i'm alive." Natsuki said grabbing Tsunades arm and placing it around her shoulders. She stood up and pulled Tsuande onto the bed with all of her strength.
Natsuki let out a deep breath and smiled at Sasuke.
"You know thats not what I meant by it. "Sasuke said raising an eyebrow. " So are you gonna tell me or not."
Natsuki stood up and placed herself right infont of Sasuke. "Nope." Sasukes eyes widedned and her tried to say something, but just like her did to her, she did to him, she placed her fingure over his lips and whispered. "I'll don't think I'll give you the answer just yet." Natsuki tilted her head and smiled.
Sasuke smiled and took her hand in his. "So when then?" He said placing a small kiss on her hand.
"Tomorrow at the festival. That is if Tsunade didn't cancel it yet." As if right on cue Tsunade woke up.
She quickly turned her head toward Natsuki. Tsunade jumped on the poor girl and embraced her tightly. "Oh my god I thought you were dead." Tsuande cried.
"Yea well-" Natsuki started but she was interupted by this throbbing pain in her head, ther was a newly found bump on her head. Nastuki massaged her sore head.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again you stupid brat." Tsunade yelled.
'Bipolar much' Natsuki thought. She jumped up and pinted a fingure in Tsunades face. "Well you didn't have to go and hit me ya old hag."
"What did you call me?" Tsunade yelled.
" Do you not understand. I called you an OLD HAG!"
"Why you little ungrateful BRAT!"
Natsuki and Tsuande glared at eachother. That is until the stare was broke because Natsuki fell to the ground. (Don't worry theres a reason to this.) Natsuki sat up and rubbed another sore spot that made its way to her head. She opened her closed eyes and found herself starring into a pair of green ones.
"Sakura, what are you-" Natsuki started but was interupted with a wave of sobs.
"Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Natsuki I thought you were dead wwaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura cried.
"Um Sakura-"
"Natsuki." A quiet voice said. Natsuki looked toward the door to see all of her friends. But the person who said Natsuki was none other than Hinata.
"Hey Hinata." Natsuki said waving. Hinatas face brightened up and she smiled. she ran over and hugged her best friend.
Natsuki hugged her back. She turned her head to look at everybody else. All the boys seemed to be smiling and the girls were all crying. In the back of the group of people she saw a pair of silver eyes. She smiled and stood up breaking the hugs she was recieving from her teammates. Natsuki walked forward through the crowd of her peers and stood infront of the woman with silver eyes. Natsuki looked up and smiled. Midori smiled as well. Midori fell to her knees and embraced Natsuki in a hug. Natsuki returned it, tears began to fall from her eyes and she burried her head in her mothers blonde hair. "I'm sorry mom." She cried.
"Why are you sorry." Midori asked also crying out of happiness.
"'Cause I worried you." Natsuki said pushing her away gently. She took the back of her hand and wiped away the stray tears. Although she was still crying.
"It's okay." Midori said wiping away a tear.
Tears filled up the young blondes eyes again. She embraced her mother tightly. "M-mommy." she cried. Everyone smiled.
"So Tsunade." Sasuke started. Tsunade looked at him. "Is the festival still on for tomorrow?"
Tsunade looked at Natsuki and pondered a minute. "I'll leave that in her hands." She said pointing at the sobbing blonde.
Once that couple of words registered in the weeping blondes name she jumped up. "Yay the festivals on for tomorrow."
Everyone sweatdropped. 'She was just crying and now shes jumping around cheering. Shes the one whos bipolar.' Tsunade said smiling slightly.
"Okay so whos goin' with who?"Natsuki said asking the batch of friends starring at her.
"Who are you going with?" Kiba asked.
" I asked you first."Natsuki said raising one of her eyebrows.
"So. You tell us who your going with first or we won't tell you who were going with." Kiba said smugly.
" You bastard" She said under her breathe.
"What do you not have a date." Kiba said laughing.
"Shut the hell up dog-breathe."Natsuki said raising her fist. Natsuki put her head down. That is until she felt arms wrap around her shoulders. Natsuki looked up to see Sasuke.
"She's going with me." Sasuke said calmly. Natsuki started to blush ten shades of red.
"Well I guess I have a date now." Natsuki said quietly.
"Fine I guess we can tell you." Kiba said in defeat.
Kiba pointed at Shikamaru. " He's going with Ino." He then side shifted so he was pointing at Lee. "Lee is going with Sakura." Lee pumped his fist in the air and Sakura just blushed. He once again shifted so he was pointing at Neji. "He's going with Gaara." He then pointed at himself. "And I'm going with Hinata."
"Wait who else is going with who. I mean theres Choji, Shino, and TenTen. Are they not going to the festival." Nastuki said counting off a fingure each time she said a name.
"Yea well I heard that TenTen and some other guy from who knows were are hitting it off but shes not going to the festival, and Choji and Shino just couldn't get dates." Kiba said informing Natsuki.
"Oh. Well okay." Natsuki said smiling. Midori stood beside Natsuki and leaned down and whispered something in her ear. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Your right I totally forgot." Natsuki said running off she turned back and waved. "Okay guyes see you tomorrow at the festival." She ran off again but before she ran out the door she called back. "Sasuke pick me up at Seven please." Sasuke nodded his head as Natsuki ran out the exit.
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FESTIVAL DAY
Natsuki starred at herself in the body length mirror and smiled. She turned toward her friend. "I can't wait until the festival." She said jumping up in down in her kimono.
Hinata nodded. Hinata was at Natsukis house beacuse Natsuki suggested that Sasuke and her and Hinata and Kiba went together.
Hinata had to admit Natsuki looked very pretty in her kimono. Natsuki had her hair up in a bun placed up with two blue chopsticks. She had a ocean blue kimono on with a sky blue obi. She also had a white fan with a blue rose on it.
Hinata was beautiful herself though. She had her hair like she usually had it but her kimono design made it look eligent. She had a white kimono with light blue roses all over it her fan was just plan white but still it looked eligent.
"Are we ready?" Hinata said quietly.
"Yep we just have to wait for those boys to get here." As she finished that sentence the doorbell rang and Natsuki jumped down the stairs to get it. She opened the door and saw Sasuke and Kiba. Natsuki smiled when she saw Sasukes eyes widen slightly. even Kibas eyes widened when he saw Natsuki but when Hinata came to stand beside her his eyes nearly popped out of his head. (This was Kiba remind you.)
"So Sasuke are we ready to go?" Natsuki smiled.
Sasuke could simply nod his head. She took his arm and they walked off with Hinata and Kiba right beside them.
Sasuke was wearing a midnight blue Haori (boy Kimono) his obi was black. Kiba had a grey Haori on with a Darker grey obi. So far they walked through the quiet streets of Konoha. Up ahead you could see a batch of lights and people in Kimonos. Natsukis eyes started to sparkle as she let go of Sasukes arm and grabbed Hinatas hand pulling her alonf to the festival.
When they were at the front entrance Natsuki began to jump up and down like a little child. "Look Hinata, look." Natsuki said pointing to random places. Booths with small prizes were hung up everywhere. And people were laughing. "It looks so fun." Natsuki said with a smile.
"Your acting as if you a six year old." Sasuke said to Natsuki as he rapped a hand around her waist.
"Oh really Sasuke if I'm a six year old then what does that make you." She said turning her head away from Sasuke very childishly.
" um..well I'm fourteen so yea."Sasuke said.
Natsuki glared and stuck her tongue out.
"I must admit though, "Sasuke began. "Your a very cute six year old."
SMACK!
"Ouch." Sasuke said plainly. "That hurt."
"Well...yea it was suppose to." Natsuki said in a matter-of-factly tone. "Oh and by the way, "Natsuki took a big breath. "I AM NOT SIX!!!!" She yelled and then entered her pouty stage. Sasuke walked over to her and rapped his hands around her waist once again.
"You may not be six, " He said slyly. "But you act like you are." Natsuki glared at him and stepped away.
"Fine then be that way." Natsuki said pouting. Although on the inside she was really smiling. she loved to get Sasuke all worked up over nothing.
"Don't tell me your mad because of that." Sasuke said raising an eyebrow. Nastuki turned the other way with a 'hmmp' "Natsuki. " she turned with another 'hmmp'
"Come on Natsuki."
"No you make Natsuki sad." Natsuki said in a very childish way.
"Natsuki?" Sasuke said raising an eyebrow.
"You said Natsuki was a six year old so guess what, Natsuki is now a six year old." Natsuki said pouting.
Sasuke sighed. "Fine your not a six year old, your a fourteen year old."
"Nope." Natsuki said smiling. "Sasuke said Natsuki was six year old so six year old is what Natsuki is."
"Your acting like a child."
Natsuki nodded her head happily.
"SASUKE!! NATSUKI!!!" Sasuke and Natsuki turned there head to see Ino, Shikamaru, Sakura, and Lee all coming there way. Natsuki smiled more.
When the group reached Sasuke and Natsuki, Sakura and Ino gave Natsuki a hug.
"Hello Natsuki." Ino and Sakura said in union.
"Hello Ino. Hello Sakura." Natsuki said in her childish voice.
"Um Natsuki what's with your voice." Sakura asked sweatdropping along with Ino, Shikamaru and even Lee.
" Uh. Nothings wrong with Nastukis voice. Right Sasuke?" She said tilting her head a bit.
Sasukes eyebrow twitched.
Sakura glarred at Sasuke. "What did you do to Natsuki?"
" Nothing I just told her she was acting like a six year old." Sasuke said calmly.
"So now Natsuki is six. YAY!"Natsuki said jumping up and down.
"It's somewhat annoying. "Sasuke said with a sigh.
Natsuki frowned and tears began to brim her eyes. she sunk down to the ground and began to cry like a little kid. Everyone sweatdropped.
Sasuke sighed once again. He kneeled down infront of Natsuki. "Listen Natsuki." Sasuke said. "If your a good girl I," Sasuke pointed to himself. "Will try and win you a prize."
Natsuki smiled. "YAY!!!!!! Okay Natsuki will be good." Natsuki once again took his arm and they mad there way to the entrance.
They stopped infront of what looked like a ticket booth and pulled out their headbands. The man looked them over and nodded his head. Just as they were about to walk through, the man called them. "What we need to verify one more thing." Natsuki and Sasuke looked back and nodded. " We need you guys to kiss." The guy smirked.
Nastuki blushed and her eyes widened. "What Tsunade actually meant that I thought she was just joking." She said in a very unchild-like tone.
Sasuke smiled. "No longer six are we Natsuki."
She turned towards him. "Shut up."
"All we need is you guyes to give each other one little smooch and then your free."
Natsuki held up her fist. "Fine. "She said through clenched teeth. She grabbed onto a part of Sasukes Haori and pulled his lips down to hers. Sasukes eyes widened in shock. But the warmth of her lips made that shock go away. Natsuki pulled away after a few seconds but for Sasuke it felt like an enternity. But a good one. Natsuki stormed off pulling Sasuke closely behind her.
After awhile she finally loosened up and they began playing booth games. Natsuki won a prize and Sasuke won a prize at the end they exchanged there prizes shyly. Natsuki gave Sasuke a wolf and Sasuke gave Natsuki a fox. In everybodys opinion the stuffed animals they gave each other suited one another. At the end of the night everybody went home. As Sasuke and Natsuki were walking by each other Natsuki suddenly smiled.
"Hey Sasuke."
"Yea." He said turning toward her.
"Will you follow me somewhere."
"Sure."Sasuke said confused. Natsuki smiled and began pulling him along. After a brief 10 minutes of walking Natsuki covered Sasukes eyes with her hand. "What are you doing?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
Natsuki giggled. "I want it to be a suprise."Natsuki pulled him on a little bit more and carefully ushered him to sit down. "Okay are you ready."
Sasuke nodded his head. Natsuki took her hand of of his eyes and Sasukes eyes widened. Sasuke saw the most beautiful sight. There infront of him was the whole starry sky. The swirls of silver danced around the midnight sky happily. Sasuke sat there starring.
"You know Sasuke," Sasuke looked at Natsuki. "I think I'm ready to tell you how I'm alive. It's gonna sound kinda cheesy though." Natsuki laughed scratching the back of her head.
Sasuke smiled. "I don't care."
Natsuki smiled and looked up at the stars. "You brother, he said love was weak right. That it was a weakness."
Sasuke nodded his head.
"Well I think Its the exact opposite. No I don't think I know. Sasuke I risked my life for you because I love you." Sasuke starred at her wide-eyed sure she told him countless times that she loved him but this time it sounded so beautiful when she said it you could tell she meant it. "When I got stabbed I did die. But the weird thing is that before my spirit was ready to leave my body I talked with Kyuubi."
Natsuki broke her gaze with the stars and starred at Sasuke. "Kyuubi said that courage had nothing to do with saving ones life. She said that Love did. The more you loved a person the more you would risk for them. And I just happened to love you a fair amount." Natsuki said laughing. "But that's not the point. Lets see why am I alive now, thats a question your gonna have to answer because Sasuke I think its because of you that I'm alive."
Sasuke had a quzzical look on his face which made Natsuki laugh. "When we were at the hospital you grabbed my hand in yours and I remeber one thing you said clearly you said 'I love you Natsuki and I always will. ' and thats what gave me the strength just those few words. Those are the only words I needed to her to know that you loved me. And that made me happy." Sasuke stood up and Natsuki looked at him strangely. "Sasuke?"
He smiled down at her. He grabbed her hand and pulled her up embracing her in the process. " I love you Natsuki."
Natsuki smiled. "I love you too Sasuke."
Sasuke pulled her away from her just a little and looked in her ocean blue eyes. He leaned down and placed his lips in hers. She accepted the kiss. And I guess you could say that was there first 'real' kiss. One of pure love and hope. One with faith a courage. These too now know the true meaning of love, and also that love can overcome anything even death.
LOVE IS STRONG
The End.
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So Happy I finished the story. Hey if you guys want I will make a sequel I really will if you want but if you like it the way it is it's okay with me, Thanks for all the reviewers who reviewed throughout this story It makes me happy to know how much you liked it. Anyway I hope you liked the ending. I tried my best. JA NE