Chapter 25:
I opened my eyes and saw s vision in front of me. It was a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes and everything behind her was white.
"Am I in heaven?" I asked. "Are you an angel?"
"Awe that's so sweet!" Ino said. I was staring up at the ceiling.
"Even on the brink of death, she still has a sense of humor." Kankuro said and everyone except Ino laughed. I sat up and saw 14 people surrounding me. The people I care most about in my entire life. They all cheered and Souta was crying.
"Sai!" I said forcefully and suddenly. "Come closer for a second." He walked beside me to see what I had to say. I raised my arm and punched him on the arm.
"What the hell was that for, Ugly!" I punched him again.
"It's for calling me ugly when I was dying!" I answered. "And for almost giving me a heart attack with your driving!"
"You heard me?" He said incredulously.
"Actually," I started, looking around at all of them. "I heard all of you guys. That's why I came back. So Sai, I won't get mad at you for calling me Ugly anymore because that's what helped save my life. I wouldn't be alive if you guys didn't care about me."
"Hey, I never said I cared about you." Gaara said deeply. I stared at him but the corner of his lips twitched up after a moment. He was giving me a smile, a small one but a smile nonetheless.
"Hey whatever happened to the Snake guy and Kabuto?" I asked confused.
Ino raised her hands, bloody at the knuckles and some broken nails. "I punched them too hard so I broke some of my nails." She smiled and I laughed but held my stomach in pain.
"They were sent to jail with a fair trial." Neji responded after everyone made a fuss over the pain in my stomach.
I stretched out my arms. "I love you guys." They all came in to give me a hug, some of them reluctant to personal contact but they all came anyways. I realized Sasuke had been quiet for the whole time, looking at me like it was a miracle. Shikamaru noticed that we were staring at each other so he said:
"Hey let's go guys. We'll be back later to see Sakura." They all got the hint except for Ino.
"But I want to stay here!" She squealed as Shikamaru lifted her up and threw her across his shoulder. "Nara Shikamaru! Put me down!" Sasuke was the only one left standing in the room. As soon as the door closed he sat on my bed and kissed me like he'd never kissed me before.
"You fool." He looked me in the eyes. "I don't think I could've lived if you died."
"Me neither." I replied. That's why I tried to save him.
"I was so scared. I thought you were going to die." He said slowly.
"I was." I said. "But then I heard Sai call me Ugly and I got mad and then I heard your voice and I realized I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you."
"Do you really mean that?"
"If I didn't why would I say it?" I rolled my eyes. It was obvious to me that he was my soul-mate. Maybe he didn't feel the same.
"Then I got something for you." He reached in his pocket and pulled out something bright and shiny.
"My mother's wedding ring." I gasped. "Where did you get this?"
"You dropped it when you were living at my house." He said. "But you see Sakura, I was thinking yesterday and the day before and since the day I first told you I loved you and when you were dying, I would miss you if you died. So I too want to spend the rest of my life with you and I think the only way to do that is… if you will marry me?"
"Marry you!?" I gasped. My heart was beating fast. "Sasuke-kun, I'm in a hospital. You're asking me now to marry you!"
"Yeah, I hear that's what people do when they love each other." He said sarcastically. "My life would be nothing without you."
"Why would you want to marry me?"
"It's obvious isn't it? I love you." He scoffed. "Besides, if you marry me, I can kiss you and protect and never have to worry about you again. And we can have children and--"
"CHILDREN?!" I screamed a little too loud and blushed. "Isn't it a little too early to be thinking about that."
"What? You don't want children?" He asked surprised. He approached me suddenly. "We can get started right now."
I blushed furiously. "Of course I want children but I'm only seventeen."
"So you will you marry me or not?" He asked impatiently.
I crossed my arms over my chest. "Not if you say it like that." Sasuke grabbed my waist and pulled me tight close against his body.
"Marry me god dammit." He smirked.
"Okay okay," I smiled. "I'll marry you." He smiled in triumph. "But can we wait a year or so until we finish High School."
"Okay then." He agreed. It was better that way. I hugged him. He was too good to me. I loved him so much I felt my chest was going to burst.
"And then we can get started with making babies." I whispered in his ear. I whispered it so softly and he shivered as my breath ran down his neck.
"If you keep doing that, I'm not going to be able to resist and the babies might come early." He chuckled.