Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto so that means that I'm not Masashi Kishimoto.
Chapter posted 04/01/2009.
Naruto was nervous, his father an his team went after those who kidnapped Gaara and now he was in a bigger hospital room with the rest of his friends with Gai and the Nara/Akimichi/Yamanaka parents watching after them.
However some of them were not real. Shino, Shikamaru, Kankuro and Temari were in reality his own kage bunshins disguised as the time travellers.
When they found out about Gaara's disappearance, the awakened Sand Siblings told them what happened. His father gathered his team and left towards the cave where they knew the Akatsukis would try to extract Shukaku. Arashi left some demi bunshins disguised as the members of the Hand of Death so nobody in Suna would find out that they left.
Temari and Kankuro insisted to come but Arashi argued that Konoha would be framed for the Kazekage's and Gaara's kidnappings if his team was seen leaving with them. Later they found that captain Yuura was leading the expedition to save the Kazekage, the Sand Siblings recognized him as Sasori's agent and left after him with Shino and Shikamaru using a secret door they knew as the Kazekage's children. Before they left, they asked Naruto to cover their backs with Demi Bunshins disguised as themselves.
Naruto was a bit tired for creating the bunshins after the chakra exhaustion case he had for fighting Gaara, none of his other friends knew about the Shikamaru, Shino, Temari and Kankuro leaving, his bunshins would made sure about that. His class mates were having a very good, in other circunstances he would have joined them, but his worries about his father and friends were too much. He left the room and headed to the hospital's roof hoping that he could clear his thoughts. A figure left the room after him.
The coolness of the desert night was relieving and he felt better, he also realized that somebody was there too.
"Naruto? Is that you?", asked a female voice.
"Sakura-chan! What are you doing there?", asked the blond.
"I-I came here to clear my mind... Recently I discovered some new things and I'm trying to assume them...", said Sakura.
"Like what?", asked Naruto interested.
"I-I just found how weak and useless I really am... I heard about your fight with Gaara and I realized that I couldn't have done anything in that battle, I would have been only a burden. Perhaps I should quit about being a ninja...", said Sakura visibly depressed.
"Don't say that, Sakura-chan! You are one of the smartess persons I know and you will be a great kunoichi, you just have to take your training more seriously and you'll be able to compete with the legendary Tsunade in a few years", said Naruto.
"A-Are you serious Naruto? Really you think that I'll be that good if I keep?", asked the girl.
"I'm 100% sure about that, Sakura-chan! I just hope that we will end in the same team when we graduate, we would be invincible", said Naruto seriously.
Sakura smiled at Naruto's encouragement words, she didn't look depressed anymore.
"T-Thank you Naruto-kun... There's something else I discovered and I wanted to talk with you about it...", said Sakura.
"What it is?", asked Naruto smiling.
"I-I heard your talk with Gaara, more specifically when you told him that you were also a jinchuuriki...", said her.
Naruto paled. She knew! Now the girl she liked will hate him!
"... and I don't care", finished her.
"What!?", asked him puzzled.
"I realized how cruel I and the rest of Konoha were to you, you could have turned like Gaara but you didn't let yourself fell into despair... I-I f-feel
so dirty after the way I treated you... I-I was so blind... I-I'm so sorry, N-Naruto", said on the verge of tears.
Naruto embraced the girl and she returned the hug, she weeped over his shoulders for a few minutes.
When she calmed down he looked at her emerald eyes, they looked really beautiful in the moonlight.
Sakura looked at Naruto, his blue eyes didn't contain any hate for her, only unconditional love.
Her face approached his slowly, while she closed her eyes. He did the same.
His lips encounter each other and they shared their first kiss.
They didn't know how much it lasted but it finished when their heard a gasp sound. They looked at the roof's door, there stood Hinata visibly shocked after witnessing the scene.
"I-I'm v-very sorry N-Naruto-kun, S-Sakura-chan... I didn't w-want to interrupt you...", babbled Hinata at the verge of tears.
"Don't worry Hinata-chan, we are not angry, you see... we are not the real ones", said Naruto.
"W-What?", asked the Hyuuga girl confussed.
Naruto and Sakura dissolved into ink puddles.
"Were you fooled, Hinata-san?", asked a voice behind her.
Hinata turned to see a smiling Sai holding a sign that said:
HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY
"Did you like my prank? I was told that it is something very common in this day...", asked the pale boy with his eternal smile.
Meanwhile, the real Naruto was playing cards with Chouji, Haku, Lee and Kiba while the real Sakura was harassing Sasuke with Ino. Suddenly, they felt a murderous killing intent that came from the roof and for a moment the people of Suna thought that Shukaku was free again.
Sai was lucky to be already in the hospital, the doctors managed to treat him from his severe injuries in time...
Author's note:
Look at the date this chapter was published.
Really you thought that I was going to change one of the main pairings?
