Naruto Pov

Leaving Sakura-chan alone like that took a mental toll on me. I couldn't focus right and I only left the house 2 minutes ago. Looking out in the village right now things seem to have calmed down since I have left.

How the hell can I focus on fighting if the only thing I can think about was Sakura-chan?

It was a lose-lose situation either way it goes. If I were to stay home with Sakura-chan, the village would probably go down. If I didn't stay home there was a possibility that Sakura-chan, Kato, and the baby could survive. The bunker that they're in is very high-tech.

I'm way too in my head

I forced myself to run faster, shaking the thoughts out of my head. I was dodging the corpse left and right, if they wanted me then they would have to catch up to me.

The village had an orange hue cast around it, it was fire from the burning buildings. I could smell it, feel it, and hear it. The village was a ghost town, the only people that were here were either living humans or dead humans.

"Naruto!"

Someone called my name. I turned to see Sasuke running towards me with full force. Before I could realize but he was doing his fist connected with the side of my face. I fell to the ground from the impact of the punch, I was still in a daze but I could see his shadowy figure standing over me.

"What the fuck was that for teme!" I growled out, I kicked him in his stomach forcing him to stumble back.

"Where the hell is Sakura!?" He spat.

"She's at home, she and the baby are fine." I rolled over to the side to spit the blood that was pooling in my mouth, I used my sleeve to wipe the blood that trickled from the side of my mouth.

"She had the baby...Naruto why the fuck are you here!?"

I waved my hands around in the air causing him to grow confused, "Because I have a village to protect."

Sasuke grabbed the collar of my shirt, shaking me violently. I took this opportunity to shove him back into the ground. We both got up simultaneously, our eyes were staring harshly at each other.

"Naruto what the hell is wrong with you? You have a family now you can't just play the hero now. You have a kid who needs a father in his life."

"Don't you think I know Sasuke? He also needs a fucking village to grow up in too."

Sasuke scoffed, "You idiot, you're worthless. How the hell do you leave Sakura behind like that."

I rolled my eyes at my friend, here we go again. "I don't need this from you right now."

"Whatever, you won't learn until they are stipped away from you."

"That won't happen." I barked back.

"I'm done arguing with you." Sasuke didn't waste any time coming back to my face. He was so close our foreheads were touching."Just don't let history repeat itself." He punched me in the chest but I didn't retaliate.

That bastard, I was beyond pissed off with him. I could feel the anger boiling through my body. Who the fuck was he to tell me what to do. I already felt guilty as it is, I didn't need him pushing it more in my face. I know if something were to happen to my family it'd be my fault. I have already come to terms with it.

I tried my best to shake the thoughts out of my head. Although I couldn't shake this anger that Sasuke triggered. We both stood staring at one another without saying anything. Sasuke nodded his head towards the end of the road we were on. Turning around I saw a zombie person coming towards me. I backed up watching it walk faster towards me, then he began to run.

"Here's your chance to be a hero." Sasuke mocked, he sat down in the middle of the ground with his sword in his lap.

"Fucking bastard." I snickered, The zombie was still running towards me at full force. I had chakra running throughout my hands waiting to form a Rasengan. That was until he blew up in front of my eyes, the force of the blow sent me back on my ass. I landed harshly on my ass then on my back.

Sasuke chuckled deeply. He got up from the ground to tower over me. "I forgot to tell you. Some of them are walking bombs. Don't get too close, dobe."

"What the hell Sasuke. I could have died, What if I would have charged at him!"

"Be happy that you didn't." Sasuke gave me a hand which I gladly took. "Come on, let's go, we have more shit to get through."

Why is he so bipolar?

Despite my ass hurting, we made it back with the group in no time. Shikamaru gladly accepted me back, unlike Sasuke he actually filled me in on the situation. After I left they managed to maintain and restore the village gates. Now we had to get all of the zombies out of the village, but those fuckers explode and we don't know which one's explode. There were approximately 100 to 200 zombies left inside village gates according to Shikamaru. As for the reports on Tezo he still hasn't been found so we have two thoughts. He's either here somewhere hiding or he's not here and plans on attacking another day.

"I have an idea to push all of those zombies in the middle of the town. Once they all get there we can use Sasuke's abilities to our advantage."

"Which one?"

"Do you think you can make a big enough fireball to kill over 100 zombies?"

"Yeah."

"Alright let's get this plan in action. Bring every one of them to the middle of the village."

Everyone started to leave in the direction of the zombies. It was harder than I expected. They would just blow up out of nowhere. You could look at them and they will explode. Some didn't though, those were the ones we took down using our kunai's.

After killing one with my kunai another grabbed me from behind. I quickly tossed him over my shoulder slamming him onto the ground. Then I stomped on his neck until I heard it crack.

"That was brutal," Choji shouted.

I glanced up to see him running across the roofs of the buildings. All of the zombies were chasing after him. "I got it Naruto!" He shouted, I laughed because he was holding a bag of chips.

There were a few zombies that fell from the building down to me. I used my shadow clones to help fight them off. "Naruto look out!"Another one grabbed him, his hands were like fire. I could feel the burning sensations throughout my jacket where he grabbed me. Fuck

His hands looked like they were burnt off but they were still scolding hot. You could see the red hue that was radiating from his hands. Was this a sign that he was about to blow? I didn't waste any time to see, I sliced both of his hands off, he released me from his grip. I wasted no time to get to the rooftops away from him and just when I did he exploded.

My jacket was melting in the spots where he touched me, the burning of the fabric was latching onto my skin. I couldn't take off my jacket without my skin coming off. I shouted out in pain when the fabric started to meltdown my back.

"Someone get me some fucking water!" I yelled out, I sat down on my butt. My knees were brought up to my chest, I was holding them with my arms.

Choji was the first to appear. He handed me a water bottle and I quickly used the liquid to pour down my back. It was relieving but it was painful at the same time. I just sat there with the burns on my back waiting for them to ease so I could go back into the action.

It was a great plan at first but I don't think Shikamaru realized how many of those things could explode. I nearly lost a finger and the skin off of my back trying to get those things to the middle of the town. Shikamaru told us to retreat and let Choji take over, Choji was a great help, he used his expansion jutsu to bring all of those bastards to the middle of the town. He would bring them in groups. Each one that he brought Sasuke would light them on fire with his jutsu. We watched them burn to death.

"Yo, Naruto."

"Huh?" I haven't moved from the spot since the accident happened. There were no medical ninja's around so I just had to wait it out until Kurama would do his job.

"We just got word that Suna may need us to help restore their village." Shikamaru tossed a scroll into my hands, "You don't need to go but if you'd like then you can."

I opened the scroll reading over it fastly, "I'll take it into consideration Shikamaru."

"One more thing, If you don't mind, I'm going to swing over tomorrow morning. I think I have a way to stop all of this."

"Who says I'm going to go home? Just because Sasuke killed them doesn't mean this village won't get attacked again." I joked I could fight if I wanted to but these burns on my back were starting to fuck with my head. I could barely move plus the jacket on my body was glued to me.

"It's an order from Hokage-sama. He wants all of us to get some rest before the morning. All anbu are on guard so if something were to happen they'll handle it first."

"Okay."

Shikamaru gave me a hand helping me off the ground. I wobbled myself over to the edge of the building jumping down to the ground.

"One more thing Naruto, Congratulations," Shikamaru smirked, he tossed another scroll down for me to catch. "It's a gift from Ino and I."

I smiled at the scroll in my hands, "Thanks, man."

I didn't want to necessarily leave it all behind but there was nothing for me here. It was not like I could go out there and personally fight Tezo on my own. If he threatens to rip my jacket off I would probably run away as fast as I could. There was no way I could fight someone off right now.

After finally making it home I went to the kitchen. Sasuke stayed back upstairs, he wanted to watch everything from above. I told him everything that happened in the labor and delivery room on the way back home. He told me to get some rest, he'll take charge upstairs if anything were to happen. Hopefully not but after what happened today who knows what was going on.

I walked down all of the stairs towards the basement. I had a bag of chips in my hand. Sakura and the kids were laying down on the bed. Judging by the way they looked, they were asleep. I started to strip out of my clothes leaving the jacket on. All these germs were on me, there was no way I would go around Sakura-chan and the baby like this.

I needed a shower.

A shower could wait, I was too tired to even move to go back up the stairs. The bed was big enough for me to fit but I didn't want to contaminate them. So the floor will do me justice, for now, I laid down on my stomach on the floor.

"You're back?" I jumped from her sudden voice. She was laying on her arm while the other one was around the baby

"Yeah?" Kato and Shinachiku were both passed out beside her. Kato still had chocolate smeared across his face. Sakura glanced at him as well, smiling softly, "They were both good. After you left Kato passed out."

I got up from the floor sitting on my butt, "How are you feeling?"

"Better, I did my best to heal myself. Now that Shinachiku is out of me I'm starting to feel my chakra rejuvenating"

"That's good, I'm proud of you Sakura-chan." She thanked me softly.

"Why are you still in your jacket and boxers? Are you cold?" She joked while rubbing her eyes.

I began to scratch the back of my head. The last thing I wanted to do was stress her out even more but I did need her help. I needed the jacket off of me. "I got burnt badly on my back. My jacket melted on my skin."

Sakura's tired eyes grew wide. I turned around so she could see how bad my back was. I haven't seen it but judging by the way my back was feeling I knew it was bad.

"Come here, let me help." She motioned for me to come near her but I shook my head softly. It could honestly wait until the morning when she had more energy.

"I don't want you pushing yourself Sakura-chan."

"I'm fine Naruto, let me help you."

I didn't bother to argue with her, she would just win anyway. I sat down on the bed so she could reach me, the feeling of her chakra ran through my body. It wasn't as strong as it was at one point in time but it will do for now.

"I'm going to take the jacket off now."

I nodded my head, since her chakra wasn't as prominent as it once was I could feel it rip off my skin. She first removed my arms but the worst part came when she tried to remove them from my shoulders. I kept all of my remarks to myself, I bit my lip to help ease the pain. I could feel as she pulled and tugged on each part of the fabric. Sakura was constantly saying sorry and I would tell her that it was fine but in reality, I was in pain.

"All done."

I fell dramatically on my stomach, the pain of my back was still present although she got the jacket off. I didn't even want to look at how bad my back or the jacket was.

"Hey Naruto," I glanced over my shoulder to see her, trying to get back in a comfortable position. I quickly got up from my spot to help her lay back on the bed. "I want t-"

I quickly cut her off by using my hands. I knew where she was going with this and I have come to terms that I was the idiot.

"Don't, you don't have to apologize for earlier. I should be the one apologizing….I'm sorry Sakura-chan."

"I know Naruto and I'm sorry too." I sat down on the edge of the bed where she was. Shinachiku was still sleeping between us. He was the most precious thing I have ever seen. "How're things looking out there?" Sakura's voice completely cut my thoughts in half.

I sighed out, the last thing I wanted to do was think about what was happening outside this wall. It irritated me that we were on the defensive side. Tezo had us in a fish tank with no way out. "As for now, we got all of the problems out of the village. Hopefully, the anbu can maintain them outside of the village. I'll probably have to head back there in the morning."

"Don't you want to spend time with Shinachiku?" Sakura spoke softly.

"I do Sakura-chan bu-"

"Naruto," She said sternly, her finger pointed directly to my face. "...you promised that you wouldn't allow this job to interfere with your family."

Now she was using my words against me.

"I know what I promised Sakura-chan but I also have to protect this village as well. Tezo just attacked Suna today. We're not sure if he's still out there or not. All we know is that an army of zombies has attacked Konoha."

"Okay," she said sharply, she laid back down, closing her eyes, pulling the blanket over her face.

"Okay?" I asked back, I pulled the blankets back off of her face. She kept her eyes closed tightly to the point where they were white.

She opened one eye grabbing the blanket back from my hands. "K."

I pulled the blanket back off of her face. She was starting to piss me off. The last thing I wanted to do was take my anger out on her when she did nothing to me. "Sakura-chan...you promised that we'd never go to bed mad at one another."

"I'm not mad. I'm just terrified. All I want is to feel secure and safe. I don't want to feel like I'm being locked in a prison."

"Sakura-chan I'm doing the best that I can to protect you guys." I gritted through my teeth.

"How when you're not even here." She argued back.

"You're in a freaking bunker, Sakura-chan. How much more safe do you want to be?" I shouted softly, I was beginning to lose my temper slowly and I don't know why. I had a short fuse in my temper.

She sat up from the bed, "I feel much safer when you're here with me. How do you think I felt when you left me here defenseless with Kato and Shinachiku. If something were to happen, there was no way I could defend them. I have broken ribs with a broken pelvic bone Naruto. I can't move. Even if you leave us here tomorrow and something happens to us I'm still defenseless. How do you think that makes me feel as a mother? I'm supposed to protect my child but I can't move a fucking muscle yet his father wants to play the fucking hero role."

I reached over to grab her hand, she needed to calm down. She just gave birth a few hours ago and here she was stressing herself out. "Sakura-chan I never meant for you to feel this way. I thought I was doing the right thing."

How could things go from good to bad in one second? What the hell was going on?

"..."

"The last thing I want to do is argue with you," I mumbled. I gave her hand a soft squeeze before releasing it. I distracted myself from her by playing with Shinachiku's blanket. We sat in silence for a few minutes, my eyes completely glued to Shinachiku.

I heard her let out a long breath, "I know...I'm sorry."

"I'm trying, baby, I'm trying so hard. I don't want you to feel like I prioritize you last because I don't."

"I appreciate all that you're doing Naruto." She rolled over in bed. I was facing her back. I didn't know if she was being genuine or being sarcastic. I silently began to curse myself out in my head.

What's wrong with me!?

I didn't respond, I didn't know how to respond. This wave of emotions hit me out of nowhere. I knew Sakura-chan had good intentions but she hurt me with that one. How could she think about those things? Was I even man enough to be here with them?

These thoughts kept circulating throughout my head for the last couple of hours. Sakura fell back asleep shortly after that. I went to the bottom of the bed where there was extra room to sleep. Or at least I thought I was going to sleep. I just wanted to fall into a hole and stay there with my thoughts.

Does Sakura-chan even believe in me anymore?

I just wanted to say that I love you guys!