Sakura

I moved my hands back to my temple and held on. Everything was pounding and in pain, thanks to Naruto and I can't even tell him that because he's already guilty. I sighed and pulled away from the car.

"You most likely have a concussion, Sakura. I think I have to take you to the Hospital." He said. My head had been slammed into the window and ceiling of our car.

I opened my mouth to agree but looked over at Naruto who seemed so happy for the first time in a few days. I turned back to Sasuke. "No. Trust me, I think I need some type of medical help for my head, but Naruto is finally in a good mood and I don't want to ruin that."

Sasuke was about to argue but I continued and placed a hand over his mouth. I leaned closer, "Look, I know you hate his guts right now but it's not worth it. It's Naruto for heaven's sake. He's not doing this stuff on purpose and I know you care about him. So please just don't mention my head or anything else to him. Let him have his night."

He pulled my hand down. "Fine," he started, "but one more slip up and we go home." I nodded.

"Fair enough."

Naruto ran up to us and swooped me into his arms. "Sakura! Did you see that? I beat him, and in the coolest way too!" He said and spun me in circles with him. It was hurting my headache but I smiled.

"Yes, nice Naruto." I pushed myself down. "But please be more careful next time. You could've killed us all." I said while pulling a piece of glass off his shoulder.

Itachi, Hidan, and Tobi all came up and gave Naruto slaps on the back. "Nice save," said Itachi and he handed him an unlabeled bottle. I frowned. He was going to get drunk tonight. Despite my wishes.

...

1 hour later

Sasuke and I were seated on the bed of Itachi's truck. Naruto's had so much to drink that I'm genuinely concerned for his health. There's a limit and he's easily crossed it.

I bit my lip as I watched him pour half a bottle into his cup and chug along with Deidara. He finished first and tossed the cup to the side and reached for another bottle. This was getting worse.

Sasuke was lying on his back and I leaned down to do the same. "Seriously Sakura, you've got to start holding him accountable. I know you feel bad, but still. Especially after events like today's and yesterday's." He said and looked back at me. His eyes confronted me.

I hesitated and looked away. Sasuke's right. Naruto's not going to change if I stand by with my hands up. Though at the same time, the last thing I want to do is tell him he's been creating problems for me. It would break him and I love Naruto. I frowned and looked even farther away from Sasuke's glance at me. He was judging me, though he didn't even need to, he knew I knew he was right.

"Okay." I finally whispered. I looked back at him and deepened my frown. "I'll go try and calm him down."

Sasuke nodded. "Careful." He said.

Once I had made it across the parking lot from the truck my head began to ache again. I rubbed my temple and walked over to Naruto. He was chugging another cup and I glared at him. At this point, he had to know. There's no forgetting. I reached over and squeezed the cup in his hands causing the alcohol to spill onto him. He choked on what was still in his throat and managed to finally resurface.

"Hey, Sak-ur-a." He said, dragging out each syllable. I deepened my glare and huffed, crossing my arms.

I was about to say something until he wrapped a hand around my waist and began to pull me to a more secluded area in the parking lot.

"What are we doing here?" I asked once he let me go. I looked around and confirmed that no one, in fact, could see us. I frowned at the thought of being alone with a drunk Naruto. He's reckless.

He grabbed my chin and turned my line of vision so that he was the only one in it. "You're beautiful Sakura." He cooed as he slowly ran his hands down my sides. I got chills, the uncomfortable kind. He better calm down because I'm not sure where he's going with this.

"You're drunk." I finally said and swatted his hands away. "You promised me that you wouldn't do this Naruto."

He gave me a distorted look and cocked his head out to the side with a pouted lip. "Aw man, you're not angry at me? I forgot and I guess my instincts slipped from under my control."

I kept my glare on him. "Bad excuse. You promise and never go through with it." I stuttered a little. I didn't like confronting Naruto.

He kept his pouted gaze on me and suddenly gave me a hazy smile. "Hey, can we forget about this for a moment? I want to keep my attention on how pretty you are." He started to run his hands down my sides again and I was too stunned to stop him. Is he serious? He just totally disregarded what I said. And Naruto must take what I'm saying seriously.

"Naruto, you know how I feel, and now is not the time-,"

"Shush." He said and brought a finger to my lips. Suddenly he pinned me against the wall and leaned closer.

"Naruto, I'm serious. Let me go." I said, struggling to break free.

"Stop rambling Sak-ur-a." He cooed as he started caressing my jawline and made his way down my neck.

No no no...

"Naruto, stop," I begged as he tightened his grip around my wrists.

He kept his hold and towered over me. "Let's just have a moment. I just need to take you in." He said and started leaning forward. He began to peck my cheeks. Tears slowly started rising to the surface of my eyes. This can't be Naruto. He doesn't do this.

"Naruto, stop!" I said and started to squirm and try to get free of him but he didn't budge instead he pulled me against the wall and slammed me back into it hard with his same grip on my arms. My head started to pound and my back felt pain now.

"Stop. Geez, Sakura. You want this." I'm hoping that's the alcohol in him speaking because that's by far the most horrifying thing I've ever heard leave his mouth. He was getting more violent by the second.

Suddenly he moved his arms so that one was holding both my wrists above my head and he used his free hand to start running his hand through my hair. I began to choke on tears and begged for him to stop when suddenly he was slammed to the side of the wall. I opened my eyes through my tears and my face fell.

Sasuke aggressively pinned him to the wall and held him by his shirt. Naruto tried to break free for a split second before Sasuke slammed his fist into his head. "What the fuck is wrong with you?! Do you even know what you're doing? Sasuke yelled.

"She wanted it! I didn't hurt her!" Naruto defended.

He doesn't think that? No.

Sasuke's eyes got so dark for a second. He threw Naruto to the ground. "You don't decide that shit man! It's Sakura!" He yelled and banged his head against the ground. I slapped a hand over my mouth and bawled. I didn't want to feel bad for Naruto but I did. Sasuke was doing a lot more harm than I thought.

I ran up and wrapped my hands around his arm, pulling him backward. "Stop. Let's just go. Don't hurt him more. Despite this, you will regret it." I whispered in between tears pleadingly.

His heartbeat was pounding. He stopped. For a second I thought he was going to push me away until he whipped around and grabbed my own arm.

"Let's go before I murder his ass." He spat and I hurried my pace as he stormed us to our car.

The most chilling thing is if I hadn't just stopped him, that would have happened.