Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, a very talented man by the name of
Kishimoto Masashi does, thank you so much for creating such an amazing
Manga and Anime for us, we are forever in your debt.
AN: the song in this one Belongs to the ever so talented Sarah Brightman. Its called Dust in the Wind.
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"I close my eyes, only for a moment and the moments gone..." A sweet melody touched Naruto's ears drawing him from his slumber, "All my dreams pass before my eyes in curiosity..." Opening his eyes, Naruto's sight was met with a beautiful blue sky dotted with puffy, white clouds every once in a while. He set up to look out over the vast hills of lush green grass. Everything seemed so perfect the thought to himself. A slight breeze picked up and drew his eyes to the source of the singing.
"Sakura-chan?" He spoke softly, not believing that she stood before him, pink hair swaying ever so slightly with the breeze. She turned around to face Naruto with a big smile planted on her face.
"We did it Naruto! We passed!" Letting a small laugh of happiness escape her lips she ran up to Naruto and fell down beside him.
"Oh course we did. You doubted our skills?" Naruto spoke up without meaning to. "Where did that come from?" he thought to himself.
"Oh, never." Sakura's smile dropped and she wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head on his chest, "Your closer now, don't forget that."
Naruto was utterly confused, "What's going on!" Not only was Sakura speaking to him in a civil manner, she was hugging him!
"Yep. I'm so close. So close to becoming a great ninja." Naruto couldn't control what he was saying; it was like he was just a spectator in his own body. He could feel himself lying back down on the grass and Sakura snuggled closer to him.
"I go on my fist solo mission tomorrow. In a way, well actually in more then one way, I'm going to miss having you, Kakashi and- well I'm going to miss it." Naruto's hand began rubbing small circles over her back as she countered to hum her song.
"I wish he was still here. It seems so different without him, "She broke from her song, "It's like we were never a team to begin with." She rose up and looked Naruto in the eyes.
"Hey, I'm still here." He gave her a large grin.
"Yah, yah you are." She smiled and laid back down. Her song started back up and Naruto found his eyes drifting closed as he was lulled to sleep by the sweet melody.
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Naruto's eyes slowly fluttered open. He had fallen asleep once again, "Damn it!" he muttered softly into the dark. Shaking his head, he tried to rid himself of the song his Sakura-chan had been humming in his dream. The melody seemed to be slowly going in and out of his head. It sounded different from his dream though; it was hoarse sounding and had large breaks chopping the once sweet tune into pieces.
Closing his eyes once again, Naruto leaned back in his chair. A few minutes passed and Naruto's eyes shot open when the once quite, nonexistent humming became louder. He reached for his kunai as his eyes scanned the room. He stealthy checked all corners and crakes in the room before he moved out into the hall.
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Blood dripped from the trees like rain on a spring morning. Sasuke nailed the last of his victims to a tree located in the woods that bordered Sound.
"Maybe they'll get the message now. What do you think?" He turned to question the man that hung from the tree by his entrails, "Thought so."
Wrapping his cloak closer around him, Sasuke slowly made his way out of the wood only to stop abruptly. Smirking to himself and closed his eyes, "She's awake." Sasuke speed off through the dense woods and into the waiting sun.
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He furrowed his brows in confusion as he walked back into the dark room and set back down by the bed. He reached out to take Sakura's hand only to find it missing.
"What the hell! I didn't hear anybody come in." Naruto's eyes traveled up Sakura's prone form and quickly found out where her hand had wondered off to; it was stroking the head of a sleeping Suku.
"Sakura-chan?" Naruto whispered almost inaudibly. He pinched himself rather hard to make sure he was no longer dreaming, "Sakura." He reached out hesitantly towards her.
She tilted her head the slightest bit and gave him her best attempt of a smile, "Na-Naruto." She removed her hand from Suku's head. Naruto grabbed it before she could move it any further.
"Oh Sakura-chan!" He pulled it to his lip and planted kisses upon every inch. His kisses mixed with tears that fell freely from his eyes, "I thought I had lost you."
"Can't get rid of me that easily."
"How-how'd you know it was me?" He rubbed her arm in a loving fashion.
"You're blue..." Her voice trailed off as she tried to clear her throat, but it was too dry. Naruto reached over and poured her a glass of water.
"Here, drink this." He helped her raise a bit so the water wouldn't spill. Her face wrinkled as she was raised up and bones popped and muscles pulled.
"Does it hurt to move?" Naruto asked softly as he helped her back down.
"Just- just a bit." Her breathing became labored.
"Shhh. You shouldn't speak anymore tonight. You can tell me all about it in the morning." Naruto placed his hand over her mouth to silence her. Sakura gave a slight shake of her head.
"The map-" Naruto cut her off.
"Rest." She finally submitted to Naruto's commands and shut up.
Naruto continued to watch her in silence till her breathing evened out. He smiled with a touch of sorrow as he watch Suku cuddle further into his mother for warmth. Naruto stood up and grabbed an extra blanket and placed it over the sleeping family. Maybe now he could get some answers.
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AN: I don't think I ever want to write the word eye ever again. If someone would like to count them be my guest. I'll make you a cookie and then eat it; it's the thought that counts anyway.
I hope to get a new chapter out soon, so bear with me and I'll try my best to keep those happy, even the ones guessing the next chapter. I might just make yall finish it. How you like that (j/k) I love you all.
-Lady DragonHeart
AN: the song in this one Belongs to the ever so talented Sarah Brightman. Its called Dust in the Wind.
~*~*~*~
"I close my eyes, only for a moment and the moments gone..." A sweet melody touched Naruto's ears drawing him from his slumber, "All my dreams pass before my eyes in curiosity..." Opening his eyes, Naruto's sight was met with a beautiful blue sky dotted with puffy, white clouds every once in a while. He set up to look out over the vast hills of lush green grass. Everything seemed so perfect the thought to himself. A slight breeze picked up and drew his eyes to the source of the singing.
"Sakura-chan?" He spoke softly, not believing that she stood before him, pink hair swaying ever so slightly with the breeze. She turned around to face Naruto with a big smile planted on her face.
"We did it Naruto! We passed!" Letting a small laugh of happiness escape her lips she ran up to Naruto and fell down beside him.
"Oh course we did. You doubted our skills?" Naruto spoke up without meaning to. "Where did that come from?" he thought to himself.
"Oh, never." Sakura's smile dropped and she wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head on his chest, "Your closer now, don't forget that."
Naruto was utterly confused, "What's going on!" Not only was Sakura speaking to him in a civil manner, she was hugging him!
"Yep. I'm so close. So close to becoming a great ninja." Naruto couldn't control what he was saying; it was like he was just a spectator in his own body. He could feel himself lying back down on the grass and Sakura snuggled closer to him.
"I go on my fist solo mission tomorrow. In a way, well actually in more then one way, I'm going to miss having you, Kakashi and- well I'm going to miss it." Naruto's hand began rubbing small circles over her back as she countered to hum her song.
"I wish he was still here. It seems so different without him, "She broke from her song, "It's like we were never a team to begin with." She rose up and looked Naruto in the eyes.
"Hey, I'm still here." He gave her a large grin.
"Yah, yah you are." She smiled and laid back down. Her song started back up and Naruto found his eyes drifting closed as he was lulled to sleep by the sweet melody.
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Naruto's eyes slowly fluttered open. He had fallen asleep once again, "Damn it!" he muttered softly into the dark. Shaking his head, he tried to rid himself of the song his Sakura-chan had been humming in his dream. The melody seemed to be slowly going in and out of his head. It sounded different from his dream though; it was hoarse sounding and had large breaks chopping the once sweet tune into pieces.
Closing his eyes once again, Naruto leaned back in his chair. A few minutes passed and Naruto's eyes shot open when the once quite, nonexistent humming became louder. He reached for his kunai as his eyes scanned the room. He stealthy checked all corners and crakes in the room before he moved out into the hall.
~*~*~*~*~
Blood dripped from the trees like rain on a spring morning. Sasuke nailed the last of his victims to a tree located in the woods that bordered Sound.
"Maybe they'll get the message now. What do you think?" He turned to question the man that hung from the tree by his entrails, "Thought so."
Wrapping his cloak closer around him, Sasuke slowly made his way out of the wood only to stop abruptly. Smirking to himself and closed his eyes, "She's awake." Sasuke speed off through the dense woods and into the waiting sun.
~*~*~*~*~
He furrowed his brows in confusion as he walked back into the dark room and set back down by the bed. He reached out to take Sakura's hand only to find it missing.
"What the hell! I didn't hear anybody come in." Naruto's eyes traveled up Sakura's prone form and quickly found out where her hand had wondered off to; it was stroking the head of a sleeping Suku.
"Sakura-chan?" Naruto whispered almost inaudibly. He pinched himself rather hard to make sure he was no longer dreaming, "Sakura." He reached out hesitantly towards her.
She tilted her head the slightest bit and gave him her best attempt of a smile, "Na-Naruto." She removed her hand from Suku's head. Naruto grabbed it before she could move it any further.
"Oh Sakura-chan!" He pulled it to his lip and planted kisses upon every inch. His kisses mixed with tears that fell freely from his eyes, "I thought I had lost you."
"Can't get rid of me that easily."
"How-how'd you know it was me?" He rubbed her arm in a loving fashion.
"You're blue..." Her voice trailed off as she tried to clear her throat, but it was too dry. Naruto reached over and poured her a glass of water.
"Here, drink this." He helped her raise a bit so the water wouldn't spill. Her face wrinkled as she was raised up and bones popped and muscles pulled.
"Does it hurt to move?" Naruto asked softly as he helped her back down.
"Just- just a bit." Her breathing became labored.
"Shhh. You shouldn't speak anymore tonight. You can tell me all about it in the morning." Naruto placed his hand over her mouth to silence her. Sakura gave a slight shake of her head.
"The map-" Naruto cut her off.
"Rest." She finally submitted to Naruto's commands and shut up.
Naruto continued to watch her in silence till her breathing evened out. He smiled with a touch of sorrow as he watch Suku cuddle further into his mother for warmth. Naruto stood up and grabbed an extra blanket and placed it over the sleeping family. Maybe now he could get some answers.
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AN: I don't think I ever want to write the word eye ever again. If someone would like to count them be my guest. I'll make you a cookie and then eat it; it's the thought that counts anyway.
I hope to get a new chapter out soon, so bear with me and I'll try my best to keep those happy, even the ones guessing the next chapter. I might just make yall finish it. How you like that (j/k) I love you all.
-Lady DragonHeart