"Sakura! Did you hear, the whole team is back"
She just stood dumbfounded looking at her best friend Ino. Though, through fights, they still had that closeness they had long ago…
"Sasuke…"
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"Heh….damn bastard fox, Know where you belong"
Suddenly, a strong surge broke through Naruto's body. Though still inside his mind, the pain was very real. Suddenly, small cuts began to open up on his body, he yelled in pain as his eyes began to leak blood, and drip down his face. Extreme pain began to swell up in his body as he tried to cover his eyes with his hand trying to stop the blood and hopefully the pain. Then all in a flash, it went away. And with that he passed out.
"I must finish. This is my final wish"
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Sakura ran into the hospital with Ino, their feet taking them as fast as they could go. They ran up and dodged the many frantic nurses and doctors on their way. They finally reached the reception desk and Ino began her questioning.
"I'm here to see Chouji?"
"Chouji? Let me see… Oh here, he's in the operating room right now. Please go down to the operating room 1 floor down and talk to the receptionist there please"
"Thank you. Sakura I'm going to go check up on Chouji first"
"Allright. Oh. I'm here to see…"
"Sakura-chan? Down that hallway 5th door on your right"
Sakura, strangely dumbfounded by the receptionist at pointing her where she wanted to go without asking was about to question when she thought nothing of it and ran down the hallway. It took her only a few seconds to reach the door. Her eyes closed, hoping to see her Sasuke-kun, hoping, wishing to see him again. As her hand gently touches the knob she hears voices behind the door.
"Obaa-san. Please don't cry"
"NO! Naruto WHY! I should've never let you in there. NEVER!"
"I would've gotten in anyways, no matter what you said. You know that"
"I KNOW! I…know, but why Naruto. How will you ever accomplish your dreams!"
"I…I don't know Obaa-san. It's all up to her…"
"Naruto?…What do you mean…"
"Obaa-san, I don't know if you read it yet, but the jutsu I used was different"
"What do you mean…"
Suddenly, Sakura heard gags and coughs behind the door. Without realizing, she opened the door forcefully without hesitation. Only to see Tsunade-sama hugging Naruto tightly, but she saw the worst thing. Blood. It was dripping from the Hokage's robes. Blood. Lot's of it.
"Naruto…"
Naruto perked up to his name, he slowly picked his head off Tsunade's shoulder. Sakura finally got a good look at him. His eyes where beat red, his skin charred and burned in some places all over his face, his whole body wrapped in bandages. Blood. Dripping down from his mouth dripping and flowing all over his chest. And the Hokage's robes, mixed with blood and tears. That of one who had worked so hard to achieve something yet so impossible to do. And now was his only chance.
"Sakura-chan…"
Sakura just stood. Her eyes wide open to the site that has unfolded before her. She couldn't believe what happened. The tears in the Hokage's eyes, that of not of a Hokage, nor of a friend. Tears of a mother losing her child, tears of what she had hoped gone in her very eyes. And Naruto, his eyes, once blue stained with what seemed blood, blood that never dried. The way they look haunted her…
"Naruto!…Who…Who did this to you!"
"Sakura-chan…I'll explain it to you within a moment. Please come here, I have one final thing to do"
"Naruto? Final…what? This is not your FINAL! You hear? Your going to get better, and stand up and everyone's going to be fine again"
"Sakura-chan…"
She collapsed on her knees, her hands holding her face, tears flowing out. She…she couldn't believe it. Naruto, of all people. The one person that she knew had unwilling determination. He couldn't die…this can't be his final hours…Then she remembered
"HOKAGE-SAMA. Can't you do anything!"
She turned her head away, but she couldn't hold her tears, they fell down her cheek and into the bed. Like her brother, like her lover, and now like her son. Nothing. There was nothing she could do. The jutsu could not be reversed, and it has a serious side effect.
"No, I'm sorry Sakura. I cannot do anything for this hardheaded brat. There's nothing more I can DO!"
Sakura watched as Tsunade blasted a table into the ground. So much force that a crater was left from the impact that her fist made, and her fist never hit the ground.
"I'm sorry Obaa-san. I sound too selfish now. I'm sorry…"
Naruto's little confession scared Sakura. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. And now she watched, as Naruto struggled out of bed, walked towards her and sat by her on the ground. A pool of blood trailed and his bandages where finally shown. Blood stained bandages, soaking his body. She could smell the horrific smell of his blood, it was enough to make her sick.
"Sakura… please face me. I'm sorry that I smell haha"
Laughing? At a time like this? How can you laugh! Your saying your going to die! And your laughing!
Sakura couldn't help, but feel compelled to turn him. She looked him straight in the eyes, which where now closed and his lips mummuring a jutsu. He said the words out so fast and so silent that I could only hear the sound of his voice. She looked over to Tsunade, though her eyes watery, she held it in and watched with awe at what Naruto had begun to do. His voice slowly stopped and with his very own voice…it sounded like he was pleading…
"Sakura-chan, as a final wish. Would you please complete this jutsu with me. So I may pass into the next world with a smile"
He smiled as he said that, it wasn't a fake one too. Just a small genuine smile.
"Yes, I will"
And soon. It had begun.
Naruto slowly started to murmur again. His words flashing by so fast they just sounded like a hum. Sakura watched his hand as it reached into his backpocket with practiced ease and pitch out a kunai. Though she was afraid of what the kunai was for. She couldn't help, but feel still and watched what he did. He slowly cut the bandages off his body. He took the kunai and stroked down his whole front chest.
"Please, don't look"
She couldn't help, but was compelled had to watch. However, she soon regretted that as she saw the wounds he received, As the bandages fell off, blood began to slowly ooze out. His body was caked in a blend of sweat, and blood. As he hissed at the air brushing against his would he slowly turned the kunai and pointed it at her.
"Sakura-chan, please, for this to work. Trust me fully on this part"
"I trust you with my life, Naruto-kun"
Sakura couldn't help it, but see that smile on his face, but it disappeared quickly as pointed the kunai at her throat. And slowly stroked down. HerMy dress had been cut in two halves, quickly exposing my upper body all the way down to the waist. Her bra had been cut in two, and had fallen off. Now her whole upper body was exposed to the world. Though, she did seem defiled in a way, Naruto's eyes had been closed and he had not said a single world. If it had been any other situation, she would've screamed and fought. But she just stood there waiting for Naruto's actions.
And soon, she was answered as Naruto took the kunai and dropped it to the ground. His eyes slowly opened and saw the naked body of the girl he has a crush on. He didn't blush, nor did he nosebleed, show any sort of being a pervert, or any sort of the matter. He just looked at her up and down, looked her straight in the face and smiled
"You look beautiful"
This took her back a few breaths, Her eyes wide open to the comment Naruto had said. She looked…beautiful? No one had ever said that to her before. Besides her parents. Why is Naruto like this? Has he always been like this? Her answers couldn't be answered as Naruto began again.
"This is the final seal"
Naruto took his fingers and slowly covered them in blood. He then looked at Sakura, smiled, and silently told her
"I'm sorry"
He started at her collar bone and drew a line down to her belly, he drew a spiral around the belly button and then looked at her.
"Sakura, I give you my dreams, my hopes, and my love"
Her eyes wide from what he said was soon done with what he had done next.
He drew a horizontal line across her breasts and cut through the line from her collar to the belly
Her eyes widened and she had felt a huge energy source from her body, her body began to tingle, her brain rattled with memories, ideas, thoughts, and words. She couldn't handle the jump start, she held her head to hold in the pain. Tsunade ran to her aid and tried to calm her down, within a minute, Sakura had passed out and was in Tsunade's arms. Naruto had just laid out on the floor, eyes closed, blood dripping, coughing blood out more violently.
"Naruto…what did you do?"
Naruto didn't respond, but he lifted his head out drew out the necklace that Tsunade passed to him and hung it over Sakura's neck
"The technique uses instead of sealing spirit within the body, seals the spirit within the user's soul"
"What?"
"When I was in my mind, I let loose of the Kyuubi…"
"WHAT! Naruto how could you do such a stupid thing"
"Don't worry, I sealed him up inside my soul. And I just transferred my whole being"
"…into Sakura…"