Someone Worth Fighting For

By: Ernilriel

Disclaimers: Naruto is not mine.

'Thoughts' Kyuubi' "speech"

Chapter 3: Together Again

Naruto was walking around trying to find a familiar face. It was odd how he couldn't find a single one.

"Naruto!" Called Kakashi from behind Naruto. Naruto turned around and saw Kakashi standing 10 feet away.

"Kakashi, where's Sakura?" asked Naruto.

"I don't know but she left this, every one is real worried, I need help finding her," said Kakashi handing Naruto the note Sakura wrote. Naruto's eyes scanned the paper; he read the note three times before it dawned on him about what the note meant.

"SHE'S GOING TO WHAT!!" Naruto yelled, and took off running, "NOT IF I CAN'T STOP HER!!"

Naruto jumped up on one of the buildings and scanned the skyline for Sakura.

Naruto would never let Sakura commit suicide, not while he was around. Naruto's heart jumped when he saw it; a lone figure standing near the edge of a tall building.

Tears splattered on the roof of the building that Sakura was standing on, the sun sank low behind her, they sky was a crimson color; the wind whipped at her hair. She look a step closer to the edge of the building, she could have sworn she heard Naruto call her name. But it couldn't be him, Naruto was dead, she took another step closer. Then she fell.

"Sakura!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs, "SAKURA!!"

Naruto was running as fast as he could toward the building, then he saw something that made his insides freeze. Sakura was falling off the building. A few bystanders gasped or screamed in horror.

"NO!" Naruto yelled as he jumped to the side of the building and clung to it. He ran up the face of the building, he ran towards the falling Sakura. She got closer and closer; Naruto held out her arms and caught her. Naruto ran up to the top with Sakura in her arms and put her down safely at the top of the building.

"Sakura, what has gotten into you?" Naruto asked putting his arms around Sakura. She opened her eyes and saw that she was on the roof; which remembered jumping off of, and she was in a pair of very familiar arms.

"Naruto?" Sakura asked in a feeble voice, not sure if she could believe her senses, "Is that really you?"

"Yes, I'm here," answered Naruto rubbing the girl's shoulder, she started sobbing.

"But, y-you're dead!" Sakura sobbed and she wrapped her arms around Naruto.

"Shhh, it's okay, I'm here now and that's all that matters. Don't cry," Naruto said in a comforting tone. Sakura looked up and into Naruto's eyes, she couldn't help it, she cried because she was so happy to be back into Naruto's arms.

"But you died! How are you here now?" sobbed Sakura burying her face in Naruto's shirt.

"You know that saying; love concurs all? Well it's true," said Naruto placing a hand on Sakura's head and resting his head on hers, "I came back for you."

Sakura was silent except for the occasional hiccup. Naruto was so relieved that Sakura was not just okay, but in his arms; where she was safe.

"Sakura, promise me something," said Naruto looking down at her.

"What?" asked Sakura looking up into Naruto's eyes and she saw his eyes lined with tears.

"Promise me you will never again try to commit suicide," Naruto said, and he kissed her forehead, "I almost lost you."

"I promise," agreed Sakura resting her head on his chest. The wind picked up again, and the chill of night was in the air.

"Brrrr, its cold up here, let's go somewhere warmer," Naruto suggested, "But I think we should take the stairs down; instead of your method."

Sakura gave a short laugh, and they both walked down the stairs and into the building. They found an elevator and rode it to the ground floor.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" Naruto asked as they walked down the street.

"I guess, there's no one home, Mom and Dad are on Vacation, they'll be back tomorrow morning," answered Sakura.

"What would you like me to do?" asked Naruto looking at Sakura out of the corner of his eye.

"I was wondering if you could stay the night, it's been a long time sense I stayed home alone," answered Sakura, "It would make me feel safer."

"Alright, I'll stay the night; I'll sleep on the couch or floor, or something," said Naruto rubbing Sakura's shoulder. They walked to Sakura's house together. Sakura unlocked the door and opened it.

"After you," Naruto said stepping aside to let Sakura pass. They both stepped inside and into the main hall, it wasn't that big, it was a lot bigger than Naruto's apartment though.

"I'm hungry, what about you?" asked Sakura going into the kitchen after removing her shoes.

"Man, I'm starving," answered Naruto removing his shoes and following Sakura in the kitchen. Sakura made two cups of instant ramen, and the couple sat down at the table to eat.

"Mmmm, my favorite," hummed Naruto happily and ate his ramen. It was quiet as the two ate dinner. When they were done they threw out the Styrofoam cups and washed the chopsticks they had used.

"So, I guess I'll sleep down here?" asked Naruto as he looked at the couch.

"If you want to, I mean, you can sleep upstairs in my room if you want to," answered Sakura starting to walk up the stairs.

"But you wouldn't want to do that!" Sakura said playfully and she ran up the stairs, and Naruto was hot in pursuit. She opened the door to her room; she turned around and Naruto came crashing into her and they both fell on the bed, Naruto on top of Sakura. For a moment the two just looked into each others eyes; then Naruto realized where he was and sat up and on the side of the bed, and he blushed.

'I can't believe I just did that!' thought Naruto looking over at Sakura.

"What's wrong?" Sakura asked moving closer.

'This is your chance!' said Kyuubi earnestly.

'Not now!" thought Naruto angrily.

"Nothing," answered Naruto. Sakura moved in closer and kissed Naruto.

"Good," she said putting her arms around Naruto, and they kissed again.

'You better not do anything,' Naruto warned Kyuubi.

'I wouldn't dream of-,' started Kyuubi.

'Good now LEAVE,' Naruto thought and Kyuubi was gone.

The two sat there kissing for the longest time, and then Naruto's lips started to wander, they started trailing down Sakura's neck, and then up to Sakura's ear. Sakura unzipped Naruto's shinobi vest and took it off.

(And I won't go into any more detail, because this story is rated PG-13, but, I might release an uncut version of this story in the near future under the R-rated section of the web site.)

It was morning; Naruto and Sakura were lying in her bed the sheets were pulled up to waist height, Sakura had her body pressed against Naruto. Sakura opened her eyes and saw Naruto looking at her.

"Morning," she whispered, "What were you doing?"

"Looking at you," Naruto said then he stroked her pink locks.

"Sakura, we're home," said the voice of Sakura's mother from down stairs.

"Shit! My parents are home! If they see you here I'm dead!" said Sakura putting on a bath robe, she threw Naruto's clothes at him, "Quick, put your clothes back on!"

Naruto stood by the window. They heard footsteps coming up the stairs, Naruto had just enough time to put his pants and an under shirt before Sakura had pushed him out the window and her parents walked in her room.

"UMPH!" grunted Naruto as he hit the ground. Kyuubi was cackling like a mad thing in Naruto's head.

'I hope you are enjoying your self!' thought Naruto.

'Oh, yes I am,' chuckled Kyuubi, 'you may be a goody-two-shoe, but you are good for a laugh.'

Naruto got up and stated to walk home.

"So the rumors are true, you are alive," said a familiar voice from behind Naruto.

"Well, I guess nothing gets past you Sasuke," Naruto said as he turned around and saw his team mate standing behind him.

"Welcome back," Sasuke said, "and I got the results of the Jonin exams. It said we passed."

"We passed!" exclaimed Naruto looking at the paper that Sasuke handed him, "even after I died and Sakura was injured so badly?"

"Well, the examinants were only supposed to fight ninja from Konoha; they would have only intended to hurt you. But you fought sound ninjas which they wanted to kill you, you fought at an entirely different level, the examiners decided to pass us," explained Sasuke, "Kakashi wanted to take us all out to celebrate."

"Oh boy, you know what that means," said Naruto as if this celebration was a ticking time bomb.

"Expect the unexpected," said Sasuke, "Well I have to tell Sakura the news."

Sasuke left and Naruto walked home, tomorrow was the ceremony that would officially title them as Jonin, or elite level ninja. Naruto was excited; he was now one more step closer to realizing his dream of becoming the best Hokage of them all.

Naruto sat around his apartment not knowing what to do. He changed back into his traditional orange pants, black mesh shirt, he didn't wear the jacket, the weather was to hot, it was about mid July. Naruto left at about 6 O'clock to meet his team mates so they could wait for Kakashi. Naruto found Sakura and Sasuke waiting on the bridge that they usually wait on.

"Hey," Naruto said waving his hand.

"Hey," Sakura said giving Naruto a quick kiss on the cheek. Sasuke's jaw dropped.

"Are you two, going out?" Sasuke asked, "Well I should have guessed, sense before the Jonin exams you two got a little lovey-dovey."

"Heh, Heh, I guess we forgot to tell you," said Naruto scratching the back of his neck. Then Kakashi arrived.

"I know I am early even by my standards, but I came to tell you that I have to cancel our dinner tonight because I was called for an important mission, and I'll be gone for a while," said Kakashi before anyone could speak.

"We'll miss you Kakashi," said Sakura a little disappointed.

"It's alright; if all goes as planned I should be in and out with out a problem," Kakashi said with a smile, "Farewell!"

With that short good-bye the ninja disappeared as fast as he appeared.

"What do we do now?" asked Sakura.

"I'm going home," said Sasuke tuning around and leaving.

"I'm beat I think I'll go to bed, see you in the morning Sakura," said Naruto kissing Sakura on the cheek before turning around and heading home himself. Sakura went home because there wasn't really anything she needed to do, except get ready for the ceremony tomorrow.

It was a month after the ceremony, Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke ware officially elite level, but the amount of missions for that level were low, so most of the time team 7 had nothing to do. But something changed Naruto's life on a rainy night. Naruto was home alone, studying some scrolls, and his door bell rang. Naruto opened the door and it was Sakura. But something was wrong she had a dark bruise around her eye, her lip was a little swollen and she had a bruise on her arm.

"Sakura, what happened to you?" Naruto asked worried and he let her in the apartment.

"My dad figured out about you and me, and he freaked," said Sakura said stepping inside.

"How did he figure out?" asked Naruto as the two sat down on the couch.

"Because, I'm pregnant," Sakura said tears welling up in her eyes.

"Oh, I am so sorry," Naruto said putting her arms around Sakura, "It's entirely my fault."

"It's just as much as your fault as it is mine," said Sakura and she began to cry, "I never saw him so angry."

"Who?" asked Naruto.

"My dad, when I told him you were the father," sobbed Sakura, "I'm not allowed to go back."

"You're always welcome to stay here. I'll take care of you, you and the baby," Naruto said rubbing Sakura's back, "I swore an oath to protect you."

"That was for the exams," Sakura sobbed, "I don't want to put that burden on you."

"Listen, you are never a burden," said Naruto, "I'm the burden, I put this immense burden, and I am more than willing to help you."

"I need to think about it," said Sakura standing up, "I'm going to stay at Ino's for a while."

Sakura left the apartment leaving Naruto with the most horrible feeling of guilt ever.

'What have I done to her," thought Naruto.

'Well, my plan worked out well didn't it?' asked Kyuubi, his words were like poison to Naruto.

'YOU DID THIS TO HER!!' Naruto bellow to Kyuubi.

'Oh no, you did, I just helped,' Kyuubi said evilly.

'I'll never forgive you for this!' thought Naruto.

'Get over yourself, I don't care weather or not you hate me, in fact I prefer if you do hate me, it makes my living so much more comfortable,' said Kyuubi.

'If only I could kill you!' thought Naruto, rage surging through his body and mind.

"Ha! Don't kid yourself, even the Hokage couldn't defeat me!' yelled Kyuubi, 'All he could do was seal me inside of you!'

'SHUT UP!!' yelled Naruto, he felt an emotion he had never felt before; he felt pure, honest hatred.

Author's notes: About that little interruption, in the middle there, my mom was walking in and out of the room when I wrote that and I would have gotten in big trouble if she saw me write what I was about to. But what I said was true, in I get enough reviews asking for the uncut version I will be happy to post it.

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