Yui: Hehe... this chapter is sorta out of the blue, random... hehehe sooo yeah! i wish i was Sakura... she's starting to get 'all' the cute guys! Anyways enjoy my new chapter!! and sorryyyyy for the lonnnggg ass wait!!! hides behind bush as fruits are being thrown

Let me be with you

--Chapter 4--

The door was creaking as the breeze blew it back and forth. The creaking stopped. Sakura looked up at the door and saw a shadowed figure.

"Sakura?" The figure quickly walked in and knelt down beside the crying girl. With her eyes being so clouded with tears she couldn't make who it was but knew from his voice.

'Naruto…'

His hand reached across towards Sakura's shoulder, slid down towards her mid back and pulled her into a tight embrace. She didn't deny this act. Instead she responded passionately almost knocking Naruto onto his back.

He didn't need to ask any questions. Seeing Kakashi walk away, and Sakura like this was enough to explain everything.

"Sakura??" Naruto and Sakura both looked towards the doorway, where Kakashi stood. The moonlight peaking from behind a cloud made him recognisable. "What's wrong?"

Before Kakashi made two steps Naruto stood up, a look of disgust in his eyes.

"Get out of Sakura-chans house you bastard!" Kakashi was confused, but wasn't going to listen to him. He ran straight over to Sakura and knelt beside her. He held her chin with his hand to pull her face from looking at the floor when he saw tears glistening in her eyes.

"Sakura... please, why are you upset.."

"You asshole" Sakura whispered. Her voice was very throaty. She looked Kakashi in the eyes. "Get out of here, I hate you!"

Kakashi didn't want to upset Sakura any further then he had already done. He got up, and made his was towards the door then turned around. He was hoping the look of betrayal in Sakura's eyes had been a misperception on his part, but when he looked again she was back in Naruto's arms. He slammed the door behind him.

Sakura had cried continuously for an hour until she fell asleep in Naruto's arms. He then carried her to the living room, where he laid her gently on the spread out futon and covered her with the blanket draped behind it. Sitting down beside her, he brushed a stray hair from her face and was about to get up and leave when an arm was swung around Naruto's chest. He fell back and found himself laying beside Sakura eye to eye.

"Don't leave… I just don't want to be alone right now." Naruto nodded and Sakura nuzzled her head between his neck and shoulder, her arms tightly wrapped around his body. He moved his right arm under Sakura's and around her waist. In moments they were both sleeping.

Looking upon the two sleeping, Sasuke glowered beneath the door frame; Jealousy screaming within his body. Before he did anything irrational he left Sakura's home.

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Early next morning, Naruto had woken up. It was still mainly dark out, but he could see the orange hue of the sun trying to rise behind the mountains in the distance. Naruto was confused. He retraced his memories of the previous night and tried to make some sense of them.

First, he sees Kakashi storm away from Sakura's; he finds her crying on the floor; Kakashi comes back acting like nothing happened; Sakura wants Naruto to stay.

She wanted him to stay.

Normally he would have been ecstatic about Sakura's interest in him last night but this just wasn't right. He was nothing more then a rebound and that's not how it should be.

Before his thoughts trailed off any further he heard Sakura stirring in her sleep. He watched as her long lashes fluttered then slowly open but kept her lids half shut from the morning sun peaking over the mountains. The sun reflected off of her face, highlighting the two emeralds which still remained seductively half closed. She was beautiful.

"Naruto, thank you for staying with me last night" he nodded, "I never did explain to you what went on l-last night" She stammered.

"You don't need to explain anything, I understand perfectly." He walked towards her and placed his hand on her shoulder. She reached over and covered his hand with hers.

For the rest of the day, Naruto and Sakura spent the day together. Cooking, watching movies and ending their day with a walk through Konoha. They both walked silently, passing the small shops and businesses without paying any heed to them.

Naruto was still wondering how to handle the situation last night while Sakura longed for Kakashi. Even though he had ended it, broken her heart, she just wanted him to sweep her into his arms and kiss her passionately. She shook her head and scolded herself. Why even bother with indecisive scum like that.

While in deep thought, she did not notice however, that she was mere inches away from running into the man who plagued her thoughts.

Kakashi stopped dead in front of Sakura, but before she bumped into his chest head on, Naruto laid his hand on her shoulder, bringing her back to reality. She barely needed to look up when she felt Kakashi's clothed chin brushing against her forehead.

Sakura couldn't bear to even touch him. It hurt to much. If she didn't run away now, she would throw herself onto him, most likely making a fool out of herself. Making her decision she put her hand against his chest and pushed hard. Kakashi moved a couple steps back. Not from the force of Sakura's arm but because he got the point. She then hooked her arm within Naruto's and led him away from Kakashi, continuing down the gravel road.

When she had long passed Kakashi, she could still feel his heart beat beneath her palm, right before she forced him away. She glanced over to Naruto and saw a strange look about him. She hoped she hadn't made Naruto too uncomfortable back then.

"Sakura-chan?" Sakura looked to her left at Naruto, whom she was still linked arms with. "Were you trying to make Kakashi jealous by grabbing me after you pushed him?" It was if he had read Sakura's thoughts. She now felt even guiltier. Sakura wasn't sure why she had automatically latched onto Naruto. She knew she didn't feel that way about him.. Not the way she felt about Kakashi anyways. Or maybe she did, but it wasn't as strong as it was for Kakashi.

'Damnit!' Sakura scolded herself. Her head was now aching while she reflected the past hour she had been with Naruto and her unintentional run-in with Kakashi. She finally gathered her thoughts and decided to answer, as she saw Naruto had stopped and was searching her face for an answer.

"Naruto, I care for you, and I'm happy you came when you did last night. Maybe I was trying to make Kakashi jealous but it wasn't intentional.." Her glance followed a dried up leaf, the breeze blowing it across the gravel road, "I guess what I'm trying to say is that, I care for you"

Yui: Well I hope you enjoyed this er… very sentimental chapter! Aha umm tell me what you think! Productive critisism is always appreciated!! And thank you to my awesome reviewers!!!

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