The Battle For Her Heart

Chapter Four

Discaimer: I don't own Naruto.

A/N: Sorry I took so long but here's the next chapter. Yes, yeeeessss my adoring fans continue to read and review muhahahahahaha. I hope you are enjoying the sheer horror that I call my fanfic. Hahahahahahahaha.

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Late in the afternoon we begin this chapter by seeing Naruto sleeping in bed until he is woken up by someone knocking on his door.

"Naruto! Naruto! Are you in there! Naruto!" Sakura yells out to him from the other side of the door.

Naruto rises up from the pillow sitting up in his bed in a daze as if he's still asleep.

"Ugh, who's that knocking? Can't a guy get any sleep anymore?" He says in a grumpy way rubbing his eyelids with his hands.

"Naaaaruuuuutooooo! ARE YOU IN THERE! YOU BETTER NOT BE JOKIING AROUND NARUTO!" Sakura screams out outside of the door growing impatient.

Naruto's eyes open up wide as we see a shocked expression on his face.

"Oh no it's Sakura; I can't let her see me like this!" Naruto jumps out of bed and runs in to the bathroom emerging two seconds later dressed in his regular orange pants and black mesh shirt.

"……….Naruto, please if you're in there open the door, I need to talk to you…. Please." Sakura says in a soft voice.

As Naruto approaches the door he starts to remember back to the night before as his hand inches closer and closer to the door knob.

Flashback

"Hey Sakura do you still love Sasuke?"

"Of course I do. I mean that's why I continue to search for him."

"Sakura, I love you."

"Sakura I love you! Why won't you say anything! Don't I even deserve to know how you feel?

"I know you do Naruto and I care about you too, but, my heart belongs to Sasuke. I always knew that you cared for me and I'm sorry that I led you on but I can not just forget about Sasuke!"

End Flashback

Naruto snaps out of his daydream as he turns the doorknob and opens the door.

"Hey Sakura what's up? Come in, come in." Naruto asks her in a sheepish way.

Sakura enters Naruto's house as she drops her head down to the point that she is looking down at the floor.

"Naruto……..I need to talk to you about something." Sakura tells him as she sits down on his couch.

"Talk to me about what?" Naruto asks her.

Sakura holds and grabs the bottom part of her dress tight as if she's holding on for dear life.

"It's about what happened last night." Sakura told him.

"I told you already, it's ok Sakura." Naruto told her in a reassuring way.

"It's not okay Naruto! I hurt you and even if you don't want to admit it I know it's true! It's not fair to you for me to continue doing this!" Sakura yells out to him with the tears in her eyes overflowing.

Naruto looks over at her with a serious face.

"I know it hurt when I heard you still chose Sasuke over me, but, I understand. It was wrong of me to tell you how I feel about you now. I'm putting you in far too much pain. I'm sor……….." Naruto told her until she cut him off.

Sakura gets up and gets right in his face stopping him from finishing his sentence.

"Don't you dare apologize Naruto! You didn't do anything wrong! It's me for being too hung up on Sasuke! I'm the one who should be apologizing to you Naruto!" Sakura screams out to him as she starts crying.

"Sakura don't cry I told you already I understand how you feel. I love you so very much for the person you are. I love you so much that I want to make you happy which is why I'll bring Sasuke back to you Sakura." Naruto tell her in a serious yet comforting way.

Naruto brings Sakura and holds her close to him as she cries her eyes out in his chest.

"Naruto I don't deserve your love! I don't deserve it! Why do you insist on loving me when all I do is hurt you Naruto!" Sakura asks him beseeching him for an answer.

"I love you because you're kind and sweet; you're smart, funny, and extremely powerful. Why wouldn't I love you? Even though your heart may not be focused on me, it doesn't make me love you any less Sakura." Naruto confessed to her.

"Naruto……." Sakura told him as she looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry you don't feel the same way about me, but, I can't help loving you. Is that so wrong Sakura? Please don't say you don't deserve my love because the truth is you don't deserve a monster like me around you and putting you in danger." Naruto told her in a serious voice.

"Naruto you are not a monster! Sure, you may be a retard at times, but not a monster." Sakura tells him chuckling as she starts to wipe away her tears.

"Well if that's who I am then I can't change that now can I?" Naruto tells her chuckling as both of them start to laugh.

They continue laughing for a few more seconds until Sakura tells Naruto with a smile on her face…..

"Naruto I'm sorry" Sakura tells him.

"Don't apologize Sakura, you didn't do anything." Naruto tells her.

"I'm a horrible person." Sakura tells him.

"You're a great person" Naruto tells her.

Sakura begins to chuckle as she cries and Naruto looks up and stares at the ceiling.

"I keep hurting you" Sakura tells him.

"I don't care." Naruto tells her.

"How can you continue to go on like this?" Sakura asks him.

"It's because I love you Sakura." Naruto answers her.

"Why do you love someone like me?" Sakura asks him again.

"Didn't we go through this already?" Naruto asks her in return.

"Yes we did." Sakura tells him.

Naruto looks at her and smiles. They get very quiet for about a minute until Naruto finally decides to break the silence.

"Don't think about it too hard." Naruto tells her with a reassuring voice.

"Okay then I won't. Ummmm…….Naruto?" Sakura tells him trying to get his attention.

"Yeah, what is it Sakura?" Naruto asks her.

"Thank you." Sakura tells him.

"No problem." Naruto tells her.

Sakura gets closer to him as she starts gazing at with very amorous eyes, so close that you can see that Naruto starts to get a little heated.

"I'm sorry Naruto." Sakura tells him as she gets closer and closer to his face.

"S-S-Sakura?" Naruto asks her expecting her to move away but to no avail she continues to advance.

"I'm sorry Naruto but I have to hurt you again." Sakura tells him as she grows ever closer to her goal.

"Sakura, what are you talking abo….." Naruto tells her as Sakura interrupts his sentence.

Sakura puts her finger right on top on Naruto's lips stopping him from finishing.

"Shhhhhh. Don't say anything." Sakura whispers to him in his ear as she continues the advance.

Sakura leans in to Naruto's face ever closer as you can hear the quickened pace in Naruto's breath as he looks petrified but deep down inside he knows this is what he has been waiting a very long time for.

"Please don't hate me for this Naruto." Sakura whispers to him as she grows closer and closer.

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Yes I am just THAT mean. I know, I know I hate my cliffhangers too, they always come at the most interesting moments don't ya think? I'm sorry I just can't help myself. Any way I hope you enjoyed reading the chapter as much I like writing them (just in case if there are any smart people like me I enjoy writing these very much). Please review and thank you for reading.