Chapter 4: White Kisses

Sasuke began to punch Shuzaku in the stomach as hard as he could and all Shuzaku could do was just sit there and take the pain, there was nothing anyone could do to stop him. Sakura was gravely afraid of what Sasuke would do to him while he was in this state. She was trapped there was nothing she could do, she could barely breath and if she tried to stop him again she'd probably just get pummeled to the ground.

Sasuke continued his reign of terror upon Shuzaku and his muffled wails kept echoing in her mind. The only thing she could think to do was to run and get Kakashi and Naruto, but she was too afraid to even move.

She had to do something stronger, stronger then words, friendship, or hugging and that's when she came to it…love. She had loved Sasuke for a long time, but he had never truly returned her feelings for him.

Just telling him she liked him wasn't enough, he already knew that…no, she had to do something more drastic then that, and she knew exactly what it was.

She propped herself up on one elbow and then tried to drag herself up with the other arm. As soon as she was up she began walking towards Sasuke. Although she was stumbling the whole way she was determined to snap him back and kept her eyes on the goal. When she was close enough, she reached her hand out and lightly touched his shoulder, "Sasuke." Was all she had to say to get his attention.

He stopped punching Shuzaku for a minute and came face to face with Sakura. As soon as he looked at her she grabbed his right shoulder and jerked it towards her so that his attention was completely on her. The next thing she did she knew there would be consequences later but right now she really didn't care.

Before Sasuke even knew what was going on, Sakura's lips caught his in mid-breath. He dropped Shuzaku (who had already blacked out about three minutes ago), unclenched his fist, and just stared at Sakura with a completely shocked look.

Sakura kept her lips pressed tightly against Sasuke's and kept her eyes shut in case he went crazy she didn't want to see it. All of the sudden Sakura felt very weak and shuddered before fainting and being shrouded in darkness.

…

Sakura slowly opened her eyes and as they came into focus she saw complete white around her, and Sasuke was standing over her smiling. "Is this heaven? Did I die in that battle? I must be dead because Sasuke's smiling; maybe if I close my eyes and open them again I'll find that this is just a dream." She thought. So, she closed her eyes but when she opened them again he was still there. "Oh yeah I'm dead all right."

"She's awake." He said, tearing his gaze away from her for a minute. Soon Naruto, Kakashi, Genma, Raine, and Sheena all entered the room and surrounded her.

"Well, I didn't expect to see all of you here." Sakura said.

"Why wouldn't we be here? We couldn't just leave you here." Naruto said knowingly.

"Wait…you mean I'm not dead?" Sakura asked.

"No, but you could have been if Sasuke didn't bring you here." Raine said with a big smile.

"That's right, and not only that but you two managed to bring back our little girl, and you also scared off the killer for good." Genma added.

"Sakura…you're my hero!" Sheena said throwing her arms around Sakura's neck, "I want to be just like you when I grow up."

"Well, train hard and find some good friends and you can be just like me." Sakura said, smiling slightly.

"Come on everyone let's let Sakura get her rest." Kakashi proposed, and everyone went out of the room except Sasuke who closed the door behind them.

"So, what happened to Shuzaku?" Sakura asked.

"Well, soon after you fainted he woke up and was so freaked out by me that he promised to never attack the village again and gave back Sheena."

Sakura laughed a bit at his comment. "So…you carried me here?"

"Yeah I did, a ninja never leaves anyone behind right?"

"Yeah your right."

"You had some broken ribs…and you probably would have died if I didn't take you here, and I don't think I could live with that." Sakura could feel her face get hot, and she knew she was turning as red as her clothes.

"Well I just wanted to say…" Sasuke paused.

"Yes?"

"Well, I'm not very good at saying this kind of thing…but I think I know how I can say it." He said, and walked over to the side of her bed.

She looked at him and he lifted up her hand, "This is for being yourself." He said and then lightly kissed her hand, "This is for being a great teammate." And then he kissed her on the cheek, "And lastly this is for saving me from myself." And then he did something that caught Sakura completely off guard, he kissed her…for real.

It was Sakura's turn to be completely shocked and she was, even after he had let go and left the room, she was still stunned.

…

The next day the team was ready to go after saying their last goodbyes and promising to visit to Raine, Genma, and Sheena. They walked outside and saw something that they had yet to see in Sohei…the streets were full of people! For the first time since they had gotten there the streets were busy, and business was booming again.

"Well, job well-done team it looks like everything's back to normal here." Kakashi pointed out. Naruto scowled because he knew he had nothing to do with it, Sasuke shrugged, and Sakura just smiled blissfully.

They walked back to Kohana and as usual Naruto and Sasuke were arguing about something, but Sakura didn't mind she still had her mind on that kiss.

End Chapter 4

So, here marks the end of another fun and great story. I was going to split this up into two chapters originally, but then I realized that they would both be really short, and chapter four would be another cliff-hanger. I just couldn't do that to you guys again, so I decided to do this instead, only thing is that this is the end. Don't worry though I've already got a Shikamaru x Temari one ready to post, and a hilarious .Hack/SIGN thing too. Well, until next time, sayonara!

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