Naruto's P.O.V.

I quickly ran to my apartment to grab a few supplies to last me a good month on out in the wilderness. I had just packed the last cup of instant ramen when I felt likr a I was being watched.

"You know, leaving the hospital like that doesn't set well with the Hokage...or Sakura."

"Hi Kakashi-sensei...well, I'm guessing that Sakura already told Tsunade-sama?"

"More like screamed than told...unfortunately, I was near the hospital, and wasn't busy, so here I am." answered the silver haired Jonin.

"Screamed? So...what's going to happen to me now? Am I going to be forced to go to the Hokage by you, or is there a group of ANBU waiting to ambush me outside of my door?" I asked sarcastically.

"Neither, I'm going with you." the copy-nin replied.

"What?" I asked.

"I'm going with you." he repeated.

"By who's orders?" I questioned.

"The Hokage's." he replied.

I stared at him, then groaned. I didn't want anyone close to me to get hurt. Kakashi was both my former sensei, well he still trains me, and he's also a good friend.

"I can't do that Kakashi...I don't want anyone getting hurt." I stated flatly, continuing to pack up my things.

"Either I come with, or you'll be labeled a missing nin according to Tsunade. She decided to make your journey an unofficial mission, only because she cares. Your choice Naruto." he replied, pulling out his favorite book.

"Ugh...fine...but we'll most likely be fighting against Orichamaru, Sound nin, and may even have a run-in with members of Akatsuki." I sighed.

"I know."

"It also won't be easy to bring back Sasuke, seeing as he's probably even more powerful than before." I added.

"Uh huh."

"Um...Kakashi?"

"Yeah?"

"You volunteered this for this mission...didn't you?"

"Yep, well, truthfully, I brought up the idea. Anko said she'd go, but I saw it better if it was me...seeing as she has the Cursed Seal and all." he replied.

"Oh. Hey...Kakashi?"

"Yes?"

"Thanks."

"Sure thing. Now hurry up, we've got alot of ground to cover if my instincts are correct on possible locations." he nodded.

"Right." I agreed, picking up my backpack.

We were heading down the streets of Konoha, it was going onto one o' clock in the morning. We passed the house of Sakura's family, all the lights were off. That's when I stopped.

"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked, noticing my sudden halt.

"Just a sec'. I got a note for someone." I answered, pulling out a scroll and tying it to a kunai. I aimed and threw it into the open window of Sakura's room. I heard the dull thud of steel hitting wood, and nodded knowing that the kunai had imbedded into a wall.

"An apology letter?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah, Sakura deserves it, so I wrote it up before I started packing up. She deserves it. She-"

"She admitted she loves you." Kakashi finished.

"Yeah...well, let's get going." and with that, we headed to the village gates.

Sakura's P.O.V.

I got home around three in the morning, my eyes were puffy and red from crying myself hoarse. I think I felt worse than when Sasuke left those couple of years ago.

"Damn it Naruto...why do you have to always be so caring? You always wanted to have me, so why can't you just be selfish? Just for once...be selfish." I asked, rubbing my temples.

I walked into my room, and slumped into my bed. I yawned and put my Konoha headband on my sidetable next to my bed. That's when the shining of metal caught my eye...a kunai?

I crawled out of bed, and pulled it out of the wall. A scroll was strung to it.

I unrolled the parchment, which revealed a letter written in somewhat sloppy, yet readable, handwriting.

Sakura,

I want to say I'm sorry for leaving you like that. You don't know how happy it made me to hear you say that you care for me so deeply. I would love to say that we can go on and live happily together, but not yet. Not until I try to bring him back, one last time. If I fail this time, then I'll listen to your words and stop until I can be sure on how to get him back.

Just remember, you're the reason I continue to be positive, and your smile alone gets me through the day. I promise to come back within a month's time at the latest. Take care of yourself and the others until then. Remember, you'll always be my Sakura-chan.

Naruto

On the bottom of the letter was a sketch of Naruto holding me. It was cute, yet meaningful at the same time. I saw a few tears hit the paper, and I couldn't help but laugh. Darn that Naruto, it was hard to stay mad at him for too long.

"Okay, Naruto...a month...I can wait until then. Only because you asked me to." I sighed, smiling with a comforting feeling washing over me.

I remember after that putting the letter in one of my drawers, then crawling into bed staring at the early morning sky. A bird chirped, and the sky turned a light purple as the sun began to rise. I fell asleep to the thought of Naruto carrying me...while I wore a beautiful white dress and matching veil and holding a bouquet of flowers. I slept well that day.

end of chap.4- Geez, that had sappy-love story written all over it. This story will get more involved with Naruto and Kakashi soon, and I don't intend on changing that. Don't worry, Sakura will still play a part, but...I had to put Kakashi in. Next to Naruto, he's my favorite character...well, maybe less than Anko, cause she uses snakes...er, nevermind. I'll be back with more soon.