Chapter 6: The Rescue

Sakura frantically paced the floor of her parents'kitchen, her mind was clouded with thoughts of Naruto.

"Sakura, please stop pacing, worrying will not help the situation." Kizashi says, an icy edge to his voice.

Sakura spun around quickly, her green eyes locking onto her Father's eyes, fixing him with hard stare.

"What should I do then, Dad!? The man I fell in love with sacrificed himself for me and I...never got to tell him how I felt about him, and I may not get to now." she snapped angrily as she teared up.

"You should just forget about him and move on, what about that Hyuuga boy, Neji or the Uchiha boy, Sasuke, they are both quite handsome and ri-."

"No, out of the question! Naruto is the only man for me! He was my first lover, he showed me so much love before he was taken away from me!"

"Would you have liked it if you had been taken instead of Uzumaki?" Kizashi asks angrily.

"I would have been content to go with him, to face death with him." Sakura says, her jade eyes flare with anger.

A knock at the door drew both Haruno's attention.

Going to the door and opening it, Sakura sees Samui standing in the doorway dressed in her tactical gear.

"We've located Naruto, would you like to-?"

Yes, I'm coming for sure." Sakura says, leaving no doubt in her voice.

Samui smirks as Sakura runs back to her room and changes her clothes before returning.

Samui and Sakura meet up with the Tactical Assault Team, who were situated about ten minutes away from a warehouse.

"All right, listen up, we have reason to believe that US Marshal Naruto Uzumaki is being held captive by Vitale Villas and his men, Naruto's safe rescue is our only priority." Samui said.

Sakura, who was sitting in Samui's car watched the blonde as she and the rest of the team made their final preparations to rescue Naruto.

Sakura closed her eyes and said a silent prayer, asking God to bring Naruto back to her safely and in one piece.

(Timeskip - 6 hours later)

Time passed slowly for Sakura, she fell asleep, dreaming of Naruto.

The opening of the rear passenger door roused Sakura from her sleep, she saw Samui and an unknown officer place a badly beaten Naruto carefully into the backseat.
Sakura felt her heart nearly stop as she look at his battered and bloody face, someone had really done a number on the blonde.

Nothing else mattered to Sakura at the moment though, her only thoughts are of Naruto.

Samui and Sakura rush Naruto to the nearest hospital.

Naruto was immediately rushed into surgery to treat his plethora of injuries, including a collapsed right lung, several severe burns and cuts. The blonde Agent also had multiple bone bruises and broken bones. Naruto had to undergo a total of six surgeries to treat Naruto's injuries. Sakura stayed by Naruto's side the entire time he was in the hospital.

Sakura followed Dr. Cameron into Naruto's hospital room, Sakura smiled when she sees Naruto Uzumaki- alive and awake in the hospital bed.

"Hey." Naruto said.

"Hi N-Naruto." Sakura said shyly.

"I have rounds to do, if Mr. Uzumaki needs anything page the desk nurse." Dr. Cameron said before leaving the room.

Sakura walked over and sat down in the chair next to Naruto's bed, then she gently takes Naruto's left hand in her right hand and squeezes it gently.

"I was so worried Naruto, I-I thought that I would lose you."

"Sakura, what are you saying?" Naruto inquired, Sakura stood up and leaned over the injured blonde and cautiously placed a kiss on Naruto's lips.

"I'm in love with you, Naruto Uzumaki." Sakura whispered.

Two hours later, Sakura is speaking to another Doctor about Naruto's current condition.

"I'm Dr. Diana Marshall, Chief Of Surgery. I have some great news for you, Mr. Uzumaki is all right, he lost nearly a pint of blood and he did flatline once on us, but we were able to revive him." Sakura let out a heavy sigh of relief.

"When can Naruto go home, Doctor Marshall?"

"In two weeks at the rate he's healing at now." the auburn haired woman says.

Two weeks later...

Sakura, Mebuki, and Kizashi were standing outside of the hospital, today was the day that Sakura had been waiting for, the day that Naruto was to get out of the hospital. The pinkette watched the entrance expectantly, then after about twenty minutes the doors opened and out walked, though from what Sakura and her parents could see still somewhat gingerly was Naruto, who smiled at Sakura.

Sakura couldn't help but tear up before she ran towards the man that she loved and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately as tears ran down her face.

"Y-you're here, right in front of me, p-promise me that you'll stay with me forever, N-Naruto." Sakura whispers to the blonde.

"I promise, Sakura. I love you so much." Naruto said before kissing her green eyed love again.

The End