Day 2 finale

"Don't let go." Naruto said, things viciously flying around after what Shikamaru said. Luckily enough, Shikamaru had already found his seat before things went haywire and no one had enough time to panic, "I won't." Sakura whimpered, ducking her head from the frightening scene. Naruto closed his eyes, controlled his breathing. There was so many distractions everywhere but he concentrated on one thing, "Listen to my heart…" he placed Sakura to his chest. At first, a surprised expression spreads across her face but she then grew calm.

"Can you hear it?" Naruto asked, smiling. The fire erupted at their side but he ignored the heat, "It's trying to tell you it loves you." He smiled. The fire soon touched the fabric of their chair as he worriedly takes a glance at it. Sakura looked calm, but Naruto preferred it that way. He held Sakura tightly but before he could get shredded by the red hot flames, a white foam flies across, destroying the fire at it's place.

The man with an eye patch, Kakashi, stuck his head and looked at them, "Stay still." He commanded, pushing himself further to help anyone he could, "You have to sit down or you're endangering your life!" Naruto screamed after him but Kakashi ignored the wise advice. He forced himself forward, helping those struggling to their seats. He then made way to the front deck. He found a pathetic lot over there, flight attendants nearly shaking their socks off.

He scoffed, not pleased. There's a lot of people outside right now hurting and here they are. He couldn't blame them. Everyone's life was at risk, but at least try you know? You're employed on this aircraft for the safety of others above yourself, show some decency and do your job. He sighed after the thought and forced himself inside the captains room. Just as Shikamaru said, the captain limped to the floor, more dead than death itself. Kakashi instantly shoved the body to the side without regret, "You won't be needing this any time soon." He spoke, firmly grabbing the wheels of the plane confidently.

"Alright, lets do this!" he yelled with renewed vigor. Shikamaru stumbled to the front, breathing tirelessly as he picked himself a battle, "Good, I'm going back there to ensure people sit down. Give me your gun." Kakashi tosses the silver pistol without looking, fully concentrating on challenge ahead. Shikamaru left without any goodbye. They both might die. One of them might live. It didn't matter, they had jobs to do. He'd just wish Kakashi put more than one bullet in his gun.

The odd man always had a mysterious way of doing things. There's no way he predicted on that girl stepping up so how did he know? He shook his head violently, thinking about it will just make him angrier. He points his gun at the flight attendants, waving it with caution, "You ought to be ashamed of yourselves!" He yelled as they whimpered in fear. He then left them in their own misery.

He started with the front and made sure everyone was doing okay, when that was over he did his best to keep people calm. It was hard, the mere sight of an old lady praying constantly brought fear in his eyes but he struggled forward and worked. It was until the side of the plane blew. His body flew five feet back and he hit his head hard, causing him to lose consciousness. His vision blurred, his movement restrained, the people who were once there, who he calmed down, disappeared so quickly. The gaping whole sucked harshly at the people next to it, but because they were strapped down, it was difficult for them to go flying out.

Shikamaru on the other hand looked to be in bad shape. He wasn't strapped down. His strength was leaving him and he was slowly sliding down to his death. He desperately tried to move but to no avail. He closed his eyes and whispered, "Sorry Kakashi, looks like you'll have to do things without me." But before his body could be engulfed by the gaping hole, a hand pops into view and grabs ahold of him.

He looks up and sees a golden hair boy being held down by his feet. Sakura was holding Naruto by his feet so he could stretch his body wide enough to grab Shikamaru's hand. Shikamaru was too tired to be surprised but before blacking out, Naruto smiled at him, "Don't give up on life yet!" After that. The plane crashed.

The ashy particles flying above his head created a sense of loneliness, only after would he realize that his hand still held on to the girl of his dreams. He looked to the side, Sakura and Naruto's hands still touched, ever so slightly, but still he could feel her warm connection. They were at some beach, sand and the sound of water crashing near by could be heard. He crawled to her, still a little bruised, "Sakura…" he called out. Sakura turned her head slowly like she got up from a bad dream.

"Naruto?"

Naruto got closer to her until their bodies touched. He looked at his leg, it was badly sprained. It made it difficult to crawl to her side but there was no permanent damage on the both of them. Sakura had a few cut and bruises, nothing broken or life threatening, "Ouch, ouch, ouch!" Sakura smacked Naruto's hand. He smiled, "Was just checking if you could still feel things."

"Oh yea?" Sakura smirked, "You grab on my chest and-" her voice was cut out because of a wail from behind them. Naruto got to a kneeling position, helping Sakura stand as she helped him stand. They both leaned on each other, walking slowly to the source of that scream.

It was a young girl, crying, her tears red hot on her face as she stared curiously at the fire around her, "Oh Naruto we got to help her."

"No. It's up to mother nature now. We have to abandon her and see what happens." Naruto looked seriously for a moment before cracking a smile and shaking his head, "Of course we're helping her you klutz." Sakura pouted, angrily, "I hate it when you do that."

"I thought you love everything about me." Naruto added, remembering the event on the plane. Sakura was about to say something until the little girl reached out her arms to her, "Aw! What a sweetie pie!" she lets go of Naruto as he unexpectedly falls to the ground, "Where did you get that unknown strength all of a sudden?" Naruto asked, turning his face from the sand after his rough landing. Sakura ignored him and turned to the girl, "Are you looking for your mommy?"

The girl nodded, snot running down her nose but besides that she did look particularly cute. Sakura didn't care as she wiped her nose and went towards higher ground to get a better look of the situation. Naruto stayed on the floor, "Oh yea, don't worry about me. I'll just sit here…" he tried to think of something productive, "…and die."

"Oh stop being a baby." Sakura told him, looking in a distance, "Oh look over there." She pointed from the top of the little hill she climbed, "There's people over there."

Naruto closed his eyes, a little angry right now, "Thanks for telling me. I wish I could see it too except I'm kinda sitting on my death bed right now…" he opened his eyes to find no one listening to him. Sakura had already left to seek help but it made Naruto wonder if it was for him or for the little girl, "Sakura…Sakura!"

Sakura carried the little girl with her until she made it to a small fire which must have been a signal for wandering survivors. She looked at the crowd in front of her, there wasn't much but considering the plane right now, it's impressive this many people lived. There was a solid seventy percent survival rate from what she seen so far. Shikamaru was standing at the front of the crowd. Sakura made his way to him until stopping, realizing his wound, "Y-Your hand…" she managed to mutter out.

Shikamaru glanced at it and shrugged, "Eh. I didn't need it anyways. I'm left handed."

"That's not what I meant…" Sakura sighed. She went to him and handed him the little girl. Shikamaru, at first, cooperated but grew lazy and almost dropped her. Sakura pinched his wounded hand, it was missing but it was stitched nicely and bandaged up. It didn't stop from it hurting though, "Ow, ow, ow!" Shikamaru yelled, moving backwards from the monster before him, "Only the strong survive!" he yelled out, trying to come up with an excuse.

Sakura glared at him, "Are you crazy! You almost dropped a girl, and you shouldn't be talking about strength right now considering you're missing one arm."

Shikamaru looked at his arm. He was pale because he lost so much blood. He was so lucky Kakashi was a doctor before becoming a marshal and fixed him up. Sakura let out a sigh, "Alright, wheres Kakashi you selfish bastard."

"Out looking for survivors." Shikamaru answered lazily and stared at the little girl who was watching his missing arm curiously. He tried to turn his attention but a soft spot grew on him and he lets out a disgruntled sigh, "Alright, give her to me. I'll look for her mom…" Sakura looked surprise for a second and then nodded happily until stopping suspiciously, "You're not going to drop her aga-"

"I won't!" Shikamaru yelled, annoyed. Sakura smiled again and handed him the girl. He walked among the crowd until ultimately disappearing. She then returned back to Naruto who had his hand digging a hole, "What are you doing?" Sakura smirked, looking a little confused. Naruto didn't turn his head to her and kept digging, "Oh, I'm just digging my grave is all, considering the love of my life left me when I needed her help the most. Not to mention how she tossed me in front of a guy with a gun after initiating the argument in the first place."

Sakura rolled her eyes as she helped him up, "I'm here aren't I?" Naruto slid his eyes to her and sighed, "I guess so…"

They both were about to walk back to camp until a metal door was kicked open from the torn to pieces plane. Kakashi stepped out, breathing intensely, carrying two people with him. He looked at Naruto and Sakura and continued on. Sakura glanced at Naruto but Naruto shook his head, "He has it, he would've asked for help otherwise."

"But Naruto we got to help too…" Sakura whined. Naruto shook his head faster, "I swear to god, if you leave me here again I'll kill myself for real!"

Sakura rolled her eyes once more, "Yea, yea, don't get dramatic." The three returned back to camp and as Naruto said, Kakashi had no problem carrying the two injured women. When they arrived, they found Shikamaru and the girl standing near the signal fire. Shikamaru, with no intention of helping either of the groups, looked at the little girl and asked, "Is one of them your mo-" The little girl stood up and ran as fast as her little legs could carry herself towards Kakashi.

Kakashi, caught by surprise, lets one of the women go and she falls to the ground, slowly regaining consciousness. The little girl rushed to the lady's side, crying, "Mom!" she yells. The lady opens her eyes weakly, staring into the beautiful eyes of her little girl, "Ao, you're okay, thank goodness." She cried. Kakashi returned the other lady to the wounded side and came back for the child and her mom. He gently picked up the lady and looked at little girl, "Follow your mother and I alright and she'll be okay?"

The little girl bravely nodded. He then turned his attention to Naruto and Sakura, "We've settled beds around the main area, get some rest, I want to talk to you two later on." He shot a look to Shikamaru, "You too Shikamaru, you look like a ghost."

"And you look like you've gone through hell and back." Shikamaru said, not backing an inch, "You get some rest, you've been running through fire all day. Get your burns taken care of and get some sleep. I'll do first watch." Kakashi hesitated before answering, "You sure?"

"More sure than anything in the world right." Shikamaru responded. Kakashi used the free hand he had to rub Shikamaru on his hair, ruffling the already messy hair, "What's gotten into you kid? You usually don't do anything for anyone." Kakashi laughed. Shikamaru shook his hand off violently, "Shut up…" he warned.

Sakura on the other hand obeyed Kakashi's orders and found a spot for the both of them. She stared at Naruto who struggled to keep his leg in a more comfortable position, "You sure you don't want to get some medical attention?" Sakura asked. Naruto shook his head, sitting up to take a gander at the 'infirmary' they had set up. It was completely packed, "A lot of them need it more than I do." He then stared at Sakura with a seductive smile, "Besides, you're the best medicine I need right now."

Sakura smiled softly, curling up to Naruto as she sneaks in a kiss, "Oh really? You need some help with that leg of yours? I'll be your nurse-" she stops and notices that Naruto was fast asleep already. He snores peacefully as Sakura lightly lets out a laugh. She kisses him one more time before closing her eyes to get some sleep as well.

Day 2 finished