A/N: Heyy..I am back! And ALIVE! xDDD Anyways...heres that new chapter! the story is almost overrr..so just hang on.

Sakura's face went pale. "A d-date?" Sasuke nodded.

"You heard me! I want a date." Sakura felt like she was choking.

"Umm.." Sakura sighed. I wish I never said that one thing... I don't even know what I was thinking... "I don't know.. I guess, since you're keeping my secret..." Sasuke grinned.

"You're going to have to change before I take you anywhere though." Sakura sighed. She stormed off to her room and changed. She came back out wearing a dress with white flowers.

"Happy?" Sasuke kept on grinning.

"C'mon. I already have a place in mind." Heh. Sasuke, what an idiot!! Sakura had called Tsunade while she was in her room and Tsunade had sent over a group of ANBU squad members. Sasuke opened the door and was tackled by the squad leaders.

"You're under arrest!" Sasuke squirmed around under the pile of people on him.

"Sakura! You tricked me!!" Sakura laughed.

"Thanks guys!" She turned around and walked over to her couch and layed down. Sasuke and the ANBU members eventually left. Sakura sighed and fell asleep.

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Sakura was woken up several hours later by her phone ringing. She picked up. "Hello? This is Sakura." She waited for someone to reply. No answer. "Hmm..." She hung up after a few minutes of waiting. It started ringing again. She looked at the caller ID, it was Naruto. "Hey, did you just call?"

"Yeah, sorry. I lost signal back there. Anyways, I'm on my way back, hows things there?" Sakura sighed.

"Sasuke asked me out on a date, but then I called ANBU and they went ninja on his ass." Naruto laughed.

"Wow. Sounds hysterical! Anything else?"

"No, except for the fact that I was sleeping!"

"Oh, sorry Sakura-chan." Sakura giggled.

"It's ok! Well, I guess I'll talk to you when you get back." Naruto was going to say something back, but Sakura had already hung up. She leaned up against the arm of the couch. Sakura sighed. I wonder if Naruto was going to say anything else... She rolled over and stared at the T.V. What time was it anyways? She got up and walked outside. It was breezy outside and pretty chilly. She wrapped her arms around herself and stood outside. Sakura closed her eyes and leaned up against the wall. Ino came running towards her shouting.

"SAKURA! SAKURA!!" Sakura opened her eyes and waited for the blonde to get to her. Ino got there and was panting.

"What is it?" Ino looked up at her with teary eyes.

"Sasuke admitted that he.... he...LOVES YOU!" Sakura shook her head.

"I already knew that when he came to my house today. I thought you would tell me something more interesting..." Like if Naruto was back... Sakura looked up at the sky.

"Oh. Well, he told me, after you called the ANBU on him he came over to my house. I was so hyped, until he told me why he was really over..." Sakura looked back at Ino.

"Well, at least he came to your house without wanting to get in your pants!!" Ino had a shocked look on her face.

"He tried to do that?!" Sakura laughed.

"I was joking! Anyways, I'm tired, so I'm going to bed.." Sakura waved while she went inside. She walked into her room and fell asleep on her bed.

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Naruto was almost through the woods. He stopped to rest a bit. "I wonder if I should call Sakura-chan... No, she's probably sleeping still..." He looked at the sky. It was almost dawn. He sighed. "Sakura-chan... I wonder what she's thinking right now..." Naruto stood up and continued on.

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Sakura woke up in the middle of the night from a stange beeping noise. She looked over to her phone and saw that there were 12 new messages from Naruto. She flipped her phone open and read the messages:

"Hey!! Sakura-chan!!"
"Sakura-chan, answer your phone!"
"Hey, I'm almost to Konoha!"
"Sakura-chan, are you out with Sasuke?!"
"You better not be!"
"Sakura-chan... please answer your phone!!" And the others were almost exactly like those. Sakura laughed at them. She sent him a message back.

"You baka! I was sleeping!! And can't wait to see you!!" She smiled while she sent the message. She layed back down on her bed and closed her eyes. She rolled over and fell asleep again.

Sakura woke up again later by beeping again. She rolled over and checked her messages. One of them were from Sasuke. Hmm... I wonder what he wants... "Sakura, I found Naruto outside the gates dead. You better come and see what happened.." Sakura's eyes grew wide and teary. She looked at the other messages that were from Naruto.

"Sakura-chan!! I'm sooo sorry!! Well, I'm only about five minutes away!!"
"Sakura-chan, I think there are people following me, I'm not sure..." Sakura closed her phone and flopped herself back on her bed crying. There was a knocking on her door, she got up and ran to the door. Tsunade was standing outside the door.

"Sakura, I'm afraid that Naruto has been found, outside the gates, dead." Sakura shook her head.

"NOO! HE ISN'T DEAD!!" She screamed.

"Sakura, he is dead. There was nothing we could do! The invaders who killed him have also killed the guards." Sakura sank to the ground and started crying again.

"Noo... He couldn't have died.. He vowed to never die until he became Hokage! And I believed him!!" Sakura buried her face into her hands. "No... This can't be real..." Tsunade bent down and patted Sakura on the shoulder. Sakura screamed again.

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She sat up in her bed panting and sweating. "NO!!" Sakura screamed. Wait, was that a dream? She looked at her text messages. No new ones. Sakura sighed in relief. There was knocking on her door. She ran to the door. Sakura opened it and found Naruto standing in her doorway. She flung herself onto him and cried even more. "Naruto!!! You came back!!!!" Naruto was shocked by her sudden action. He smiled though and wrapped his arms around her.

"Of course I would come back!! I wasn't just about to let Sasuke steal you from me!!" Sakura laughed.

"It happened again.. I had another dream where you died... I can't stand them.." Sakura shook her head.

"Sakura-chan, why do you care if I die? I mean, I've only been a problem to you all these past years! It was my fault that I couldn't bring Sasuke back, it was my fault that Sasuke tried to hurt you, and it is my fault for your horrible dreams..." Sakura looked up at Naruto.

"You've got to be kidding me! None of this is your fault!! And you haven't only cause problems to me all these years! You're the only reason I'm still in Konoha." Oops... I think I said too much... Naruto's face turned red.

"Umm..." Sakura sighed.

"Sorry, I'm still half asleep, so I probably have no clue what I'm saying!!" Naruto laughed. Sakura layed her head back on Naruto's shoulder. "I really did miss you though..." Naruto held Sakura tighter.

"So did I." Sakura shed a tear and closed her eyes.

"Naruto...?"

"Yeah, Sakura-chan?" Sakura sighed. She didn't know how to ask the question... But she had to, or at least do something nice...

"D-do...d-do you..." Sakura took in a deep breath.

"Sakura-chan, is something wrong?" She shook her head. She would just have to ask it later... Naruto.. Do you love me? Sakura looked up at Naruto.

"Do you want to get some ramen?" Naruto nodded.