Look At Us Now
By ValkyrieWarrior
Disclaimer: Why do I have to disclaim something that I never claimed to be mine in the first place?...what...what was that?...because Shonen Jump and Masashi Kishimoto would sue my ass for copy right infringement?...oh...well in that case...(clears throat)...I hereby disclaim Naruto or anything else that is Naruto-related!...is that good? is that okay?...alright.
AN's:
Awww...this is my last AN's for this story...(pouts)
I first want to say thank you to everyone who has supposed this story.
I thank everyone that reviewed and commented.
It means so much (copy and paste x300) to me that you guys actually took the time to read my story.
I also thank templar132.
I can never express enough just how much he has helped me out in this story. He is the greatest ever. Thank you!
Alright...that's it.
Summary/Overview:
From the beginning, it has always been about Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. Naruto and Sakura had gotten together about four months ago during a romantic mission. Upon their arrival back to Konoha, they were alerted by a messenger that a certain person was to return. This person was none other than Uchiha Sasuke, their friend and long time partner. At first, Naruto and Sakura thought that nothing could go wrong, but soon, Naruto began having fears that Sakura may still have lingering feelings for Sasuke, feelings that until now had been dormant. However, Sakura quickly silenced his doubts by reassuring him time and time again that there was no one else she loves more than him. For some time, everything fell back into place, team seven was once again team seven and Naruto and Sakura were happily together. But, lurking in the darkness, a man was determined to take their happiness away, a man so bent on getting what he wants, he would do anything to get it, so much so that he made a deal with the devil. The demon wasted no time, and before we can think about what happened, Naruto was forced to do something he never thought he could do; Naruto broke up with Sakura. Only he did it to save her, so he could see her everyday instead of mourning over her grave. However, they soon lost control and let their desires get the best of them. There happiness was short lived, however, because soon the poison in Sakura's body began to take effects and as a result, she was rushed to the hospital. Just when Tsunade was about to operate on Sakura...she vanished. It didn't take much for Naruto to realize just who did it...and before long...he was hunting down Sasuke. In the meantime, as Sasuke awaits for his arrival...something within him awakens...something he had long buried deep inside him. And now, after so many agonizing months, everything was about to end.
'thoughts'
"talking"
Inner self/ Kyuubi
Flashbacks
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Previously
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A vague glimpse of golden and orange...what is that?
And then it started to form...a figure...with golden hair and...an orange body?
No… those were his pants...
"Sakura-chan!"
And just like that...her mind flooded her with memories and she remembered who she was and what happened.
Sakura shot up from her bed.
"Naruto!"
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Chapter 13: Redemption Pt.2
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The room was deadly silent as the two ninjas stared each other down. The hairs on the back of their necks rose, but whether it was from excitement of finally meeting or the fear of each other was no longer significant to either of them.
They were here now and that was what mattered.
"Where is she?" Naruto demanded from him, although his osmotic senses could smell that she wasn't far off.
Sasuke, however, chose not to answer his immediate question. He was too fixated on trying to find something he could use as a weapon.
If there was one thing he learned while training with Naruto, it was to keep him busy from attacking. He searched within the room for anything... a sword, a knife, a rat...anything, but nothing was in the desolate, dark room. Only the few torches that hung on the walls and columns...he would have used them, but they were too far up to reach.
Seeing as there was nothing he could use as a physical distraction, he settled on a more constructive tactic.
Conversation.
"Don't worry about her...she's fine." His voice allowed for no emotion to slip through, careful not to sound too cautious of him.
He didn't want, no, he didn't need for Naruto to know that he was caught completely off guard and vulnerable. He had to hide it long enough for something else to happen...for Naruto to drop his guard, or until Orochimaru got there.
Unfortunately for Sasuke, even though he was now in his best defensive stance, he could not prepare for the swiftness and alacrity that was Naruto's momentum.
In one rapid stroke of his vigorous fist, Sasuke was sent flying across the stone-hard ground.
"How could you, Sasuke?!" Naruto's voice darkened as he clenched his fist tighter, making it turn pale and bloodless. "I thought that you were..."
What Naruto heard next baffled his mind.
Sasuke started to laugh.
He really couldn't respond any other way. He couldn't get up and start talking like nothing happened...so he just started laughing.
For no reason, it just seemed appropriate at the moment.
He slowly stood up, oscillating a little when he finally got up due to the blow he just received.
"Hehe...what did you expect?" Sasuke trailed off as he wiped away the blood oozing from his lower lip. The impact of Naruto's punch was taking a toll on him and the tiny amount of blood that dripped did little to show just how painful that hit was. "Did you honestly think that I would come back and everything would be just like before?"
Sasuke's words struck him.
Did he really let himself to believe that Sasuke would be the way he used to be before everything got screwed up?
"Seriously, Naruto. Did you honestly believe that I would change? Have changed?"
"I...did." Naruto said weakly, betrayed by his own self for letting Sasuke do this to them.
He let his hopes take control and fog his better judgment when Sasuke came back. He thought, or wanted to think that everything was finally okay, that everything was back to the way it used to be. He never once thought that Sasuke would do such things as this. To lie and deceive them from the start.
"I thought-"
"Thought what?" Sasuke cut him off, "That I would become noble after my return?"
Sasuke was finally face to face with him, just a few feet away.
"Wake up, Naruto. Stop living in your perfect little world because it doesn't exist." Sasuke's emotionless and pitchless words cut him like a knife. Though they weren't really as hurtful as other things he'd heard, they still stung.
Mostly because it came from Sasuke. The guy he once thought of as his best friend and his...brother; and a little bit because he knew Sasuke was right.
All his life he lived wanting the world to be perfect. To be anything other than what it really was.
"Face it. This is me. It always has been and always will be."
To believe that there was something better out there...there had to be. Life couldn't be just pain and torture. He desperately held on to that notion, needing it more than anything.
As Naruto bowed his head in disappointment and defeat, Sasuke took every opportunity he had. And just as quickly as Naruto, he delivered a blow to his face and sent him soaring up.
Naruto landed a couple of feet from where Sasuke stood.
Naruto would have winced in pain, but whenever he was lost in his thoughts, it was pretty hard to break his demeanor, which was still currently displaying defeat.
Sasuke was right. The world was not as he would imagine. It was harsh and brutal and cared not about the individual. That was that, that was the truth and he just had to accept it.
However...
May it have been another person that Sasuke was talking to, maybe it would have succeeded, but you see, Naruto was not that person.
No, if there was one thing Naruto was good at, it was faith. Believe it!
"You say that...but do you even believe yourself?" Naruto was now standing up. "Is this really you now?"
"Are you so bent on calling the world a doomed place for everyone that you believe in nothing else?" He continued.
Naruto tried, he tried reaching out to him with his words. Whatever plan that Sasuke had in killing his spirit was meaningless because it had failed, if it ever had the chance of succeeding to begin with.
Naruto wanted to tell Sasuke that he only held his idealistic views of the world because of what he went through. It wasn't fair to Sasuke that it all happened to him.
"Sasuke, you are a better person than this, I know it." But his words fell on deaf ears.
Sasuke wasn't listening to what Naruto was trying to tell him. No, he was too frustrated with everything else right now to care anymore.
Who was he to think that he knew everything, what he has been through. Naruto had no idea what it was like, so therefore his words were useless to him.
"You know nothing, Naruto."
Sasuke said before he rushed at him.
Their fists collided with each other as a gust of wind exploded from the impact. The two jerked backwards an inch or two, but held there positions nonetheless.
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Orochimaru stood on a balcony projecting from the second floor.
He watched as the two ninjas at the lower level traded punches and kicks, and occasionally a few jutsus.
He was a little concerned about Naruto. He didn't want his next body to be battered and wounded after the transfer, so he decided to cut in... after letting things play out a bit more.
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Naruto slid across the room, leaving a trail of dust in front of him. His back smacked against one of the many columns in the room.
"Don't talk to me like you know." Sasuke picked him up by the collar with one flexed arm. "You know nothing about me!"
Naruto kicked him away using both his legs. Sasuke stumbles backwards as Naruto regained his footing.
"I was there, Sasuke." Naruto was now looking intently at him, his eyes showing sympathy and pain. "We were a team...are a team."
Sasuke just slapped away his statement with a laugh.
"You, me...and Sakura."
Naruto wondered where he was keeping Sakura at. He could faintly smell her, but his smell wasn't keen enough to pinpoint exactly where in this big dungeon she was in.
An infuriating feeling awakened within Sasuke after hearing him mention her name...like it was his to say.
"I never needed a team...and Sakura either." Sasuke said coldly. "Look at you, so wretched and useless...why would she ever want you?"
He hated hearing her name with that voice...no...he just hated that voice. It made his blood boil with hatred and malice.
Sasuke ran towards him, his bruised body and tired mind forgot everything and all he knew was that he wanted to kill the guy in front of him.
Naruto was quick to avoid his punch...but not enough to defend himself when Sasuke appeared out of nowhere beside him, snatching his neck like it was nothing.
"Why do talk like you hate us so much?" Naruto asked with so much compassion for his lost friend.
How could he even ask that!
'Why?! Why do I talk...'
Sasuke tried to compose himself so that he didn't snap his neck from pure anger...or rather from resentment...and jealousy.
That's right...he was jealous of Naruto. Always had been.
It just took him this long to admit it.
He was jealous that Naruto was happy and he was miserable; and he was jealous because Naruto was above him. In everything.
Love, courage, determination, and...strength.
"Sasuke...you're my friend, and no matter what...I will always think that," Naruto barely let out from his suffocating hold, "but you're just confused...and lost...but," Sasuke's hold tightened a little, "we'll always be here for you, because we love you."
Something within him cracked.
It was the same barrier that not too long ago Sakura managed to fracture a little.
After all he had done to him...to all of them...he was still willing to call him his friend and to be...there.
This feeling...it was...NO!
Naruto was trying to make him weak, to lower his defenses so that he could get the upper hand.
That fool, did he really think it would work?! Sasuke smirked.
"Hehe...you almost had me there, but your little plan has no effect on me." Sasuke pulled back his fist to deliver one final destructive blow to his face when...
"Sasuke-kun!"
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The new voice had the both of them freezing in what seemed to be surprised astonishment.
Sasuke, however, didn't release his hold on Naruto's neck, it stayed firm as it was before. Naruto also didn't move.
They were too stunned to hear that voice that they couldn't do anything, leaving them completely immobile and probably exposed and defenseless.
"Sasuke-kun, stop." Sakura's voice was a little shaky, partly because she was still under the effect of the poison and partly because she wasn't fully awake. "What are you doing?"
Sakura staggered across the chamber to another column in the room.
By instinct, Naruto tried to free himself from Sasuke's grasp so he could hold Sakura, and in a blink of an eye, another Naruto appeared out of nowhere and landed a kick on Sasuke's head, sending him down into the ground.
Naruto wasted no time and ran to her side.
Sakura was breathing heavily, her body betraying her as it gave in and she fell to the ground. She was still too weak to stand up on her own. Fortunately, Naruto was already by her side and aiding her.
"Sakura-chan...I'm so sorry, I...so sorry...I tried to get here as fast as possible...but," Naruto was attacking her with words she couldn't understand. Sorry? Here? She didn't know. She just knew that she suddenly woke up in a dark room with no one but her and a bed in there and with the memory of what happened before she passed out. She felt dizzy, sick, and just uncomfortable throughout and all she wanted to do was try and figure out why Sasuke just had Naruto in a choke hold...and where she was.
"Nna..ru..to..?" She asked weakly as her strength slowly, very slowly, came back. She still had this weird feeling in her gut that made her uneasy, but she didn't care to find out what it was at the moment.
"Sakura-ch-" That was all he could muster up before a feeling kicked itself on his face and thus sending him flying the other direction.
Sakura stiffened in unpleasant tension. 'Naruto!'
Sasuke was again at his feet and back to deliver more to Naruto. He turned his direction to Sakura, whose face showed that of fear, confusion, compassion, sympathy, and all the while disgust towards him. He was bothered by her look, he hadn't expected to see her up and to see her with that expression on her face...as if she felt sad for him and at the same time hated him.
However, Sasuke didn't have time to think about the meaning of her gaze, or the fact that he wanted to think about thinking about her gaze.
He held out his one hand and offered to help her up.
"Sakura, you have to get away from here." He said with just a little speck of concern as he finally spoke with more enthusiasm than he had ever before in his life.
Why he wanted to get her away from here, he didn't know. Why he even cared to wonder why was an even more confusing thought.
He had never shown such concern towards anyone...or did he?
His mind was so boggled up with different memories of the past he didn't know which ones to believe.
Did he ever show concern towards anyone but himself? As far as he could remember, he wasn't even allowed to show such human emotions. Why then did he feel this should-have-been-foreign feeling as something familiar, something he had already felt before? The gaze of confusion and hurt she was giving him baffled his otherwise stable thoughts to the brink of making him draw back and retreat to his ever so clouded mind. So much so that his instinctive response formed the same bewildered look that she gave him unto his face, and they stared at each other as if they were seeing each other for the first time.
Sakura also noticed the conflict within him. She saw through his eyes as he fought a war within his mind about whatever it was he was so perplexed about. It wasn't like him at all to be showing this, all the time she had known him, she had never once seen him show such eyes. He had always been determined, had always known what he wanted. Seeing him now so lost and helpless in his mind made her sympathize.
As lovely and touching such a moment like commiserating was, Sasuke had never been too fond of them.
"You know what, whatever, do what you want, I don't care." Ostensively that's what he wanted them to think. Truly he was scared that maybe he was after all...lenient, for a lack of a better word, for her, for Naruto. For them both. And in any case you look at it, Sasuke had always had a soft spot for them...he had just buried it in him after the day he left.
"Sasuke," but before Sakura could say anything more, another body poofed it's presence in the room, right beside where Naruto was.
"Hehehe, well done Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru chortled in the chamber. "Well done."
Immediately, Sasuke had forgotten his previous revelation and was beside Orochimaru in an instant.
Naruto was still lying on the ground from that nasty kick on the head he received from Sasuke, but slowly he was becoming aware of his surroundings.
"You have Naruto now, now give me the cure as you had promised." Sasuke said with no emotions whatsoever. You'd think that his recent not so exposed exposé would have him jittering uncomfortable nervousness to get the hell out of there before he could think more about what happened...but it didn't. Sasuke was as placid as he could be and maybe even more.
"Ahh, the cure...but of course."
"Well?" Sasuke awaited for him to hand over...something. But all Orochimaru did was look at him with a sadistic evil look on his face. The ever growing enigmatic feeling in him only grew more.
"Sasuke?" Sakura's voice echoed in the chamber as she slowly got up. He turned his gaze to her, who in turn turned her gaze at Naruto, who is now on his toes.
For a moment, gazes that yelled out a millions words but none at all traded among them.
Then there was a blazing feeling that suddenly emerged out of nowhere. It didn't take much to realize that it was Naruto's chakra that was sent raging in the room. As Sasuke turned his gaze back to Naruto, he realized that that searing chakra was nothing short of an anger scorching within Naruto towards him and Orochimaru.
"Kabuto!" Only the anger was much more directed towards the snake than to him.
Orochimaru was amazed as to how powerful his chakra could boost in a matter of seconds, and he was rather excited about it.
Naruto lunged at him in a second...but Orochimaru had already expected this from him. He dodged the punch like it was nothing.
Naruto didn't give up though, he was too fixed on fracturing Kabuto's face to realize that he was really fighting Orochimaru, who seemed to be having ease in fighting him.
Naruto summoned four other replicas of himself, hell bent on killing the guy in front of them.
Two had positioned themselves around his back, and then one on either side of him while the real Naruto stood immediately to his front. They all drew out a kunai with murder written all over their faces.
Orochimaru was not at all intimidated...but rather amused by the boy's will. Screw trying to keep the product untouched, there was always time to heal, for now he just wanted to enjoy this. See just how much his body could do and take.
Kabuto smirked.
"I knew you couldn't stay away from her, Naruto-kun." Kabuto said to him trying to fuel the flame that he started. The blaze in Naruto's eye only invigorated.
"Shut up!" Naruto roared.
Then Naruto with his clones attacked.
The two from either side were the first to move, trying to distract Kabuto by rushing to him on both sides. Then next to move were the two from the back, drawing out another set of Kunai to plunge into his body.
The instance that all four attacks connected, Kabuto vanished and was replaced by a log.
Suddenly, two of the clones poofed away when Kabuto reappeared from nowhere to attack. Naruto had anticipated that he would do that.
Just as quickly as Kabuto appeared, Naruto was already behind him thrusting a kick on his back. Naruto called out two more clones and all five of them ran after his falling form.
They all threw their respective weapons...but the cloud of dust that encircled his body when he fell made it impossible to see if it had worked. When all was clear, Kabuto was nowhere to be found.
The four other clones vanished, leaving Naruto alone in the chamber.
He decided to take this time in Kabuto's absence to check up on Sakura.
He ran to where she was.
"Sakura-chan!" The girl slightly opened her eyes. God she was so weak. Her frail body silently shook under his arms, she felt cold and burning all at the same time. Naruto brushed aside the hair that was hanging loose. "Sakura-chan?"
Her feeble self could not detect the worry in his voice. She was slowly fading off again. Her eye lids weighed heavier and heavier and his soothing touch only made her want to go to sleep.
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In the corner where he stood petrified, Sasuke could only wish now that he was somewhere else but here. Anywhere else now than the hellhole he had fallen into.
The smirk that Orochimaru plastered on his face made him realize that...that he...
'Sakura...she's dying ever minute she spend in this place.' He thought to himself.
The realization that struck him not too long ago made him...completely stiff with horror. It fossilized him to that one spot.
Screw everything! After all he had done for that bastard of a fuck, this was what he repaid him with. Deceit and trickery. Orochimaru was probably laughing his ass off by now, mocking him for his stupidity and selfishness.
How could he have not known!
Of course Orochimaru would do it, of course he would.
He should have known!
That smirk was enough to open his eyes to the truth.
Orochimaru had never intended for him to leave that place alive. No, he would not leave this place alive.
'Sakura...in order to cure her...I have to die.'
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"Sakura-chan, just hold on a bit longer, 'k?"
She couldn't understand what he was saying, but she trusted they were good. His voice alone was all she needed to calm down. To stop her shivering from the somehow freezing non existent wind in the room. To stop her mind from slipping away into a horrid pain of confusion and hurt.
"Sakura-chan...I'm so sorry...I-" he fought the tears back, knowing that it would only frighten her more than help her. "I'm..."
She no longer heard anything after that. All she could focus on was at the fast approaching blade coming towards them.
Everything fell silent, leaving only her lost in the moment. Naruto was so caught up on whispering things to her to realize that death was coming in the form of a merciless little blade.
She saw through slow motion as she summoned up what little strength she could muster and before Naruto could do a thing, she had reversed their position so that she was now at the receiving end of the blade. Her back was turned to his and she faced the forthcoming end with arms wide open.
Naruto's eyes widened when he saw what she was doing.
For his part, Sasuke had also seen the blade, but was too late to stop it.
"SAKURA!" They both yelled in unison.
The silver knife ripped through her flesh with ease. The cut grew bigger as the blade pierced her, followed by the endless flow of blood.
Then she fell...she fell into his arms as tears cascaded from his eyes. The deafening silence took over. She could no longer hear him.
His warm tears fell on her face and she couldn't help but reach up and wipe them away. Naruto's hold on her tightened.
"Sakura-chan!" His voice was alienated by his fleeting tears and the gut wrenching pain he felt. If he breathed any bigger, his chest would have exploded due to the anger building up in there. He held her so tight and close to her. "God...please don't...no...don't do this!" The warm tears never halted, but only grew fiercer with every second. Wave after wave he was washed by his scalding tears. "No...Sakura-chan...please don't go...please...don't," he whimpered and wailed, but she never responded.
Naruto frantically attempted to draw the blood back. He tore off his clothing and placed it where the wound was. His hands were trembling as he applied the piece of fabric in a futile attempt to slow her bleeding.
Even though it pained her, he pulled the vile knife out of her. Her scream of pain did not help his panicked state at all.
He wiped the blood away...only to have another wave come out. The more he wiped, the more he smeared blood all over her body and his hands.
She was losing too much blood.
Every inch of his body was terrified.
He finally settled on just holding the piece of fabric at the hole, making sure that it provided enough to hold it all back.
She had become quiet and she was no longer shaking from pain. Her arms settled themselves on her sides. Her breathing slowed every second.
"Sakura-chan..." his voice had died on him, making him talk so quietly it was inaudible. "I'm sorry..."
Sakura could only see his lips moving but could not hear the words he was trying to say.
She was no longer cold...warmth had completely left her body. Her eyes became devoid of life and her face was colorless. She could no longer move a fiber in her body...
"I love you, Naruto." The last thing she did was smile.
His tears have halted.
He no longer needed to cry, he could no longer cry.
He looked to where he was holding the blood soaked garment that used to be his shirt and back to her life-less eyes.
There was nothing...
He couldn't make a sound...
His hands had let themselves free from what it was trying to hold back...
Her eyes haven't blinked...
For a brief moment there was nothing but silence...
And then shock struck him.
"SAKURA-CHAN!"
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Sasuke had seen the blade coming, he had seen it coming before it was even released.
He knew Orochimaru was there, he felt it.
He knew what he was going to do, for God's sake he saw him throw the blade!
He knew Orochimaru was trying to test Naruto's awareness to his surroundings...Orochimaru knew he wouldn't have killed Naruto, never mind that the girl might try to save his life.
Why didn't he move?
The next thing he knew was Sakura had been struck with a tiny sword on her stomach.
It was happening way to fast for anyone to do anything.
He had seen death coming and he did nothing to prevent it.
He watched her fall to Naruto's hand...pale and dead.
That was the final threshold.
No amount of apologies could help bring her back. No amount of compensation, atoning for his sins could ever justify the inaction that he had ultimately decided upon.
He no longer cared.
He felt guilty for trying to run away the moment he realized that in order to have saved Sakura, he had to be the one to die.
And now...he didn't have that choice anymore.
But he could still make it better...he had one last thing he could do to help...before it was all too late.
'Orochimaru, you're going to die, and I'm going to make sure of that.' He said to himself before he finally took a step.
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Naruto was utterly silent.
Nothing had gone right tonight.
He lost someone precious to him...and he was numb to insanity. He showed no emotion, no life, everything had been drained out of him.
And now that his inner demon came knocking, he was more than willing to let him play.
Nothing was worth it anymore...
If it killed him, he would let the Kyuubi take him down. He would let the monster in him burn this place to hell...if only to avenge her death.
Death was certain tonight...death was the only comfort he would resort to.
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Naruto stood by the grave.
It was already summer and the sky was ruled by the hot sun. He looked at the open field around him.
He remembered that dreadful night when she...
It ached too much to think about it.
He had lost someone so precious to him at the hands of that bastard.
It shouldn't have ended like that...they had so much more to face. So much more to do together.
The one that should have been here wasn't.
He bended down and looked at the engraving on the stone.
He could still remember the day...no matter how painful it was.
Sasuke had fought Orochimaru by his side. Without him...he would probably be dead too. Together, they managed to weaken Orochimaru enough to kill him.
After Orochimaru's death...Sasuke have given Naruto something he thought he had lost...but the price was Sasuke's life.
Naruto took one final look at the grave before he stood up.
Uchiha Sasuke
Beloved friend and teammate.
The Last Uchiha.
Died Saving a Friend.
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The sun light shined through the room.
Naruto awoke with a groan as he stepped out of his bed and into the bathroom for a shower.
When he was done, Naruto took a step forward to the mirror to examine himself.
His nose then caught the scent of the greatest creation of men.
He smiled.
"Naruto, breakfast is ready."
He immediately put on his pants and ran to the kitchen.
"Hey, there you are, ramen on the table if you want any."
Naruto just stared at the owner of the voice.
"What?"
The smile on his face grew bigger and he took a step forward.
"Naruto?"
He ignored it and took another step.
"Baka, what are you up to now?"
He ran to her and captured her in a tender embrace. "Good morning, Sakura-chan."
The girl couldn't help but smile at his child-like manners. "Good morning, Naruto."
And then he kissed her.
He kissed her like it was the very first time he had ever done so. Sakura had forgotten that she was cooking breakfast and just melted away with his kiss. He picked her up and swung her around as if they were dancing. It was the best time of his life.
Four months ago he had thought he lost her forever. Four months ago he thought she had died. But Sasuke saved her. Sasuke had told him that the cure to Sakura's poison was his chakra,
"You triggered it Naruto...but it's drawing power from me."
Sasuke died to save Sakura. Naruto had thought that she died...but turns out, she just passed out from being so tired. The moment that one life ended, Sakura regained her strength enough to heal herself of that nasty wound, which only missed killing her by an inch. It took Naruto so much explaining and tissues to tell Sakura that Sasuke had died saving both their lives. That he said,
"I'm sorry for everything, even though I don't deserve forgiveness or is worthy of apologizing...I'm sorry. Tell Sakura I'm sorry."
Those were his final words...before Orochimaru ended his life. Orochimaru had taken Sasuke's life in the end just like he had intended. Just when the two thought they were out of hell, Orochimaru still had a little left to kill Sasuke as he walked away. Naruto gave the last blow to end Orochimaru's life for good. Before Sasuke died, he told Naruto about the cure. Naruto couldn't believe it, Sakura could still live...but Sasuke would die. Before he could think about it anymore, Sasuke slipped away and Naruto was left alone in the room again. He then heard faint sounds of someone moaning, and to much so to his surprise that he nearly fainted, Sakura was on her feet again. Sakura didn't remember that she 'died' and so when Naruto rushed to her and captured her in a bone-crushing hug, she was just a bit startled but nonetheless happy to return the hug.
"Naruto, look at us, we've been living together for nearly four months and I still can't cook a nice breakfast without you doing something." Sakura said between kisses that Naruto was giving her after he had set her down back on the ground. "Is this how our life will be from here on in? Me trying to cook and you always creating new ways to say good morning to me?"
She scrutinized him...nahh, who was she kidding, she loved this more than he did. Sakura just chuckled and returned his kiss. The moment their lips connect, her body was sent into pure bliss and she melted away.
"Yeah, look at us."
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The End!?
Okay, if anyone is confused here it is:
Sasuke found out that the way to cure the poison was to stop his chakra flow. In order to do that, he had to go far far away from them...or die. Orochimaru decided for him which option to pick. The moment that his chakra was no longer supplying power for the poison, Sakura regained consciousness enough to realize that she was badly wounded and so she heals herself.
Ok...Naruto triggered the poison and Sasuke keeps it alive.
I know ramen isn't necessarily the best thing for breakfast...but it's Naruto...he would eat ramen anytime of the day all day.
That's the only thing I can think of that would have confused you.
If there is something else, please tell me so I can clarify.
Ok...so that's it I guess.
Thanks to templar132. He is the greatest. And if you haven't already, go read his new story. Very well worth your time if you're looking for a good, well written read.
Thanks to all that has reviewed and read this story.
Bye, it has been really fun!
Since the lack of fluff in this, I will go and bake a pie, so if you guys stick around, you can get a piece.
Bye!?