Disclaimer - I don't own Naruto

A/N- Hmm it goes kinda fast - sorry, you'll see what I mean, btw I'm kinda tired so if there are errors tell me plz cause though i re-read it twice i could have still missed something - R&R - thx

Ouch! That Had To Hurt!

"Hey…you ok? Sakura…?" a mumbling voice asked

She slowly opened her eyes to a hazy image of Arashi, poking at her nose. "Huh?"

"I asked you. Are you ok? Looks like you took a hard fall." He blushed madly, noticing her lying on the ground with only her shirt to cover her and in a very compromising position.

"Hm? Oh yeah, I'm—"She snapped her attention to him, "Oh my gosh, what are you doing in my house!?!" she screamed.

Arashi covered his ears and scrunched his eyes closed, "You're very loud…"

"Well do you blame me!?"

Taking a deep breath in, she tried to calm herself down. It wasn't everyday you found the person you save from the day before, coming out of no were in your house. 'Ok, just breathe...how did he find us? Where did he come from? How did he leave the hospital?'

"Arashi, how did you get here?" she asked concerned

His eyes widened slightly at her soft tone, "I don't know I was hoping you could tell me…"

"Ehh…lets go see the Hokage, I have a feeling she has something to do with this. For now, I'll make some breakfast; just sit down at the table ok? " he nodded and complied.

In no time at all, Sakura whipped up a plate of eggs, bacon, sausage a glass of orange juice. Placing in front of him, she could see the drool starting to form droplets. Happy, Sakura sat in the chair across Arashi.

Violently shoving the food in his mouth, he stopped a moment to stare at his pink haired waitress, "Aren't you eating?"

"Err…no I'm not very hungry this morning, keep on eating, I'm going to get ready. After we go see the Hokage, we can go get you some more clothes and things you need."

He stared at her questionably but nodded as he finished his plate.

After Sakura returned to the kitchen, she gasped not seeing Arashi in there. Searching around the surrounding rooms, she started to panic, but soon found him as she ran down one of the hallways. He stood staring at a frame on the wall. Walking to him, she saw him touch the picture of her sitting back to back with Naruto, both smiling happily in the moment.

A moment of silence past before he spoke in whispers, "He looks a lot like me…what's his name?"

Sakura glanced at the picture he stared at with such intensity, "He's my best friend….that's Naruto…and he does look a lot like you, come to think of it."

His eyes widened but only momentarily, "Naruto…?" "Yes…is there something wrong?"

"Let's go to see the Hokage…" eyeing him questionably and concerned she only spoke softly, "Eh, ok, lets go."

A quiet silence over took them as they walked for minutes that seemed like hours to the Hokage's tower. The nothingness they were drowning in seemed to darken the mood as they kept on. Sakura didn't think he'd feel like talking, seeing the saddened expression on his face. 'What's wrong with him?'

When they finally made it to the doors of the tower, Sakura grabbed his should and turned him around to face. "Are you ok, ever since you saw the that picture of Naruto and me, you've been so quiet."

He brushed her hand off rudely "I'm fine, let me go in first ok, then I'll call you in…" he said, being a little surprised, she nodded and waited outside as told.

Without knocking Arashi went into the office 'It was my office once anyway…', to find Tsunade actually working for once. She looked up to him startled.

"Hehe…Arashi, what can I do for you?" she sweat dropped. 'He's gonna kill me for dropping him off at Sakura's last night I know it!'

"I'm not here about what you think…I'll let Sakura deal with you later."

"Eh…hehehe…"

"I'm here because…I want to know about my son. I saw some pictures of him and I think, maybe he should know."

"Is that wise, how do you think he'd react? I doubt he'd welcome you with open arms, no matter how understanding he is. Also, if you tell him, Sakura will soon find out, they are best friends, she'd bound to find out from him." Tsunade explained.

"I want Sakura to know, I was actually going to tell her first, that way she could tell me things about him so I could know him and see what I've missed out on and I think I'd need someone there with me so I could tell him, as sad as it may sound I don't think I could face him, what I don't want either to know is that I was Yondaime…not yet anyway, one surprise at a time." he said in a low voice.

"Why?"

"The last thing I need is telling them I've been dead for twenty years and suddenly come back to life out of no where."

"Well that makes sense I suppose, but do you want him to know so early, your just recovering, if he gets angry and tries anything, its your neck."

"I want him to know he's not alone in this world anymore, that he does have family, even if he doesn't except me…"

"...If that's what you want, though I don't agree with this, I won't stop you."

Nodding thankfully he waited a moment, "Also…I need some money…"

"Money? For what?"

"Well I'm basically living here with nothing to live on, Sakura is outside waiting, and she was going to take me around today to pick up some essentials, I don't want her to waste her money."

"So you've come to mooch off me?!" she twitched

"Of course, you gamble to much of it away anyway, at least give some to those who need it." He smirked

Twitching again she reluctantly dug into the side of her desk and pulled out a few large bills, "Take it before I change my mind!"

"Heh, Oh thank you, oh great Hokage." He grinned starting to leave for the door, but stopped at the voice of Tsunade.

"Are you sure you want them to know?" she asked

Nodding again, he didn't bother to say goodbye, but just said a simple "Thank you" and left.

Seeing Arashi step out, Sakura turned to him, he quickly took hold of Sakura's hand and dragged her off to the nearest bench. She was surprised but didn't fight him; the expression that was on his face was so unreadable it actually made her wonder what was going inside his mind.

"Arashi?" she tried

"I really need to talk to you, please just follow me." "Uhh….sure, ok."

Walking a little more, or more like being pulled for Sakura, they finally made it to a simple stone bench.

Plopping herself on the bench, she could feel the tension as he sat down next her. He seemed to be unintentionally avoiding her eyes, or maybe it was intentionally.

"Sakura?"

"Y-yes, Arashi? What is it?" she stuttered

"I need to tell you something that might come as a shock to you." He breathed in, but finally meeting her eyes.

"What is it?" she said starting to get nervous

Taking another deep breath, he kept a grasp hold on her hand, the one he never let go of, "Your friend Naruto…he had no parents growing up, correct?"

She nodded, 'Naruto? I knew it had something to do with that picture!'

"Well…he…I'm his…we are…" he tried to find the words.

"What is it?" she lifted her free hand to his cheek, "You can tell me…" 'Why am I acting this way around him?'

"Did he ever talk about his parents, or wonder where they were?"

"Not around me…what are you getting at Arashi?"

"When you first saw me, in my mind, I could see it in your expression, that you though you saw someone else then me…you thought you saw Naruto in my head, right?"

"-gasp- W-well I…"

"I'm going to just get right to the point here…Naruto…and I are, we're related…"

"Blood related?"

"Yes, I'm his fath—"

"You're his older brother!" she pointed accusingly

"Brother, wait no, I'm his father…!" he twitched

"W-what? How can that be, he has no parents!" she gripped his hand tightly, making him wince.

"It's a long story, and I'll tell you all about it later, right now I just wanted to tell you because I, well I wanted to tell you first so when…actually never mind, so can we get going?" he asked quickly showing her the money the Hokage have him.

'Arashi…' "Um…ok, let's go." 'This is a shock in a half for me I can't even begin to think, how will Naruto take this…? And I'm the first, why me?'

Dragging her off to the central part of the village where all the stores were, he never let go of her hand, which made Sakura wonder, 'What am I to him, its so odd, I've only known him for less then three days and every time I see him, I feel so safe…him telling me about being Naruto long lost father before even telling Naruto himself, what does he consider me?'

The dark aura around Arashi changed to a happy and carefree mood, as they soon started their shopping spree. First on the list of things to get, were clothes.

"Hey lets go in here, they have all the newest styles for shinobi and kunoichi's!" exsitment dripping from her voice, hearing this only made Arashi even more happy to be with this pastel haired woman.

As soon as they stepped foot in the store, Sakura disappreared from his sight for moments at a time, which made him panic. One second he'd see her on one part of the building, then she'd jump the other side.

"Sakura are you ok?" he'd try through his question was unheard and unanswered. About five minutes after she disappeared, she appeared in front of the male changing room, near the back of the store. Smiling she waved him over, holding two large bundles of possible uniform choices.

"Are those all for me?!" he freaked out

"Of course now get started!" she threw pairs of clothes then shoved him in the changing room, "Hurry up, we have places to be!"

7 minutes later

"How about this one?" he asked

"No to baggy, change!"

11 minutes later

"You didn't like the first two, what about this one?"

"To much black not enough red, its disproportional, try the blue one on, it matched your eyes."

22 minutes later

"This one?"

"Hm…though the red clashes a bit, the gold lining really takes away from it, but the blue also ties it all together, we'll keep that as a possibility, now change!"

47 minutes later

"Can this be the last one, I'm tired!"

"Hmm," she ignored him, "I like the icy effect it has but it doesn't match your personality just try on this last one and if we like it then we chose between it and the one we put the side a while ago."

"What?! No way! Can't we just get the one you put the side? I just got our of the hospital, I'm not going to go on any missions for a long, long time!"

"Grr! Fine you big baby! Go wait outside, I'll pay for these!"

"Fine, just hurry up, my legs hurt…"

She glared at his retreating back.

After another few more hours of going store to store, they stopped to take a break at a small ice cream vendor.

"What flavor do you want bubblegum?" he smirked

"Grr don't call me that!" she pouted "I want strawberry!"

"Heh ok bubblgu-" "Shut up!"

After receiving the ice cream cones they wanted, they ate in peace for the most part, Sakura didn't want to spoil the moment by brining up Naruto…

"Ok so we got you a new uniform, a tooth brush, which you took longer to pick out then the uniform, a pack of ramen and a kunai holder." She laughed as he laughed with her.

Putting one of his hands behind is head, he grinned, "Well I think we did pretty good, and as for the toothbrush, I had to pick one that represented me!"

"It's a tooth brush, no matter how it looks its doing the same job!"

"That's were your wro—"

"SAKURA!!" 'Looks like the moment could ruin itself.' She thought

She turned around almost horrified, 'Naruto!' Arashi seeing this, pretty much guessed why her expression was why it was. He could see the hyperactive blonde running toward them. 'My son…?'

"Oh no…" she grumbled

"Don't worry." He tried to comfort though he was so nervous himself. 'How will I act, where will I begin!'

"You don't have to tell him now you know!" she whispered

"I want to get this over with."

Naruto's spiky hair waved back and forth as his small figure grew with ever step closer. Another figure came into view, a dark haired, pearl eyed girl being dragged behind the fox boy. "SAKURA!!"

Sakura sweat dropped. With last steps, the boy stood happily and slightly out of breath in front of his pink haired teammate.

"Hello Naruto, hi Hinata." She smiled sweetly

"He-hell-o S-aku-ra, wh-ose y-our friend?"

"Oh? This is Arashi…" she pointed and nudged him calmly at first.

"Arashi you say? Hey Arashi, how do you know Sakura? I haven't seen you before, are you knew here? Where'd you come from? Wow! Hinata, look he looks just like me, well of coarse I'm sexier, but no one could compare to me there, right?"

Hinata giggled, while Sakura started to get edgy, Arashi stepped back a little. 'He's crazy…! But I was the same at his age…'

"Eh Naruto, shut up!" green eyes glared through him

"I guess you take after me…" Arashi whispered to himself, but unfortunately Naruto heard.

"Huh? Me? he questioned

"Arashi?..." Sakura nudged him again, which made him sigh

"Sakura, did he just say I take after him??" Naruto said annoyed

(A/N – This is going to get a little confusing so bear with me. Sakura talking Blah, Arashi talking Blah, Naruto talking Blah, Hinata talking stuttering. Sorry it's a weird!)

"Ehh…"

"Hey calm down kid before you burn a brain cell."

"What did you say teme!?"

"Naruto, stop!"

"You're really loud…"

"Why I oughta!"

"N-naruto ca-lm d-down!"

"What are you gonna do?"

"Arashi, quit it!"

"I'm gonna kick your ass, that's what I'm gonna do!!"

"S-akura, I c-can't hold him b-back…!"

"I'd like to see you try short fry."

"Eh that's it!"

"N-aruto!"

"Arashi!"

"I would have raised you better then you are now…"

"What do you know? I've never even met you!"

"Well can you blame me? I've been dead all your life up until now."

"What the hell are you talking about?!"

"You just said it yourself, we look alike, you'd think you'd connect the dots by now…"

"What is he talking about Sakura?!"

"Naruto…he's well, don't you see, he's your—"

"Father."

Silence…

………

………

………

Silence…

"What?..."

"You're my son…Naruto…"

"That's not true…"

"Naruto?"

"I have no parents, if that was supposed to be some sort of a sick joke, it wasn't funny!"

"It's not a joke, I'm telling you, you are my son! When you were born, the nine tailed fox attacked this village. As a last resort we needed to seal it inside a baby boy!"

"Shut up! If you were my father, why would you use your own child?! Where were you all these years!?"

"I've been dead!"

"…Shut up you jerk! I don't believe you! How could you be dead if you're right here!"

"I don't know how to explain that part, I'm sorry. I know I left you alone, but I couldn't help it! I understand if you hate me, but I'm not going to let you go through your life thinking no one cared! You'll have to get use to the fact that I'm here to stay! "

"Not for long!"

(A/N- Ok back to regular talking)

In slow motion, Naruto raised his fist with anger and threw a punch at Arashi. He made no movements to block or stop Naruto, ' I deserve it…' Scrunching his eyes shut, he awaited impact, but felt none except the light weight of something being pushed against his chest. Feeling its warmth, he knew it wasn't a something, but a someone. Almost on instinct he held onto the body, feeling how unstable it was for the second.

"S-sa-kura…!" was all that was heard at the moment. Arashi opened his eyes, 'Oh no…'

The pink haired kunoichi had shifted herself in front of Arashi just before fist met face. Feeling the intense pain in her jaw, she knew that Naruto didn't stop, and hit her instead.

Small tickles of blood could be seen dropping rapidly on the ground below, nothing else could be seen of her face, due to the fact her head was stricken to the side and her bangs now covered most of her face. 'That hurt…a lot.'

Pushing herself off of Arashi's chest, she attempted to stand on her own, which she did, though that was a small victory since her head was spinning and she didn't know she actually did it. Raising her slender fingers to the itch feeling she had coming down her mouth, she touched the blood, surprised. 'How come he never hits like this when we train! Does he hold back because I'm a girl?!'

Seeing the tips of her fingers stain crimson, she smiled a little, though her face was still covered.

"Since when do you hit so hard?" she whispered in a tone as though she was about to cry, 'Eh that came out wrong.'

"S-sakura…?" said a still traumatized Naruto.

TBC

Another chapter finshed - hope it was ok.