Here's the next chapter, guys. I hope that you like it.

"Hello": regular talking
'Hello': thinking
'Hello': Inner Sakura talking

Disclaimer: I don't own naruto, but I do own a lot of other things…

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Day 8: The truth

Naruto slowly opened his eyes. He quickly closed them again though when he saw an image of Sakura. Either he was still dreaming or he was so sleepy that he was starting seeing things. Slightly shaking his head, he tried to get up, but to his surprise his body didn't budge at all. He was feeling quite heavy at the moment as well for some reason.

Sighing, he figured that something had fallen on top of him, so he moved his hand towards his stomach. He was surprised to feel something soft on top of him. His eyes shot open and when he saw what was causing the extra weight, his breathing stopped completely for a moment. He slowly became red and he didn't dare to blink. His hand was lying on top of a bundle of pink hair!

Was he still dreaming or something? This wouldn't be the first time for such a nice dream, but somehow he knew that he was awake already. The girl must have rolled in her sleep and ended up on top of him. The girl looked so peaceful nuzzled up on his body with a content smile on her face. To be honest he wouldn't mind waking up like this every day, but he knew that that would never happen. Soon the beauty would wake up and then she would hit him and walk away angry. He sighed, because he really wished that things would be different.

His dream was to be able to live a life without problems. He just wanted someone to acknowledge him, someone to love him. That was all he asked for. But that stupid fox in his belly needed to ruin that dream. Nobody would be able to love something like him. He was just the container of a monster. Who with enough brains would even think about loving him? Sighing, he grabbed her waist gently and he tried to roll over, so that he could place the girl next to him again.

But just as always luck wasn't on his side. The girl's breathing became faster and he could see her frown. The girl also grabbed his waist with a strength he didn't know she had and it was now impossible to lay her on her own mattress. Just his luck. Now he would end up with a few broken bones, when the girl would finally decide to wake up. And he knew that the pink haired girl on top of him was a heavy sleeper, so he figured that he would be in this situation for quite a while. Sighing, he held on her tight and he closed his eyes again. 'I might as well go back to sleep now as well. She'll hurt me when she wakes up and that'll be more than enough to wake me too. I just hope that she doesn't hit me too hard…'

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"Yuki, how's everything going over there!" Ichigo called out. He was busy collecting firewood in order to make a fire. This would be their last breakfast here and he wanted to make it a good one. He knew that both Naruto and his daughter were fond of ramen, so he had bought some in the village before leaving.

The pink haired woman came walking towards him with a smile on her face. In her hand she was carrying some bottles with water. They were heading towards the cottage right away and they had heard something about a festival from the two kids, so they decided to go there as well. The only thing that they didn't know yet was whether or not to go together with the pink haired girl and number one hyperactive ninja. The two of them had grown so close in such a short time and it would only take a bit more time before they would have a son in law. Okay, that was a bit too fast, but the two of them looked to have a special bond already.

She put the bottles with water on the ground and sat down next to her husband. "I'm ready to go, dear. After breakfast we're ready to leave, well almost ready. Those two lazy kids are still sleeping. Can you believe it? It's almost eight already. And they were already sleeping when we returned from our walk. You think that they would have slept long enough about now. Should I wake the up?"

The man smiled and placed an arm around his wife. A sinister smirk came upon his face, before pulling the startled woman close to his face. "We can do that, but we can also let them sleep and continue what we were doing on our walk…"

The pink haired woman blushed and closed the gap between them. The kiss was hard, but gentle at the same time. They broke apart in need for air after a while. Yuki smiled and gave her man a finger flip on his forehead. "I would love that, dear. But we have to go if we still want to go to that festival. I'm going to wake the two of them up. Just make sure that the ramen is ready when I come back with them, because I'm planning to lure them with it."

Ichigo just had to smile. The woman he loved was soft and sweet on the outside, but she could be so evil sometimes. He was glad that she showed him her sweet side more often. He then picked up the wood he had collected and walked over to the camp. He placed the firewood on the ground and quickly looked around before smiling. He made some hand signs and whispered: "Katon goukakyuu no jutsu."

He blew and there was no longer air coming out of his mouth, but fire. The firewood started to burn and a smile came upon his face. He knew that he should never do this in front of his wife, because she would kill him for sure if she found out that he performed a ninjutsu. Sighing, he grabbed the cups of instant ramen and placed them above the fire. He was about to lie down when he suddenly heard a loud gasp. And it wasn't just any gasp. It was his pink haired wife!

Quickly looking around for enemies, he stood up. There seemed to be nobody around the area, so why did his wife gasp? His eyes locked on the pink hair of his wife and he ran towards her as fast as he could. When he came to a halt next to her, he gave her a questionable look. The woman had a dreamy look on her face and she was smiling. "What's wrong, Yuki?"

The woman just giggled and pointed to the tent in front of her. Raising an eyebrow, Ichigo took a few steps forward to look inside the tent. Now, what could be interesting enough to make her gasp like that? It was probably some kind of cute animal or something. He flapped away the entryway to the tent and was about to say something, when he saw it. A gasp escaped his mouth and he quickly backed out of the tent. Turning to his wife, he gave her a dumbfounded look. "Tell me that you're joking!"

The woman just shook her head and glanced inside one more time to make sure. Her daughter was lying on top of her team mate with a content look on her face. The girl had placed her head on his chest and her arms were wrapped around his waist. The boy had a smile on his face as well, but Yuki could see that he wasn't all too comfortable. His arms were around her waist and he seemed to hold her close. The pink haired woman figured that the girl had accidentally rolled on top of him in her sleep. Naruto, being the nice boy that he was, must have chosen to let her sleep.

A big smile came upon her face and the woman sighed. Turning to her husband, she could see that the man still couldn't believe what was going on. She placed her arms around his waist and pulled him close. "They look so cute together, don't they?"

The brown haired man shook his head and he quickly broke away from the pink haired woman. A frown was placed on his face and he pointed towards the two sleeping kids. "What do you mean cute. That boy has tricked my sweet little flower in sleeping with him! I should break his neck and feed his body to the bears around here! I will show him what happens with someone who touches my precious Sakura!"

He was about to enter the tent with a raised fist, when he suddenly got slapped in the face. He fell down because of the impact and brought on of his hands to the red place on his cheek. "Why did you do that, Yuki?!"

The pink haired woman glared at him and suddenly he didn't feel so brave anymore. He backed off when he saw the woman closing in on him and tried to run away, but she was too fast and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "You were jumping to conclusions again, weren't you? Why are you blaming Naruto right away? You didn't know what happened. It could have been your daughter who initiated the action as well!"

His wife scared the shit out of him right now. He still tried to get away, but somehow his wife got stronger after becoming angry. He wanted to beg for his life, but the pink haired woman didn't let him. "And everything probably was an accident anyway. You know damn well that both of them wouldn't do something like this if they weren't sure of their feelings. If I remember well, we slept together when we weren't even fourteen! So why can't they sleep like that, eh! Give me one good reason!"

The woman finally dropped the man on the ground and waited for an answer while waiting for an answer. Ichigo didn't know how the woman's personality could change that drastically in a mere second. His daughter seemed to have the same ability and it scared him. Did it have something to do with the pink hair or something?

Brushing off his pants, he stood up and he gave his lover a pleading look. "Well, she is my daughter. I just don't want to lose her to another man, that's all. If she hooks up with that boy, then she will get more distant and I don't want that. I just want my little flower all for myself."

Yuki finally calmed down after hearing that. It wasn't like he didn't want his daughter to love. He was just overprotective and he didn't want to lose her as his daughter. She walked over to him with a sweet smile and hugged the man. "Sweetheart, our daughter is growing up. She isn't the little Sakura anymore. She's almost a grown woman now and she can make her own decisions. I still don't know why you're making such a fuss about this. I still think that this is an accident."

The man was touched by her words and let out a smile. He started to hug back and laid his head on her shoulder. The woman sighed and continued: "Even if she did hook up with the boy, you know that she would never forget you. You will always be her father and I will always be her mother. She may move out someday and she might visit not as often as we would like, but she will never forget us. You know her better than anyone, dear. Do you honestly believe that she would abandon you?"

Smiling, he tightened the grip on his wife. "Yeah, you're right. I was overreacting…"

The pink haired woman looked up and kissed her husband on the lips once again. Ichigo smiled before deepening the kiss. They stayed like that for a few seconds, before Yuki reluctantly broke the kiss. "And would you rather have your daughter on top of someone else? I think that Naruto is a fine young man and I'm sure that he's the right man for our girl."

The brown haired man scratched the back of his head, before nodding. "Yeah, they complement each other, don't you think. I've talked to the boy on the way here and from what I've heard; he truly loves her a lot. She is the brains, while he is the brute force. She is heaven and he is earth. They're both very energetic and I'm sure that they are the only one with that much spunk in them. And the most important part is that she seems to love him as well."

"That's the smart man that I remember." Yuki said with a smile on her face.

She was surprised when her husband started to frown after this. He glanced inside and looked at the sleeping boy. "There is one problem though…"

The pink haired woman sighed and knew exactly what the man meant. "The nine-tailed fox…"

Nodding, Ichigo turned to his wife. "He still hasn't told her about it. And I fear that the demon may drive them apart. The boy seems scared about what the Kyuubi can do. I can see it in his eyes. I already told him that I think that Sakura won't mind at all, but somehow he is too afraid to tell her…"

"Our daughter is smart enough to look past the obvious, but I can understand Naruto's point of view. Think about it. He has been alone for the better part of his life and a lot of people hate him because of the fox. His peers are the only ones who don't know and he wants to keep it this way. If they would hate him too, he would be all alone again. So I can understand…"

The brown haired man nodded and looked inside the tent once again. Sakura seemed to dream about something nice, because her smile was becoming greater and greater. This made the man smile. Somehow he had a feeling that everything would end well. He sighed and turned to his wife. "After the festival, I'll go talk to him about it. I don't want to ruin his day."

The pink haired woman nodded and grabbed her husband's hand. "Let's let them sleep for a little while longer, dear. Let's keep the ramen warm and make everything ready for departure. I want to leave as soon as possible. Those insects here are starting to bug me!"

Ichigo smiled, before kissing his wife on the cheek. "That must be, because you have the tastiest blood in the world. And I should know. I'm the same as these insects. I want to kiss you the whole day as well. That would be one advantage of Sakura moving out. We would have a lot of time to ourselves." He said the last part with a seductive tone in his voice.

Yuki giggled before lightly pushing him. "You pervert…"

The man grinned before walked forward. He was about to sit down when he heard her voice on more time. "And what did I tell you about using ninjutsu, sweetheart?"

'What, she saw me! Shit!' He quickly turned around and he was greeted by a fist.

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Yawning, Sakura slightly opened her eyes. She couldn't help but feeling really comfortable at the moment. Her mattress felt really soft today. And since when was her mattress orange? When she heard the sound of soft snoring very close to her ears, her eyes shot open. Blond hair, an orange shirt, whiskered cheeks…she was lying on top of Naruto!

A gasp escaped her mouth and she started to blush furiously. What the hell had happened? She tried to get up, but was surprised to find out that she couldn't move at all. The boy had wrapped his arms around her body and somehow he wasn't about to let go. Sighing, she laid her head back down on his chest. She freaked out just now, but it wasn't that bad. She actually liked the position they were in. She closed her eyes again and could hear his heartbeat. His heart was beating much faster than it was supposed to and it made her blush. She made her heart beat faster. Somehow it made her so happy.

She opened her eyes again and looked at his handsome face. She cursed the boy beneath her for sleeping. She wanted to drown in those blue eyes. She was surprised when the boy suddenly tightened his grip and started to say some things. She wasn't able to hear most of the words, but she was sure that she heard her name a few times. And she sure hoped that she was the reason for the smile on his face.

She cursed herself for looking to those lips. They seemed to be made to be kissed. Somehow her body started to move without her permission and her face closed in on his. She almost reached her treasure and she could hear her inner self freaking out. She was the same though. She could feel his breathing on her face and it made her shiver and moan. Her eyes widened. That moan wasn't supposed to get out.

When she saw that the boy's eyes started to open, she sighed. She had lost her chance. Shrugging, she looked at the bright side. At least she would be able to see his beautiful eyes again. She could see the shock in his eyes and he was about to let her go when she grabbed his arms. The boy gave her a very confused look and he was blushing like crazy. She knew that her cheeks were still red as well, but it didn't matter. "Just a few more minutes. I feel really comfortable right now…" She then gave the boy a warm smile.

Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing. She really wanted to stay here with him. This was too good to be true. Blushing even more now, he nodded. "We should hurry though, Sakura-chan. It's pretty late already and I saw your parents outside the tent a while ago. They are probably waiting for us…"

The girl sighed and quickly rolled off the boy. She gave him a glare, before exiting the tent. "Just say it, if you don't like me on top of you, you bastard!"

Naruto just raised an eyebrow and he was extremely confused. "What did I do wrong now? I'll never understand girls…"

He yawned and exited the tent as well. A smile came upon his face when he smelled something really nice. Following the smell with his high sense of smell, he found the pink haired girl and her parents. "Do I smell what I think I smell?!"

Yuki smiled and offered the boy to sit down next to her. The boy did as she asked and sat in between Yuki and Sakura. He glanced at the pink haired girl and could see that the anger was long forgotten. A smile was once again adorning her face and this made him smile as well. Yuki gave him some instant ramen and one to her daughter as well. "Here you guys go! I heard that you like ramen even better than my daughter."

This caused the boy to look at his team mate. The pink haired girl quickly looked away with a blush on her face. Naruto gave her a confused look before tilting his head. "But you always said that you didn't like ramen, Sakura-chan…"

The girl giggled, before sighing and dropping her head. "I heard that Sasuke-kun wasn't very fond of ramen…"

Naruto completely understood. The girl didn't even have to finish her sentence. Sighing, he opened the instant ramen and smiled before blowing on the hot noodles. "But I don't care about that anymore. I don't want to act anymore. I just want to be myself now and this Sakura is actually quite fond of ramen!"

He turned to the girl and saw that she had already finished her breakfast. "What, how? I'm not even halfway there!"

"Should have looked. You were too busy with your own food." The girl replied with a grin on her face.

The boy pouted and continued eating. He was happy that the girl of his dreams was fond of his favourite food as well, but he wasn't happy with losing his title as the fastest ramen eater. He turned to her with a confident look in his face. "Next time I won't lose! And that's a promise!"

"You wish!" The girl replied with a confident smile of her own.

Finally finishing his food, he stood up and stretched a few times. "That was a nice nap! I feel really refreshed!"

"And I guess that my daughter has nothing to do with that…"

His eyes widened and he quickly turned to the source of the voice. The brown haired man was snickering. Sakura seemed just as embarrassed as the boy, because she turned a shade of red before walking over to her father. She hit him on the head and walked away angry. Ichigo was sure that he heard her mumble something resembling pervert. "I was just kidding…"

His comment fell on dead ears, because when he looked up he could see that his wife and Naruto were already gone as well. Sighing he stood up and he walked over to the bags. The kids just needed to get their tent ready and then they were able to go to the cottage again. Sitting down on some of the bags, he yawned. He had never expected his daughter to change so much during this vacation. It wasn't like he wasn't happy, but still. The pink haired girl had grown up so much lately and it was all thanks to that childish boy. Kind of ironic…

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Naruto finally got all of his stuff out of his tent and he sighed. All of his stuff was thrown around the tent. Must have been the pink haired girl, searching for her own stuff. He always thought that girls weren't sloppy, but she definitely was. He was broken out of his thoughts when Sakura's mother walked towards the tent. "Stand back, you two."

This earned the woman two confused looks. She just smirked and bucked. Pressing the button on the bottom of the tent, she quickly backed off. The tent started to become smaller and smaller and after a while it was just the same as when the came here. Naruto's and Sakura's eyes were in shock. The pink haired woman saw this too and smiled. "What's wrong? The tent wraps itself up if you press on this button."

Naruto remembered all the trouble he and Sakura went through setting up that stupid tent. He could still recall the moment that he was about to press that button, but the pink haired girl had stopped him and even hurt him in the process. He glanced over to the girl with a glare on his face. Sakura seemed to feel his eyes on her, because she became beef red at the moment.

Yuki just smiled and walked over to the brown haired man, while Naruto and Sakura began grabbing their stuff. Sakura was about to pick up her bag, when Naruto beat her to the punch. He put her backpack over his own and gave her a smile. The pink haired girl smiled and shook her head. He knew that she was able to carry it herself. Walking over to the boy, she gave him a chaste kiss on the cheek and then walked to her parents. Naruto almost fell down and became beef red once again. She had kissed him!

Naruto finally reached the rest after steadying his heartbeat and he didn't dare to look at his team mate at the moment. Ichigo saw the exchange and just had to grin. Young love was something to cherish. "Let's go!"

Everyone nodded and they started to walk back to the cottage. Sakura walked next to her mother and saw that it was pretty late already. How long had they stayed there! The festival was already going on and she didn't want to miss any of it. She still had to get ready and stuff as well and she wanted to look at her best today. "I'm going to ahead, alright mom? You know that I need my time to get ready."

Yuki smiled and nodded. "I figure that you're going to the festival with your 'friend'." She said the last word extra loud and Sakura knew what her mother meant. A blush came upon her face, but she nodded nonetheless.

She ran forward and came into step with Naruto. "The festival is already going on and I want to go there as fast as possible. Let's travel ninja-style! I'm sure that I'll be there faster than you!"

The boy smirked and turned to her with a confident look on his face. "You're on!" He jumped up the trees and started jumping from branch to branch. The pink haired girl giggled and followed after the boy. She should have known that he wouldn't wait for the sign to go. Some things just never changed…

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Yuki and Ichigo finally reached the cottage and opened the door. They took their time walking back and they were surprised to see the hyperactive boy sitting on the couch with a bored look on his face. He was wearing an orange shirt with some black dragons on it. It made him look very cool. Black short were under them with an orange dragon on the left pipe. They had never seen the boy so nicely dressed before.

They entered the room and sat down on the chairs. "How long have you been waiting already…"

"More than two hours now! Man, I just wished that she would hurry up already! I'm bored out of my mind!" Naruto replied with a pout.

Just at that moment the door to the bathroom opened. All eyes turned to the pink haired beauty that was standing before them. Naruto's jaw nearly reached the ground and his eyes were very wide. His cheeks were extremely red and a slight bit of blood was under his nose. Yuki saw this and quickly wiped the blood away.

Sakura was wearing the dress that Naruto had bought her and her hair was up in a bun. A few strays of hair were covering hanging loosely and it made her extremely beautiful. This was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. The girl walked forward and looked a bit nervous. Her cheeks were a slightly coloured as well. "Well, how do I look?"

The boy broke from his stupor and he gulped before looking her in the eyes. "You look…wow…I can't find the words for it. You look like an angel…no…even better!"

Sakura was really taken back by his comment and she had to restrain herself from jumping at the boy and kissing him right here and now. Her heart almost broke her ribs, because it was beating so fast. The boy in front of her looked so handsome. He had even tried to tame his hair by the looks of it. She was on the verge of getting a nosebleed and she quickly looked down. "That's so sweet! You look very handsome as well."

The boy grinned and stood up from the couch. He walked over to her and he was surprised by the way she smelled. She smelled like strawberries and it made her even more attractive. He hoped that the fox had nothing to do with this, but somehow he just wanted to cover her with kisses right now. He smiled and moved his face to her ear. "You smell very nice, Sakura-chan…"

He said it in an extremely seductive tone and Sakura had to keep herself from fainting. She just had to shiver and she couldn't think straight anymore. Images of Naruto were running through her head and she got a dreamy look on her face. She was broken out of her thoughts when she saw the boy wave his hand in front of her. "You alright, Sakura-chan? You kind of spaces out on me."

Nodding, the girl walked past the boy. Reaching her mother, she gave her a smile. "Well, we'll be going now."

Yuki nodded and embraced her daughter. "Just don't stay the whole night. We have to walk home tomorrow, so you'll have to get some sleep. Your father and I will come later, so maybe we'll see each other there. "

Nodding, the pink haired girl turned to her date for tonight. "What are you standing over there, Naruto? Am I that repulsive?" She said it in a playful voice.

The boy ran over to her and rubbed the back of his head. "Of course not!"

Sakura grinned and walked over to the door. She was surprised when the boy opened the door for her. He bowed and indicated for her to walk through. Sakura was taken back. So the boy could be a gentleman when he wanted to…

"Goodbye!" She shouted before exiting the cottage.

"Enjoy yourselves!" Yuki screamed back.

"Will do!" Naruto said before closing the door.

Ichigo walked over to his pink haired wife and he embraces her from behind. "She resembles the old you a lot with her hair up like that. It made me remember a lot of nice things. Now let's get ready for our own date. I can't wait anymore!"

Yuki sighed, before kissing her husband on the mouth. "Do you have two hours?"

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"Wow! It looks so funny over there!" Sakura yelled when she entered the village with Naruto scrolling right behind her.

The boy walked over to her and took in the sight. The small village was lit up, because it was already dark. There were stands everywhere and there were even parades going on. There were a lot of people visiting the festival. "Yeah, it sure looks great!"

The pink haired girl couldn't wait anymore and she turned to her date. The trip to the village had been a quiet one, because both of them were nervous around each other. This was their first date ever and it scared the shit out of them. She slightly tilted her head and she put a smile on her face. "What shall we do first?"

The boy seemed lost in thought before he grabbed something from the ground. It was some kind of flyer and a smile came upon his face after reading it. "There are a lot of parades going on right now, so we could watch those first. Maybe we can walk past the stands after that. They look pretty nice from the look of it and maybe we can get something to drink after that. Looks like there'll be fireworks at midnight. I can't wait!"

Smirking, the pink haired girl turned to the blonde. "Looks like you've got everything planned out already, hot stuff."

The comment made him blush and he was about to say something when the girl grabbed his hand. He was taken back by this and became even redder. He looked to Sakura and could see that she was pretty red too. The look in her emerald eyes was telling him that she was asking for permission. "Let's go, Naruto."

Naruto understood and tightened the grip on her hand to show her that he didn't mind at all. This earned him a beautiful smile from the pink haired girl. She then started to walk towards the busy streets, while dragging the boy with him. He was happy to see her so energetic.

It was extremely crowdie in the village, but it didn't matter to him. The girl was the only thing on his mind. He could see that she was enjoying herself and that was enough for him. She was looking everywhere with an unbelieving look on her face. She looked just like a little girl. There was a lot of nice music on the background as well and it made the festival even better.

The parades were pretty enjoyable. There were all kinds of things to see. There were people dancing, doing tricks and many more things. There were giant figures of dragons as well and he had to admit that it looked impressive. They continued to look at the parades for a long time until Naruto got enough of it. He pulled the girl away, much to her dismay, and walked towards the stands.

When the pink haired girl saw the stands, she became happy again. There were so many cute things to buy. Looking at all the stands with a smile on her face, she glanced over her shoulder to see what her date was doing. She was surprised to see him staring at an object at one of the stands. She followed his gaze and her eyes widened when she saw the beautiful necklace. It was a cherry blossom made of the most beautiful pink she had ever seen.

Naruto picked up the object, while giving the owner of the stand some money. He then turned to the pink haired girl with a smile on his face. "Turn around for me, will you?"

Sakura was really exited and did as he asked right away. The boy tied the necklace around her neck and then spun her around again. It looked perfect. The necklace made her even more stunning. It went so well with her dress. It was like they were made for each other.

The pink haired girl looked down and saw the beautiful necklace. "Wow, it's perfect! Thank you so much!" She embraced the boy and closed her eyes. A smile came upon her face when the boy did the same. They stayed like that for a few minutes, when someone broke them from their intimate moment.

"Well, look what we have here…"

They broke apart and turned to the source of the voice. Before them was standing none other then their other team mate, the raven haired boy. Naruto immediately felt a surge of jealousy. He started to frown, before turning to the boy. "Sasuke…"

Sakura certainly hadn't expected this. In front of her was standing the so called man of her dreams, but why wasn't she getting excited? Her heart didn't start beating faster and she didn't even blush after hearing his voice. Was this really the same Sasuke? "Hey, Sasuke-kun…"

Sakura looked the boy in the eyes, but she wasn't able to find an emotion or whatsoever. The boy nodded without even smiling. "Sakura…"

There was no emotion in his voice as well and it made her shiver. Not out of delight, but out of disgust. Had he always been like that? Was this really the same boy she had followed around for such a long time? She didn't know why, but she just couldn't believe that. Sasuke always gave her a happy feeling. When the boy would look at her, she would always end up getting butterflies in her stomach…just like she got them from Naruto's gaze now…

"So what are you doing here, Sasuke?" Naruto asked with disgust and surprise in his voice. He knew that the raven haired boy wasn't the type to go to festivals like this one.

The Uchiha shrugged before looking smirking. "I was just passing through the village. I have been training like crazy these last few days and I'm sure that I'm strong enough to beat him now!"

Sakura sighed. The boy was still only thinking about his revenge. He hadn't even looked at her once since his greeting, but somehow she didn't mind.

"It's our vacation, Sasuke. You should relax and enjoy yourself. There will be enough days to become stronger, you know. Just let loose and have fun…" Naruto said with a smile on his face.

The raven haired boy smiled, before shaking his head. "Forget about my training? Are you insane? I need to become stronger than everyone, because he is stronger than everyone as well. I don't want to lower myself to your level, idiot."

She didn't understand, but suddenly she felt really angry. Then it suddenly hit her. She didn't like the raven haired boy anymore. There was somebody else in her heart now. Turning to the boy with a scowl on her face, she gave him the scariest look he had ever seen. "Don't call him an idiot, Sasuke!"

Both boys were surprised by her outcry. Naruto turned to the girl and just gave her a dumbfounded look. He couldn't believe it. The girl had really stood up for him. And we're talking about Sasuke here…the love of her life. He just didn't know what to think anymore.

The Uchiha shook his head and huffed. "Whatever! I'm out of here. Enjoy yourself with that idiot over here…" He said and he started to walk away from the two of them.

"I will enjoy myself with Naruto here! Count on it!" Sakura yelled back.

The boy got out of sight and she turned to her other team mate. She was surprised to find a shocked look on his face. "What's wrong, Naruto?"

The boy shook his head and gave the girl a confused look. "I can't believe that you would stand up to Sasuke like that. I thought that you liked him."

Sakura smiled before taking his hand in her own. "I did like him in the past, but I finally realised that he isn't what I really want." She then squeezed his hand a bit and this startled the boy. "I now know who I really love…"

Naruto became beef red when she turned to face him with a sweet smile on her face. Had she really chosen him over the Uchiha prodigy!? Sweat began falling from his face and his cheeks were on fire. The girl closed in on him and it made him even more nervous. He suddenly needed to go real bad. He knew that he shouldn't have drunk all that water when he was waiting for her to get ready…

He quickly turned around. Looking around, he saw the public toilettes. "Hold that thought, I'll be right back!"

The boy took off and Sakura just had to smile. The boy was nervous and it made him as cute as ever when he looked like that. Sighing, she looked around for something to do in the meantime. Finding a mirror, she took a long look at herself, before fumbling a bit with her hair. She wanted to look extra good for her date.

'Looking sharp there!'

'Yeah, I want to look at my best for him.'

'Don't worry. You saw the look in his eyes. He's totally in love with you, girl.'

'Well, he'd better be!'

'I still can't believe that you got over that other handsome guy. I mean, Naruto is much better, but still I've got to say that I'm proud of you.'

'Jeez, thanks…'

'You're beginning to look more and more like me every day! Shannaro!'

'What the hell are you talking about!'

'Well, you're getting more confident…'

'Naruto helped me to get more confidence, not you.'

'Right…give him all the credit…Well, you did become more perverted.'

'Did not!'

'Don't give me that shit. I saw you looking at him. You nearly got a nosebleed! I got one too, so I don't blame you. But it proves that you're a pervert!'

'Am not!'

'Oh, Naruto's back and he isn't wearing his shirt!'

'Where!!!'

Sakura's inner self almost laughed her ass off, when she saw that the pink haired girl started to look around with widened eyes. 'Haha, I was only kidding, you pervert!'

'I hate you…'

'Love you too!'

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"Aah, I needed that." Naruto said while exiting the building. Looking around, he tried to find his pink haired friend in the crowd. When he saw her, a smile came upon his face and he headed her way. The girl had really surprised him just now and he felt really good. It was like nothing could break his spirit now.

He was so lost in thoughts that he accidentally hit someone on the way and he knocked the man over. Naruto raised an eyebrow when he saw the man fall. Either he was drunk or he was extremely weak. He extended his hand to help the man up. "Are you okay, mister?"

The man had a tinge of red on his face. So he was drunk after all. He became confused when the man suddenly backed away with a terrified look on his face. Taking a few steps towards the man, he became even more confused when the man stood up with an angry expression on his face. "What are you doing here, you monster!"

Sakura heard the man scream and turned around. She was surprised to see that he was screaming at her date. She saw the downward look on his face and gasped. Getting angry, she headed towards the man. "Excuse me, but you have no right to call him that!"

"And just who are you supposed to be, miss?" The man said with a look of disgust in his eyes.

Sakura could smell the alcohol from his breath and it almost made her puke. Closing her nose with her fingers, she turned to the man. "I'm not going to tell you my name. But I'm not going to let you call my friend a monster!"

The man smirked. "I can say whatever I want! And I'm saying that he's a demon! He's going to kill everyone if we don't stop him!"

"What the hell are you talking about?! He's no demon!" She shouted back with anger in her voice. She just couldn't understand why someone would call the nicest boy in the world a demon…

Naruto was happy that she was standing up for him again, but it was no use. He grabbed her hand and started to drag her away. "Yeah, run away, you stupid fox boy!"

This confused the pink haired girl. Why did he call him a fox boy? She was broken out of her thoughts when the grip on her hand tightened. So the boy knew the answer, looking to his action. She broke free from his grip and walked back to the man. She wanted some answers. She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and gave him an angry look. "Why are you saying these things!"

Naruto's eyes widened when he saw the man grin. "So you want to know the truth, eh!"

"No, don't tell her!" Naruto almost pleaded.

The pink haired girl raised an eyebrow, before turning to her team mate. "Tell me what?"

The man laughed before turning to the girl "He doesn't want me to tell you that he is in fact the demon fox that destroyed Konoha fourteen years ago!"

"No!!" Naruto screamed while falling to his knees.

Sakura's eyes widened. "What…?"

The boy almost begged the man to stop now: "Please stop, please don't tell her!"

The man just smiled. "That boy is the container for the Kyuubi! The yondaime couldn't kill the beast, so he sealed it into this boy. Do you see now! He is carrying the most demonic creature in the world with him! He's a danger to us all!"

Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing. She couldn't believe it at first, but then she started to put the pieces together. Naruto was born on the tenth of October. And that's the same date as when the Kyuubi attacked. The whiskers on his cheeks, the red chakra during his fight with Neji, the red eyes in the forest of death, the glares from the villagers. Somehow she just knew that it was true. Naruto was the container for the Kyuubi.

She turned around to find the boy, but was shocked to see that he wasn't there anymore. Looking around, she finally saw him running towards the exit of the village. "Naruto!"

She was about to run after him when she heard the man stand up. "Yeah, go follow that monster, you fool!"

Sakura couldn't take it anymore and hit the man in the face with all her strength. The man hit the ground hard and was out cold before he could even scream. "Don't ever; don't ever call him a monster again!" She then turned around to run after her friend.

Running as fast as she could, she looked around to find her friend. She was sure that she saw him run this way. This dress wasn't helping her. It was slowing her down a lot. She was about to catch her breath, when she saw something orange running up a big grassy hill, just outside the village. Sighing, she began to run again.

Reaching the area, she slowly walked up the hill with a nervous expression on her face. She didn't know what say to him. She had no idea that he had something like that inside of him. And she had never helped him. She even used to ignore him when she was younger. Cursing herself, she took another step. The boy was sitting on the top of the hill. She could hear the sound of sobbing. She had never heard the boy cry!

She ran to the boy and kneeled in front of him. She could see the tears falling from his eyes and it made her even sadder. "Naruto, please don't cry!"

The boy looked up and saw the worried expression in the girl's eyes. "Why are you here, Sakura-chan? You now know what I am. I understand that you hate me now…"

His eyes widened when the girl slapped him on the cheek. Turning to the girl with a shocked expression, he brought a hand to the red spot. "What do you think of me?! Do you think that I'm going to abandon you because of something stupid like that?!"

The boy looked down, before sighing. "Everyone else did it…"

The girl became awfully sad now and didn't know how to react. She lunged forward and embraced the boy with all her strength. Naruto was shocked. Wasn't she supposed to hate him now?

The pink haired girl started to cry on his shoulder, while almost crushing him. "Why didn't you tell me? Why did you keep everything to yourself?"

The boy started to cry again and he hugged the girl back. "I was afraid that you were going to leave me. I don't want to go back to that loneliness again!"

The girl stopped hitting him, but the crying only got worse. "You baka! I could have helped you. I could have been there for you! And how could you even think that after everything that happened! You're the one who kept on praising me for my intelligence!"

Naruto's eyes widened and he pulled back. Looking her in the eyes, he gave her a confused look. "You don't hate me?"

The boy was rewarded with a hit on the head. "Of course not! I could never hate you…"

The tears came back again and he pulled the girl close to him again. Sakura gave in immediately and started to smile. "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!" The boy managed to scream out between sobs.

They just lied there in that position for more than five minutes, when the boy suddenly released her. He had stopped crying a long time ago and Sakura could see that he was really grateful. He rolled to his side, so that the pink haired girl rolled on the ground. Giving her a smile, he turned to the sky. "I would never have guessed…"

The pink haired girl raised a brow, before doing the same. "What?"

Before this vacation started, you hardly spoke to me and Sasuke was the only one in your heart. I was just a team mate and you liked to ignore me. But now you're lying here next to me. You even accepted the monster inside me and you even stood up for me against Sasuke. Never would have guessed that this vacation would turn out to be this good."

Sakura finally understood what he meant. "Yeah, I guess you're right. I never expected any of this to happen as well. I guess that I have my father to thank for this. If he hadn't brought you to our cottage, then all of this wouldn't have happened. I wouldn't have changed, I wouldn't have been happy, I wouldn't have met the real you…"

Smiling, Naruto looked her in the eyes. "Yeah, we really have to thank the old man, don't we…?"

Suddenly a green light went into the sky and it exploded into thousands of tiny lights. A smile came upon his face when he saw this. "Finally the fireworks are starting."

They were lying on the perfect spot to look at the fireworks. They were able to overlook the whole village from there and it gave the night an extra effect. The sky was coloured in all kinds of colours. He turned to see the look on Sakura's face. He couldn't help but smile when he saw her angelic face. And to think that she cared so much for him. He didn't know what he had done to deserve someone as her. He was broken out of his thoughts by a loud explosion.

The pink haired girl looked up in awe. She didn't know that it would be this pretty. "So pretty…"

Still looking at the pink haired girl, he smiled. "Yeah, so pretty…"

Sakura glanced to her side and saw that he was looking at her while saying that. Her cheeks became red and her heart started beating extremely fast. She couldn't take her eyes off him anymore. She once again got lost in the blue orbs of his and suddenly she didn't care that they were on a hill, she didn't care that the show in the sky was still going on, she didn't care about anything at the moment. There was only one person on her mind.

Feeling brave, she rolled on top of the boy with an honest smile on her face. The boy seemed startled. A blush came upon his face and she could see that he became nervous. Bringing a hand to his whiskered cheek, she started to caress it. This seemed to please the boy, because he started to purr. Giggling, she moved closer. "I never knew what love really was. I used to think that you had to like the boy and that would be enough. But now I know better. Love is something far greater…"

The boy slowly moved his head up and the gap became closer and closer. "There has to be a bond between two people. You always want to be with him, you always want to feel him, and you always want to kiss him…"

They were only inches apart now. She could feel his breathing on her lips and it made her shiver in pleasure. A smile came upon her face. "You always stand up for that person and you're willing to protect him with your life. His feeling are more important that your own and you when he hurts, it hurts you as well. You are connected with him…This is what love is. And I want to thank you for showing me that, Naruto…."

Pausing for a few seconds, she started to blush even more. "And now I want to show you something as well….I want to show you how much I love you…"

She closed the gap between the two of them and she brought her lips down on his. Both of their eyes closed and she brought her arms around his neck, while he put his arms around her waist. Their kiss was clumsy at first, but when Naruto brought one of his hands behind her head to add more pressure to this kiss, it became really passionate.

It was like their lips were made for each other. The lips moved with outmost accuracy and the kisses became more heated. Sakura brought her hands to Naruto's hair and grabbed it. The boy seemed to like it by the sounds of it, because she was sure that she could hear him moan between kisses. They continued kissing until they needed to break away for much needed air.

The pink haired girl was still hovering above her lover and she was looking down with a sweet expression on her face. Her breathing was shallow and she had trouble catching her breath. She felt like they had been kissing for an eternity, although she knew that it had only been a few minutes. Bringing one of her hands to her lips, she smiled softly.

"Wow…" Was all the boy beneath her was able to say.

The pink haired girl smiled, before bringing her hand to his cheek. She caressed it for a few seconds, causing the boy to moan. Feeling happy with her actions, she placed her forehead on his. "Yeah, you could say that again…"

The boy snickered. "Okay, then I'll say it again….wow!"

Laughing, she shook her head. "I didn't mean it, silly."

The boy cupped her face with his two hands, earning him a beautiful smile from the girl. "I know…so, time for round two?"

"I thought that you would never ask…" Sakura said with a smile on her face.

And their lips clashed together once again…

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AN: Argh!!!! What was I thinking?! I said that I was going to write shorter chapter and here I write on of almost 9000 words….what the hell is wrong with me. Well, I hope that you liked the chapter. Lots of emotions and fluff in this one. I think that this is the best chapter of the story and I hope that you like it as much as I do.

I hope that I didn't make sasuke seem like a bad guy. He's just set on killing his brother, so everything else is irrelevant.

The last two chapters will be very short. Day 9 will be their return to Konoha and day 10 will be something like an epilogue.

I hope that you guys review, because I want to know what you think about this chapter:D