Always by your side Chapter 7, a naruto fanfic

Hey, guess what. I finally got time to write the next chapter. Sorry, been busy because of school
well, ENJOY!

I do not own Naruto, if I did I would somehow make Shikamaru fall on top of Temari.

Chapter 7. SasuSaku part 1

Naruto's and Hinata's clothes were spread across the living room. They both were lying on the couch, a thin sheet covering their bodies.

---Meanwhile---

"Hey, I forgot the address." Sakura said rubbing the back of her head.

"Sigh, what would your life be without me?" Ino stated annoyed.

"My life would probably be ten times better for getting rid of my pet pig who only shits around the house." Ino's eyes turned white as she started arguing with her best friend. Sai just stared amused and Tenten, Lee, Neji, Sasuke, Chouji, Shikamaru, Kiba, Gaara, Matsuri, Temari, Kankuro and Shino sighed.

"Troublesome women."

"Hey, *munch, munch*, we're here!" Chouji said gobbling up handfuls of chips. The group just stared at the sight. They knew it was the Hokage's home and they knew that it would be huge… but WHOA. They were completely speechless. Of course not counting the Emo Uchiha, Expressionless Gaara and … uhm… well, let's just say: WEIRD Aburame.

"Man, Naruto is one lucky ass guy." Was the first thing Kiba was able to let flow through his lips. Sakura took one step forward.

"Let's go in." The group approached the big, red mansion as Kankuro slowly knocked on the door.

"Uhm… JUST A MINUTE!" Naruto's voice called from the inside.

"Damn, it Naruto. Where's my bra?" They heard Hinata whisper.

"There…" A few seconds passed, the boys' nosebleeds getting worse by everything they heard coming from the inside. Then the door opened and the couple appeared fully dressed.

"Naruto…" Ino started still recovering for what she had heard. The blond just turned to her waiting for her to continue. She pointed at his chest. "Your shirt is inside out." She informed. Naruto looked at himself, ran into the house and came back in a second.

"Hehe, sorry." He chuckled nervously. Hinata could only blush.

"You were sticking your di*mph* inside Hinata's pus--*mph*" Sai informed, getting his mouth shut by Sakura at the unnecessary details.

"Why do you always say the unnecessary, Sai?" She sighed. Shikamaru had always thought Sai'd never been very bright. Of course he changed his expression to: "He's not very smart." when, while creating a jutsu, he began to glow, the colors varied between purple, red and yellow. It lasted for four days straight.

"Uhm… come in." Naruto invited, trying to avoid the subject, Sai still with his annoying smile.

"So, any particular reason you have to come visit me?" Naruto asked. Sasuke sighed and handed him a paper.

October

3 ---- Today

10 ---- Naruto's birthday

31 ---- Halloween

"Today is the 3rd." He explained calmly, in a way that made Naruto seem like a four year-old. "We were planning to throw you a birthday party."

Naruto remained emotionless.

"W-what's wrong? Wouldn't you like to have one?" Sakura asked, suddenly feeling ridiculous. Was it really that bad of an idea? NO WAY! Naruto would never disappoint her… would he?

"I think it's a bad idea." He simply said clearly disappointing most of the people present. He received a couple of shouts from things from "What? Why?" to "Do you have no sense of fun?"
"First of all…" He started, still no emotions showing "I have reasons not to celebrate. A: It's the day both my parents died, joined by half of the village's population; B: It's also the day when most of the village goes out for blood, my blood to be more precise and C: It's the day Kyuubi normally wants to take over my body to… "Celebrate"." He sighed. "I may lose control anytime today… and that's why I get isolated from everyone this day. I don't want anybody ending up hurt."

"Naruto-kun, you would never hurt us!" Hinata yelled surprising the entire group for the OOCness.

"Kyuubi would."

"Come on Naruto-san. Would we insist if we knew our lives would be in danger?" Neji said simply. Kiba nodded.

"Yeah, we believe in you. You wouldn't just let Kyuubi take over." Naruto sighed.

"… Fine, dattebayo! We'll throw the goddamn party. Just understand that if I feel just a little bit angry, I'll leave imeediatley" Tenten, Ino and Sakura jumped in joy while the rest smiled, nodded or gave him pats on the back. Hinata hugged him with her left arm. After a little while of chatter and planning, Shika remembered something.

"Naruto, that was not our only reason to visit." Sakura slapped her (gigantic XD) forehead.

"Right!" Then she frowned "This party thing was just a secondary idea we had while walking here."

"What was the real reason then?"

"Tsunade wants to see you." Chouji said, while taking out another bag of chips.

"Since you're about to re-form the Namikaze clan, you'll also be a member of the council." Ino informed while stealing a chip from Chouji. She, of course, received a few "Hey!"s.

"What does good ol' Baa-chan want?" Sakura hit him on the head and he fell to the floor, leaving Hinata alone on the couch. Why did she always have to hit her boyfriend goddamn it? One day, she would avenge Naruto's head-bunking.

"Ouch, Sakura, what was that all about?"

"Show some respect, baka. She's your leader!" She replied holding her fist in front of her face, a vein growing on her forehead. She had also noticed the missing -chan suffix.

"Whatever, how about you go do that to your sweet little Sasuke-kun, huh? He feels alone." Naruto mocked.

"Shannaro!" She yelled throwing herself at Naruto. Right before she was going to hit him Sasuke and Hinata stood up and stopped her.

"Sakura-chan, stop."

"Sakura! Leave Naruto alone." The pink-haired just kept growling and trying to reach Naruto. Suddenly, she couldn't move anymore.

"Gosh, you're even more troublesome than Ino." Shikamaru stood lazily, hands in his pockets and lazy face, a few meters away, both their shadows bond together. "You really need to chill out, Sakura."

The pink-haired sighed and Shika released his jutsu. Sasuke stood right next to her, trying to calm her down, Hinata was seeing where Naruto was injured and the rest of the group just sat on the other couches, with a fearful expression… except for Sai, who just kept his smile. Sakura sat down and, taking Shikamaru's advice, relaxed.

"So I'm leaving to meet Tsunade." Naruto said standing up and waving. "You can hang out here, if you want. Just don't go upstairs, I don't even allow myself to go upstairs for now."

"Naru-kun?" Hinata asked sweetly "Do you mind if I go with you?" Naruto chuckled, grabbing Hinata's fist and running out the door. There was a short silence.

"What do you say we go out for a movie?" Gaara asked. The whole gang cheered. They all exited the house, except for…

"Sakura…" Sasuke said before she could leave the house.

"What is it Sasuke-kun?" She replied turning around.

"Well…" He started walking towards her. Sakura's heart was beating faster by the second and the worst part for her: Sasuke could hear it. He smirked. "I was just going to ask if you would have the privilege of having dinner with me." Sakura's heart skipped a beat.

"W-what?" Sasuke sighed.

"I'm asking if you, Sakura Haruno, would like to go out with me."

"Y-y-you mean… like a date?"

"Yes, like a date." Sakura squealed.

"Of course, Sasuke-kun!" She couldn't help but blush.

"Good." He said, giving her a small, but noticeable smile. "I'll pick you up at 6."

"Did you call, Tsunade-sama?" Naruto and Hinata stood on the other side of the Hokage's desk. The room was filled with a weird atmosphere that made the three of them uncomfortable. The Shinobi still felt weird around his 'Baa-chan' after what happened. She did know it all along, even though she did not even give him the slightest clue. It had also been frustrating years for Tsunade, hiding a big, important secret from the closest thing she had for a brother. Of course, as she heard the way he called her, her heart sunk. It hurt. Badly.

"I did." She said in a whisper. "Have you decided what you're going to do?"

"We haven't talked with father." Hinata admitted, slightly blushing, remembering last night.

"Why's that?"

"I haven't seen him, yet. I was planning to tell him about my relationship with Naruto-kun today. It was late at night yesterday, so I s-s-stayed at Naruto's place." Tsunade ignored the perverted thoughts that crossed her mind and nodded.

"I expect you to tell him today, Hinata. It's best that Naruto goes with you."

"Hai."

Meanwhile, the rest of the gang was at the movies. They all were looking up at the posted movie catalogs. It was a tough pick.

"Let's watch 'The revenge of the younger one'." Sasuke said pointing at a black poster with a single, open, orange eye.

"NO!" Sakura complained. "Let's watch 'Gleaming with passion." Sakura blinked her now sparkling eyes, looking up at the sky.

"I heard that it's about two girls fighting for a hunk…" Ino told them. "The prettiest one get's him. It's just like mine and Sasuke's story." She went into the same position as Sakura, but the pink-haired started to yell annoyed.

"He's MINE! He asked mphphph---." She was interrupted by Sasuke's hand covering her mouth.

"She was going to say, I asked why they are so annoying." He lied removing his hand from Sakura's face. There was an awkward silence.

"'Gleaming with passion' it is!" Temari said entering the theater, dragging a groaning Shikamaru with her.

Naruto and Hinata were walking back to Naruto's new home. As they passed through Ichiraku, the blonde didn't say a word and that made Hinata worry. He usually would start drooling and begging to go inside for a bowl or two. But, no. He just let his head fall slightly as he kept staring at his feet while they walked away.

"Naru-kun, what's wrong?" She asked, placing her left hand on his shoulder. Naruto's head slowly rose for him to make eye-contact with her.

"I'm just thinking." Hinata gave him a 'go on' look. He sighed. "To tell the truth, I really want you to be my future wife and I want us to have kids, but at the same time, I promised Neji I would get rid of the Caged Bird seal and I can't do that with Hanabi as clan leader, she would be against it. And, as you know, I do everything to keep my promises and for that, I need you as the head of Hyuuga." His head fell down again, while Hinata stopped in her tracks. It all made perfect sense now. She, too, wanted to help the Branch Family and her cousin, but at the same time she wanted Naruto. But wasn't that a little bit selfish?

"We really have to be careful on what we decide; there might be another way to help Neji and Tenten. The day they get married Tenten will also receive the seal… but Naruto, I want you! I love you and I promise I will never let go of you." Naruto smiled weakly at her. He bent down slightly to kiss her soft lips, as he did he felt his girlfriend melt into the tight embrace and soft, yet passionate kiss. After a few seconds they broke apart.

"I love you too, Hime." He said stroking her cheek. They stayed like that for a moment and then continued walking home.

"Oh, darling. Isn't the sunset beautiful?" Her long, silky hair was down in the breeze, a small purple flower attached to it.

"Not as beautiful as you, my love." He said turning his head in a swift move towards her.

"Oh, Akio." Her eyes shone brightly as she started stretching her body, for her face to reach his.

"Kayo…" He leaned down for the same objective.

At that moment Sakura, Ino, Tenten, Temari and Lee were crying waterfalls as the rest sat in their chairs, too sick to have some of their popcorn. As the couple on-screen kissed, even Chouji threw his chips to the floor and turned away, so for not to watch the scene. Thank god it was the last minute of the movie. As soon as the credits started rolling, the girls and Lee stood up and cheered as loud as they could, while the boys sunk into the theater's chairs and sighed in relief. The gang left the movies and the girls kept talking about how wonderful the movie was. They didn't even notice they were being watched. That's right, a shadow stood on top of the Hokage's mountain looking down at them as another figure popped up next to him.

"I did as you asked and spied on them, my Lord." The second one said. The other one remained silent so he continued. "They are planning to throw the demon a party in seven days."

The first person nodded and disappeared.

At 5:45, Sakura was in her room checking if she looked okay in the mirror. The pink-haired wore a pair of red shorts, black, high-heeled boots and a black tank top, with two vivid red cherries printed on it. She stroke a few poses and then blinked one of her eyes, smiling. Then there was a knock on the door. She walked over to the main-hall and opened it. There he was, in a normal pair of black jeans and a white shirt with the symbol of the Uchiha clan. Inner Sakura sighed.

"You're early." She said smiling.

"Don't want to turn into a Kakashi Junior." He admitted, shrugging. Sakura giggled, took his arm and they both left for an early dinner.

"Where are you taking me, Sasuke-kun?" The pink-haired Kunoichi asked, looking up at the man she loved. He was… smiling?

"Actually…" He started taking a dramatic pause afterwards. Sakura gave him a light punch on the shoulder. "I had no idea where to take you." He confessed. "So I decided: Why some crappy restaurant that's always crowded and gives us no privacy at all? Sakura, I'm going to take you out for a picnic in my favorite spot in the woods." Sakura's eyes brightened as she hugged Sasuke's arm tighter.

"Arigato, Sasuke-kun." His smile only grew. Little did the girl, now woman, in his arms (arm in this case XP) know what he was preparing for that evening.

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Wow... my first cliffhanger. Well, how do you like it. I'm sure you thought they would get toghether in this chapter because of the titel, but no...
Hehe, guess you have to wait a bit longer, it'll be out before you know it.
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