Hey brat! You aren't dead are you? A rough and anger filled voice asked, shaking the blond from his extended slumber as he sat up, looking around and seeing the familiar dark room. Turning himself where he sat, he saw the voice's owner. A large, orange furred 9 tailed fox with deep crimson eyes looking directly at him.

Good, you're still alive. I was afraid you'd finally decided to die. Though, you might have made a tasty snack the Kyuubi joked, a heavy chuckle following his words as the blond in front of him laughed lightly, rubbing the back his head. "Don't worry Kurama, I'm not gonna died that easily" Naruto said.

"Looks like we won the war" Naruto said, smiling up at the Kyuubi. Yup. I'm surprised you fought as hard as you did. Though, I'd expect no less from Kushina's brat Kurama said. You might want to try waking up. There's a bit of a surprise waiting for you out there Kurama said, no longer speaking as the darkness faded away.

Naruto's eyes slowly started to open, looking around expecting to still be on the battlefield with everyone or in a hospital, but feeling a warm breeze blowing over him and hearing the soft rustling of trees, the soft feeling of the grass under his hands, he figured he was probably laying in the training field.

"You finally woke up, you sleepy head" a soft voice spoke to him. His blue eyes looking towards the sky, he saw a smiling pink haired kunoichi looking down at him. "Sa…Sakura?" he said, a bit confused by why he was seeing her, and why they were in this field. Fingers ran softly through his blond spiky hair as she smiled more at him. "You had me worried you weren't going to wake up" she said to him, her voice as soft as the blowing wind.

Naruto was in disbelief, seeing as this was Sakura sitting here with him. "Wh-what are you-…" his words were cut off by the feeling of soft lips pressing against his own, a feeling he was sure he had felt before, though he couldn't recall, the fight making his memory very foggy around anything that happened after he and Sasuke defeated Kaguya. Naruto still couldn't believe this, even when he was experiencing it right now. When the kiss was broken, Sakura smiled down at him once more, tears pricking the corners of her eyes.

"I love you…Naruto" she smiled, the blonde's eyes widening even more as the words were said. Tearing forming in his own eyes, he couldn't bring himself to believe what he had just heard. "Sa…Sakura? Are you…serious?" he asked her. "Yes, you dummy" she said to him, her voice a lot softer as she looked up towards the blue sky, the clouds light, and slowly floating by above her and the blond.

"After the war, I did a bit of thinking" she said, breaking the silence between them. "I've been chasing Sasuke…ever since we were first together in Squad 7. And I always chased after him, no matter how many times he brushed me off. I kept saying to myself that the day would come when he'd accept my feelings and we'd live happily ever after like some cheesy fairy tale" she said, laughing lightly. "But while I kept chasing him…" she said, looking back down to Naruto with a smile on her face, "…you were chasing me" she said to him.

"I never did see myself being with someone like you, because I thought you were just a loser" she said to him, her hand softly brushing his hair from in front of his eyes. "I kept saying to myself that Sasuke was the only one for me, and that if I kept chasing him, he'd come around and finally like me. I battled with Ino over who would get him, and yet I kept brushing your feelings for me off" she told him.

"Yet, despite that, you kept chasing after me. You got stronger and so much more reliable than you used to be. You kept putting yourself in harm's way for the sake of others, even when you didn't know them" she smiled, a lone tear falling from her eyes. "Naruto…I'm so sorry for brushing you off the way I did. I kept chasing Sasuke even when he had been killing people off and tried to kill his own comrades. It took seeing how you saved him from the Raikage…to see how much you've changed…and for me to finally stop fighting my feelings for you" she said, her voice trembling lightly.

She felt a hand wipe the tears from her face, her eyes opening to see the blond smiling up at her, the way he always had been doing…for the longest time. "Sakura, I'm not mad. Actually, I'm happy" Naruto said to her. "I don't blame you for the way you acted back then. But hearing you say you love me, it made everything I did worth it" he said smiling.

Sakura's eyes welled up with tears at his words, her heart no longer able to suppress her feelings as she smiled. "So you don't have to cry so much. I'll still be there for you when you need me" Naruto said. Sakura started to wipe the tears from her eyes, her smile growing more as she looked at Naruto once more.

"By the way Sakura, where'd you get this pillow? It's really comfy" Naruto said smiling. "It's my lap Naruto" Sakura smiled. At that moment, Naruto's face turned a shade of red that rivaled the color of his mother's hair. "Your…lap?" he repeated. "Yeah? Something wrong?" Sakura asked him, looking away with a light blush rivaling the color of her hair as she rubbed Naruto's forehead.

"You did save everyone, so I thought you deserved a little reward" she said to him. "O-Oh!" Naruto said, trying to compose himself as he laid there, his head resting on the girl's lap as he looked up at her, then to the sky.

Inside his mind, Kurama chuckled to himself.

Hmph…you're still the same old little brat huh? Naruto…