Summary: What if Sasuke never left for power? What if their lives went on, as they would have? And what if Sakura started liking a certain blonde-haired ninja a little too early for Sasuke's liking? What if their world is different from what it really is? This is reality, and its hitting them all a little too hard.

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Naruto. If I did, many more plot twists & much more Sakura liking Naruto-ness.

Pairings: Naruto/Sakura and slight Sasuke/Sakura

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Ch.5- Fast Forward Time- 2 more days

Naruto's POV

It has been two days since "it" happened.

I hadn't seen Sakura since. And since we didn't have any missions in those two days, I avoided her.

Today we did, so there was no avoiding her today.

She'll probably be too busy talking to her precise Sasuke anyways.

I sighed, walking down the street. I would have stuffed my hands in the pockets of my jacket, but then I remembered I didn't have it.

I had decided to leave it at Sakura's house. She should at least have something to remember the "old" me.

Or at least the moment.

I didn't see her up there as I walked up, seeing Sasuke lean against the bridge, as usual. I walked over to the other side, draping my hands over the edge as I looked into the water, seeing a pitiful Naruto in return.

"What's the matter with you loser? And why don't you have your jacket on?" Sasuke asked in his usual irritated voice.

"Nothing you should worry about baka," I said quietly in return, still looking at my reflection.

I could feel his reaction staring me in the back and I smiled.

I could hear some shuffling of the feet coming my way and I turned my head slightly at it. I heard them stop and I turned completely to look at the person.

Sakura.

Her green eyes were so big; it looked like she'd been crying the past two days.

And she was wearing my jacket as well. All the way on.

"Naruto?" she asked hesitantly. I could tell she was scared, scared about me probably. She hugged my jacket closer to her as I just stared at her, not bothering to say anything.

"Naruto?" she asked again, walking towards me. Her hand reaching out to touch my shoulder.

If she touched me, I'd break for sure. I'd start loving her again. I couldn't do that to her or me. This is the reason I've been avoiding her all this time. I've got to move before she-

"Good morning students, sorry I'm late. I got stuck on the road to life and had to take the long way to get here."

Sakura pulled her hand back as all three of us turned to look at Kakashi-sensei.

I would have yelled at him, "yeah right!" but right now, I wasn't in the mood.

"We have to go back to he Wave Country to get some supplies for Leaf," Kakashi-sensei explained.

"That's all?" Sasuke asked, probably annoyed at such a use-less mission.

Kakashi smiled with his one eye and nodded. "That's right, so let's hurry. The next volume of my book is coming out soon and I don't want to miss it!"

I walked off first, waning to get out and away from here as fast as possible.

'Sorry Sakura-chan, but this is the best. For both of us.'

Sakura's POV

I had finally found him!

I had found Naruto after two days. I've worn his jacket since but now that I have… I think he's been trying to avoid me.

Why?

You idiot, you know why. You crushed his heart more than what Sasuke could ever try to do!

Sigh…

Naruto-kun… I'm sorry.

And I promise, before this mission is over, I'm gonna tell you.

Sasuke's POV

Only one thought crossed my mind.

What the hell is going on?!

Author's Notes: Hmm… not very long but it does have some interesting points in here. And by interesting, I mean it's really good to know these things. First off, as you may or may not have noticed, Naruto still calls Sakura with the '-chan' at the end. Sakura still has the '-kun' dropped off Sasuke's name, & its now on Naruto! This will come up later when Sasuke finds out & he's not too happy about it. Anyway, I hope you liked it & hopefully this will hold you over until I type up the next chapter. Leave reviews & I'll update soon! And you might want me to, 'cause the tent chapter's up next!