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 Sauce's liking? What if their world was different than what it really is? This is reality, and it's hitting them all a little too hard.

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

Pairings: Naruto/Sakura and slight Sasuke/Sakura

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Ch.14- Confrontation

Sakura's POV

Well, today's the day. A new mission. A new day. A new reason to find Naruto. And talk to him. But will he listen? As I walked towards our usual meeting spot, thoughts raced through my head.

Should I call him Naruto-kun? Should I bring it up right away? Ask him about his day? Talk to Sasuke any?

I shook my head. That last question shall remain unanswered.

I walked up onto the bridge, only seeing Sasuke there. I snorted in my mind, as Inner Sakura punched her fists together. 'Kick his ass!' she screamed to me, but I ignored it.

"Sasuke," I managed to spit out without being nasty as I stood across from him on the opposite side. He looked at me his regular way before turning his head to the side, not answering.

Not that I cared anyway.

Just then, Naruto appeared, jumping down from the treetops he had been in. I looked at him but he didn't even glance my way as he walked to the farthest end on my side, leaning against the railing.

"Naruto..." I said quietly to myself, looking down at the ground.

Naruto's POV

I wish Kakashi would hurry his damn self up so I can be done with this mission already. I heard Sakura call out my name and I shifted my eyes towards her, staring at her.

"Naruto," she said again, walking towards me, her hands trembling. My eyes turned to look straight ahead, no longer curious about her.

"Naruto, please say something to me," she pleaded, gripping the rail beside my body, feeling her warmth radiating from her body.

I looked at her again before spitting out, "What's there to say?" I got off the rail to get away from her, but she grabbed my jacket sleeve.

"Naruto, I'm sorry! Isn't there something I can do for you to forgive me? I even gave you back your jacket. Please Naruto, forgive me!" Sakura yelled out, tears welling up in her eyes.

I jerked my arm away, glaring at her. "Sorry won't make the pain go away Sakura! There's nothing you can do about the past, and if you keep this up, we may not have a future together! You're going to have to think of a damn good reason to make me forgive you this time!" I stopped, letting that sink in before I continued on.

"Why did you give him back his jacket anyway? Trying to bribe your way back into his life?" Sasuke said in his smug voice.

"Shut up! That's not true!" Sakura yelled out at him.

"Sure its not..." Sasuke replied, rolling his eyes.

I growled. "Shut it Sasuke. You're not a part of this." Sasuke chose not to respond as Sakura turned her attention back to me.

She whimpered, her lower lip quivering. "Please..." she whispered out. "forgive me Naruto-kun."

I sighed mentally, closing my eyes. I so don't want to deal with this now. 'Come on Kit,' Kyuubi said to me. 'Tell her to get the fuck away from you.'

"Sakura, you can whine all you want, but it's not going to change anything," I said to her, my eyes darting over to look at hers. "So if you don't mind, I would like it if you got the fuck away from me already."

She gasped, her hands covering her mouth. "Na... Naruto!" she gasped out. "How could you say such a cold-hearted thing?!"

"Oh, it's really easy," I told her, glaring. "when you have a whore as a girlfriend!"

Author's POV

Sasuke grinned to himself. 'Whoa. That's a burn. Naruto really is pissed at her. This ought to be good.'

"I told you I'm sorry already!" Sakura yelled at Naruto, starting to get mad. "How many times must I say it?!"

"Until you know the pain that I'm feeling now!" Naruto yelled back harshly.

"But I do!" Sakura protested. "When you saw me with Sasuke, when you said I broke your heart, when you said you loved me, my heart was crushed. I knew how you felt all those years ago, and after what I did, I deserved to be shunned. I don't deserve you Naruto-kun, but please! Please just forgive me!" She finished with a sob, the tears streaming down her face as she continued to cry.

Naruto was silent, eyeing her as she slid down onto her knees, her crumpled form still weeping. "You think you know my pain?" he said softly, making Sakura look up at him. "Do you?!" he asked.

Sakura looked down, her shaking form unable to respond.

"No, you don't," Naruto continued on. "You don't know the meaning of the word 'pain'! Yeah, you're right, you don't deserve me! Because you were a selfish brat who thought she could do anything and get away with it!" Naruto walked over to Sakura, grabbing her shoulders as he pulled her to her feet roughly, Sakura still crying. He leaned in close, his lips brushing past her ear, Sakura feeling his breath on it. She trembled, wondering what he was going to do next.

"My pain hurt more than any knife could do. It was like you pulled my heart out, chewed it up, and spat it out again. It was like you stripped my of my dignity, my self-respect, and my pride! Like I was an idiot in love that you could do anything with. You will never know my pain until you feel like I feel, until you feel like that," he whispered to her before pushing her away from him, Sakura falling back on the ground. "I'm going for a walk," Naruto mumbled, starting to walk away from Sakura.

"No, wait! Don't!" Sakura yelled out through her tears, struggling to stand up. Naruto stopped, his back turned to her, as Sakura continued to stand up on her knees. "Just tell me Naruto- do you forgive me?" she whispered out hoarsely, gripping the sleeves of her arms.

Naruto slightly turned his head, one of his eyes staring at her before he turned back. "No," he spat out like acid as he walked off, Sakura falling back to the ground in a crumbled mess.

To be continued...

Author's Notes: Well, the first part of the last chapter is done. Technically, I'm counting them as two chapters, but they go together because it's the second part of Naruto & Sakura's "talk". Now, yes, I know of some things that happened to not go so well in this chapter. Like Sakura for instance. OOC, I know, but please just deal with it. It's very important that Sakura acts like this chapter because in the next one, she gets mad & the two start throwing insults at each other, & the truth comes out... partly. Anyway, I updated. Yay for me. Anywho, I hope you enjoyed, & just one chapter left before the epilogue! -sniff- I know, so sad. You know I love reviews, so please send them in! Thanxs!