Re ho-
Naruto eyed the cottage with a strange look. It wasn't messy or old – it was just very different compared to the buildings in Konoha. The memory of Konoha made him feel uneasy. He needed to be there.
Sakura turned around and gave him a look. "Want to come inside?"
He shook his head. "No, I better get to Suna as soon as possible"
Sakura crossed her hands, and tilted her head to one side, eyeing him harshly. "Naruto – I don't want to think you are stupid, but it is rather irrational to go to Suna now. Konoha knows that the ANBU went to Suna, and they suspect you are there. What about going undercover for a few days?"
Naruto stared at her before he narrowed his eyes at her. "I don't expect that you know how I feel – I need to save my people."
Sakura looked the other way. "Fine be stubborn, but I swear, don't come to me if you die or anything"
"But Naruto, you know very well, that the best chances of getting Konoha back is laying low for a while, and give them a surprise attack – right?"
Naruto nodded and crossed his own arms; Sakura had a small smirk on her lips. "Naruto, its not because I want to be a bother to you – just stating the obvious."
"I know that Sakura …"
Sakura motioned Tohru to enter that house and she turned around. "I have a guest room – you can stay for a few days if you like," she muttered.
Sakura entered the house – and Naruto followed.
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Naruto thrusted the rasengan harshly into the body of Sasuke, out of pure reflex. Sakura watched horrified from the ground as Naruto's hand went straight through Sasuke's stomach.
"Sasuke-kun!" she screamed, but none of them stared at her. They stared at each other instead – Sasuke's eyes wide and so were Naruto's.
Sasuke snickered with a grunt and whispered "What a surprise…"
Naruto quickly removed his hand and pushed Sasuke to the ground, his gaze resting pleadingly at Sakura's. "Sakura you have to heal him! Hurry!"
Sakura didn't think twice when he said that.
-
Sakura opened the shouji door to a relatively small room with a double bed and showed Naruto inside. "You can sleep here – It is only used when some of my friends from the Rock-village visit."
Naruto nodded and looked around – it needed to be cleaned, but he was only staying for a few days, so what did it matter? "It is a nice house…"
Sakura didn't smile at the comment. "I am going to clean up the rooms – you can explore the area if you want to"
There is a small thing in the air – as if all of this was some sort of weird act. Naruto couldn't help but clench his fist and wonder if he should flee in the night – however, his thoughts stops when a small girl, a mini-Tsunade except with dark brown hair, stands before him.
-
When Naruto had finished the training he told Tohru that he was taking a walk. Tohru who was exhausted from the training understood and let him go.
Naruto hadn't been the type that took walks by himself, but this time he felt like taking one.
The forest was cool and the trees bright green. He could feel the coming of winter. It was strange – in Konoha the wintertime would start in October and end in February. Tsunade had told him that it would be colder when you got farther north.
Naruto took the small path leading to a little clearing into the forest. His eyes blinked when he saw a small altar at the far back. It was a bit of messy, but still a proper altar.
His feet let him to the stone rather quickly and he sat down. It was an altar for the dead – Sakura must have made it. He looked at the small rotten flowers, and frowned. "Dead people should be remembered better"
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Sakura looked down at the altar before her. It was dark, far too dark.
Wild flowers were spread across the hard rock surface and Sakura softly smiled as she placed her own flowers with the wild ones. She quickly folded her hands and let her forehead touch the stone.
"Please be okay, Sasuke-kun, Tsunade-sama"
Sakura somehow felt very happy knowing that Naruto had taken his time to do something good. A strange warmth spread through her fingers as she softly spoke to herself. "Maybe I should do something to thank him…"
-Two weeks later-
Sakura placed the plates carefully on the table, making a happy tune so that she would relieve the usual tense atmosphere that occupied the morning.
Tohru sat at the table reading through the many scrolls that Sakura had given her. Despite her best efforts she still didn't read Kanji fluently and had to ask for either Naruto's or Sakura's help.
Sakura smiled at her. "How are you doing Tohru-san?" the girl frowned.
"What is this Sakura?" the older woman blinked and walked behind the girl to read the scroll.
"This is water-walking Tohru-san – you shouldn't do that without me being there okay? I will teach you later today"
Sakura looked up the stairs and frowned. "You know where Naruto went?"
Tohru shook her head. "Maybe he is sleeping."
The pink-haired kunoichi frowned. "He usually isn't this late – I am going to check on him."
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Sakura stopped outside his door when she could hear the small sounds of sobbing. Her angry look was replaced with one of worry, and her hand stopped at the handle.
She took a deep breath and opened the door. The curtains was pulled away letting the clear morning sun travel across the floor.
"Naruto…" she whispered, but the man just lay in the bed, staring into the ceiling. Sakura sighed and took a chair from the wall and placed it beside his bed. With a soft thump she sat down.
"Breakfast is ready." Naruto noted Sakura's crossed arms and cold expression and closed his eyes before sitting up. He wished so much to let the pain out, to tell someone. But Sakura wasn't available. He tensed when he felt his leg touch hers as he swung out of bed and immediately found his head falling on his right hand. Tears streaming freely now.
Sakura uncrossed her arms and let one of them travel to his face to dry away the tears.
However, something stopped her.
All this – was because of her. Naruto wouldn't be crying if she hadn't come back – he would be happy, sitting as the Hokage – just like his dream. Yet, he was doomed to stay with this girl, who had betrayed her nation if not worse, by taking Tohru.
She didn't deserve to comfort him – she was lower than him. She closed her own eyes painfully and let her hand travel back to her. With her left hand, she pulled the curtains back, no one needed to see the grown man cry in despair.
She was not going to have a break down in front of Naruto. It was out of question.
The chair fell to the ground as Sakura fled out of his room.
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Tohru knocked on the door to Naruto's room, and with some difficulties managed to open the door. "Hey Naruto-san, I have breakfast for you, Sakura-san told me to bring it to you"
Naruto looked up and dried his tears. "Ah…"
The small girl placed it on the small coffee table, before she spoke sadly.
"Sakura-san is crying again. I am used to it now – she always cried when she thought she was alone, when we travelled together. She is so sad all the time…" Tohru brought a hand to her chest. "I don't want Sakura-san to be unhappy"
-
Naruto had never been that fond of rainy weather, and with Tohru having one umbrella, he was forced to share his with Sakura.
They held distance enough so that none of them were too close to each other yet not out in the rain.
Sakura had known that Naruto had been in contact with Shikamaru the last night and frowned. What bothered her wasn't that he would be leaving in a few days. It was because he didn't tell her about it. What should she expect? She didn't tell him either. But that didn't matter then because he didn't know. This time, Sakura knew he was leaving.
Naruto looked to the left and gazed at the strange Rock buildings – their surroundings were rocky, but most houses were covered in a fine layer of trees and flowers. The leaves fell down on the ground softly. For some reason, Sakura didn't feel at ease at this place.
-
"Sakura, you are a spring person – you bloom in spring, and fall in with the fall." Tsunade waved the bottle of sake into her head as she replaced the usual frown with a grin. "So stop being sad and smile a little eh?"
Sakura looked up at her teacher. "What?"
"People die so easily Sakura – maybe everything we call faith, isn't faith, just more like choices. That is why we regret so many things" she gulped the sake down.
"If I had decided to stay home from the mission, Dan might not have died – hehe, so there is no real faith thing. It is just choices…maybe that is why it hurts so much when it happens."
Sakura tightened her fist, and had a sad expression. "So…that is why you don't belong to anyone – you belong to the choice of staying with someone. If you fit then that is just good."
Tsunade eyed Sakura wearily.
"Don't go and waste your life with stupid choices Sakura"
-
"Eh Sakura-san! Can I go search for my friends today!?" Tohru asked out of pure curiosity, Sakura looked down at her sternly. "Tohru-san, I told you not to call me that when we are in town, okay? And no, we need to do some shopping."
Sakura stopped in the middle of her footsteps and stared ahead. Both Tohru and Naruto stopped, even though Naruto only stopped so that she could catch up with the two of them.
Sakura smiled. "You two go ahead. I think there is a carnival in town tonight – why don't you go there, then I'll do the shopping…"
Naruto watched her leave.
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With a swift motion of her body she ran into the forest. Shikamaru unable to stop her.
He frowned and turned to Naruto.
"You should at least have said something…"
Naruto didn't say anything and curled himself together into a ball. His eyes wide-open and dry, but his skin was white and he looked like he had trouble breathing.
-
Sakura watched the shelf with interest. She had never in her whole life expected such a large amounts of ramen in the rock village. Unable to know which one that tasted the best, she snapped the nearest packages and put it into the basket.
She smiled. "Naruto – he is going to feel like he his home now."
-
Sakura heard the door open with a soft click and two pairs of wet feet travelled along the floor. She frowned when come to think of the letter Naruto had received from Shikamaru – they were short, and indicated that he was probably busy.
What disturbed her the most was the fact that Naruto must have asked when he could come to Suna. Shikamaru had replied no so far, but who knew when Naruto would leave.
Sakura felt herself grow sober and slammed the ladle into the ramen.
Tohru stuck her head inside the kitchen. "We are eating now Tohru" Sakura said with a hint of anger in her voice.
The girl nodded and sat down on her chair.
Sakura turned and looked at Naruto who was standing in the hallway. He just shook his head.
"I am not hungry…"
She could see that he had stared at the ramen in her hands, and heard his stomach growl.
"But Naruto-san, I havent eaten dinner with you for two days!" Tohru complained. "And you didn't want to train me either."
Naruto stared at her, and complied tiredly. He sat down on the chair as Sakura slammed the ramen bowl down, causing it to spill some of its contents out on the table.
None of them said a word and Naruto only ate a few spoons before he thanked her for the dinner.
Sakura stood at the sink, clutching the edge hard with her hands as she tried hard to control the growing anger.
-
"I said higher up with your foot Tohru-san!" Sakura yelled as Tohru desperately tried to block a kunai thrown at her.
"You need to have better control on your feet Tohru-san! One more time!"
The girl panted hard and her feet were numb, and so were her hands. All this time training with chakra control and taijutsu always made her tired.
Sakura sighed and made the sign that they should stop. "Fine – enough for today…"
Tohru looked down into the ground, feeling like a failure.
Sakura noticed and sighed again. "It's okay Tohru-san…"
"Sakura-san…?"
"Hmm?"
"…would you…" Tohru looked carefully the other way and chewed on her lip as if trying to find the right words. "…please call me Tohru-chan?"
Sakura blinked and smiled. "Sure…" Tohru then felt Sakura lay a hand in the girl's hair. Tohru knew that Sakura was sad, and she didn't really know why. But none the less it was the first time Sakura had acknowledged the tiny girl.
"You are afterall my little Tohru-chan, aren't you?"
-
Tohru yawned as Sakura carefully tucked the girl into the bed sheets.
"Sakura-san?"
"Hmm?"
"Is Naruto-san mad at me? Has Tohru done anything wrong?"
Sakura stopped tucking her and stared at her, wondering how to approach this topic. She bit down her lip. Maybe she should tell Tohru that Naruto would leave them soon, or maybe she should tell her that everything was going to be alright.
She did neither, when she noticed the necklace around the girl's neck.
"Who gave you that?"
Tohru blinked and rubbed he eyes. "Oh, Naruto-san did – he said that if I wore the all the time, then he would be able to always feel where I am!" the small girl grinned.
Sakura didn't say anything. She narrowed her eyes at the seals tied around it. "The Yondaime-seals…" she whispered.
"Huh?" Tohru said and Sakura quickly shook her head. "Oh! Hehe…well." She pointed at the necklace. "If he gave you that then you can be sure that he isn't mad at you"
The little mini-Tsunade grinned and Sakura smiled. When it was just the two of them it was like a mother and daughter moment.
Sakura felt her heart break.
-
Sakura turned in her bed when the door to her room opened slightly, yet her eyes stayed closed. Naruto gazed down at her and sighed, wondering how things developed the way they did.
He walked over to her bedside and sat down on his knees, watching her with her back turned towards him.
"Hey…Sakura"
He watched to see if she reacted to his words.
Silence.
"I just want to tell you I am leaving now. Don't come after me, I'll be fine on my own." He laughed a little. "Like you would even come for me."
He got a sad expression on his face. "You know – I have so many things I wanted to tell you. Those stories from past six years, Tsunade-sama, Jirayia, Shizune. You would have laughed, I know you would."
Naruto stood up and stopped his speech when she turned again, her face towards him. Naruto closed his pained eyes and sat down again.
"Tsunade-sama, she talked a lot about you. She always looked out of the window, hoping that you would enter the door, all of sudden. She missed you…I missed you too. But now Sakura, things have changed – I am probably not like when I was 12 or 15, and you are not like you were back then…"
He took out a hesitant hand.
"I know what you did these past six years – I waited for you to tell me. I wanted to hear it from you." Naruto brought his hand to her hair and brushed a few pink locks away.
"I really tried to hate you – be angry with you Sakura – to be honest I still am…" he gave himself a small smile. "But you are still one of the best friends I could ever have…haha, funny isn't it?"
Naruto slowly led his hand travel across her cheek to her collarbone, to her shoulder, down her arm, and lastly rubbing her knuckles.
"Even though we try our best and don't succeed. Sometimes we get what we want," he stared at her closed eyes. "But not what we need. Yeah sometimes I just feel so tired but I can't sleep. It is like I am stuck in some sort of reverse…like I am experiencing pain over and over again. Like in my childhood."
Naruto then closed his own eyes and leaned in to kiss her on the – but he stopped himself and pulled back, making his hand brush away the locks again.
Sakura sighed softly in her sleep and brushed Naruto's hand away out of pure reflex.
He took it back and stood up. "Don't come after me…and Sakura…" A long pause.
"I am really sorry for what happened to Sasuke. Things shouldn't have gone that way."
The door closed and Naruto walked down the stairs.
Sakura's eyes sprung open and she sat up in her bed, panting hard.
-
Naruto ran as fast as he could down the path – trees flashing by. He was breathing hard. Not because of the running, but from the extreme emotions wrestling within him. The anger – the regret – the loss.
He stopped when he noticed a woman standing at the seashore, her eyes glaring daggers at him. He sighed and began to walk normally.
Sakura narrowed her eyes and bit down in her lower lip. Naruto's mouth was pressed into a line, chakra beginning to slowly flare in front of him, quiet as always. "So you were awake – even though I threw a sleeping genjutsu on the house"
Sakura felt the urge to punch him. "You are underestimating me again when it comes to genjutsu"
He jumped into the open path. "You've made your point" Naruto starts to walk towards the Sand village.
"Why are you doing this? I have seen the letters from Shikamaru – he tells you that Suna isn't safe yet – and still you refuse to listen and stay here" she looked sadly the other way "I expected you to be different"
Naruto stopped.
"Different from what?"
"I thought you would be a bit more pleased with my efforts – instead of being so goddamn aggressive all the time" Sakura said hissing.
"My people need me, Sakura, but thank you for your efforts" he said with a clipped tone.
Sakura tightened her fist. "Stop talking so highly about yourself – you don't have to leave, but fine! Have it your way! You stupid idiot!"
"Just because you can't see me for who I am, doesn't mean anything any more Sakura," his voice not so calm anymore.
"You're so goddamn selfish, you know that?"
"I am the one who is selfish? Do you even hear yourself?"
"You only think of yourself! I have a child to take care of! I can't be selfish! If I was selfish enough I wouldn't have cared to take care of her!"
She slammed her foot into the ground. "You don't know a thing about responsibility! You just sit in your office with your fine Hokage-hat and sign papers!"
Naruto began to frown even deeper.
"For someone who upped and left all their duties, responsibilities and allegiance to their village, you speak very highly of your and responsible manner. And don't bring Tohru into this. Either you took her or died. You didn't choose Tohru, you choose to not die"
Sakura glared at him. "So you are saying that you would rather want me dead? That is very kind of you"
Naruto glanced at her over his shoulder. "I would rather you stop talking shit like you know everything!"
She hissed. "Who says you know everything! You don't know anything at all! You don't know how it is being captured by an organization you can't escape! Because you are not the one sentenced to death in your own village are you!"
Naruto turned around fully. "Don't try to guilt trip me. That particular organization was hunting me down since I was born! Always talking and acting like everything's figured out. I was supposed to be killed at birth! That's just it isn't it Sakura. With you, the world is always how you see it, isn't it?"
He narrowed his eyes. "Everyone else is just too stupid to understand…"
"So now I am the evil one now?" she screamed.
"No. Just the foolish little girl who always runs away"
Sakura snorted. "Running away – I guess that is what you call it. I would say –going away, when you no reason to stay."
Naruto looked the other way and crossed his arms. "You had plenty of reasons to stay. But none of us mattered"
She let her eyes drift to the ground. "But how do you feel if you have an obsessive man hunting you!? He wants you! And not because you can heal anymore! Huh! How would you feel about that?"
"The little girl keeps on speaking. Always about you and what you want. Never about others. Never about…- Never about the village. You dare call me selfish…" he glared at her. "Get out of my way"
Sakura stepped backwards, her eyes widening a bit before they narrowed again. "Get out of my way! You call me a little girl? You know what!? You really know what? I think you are the most immature of the two of us right now!"
Naruto stepped forward. "YOU ARE THE ONE WHO NEVER GREW UP!"
Sakura stepped forward to, and quickly unzipped her shirt, revealing scars all over her body. "I grew up!"
The battle aura slowly begins to rise.
"I bet you don't even have that many scars on your body! I tried to save cities for men in six years! Nothing happened! They all died!"
She continued. "I grew up Naruto! I didn't live in a dream city! Give up! There is no Konoha!"
Staring at Naruto vindictively, "WE LOST!"
Naruto felt the kyuubi's aura rise within him – all this anger – he couldn't control it.
"You weak useless piece of – I don't give up! I won't ever give up!" he screamed.
"See! That is why you are going to die what that attitude of yours! And then what? What about all the people that care about you!?" Sakura waved her arms as she said that.
"I die for the people I care about. And none of them are here" he replied coldly.
Sakura tightened her fist even more. "You stupid idiot. It isn't worth dying for anyone!"
"Go home! Go play mommy!" he screamed back.
"They don't give a damn about that! Huh!? Do you think people will care if Tohru died!? Because she wanted to save you?" Sakura couldn't control herself much longer.
"Us adults have jobs we have to do…" he replied as if speaking with an inferior.
"Fine then go!"
"What have you done Sakura? What have you accomplished that gives you the right to be so judgemental?"
Sakura stopped and looked downwards. "I died once…"
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"damnit Itachi! Hurry up bring a medic! She is dying!"
Sakura stared at the ceiling, feeling the room grow darker and darker.
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"Darkness"
-
"Died once?" he snickered. "What a joke. Go home. You never accomplished anything. I thought you would do so much Sakura, but you ran – and you keep running"
Sakura pointed her finger at him. "If you ever say I don't know what it feels like when you are dying. I want you to get away from me."
"You didn't have your best friend shove his fist through your heart! Twice!" Naruto screamed back.
"You weren't the one who could have undone all this! This is not placed on you! It is on me!" She brought a hand painfully to her chest.
"See this is what I am talking about! Get OVER yourself!" he screamed back.
Sakura whispered slightly to herself. "I could have saved Sasuke-kun…but I couldn't. He died because I was unable to save …I could have undone all this."
"Grow up!" Naruto screamed.
"Don't yell at me! You don't how it feels!" she screamed back, attention back to the confrontation at hand.
"I am trying to save lives right now, Sakura. I'm not sitting back, giving up and running away. You've got nothing"
"You wouldn't care anyway!" she exclaimed.
He took at step backwards. "How would you know!?"
"Shizune would not let me talk to you when I came to Konoha, because you couldn't face me! What kind of attitude is that!"
"That's not attitude, that's my job Sakura."
"Did you know how I felt! You betrayed me! I thought we were friends! I knew you were alone in there – it was only your chakra!"
Naruto stopped in his steps and turned around. "Wait I betrayed you?" he begins to laugh mirthlessly.
"Don't ever say I betrayed you Naruto!"
"You are hilarious Sakura. Hopeless…"
Sakura narrowed her eyes. "Don't damn mock me you idiot"
"…Facts don't matter with you, do they?" he keeps on laughing. "You've got to hand it, this is pretty funny"
She clenches and unclenches her fist uncontrollably at his words.
"And decisions never mattered to you either, Naruto."
-
"There are no such things as ties Sakura – it all about decisions…"
-
Naruto kept on laughing. "Now I see why no one ever took you seriously. I was too stupid back then to realize that. Haha. Goodbye Sakura, just remember who left and turned their backs to everyone and who stayed and waited"
"You want everybody to surround you – because you are insecure – you don't care about what other people feel – that is why you are mad at me…because I didn't stay with you" Sakura narrowed her eyes, voice dripping venom. "Naruto that is – selfish"
He stopped his laughing. "Is it selfish to…" he wringed his hands. "Is it selfish to want…" he looked up, steel in his eyes.
"You and Sasuke were just the same."
Sakura bit down her lip.
"Everything is about what you wanted Sakura. "No concern about others. If I was selfish for wanting you with me, then yeah, I was wrong. I should never have wanted either one of you in my life!"
Sakura narrowed her eyes and looked the other way. "I don't care…"
Naruto returned the glare fully. "You never did, never will"
She hissed slightly. "Don't you dare judge me. Fine – if I do die, then at least you should know that you are the most annoying person I have ever met!"
Naruto intensified his glare. "And you are the most worthless excuse for kunoichi, I've ever met"
Silence.
"You don't need to tell me that…" her hands tightened even more. "…I already know"
Looking as if she would start to weep but instead flaring up with rage, "So that is why you should get the hell out of here! Damn whatever feeling I some how had for you right back then – because screw that! You are the most damn annoying person I could have ever met! I don't give a damn about Konoha! And I sure as hell don't give a damn about you!" Sakura screamed. Still yelling, "I hate you!"
Naruto stood still for a moment. "You never had any feelings for me! Don't lie, I realized the truth! Everybody knows that you don't give a damn about Konoha! That is why you are a failure! First betraying everyone, then giving up on them when they need you the most!"
Sakura turned and glared at him. "You let Sasuke-kun get away!"
"I didn't let Sasuke do anything!" he screamed back.
"You could have stopped him! I believed in you!"
"He killed me to get away. I don't know how much more you could've wanted Sakura! I died so many times for you!"
Sakura wringed her arms. "I died too!" she pointed at the scar on her right arm. "You attacked me that time! You attacked me yourself! So you damn not tell me that you are the only one risking lives here!"
Naruto stiffens – words get caught in his troat. His hand wandered unconsciously to his heart, feeling it break slightly.
Sakura took a step forward. " I cried so many times for you! And this is the thank you I get!"
Naruto looked downwards. " You've never cried for me. You never thought once for me. If you did, you would've stayed" Raising his head again, "You never think of anyone but yourself!" he screamed.
"You bet I cried because of you!" she screamed back.
"Why!? What did I ever do to you? I was nothing but always there for you! And look what that's gotten me?!"
He waved his arms. "look at me. What has that gotten me!? I've lost everything!"
Before Naruto could say anything else her fist charged him, with all her chakra concentrated to a killer point.
Immediately sensing danger he barely avoided her fist as it came crashing down to the ground. Without thought, an activated the Rasengan appeared in his had, ready to thrust it into her open stomach.
Then time stood still. The cliffside exploded and split off from the earth to fall down the sea. Naruto saw himself reflected in blue light, through Sakura's green emerald eyes. The rasengan still twirling in his hand, a mini tornado of wind and sound, making all other noises disappear.
The rocks behind him continued to crumble into a thousand pieces as they fell into the ocean.
They had been ready to kill each other.
Sakura brought a hand to her mouth and stepped backwards on shaky feet. Her eyes shimmering with tears that she didn't dare to fall.
Naruto stared at her too, his hand still ready to strike her if necessary. But his own eyes were wide and he looked traumatised.
Sakura hiccupped, as she finally was at least five feet away. "I…I am sorry – I didn't mean …"
Naruto deactivated the rasengan and lowered his hand to his side. "No…I guess I deserved that."
"…Don't say that. I shouldn't have run after you in the first place- I…I am really sorry, I didn't mean to…"
Naruto closes his eyes pained.
Sakura continued to speak. "I should have been a bit kinder – I might have expected a bit too much of you…"
"It is okay Sakura – I know you meant it…"
"No I didn't! Naruto you…you…"
He raised his hand, begging her to stop. "Please…don't say anything"
Sakura looked at him sadly. "I am really sorry Naruto. You were right – I am a traitor to the village – I really don't deserve your pity…I…"
Naruto glanced at her. "Sakura…I am sorry too…"
She blinked. "Huh?"
"I shouldn't have said you were worthless, and that you were weak – because to me…"
He tried to smile a bit. "…You are the best kunoichi I know…"
Sakura brought her arm to her side. "…Naruto…"
He looked up. Sakura cracked a little insecure smile back. "Thank you…I guess…there is really a reason why you are the hokage…"
It was his turn to look dumbfounded.
"I don't expect you to forgive me, I understand why you are mad – so…leave if that is what you…feel is right"
"Sakura…do…you want me to stay?"
Sakura sighed and fumbled with her discarded clothing. "I won't say that – you should stay by your own will…I don't want to…force you…"
Naruto. "Sakura…I am sorry that it had to become this."
"Don't be…I started all this"
Both stood silently in the moonlight.
'Naruto, did you mean all those things ba-'
Naruto quickly brushed off her words, "I can stay Sakura ---but you must know something. Don't stop me next time."
Sakura zipped her blouse and sighed. "…of course"
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Neither said a word the way back to home
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A/N: aaaaaargh! Oh the flames! The flames – I know that people is going to flame me! Calling me a stupid bitch – or whatever they would like to call me. Why you ask? Because to many people Naruto and Sakura is OOC…
I don't call you people stupid – or anything(I call myself that all the time) but before reviewing or flaming I would like you to take it into consideration how a real couple fight, and what Naruto and Sakura has been through here.
However – me and my beta-reader(or co-worker) has devided the cottage arc into three stages – and then all you can guess is what kind of three stages these are.
SURPRISE too – because I finally managed to figure out the ending of all this! – and you are going to be surprised I can tell you – and I also have the greatest surprise for you in store for another chapter.
I can tell you that I am some sort of Buddhist – which mean I believe rather strongly in the idea of reincarnation – so there is a person reincarnated in this story!
Review or flame me if necessary. If people want an explanation on why I did it like I did – review an answer or PM. (or review my beta-reader causeIambeta – it was his idea afterall….X3)
All rights to kishi!
And to all those who gave their pre-view on this, (H&E) you are some piece of wonderful love meat !