Naru: Long time no see, huh? Finally decided to try and break out of my writer's block and surprise! It worked. I am now out of my block funk! Yay! I know my last chapter of this story wasn't the greatest. In fact, I think it sucked. But now I'm back, and I'm going to try and update more regularly. Hopefully. D: Anyways... thank you to anyone who has waited so long for this update and to anyone who has reviewed this story. It means a great deal to me that you've all stuck with me through my absence. I promise to try harder! Thanks alot everybody!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did... -pervy fangirl thoughts- Naruto would be taking Sasuke up the ass like the true uke he is! XD BWUAHAHAH! SasUKE... how we love you. :D

::AHSS::Senior Year::

::Chapter Twelve::

::More Than A Memory::

::Naruto's POV::

The walk down the hospital hallway seemed like it was taking ages. I kept looking over at Kiba and could tell he was incredibly anxious. He appeared as if he were going to dash down the hallway at any second, knocking over anything and pushing past any nurse or doctor that were in his way just to get to Sakura. Too bad he didn't already know what room she was in.

I subtly grabbed his hand, "Kiba... everything will be alright. If anything would have went wrong, I'm positive that they would have told you about it already."

He nodded. "Your right, Naruto..." he paused for a short second. "Hey... thanks for being here for me. Considering what you've done, I haven't been a very good friend to you at all."

I gave him a questioning look. "What do you mean?" I asked as we took another turn down a different hall.

"Sasuke." He said. "I was wrong to judge him like I did." Kiba sighed. "I know you two really love each other."

I placed my hand on his shoulder, "It's okay, Kiba. I understand. You were only looking out for me, and that's what good friends are supposed to do."

He was about to reply when the nurse leading us to Sakura's room finally came to a halt. "Here we are. I'll be back in a minute. I'm going in first to make sure Miss Haruno is still awake and if she wants any visitors."

"Alright..." I whispered as Kiba leaned against the wall by the door.

Minutes passed. I had starting pacing back and forth... the ticking clock on the wall seemed so amplified that it was getting on my nerves. Finally the nurse appeared back in the doorway.

"Boys, you may come in now. Miss Haruno is looking forward to seeing you both." She said ushering us inside the room.

Kiba wasted no time rushing in before me. I followed behind him, a bundle of nerves building inside my stomach. I didn't want to see one of my best and most precious friends laying in a hospital bed... I'm just glad that I never had to look at Sasuke when he spent those couple days in the hospital during the time we had been separated. It would have absolutely killed me...

As soon as she seen us, Sakura's eyes lit up and she smiled brightly. "Kiba, Naruto... I'm so happy that your here."

Her voice was a little rough, as well as her appearance. I could clearly spot a few cuts and bruises running down her left arm, and a larger scratch on the left side of her face. She must have been mostly stuck by the vehicle on one side of her body.

I watched as Kiba hugged her lightly, apologizing for not being able to protect her, while she told him it wasn't his fault at all. Naturally he would take the blame... If something like this had ever happened to Sasuke, I probably would have blamed myself too.

"So how's the baby?" Kiba questioned her, running his fingers through her long, pink hair.

A pained expression fell over Sakura's face and see clasped her hands together, "I...miscarried..." A tear ran down her cheek after she blinked.

"I'm sorry, sweetheart..." Kiba apologized yet again as he took her into his arms.

I sat down on the other edge of the bed and wrapped both of my arms around each of them, listening to Sakura's quiet sobs. I was going to make sure that I was going to stick by her side until she got out of the hospital, and even afterwards. Since she had done everything to keep me from nearly killing myself when I had been broken up with Sasuke, it was the least I could do for her. After all, she was my best friend in the entire world. She and I had known each other since 3rd grade when I moved to Konoha. When I came here, I always seemed to get myself into trouble... I was a pretty wild kid who was constantly out for attention, since I had lost my parents... One day, I had gotten detention and a girl in my class had to keep an eye on me. It was Sakura. From then on, we starting growing closer and closer and before I knew it, we became best friends. To be honest, when we entered high school, I had the hugest crush on her, even though I knew she couldn't love me anymore than a brother. I was okay with that though. Who knew what would had happened to our relationship if we had gotten involved. Besides... I may not have taken a second glance at Sasuke if I hadn't given up on Sakura. That's another story... how I discovered I liked boys.

Right when we had begun our 9th grade year, Sakura had her first boy/girl sleepover. Naturally we were young teenagers, around the experimenting age, so I was obviously open to new things at the time. Though, I didn't know I would end up kissing a boy that night. We started a typical game of Truth or Dare, and on my turn, I fearlessly picked 'dare', and Sakura dared me to kiss...

::Flashback::

"Kiba!"

I felt my face heat up instantly. "Wh-what!"

"You heard me Naruto-kun!" she giggled. "You picked dare, and you got one!" she exclaimed.

I glanced over to Kiba who was also blushing madly. I had never even thought about being intimate with another boy, and I know that he probably felt the same exact way that I did. Oh well... a dare was a dare...

"A-alright..." I nearly chocked on my words. "If Kiba's o-kay with i-it." I added, crawling slowly over to him on my hands and knees.

I stopped reluctantly in front of him, so close I could feel his hot breathe against my face. My nerves had grown so badly that I began shaking terribly and the palms of my hands where immensely clammy. I raised my eyes and they instantly connected with Kiba's.

"It's okay Naruto. It's just a harmless kid." he reassured me.

Good to know someone was comfortable with this situation. But I guess he was right... it was just a kiss that would mean nothing.

Oddly enough, it would end up meaning everything to me.

I leaned in closer to Kiba's face and shockingly enough, he grabbed my head from behind and pulled me into the kiss. It was a really quick kiss, but...

"See? Not so bad now was it, Naruto?" said Kiba, giving me a playful smirk.

"N-no." I stuttered, instinctively touching my fingers to my lips lightly.

Not so bad at all...

::End Flashback::

And that was the day I discovered my true sexuality, and I couldn't look at a girl the same. It wasn't like I suddenly realized it... it just felt more natural to me to be into boys. I told Sakura without a second thought, knowing fully well that she'd understand and accept me without question. After that, she had asked if I liked Kiba. Of course I said 'no'. Kiba was my second closest friend next to Sakura. I couldn't let a silly, pointless crush get in the way of friendship. Plus, I could tell that Sakura wanted Kiba for herself, and Kiba was one of the straightest guys I knew, even if he was incredibly comfortable with his sexuality. The boy just loved boobs way too much.

I left Sakura and Kiba a good 10 minutes later, and wandered back to the hospital lobby where I'm sure Sasuke and Itachi awaiting my return. When I got into the room, I found Sasuke, but no Itachi.

"Where's your brother?" I asked, walking up to him.

He stood up and wrapped his arms around my waist, "Dei called and he was worried, so Itachi left for home." he explained. "More importantly, how is Sakura?"

"Good news, she's alright. Just a few cuts and bruises. Bad news, she lost the baby..." I explained, biting my bottom lip slightly.

Sasuke's arms tightened around me. "Let's go home, love. We'll come visit Sakura again tomorrow." he said, rubbing his hand up and down my back soothingly.

I nodded and we walked hand in hand outside the hospital. Sasuke had already called a cab and it had been waiting for us. We got home quickly since the hospital was only 6 blocks away from where we lived. Hinata was already awake, eagerly waiting for the news on Sakura. I went into the whole story, which gained a few tears from Hina.

"That's so sad... I feel so sorry for the two of them. I knew how much Sakura wanted that baby." Hinata told us, wiping her tear-stained cheek.

Sasuke took Hinata into his arms and I placed a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

"I'm sure that Sakura and Kiba will pull through it together. Sakura is a strong-willed girl. She'll be alright as long as Kiba and the rest of us are all still here supporting her." Sasuke said.

"That's right. Sakura never lets anyone get her down." I agreed. "Especially when she's got her friends beside her."

A small smile fell onto Hinata's lips. "I know."

I glanced around the livingroom. "So where are Itachi and Deidara?" Sasuke asked.

"Upstaires." Hinata replied simply. "Dei had been up practically all night, worried out of his mind about Itachi-san. I had a long talk with him last night. When he's separated from Itachi-san for a even a half an hour, he gets paranoid. He told he he has anxiety issues with being away from him for too long. That's how much Dei-kun cares about him..." Hinata explained to us. "Actually... they remind me a great deal of the both of you, Sasuke-san, Naruto-kun... The way they look at each other is so similar to you two."

I smiled and kissed Sasuke's nose. "Love you, teme."

He ruffled my hair. "Hmpf, dobe. I love you too."

"Well," Hinata interrupted. "I'm going upstairs to my room for a little bit before heading over to Gaara's later. I would go now, but I'm assuming he's still asleep at this hour." she added, before starting her way up the staircase.

As soon as Hinata was out of sight, Sasuke lead me to the couch and sat down, pulling himself down on top of him, pressing our lips together. Before he could slip his tongue in my mouth, I pulled away.

"Sasu... someone could come down..." I breathed. "Let's do this when everyone leaves today. We know that Hinata's going to leave later, and I'll make sure 'Tachi and Dei leave. Maybe we'll send them out on a date, hm?"

"I like the way you think, dobe." Sasuke smirked playfully and gave me one last kiss before I crawled off to the side of him and turned on the t.v.

Now I was excited.

Naru: Hopefully that chapter was good enough. I actually like how it turned out. And about the end, expect another lemon in the next chapter. :D

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