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xOOx Sleeping Beauty xOOx
Despair and hopelessness,
Please spare me from
All the pain.
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Ino watched as the man blew kisses to her dead friend's mouth.
Everyone on the ship stopped what they were doing and prayed.
They all liked Sakura dearly and they could not accept that their young hime was dead.
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Naruto tried using CPR to resuscitate his wife. He couldn't believe he had entered another world just to see her die again. Why was God doing this to him? He didn't even get a chance to speak to her and tell her how much he had missed her. He wished the one who had died was himself, she would be living happily if he had not arrived and interrupted the course of history.
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Naruto had been trying to revive Sakura for the last few minutes but his attempts were futile. Her body remained lifeless and still, her eyes were closed, she was not moving, she was not smiling, she was everything but alive. Tears fell onto her sweet face as Naruto continued weeping, he thought he could be given a second chance; he cursed himself for his wishful thinking.
The blond had stopped trying to restart her heart because he knew she was gone. His sleeping beauty remained asleep in her peaceful slumber; her skin was getting paler by the minute. Naruto grabbed Sakura's body and placed her on his lap like a lost child hugging onto his doll. He placed his head gently onto hers and continued crying.
Ino couldn't stand the man holding onto Sakura, he was nobody to her. She didn't understand why he seemed to be in so much pain, he probably felt guilty for causing the death of her friend. Ino had known Sakura ever since they were young; they were as close as sisters. The two had dreams of travelling around the world, finding a boyfriend, going to each other's weddings and starting their own family.
This man, if he hadn't appeared out of nowhere, Sakura would not have jumped off the ship.
"Get away from her YOU MURDERER!" Ino screamed and flung Shikamaru to the side.
She ran towards Naruto and pried his hands away from her body so that Sakura could be transferred to her lap. She hugged onto her friend's cold body and started rubbing at her limbs, she wanted to warm some life back into Sakura. Ino's attempt was useless but the motion comforted her. She continued weeping and dripping tears on her face, if only tears could give life but Sakura remained sleeping.
Naruto stared at his empty hands and then towards the blond lady with his pink haired angel.
He came all this way, even to another world, just to find himself another dead body of his wife.
He should have just remained in his own world, at least then; they could have been buried together.
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Naruto laughed and cried with tears flowing down his faded blue eyes. If she no longer existed, he didn't want to live either. He got up and ran towards the edge of the ship, he was about to jump off and let the water consume him once more but a strong pair of arms stopped him.
"If you die, Sakura's sacrifice would have been for nothing." The masked man spoke.
"Ino, I want Sakura's body on the top deck of the ship. I'm going to perform a spell." Kakashi ordered.
Ino and Shikamaru understood the older man's order and they quickly carried Sakura's body up the stairs. They gently laid her body on the floor of the uppermost deck of the vessel. Kakashi lowered his mask slightly to review his right eye. There was a scar across his eye that contained a story significant to his past. Kakashi began chanting some words and performing some hand signals. Black swirls appeared in Kakashi's single red sharingan eye, he was going to use his dimension spell to summon Sakura's soul.
A pole with a moon shaped pentacle appeared and it shot up and suspended in mid air.
Light blue sparks of electricity began to develop from the crescent shape of its blade.
The circular sphere of voltage shot out in all directions, the energy was trying to seek for Sakura's soul.
"Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, Sakura," Kakashi chanted.
Kakashi was using a lot of energy to cast his spell but luck was with him as a voice responded to his call. Both of his eyes were now closed to increase his concentration, he only had a couple of minute's tops before his body would collapse. The spell required a lot of chakra, and the longer Kakashi persisted the higher the chance that even his own life would be in danger.
"Kakashi? Where are you?" The voice responded.
"Follow my voice Sakura, I don't have much time. Try your best."
"Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, Sakura..."
Naruto had walked up the steps and watched the whole summoning. He was both astonished and amazed, could the white haired man save Sakura? He really hoped that Kakashi was able to perform miracles; he would give up anything to see Sakura alive again. The light of the electricity began to dim and Kakashi was bending his knees to support himself.
A few seconds later, blue flame-like droplets began to descend from the rod and flow into Sakura's dead body. Once the glowing flecks had all entered inside of her body, the pole dispersed itself from above them. Kakashi bit his index finger to draw out some blood and scribble a seal on Sakura's wide forehead.
"We must head back to the Island, only the Elders will have the power to revive Sakura," Kakashi stated before he collapsed onto the ground.
"What just happened?" Naruto asked.
"Kakashi has just summoned her soul back into her body." Shikamaru answered.
"The seal can only last a few days at most, we must get back to the Island and hopefully Grandma Chiyo will be able to save Sakura. Kiba!" Ino shouted at a chestnut haired man, "Please steer the ship back to Paradise Island."
"Ok, but I will need everyone's help, there's a storm brewing in the direction of where we want to head." Kiba explained and looked suspiciously at the blond haired man.
"What's your name?"
"Me?"
"Yes you, the man who fell from the sky."
"I'm Naruto Namikaze."
"I'm Kiba Inuzuka, you can call me Kiba. I need all the male power I can get with holding the sails together once we go into the storm. Try to rest as much as you can now, we will be reaching the storm by dusk."
"Ok."
Suddenly a strong fist grabbed onto Naruto's top, a pair of fiery turquoise eyes glared at him.
"I don't care how you managed to appear out of nowhere, but I don't want you anywhere near Sakura's body. If we get back to the Island and Sakura remains dead, I will personally kill you." Ino declared.
"You can do whatever you wish to me if Sakura cannot be revived."
"Why did you look like you were in so much pain? You barely even know Sakura?" Ino wondered curiously.
"It's because she's my-" Naruto stopped, she wouldn't understand his reasons, hence he answered, "Sakura resembles a lot like my wife."
"Well she isn't your wife and she will never be your wife, I will personally make sure of that." Ino affirmed and nudged Shikamaru to help her carry Sakura's body to the cabin.
"We'll come back for Kakashi's body next." Ino said to Shikamaru.
"Don't worry about Ino; she's always very protective of Sakura." Kiba announced and added, "Well, I'll be steering the ship, see you later."
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Ino and Shikamaru laid Sakura's body on a wooden table. The pain of seeing her friend dead was unbearable, she clutched her chest and crouched down, she felt nauseous and her head throbbed. Shikamaru knelt next to her swiftly and supported her back, he was afraid that Ino would break down and collapse. He wished that Sakura was alive so that his love wouldn't be in so much pain.
"I'll be alright Shika, can you please get some dry clothes for that man and bring Kakashi to his room?" Ino instructed and wiped away her tears.
Shikamaru nodded and kept his hands on Ino's waist to support her to a standing position. He left her to be with Sakura alone and went back out to the deck to get Kakashi and Naruto.
Ino clutched her dark grey pendant and sighed.
She wasn't an unemotional person and she knew that Shikamaru loved her but she couldn't bring herself to return his love. She couldn't break her promise with the Ice faerie that she had made years ago, Ino clutched her pendant tighter until droplets of blood appeared on her palm. Could she really stop herself from falling in love with Shikamaru's charms? Only time will tell.
Ino focused her attention back to Sakura and walked towards her friend's wardrobe. She got out Sakura's favourite kimono and placed it on the table. She stripped the wet clothing off her friend to dress her up in the dry garments. It consisted of a sleeveless cross shaped halter top and a purple hakama. Ino tied a yellow obi to keep the clothing in place and finished dressing Sakura with white arm protectors and black shoes.
Ino used a towel to dry Sakura's short shoulder length hair as much as she could. Her friend's skin looked very pale; hence she decided to apply some make up to give Sakura's face a glow. She smoothed some beige powder over Sakura's face before putting on some green eye shadow and black mascara to her eyelashes. She coloured her friend's lips a rouge red colour and finished the application with some pink blush.
"Don't cry Ino, you're going to ruin Sakura's make up," Ino said to herself.
The blond moved onto brushing the knots out off Sakura's soft silky pink hair. Once finished, Ino's hand trailed to the blue beaded hair piece attached to her friend's hair. Ino hiccupped; she couldn't control the tears from flowing down her eyes anymore so she moved aside and covered her mouth with her hand.
/Quick Flashback/
A young blond haired girl was crying to herself, it was her 5th birthday; it was also the same day as the death of her mother. She sat on the street alone and watched the passerby's, she observed the other children who were all holding their mother's hand. She wished her mother was here to hold her hand, to say Happy Birthday to her, but she didn't even know how her mother looked like.
Growing up without a mother had made Ino turn into a very cold person. She refused to play with the other children and over time, the other kids had become afraid of her.
Ino was further shunned by the other children when one girl tried to snatch her pendant off her neck; it was the only thing connecting Ino to her mother. Ino had angrily pushed the girl to the ground, she didn't want her necklace to be taken away. The girl landed badly on her arm, thus breaking it, Ino didn't know what to do and just ran.
Soon after that, rumours of Ino being a violent girl had spread amongst the children and no child had wanted to go near her, let alone be her friend.
Ino couldn't stand watching the children on the street and decided to curl into a ball and sob. Out of nowhere a small hand started patting Ino's head, she looked up.
A pair of jade eyes stared kindly towards Ino; it was a girl with pink hair and of similar age to herself. She smiled warmly at Ino and grabbed both her hands.
"Why are you crying? Are you hurt? Where's your Mummy?" She asked.
"I don't have a mother," Ino replied coldly and flatly, she had grown accustomed in speaking in such a manner.
"I don't have a father," She revealed and added, "So I guess we're the same. Do you want to be my friend?"
'Do you want to be my friend?' The words repeated in Ino's head, it was the first time another child had asked her this question.
Ino really wanted to say 'yes,' but the words wouldn't escape her mouth.
"Hmm... Let me give you a little present to tie our friendship," the girl insisted and began braiding Ino's hair; she attached a green beaded piece of hair ornament to Ino's blond hair.
"There we go, all done. From now on I, Sakura Haruno will be your friend. What's your name?" Sakura asked.
"Ino Yamanaka," Ino responded.
It was her first birthday present she had ever received from anyone other than her own father.
/End of Flashback/
Ino chanted some words and performed some hand signals; this made her necklace lift up on its own. A flash of white light burst into the room and the temperature of the area began to decline rapidly, a small snow storm fluttered around Ino and Sakura. Ino kept chanting until a mystical creature appeared inside the room.
The Ice faerie frightened Ino, the creature had an unreadable expression and her face was snow white. Her features made her appear young and porcelain doll like but under her mask façade the creature was probably over a thousand years old. The faerie also had a pair of icy cold red eyes, for people who didn't know her; they would probably mistake Koori for being a vampire.
Koori was cursed to live inside the pendant until someone breaks the spell; it was always cold and snowing inside the small premise of the accessory.
"You have summoned me Ino, what is it this time?" Koori asked uninterested.
"I want you to freeze the body of my friend." Ino requested.
"You understand the consequences of asking for my help."
"I do." Ino nodded.
"Very well."
Koori blew a breath of cold air towards Sakura's body and ice appeared to freeze the deceased inside a block. After the task was completed, Koori disappeared inside the pendant and Ino was left alone with her frozen friend. Ino went to her own wardrobe in the room to get herself some dry clothing. Once changed, Ino laid herself on the opposite bed to her friend's and fell asleep. She was very tired from everything.
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Shikamaru walked out to the top deck and studied the blond man; he wondered how Naruto was able to appear in thin air. Naruto was drenched in a black top with wavy red cloud marks; he was also in some black shorts. Shikamaru wondered what sort of ability Naruto possessed; he was most definitely not a normal person. In typical circumstances, he shouldn't have survived the fall.
Goosebumps appeared on Naruto's bare hands as the brunette continued to studying him. Shikamaru was making Naruto feel uncomfortable, his prying little orbs remained pierced onto Naruto for a full minute.
"You're not from this world, are you?" Shikamaru conjectured.
"I'm not," Naruto answered with serene blue eyes at Shikamaru's speculating ones.
"What is your purpose here?"
"Do I have to tell you?"
"No, it's none of my business."
"I'm here in this world to look for my wife." Naruto told him, he didn't need to hide anything.
"Where is she now?"
"I don't know."
"Why did you want to jump back off the ship?" Shikamaru asked. He didn't understand the logic behind Naruto's actions.
"I had thought my wife had died."
"You mean Sakura?"
"Yes, you know what's strange? Sakura shares the same name as my wife."
"There's only so much I know about the universe and perhaps it is possible that you've come from a different dimension, but Sakura is not your wife in this world."
"I know that, I think Ino made it very clear too."
"Let's just hope that Sakura in this world does not disappear too. Help me with Kakashi before I get you a change of clothing. I'm Shikamaru Nara, by the way."
"You can call me Naruto."
Naruto helped Shikamaru lift Kakashi's body back to his room and they placed the white haired man on his bed. The brunette got a black hakama out of Kakashi's wardrobe and tossed it to Naruto. Naruto was waiting for Shikamaru to leave the room to put on the dry set of clothing but he remained standing there.
What the heck?
They were both men so Naruto removed his shirt in front of him and while doing so, Shikamaru noticed a swirly pattern on his stomach. His eyes squinted; there was something sinister about that seal on the man. Naruto proceeded to remove his shorts and he really wanted to hide his dangling male member from the perverted eyes of the man still standing there like it was normal to watch a man strip.
'Fuck, what's wrong with this gay man? Enjoying a free strip show...' Naruto thought.
"Have you watched enough? I want to make it clear, I am not interested in men." Naruto announced. He was a prince and he usually changed in his own room with utmost privacy. He didn't mind being naked in front of Sakura, but that was the only exception.
Shikamaru's family owns a bath house; hence he was used to seeing naked men.
"You're a very conservative man. I actually share this room with Kakashi." Shikamaru stated and grabbed his own clothing from another cupboard.
"Would you like to watch me change?" He asked.
"No thanks!" Naruto exclaimed.
"You can wait outside then; I'll show you the kitchen and get you some food after I get changed."
Shikamaru guided Naruto to the kitchen and offered a ramen to him. He gave Naruto permission to nap on his bed opposite to Kakashi; he would wake him back up when the time arrived. Shikamaru had a bad premonition about the storm coming; he was going to have a busy afternoon making preparations for the long night ahead.
TBC
What is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze like?
He wears a silver chain around his neck with two wedding rings.
Age: 24
Height: 180 cm
Waist: 30 inch
Chest: 40 inch
Occupation: Prince of Diamond Country in his own world.
Favourite colour: Orange or Red
Favourite food: Anything that Sakura cooks
Marital Status: He has been married to Sakura for half a year
Musical Instrument: He can play an ocarina
Abilities: He can cast spells, use chakra, wind release techniques, when he gets to the Island maybe someone can teach him a seal key to activate Gerotora.
Weapons: He is going to wield an orange sword when he finds one. The sword will have Kyuubi sealed inside and each tail will depend on how much energy and experience levels Naruto has.
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