6 Years later
I looked at the memorial stone. Six years had gone since Hinata-chan had died. A part of my heart had died the night that Hinata-chan had died. I wasn't quite the same as I would be now if she was still alive. Life was going good for me know that I had another family. I had a five year old son. He was the light of my life and he was like a mini me. Same eyes, face, and hair but his hair color was pink instead of blonde like mine. Yoshi was the light of my life besides Sakura-chan. I loved her almost as much as Hinata-chan. Sakura and I had gone on our first date four weeks after Hinata-chan's death. I'm still not over the death. Six years later but I will revenge her death. I looked at my watch and I realized that I was going to be late for dinner. I'm becoming too much like Kakashi-sensei. I thought walking away from the memorial stone without looking back. I walked through the front door of the Fourth Hokage's door, my father's house. The place where I was suppose to grow up. Tsunade had told me three years after Hinata's death and I decided to live here so Yoshi could have the childhood that I was suppose to have if it wasn't for the Kyuubi. I braced myself for Sakura to yell at me. I walked through the kitchen door and saw that the food, ramen, was on the table. I looked around confused. Sakura was never like this. I ran through the house starting to get worried. I heard Yoshi crying and yelling "Momma!" This scared me because Sakura never ignored Yoshi when he was crying for her. I braced myself for the second time and I opened the door. What I saw shocked me. Sakura was laying on the ground laying facedown. Yoshi was standing next to her crying. "No..." I whispered. Yoshi heard me and ran at me and grabbed my leg. "Shh, it's alright." I whispered. This time I was the comforter like Sakura was to me six years ago. I walked over to Sakura with Yoshi still attached to my leg. I bent down and Yoshi got off my leg but clinging to my back burying his face in my back. I put my hand on Sakura's shoulder and felt something wet on my hand. I lifted my hand seeing blood. I started to panic and I slowly flipped Sakura over.
What I saw shocked me yet again. Yoshi was crying even harder now. "Shh, shh it's alright Yoshi-kun." I lied. I knew perfectly well that nothing was alright. Sakura had a sword stabbed in her heart just like Hinata-chan was. Tears welled up in my eyes but I had to be strong and I didn't let them fall. I checked her pulse and there was barely a pulse but there was one there. I picked up Yoshi and put him on my back. I then picked up Sakura and ran out of the house as fast as I could. "Yoshi?" I asked gently.
"What?" He asked through his many sobs.
"Momma will be alright. I promise." I said to my only some and if Sakura died, my only family left. I felt bad lying to him but I knew I had to, to keep him calm.
"Promise Dadda?" Yoshi sniffed.
"I promise Yoshi," By now we were at the hospital and I burst through the doors. "I need help!" I shouted. A nurse came running over to me. "My wife is dying! I'll get Tsunade!" I said handing over Sakura to the nurse who was giving out orders to the several other nurses.
I ran out of the door with Yoshi still on my back. I pulled him around to my front and he buried him head in my chest like I had to Sakura six years ago. This is too much for a five year old to see. I thought pounding on Tsunade's front door.
"Naru-" Tsuande stopped seeing Yoshi crying and I covered in blood. "What happened?" Tsunade said shutting the front door and following me.
"I came from the memorial stone- you know what today is right?" I asked Tsunade. She nodded and I continued. "I saw ramen on the table when I came home but no Sakura and I heard Yoshi crying. So I went to the Yoshi's room where I heard him crying and shouting 'Momma!' I went in to the room and found Sakura..."
Tsunade nodded. "Yoshi dear? Can you tell me anything that happened to Momma?"
"Tsunade don't. This is already too much for him." I whispered. I didn't want him to worry about anything. I should be the one worrying.
"Momma left the room to go set the table for dinner. I was playing and then a strange man came into the room through the window. I screamed and Momma came into the room..."Yoshi said with his face screwed deep in thought. After a couple minutes, he started to cry again. I comforted him and told him lies, like everything was going to be alright. I hate lying to him but I don't want him to worry about anything. I thought as we ran into the hospital.
When we were standing in front of the operating room, Tsunade paused and turned to Yoshi. "Thanks you honey." Tsunade then left to go and try and save my wife.
I felt like crying but I'm the one who is supposed to be string. Yoshi was sitting on my lap crying into my chest again. I don't think he stopped crying since I found him earlier today. He had to run out of tears at some point. I rubbed his back and played with his hair muttering him more lies. I let the tears fall at some point. Time went by in a blur. I'm not sure how long we had been sitting our there or how much time had gone by since I was at the memorial stone. I cursed myself because if I had left earlier, I could have saved Sakura and we would be having ramen right now laughing and joking together. But of course I had to go to the memorial and honor Hinata-chan. I knew that I had done the right thing in some sense but then in the other, I knew that I had down the wrong thing. I sniffed and Yoshi heard me. He looked up and realized that I was crying. Surprisingly, Yoshi stood up and hugged me around my neck. "It's alright Dadda," Yoshi said crying. He didn't understand that I was married before this. He didn't understand that I was supposed to have a child with Hinata-chan. He didn't understand that I would have never married Sakura if Hinata-chan hadn't died. He didn't understand that if Sakura died, it would have been my second wife dying in six years, exactly. Yoshi didn't understand everything because he was only five years old. Yoshi and I sat their crying. He finally fell asleep after about thirty minutes. All of the crying must have worn him out. I sat there awake with no one to talk too. I'm not sure how long after Yoshi fell asleep, Tsunade walked through the operating doors. I would have stood up but Yoshi was asleep on my lap. Tsunade looked exhausted as she went to sit down on the bench across from me. "Well?" I asked anxiously.
Tsunade gave me a look of hurt, sympathy, angry, exhaustion, and several other emotions. "I'm sorry Naruto..."
I looked at Tsunade in shock. I gently put Yoshi down on the bench and I stood up and walked over to Tsunade. "No, No, NO!" I shouted at her. "You saved ero-sannin after his battle with Pain! You saved Kakashi-sensei during the plan to destroy Konoha planed by the Foundation! You're telling me that my WIFE is dead?!" I shouted at Tsunade.
"Naruto... I'm sorry! I really am! Sakura was my student. I feel your pain." Tsunade said gently.
"NO you don't! You weren't the one who had no family growing up! Everyone looked at me like a monster! They looked at me in fear! I had the worst childhood that anyone could possibly have had! You don't know what that feels like! You're not the one who lost his wife six years ago to the day! Hinata-chan was supposed to have a baby! Did you know that? I was going to have a child! I would have had one if Hinata-chan wouldn't have died! I learned that the day she died. Now, six years later, I have a five year old son that will grow up with no mother! I wanted the best for my family! I wanted my son to have the childhood that I never had! I wanted the best for my family..." I sank to my knees crying. Tsunade came over to me and placed both hands on my shoulders. She tilted my head up so I had to look into her eyes.
"Naruto, I had a little brother, Nawaki. He died after becoming a Genin. Then, I had a boyfriend, Dan. He died during a mission. I was on the same squad as him. You know what Nawaki and Dan both had in common? They both wanted to become Hokage to defend the village and defend the people they love. I gave Nawaki the First Hokage's necklace. The first Hokage was also my grandfather. He died a couple of weeks after reciving the necklace as a birthday present from me. I then gave the same necklace to Dan and he also died right after me giving him the necklace. So Naruto, I think I know how you feel. I may not feel it as bad as you do but I feel your pain. I gave you the necklace, number one, on a bet, and number two because I believe that you would be Hokage someday. I will tell you an S-rank secret. You will be the next Hokage after I retire or die." Tsunade explained to me. I realized that I wasn't the only one who felt this pain. Tsunade had never told me about her little brother or Dan. I was shocked when I heard that I was going to be the next Hokage. I heard some commotion on the bench and realized that I had forgotten about Yoshi.
"Dadda?" Yoshi asked looking at me and Tsunade on the floor.
I looked at Tsunade and then she nodded. "Yoshi come here." Yoshi got off the bench and came over to me. I took him into a hug saying, "Yoshi, I love you and so does Momma. But...Momma died today..." It took all I had not to break into tears again.
"I know." Yoshi said. This shocked both Tsunade and I.
"How do you know?" I asked confused.
"Momma told me during a dream."
"What?"
"I dreamed that Momma was talking to me and she told me that she died. She also told me that she loved me and that everything was going to be okay because I had you Dadda."