{Authors' Note} Chapter 4 please enjoy!
DISCLAIMOR: I do not own naruto or any of its characters that I use, all are property of Masashi Kishmoto since 1999 .
Chapter 4
Her Savior
Still the war flashback
Eyes focusing and unfocusing to the scene around them. Small jagged rocks and course sand were sticking to her cold sweat. Light-headed and dizzy she knew she had lost too much blood. Feeling down to her ankle she thumbed around until she found it, a small wound, a bullet whole. 'guess I wasn't so lucky after all ' she thought to herself as she rolled herself over to her backside. Everyone was in a shelter except for the unlucky few who were either shot, trampled, or still lost in the mess. The air raid alarm was booming and sending shockwaves that rolled through the air and shook the ground. Screams had been drowned out from this sound along with most of the pops and bangs of the guns around her. Pulling her head back she was able to look out in front of her and see not so far off the eyes of her companions. She smiled to herself as she pictured the small child being held close by Tamari, how he would feel safe. Then it happened, the air raid alarm stopped, everyone held there breath and Sakura watched behind tearful eyes the sky look so vacant and solemn. Her body shock as she cried to herself knowing she too would die, at such a young age, as a casualty of war. She gripped her shoulders tightly and squeezed not knowing what else she could do and sobbed.
"SAKURA!" she heard behind her, the voice that just hours ago made her heart flutter was now giving her one last thought of hope. She rolled over emmeadiutly and stretched out her arms towards him.
"SASUKE!" she cried back to him "I'M HERE! PLEASE SASUKE" she screamed out to him.
He came running to her with tears in his eyes. Rushed, he quickly pulled her up to his embrace and tried to pull her back to the others.
"Sasuke…" she whispered as she watched a small glint fall from the sky "I'm sorry" and with that they looked at each other, eyes full of tears and pulled themselves into a vice like embrace. Each was scared for themselves and each other, what was to happen to them? Would it hurt? Would they remember? There were so many things each wanted to do before they died, and taking life for granted they never even started to do those things. Breathing heavily and ragged they buried their faces in each other as they squeezed tighter still, letting out small whimpers.
Everything seemed to slow down, the echoing of their sobs, the screams of Gaara and Tamari to keep going, the bomb going off, just all of it.
"Sakura…" he pulled back far enough to look at her "I'm scared." He told her as his body shook.
"Me too" she whispered back.
A large, white, blinding light began to grow just a few miles in back of them. It consumed every building and body alike in its' light as it moved silently. They watched their last moments go by and thought of their dieing by something so beautiful. Then a man, in around his twenties came running up from another building and jumped right in front of Sasuke and Sakura just moments before the light touched them.
His hair was golden, and skin tan, he created a barrier with his back towards the light and facing the two. Sakura looked up at him and he down to her, as his piercing blue eyes read her sole and with no words told her she would be fine. Without his telling her she knew instantly who it was protecting them.
"Naruto…" she whispered out to him in amazement.
He just looked at her, eyes watering and smiled.
"He really loves you." he said shakily.
She said nothing but kept his stare, slightly confussed as to why he was crying.
"If only" he began "If only I met you sooner" he told her as a single tear fell.
{Authors' Note} so that was a short chapter but don't get upset, because it needed to be! So the dramatic climax could build up! So enjoy it all and please review!