There You'll Be

The wind whipped her pink hair around as she ran at neck breaking speed through the forest canape. Her dark haired teammate was not far behind her. Anger coursed through her body and her foot landed on a tree branch. She pushed up against it hearing it crack slightly. Her emotions were all over the place hindering her from keeping her chakra in check. Not only was she angry about what had happened with Sasuke, she was angry that Tsunade had tried to keep her from going.

"Are you insane? You can't go! You know you can't go! Sakura look at yourself!" Tsunade yelled at the pinkette. Sakura turned and glared at her as she zipped up her red top.

"I don't care." Sakura said, she sat down on the edge of her cot and began to pull her black boots on. She looked at Sai who stood off to the side refusing to say a word. He had learned over the years that sometimes it was better to just remain quite when Sakura was in one of her moods.

"I am the Hokage! And I say you are not going! You have completely lost your mind!" Tsunade yelled, in the voice that would normally scare Sakura. But all the pinkette did was stand and walk to her master. Her normal doe like eyes where in small slits.

"He killed my child." her voice was dangerously low. "He almost killed me. I will not sit by and watch as more die." she pushed past the blonde woman and grabbed her medical pack.

"Naruto is going to be pissed." Tsunade stated, realizing she was about to lose.

"He'll forgive me. He always does." she whispered. "And besides... I wasn't kept safe here, maybe things will be different of the battle field." she turned to exit Sai had already made his way out side of the tent. "I'm sorry." Sakura whispered before pushing herself out of the flap. Tsunade stood ridged. Her fists clenched tightly trying to keep herself from punching something. She let out a shaky breath and stared at the exit of the small tent.

"Be safe..." she whispered, as a lone tear feel from her closed eyes.

Green eyes stared up at the setting sun. She glanced behind her and watched as Sai set up the camp for the evening. "We're about a days run from the main camp." Sai said, as he pulled dried food out of his pack. He tossed one of the packages to Sakura. She caught it one handed and opened it before taking a bite of the dried meat.

"Is Naruto there?" she whispered. She needed to see him. She could feel herself slipping away the longer she was away from the blonde. The baby was the only thing that was keeping her grounded and with that gone she wasn't sure she could go on much longer.

"He should be by the time we get there. Kakashi was calling everyone together when I left." Sai said, as he pulled a thermal blanket out. "I'll take first watch." Sai said, as Sakura walked over to him and sat down next to him.

"No I got it." Sakura said quickly.

"Thirsty?" he asked. She nodded and took hold of the small canteen he handed her. She took a large swig before putting it back down.

"I can't wait to see him." she whispered, as her eyes slowly began to droop before she fell forward passed out. Sai smiled sadly before dumping out the water that he had just given her. He moved her slightly so she was laying down and than wrapped her up in the blanket.

"Sorry Sakura... but you need to rest." he sighed.

"Here. Crush this up and put it in her water. She'll sleep for ten hours." Tsunade said, handing the white pills over to Sai. He nodded knowing that he would certainly get yelled at for this by his pink haired teammate. "You must do this." Tsunade said glaring at him. "I know she'll be angry, but if she doesn't sleep... she won't be strong enough to fight."

Sai sighed, as he leaned against the base of a tree. He wrapped the last blanket around him to fight off the winter weather that was sure to come. He pulled his drawing book out and began to draw the sleeping pinkette. Hoping that the hours would go fast and be uneventful.

Speaks of morning light began to shine through the trees, landing all around the two. Green eyes slowly opened, and stared at the dark haired man who sat in front of her. His hand still moving across the paper. He glanced up at her, his eyes widened slightly realizing that she was awake. Her green eyes slowly moved into a glare as she sat up.

"You drugged me." she hissed.

"I was ordered to." he said, placing down the sketch pad. Sakura continued to glare at him before she sighed in defeat knowing that it really was for the best.

"Can we leave now?" she asked, as she rolled up the blanket.

"Yes." he smiled, as he stood up. He grabbed two packages and tossed on to Sakura.

"Is this drugged too?" she questioned.

"No." he said, with his same fake smile. Sakura rolled her eyes before opening the package and eating the contents. "We must hurry we have a full days run a head of us. We need to get there by night fall." Sakura nodded and followed as the two hurriedly left the small camp sight.

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The large group of ninja stood around the small fire. Kakashi Hatake stood in front talking to the group explaining their battle plan for the following morning. The group suddenly turned quite, as they heard a few tree branches snapped. They all turned to the sound, and waited. After a few moments, Naruto, Ami, Chen, and Pakkun walked out of the dense forest. Many smiled as he walked through the crowed. "Naruto." Ino said, quickly moving from the large group to his side. She grabbed a hold of Chen who was now conscious but limping.

"Hey Ino." Naruto smiled at her. Happy to finally see someone he considered a close friend. He helped lay Chen down.

"Kakashi is further up. I've got him." she whispered, grabbing water to give to the injured boy. Naruto stood back up and continued to walk.

"Kakashi-sensei." Naruto smiled, as he came to a stop in front of him.

"Naruto." Kakashi smiled from under his mask.

"This is almost over. We can go home." Naruto grinned, his blonde hair was covered in dirt and blood. Kakashi nodded.

"I think you need to rest." Kakashi said.

"Yeah, you're probably right." Naruto said, turning around but found the whole group frozen again. They all looked in the same direction waiting for whoever it was to come through the woods. Sai was the first to enter with a grin on his face.

"Sai's back from Konoha. He went to go check up on everyone." Kakashi said. Naruto smiled. Sai waved at them before moving slightly letting Sakura come into view. Naruto felt his heart drop as he looked her over. She looked awful. Her face look deathly pale and thin. She looked like she hadn't slept in ages. He coughed slightly trying to catch his breath.

"Sakura-chan?" he could hardly breathe. Despite how weak she looked, she was still beautiful in his eyes. He moved closer slowly, scared that if he loved to fast she would be gone. He could hardly believe she was here. She smiled at him, green eyes filling with tears.

"Naruto!" she screeched before running forward. Her arms wrapped around his neck. She clung to him. Tears streaming down her face. She needed this. She need him. She sobbed as his arms wrapped around her and he pulled her tighter to him. After a few minutes they pulled away from each other. She continued to cry. "Naruto-koi..." she whispered. She breathed heavily trying to calm herself down. She let out more sobs.

Naruto's eyes wondered over her body, his mind working in over drive realizing that she wasn't crying because she was happy. She clung to his chest as she continued to cry. She shook her head 'no' numerous times.

"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan! What's wrong?" he gripped her arms to her body trying to keep her from shaking. Her knees gave out as she feel to the ground. Naruto quickly dropped to the ground. Worry was the only emotion that crossed his face as he pulled the woman to him. "Sakura-chan! What's wrong? What happened?"

"Sasuke... he... he..." she closed her eye and began to shake her head no again. Naruto clinched his fist as anger began to boil inside him. He stared down at the woman he loved as she cried.

"What did he do?" he whispered to her but the only response he could get from her was her cry. She clung to his jacket and refused to removed her hands. He looked to Sai for an answer.

"She..." he closed his eyes and took a deep in take for breath trying to find a good way to faze what he was about to say. "Sakura was pregnant." shock covered Naruto's face as he stared wide eyed at his dark haired teammate and than back down to the pinkette. "She was captured... by Uchiha Sasuke..." Sai clinched his own fists trying to keep his anger in check. "He raped her. She miscarried." he whispered the last part. Naruto growled in anger. A red explosion of charkra coursed from his body.

The many ninja stepped back from him. Shock, anger, misery was thrown through out the group. "I am sorry Naruto." Sai said. He looked down at the ground.

"Naruto..." his anger flared slightly before dying as he looked down at the green eyed woman who spoke his name. "Wait... until tomorrow... save your anger for tomorrow." she whispered, touching his whisker marks as the slowly became smaller. He nodded before pulling her into his chest.

"You know I love you?" he whispered into her hair. She sighed content that she was in his arms again. She nodded, and kissed his cheek.

A/N

Only a few more chapters everyone. This wasn't meant to be an extremely long fic. So anyway I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter.