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Chapter Seven
You're All I Ever Need
Baby you're amazing
You're my angel
Come and save me.
Austin Mahone (All I Ever Need)
Scene 1 (DO NOT PLAY THE SONG UNTIL I TELL YOU TO! ARIGATO! 3 )
The song ended and each couple went their separate ways around the ball. Kiba and Hinata went to a table to eat. Ino somehow managed to get Sai to pay her actual attention. They were standing by the punch bowl engaged in their own conversation. Temari and Shikamaru were at their table being shy and awkward toward eachother. (How cute!) Sakura and Naruto decided to get some air and walk outside until the next song came on.
"Are you having fun?" Naruto asked Sakura with his hand in hers.
She smiled at him. "I am. What about you?"
He placed his free hand behind his head as he always did when he was nervous and scratched the back of his head. "Yeah me to." He looked at her again studying how beautiful she looked in the dress. "You can… you can have that dress if you want.
"Oh no no. This was your mothers. I… I don't deserve it." Her face fell. He didn't like the sight of that. He turned her to face him. "What do you mean you don't deserve it? I wouldn't consider giving it to anyone else!"
She forced a smile. "That's sweet Naruto but let's face it. I haven't always been the best friend ...or even a good person towards you for that matter. I was horrible to you. To be honest ….I don't deserve one ounce of kindness from you."
"Sakura that was a long time ago. We were both so young. We didn't know any better." He tried to reassure her.
"Still….. I….. I just want to say…I'm sorry. I know it's so many years later. But not apologizing sooner has always been my biggest regret. He placed his hand on her face. "You have done so many wonderful things that have made up for that ten times over." He took her hand and placed it on his chest. "Right here is the scar from the wound you healed right after dad's second bell training test." He moved her hand down to his side "And this is one of the many wounds you healed after my fight with Pain."
She started to say something but he continued on. "Yea sure you've hit me more than anyone in the leaf…. Or anywhere for that matter. But that's just how you show affection. I know you would never really hurt me. Hell, you just saved me from Kisame. If you hadn't shown up…
"You would have found a way out of it." She interrupted. "You're Naruto Uzumaki – Hatake."
"She really doesn't get it does she?" He thought to himself before hearing something inside that sounded like music. He took her hand. "Come on. I don't think you really get what I keep trying to tell you. So I called in a favor from the DJ." Sakura looked confused but followed anyway.
(PLAY THE SONG NOW! watch?v=WWxqUgj2pPM) Austin Mahone – All I Ever Need. Youtube
He wrapped his arms around her waist. He led in the dance. She laid her head on his chest. For once she just let herself enjoy the moment. She ignored everything around her except the music and Naruto. She was starting to fall hard for him. She decided that since she promised him one night she wouldn't fight it tonight. She would allow herself to be his "special someone." Deep in her heart she knew that there was a part of her that didn't want this to end. She looked up at him. She didn't say anything. She just stared in his big blue eyes. Before she knew what was happening he was murmuring the words to the song in her. "You don't understand how much you really mean to me. I need you in my life your my necessity. "Sakura was trying to be a good girl. There were people watching after all. "Wait they are watching? She eyed the room. All the couples were dancing yes….however….they were still watching. Either Naruto didn't notice or he didn't care. She mumbled. "They're staring."
He murmured in her ear. "I don't care."
That answered her question. The staring didn't bother him. Of course he didn't care. He could whisper sweet nothings to the woman of his dreams for a whole evening. He wasn't about to let the nosy people of the leaf to stop him. All he did was pull her in tighter and continue to murmur the words to her listening ear. "I think you're perfect baby even with your flaws. You ask what I like about you. Ooh I love it all. You're all I ever need. Baby you're amazing. You're my angel. Come and save me." Sakura just closed her eyes and took in everything he was whispering to her. Then he did something unexpected. He twirled her, pulled her back and dipped her. Once he dipped her he looked up and saw Kiba mouth "Show off." The Uzumaki-Hatake stud winked and pulled Sakura back up. Before Sakura knew what was happening their style of dancing had changed. They were waltzing! "Naruto since when do you know how to waltz?! I thought you've never been to a ball before?"
"I haven't. But I learned how to waltz when you're favorite sensei made me learn how as punishment for drawing on the hokage tower when I was 9."
"Oh my Gosh! What did you draw so bad that he gave you that big of a punishment?!" She asked him.
"….. a penis." He tried to look anywhere else but at her.
She went red in the face. But this wasn't embarrassment. This was trying not to burst out laughing and destroy the moment. So she just buried her face in his neck and chuckled softly.
"'Awe crap she's breathing on my neck. Okay breathe Naruto breathe! Calm down! Whew Okay." He thought to himself. "Um Sakura?"
"Hm?"
He murmured something in her ear that made her go red in the face again. But this time the embarrassed red. "Omigosh I'm so sorry!" She looked around the room. Anywhere but his face was fine to look at right now. "It's alright." He chuckled.
"It's not funny!" She still wasn't looking at him.
"Yeah Okay." He chuckled a little bit more. "It's okay Sakura really."
Finally she looked at him. She let out a small laugh that turned into a chuckle…which turned into a sigh. She laid her head back on his chest and finally the song was over.
She ran outside. "Air! Seriously! Air!"
Scene 2
"Half Uchiha! Half What?!" Tsunade demanded again.
"I'm waiting."
'For?!" Tsunade was getting frustrated.
"The shadow clone." Itachi simply said with a blank expression on his face.
"The shadow clone?! What are you talking about?!"
Just then a tall figure walked in the room. "I sensed you about 20 minutes ago and figured somehow I'd end up involved in why ever you're here again. Naruto stood infront of Tsunade's desk. "So why exactly are you here?" Just then Naruto felt tugging on his pants and a squeaky familiar voice. "Hi again Naruto Uzumaki! He looked down and was shocked to see little Halayia again. "
"Hey there …Halayia right?" She smiled. "You remember me!"
Both Tsunade and Itachi looked confused but Tsunade spoke up. "Naruto you know this little girl? "
He bent down and picked up the happy little child. "Of course! This is the little girl I told you about during the mission. The one I helped out with those six year old boys that were picking on her."
"HE WAS MY HERO!" She shouted with glee.
'You still have what I gave you?" He looked at her readjusting her to hold her more comfortably. "Yup!" She pulled the stuffed dog out of her pocket. "Right here!"
"Great! Remember don't lose it!"
"I won't! I promise!" She hugged the doll.
"You know you have a good vocabulary. What are you four?" He asked her.
"No…. im 3 and a half."
"Really when's your birthday?"
Itachi spoke up. "November 15."
Naruto looked back over to Itachi. "How did you know her birthday? She tell you?"
Itachi looked over at Shizune who had been in the room the whole time. She had just been too stunned to say anything. "Um , Halayia are you hungry?"
Naruto put her down. "I am a little hungry." She said walking over to Shizune.
"Let's go get you something to eat! What would you like?" "RAMEN!" The little girl shouted as they left the room.
Naruto was grinning. "I like her!" "You like anyone who eats ramen." Tsunade responded. "True!"
Itachi closed the door behind Shizune and Halayia. "Now. I know her birthday Naruto because….I'm her father."
Naruto was shocked and confused. "How? I saw her run back to her parents after I got rid of the boys who were bothering her."
Itatchi told Naruto everything about leaving the Akatsuki 5 years ago. He told him that he ran to that village. He told him about his wife Ava. He told them Naruto about Halayia being born. He mentioned Pain showing up and threatning him to come back. He told him how when Itachi said no he murdered Ava right before his eyes and threatened Halayia's life. "I was at the mercy of my daughter's life. " He told them that he agreed to go back to the Akatsuki as long as his daughter was kept a secret in a location of his choosing. He told him how he handpicked Halayia's parents and about how he just went threre tonight to discover the entire village destroyed. And he also told them Halayia has awakened her sharingan.
"Who would do such a thing?!" Naruto asked with his blood boiling that someone would do something like that.
"I think I have a pretty good idea. But I don't want you to worry about that." Itachi said.
"Speaking of worrying about stuff Itachi." Tsunade interrupted. "Arent you supposed to be revealing some very important information about your daughter to us?!"
"Important info?" Naruto looked at Itachi confused. 'Theres actually more?"
"Apparently Halayia is only half Uchiha." Tsunade said. "Well what's the other half?!"
Itachi sighed."My wife Ava was a pure blooded…Uzumaki." Itachi said staring at his daughter averting the clear look of shock on Tsunade's face. "She's half Uchiha half Uzumaki?!"
"Yes."
"Well aren't you the adventurous one!" She pushed her hair back and sat in her chair.
"I fell in Love Tsunade." Itachi looked at her with depressing eyes.
Tsunade sighed. "Fine. We'll keep her. Tell me your wishes." Itachi smiled. "She will stay with ambu until….Naruto is responsible enough to take her. "
"You want Naruto to what?! Hes 16!"
Naruto just stood there shell shocked not saying anything.
"I said when he is responsible enough." "Even then…it's his choice. I don't want to force her on him. I just feel that as a Uzumaki she'll learn better from him. And his dad has a sharingan so he can help with her Uchiha side. Plus I know Naruto. I know how he is. I know exactly how he would raise her."
"And how exactly would he raise her? Tsunade said resting her arms on her chin."
"After my own heart." Itachi said which instantly reminded Naruto about the conversation he had with Sakura about Minato leaving the same words in his will about Kakashi.
Itachi continued on "A pure Konoichi of the leaf." Itachi looked at Naruto. "Don't make any decisions now. For now Halayia will stay at ANBU headquarters. When you are ready. If you wish. You may adopt her as your own. And I promise I will try to see her as often as I can. Right now I am going to take on her burden. I don't want her to grow up with a vengeful heart. I want her showered in the love of the leaf. I will find who did this to her village and I will handle it myself after Saskue is brought back home. "
"Are you sure you don't want help Itachi? We still have you're old ANBU mask and equipment at headquarters." Tsunade said.
"No thank you. This I need to do alone. When I step to whoever did this to my daughter. I want him to know it was me he messed with. And I want to be the one to show him why you don't mess with me."
"Very well." Tsunade said. Itachi was about to go out of the window when Naruto's voice stopped him.
"You say she's half Uzumaki."
"That's right" Itachi responded
"That means she is going to be like really super strong."
"You could basically say the female Pain yes."
"But that also means she's family. My family that I thought I lost."
Itachi turned and looked at him. "Yes… that makes us family now."
Naruto got a serious look in his eyes. "I promise that when I bring Sasuke back and everything has calmed down. I will take Halayia. I will adopt her. I will shower her in the love of the leaf. Because that's what family does. And I will protect her. Because you protect family. Believe it!"
Itachi smiled. "Thank you Naruto Uzumaki –Hatake." He left the window that he came in.
Naruto just stood there in the middle of Tsunade's office. "You know what you just agreed to right?" Tsunade asked him.
"Yes." He released the jutsu and the shadow clone disappeared.
Scene 3
Naruto's memories were coming back from the Shadow clone jutsu. He got this spaced out look in his eyes as they were walking back inside. "Are you okay?" Sakura asked him looking concerned. "Hm yeah." He said.
"You're lying." She responded turning him to look at her.
"We're having so much fun. I don't want to mess it up." He said looking off to the right.
She grabbed his hand. "Come on." She walked back outside the ball and started walking down a path.
"We will only really be able to enjoy the evening if both us aren't thinking too hard. So tell me what's bothering you. I want to know."
He looked at her real quick then back at the path they were walking down. "I saw Itachi."
"When."
"I sensed his presence is granny's office about an hour ago so I sent a shadow clone to see what was going on. " He said tightening his grip on her hand but still careful not to squeeze too hard.
"What happened?" She asked him.
"Remember the little girl from the festival?"
"Little Halayia yes! Is she okay?"
Naruto looked down and to the right. "Physically yes she's fine. But…." He told Sakura everything. And yes I do mean EVERYTHING. Right down to agreeing to adopt her once everything was over.
Sakura stopped walking which promted his immediate attention. He looked over at her and saw that she was crying. He instantly thought telling her was a bad idea now. He was scared that he upset her.
"Sakura is everything okay? Why are you crying?"
She turned and looked at him. He wiped her tears. "No I'm okay honest. It's just listening to you telling me all this…. Yes I feel absolutely awful for Halayia and what she has to go through. But it just reminds me of how amazing you really are." She smiled.
"Do you want to go see her tomorrow?" He asked her.
"Actually I would. I want to do a full physical examination to make sure she wasn't wounded at all. Just consider me Halayia's doctor." She smiled and noticed how he was looking at her.
"Yes?" She asked.
He was about to say something when he noticed they had made a full circle and a group of unwanted shinobi and konoichi were walking towards them.
"SO ARE YOU GUYS IN LOVE YET?" Choji asked clutching a bag of chips. Ino looked over at Choji. "Choji you can't just go around asking people are they in love yet! And look at your shirt!" She dusted all the chip crumbs off his suit. Naruto and Sakura just looked at them. I don't think were the ones you need to be asking that question to. He was eyeing Kiba and Hinata who were just now walking up on the crew.
"OH YEAH!" Ino said while cornering Hinata! "I'm mad at you!" Ino snapped.
Hinata went red. "Wh- Why? Wh- What did I do?"
She was still cornering Hinata until Hinata landed like a thud in Kiba's lap on the bench. "You didn't tell me you two were dating! I thought we were the girl pack!"
"W-We are!" Hinata said still red in the face.
"Then what up with the secrets." Ino pouted.
"I-I'm sorry Ino" She stood up "We are the girl pack. It hurt to keep it a secret but I just had to be sure it was real before telling everyone."
"Is it? Is it real?" Shino said in his border line creepy voice.
Hinata smiled and walked back over to Kiba who was standing looking directly at her. "Yes it is. The most real thing I have ever felt in my life."
Kiba smiled at her and grabbed her waist and placed his head in her neck so no one would see how red he was right now.
"Ooooooo there in looooooooove!" Tenten said happily
"Kiba?" Neji said walking away from Tenten and over to him.
Kiba looked up at Hinata's cousin. "Awe crap he's gonna hit me."
"I don't think I have to tell you to protect her. You always have. But what I can say is even though I consider you a valuable comrade…..if you hurt her…. I will hurt you. And you know I can." Neji hugged Kiba and went back to Tenten who whacked him the arm for trying to be a hard ass.
"Gee thanks Neji. But you don't have to worry about that." Kiba took Hinata's hand.
Temari spoke up. "Great! Now that Naruto's great KibaHina distraction is over. .. Back to you two."
Everyone re directed their attention to Naruto and Sakura.
Yea I ask again… "You two in love yet?" Choji asked them.
Naruto looked down at Sakura with a sly smile on his face. She looked back at him. "What is he thinking about?" She thought to herself.
"See the think about that is Choji ….." At that second he put his arms around Sakura's waist and pulled her in tight and applied some chakra to his feet and flew off out of sight.
"DAMMIT!" Ino yelled out. "They keep dodging it!"
Shikamaru chuckled to himself. "Oh Ino you've got a lot to learn."
"What do you mean Nara?"
Shikamaru took Temari's hand. Temari blushed but Shikamaru didn't notice. He walked over to Ino.
"Well it's like this Yamanaka. Did you really expect them to admit it to us before admitting it to each other? More than likely they haven't even talked about it."
Naruto and Sakura had flew off to a nearby roof. It was close enough that they could still hear the music. They decided to just stay there. Away from everyone else. They danced until they were tired. He walked her home. Once they got to Sakura's doorstep she turned to him.
I had a really great time."
"Me to." He was smiling at her like a fool.
"Remember, I'll"
He cut her off. "Yes, I know. You will be by to check on me before you go to the hospital." She smiled.
"Yes." She responded.
"Don't forget after your shift we are going to see Halayia."
"I won't forget. Good night Naruto. She turned to go in the house. But he turned her back around and kissed her forehead. This time she didn't argue she didn't fight. She just smiled. "Good night Sakura."
She went inside and he turned and made his walk home feeling like the happiest man alive.