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Chapter 13: The Things You Can NEVER Take Back

Sasuke trudged along through the village thinking intently to himself, 'I have to get Sakura away from Minato… and Naruto…' he begun to plot how and when he would do so. Suddenly he felt something run into his legs, snapping him out of his little daydream.

Sakura was taking Naruto with her to go grocery shopping because Minato was settling in at the Hokage's tower in his new office. Sakura smiled at Naruto as he gasped, "Mommy look at that!" Naruto let go of Sakura's hand and took off. Sakura watched as he ran, "Don't go too far away from mommy Naruto." Suddenly she lost Naruto in the large crowds and began to panic, "NARUTO!?" She started running through the crowds and couldn't find him anywhere, "NARUTO!"

Sasuke had taken Naruto as bait for Sakura to training grounds D, a training ground hardly anyone ever went to. Naruto was shaking, "Mister I want to go back to my mommy now. She told me not to get too far away from her…" Sasuke scowled at Naruto only to see his childish face staring straight at him. Suddenly he heard her voice, "NARUTO BABY WHERE ARE YOU!?" Sasuke grinned, 'We started this together Sakura, and we will finish it together as well.'

Sakura didn't think he would go as far as training grounds D but she had yet to find him so she might as well check. Suddenly Sakura heard a "Tsk, Tsk, Tsk." She looked up to see Sasuke and Naruto together up in a tree. Sakura turned red she was so mad, "Sasuke… Give Naruto back to me…" Sasuke grinned, "What kind of mother loses their child...?" Sakura scowled, "Sasuke this isn't funny! Give my son back to me!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, "He's not actually your son Sakura. Now I will give you an ultimatum, either you get stabbed and come to the next dimension with me or you watch me stab Naruto in the heart right in front of your eyes…" Sakura's eyes widened, "LEAVE HIM ALONE SASUKE! HE'S ONLY TWO!" Sasuke's eyes narrowed, "Then tell me, what do you chose…?" Sakura began panicking, "FINE! JUST STAB ME IN THE GUT SO I CAN AT LEAST HOLD MY SON BEFORE I VANISH!" Sasuke nodded to these terms.

Sasuke picked Naruto up and jumped down, "Say goodbye to your mommy." Naruto ran to Sakura with tear filled eyes. Sakura began to sob as she stroked Naruto's hair lightly. She pulled away and placed her hands on his face, "Naruto, listen to me. You be good for your father okay? Always eat your vegetables and grow up strong. It's important to make friends… You don't need too many, just a few is okay as long as they're ones your can truly trust… And remember to find love, because without it your life will mean absolutely nothing….And always remember that I love you…"

Sasuke sighed impatiently, "Time's up." He grabbed Sakura and turned her around, quickly thrusting a kunai into her gut. He pulled the blade out, "See you in the next dimension Kura." He stabbed his heart and vanished. Sakura fell to her knees and Naruto ran to her, "MOMMY!" Sakura smiled softly and fell to the ground, "Naruto sweetie, do your mommy a big favor…" Naruto nodded and Sakura opened her arms, "Come and lie with your mommy until she goes on to the next world…" Naruto sniffled and nodded, lying down in Sakura's arms before beginning to bawl.

Sakura hushed him, "Shhh… Baby it's all right… Just never forget how much I love you though, okay…?" Naruto nodded still crying, "But what about daddy!?" Sakura's eyes began to fade, "I… don't think… he will remember me… and neither… will you… so you won't feel any pain… always remember what I told you though…" Naruto nodded again and his eyes grew wide whenever her body began to glow and then vanished without a trace.

Naruto stood, "I will never forget you mommy…" He then ran to the Hokage tower to tell his father what just happened… Whenever he reached the Hokage tower he ran into his father's office covered in blood. Minato gasped and ran to him, "Naruto, what happened!?" Naruto began to cry all over again, "Mommy was stabbed by a bad man right in front of my eyes.

Minato gave him a questioning look, "Naruto your mother is still alive… She's right behind you…" Naruto excitedly turned around and gave this woman with red hair a questioning look, "Who are you?" Kushina laughed, "Naruto baby, I'm your mommy of course!" Naruto scowled, "NO YOU'RE NOT! MY MOMMY'S NAME WAS SAKURA! YOU WILL NEVER BE MY MOMMY!" Minato scowled, "Naruto, do not speak to your mother that way!" Naruto scowled at Minato, "She. Is. Not. My. Mommy." He then ran out of the Hokage tower in tears.

Whenever Sakura awoke she felt numb and she didn't want to move. She had just had the best thing that had ever happened to her torn from her life. Sasuke walked into her room, "So you're awake." Sakura turned away from him, "Leave me alone…" Tears streamed down her face as she heard Sasuke walk closer to her, "Sakura, I'm sorry… I didn't think he meant that much to you considering it was a fake dimension created by Madara…" Sakura slammed her eyes shut, "It may have been a fake dimension Sasuke. But it was the happiest two years I ever lived…" Sasuke sat next to her and sighed, "Sakura, we need to find a way back to our own time…"

Sakura considered this, "I guess you're right Sasuke, but that doesn't mean I will forgive you so easily… Actually this will start the healing process…" Sasuke looked confused and Sakura launched a chakra filled punch to Sasuke's face. Sasuke flew across the room and slammed against the wall, "Damn your punches hurt Sakura." Sakura stood, "Not nearly as much as you have hurt me Sasuke…." I'm going to find Madara and settle this…

Suddenly his voice was heard, "I heard you calling me Sakura…" Sakura scowled, "That's right Madara, and we are ready to go home now. Kurama and I have bonded so tightly it may be physically impossible for you to extract him though." Madara scowled, "Is that so… prove it by summoning him…" Sakura twisted the key and Kurama appeared growling at Madara.

Madara grinned, "Hello Kurama…" Kurama growled, "Madara…" Madara looked amused, "By the way Sakura, in the last world that was me in Sasuke's body. Not Sasuke…." Sakura's eyes grew large, "What…?" Madara chuckled, "And it appears in the last dimension that child Naruto only remembers you as his mother and no one else… This may affect reality…" This was too much for Sakura at the moment, "If you ever pose as Sasuke again I will rip your soul out of his body and beat it to a bloody massacre."

Madara looked amused, "Is that so… Well then I'm guessing you two don't want to hear my next offer…" Sakura got in a fighting stance, "Tell us!" Madara huffed, "Well since the nine tails refuses to come out of you, why should I take you out of these wonderlands I have created?" Sasuke and Sakura gave him the "That should be a no brainer" look. Sakura sighed, "Madara, in the last dimension… I was your sensei… You were always so sweet… and you loved Rin…." Madara froze at the mention of Rin.

Sakura took her chances now, "Obito… I loved and cherished you as my own children. Kakashi, Rin and you Obito all looked up to me… Tell me, what made you turn so evil in the first place….?" Madara froze whenever he heard the name "Rin". Sakura raised an eyebrow, "Ah… so it's Rin… Obito listen to me…. She's gone and yes it is going to hurt, but again, she is gone. You can't hold the world accountable for something that happened so long ago…" Sakura felt torn up on the inside, this was hard for even her to tell Obito.

Obito sank to his knees and took his mask off revealing that tears were streaming down his face from years of pain and anguish. Sakura sank to her knees as well in front of Obito and took him in her arms, he may be the enemy, but after everything she had seen; she no longer knew who was a friend and who was an enemy. None of it mattered anymore, only the process of healing mattered at this point.

Sakura wiped the tears from Obito's eyes tenderly, "Those wounds in your heart may never heal… But you can do right for Rin; I don't think she would want to see you this way Obito…" Obito looked up at Sakura, "All of these years, all of this time I have focused my hatred on the world for Rin being taken away from me… For Kakashi taking her from me…" Sakura smiled sadly, "Let me tell you something Obito, Kakashi visits yours and Rin's memorial stone every day… He has so much regret filled in his heart that it is hard for him to even live with himself…"

Obito glanced up, "Sakura…" Sakura looking lovingly into Obito's eyes, "Yes…?" Obito smiled softly, "Thank you… for everything…" Sakura nodded, "Don't even mention it." Obito then placed one hand on both Sakura and Sasuke's forehead and softly said a jutsu before touching the side of Sakura's face, "You were brave to become the Jinchuriki host for Naruto…" Sakura smiled as her body began to glow a brilliant white, "One day you will come to love again Obito… Sometimes you have to lose the one person you love most to finally realize that what you needed was love all along…"

Then Sasuke and her vanished and upon waking up the two instantly began to cough violently as if they were underwater for too long. All of a sudden they heard two voices, "It's been four years since their disappearance Kakashi-sensei… my mother too vanished in front of my very eyes after being stabbed in the stomach… she told me…

-Flashback-

Naruto ran to Sakura with tear filled eyes. Sakura began to sob as she stroked Naruto's hair lightly. She pulled away and placed her hands on his face, "Naruto, listen to me. You be good for your father okay? Always eat your vegetables and grow up strong. It's important to make friends… You don't need too many, just a few is okay as long as they're ones your can truly trust… And remember to find love, because without it your life will mean absolutely nothing….And always remember that I love you…"

-End Flashback-

Naruto sighed heavily and froze whenever he came to the waterfall his two comrades vanished at four years ago. Sakura looked at Sasuke, "Have we really been gone THAT long?" Sasuke shrugged, "Guess so…" Suddenly the two felt the two chakra signatures freeze not too far from the two. Naruto's eyes began to water up, "S…Sakura, Sasuke…." Sakura turned towards Naruto and he was in front of her within seconds, "SAKURA!"

Naruto threw his arms around Sakura and he whispered in her ear, "Mom I thought you were gone forever…" Sakura's eyes widened at this comment and she instantly wrapped her arms around Naruto, "I have missed you so much…" Naruto looked at her with tears in his eyes, "You guys missed my coronation of becoming the sixth Hokage!" Sakura chuckled, "I'm so proud of you!"

Kakashi stood in the background leaning against a tree grinning, "I knew they hadn't vanished forever…." Everyone looked up, "What was that Kakashi-sensei?" Kakashi shook his head, "I'm just glad the two of your are home safe and sound." Sakura and Sasuke held hands, "We honestly couldn't have done it without each other." Sasuke grinned, "Sakura…" Sakura looked at him confused, "Yeah Sasuke?"

Sasuke slowly stood and slowly descended on one knee, "Sakura Haruno, will you do me the honors of marrying me…?"