In the Forest of Death…
Naru was using the restroom in the woods.
She needed to pee, so her team was waiting for her to finish up.
"Stupid Sasuke, making fun of my bladder. 'You should have gone before going into the forest of death, Dobe.' Hmmph, I'll show him."
Naruto finally finished up as she was still throwing a fit.
Man, why couldn't Sasuke be cool like Itachi? Itachi's nice to her. But she still had to admit that Sasuke does show kindness in his own way…
…
Naru was tied to the pole as she was struggling to escape.
The poor girl was hungry, and she wanted to eat. She tried asking Sakura, but she ignored her request not wanting to get in trouble.
"Here, if you stop whining, you can have some of this." Sasuke sighed.
…
Naruto, thanks to Sakura, was finally climbing up the tree when she heard something behind her and fell.
"Hello, Dobe," Sasuke grunted.
"Hey, what's the big idea, Teme? I was halfway there!" She growled at him.
"Listen… I see Sakura has helped you."
"Yeah?" Naru questioned.
Sasuke blushed as it was hard for him to admit he needed help.
"Could you… show me… what she taught you?"
Naru's smile would rival that of a fox.
"Nope."
That look she will remember for a long time.
…
Sasuke was breathing hard as was his future sister-in-law. Their only hope was to destroy the mirrors and find the real Haku. That proved near impossible as the raining senbons were proving deadly for them. The younger Uchiha was feeling pain in his body and stress on his mind. Despite, not liking Naru marrying his beloved brother, he wasn't going to let the dobe die.
That is when the power came and an idea.
"Dobe, listen to me very carefully." He uttered under his breath as the girl turned to him while she was barely awake, "We are not going to die. We are going to win."
Haku said nothing as he threw a senbon at Naru but Sasuke was fast enough to grab her and avoided the needles, shocking Haku and Naru. He tried again but it had the same result as Sasuke became more confident.
"How is this possible?" He questioned the boy.
"It's very simple, I am an Uchiha."
…
Sasuke was dodging the senbons and watching over Naruto, who fainted from her wounds as Haku knew that he needed to change his plans.
If he cannot kill the boy… then he'll sadly have to kill the nice girl. It broke his heart, but he had to do it, for him. He flung the senbon that would kill the girl. But it never hit her. She woke from the wound and was stunned by what she saw before her.
Sasuke, her rival, her brother-in-law, her teammate was covered in senbons, shielding her!
"SASUKE! SASUKE!" She shrieked as the boy collapsed as she caught him, using her legs as a pillow for him, "Why? Why did you save me? I thought you hated me?"
"I… don't know…. My body just moved…" Sasuke rasped as his breathing became slower, "Itachi… I am so sorry… I couldn't avenge our clan… I couldn't… find your treasure… Naru… please… tell Itachi I am sorry…"
Then he went limp and something in Naru woke up.
…
Itachi and Kakashi brought the dying Zabuza near Haku as he spent the last moments with him, the look on his face was one Itachi knew well, it was love, the love he has.
Sasuke stirred then awakened as his brother and sensei were looking at the damage done.
"Naru, Naru, Sasuke's alive!" Sakura told her as Naru turned around to see her friend alive and started to cry.
Then she ran up and hugged the injured boy.
As they had their tender moment, and everything was in order.
"Sasuke, Naru, you are both grounded." Itachi calmly told them.
"Ah, what!?" Naruto whined as Sakura giggled at their reactions.
Yeah, Sasuke can be awesome too if he just loses that sour attitude. Really, what crawled up his butt? Naru knew it couldn't be genetic-.
"The snake is nearby. Prepare yourself."
That voice…
The last time she heard that voice… Ah, man.
What's headed her way?
"SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS…."
She only turned around and was in the maw of a giant snake! It swallowed her down its throat!
"You made a big mistake messing with me today! Because I'm more than one!"
The snake would soon understand that as its throat bloated, and bloated, and bloated until it exploded! Many Naru clones came out as she escaped the snake!
"Better get back to the team. Ew." She cringed then left.
If there were problems with where she was then it could mean that the rest of her team was having the same issues. She had better hurry.