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Sakura's Realization	By : Naruto868 Category: Naruto AU/AR > General Views: 1157 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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            Naruto
was surrounded by blackness. Looking around, he couldn�t see anything. Soon,
he became engulfed in a red light. �Kid�� a familiar, dark, evil voice rumbled
at him. �What did you do this time, huh?� Naruto looked behind him, and
Kyuubi stood, teeth bared at him. �Try to be more careful, next time, huh? If
there is a next time. Now, let�s get rid of this demon spawn.� Reality
twisted itself, and soon, Naruto found himself within a torture chamber.
            �Where
the hell are we,� he demanded.
            �What,
don�t you recognize it?� Kyuubi laughed. �We�re inside your mind. The deepest
caverns of your mind, hidden even from yourself. This is where demon spawn
live until they can take over the host.�
            Ahead,
a figure appeared in the darkness. A dark aura of power surrounded a towering
humanoid with huge bat wings. Flames danced over its skin, and in one of its
massive, clawed hands, it held a sword that looked sharp enough to cut through
flesh, bone, and even soul. In its other hand, it gripped a whip licked by
tongues of fire. The evil, horned creature sneered at Naruto, ignoring Kyuubi.
            �It
can�t see or hear me. Because I�m actually a part of you,� Kyuubi said. �This is a test of wills. You can�t
overcome it yourself. You have to let me help you.�
            �Why
should you help me, damn fox?� Naruto asked.
            Kyuubi
chuckled. �Not that stupid, are you, kid? All right. To tell the truth, if you
rely on my force of will, the seal weakens. We become closer to being one.�
Naruto frowned at Kyuubi, and then turned to look at the demon spawn.
�Get out,� he demanded. �Go back to the fires of hell.� The demon spawn just
laughed, and jumped up and began floating in midair. Roaring, the aura of
darkness grew thicker, and more oppressive. Naruto understood. Molding
chakra, he released as much as he could into the air around him, weakening the
oppressive darkness a little. He began screaming as he charged himself full of
chakra, pushing it out of his body and into the room.

            Sakura
changed the wet cloth on Naruto�s head yet again. All his bleeding had
stopped, much more quickly than Sakura predicted, but he had a fever and he
wasn�t waking up. As she got up to soak another cloth, Naruto let out a yell.
A pained, drawn-out cry of agony. Sakura ran back to Naruto�s side, checking
his fever, and grabbing his hand. Naruto grabbed back in agony, screaming yet
again.

            �No,
Naruto!� Sakura shouted. �Don�t die. Fight it! Fight it! Please!� Tears
welled up in her eyes. �Naruto, Please don�t die!�

            �Kid!
You have to let me help you!� Kyuubi demanded again.

            �No way,�
Naruto snapped back. �If I do that, I loosen the seal. I�m not letting that
happen.�
            �You
can�t do this alone, kid. You�re going�� Kyuubi�s voice began fading out.
��to get � us both�� Another voice came to Naruto.
            �I�I
don�t want you to die, Naruto.� Sakura�s voice boomed through his universe.
�Please, Naruto.� A single drop of salty water fell from above, hitting
Naruto, and he realized that Sakura was crying over him.
            Naruto
felt refreshed, and he smiled and glared at Kyuubi. �I�m not alone, dumb fox.�
With renewed power, power that he hadn�t felt before, he unleashed his own
oppressive wave of chakra, forcing the demon spawn back, huddled into a corner.
�Now leave, damn demon spawn!� The winged demon faded into nothingness as Naruto
collapsed from exhaustion.
            �Huh,�
Kyuubi grunted. �What a kid. Determined to the end, and just as stubborn.
But who would have thought that love would strengthen his own internal
willpower? Well, I�m going to be dragged back into my sealed prison pretty
soon. Better get back there.� Kyuubi dissolved into nothingness as he turned
around and walked away.

            Naruto�s
cries of pain grew even more agonizing, if that was even possible. It�s
over, Sakura thought miserably. It�s
the end. His screams rose to a new volume,
practically shattering Sakura�s eardrums, and then suddenly stopped. Naruto�s
hand, which had been tightly clutching Sakura�s the whole time, began to
slacken. Naruto�s body loosened. �No! No!� Sakura cried. �It can�t be
true.� I� I� He� can�t die. I�want him to stay alive. I� Sakura�s mind stopped permitting rational thoughts.
She wiped her eyes, and looked at Naruto. Sniffling, she slowly brought her
head to his. He�She trembled with
fright and sorrow, as she held his head in her hands. No� Sakura continued to get closer and closer to
Naruto. I� Sakura closed her eyes, and
kissed Naruto�s forehead.
            Naruto,
feeling his head being cradled, and then feeling something on his forehead,
slowly opened his eyes. Naruto realized that he was still alive.
�Sa�Sakura-chan?� he mumbled as he began processing what he was seeing.
            Sakura�s
eyes bolted open. What? Slowly she
began to back her face away from his forehead. Slowly�tears still dripped from
her eyes onto Naruto. She looked into his eyes�and saw his bright, lively blue
eyes staring back at her. Sakura felt her eyes begin to tear up again, and this
time, she didn�t hold them back. An indescribable feeling of relief and joy
settled where her sadness had just been.
            �Naruto?�
she asked. �Naruto? You�You�re alive! You�re alive!!!� She brought Naruto
close, very close, still holding his head, she brought him into a huge hug.
Naruto tried to hug back, but his arms were still too heavy to move. Sakura
turned her head slightly, and kissed Naruto on the cheek.
            �Sakura-chan?�
Naruto murmured, confused. Did she just kiss me on the cheek? Naruto said nothing more for fear of spoiling the
moment.
            �Naruto!�
Sakura held Naruto close, hoping for this moment to never pass.
            But,
the moment did pass eventually, as Naruto slowly regained the strength to move
around. As soon as he could possibly move his arms, he hugged Sakura back.
After a moment, Naruto extracted himself from the embrace, and brought himself
face-to-face with Sakura. She was still crying. Naruto wiped her eyes,
laughing slightly, and slowly moved closer. Sakura moved closer, as well. The
distance between their faces diminished. Their lips closed in on each other.
Two inches apart� one inch� half an inch� Their lips met, and their hearts were
laid bare before the other.
            It
became clear to Sakura that her love did not lie with Sasuke. That was just
what her subconscious told her. She didn�t want to admit to herself that she
was in love with the loud-mouthed, troublemaking class clown who no one liked,
so she found Sasuke, the strong, silent type: the exact opposite of Naruto.
And the one that all the other girls liked. Sakura could now finally admit to
herself that she was truly in love with Naruto.
            Naruto
was experiencing a new human contact that he had no prior experience with
whatsoever. He didn�t quite know how to describe what he was feeling, but he
knew one thing. It was wonderful. He had never felt his lips make any
connection with anyone on the planet (excepting that accidental Sasuke
incident, which doesn�t even count). Naruto was almost overwhelmed with
emotions at this new experience.
            Sakura
sensed that Naruto was on sensory overload, and broke off the kiss. Blushing
furiously, she looked at Naruto, who she now knew truly was her knight in
shining armor. Naruto, too, was blushing, looking at Sakura. Naruto couldn�t
find any words in his vocabulary that would adequately express how he felt at
that moment. After a few more seconds, Naruto knew he would have to break this
off. �Come on, Sakura-chan,� he said. �We�ve got to set up camp for the
night. I can�t travel very far like this.� He knew that ordinarily, they
would still have a few hours of travel, but Naruto knew his body wouldn�t let
him move too far.
            �OK,�
she whispered.

            Sitting
on a log, the two stared at the fire, holding each other close.
            �You
know, Sakura-chan,� Naruto said to his newly found partner, �if you hadn�t
encouraged me when I was fighting the demon, I wouldn�t have come out of that
situation. The only reason I�m here is because of you, Sakura-chan.� Sakura�s
head rested on Naruto�s shoulder. He brought one of his hands up to stroke her
beautiful pink hair. The other hand remained firmly enmeshed with hers. �I
heard you, and felt your tear. It saved my life. Thank you, Sakura-chan.�
            Sakura
laughed a little. �Teehee. Well, you can�t go on keeping all the rescues for
yourself.� She kissed him on the cheek. �It�s late, Naruto. We have to go to
sleep.� Sakura gave Naruto a quick goodnight kiss on the cheek, and got into
her sleeping bag.
            Naruto
contemplated this new feeling, and this new relationship, and, eventually
realized, Hey! This is something I got that Sasuke doesn�t have! I�m
one up on him now. Instantly he felt guilty
about that, considering Sasuke was still in a coma. Naruto filled a bucket
with water, lit a lantern, and drowned the cooking fire. After spreading and
burying the ash in the hole Sakura had dug, he returned to the site, got into
his own sleeping bag, and killed the lantern.
            Naruto
shivered slightly at the lack of a fire. Sakura, still in her sleeping bag,
inched forward towards Naruto. The both of them facing the same way, Sakura
hugged Naruto�s back, taking him by surprise. Naruto gave a start, but then
calmed down when he saw the faint outline of Sakura�s hand on his chest. As he
fell asleep, Naruto had a dream of Kyuubi laughing at him, but it wasn�t a
cruel laugh. Kyuubi was almost teasing him for his reaction to Sakura. Naruto
and Sakura stayed spooning in different sleeping bags all night, and for the
first time in a very long time, Naruto had dreams, but not a single nightmare.

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