Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hopes and Dreams ❯ Chapter 3 - Nightmare, Decisions ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3- Nightmares, Decisions

 

 

Naruto found Sakura and himself in what appeared to be a cave of complete darkness. He could see nothing at first, then suddenly a shadowy figure with two read eyes appear in front of them. Naruto knew the two read eyes were no doubt those of the cursed Uchiha clan known as sharingan. He heard a familiar voice call to him from the darkness.

 

“You took away the one think most precious to me, Naruto Uzumaki.” Sasuke stared at him, a look of death pulsating from his eyes.

 

“You took away my revenge!,” he yelled. “But now I'm going to turn my revenge on you, Naruto Uzumaki. I'm going to take away the most precious thing in the world to you.”

 

Naruto looked at Sakura and in a flash, Sasuke was right behind her. The blonde haired shinobi lunged for his love but something held his arms back. He was being tied down by threads of chakra that would not break.

 

“NARUTO-KUN!,” she screamed, as Sasuke put his arm around her neck and prepared the Chidori in his right hand.

 

“NO!,” Naruto screamed, horrified at what he knew was going to happen.

 

In one fast motion, Sasuke thrust his right arm into Sakura's back, piercing her heart and chest. She let out a cry filled with blood as blood flowed like a river through the gaping hole in her chest where her heart used to be.

 

Naruto stood there, unable to move, sobbing.

 

“No,” he cried.

 

“NOOO!”

 

“SAKURA-CHAN!!!!!!,” he screamed, lunging up crying and horrified by the nightmare.

 

 

Sakura was already up from the cot. She heard him screaming in terror and was trying to wake him.

 

“Naruto-kun,” she said worried. “What is it? What's wrong?”

 

Naruto saw her face and feinted due to the shock of the dream. Sakura tried to wake him again.

 

 

“Naruto-kun,” he would not respond. “NARUTO-KUN!!!!!”

 

The ANBU guards ran into the room. “What is it,” they yelled.

 

“GO GET THE NURSES!,” she screamed, tears storming down her face like a monsoon. “HE HYPERVENTALLATED AND IS GOING INTO SHOCK!!!”

 

The ANBU rushed out of the room looking for any nurses they could find. Sakura opened his shirt. Blood began seeping through his bandages from the chest wound. Sakura tried to calm herself down as she used a medical jutsu to slow down his heart and stop the bleeding.

 

`Don't you fucking die on me!' she thought as the tears kept streaming down her face. `I won't loose you! No, not like this! Not when I can actually do something to prevent it!'

 

After five minutes, she sensed that the bleeding had stopped and his heart had slowed down. She began to calm down when the color came back into her lovers face. But she knew he wasn't out of the woods yet. When the nurses finally arrived, she told them that she had stopped of the bleeding and he was coming out of shock. She tucked a cover around him and held him tightly in her arms.

 

There she lay next to him, holding him, sobbing into his shirt, never letting him go. He could hear her crying. She became alert and lifted her head up as he began to move. He slowly opened his eyes and saw hers, tear-filled looking down at him. He lifted his hand to her face, wiping the tears from her tearstained cheek.

 

“Sakura-chan,” he said softly.

 

“Naruto-kun,” she said back, tears still streaming down her face.

 

“Don't you ever scare me like that again!,” she said as she pounded his right shoulder.

 

“Sakura-chan—“

 

“Don't you dare,” she cried harder, unable to open her eyes.

 

“Don't you…Don't…” she began to break down. As he put his arms around, she started to cry uncontrollably. He put his hand behind her back, caressing it ever so lightly in an effort to calm her down.

 

“Shuu,” he said softly, kissing the back of her head. “It's alright. It's alright. I'm ok. I'm ok.”

 

As hard as she tried, the pink haired kunoichi just couldn't stop crying.

 

“Hey,” he said softly, gently moving her back from his warm embrace. “Look at me. It's alright Sakura-chan. Open your eyes, for me.”

 

As she finally regained her composure, she opened her eyes to the sight of his invitingly looking back at hers.

 

“See, now that wasn't so hard now was it?”

 

“What happened to you,” she said, tears still rolling down her cheek.

 

“I had the worst nightmare I could have ever had.”

 

“What was it about?”

 

He looked down in shame. “I…I can't tell you,” he said.

 

She put her finger underneath his chin, and lifted his face to hers.

 

“Naruto-kun,” she said, determination in her voice. “If we are going to have a relationship then you have to be honest with me. There can't be any secrets between us. Now tell me, what happened in the nightmare?”

 

He knew she was right. He had to tell her.

 

“Ok,” he said painfully. “I'll tell you.”

 

As Naruto spoke, all Sakura could do was listen. She listened to everything, about how Sasuke was now going to exact his revenge on Naruto, about how he was going to kill the most precious thing to the blondes heart. That's when the horrific thought hit her.

 

“That was what my nightmare was about,” he continued. “The most horrifying thing that I could ever imagine…” he paused, “is having to watch you, the most precious and dearest thing to my heart, die right in front of me, and I can't do a thing to stop it.”

 

Sakura put her hand over her mouth in shock. Tears began to roll down her face even faster than before. But she knew she had to stay strong. It took everything she had, but she maintained her composure looking down at the tear-soaked blankets.

 

“I guess, I just won't go on any missions anymore,” she said.

 

Naruto looked at her, speechless.

 

“Sakura-chan…”

 

“It's alright. It's not like I'm much help to anyone anyway. I just get in the way all the time, and I'm just a burden to you and to everyone on the team.”

 

“Sakura-chan,” he said with intent in his eyes. “You've got it backwards.”

 

Sakura's face shot up, her tear-filled eyes looking directly at Naruto.

 

“You're not a burden. Actually, you make me stronger than I can ever be on my own. Having you next to me makes me feel like I am stronger than anyone else in the world.”

 

“But you're in here because of—“

 

“You're wrong,” he said, more determined. “I'm in here because you kept me alive. “

 

Her eyes suddenly locked on to his in aw.

 

“I would have done the same thing for any of my other teammates, but I wouldn't have survived that hit if I wasn't blocking you. Since I was doing it for you, you gave me the strength to keep standing, to not lose consciousness until the last moment. “

 

Sakura started to blush as a smile finally returned to her tear stained face.

 

“Naruto-kun…”

 

“Make me a promise Sakura-chan,” he said softly. “Promise me that you'll never leave my side in battle.”

 

Sakura leaned into his arms. She looked up at him with her tears finally shunned from her eyes. She felt safe once again in his tender embrace.

 

“Ok,” she said. “I promise.”

 

Finally getting his answer, Naruto held his love tightly in his arms. There they lay on the hospital bed, never to be apart again, as they slowly drifted off to sleep.