Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hopes and Dreams ❯ Chapter 4 - Fantasy turns Reality ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4 - Fantasy turned Reality

 

“Finally, I'm out of here!,” yelled Naruto as he leapt out of his hospital bed. He had been confined to bed rest for a week and a day, but today was the day he was going to be released. His time in the hospital wasn't all bad however. Sakura had come by to see him everyday, and today she was going to meet him in the lobby to spend the whole day with him alone. As Naruto's joy was getting the better of him, his door slowly opened and a nurse appeared.

 

“Good morning Naruto,” she said. “Since you're being released today, I was sent up to give you back your personal belongings.”

 

“Thank you,” he said, coming back down to earth.

 

Naruto took his belongings which included his clothes, wallet, and his headband from the nurse. She walked out closing the door behind her. Naruto put on his orange and black pants, and jacket. As he finish tying the headband around his head, there was another knock at the door.

 

“Come in,” he said, thinking it might be Sakura, but to his chagrin it was only her mentor, Tsunade.

 

“Well,” she said. “It's time for your final check up.”

 

“Ohhh,” he groaned. “Tsunade-no-baa-chann, you already gave me a check up two days ago. I feel fine.”

 

“I know I did, but I'm not releasing you from this hospital until you pass your final check up, GOT IT!?!”

Naruto sighed. `How much longer?' he thought. `How much longer do I have to stay in this fucking hospital?!'

 

*Hospital Lobby*

 

`Damn it!' thought Sakura, losing patients waiting for Naruto. `He's late! He told me to be here at 11:00am, and now it's almost noon! What the hell could he be doing in there!?!'

 

Just then, she felt two arms wrap around her waist. She turned to see those same sapphire eyes staring back at her.

 

“Hey,” he said with a smile on his face.

 

Suddenly, Naruto felt a painful slap smack him across the face.

 

“OWW!!!!”

 

“Where have you been,” screamed Sakura. “You were supposed to meet me an hour ago!”

 

“Don't blame me! Blame that damn mentor of yours! She kept me in there for another hour for a final check up!”

 

“Oh, well then what was the final verdict?”

 

“I'm as health as an ox,” said Naruto, kissing Sakura's cheek.

 

She started to blush. “Well then,” she said. “I guess we should get the day started.”

 

Sakura pulled out a picnic basket she had left on the chair beside her.

 

“Mmm,” said Naruto, sniffing into the air. “Whatcha got in there?”

 

“You'll see,” she said playfully. “But I forgot to get something to drink, so we're going to have to stop off at a market.”

 

“Ok,” he said, walking out of the hospital.

 

As they walked down the street, Naruto couldn't help but notice the dress that Sakura was wearing. The dress was black with cherry blossoms on it. It had a little bit of a low cut neck, and accentuated all the curves of her body with it ending just above her knee.

 

“Wow,” he said. “You look amazing in that dress Sakura-chan!”

 

“I thought you might like it. “

 

He put his arms around her waist again, softly kissing her down her neck. “Do you know you drive me crazy?”

 

“Yeah,” she said, with a mischievous smile on her face. “But before you can do anything about it, we have to get the drinks.”

 

With a frown on his face, Naruto let go of his lovers' waist as they went into the market.

 

While looking at the drinks in the market, Naruto couldn't help but notice the store owner looking at him with a mean look on his face. As the couple finally decided on what they wanted, the owner walked up to them.

 

“I'm sorry,” he said. “But I'm going to have to ask you to leave.”

 

The couple seemed puzzled. “Why,” asked Sakura.

 

“I refuse to serve that demonic freak of nature,” he said, pointing at Naruto.

Both Sakura and Naruto knew what the man meant. Naruto looked down in shame, but Sakura was very angry by the man's statement.

 

“This man has risked his life for this village many times,” she said, furious. “And you're refusing him business? How does that make any sense?”

 

“Look miss, I know you don't understand what I mean but - “

 

“No, I understand exactly what you mean! I know all about the nine tailed fox! And that it is sealed inside of him! But just because he's a Jinchuuriki doesn't mean he's not a person too!”

 

Naruto's head shot up after hearing what the pink haired kunoichi said.

 

“Sakura-chan…” he said in aw.

 

“This,” she continued. “Is a noble, caring, grateful man that I love and would gladly give my life for to protect! So before making judgments about him, look beyond the fact that he's a Jinchuuriki, and judge him by his deeds!”

 

“Look miss,” shouted the owner. “Even if that…that thing has protected the village with its life and has done great deeds, it doesn't change the fact that the thing inside of it took away my father, and my brother!!!! Now I have the right to refuse service to who ever the hell I want, and I tell you now, I will not give service to that demon!!!!!”

 

“But that's just -“

 

“It's ok Sakura-chan,” said Naruto, putting his hand on Sakura's shoulder.

 

Sakura looked back at him puzzled.

 

“But why?”

 

“He's within his rights, and if he thinks that refusing me service is a way of honoring his father and brother then I will respect that.”

 

Naruto turned to the store owner and bowed his head.

 

“I'm sorry for troubling you.”

 

Naruto then took Sakura's hand and they walked out of the market. Sakura shook her hand free and stopped. Naruto turned around to see her looking at him, puzzled .

 

“Why,” she said. “Why did you take that from him? You don't deserve such treatment.”

 

“I took it because some people will never change,” he said. “Think about it Sakura-chan. If your beautiful words weren't enough to change his mind, then what else would have?”

 

She looked at him, realizing what he was saying.

 

“Some people,” he continued. “Will never change. What matters to me are the people I have now. I would do anything for those people because I know they would do anything for me. I feel lucky to have people like Kakashi-sensei, and Ero-sennin, and the other teams -“

 

“Even me,” she said playfully, putting her arms around his waist, pressing herself up against him.

 

“Especially you. If I didn't have you, I would only be half alive.”

 

He put his arms around her, kissing the top of her cherry blossom hair. They could stay like this forever. Neither of them wanted to leave the warmth and sanctuary of the other. She looked up at him with a loving smile on her face.

 

“Ok, “ she said. “I understand. I guess we could go to another store.”

 

The two walked down the street hand in hand to find another market. Neither left the others side for a second.

 

After finally getting the drinks from a market, Sakura took Naruto by the hand and told him to follow her. Naruto seemed anxious to know where they were going, but he sighed and followed her out of the village and into the forest.

 

“Where are you taking me Sakura-chan,” asked Naruto, jumping from branch to branch, trailing behind her for almost an hour.

 

“You'll see,” she said. “We're almost there. You're gonna love it.”

 

`Where the hell is it?' she thought. `I know I'm on the right track, because I just found it yesterday. I know I'm close. It's gotta be around here somewhere!' Just then, a tree with five deep cuts in its bark caught her eye.

 

“There it is!,” she yelled, as she stopped at the tree.

 

“There what is,” ask Naruto, stopping right beside her.

 

“Don't you remember where we are Naruto-kun?

 

Naruto looked around the landscape. He saw a lot of tree that had a lot of new branches. He figured there was a battle here a few years ago. He looked down at the ground to see a huge crater that could only have been caused by something hitting the ground with extreme force.

 

“Nope, can't say that I do,” he said.

 

Sakura looked at him as if he was crazy. `How?' she thought. `How could he not remember where we are?' Her train of thought was suddenly broken by a loud noise coming from Naruto's stomach. She saw him fall to the ground, exhausted by hunger. `That's why he can't remember. He's too hungry to think of anything else but food.'

 

“Maybe,” she said. “Your memory will come back if you eat some food Naruto-kun.”

 

Naruto's face lit up to the sound of that idea.

 

“All right!,” he yelled. “I can agree with that! What do we have for lunch?”

 

They jumped down to the ground and Sakura opened up the picnic basket. She then laid out a full spread of tempura, sushi, ramen, and teriyaki chicken. Naruto's eyes grew at the sight of all that food.

 

“Dig in,” she said, as she handed Naruto some chopsticks.

 

As they ate the food that Sakura had prepared, Naruto began to realize where they were, and by the end of the meal, he realized why this place was so significant to his love.

 

“I remember where we are,” he said, standing up. He helped up Sakura by taking her hands into his. “This is where I saved you from Garra.”

 

“Yes,” she said, with an inviting look in her eye. “I knew you could never forget this place.”

 

“That tree,” he said, as they jumped back up to the tree's branches. “That was where he was keeping you locked in his sand claw.”

 

“Yeah,” she said in a sigh, not focusing anymore.

 

Sakura found herself staring at the blonde shinobi. She couldn't take her eyes off of him. She knew she loved Naruto, but that wasn't why she was staring at him. As the light from the setting sun hit his face, he started to look different. He looked like someone else, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Then he turned his face toward her.

 

“The suns setting,” he said, romantically. “Would you like to watch it?”

 

Sakura looked at him losing her train of thought, now focusing on what he said.

 

“Yeah,” she said.

 

Naruto sat down on the tree branch leaning back into its trunk while he held Sakura in the warmth of his arms. They both watched the majestic sight of pink, orange, and red fill the early evening sky. Naruto remembered that day three years prior. He remembered one thing that remained constant in his mind that battle.

 

“Sakura-chan,” he said. “Do you know what I promised myself that day?”

 

“No,” she replied, looking deep into the setting sun.

 

“I promised I would protect you. That's what helped me win that fight. You gave me the power to go above and beyond my own limit that day.”

 

Naruto's words affected Sakura deeply, and as she looked up at his face, she saw her love staring into the artistry of the painted sky.

 

“Thank you, Sakura-chan.”

 

Sakura sat there in aw of how grateful he was of things she didn't even mean to do. She leaned more into him, as he began kissing her down her neck. Her breathing slightly quickened, feeling his love and tenderness in every one of his kisses. She pressed his arms closer to her chest. She looked up at him lovingly, staring deeply into his big blue eyes.

 

“You know,” she said, in a romantic tone, with a mischievous smile on her face. “I never showed you my gratitude for saving me that day.”

 

“You already did,” he said, starting to blush. “By taking me on this picnic today.”

 

“I know, but I want to show you more than just this. I want there to be nothing between us tonight.”

 

Naruto was now blushing to no end. He had fantasized hearing those same words from Sakura, and now she was really saying them.

 

“Sakura-chan -“ he said, before she put her finger over his lips.

 

“I've been thinking about this for a while now, and each time I think about it, I feel I can't withstand it any longer. I long for you Naruto-kun; your eyes, your touch, your kiss. Please don't make me wait any -“

 

Naruto interrupted her with a sweet kiss, pressing his lips upon her open mouth. His tongue coaxing hers into a duel. She wrapped her hands around his neck, pulling him in closer. With out breaking the kiss, Naruto put one arm behind her back and one arm underneath her knees and stood with her in his arms. He broke the kiss so they could catch their breath. He looked deeply into her loving emerald eyes. He smiled down upon her as she snuggled her head into his chest. Naruto headed back towards the village as night started to fall with Sakura, snuggling up against him, in his arms.

 

When they reached Naruto's apartment, it was around 10:00pm. He let Sakura gently out his arms to open the door, but before he could even get the key out of his pocket, Sakura had already started kissing him. Naruto couldn't focus. He broke the sensuous kiss only for a moment just to unlock and open the door.

 

When they got inside, he took her face gently into his hands and kissed her softly. She replied the same way and they fell into a deep kiss. Their tongues working as if they were one in the same. His hands moved from her face to her back as he unzipped her dress. She moved her arms through the sleeves of the dress and let it fall to the floor leaving her only in a cherry colored bra and underwear covering her fit sexy body.

 

She broke the heavenly kiss and unzipped his jacket. He took his arms out of the sleeves and pull off his white undershirt revealing his fit upper body while she unbuttoned his pants. As his pants fell to the floor, only three pieces of clothing were between them. Sakura then wrapped her legs around his waist, kissing him deeply, as he carried her over to his bed. As Naruto gently laid her down, Sakura was able to untie his headband and threw it on the floor.

 

The light of the full moon captured both their bodies through Naruto's only window. They broke the kiss and looked at each others bodies for the first time. Sakura looked so beautiful in the moonlight. Her chest was full and looked so soft underneath her bra. Her legs were as smooth as silk and felt amazing wrapped around his back. Her abs were so fit and tight. Sakura looked at Naruto. She noticed his fine toned arms and his big broad shoulders. His chest was big and toned as well, but what drew her attention was the two scars. The first one she noticed was the one on the left side of his chest which happened a week ago, and the other on his right was from Sasuke three years ago.

 

“These scars on your body,” she said softly. “These are your afflictions from your promises right Naruto?”

 

Naruto looked deeply into her green eyes as he nodded in agreement.

 

“Then if these are your afflictions, then from now on, I will be the cure.”

 

As she woke up the next morning, Sakura still found herself in Naruto's tender embrace. She looked at her sleeping lover with the sunlight flashing right behind him. She began to stare at him the same way she did in the forest. `Who does he remind me of?' she thought. As his eyes slowly began to open, it suddenly came to her.

 

“Hey,” he said to his love.

 

“Hey back,” she said, looking at him lovingly.

 

“How did you sleep Sakura? I hope my bed wasn't too uncomfortable.”

 

“No, it wasn't. I slept fine. Especially after what happened last night,” she said with a loving smile on her face.

 

Naruto began to blush. “I was hoping you would,” he said softly.

 

Sakura then began staring again, this time with a smile on her face. Naruto blushed even harder, not knowing what she was staring at him for.

 

“What,” he said shyly.

 

“Oh nothing. It's just that you look so much like the Fourth Hokage it's uncanny.”

 

“Yeah, I get that a lot from Ero-sennin—“

 

Just then a knock came at the door. Naruto scrambled to find his pants. He put them on and cracked the door open. He saw a Jounin standing outside his door.

 

“Yes,” asked Naruto.

 

“Naruto,” said the Jounin. ”I have a message from the Fifth Hokage. She says that Jiraiya-sama has woken up, and he has summoned you to be there as soon as possible.”

 

Sakura looked at the doorway, covering herself with the sheet. She settled down a little after Naruto closed the door.

 

“Naruto,” she asked. “Who was that at the door?”

 

“It was a Jounin,” he said. “Apparently Ero-sennin has woken up and he wants to see me.”

 

“What do you think it's for?”

 

Naruto looked down at the floor deep in thought. “I honestly don't know.”