Chapter 8: The revelations

The lover boy was about to kiss Sakura when he was hit by a super strong punch on his cheek that launched him a few meters far away from there.

"Get your hands off my girl you idiot!"

"Naruto?!" She yelled.

"Your girl?" Sasuke rose from the ground cleaning the blood in his mouth. He burst out laughing.

An angry Naruto advanced and grabbed his rival by the shirt. "What's so funny?"

"She doesn't like you moron!"

The Hokage pushed Sasuke. "Stop talking bullshit! What do you know about her feelings?"

"I know a lot of things. But, I don't wanna expend my time with you."

The Uchiha struck his teammate with a punch in the stomach.

Naruto knelt on the flour and Sasuke left the place.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled "Are you ok?!"

"I'm ok Sakura-chan…" He replied. She helped him to get up. "What was he doing here?"

Sakura hesitated a bit but continued. "He asked if he is the father of my baby..."

"WHAT?!" he exclaimed, puzzled. "That means… Would you be cheating on me?"

"No! I would never do that… or would I?" When she said it, Naruto seemed visibly upset. "Naruto, it doesn't matter. This is a crazy world, and-"

"It DOES matter!" The blonde interrupted. "I can't believe, in this parallel world, that we finally could be happy, you're cheating on me! You're nasty, disgusting-" She slapped his face.

"Stop with this! Don't insult me! You're accusing me of things I didn't even really do!" Sakura turned and started to walk quickly.

"Sorry… Where are you going Sakura?"

"It's none of your business. I'm going to solve this mystery alone!"

"Sakura-chan…" The Hokage put a hand on his cheek, still hot and hurt because of the slap. He decided to go at home to rest and think about the next steps to do.

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Sakura was on her way to her parents' house. "Oh my Lord, and if I'm really a bitch? No, it's not possible… Why I married Naruto? Is Sasuke-kun my lover?" She gave herself a facepalm. "I need someone to help me..."

The pinkette knocked the door. It's been open. "Sakura? What are you doing here?".

"Ino, please, let me stay the night here."

Then Sakura settled into Ino's apartment. The blond girl brought to the living room a double mattress, clean sheets and soft pillows. They spent the night talking a lot, until the pinkette told her everything.

"WHAT?" Ino said it loud. "What do you mean? You must be kidding!" The blondie disbelieved in her words.

"No, it's true! Maybe we're trapped in a genjutsu and… Ino?"

Ino got up from the mattress and put himself in an attack position. "What are you saying? Are you really Sakura?" She asked scared.

"Wait Ino, calm down. It's me!" She replied, worried about her friend's reaction.

"Don't worry. There's actually a way to discover the truth." She put a hand on Sakura's head and shout. "Hikenshin no Jutsu*!" So Ino penetrated into Sakuras's mind. She remained there for a short time needed to know that her comrade wasn't lying. Then, she finished her jutsu.

"Ok, If you were lying I would know…" She said in shock. "But, why this is happening? Who did this?"

"Wait. What you have just done?" She asked, wide-eyed.

"I did the Hikenshin no jutsu, a technique to read minds. Sorry… I was getting scared."

"No Ino-pig! No need to apologize. Actually, I'm impressed. I thought only Inoichi was able to handle this technique!"

"My papa taught me. It was very hard, but I got it!"

Sakura smiled and hugged her friend in happiness. "It's amazing! You're so badass Ino-pig!"

"Thank you forehead!" Ino smiled.

Both went to sleep impressed by the new discoveries. One, for having a friend who came from a parallel reality. The other, for having a confidant who can help her solve the mysteries of this world through her abilities.

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It was early morning when Naruto arrived at his office.

"Naruto, what are you doing here so early?" Shikamaru inquired. He always arrives before the Hokage.

"Shikamaru, I need to tell you something, I can't take it anymore."

The counselor lifted one of his eyebrows. "Spit it out!"

So, Naruto told him all the situation. Shikamaru was surprised. He listened to everything carefully. After the revelations, there was a silence in the room.

"Maybe it's a genjutsu." He finally spoke.

"Yeah, thank you Shikamaru! I'm so happy you're not judging me." The blond said, almost hugging his comrade.

"Who else knows?" Shika asked.

"Just me, you and Sakura." He replied.

"And does she know you're telling me this?"

Naruto puts his hand behind his neck. "No." He said, flustered. "We fought."

"You fought? Like husband and wife?"

"Yeah… You could say that. I saw her with Sasuke. He was almost kissing her. We fought, he told me nonsense things and gone. I got mad and said things that hurt her." He seemed disappointed with himself.

"Ok. I remember Ino telling me something that Sakura was in love with Sasuke in the past. But you changed her heart." Shikamaru clarified.

"Really? That's what I wanna know. Shikamaru, how she fell in love with me? Why did she marry me?" He asked with curiosity.

Shikamaru smiled and said. "That's so simple bro. You confessed to her."

* The Yamanaka penetrates the user's mind, reading his thoughts and seeking answers to questions, the Yamanaka continues in his body using this Justu. This Justu does not control the opponent's mind or body. Yamanaka needs to maintain eye contact with the opponent.

A/N: I finally finished this chapter. Yeah!

I would like to give my special thanks to: Czar Joseph, Yojimbra, Akamatt, UzumakiNS212, St3rfire and Guest.

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