Hey guys, here is another chapter. I've noticed that I have not been getting a lot of reviews for my last chapter . Is it that bad? Just messing, but seriously your reviews are the things that give me encouragement to write, so please readers and writers, do review. I would really appreciate it. In other news, I would like you readers and writers to go to my profile and vote on which new fic I should do in the near future. It is a poll on my profile so please vote. AND DID YOU GUYS F****** READ THE NARUTO MANGA 457 & 458!!!!!!!! I'm sorry for those who are NaruHina fans, but NaruSaku is near^^. And I have to say, even though it sounds gay, but I love you Sai. If you guys read the manga, you will know why. Anyways, thank you and enjoy the chapter.

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Chapter 6: Saved and Reunited

Four years… four years have past since the incident. The incident referring to what had happened in the Hyuuga Mansion, what had happened to Konoha, and what had happened Hinata plus Naruto. Ever since then, nothing ever seemed better. The infection has been reported throughout the nation, and they are not just in villages. They somehow are out and about everywhere. The only place that is safe from the infection is a place called Sunagakure.

Suna is well protected from the flesh-hungry-beings. They have guards around the mountain border watching if there is any horde of monsters coming their way. Whenever they see a group coming their way, they usually warn their Kazekage, Gaara. He usually is the one to get rid of the infected in a matter of seconds with his sand. Sunagakure have used this defense system since the first group of infected ran towards them, which was a year after Naruto left. The village is safe, and well protected.

In the village, there was a certain young Kunoichi walking towards her apartment that she is now living in. This pink-haired-seventeen-year-old girl have been living there for three years. The room she has wasn't the biggest, but it was decent enough to live in. She wouldn't want to move anywhere else. Why you ask? Because all her friends live in that same apartment (A/N: Go figure.). She doesn't want to be away from her friends, they were the only people that were able to make her happy, and get through her day. She needed it, ever since Naruto left.

She never forgot him. She remembered his smell, his voice, and especially his grin. She, however, missed him dearly. She cried almost every night, wishing that she could see him again. She wanted to see him. His grin that he had given her everyday, the scent of ramen that traveled with him, and the comfort he had given her anytime she is near him.

Sakura began walking up the steps to her room in the apartment. Before she took another step, she heard a voice calling her, "Sakura!" Sakura turned around to find her friend running towards her.

"Oh, hey Ino! What's up?" Sakura asked while taking a few steps down the stairs.

"Nothing much, I just saw you and decided to join… whatever your doing" Ino giggled.

Sakura giggled right back, "Well, I'm not doing anything. As you may see, I'm just going to my room to relax. I just got back from Tsunade, she trained me today and we both worked on the cure for the infection."

"How is that going? Any luck?" Ino asked. She then saw Sakura's face sadden a little.

"We're not getting anywhere we are now. The last vile we gave Hinata calmed her down. She wasn't as jumpy or aware as before. But if she sees human flesh or anything that she is able to eat, she will get it."

"I see. Well I know you and Tsunade-sama will find the cure sooner or later." Ino smiled at Sakura, while she smiled right back.

"Want to come and stay in my room for awhile. We could talk and stuff." asked Sakura.

Ino sighed while smirking, "Well, I guess. I have nothing better to do. Lead the way, Billboard-Brow."

"Shut it, Ino-pig!" Sakura yelled while stomping up the stairs. She knew Ino was playing around, but this is how their friendship is. Sakura walked up to her door while Ino followed from behind. She placed the key in the keyhole and opened the door. They both walked inside and Sakura lead Ino to her room.

"You wait here, I just need to go fresh'n up." Sakura then walked towards the bathroom, leaving Ino in her room, waiting. Ino didn't like just sitting there, and decided to look around to see if there is anything interesting she could find. She saw the room was nice and clean. She then saw a book on Sakura's desk in the corner of the room. She walked up and read the cover.

'Diary? This should be good' Ino opened the diary and skimmed through the pages. She began to grow sad, for all the pages in Sakura's diary was about Naruto. Every single page ended with "I wish he was back." Ino could also see there were some darkened spots on the pages. She knew she had been crying. 'She really misses him…' She closed the book and placed it on the desk where it belonged. Sakura then walked back into her room.

"So, Ino what do you want to do?"

"Oh, you know… just talk." Ino put a fake smile on her face. She was sad that she found out that her friend is crying everyday.

"Umm… okay? How are you and Chouji?" Sakura asked with smile. Ino couldn't get over the fact that she knew Sakura was hurting inside.

"What do you mean how are me and Chouji? You know we aren't dating." Ino said without any emotion put into her answer. Sakura got confused in the way Ino answered her question.

"Come on, for couple years now I see you two almost everywhere. You guys eat together, like shit you guys live in the same apartment room."

"We're just good friends…" Ino answered while getting up and went to a window to look outside. Sakura was surprised by her action, and began to worry.

Sakura got up and was now behind Ino, "Is there something wrong, Ino? You know, I didn't mean to push your button about Chouji." Sakura then heard Ino sighed.

"It's not that… Why didn't you tell me?"

Sakura tilted her head in confusion, "Why didn't I tell you what?" Ino turned around and Sakura saw that she had a sad look on her face.

"That you were hurting… That-that you were crying every night, crying because you want Naruto back." Ino didn't yell, but said it in an almost whispering way. Sakura face shown that she was surprised, but then quickly turned into a sad one.

'How did she know…' Sakura didn't answer for a couple of seconds, but to them it seems like a hour. "… How did you know?"

Ino gave a small sad giggle, "I know I shouldn't have, but I looked in your diary." Sakura didn't get angry, she was just now sad that someone had found out how much she was suffering. "Do you love him that much, Sakura?" Ino asked while turning to look outside again. Sakura turned around so her back was facing Ino, and gazed down on the floor.

"I… don't know. It's confusing, I miss him so, so much… but yet I feel angry at him for leaving. I know he has his reasons, but we all could have worked it out with him. He could have stayed." Sakura was now trying to hold back the tears that are now flooding her eyes. Ino walked away from the window and went to Sakura. Ino placed her hand on Sakura's shoulder and twisted her around so she will be facing her. Sakura, however, wasn't looking up, she was still looking at the ground.

"Sakura, I know you miss him. We all do… But you can't be angry at him for leaving. He was protecting us from harm, and you know how he is, 'Everyone comes first'. He was protecting you…"

Sakura didn't answer, but she looked up and embraced her friend into a hug. She was crying, but not the kind where she moan. She was crying quietly, have her breath skipping every time she breathed in, with a couple hiccups here and there.

"Shh, it's okay. Don't cry…" Ino said while sliding her hand up and down Sakura's back. It actually took ten minutes for her to finally stop crying. Ino didn't even move an inch from where she was standing with Sakura. Sakura finally moved back, and wiped the last tear on her cheek. Then suddenly, there was a knock at the door. "I'll answer it, you just wait here." Ino placed Sakura on her bed, and went to the front door. Before she opened, she asked, "Who is it?"

"It's Tenten." Ino then opened the door. "Oh, hey Ino. What are you doing here?"

"Just hanging with Sakura. What about you?"

"Oh, I'm just here to see if there is any luck on the cure. May I come in?" Ino nodded and motioned her in. Tenten looked around and headed towards Sakura's room, while Ino followed from behind. Tenten walked in to find Sakura sitting on her bed, looking down on the ground. "Hey Sakura, what's up?"

Sakura looked up and saw Tenten. She quickly shot up from her bed and quickly hid her sadness. "Hey Tenten! Nothing much, what are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to know how the cure is coming. So how is it? Tenten asked with confidence written on her face. She was confident that Tsunade and Sakura is getting closer. But her face slowly fell from the sadness on Sakura's face.

"It's not going so good. Like I told Ino, the last vile calmed her down, but she never gotten back to normal. We never gotten anywhere further after that."

Tenten felt sad. She hoped they could finally get closer to heal Hinata, and everyone else. "Well, don't lose hope, Sakura. You and Tsunade will find it." Tenten said with a smile.

"Thank you, anyways, lets move on to another subject."

Ino joined in the conversation, "Hey did you hear that Kakashi, Neji, Shikamaru, and Lee are coming back from there mission soon today."

"Isn't the mission a Search-and-Rescue to Amegakure (Village Hidden in Rain)." Tenten asked. Sakura didn't hear anything about a mission Kakashi and the rest were on. This was a new information to her.

Ino nodded, "I wonder if they found anyone. The report Kazekage-sama got was that the village was destroyed. It will be great if they finally bring a leaf survivor, don't you think?" Both Sakura and Tenten agreed. It will be great if they found someone from their now-destroyed-village. Maybe they will find Shizune, or maybe Hanabi with her.

"Hey, want to get something to eat?" asked Sakura. Tenten's and Ino's face brightened.

"Fuck yeah! I'm hungry!" Ino yelled.

"Goodness Ino, you didn't have to yell." whined Tenten while covering both of her ears.

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Kakashi was ahead of the group that he went on a Search-and-Rescue mission with. Sadly, they did not find any survivors. They were all dead, and even some had been infected. They were tired, tired from hours of looking for survivors. Tired from walking toward the village and back. They just wanted to get back to Suna.

They all walked in silence. It was one of those times where no one wants to talk, no reason behind it. Just a silent walk back to the village. They have now arrived on the boarder of the Wind Country. All they need to do now is to walk across the desert to get to Suna.

Lee broke the silence, "Does anyone have water? I'm all out."

Everyone's face turn to Lee, and Shikamaru pulled out his bottle, "Here is mine." He handed it to Lee and Lee began to chug down. Once he was done, he sighed and handed the bottle back to Shikamaru.

"Thanks, Shikamaru-san." Shikamaru nodded in return and continued to walk.

Kakashi then started to talk to the group, "Alright, it shouldn't be long till we get to Suna. But does anyone want to rest? I know some of you must be tired, we haven't rested all day." Kakashi then saw his team shook their heads no, "Alright, lets keep moving."

Fifteen minutes has gone by slowly, and they are almost halfway there. Suddenly, Kakashi heard footsteps, and it was moving quickly in their direction. He turned around and saw a giant horde of infected running towards them, "Shit, Neji, Shikamaru, Lee, be prepared."

As the group of infected came closer, they were stunned. Not only were regular infected, but there were mutated ones as well. There were at least seven large, muscular monsters; powerful enough to kill a human being to the ground with it's strong fist. Crawlers, as they called them, were quick and agile. They crawl on all fours and they have sharp claws that are said to cut open a human body with one swipe, and lucky for them, there were thirteen of them. Last but not least, Diggers. These monsters are tricky ones, they can dig into the ground hiding from sight. They attack by dragging their prey underground, or jump out of the ground and attack, there were five of these sneaky monsters.

As they waited for the monsters to reach them, Kakashi has already begun to make hand seals.

"Raiton: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" yelled Kakashi, and quickly, four lightning figures came into view. They quickly transformed into Kakashi. The real Kakashi motioned them to attack. Shikamaru unleashed his shadow and aimed it towards the Crawlers. Lee got into his usual fighting stance, and Neji readied his Bakyugan.

The Crawlers quickly dodged the oncoming shadows. They were too quick to get caught in it. The Bunshin's ran towards the big giant mutated ones. One Bunshin ran up and did a back flip to knock the giant back while the other Bunshin jumped up to try to attempt stabbing the giant in the face. However, the giant quickly back handed the Bunshin and the clone burst into electricity, shocking the giants arm. But it did not effect it at all. The regular infected had arrived and Lee, along with Neji, used their Taijutsus to eliminate them.

"YOSH!" Lee yelled out while going multiple attack combinations on the infected. "Konoha Dai Senpuu!" cried Lee while doing his powerful spinning kick to his targets. All of a sudden a Digger shot up from the ground and into the air. Lee quickly reacted and jumped up to kick the Digger straight in the head.

Shikamaru grabbed his Kunai and began slashing all the infected that got near him. He spun and slashed one of the infected on its neck, then he quickly kneeled down while creating a rat seal with his hands. His shadow shot out from under him. His shadow swirled forward and latched onto on of the giant infected. He then motioned himself while the giant followed his motions. Shikamaru made attack movements at nothing, while the giant attacked its own kind.

Neji was doing his own Taijutsu, killing the normal infected, and damaging the special ones. He saw something with his Bakyugan from behind, and underground. He saw it moving towards Shikamaru, who was busy controlling one of the infected giants. "Shit, Shikamaru, behind you!" Neji ran with haste towards the infected underground. The monster jumped out of the ground and was about to hit Shikamaru until Neji hit the monster with his palm.

"Neji!" yelled Lee, but Neji saw it. One of the giant infected was behind him with its fist swung… It connected, sending Neji twenty feet away with a broken arm and rib. His arm were deform and unnatural. Everybody was in shock, nobody ever got injured by the infected in a long time. Kakashi leaped towards Neji and kneeled beside him. He was badly hurt, and they need to get out of here. Kakashi picked up Neji, and yelled, "Lee, Shikamaru! Lets go!" Shikamaru was about to leap with Lee towards Kakashi and Neji, when something grabbed one of his legs and yanked him down.

"Ah fuck!" Shikamaru screamed, and Lee reacted. He jumped up and slammed his foot straight down to the ground where the monster is yanking Shikamaru. Shikamaru fell to the ground when the infected let go. Then a Crawler jumped up and aiming to bite Shikamaru. Time slowed down while the infected was getting closer, and closer. All of a sudden something tackled the monster away, something fairly large. Shikamaru blinked twice and looked at his savior. It was a… fox?

Kakashi jumped behind Shikamaru and Lee while carrying Neji. He looked forward and he saw two more giant foxes guarding them, making three in total. All of them were black, with red fierce eyes. They were growling at the infected to back off. Kakashi then saw someone appear, out of nowhere, in front of the four. From what was seen from behind, he was wearing a robe, just like Yondaime, except with black, and orange stripe that ran along the side of the clothing. Black pants, black T-shirt, and of course he was wearing a headband.

The stranger turned his head to look at the group, Kakashi saw blue ocean eyes. He then knew it was Naruto. "Get them out of here. Bring them to Suna."

"Naruto, you can't take them." Everyone's eyes, except Naruto's and Kakashi's, bulged open from what the Jounin said. Naruto just grinned.

"I'll meet you guys there." Naruto then faced the infected, while the foxes gave the four Shinobes a ride back to Suna. Naruto's grin disappeared and his face became serious. His eyes then went from blue to a dark red. His nails grew longer, his teeth grew into sharper. He breathed in and breathed out, then he disappeared. He got on top of one of the giants, grabbed a kunai out of his patch on his leg and poured chakra with Wind Element. He sliced the giant in half, blood squirting, innards falling sliding out. He quickly went to the rest of the giants by running quickly and slash through each one of them with his wind enhanced kunai, killing them all.

One of the crawlers jumped and grabbed Naruto from the back. Naruto reached over his shoulder, grab the Crawler's head and flipped him over him and sliced its neck with his kunai. He then ran around the rest of the infected making them gather around into a group. He then did hand seals, "Doton Kekkai!" The ground starts to shake and the a solid half-circular ground covered the infected. Naruto the punched on part of the wall and made a hole. He went through hand seals and thought, 'Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!' He blew in hot fire into the closed structure… well except for the little hole of course. The infected screeched and roared, and after awhile, it became silent.

Naruto then felt something from under him. Hands of the Diggers were gripped on tight on Naruto's ankles. Naruto grabbed the wrist of the infected and plunged his fingers deep into them. The infected let go and went under. Naruto's blood red eyes looked around for the infected underground, but then he found out there were more than one. He prepared himself when he saw two of them coming his way. One jumped up towards Naruto and he punched the infected in the face, but the other came right after and cut Naruto on his right arm. His cut was pouring out quite a bit of blood.

All of a sudden, two Diggers popped out of the ground towards Naruto. Naruto grabbed one and swung it directly at the other Digger. He then made hand seals and yelled out, "Katon: Hibashiri!" The fire shot out and surrounded the infected, consuming them in the intense heat. Naruto then quickly grabbed his kunai and sliced the next infected coming at him. Then he saw another one jumped up from behind, so quickly he turned around and threw the kunai directly at the head. It hit right on the eye of the infected, and it dropped dead on the ground.

Naruto then sighed to relax, thinking that was the rest of them. But suddenly, he was flipped into the air. He landed on the soft sand then pounded on when the last Digger jumped and landed on top of him. Naruto was caught by surprised and reacted by pushing his right hand against it's chest. The infected wanted to bite off Naruto's face. Inches from his, chomping its mouth, then Naruto flipped the monster backwards and jumped up and summon a clone to begin creating the Rasengan. Naruto then ran, after his clone dispersed, towards the monster and plunged the circling chakra towards the stomach.

The monster screeched in pain while flying backwards from the hit. It hit the ground rolling and didn't get up. Naruto then straightened up, his eyes became blue once more, his claws shortened into regular finger nails, and his teeth began to become normal.

He sighed and walked towards Suna.

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Sakura, Ino, and Tenten were walking after their time of eating. They were walking somewhat near the front entrance of the village, since the restaurant they ate at were right there. They were talking about relationships, and all that good stuff when they heard one of the Sand Shinobi yell, "Everyone get out of the way!" Sakura and her friends turn towards the Shinobi who was on top of one of the tall buildings. They all then gazed down to see Kakashi, Lee, Shikamaru, and Neji on foxes. They then saw Neji, on Kakashi's lap, injured. They all got worried and followed where the foxes went.

They followed until the foxes came to a halt in front of the hospital. They all wondered how they where the hospital was. They then saw their friends get off the foxes and headed inside. They quickly followed, ignoring the foxes. When the got inside, Sakura went up to Neji who was being put on a stretcher. "How bad is it, Kakashi-sensei?"

"As your can see, he broke his arm, but he told me that he thinks there is a broken rib." Sakura nodded.

"We'll take care of it, Sakura-san. Today is your day off." one of the nurses said. Sakura was hesitant at first, but she let the nurses do their job. "What the hell happened?" asked Sakura.

Kakashi looked at her and said, "We ran into trouble. We were spotted by the infected."

Ino butted in, "Just be happy you guys weren't bitten."

Kakashi nodded in response and took a seat on of the benches. Sakura felt that there was more that happened to them, but she decided to not say anything. She decided to see if Shikamaru and Lee were alright. She both saw them sitting down. She saw couple bruises and scratches. She walked up to them and asked, "You guys, okay?"

Shikamaru and Lee looked at each other for a quick second. The way they looked at each other told them not to tell her about Naruto. Lee answered first, "Oh, we're fine Sakura-san. Just a bit tired from the attack. My youth still is still within me." Lee then gave her a thumbs-up Gai pose. Sakura smiled and then turn her face towards Shikamaru. He sighed in annoyance, probably from Lee with his usual talk about 'Youth'. Sakura smiled at him and rejoined Tenten and Ino. Sakura and Ino saw Tenten's face. She must be really worried about Neji. Sakura placed a hand on Tenten's shoulder, "He'll be fine."

Tenten just gave Sakura a sincere smiled in response. Kakashi walked in front of the girls, "Okay, I have some news. Someone is coming towards the village. He is the one who saved us from the attack. Kazekage has heard the news from Pakkun. I believe he is on his was to the front entrance to welcome him if he comes. Would you guys want to se him."

'How can one person defeat those infected if the four of them are having trouble dealing with it. I wonder who it is.' "I will, what about you two?" Sakura asked. Ino and Tenten nodded.

"Alright, lets head out. You two can join if you want." Kakashi looked at Shikamaru and Lee. The two got up and followed. The group exited the building and noticed the foxes were still there. They stared and the three black fox stared back.

"You know it's impolite to stare." Everyone was shocked, one of the fox talked. The three foxes got up and walked towards the entrance of Suna. The group then followed, since they were also heading that way. "Kakashi-sensei, where did the fox come from?" Sakura asked while walking.

"Now that I think of it, the foxes were probably Summoning Animals, like me and Dog Summoning. The foxes were our savior's." Sakura was surprised, she never knew there were such things as a Fox Summoning. 'This guy must be strong.' As they were walking, they saw Tsunade walking ahead. Sakura decided to ask her if she wanted to join to meet this new stranger.

"Tsunade-sama! Wait up!" Tsunade twisted around when she heard her student's voice calling her. Tsunade smiled at her.

"So I take it you heard about someone coming, eh Sakura?"

"Wait, you already know?" Sakura asked surprisingly. Tsunade giggled.

"Of course, I wonder who it is. From what I heard from the Kazekage, this guy must be strong." Tsunade motioned her to continue walking, while Ino, Tenten, Shikamaru, Lee , and Kakashi followed behind. It took them about ten minutes to get to the front entrance. They were now walking in between two tall mountain walls. Ahead, they saw Gaara with two Shinobis at his side. They also saw the three black foxes. When they got closer they heard a conversation going.

"Well, I'm still surprised that it was you who saved them. I mean, how long has it been since you left?" they heard Gaara speaking. Sakura began to become curious. She thought, 'Since he left? No…' she began to realize, 'It can't be…' She quickly glared at Kakashi, he stared back. Kakashi nodded, knowing that Sakura thought it was Naruto.

Sakura look ahead and began running as fast as she could. Time slowed down for her, getting closer to her destination. She slowed down her pace, and she is now behind Gaara. Gaara felt someone was behind him, so he turned around and saw Sakura. He smiled and moved away for her to walk through. She didn't look at anything else but the man in front of her. But she knew it was Naruto, the whiskers on his cheeks gave it away. She walked towards him and then stopped, leaving a couple of feet between them.

Naruto looked at her, just gazing on her beautiful sight. "Long time no see, huh Sakura-chan?" Naruto smiled but then frowned a little when she didn't answer. Sakura walked up and brought her hand up to his cheeks. She couldn't believe it, her Naruto is back. Her best friend. She started cry and jumped towards him into a tight embrace. She was moaning and weeping, Naruto was surprised about this. She has her arms around his neck while her head rested on his shoulders. He then hugged her back, placing his arms around her waist. She continued to cry, and Naruto began to sway her. "Come on, now Sakura-chan. You know how much I hate seeing you cry. This isn't how you want to say hi to me after four years."

She giggled a little, "(Sniff) Shut up, baka." She felt her anger towards him disappear, and it was filled with happiness and joy.

"Sakura! Who the hell are you hugging!!!!" Sakura grunted at hearing Ino's voice, which made Naruto laugh. For much of Sakura's dismay, she let go of Naruto, wiped the tears away from her face, and faced Ino.

"Come on, Ino. You don't know who this is?" Sakura asked. Ino looked at him in confusion. She shook her head no.

Naruto sighed, "Come on, I bet even Tenten knows who I am." Naruto looked at Tenten, who just stared blankly.

Kakashi walked up and held up his hand for Naruto to shake, "It's nice to see you again, Naruto." Naruto's name echoed in Ino's and Tenten's head. Ino's anime-blush face came into everyone's view, 'Naruto? Looking this good?!' She just couldn't believe she thought the guy in front of her was hot, and it turns out to be Naruto!

"It's good to see you, too Kakashi-sensei." Naruto replied back to his old sensei, then he looked at his four old friends in the back, "Shit, you guys look different." Naruto walked up to Shikamaru, "Well if it isn't Shikamaru. What's up?" Naruto and Shikamaru shook hands the same time Shikamaru replied, " Eh, nothing much, Naruto. All to-"

"Troublesome? I know." Naruto interrupted while laughing. He couldn't believe all these years, Shikamaru still thinks everything is troublesome. Naruto then faced Lee, "Ah! How is my youthful friend!" Lee jolted up towards Naruto and saluting him.

"I want to thank you, Naruto-kun! You saved u from those monsters back there, you truly have youth within you!" Naruto laughed while scratching the back of his head. He then faced Ino and Tenten, who were in disbelief that the person in front of them is Naruto. "Well, long time no see, Tenten, Ino. How have you two been?"

"Umm, great! We have been great! Right, Ino?" Tenten said quickly while nudging Ino. Ino nodded quickly. Naruto thought the two girl were acting weird, " Are you two, okay?"

"Great! Great right, Ino?!" Tenten said while laughing nervously. Ino then again nodded her head. He gave them a weird look, then smiled. He truly missed all of them. He then came face to face with someone he was also happy to see. "Hey Baa-chan." Naruto said in a grin. Tsunade then ruffled his hair while smiling. She missed Naruto, he was after-all like a little brother to her.

"How many times did I tell not to call me that." She then gave him a huge hug. Naruto simply returned the hug. He then released the hug and gave her a huge sincere smile.

Naruto then turn around to talk to Kakashi, "How's Neji. Last I saw he was hurt badly."

"It wasn't bad, just a broken arm and rib. It will be fixed in no time." Kakashi answered. Naruto then nodded. Gaara then stepped in to their conversation.

"So, Naruto your staying right?" Naruto stiffened, he didn't want to stay. He still felt he was putting them in danger. He sighed to relieve the tension.

"I just thought I would just visit but then leave after. I'm not planning on staying."

"You can't seriously think your putting us in danger for being here!" Sakura walked in front of his face. "Naruto I know you feel guilty for what you have done to Hinata, but we could bring her back to normal. Me and Tsunade-sama are working on a cure!" Naruto didn't answer, he just stood there looking at Sakura, "Don't you want to stay?"

"Yes, I do but-"

"Then stay… Don't leave…" Naruto sighed while rubbing his hand on his forehead. She looked at his with a worried face. She was worried he was going to leave again, leave her.

"(Sigh) I will stay." Sakura's face turned from worried to happiness. She jumped and gave him a huge hug. "But, you guys have to be cautious. Anything that has my saliva or anything I touch with my mouth, you guys stay away." Everyone's face brightened up, their friend is finally back.

To Be Continued...