Naruto then turned around and started to walk towards the gate leaving a flustered Tsunade behind him.
"Well girls and boys lets get going!" Naruto yelled out as he started to sprint down the road.
Sakura just sighed as she started to run after him with everyone else in tow.
"I swear he has too much damn energy." Sakura said with a small smile on her face. "But's another thing I love about him. He's like a damn child sometimes, but at others he most mature person in the room."
"So which village are we headed to first?" Tenten asked as she caught up to Naruto.
"We're headed to Suna first. Man I can't wait to see Garaa." Naruto said with a smile as he continued running.
Tenten hid the smirk that spread across her face.
"Temari I'm coming for you, and I'm bringing some serious payback."
(3 Days Later Just Outside Suna)
Naruto's group had set up camp in a small cave about a half days travel from Suna. They were making good time, hopefully they could be in Suna by around midday.
Currently Naruto was staring into the dying flames of the campfire, while the rest of the group slept. Naruto was in deep thought as he gazed into the flickering flames. He was roused from his thoughts when he heard someone speak behind him.
"You're still up?"
Naruto turned his head to see Sakura standing behind him. She stifled a yawn as she walked over to him, her pink hair in a mess as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. When she reached Naruto she quietly sat next to him and stared into the fire as well.
They sat in comfortable silence for a moment before Sakura spoke up.
"So why are you still up?"
"I was just thinking."
"HA! You thinking, yeah right." Sakura said earning a childish pout from Naruto. She slapped him on the arm playfully, and giggled when she saw his face. "I was just kidding. So what were you thinking about?"
"I was just thinking about how much my life has changed in the past few months. I mean I'm on a mission that is gonna help me with my Hokage training, I've been put in the CRA and I've got seven amazing girlfriends that can hopefully be my wives one day, and I'm gonna be a father in less than a year."
Naruto said as he continued to stare into the flames. "Sometimes I wonder if this all just a dream or something."
Sakura rested her head against Naruto's shoulder and gripped his arm.
"Well Naruto Uzumaki this isn't a dream. You are on your way to becoming Hokage, you do have seven beautiful girlfriends, you are gonna be a father, and I love you so much." Sakura said causing a smile to spread across Naruto's face.
"I love you too Sakura-chan. I love all you girls."
"I know Naruto, all of us know." Sakura said as she gripped Naruto's arm a little tighter.
Comfortable silence washed over them again. But this was broken when Naruto felt Sakura lightly push away from him. He turned to see her biting her lip in nervousness.
"Sakura-chan what's up?" Naruto asked worry evident in his voice.
"Now's the perfect time to tell him, so do it," Inner Sakura said to her outer self.
"N-Naruto I have something I've been meaning to say to you."
"What is it Sakura-chan?"
Sakura took a deep breath and gazed into Naruto's blue eyes.
"I-I'm sorry." Sakura said earning a confused look from Naruto.
"What are you sorry for Sakura-chan?"
"For everything!" Sakura said as tears started to form in her eyes. "For hitting you, for yelling at you, for ignoring you all those years, and for being an ignorant bitch."
Sakura then wrapped her arms around Naruto and cried into his shoulder.
"Please forgive me Naruto." She said in between sobs.
Naruto wrapped his arms around Sakura and held her close.
"Sakura-chan you don't get it do you?" Naruto asked in a soothing voice.
"W-What?" Sakura asked trying to wipe away her tears.
"You hit me, because you cared about me."
Sakura's eyes widened when she heard this. She felt Naruto grasp her hands with his own.
"You yelled at me and hit me whenever I was taking things too far, or when I was doing something stupid or perverted. It was your own way of showing that you were worried about me.
Whenever I was reckless and got hurt, you'd yell at me and scold me. But even though you'd call me an baka, I knew that you were just worried about me.
You didn't want me to make any mistakes that could get me hurt. Your scolding helped set me on the right path, Sakura-chan."
Fresh tears had formed in Sakura's eyes as she listened to Naruto.
"You're my cherry blossom, who helped me bloom into the man I am today."
A smile spread across Sakura's face as tears continued to flow from her eyes.
"Y-You're such a baka." Sakura said as she pulled Naruto into another tight hug. "I love you so much."
"I love you too Sakura-chan." Naruto said as he kissed her forehead.
They sat like this for a few minutes. Naruto let Sakura hold onto him tightly as they sat by the fire.
"Did my mother tell you what one of her dying wishes was?" Naruto asked suddenly.
"No, she never mentioned anything like that to me."
"Well before my father sealed Kurama inside me, he let my mother say her final words to me." Naruto took a breath to calm his nerves before he resumed speaking.
"She told me to eat right, to get plenty of sleep, to bathe everyday, to study my ninjutsu and respect my teachers, to make friends, to have a dream, to adhere to the three shinobi prohibitions, and" Naruto looked into Sakura's eyes and cupped her chin.
"She told me to find a woman like her to fall in love with. That woman has always been you Sakura-chan."
"R-Really? You think I'm like your mother?"
"Are you kidding? All you're missing is her long red-hair and her violet eyes. Except for that you're practically her twin."
Sakura just blushed and hugged Naruto again. As they held each other Naruto ran his fingers through Sakura's silky hair.