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Chapter 9: His Guardian Angel

Warm... the place were Sakura was, it was so warm.

“Sakura Haruno...”

A voice? A woman’s voice. It sounded so kind. Who was it?

“Where am I?” Sakura heard herself say.

“Open your eyes, Sakura.” The woman’s voice said.

Sakura did as she was told. She was for a minute blinded by the light that surrounded her. But that was the only thing that surrounded her.

She looked around her, everything was white. She saw no end, she saw no beginning. She turned around, feeling that someone was standing behind her.

And there was.

It was a woman, around her 30’s, red hair that was about he same length as Sakura. She had a baby pink with baby blue robe on.

“An angel?” Sakura whispered.

The woman smiled, and walked over to Sakura. Sakura was amazed of how pretty she looked. She looked somewhat familiar though.

“I guess you can say that I’m an angel, Sakura.” She said in a soft voice, still smiling.

“How do you know my name?” Sakura asked.

“I’ve been watching you, or rather, I’ve been watching the one you’ve been with all this time.”

“You’ve... been watching someone? Who?”

The woman shook her head. “I’m sorry, I cannot say that. But it is someone who’s very dear to me. And very dear to you.”

Sakura was confused now. All her friends were dear to her, but who was dear to this angel?

“Where am I?” Sakura suddenly asked, knowing that she wasn’t in Konoha.

“You’re actually nowhere, Sakura.”

This confused Sakura even more. “Nowhere?” She remembered what happened, like a flash. “Am I dead?” She asked, rather panicky.

The woman shook her head. “No, you are not dead, Sakura. You were saved, but just in the nick of time.”

“Then why am I here?”

“You are still unconscious. This is where your spirit took you. We had to meet each other.”

“We had to meet? What does that mean?”

The woman was still smiling. “Who knows? I know I wanted to meet you. We actually look a lot like each other. On the inside and outside.” The woman pushed some bangs away from Sakura’s face.

Her hand was warm. Her hand was soft. She was defiantly an angel.

“We look like each other? How?”

“We both did not noticed that the love of or lives were standing right next to us.”

Was she talking about Naruto? Sasuke? No, not Sasuke.

“I don’t under-“

“If you don’t understand, then make use of your remaining live to think about what means for a person to love.” Suddenly, the woman started to disappear.

Sakura took notice of this. “Wait! What is your name? Are we gonna see each other again?”

The woman closed her eyes and smiled, while she slowly became invisible. “Sakura, I will always be with you as long as you continue to be with the person I guard. But I have no doubt in my mind that you will always be with this person.”

This actually calmed Sakura, and she smiled. “I hope I’ll see you again.”

“Sakura-chan, wake up!”

Sakura looked up, as if the voice came from above her. She smiled as she recognised he voice. “Naruto!”

“It seems you have found your way back.” The woman said. She was almost completely gone.

Sakura turned her head back at the woman. “Wait, you name...?”

The body of the woman was already gone, she only said one thing; “My name... is Kushina Uzumaki.”

Sakura’s eyes went wide, “What...?” Before she could do anything else, the light became brighter and she had to close her eyes.

“Sakura-chan!”

Sakura opened her eyes again, and noticed she wasn’t in the ‘white room’ anymore. She was in someone else’s room, lying on a soft bed. She slowly sat up, also seeing that she wasn’t in the hospital. What about her wound? She lifted up her shirt, seeing that her wound was covered with bandages. Who did that?

She suddenly felt something on her hand. Something warm and soft.

She looked besides her; it was Naruto. He was holding her hand, while his head was on the side of the bed. He was fast asleep. It must have taken her a while to wake up.

Sakura smiled at the sight, ‘He looks so cute...’ She thought, as she pushed away some bangs from his eyes.

She looked around again, now knowing she was in Naruto’s house. ‘How did I get here, what exactly happened?’

She remembered the red- haired woman, the guardian angel. ‘Her last name... was Uzumaki.’ She looked down at Naruto again. ‘Could it be? Is she... Naruto’s mom?’ Sakura softly touched Naruto’s face.

“She’s his Guardian Angel...” She whispered.

At that moment, Naruto stirred. He opened his eyes, and looked up. His blue eyes looked at Sakura’s emerald eyes, none of them speaking.

Suddenly, Naruto’s face brightened, a smile shown on his face, “Sakura-chan! Y-you’re awake! How do you feel? Are you hurt anywhere?”

But Sakura didn’t say anything. She was staring at him with a blank face. This made Naruto not smile anymore. This made him more concerned.

“Sakura-chan? What’s wrong? Does your wound hurt?” But before Naruto had the chance to say anything else, Sakura almost lunged at him, embracing him tightly.

“Sa-Sakura-chan...?” Naruto blushed, but he was glad Sakura couldn’t see it. He hugged her back, glad to be able to hold her like this.

“You idiot...” She whispered, burying her head in his shoulder. “I’m so glad you are ok...” She pushed herself up, looking him in the eyes.

She looked down, suddenly finding the sheets interesting. “How could you think...” She still whispered, “How could you think I would blame you for what happened?!” She closed her eyes, gritting her teeth.

Naruto also looked down, remembering what happened. “Because it is true...” Sakura quickly looked up, her hand reaching his face. Naruto thought she was going to hit him, so he quickly closed his eyes. But no hit came. Instead, he felt two warm hands on both his cheeks.

“Naruto, look at me...” Sakura said, as Naruto did what he was told. What he saw was something he didn’t expected; Sakura was on the verge of tears.

“It’s not your fault, I never thought it was your fault. And I can’t believe that you thought.”

Naruto shook his head, but Sakura’s hands never left his face. “It was me who hurt you Sakura. It was me who...” Naruto stopped, closing his eyes.

“No, Naruto... It was... it was Sasuke,” At this, Naruto’s eyes opened again, looking shocked at Sakura. She continued, “Sasuke hurt us both.” He knew it pained her to say that, he could feel it.

“You weren’t yourself, I never thought it was your fault. And even if it was, I would have forgiven you. Naruto... I...” Sakura didn’t finish. It was as if she was insecure about what she wants to say.

She removed her hands from is face, and scooted closer to him. She held her head against her chest. She inhaled his scent deeply, glad that he was here with her.

“Just hold me...” She whispered.

Naruto gave a little smile, before putting his arms around her. He held her close, and put his head on top of her own.

“I’ll always protect you, Sakura-chan...” He said softly, but there was no response; Sakura had fallen asleep.

Naruto didn’t mind, just as long as she was with him, he couldn’t care less.

To Be Continued