Naruto Pairing One-Offs

Sakura Haruno - the only person in the eleven Konoha rookies to become Hokage Tsunadi's apprentice - was wandering around the second floor of Konoha's hospital. It's not the way she wanted to spend her Friday evening, but if it helped improve her status as a medical ninja and help Naruto and the others during missions, she wasn't fit to complain. Everytime she wanted to help out with the hospital duties, she always seemed to be wearing her nurse's gown. Apparently, she liked the compliment she recieved from Naruto, and in future, she insisted to wear it more often. She carried with her a small clipboard to analyze a few patient's illnesses. One had the flu, one broke a wrist, and strangely, an academy student tried using a Fire Jutsu, only moderately burning himself. Nothing out of the ordinary and nothing the medics present can't fix, so she called it a day.

"Alright," Thought Sakura. "Time to go check if Naruto isn't causing mischief."

Sakura expected him to be at his favourite place on Friday night: at Ichiraku's Shop, on his fifth helping of ramen, so there was her first target. But when her eyes set off her clipboard, she noticed just how eerie the hospital looked at night. Dark corridors, not a light to be found in a 360 degree turn except for the lights outside, and worst of all, she didn't know what to expect. Especially with rogue ninja, henchman of Orochimaru and other trouble, always trying to destroy Konoha. She walked at a fast pace where the stairs where. She was never this frightened. If Sakura didn't know this was a hospital, she would mistake it for a haunted mansion, housing undead monsters or some other wretched being, which was going to leap at her at the next doorway. So, just to be sure, she picked out a random door, stood upright against the wall opposite, opened the door, and slowly but surely, peered to see the contents which surprised her.

"Huh?" Thought the young Kunoichi.

It was no ghoul, zombie, vampire or demon. As the greatest of luck would have it: Naruto Uzumaki was lying perched on the hospital bed, unconscious, with bruising and cuts on his arms and face. Sakura was almost shocked at the luck she had in finding him. And not two moments ago, she suspected him of being elsewhere. Either someone was playing a really good Genjutsu, or Naruto was really there. Sakura couldn't help but feel worry over the troublesome ninja, so she peered through the creepy corridors in search for other medics. None to be found. Checked if the ward was occupied by someone else. Nobody there. So she entered the room and closed the door on the way.

"Wow, Naruto." Thought Sakura. "This wasn't a cat that did this". And so she proceeded to do the research over Naruto herself. Since Naruto only arrived an hour ago, (Which was beyond her how she never knew.) no medics have seen to him yet. She took off his jacket to get a better analysis of the bruised arms. They were quite severe, one of which was starting to turn purple. She flinched at the sight. She pressed her right ear gently on his chest. Heartbeat was normal. It pained her to see Naruto, lying there with deep cuts and bad bruising. "Alright, but you owe me one!" Thought Sakura. She placed both hands on Naruto's chest and at once, her healing Jutsu was taking effect. The cuts were healing slightly, and the severe bruising was downgraded to normal. And with a flicker of eyelashes and slight gasps, Naruto gained consciousness.

"Ugh, where am I?" Said Naruto.

"Konoha hospital, you idiot!" Yelled Sakura. Naruto flinched at the commanding voice of the tough Kunoichi.

"Oh, hey, Sakura!" Smiled Naruto, with a hint of glee. He then gave a mocking snigger. "I never knew you'd be the one treating me."

"Oh, get real, Naruto. For your information, I stumbled on what was left of your body, and I wanted to heal you." Preached Sakura.

"Hmm? You wanted to heal me?" Jeered Naruto, in his often childish way. What Naruto said made Sakura gasp and clench her mouth. For once in the times Naruto and Sakura had together, he got her speechless.

"You know what I mean!" Defended Sakura. Naruto was nonetheless unconvinced, and giggled to himself. "Now enough acting all childish, and tell me how you got here!"

"Oh!" Wondered Naruto. "Well, I was on a mission with Lee and Tenten to beat some crazy lunatic ninja in a village somewhere..."

"And the "crazy lunatic ninja" beat you up?" Guessed Sakura.

"No, I beat him up...with a little help from Lee and Tenten." Pointed out Naruto, with a little reluctance to the last part. "Anyway, it was raining at the time, and on the journey back, I slipped on a wet edge and fell down a king-sized gorge." Naruto finished off his story by remembering what had happened. When he fell down the gorge, he collided with the rock face many times, while Lee and Tenten shouted to Naruto for his safety. Sakura grasped her gown-apron in shock, after sitting down on Naruto's bedside. She looked outside, and indeed, there had been signs of rain.

"That's...awful..." Sakura said in a soft voice. She never considered the consequences, if Lady Luck wasn't on duty, and Naruto had indeed died over that fall. With Sasuke turning evil, would that have meant she would be alone?

"Yeah, I wouldn't have been lucky, if it weren't for a patch of grass that broke my fall." Stated Naruto. Sakura gasped. A small patch of grass broke his fall? And if the patch of grass was replaced with a small plataeu of rock? Would the impact have killed him?

"Naruto..." Started Sakura. She could feel her body tremble.

"Yeah? Sakura...are you alright?" Questioned Naruto, over seeing her fearful body. And at once Sakura leaped onto Naruto's slightly weakened body, and pressed his lips against hers. About five seconds of emotion-filled kissing, they separated, with Naruto panting - with both surprise and wonder. "Sakura, what was that all about?! I always thought you were into Sasuke!"

"Well, Sasuke isn't here, is he?" Joked Sakura. "On a serious note, I wanted to show how much you mean to me. If you would have died, then I would have no one else." Sakura's face then turned from serious to happy. "Besides, wasn't this what you wanted? Kissing me in my attractive nurse gown?" Naruto couldn't help but smile at that, and continued the pleasurable kissing. Naruto's loyalty to Sakura, during the mission to the Land of Waves, the Chuunin Exams and other times, were starting to pay off full circle. At once, Sakura mounted onto Naruto, took off his headband and threw it to the other side of the room with a metallic clatter. After that, Sakura removed her medical shirt, exposing her breasts. Naruto could feel his heat rise, and Sakura immediately continued kissing him. Naruto then began to caress Sakura's soft breasts. At first softly since he didn't want to ruin the moment by setting off Sakura's short temper, and then began to fully marvel her elegant figure.

"Naruto?" Sakura started.

"Yeah, Sakura?" Asked Naruto. He noticed she was growing slightly red.

"All those times you risked your life to save me. Was it for me, or was it to so you can show how cool you were?" Sakura questioned.

"It was for you. All those times, you were in danger, you were in pain, I wanted to risk it all so you could be safe." Naruto explained reluctantly. And at those words, Sakura continued the immense kissing. It was clear to Sakura she was simply wasting her time trying to win the affection of Sasuke. Sure she's still concerned for his safety with Orochimaru, but Sasuke would never have returned the love Sakura once gave him. Now, Sakura sees the difference in Naruto and Sasuke: Naruto has a heart filled with friendship and love, and Sasuke's heart is filled with revenge and hatred. And very now, Sakura is embracing Naruto's heart of gold, by giving him the love he never got in return.

"Nothing on Earth can ruin this moment!" Thought Sakura and Naruto simultaneously.

But unfortunately, their luck ran out. Both of them went silent as they heard the clip-clop of footsteps nearby.

"Sakura!" Yelled a very demanding lady's voice. There was only one person who had that voice: Lady Tsunade. The two lovers had panic written all over them, and had only realized the situation they were in. Sakura was lying on top of Naruto, topless and Naruto had his hands on Sakura's breasts. At once Sakura jumped off Naruto and began fidgeting with her nurse's shirt.

"Naruto! Get your jacket back on!" Whispered Sakura, in an urgent manner, while throwing him his headband she threw away. Naruto looked confused. "Your supposed to be injured, remember?!"

"Oh yeah!!" Worried Naruto. In a hurry, he put his jacket and headband on and performed a Transformation Jutsu, to disguise himself as the way he was before Sakura healed him. Three seconds later, the Hokage opened the ward door, to see Sakura writing on the clipboard she had, and Naruto was seen unconscious.

"Oh hello, Lady Tsunade." Said Sakura in a forcefully calm way.

"What are you doing here late in a Friday night?" Asked Tsunade.

"I was just...checking to see if Naruto here was okay." Lied Sakura. "I heard he took a nasty fall during his last mission." The Hokage looked confused.

"I thought I told the medics not to tell you." Tsuande said to herself. Sakura gasped at this remark. Her master kept her in the dark about someone she now cares for so much in the world. If Tsunade was any other medic, she would send him flying to next week. But since this was the person training her, she kept her calm. "Who told you?!"

"Sorry?" Questioned Sakura worriedly.

"Who told you Naruto was hurt?" Demanded Tsunade. Sakura's heart raced. If she let up, and told her that she was confessing her love for Naruto in a pasionate way, she could end up being expelled as Tsunade's student. She thought on her feet, and reached the answer.

"Ummm...Lee told me." Sakura lied. "He said: "You should go visit Naruto. He is looking pretty roughed up." And then I decided to go see Naruto." Sakura ended her story with a fake laugh. Tsunade didn't seem convinced. She often gave her liar a cold hard stare, meaning she knew that Sakura was lying. But then her gaze went from a snake's glare to a thinking one.

"Hmmm, I never really told Lee and Tenten not to tell you." Said Tsunade in an awkward way. Sakura sighed, as well as Naruto under his breath. It appeared Lady Luck wasn't fully out of the job, yet. "Okay, it's getting late, so you better get some rest." Tsunade then headed for the door.

"At once, my lady!" Said Sakura in a more confident tone. When Tsunade fully left the ward, Sakura collapsed on a nearby chair. "That was too close!" Naruto had gotten out of his Transformation and sat up, in a raging mood.

"Curse Grandma Tsunade!" Yelled Naruto under his breath. "She's always butting in on other people's business!"

"Calm down, Naruto." Said Sakura in a soothing voice. Naruto immediately calmed down. Then Sakura stood up and approached Naruto, giving him one last kiss. Naruto was quite enjoying the moment, before Sakura separated. "Well I gotta go now. If Tsunade finds out I'm still here, I'm a goner." Naruto didn't like this at all, and began to pout.

"Stupid Grandma Tsunadi!" Said Naruto in an angry mood. Sakura couldn't help but giggle at Naruto's slight silliness and headed towards the door. Just before she left, she turned back to Naruto.

"And by the way, you were always better than Sasuke." Said Sakura in a happy way. Naruto couldn't believe what he heard and put on his face which often meant he was utterly dumbfounded. Sakura giggled once more, waved goodbye to the young ninja and left the flattered Naruto to sleep and dream of the experience.