Love the One You're With

 

A/N: Written as an experiment for NaruxSakura. Takes place after the What It’s Like story.

Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto created and owns Naruto Shippuden. I don’t. It is licensed by Shonen Jump and Viz. 

Wearing the cloaks that wrapped them in their embrace, both shinobi from the hidden leaf ran along the mountain roads. Trees still dominated the area as they out distance between themselves and Yamato. He and Sai had told the blonde-haired person to get Sakura out of the range long enough for her to make the antidote. 



Naruto heard a groan from behind him. Spinning around he saw Sakura stumbling to keep up. Sweat covered her face flushed pink with blood. In two steps, he was at her side clutching her shaking body. “Sakura chan, are you ok?”



“Naruto… It’s getting worse,” she panted, leaning into him. Without question, he scooped her up bridal style.



“I’ve got you Sakura chan, don’t worry. I’ll help you find the herbs you need,” Naruto reassured her. She clung to his shoulder, nodding though she pressed her legs together tightly. Having Naruto hold her like that was making it worse but at least he was carrying her so it was easier to focus. 



“The first herb we need is narcissus… Then silver-vine…” she panted. An overcast sky loomed behind the tall grey cliffs interrupted only by small bushes and coniferous trees.



“Ok Sakura chan, I’m on it…” He reassured her, carrying her to the location of each. Glad for his horticultural knowledge from his gardening she knew they would have everything on her list soon.

**

Almost six hours later, he had found them a campsite in a clearing ringed by pine trees. Grinding herbs with her mortar and pestle, the pink haired kunoichi sat on a flat rock. Naruto gathered wood for the small fire he already set as he watched her carefully. 



“Sakura chan,” he murmured, sitting down on the rock next to her. “Are you ok?”



“I’ve got everything I need, just making the extract… Now…” she whispered to him.



“Right, the lean-to’s almost done,” Naruto reassured her, nodding to his clones.



“Thank you… I almost…” she trailed off as she looked up at him with deep jade green eyes. Seeing her under the effects of this toxin was tearing him apart.



The blonde jinchuriki whispered, “Easy Sakura chan… Is there anything else I can do?”



“Help me drink this please,” she gasped, both hands shaking from the spreading warmth. Naruto looked back at her through a frosted haze that made his features soft. Carefully he guided the cup to her lips. Frantic seconds later she managed to sip it all.



“There… Now how long till it works?” Naruto asked, brushing back the hair sticking to her sweaty face.



“Ten hours. The pain is already starting to go away. But there’s another problem,” she stammered.



“It… Do you still want to jump anyone’s bones and die if you don’t?” Naruto asked nervously. She nodded, gritting her teeth. Wind whipped around the two shinobi crouched on the rocks so Naruto picked her up and carried her into the lean to in front of the fire.



“Thanks,” she whispered, still shivering. Because they had to run, they had led some of their camping gear behind, meaning no tent. Naruto wrapped her in one of the blankets from her pack.



“Warm enough, Sakura chan?” Naruto asked, leaning close to preserve body heat.



“Yes… I… I am,” Sakura answered him. One of his clones watched firewood while another rigged a trap. Not sure the original crouched next to her she held the ends of the blanket around her. Even though they descended to the level of evergreen, forest from the mountain passes the wind still almost cut right through them like a knife. Bone chillingly cold the weather made the need to be close paramount.



Dark blue eyes stared into angry green ones. Grabbing his hand in a gloved fist Sakura hissed, “Naruto you idiot… I need…”



Scared of that fierce look that told him he would be clobbered Naruto asked, “What Sakura chan? Just tell me and I’ll get it for you!”



The medical ninja used that arm to lever herself up and climb into his lap. Naruto was not sure if she was possessed, if he was daydreaming or this was a trick. However, when he tried to push her away, she wrapped her thighs around him. Beneath the lean to on one of the other blankets, Naruto almost fell backwards with his lap full of writhing kunoichi.



“Sakura chan what are you doing!” he asked, conflicted about how much he wanted her there and how much she would hurt him later when she came to her senses.



“Just shut up and please help me! Kiss me, touch me Naruto,” she panted. The Uzumaki could see how big her pupils were. 



Still convinced he was dreaming he held her by the hips and joked, “So, you comfy now Sakura chan?”



Into the groove of his neck and shoulder, she pressed her face. Both her arms wrapped him in a crushing hug. She whispered, “Naruto… I need… You!”



“Huh?” was all his overloaded brain could muster him to reply. 



Lifting her head from him, she glared into his face and growled, “You heard me! You always wanted me anyway so now you have the chance! I need you!”



Face fused into an awkward grin he stammered, “I’m dreaming right?”



The pink haired kunochi grabbed him by the cheek, hissing. “No you’re not!”



“Nice joke Sakura can but either you’re nuts, I’m asleep or yore possessed by a…” 



His eyes turned white as he tried to push her away and screamed, “Ghost! Aaaaagh you’re possessed!”



Knocking him flat so she straddled him she hissed, “You idiot! It’s the side effect… Again”



“Sakura chan… But… Didnt you take the antidote. Cause I’m gonna clobber them and send them straight to hell!” Naruto ranted, going from spooked to pissed in under a second.



“Will you shut up and listen?” Sakura hollered. “I need you or I’m going to explode!”



Shaking in fear and anger, Naruto blinked at her teary red eyes. Sure, she panted heavily and clung to him but… wasn’t it a dream?



Instead of pushing her away again, Naruto wrapped both arms around her and hugged her in a crushing tight embrace. He sat so she straddled him and positioned her bottom in the triangle of his legs. “Sakura chan! But the potion…”



“Only took away the pain. But not all the desire. I’ve tried so hard to hold back but I can’t…”



“Sakura chan…” Naruto murmured softly. His blue eyes glimmered down at hers sick with worry until she grasped his cheek and pulled their mouths together. Against his lips, hers desperately pressed so it was near impossible for the kunoichi to refuse him. Sighing Naruto claimed the mouth of his lifetime unrequited crush.



“Mmmmm…” Sakura moaned, licking at his closed mouth. She parted, panting up at him.



“Sakura chan… What else can I do?” Naruto asked hoarsely. She saw how his eyes fluttered halfway shut.



“Kiss me more,” she urged. Unable to refuse her, Naruto aligned their mouths and gave her a warm sweet kiss that caused her toes to curl.



Undeniable lust bloomed into wanton desire. She panted. “Naruto what are you waiting for?”



“Because I’ve wanted you do much but this isn’t how,” he rasped, cradling her neck and rocking her.



“If you don’t,” the pink haired kunoichi told him, pulling away to cup his whiskered cheek in her gloved hand. “I’ll die.”



“But… You don’t love me, you love Sasuke,” the blonde-haired person scolded her, grasping her wrist to pull that hand away. “I can’t have sex with you unless its love!”



“Naruto if you don’t do this we’ll never find Sasuke!” she protested.



“Why me?”



“Because you’re the one other than Kakashi sensei I trust the most,” she trailed off, staring into his deep blue eyes.



“All right, Sakura chan, but since it’s you it’s not just sex,” Naruto warned her. He pulled her into another kiss that surprised her.



Not the kiss but how chaste and firm it was. Why are his lips so soft? She slipped her tongue between the seams of them hoping to taste deeper because she was so hungry. Nevertheless, once she coaxed them open his tongue thrust into her mouth. At once, he angled his face and slid that tongue over the roof of her mouth. Sakura whimpered at the intensity.



“Mmmm,” he hummed in the same way he did when enjoying his favorite ramen. Both embarrassing and cute. Shrugging off his long sage coat he put it down, then rolled over on top of her. She gasped for breath once he released her lips, gaping up at the blonde sitting to the side of her hip with his one arm tossed over her body and the other propping him up.



Two thoughts crossed her mind. One was how handsome he looked and two was how good of a kisser he was. “Naruto? How did you learn to kiss?”



He cheerfully grinned with that annoying self-confidence. “I just did my best because I always wanted to kiss you like that. Don’t worry I know what to do next!” 



“That’s not what I’m worried about you big pervert!” she growled.



“Then what?” he asked innocently. “Am I going too fast?”



Blood flushed through her face turning it the same shade as her hair. “I thought you’d just rip off my clothes and do it by now!”



“Do you want me to do that, Sakura chan? Cause since it’s you I kind of want to take my time so your first is really good,” he protested, frowning with a pout between ridiculous and cute.



Sakura rolled her eyes but saw how vulnerable he was. This was far more than a fuck. It was real to him. Sudden pangs of guilt wracked her for she was giving him his heart’s desire: her.



“I promise it’ll be worth the wait so next time we can go fast!” he said with a smirk.



Sakura reached up at the same time he leaned down. The loose ends of his hitai-ate straps dangled in her face. She closed her eyes to block out the comically exaggerated pursed lips. However, when they touched hers she melted. They were soft.



**



The first half hour he unzipped and kissed each part he exposed. Sakura felt herself screaming for more, for the touches were torturously far from enough. He eagerly let her unzip his clothes so she ran her hands over that gloriously muscled chest. His necklace hit her in the nose so she licked and kissed it reverently.



They were soon naked and she blushed at his lusty looks, covering her own womanhood. All she had to do to distract herself was gape at those silly print boxers. “Don’t worry Sakura chan you’re beautiful…” He whispered.



“Then why did you say I hadn’t changed you idiot?” She growled tugging his ear.



“Ow, ow, ow! Sakura chan! It was a stupid mistake,” he yelped until she let go.



“Ok fine, I forgive you for now,” she mumbled. He bent down and started licking her breasts like she feared, yet he did not pull or bite. That tongue of his was surprisingly delicate.



She slid one foot down kneading his erection with her toes. Surprised at the size of it she shivered. Smirking around a nipple the Uzumaki sucked and tongued the now pert peak. He hadn’t forced her legs apart because he seemed so captivated by her small breasts. Arousal pushed relief aside.



“Don’t be shy Sakura chan, your breasts are the best,” said Naruto, poking his head up. His fingers now took the place of his mouth, twisting and pulling like she always feared he would if given the chance. It felt so damn good, far too good!



Rolling over he sat up, took that foot she used to tease him, and tossed it over his hip. Judging from the wetness seeping between her thighs and the twiddling of her nipples she concluded. He knew how to prepare a woman.



“I’m going nuts… If you don’t hurry up and stick it in I’ll strangle you!” She hissed in need.



“I just need the condom,” he began but Sakura’s hand on his mouth stopped that.



“I am a disciple of Tsunade. I can use chakra and take care of that,” she said sweetly but Naruto could tell from her gaze that playtime was over. He removed one hand from her breasts to hike his boxers down and show her all of him.



Sakura blinked and felt her thighs tingle. He was only slightly longer than average but he was thick. Very thick. Jutting up red tipped from a nest of blonde curls that matched that on the top of his head. She actually giggled a bit taking hold of him barely in one hand. 



“Oooh Sakura chan, that feels so good,” he moaned exactly as she imagined he would and that made her grin. So focused on that sound she was that his hand grasping hers was annoying.



The medical ninja scowled. “What?”



“If you turn on your belly and I put it in from behind you’ll be more comfy, since it’s your first time with me,” Naruto said shyly.



“Oh…” Sakura trailed off, all set to yell at him because she realized he was right. He made a pillow of his jacket and positioned her to lie down on her belly. That placement of the bundle brought her bottom up in the air so her legs spread more easily.



“I’m ready,” she called out, glad for the unzipped sleeping bag under her bare skin. Behind her she sensed him kneel down and run a reassuring hand over her back and hip.



“Here it comes, Sakura chan,” said Naruto, pressing his tip to her entrance. However, Sakura steeled herself to cry out from the pain all she felt was his shaft spreading her.



“Ah… Ohhhh!” She groaned, trying to get used to someone his size.



“Mmmm ohh Sakura chan,” he rasped, reaching around to cup her breasts.



Sakura almost lost her mind to pleasure as they began to move.



***

After a blinding blustering climb, Sakura arched her back and quivered. Grasping her ankles, Naruto shoved in deep one last time. He howled seconds before she heard herself scream. The hot eruption inside scalded and tickled her insides. Under her, he shifted so she lay on top of him. His arms locked possessively around her as he lightly snored. Sakura reached over to untie his hitai-ate from around his brow. Carefully she folded it and undid hers before she set both next to each other to the side.



Even though she shivered, he was so warm she could not freeze. Panting she stretched out and nudged his cheek to wake him. A residual burn of desire still tinged her and from his semi hard shaft in her, she knew he could go for hours. 



“Mm, how are you feeling Sakura chan?” he asked gently, caressing her cheek. 



Forcing tears out of her eyes, she gave him a small smile. “Pretty good, actually.”



“Hehehe, I’m glad,” Naruto cooed, rubbing his forehead to hers.



After sharing a few long deep kisses, he insisted that he wanted to share a sleeping bag. Naked and sticky as they were with him as the mattress and her draped over him. Sakura could not stay awake long enough to complain.

**

When Sakura next opened her eyes, she saw orange and yellow merged with shadows. Once her vision cleared, she glanced around at the fire, the lean to, and red clothes folded next to his orange and black jacket. It wasn’t horrible, just awkward. Head tossed to one side his mouth opened enough to drool from the corner.



“Naruto, wake up,” she hissed, sticky and embarrassed but feeling extremely good. 



“Hehe that tickles Sakura chan,” he giggled until his blue eyes popped open.



“Finally you woke up,” she mumbled. Naruto reached down past her hips to unzip the sleeping bag. 



“You cold?” He asked, rubbing at one eye.



“A little,” she mumbled. 



Naruto reached above his head and grabbed his orange and black jacket. “Here Sakura chan, put this on.”



Not quite looking at him she sat up enough so she could slip it one and zip it up over her breasts. Glad for the modesty she glanced nervously down at him.



“Hehe… S… Sakura chan… You’re not gonna kill me now are you?” He nervously laughed trying to sit up and pull out. 



“No idiot,” Sakura sighed, tightening her grip on him. “I was just cold, but your jacket helps enough so I don’t freeze.



“Then you… You wanna do it again and you liked it?” Naruto asked, looking down so his bangs obscured his eyes.



“Would I still be doing this with you living without broken bones if I didn’t?” Sakura snapped, surprised he hadn’t wilted inside her.



“Yosh!” Naruto whooped, further embarrassing her as he pulled her onto his lap and started thrusting up into her. Wrapping her legs in place so they crossed at the small of his back. His mouth covered hers in a kiss that muffled her screams of pleasure. Sakura seized a handful of his spikes in one hand, then flattened her other on his back.



“Mmmghhhhhg!” Sakura cried.



Through merged mouths he answered, “Mmm… mmn… Mmm!” 



Thankful for his jacket kept her from shivering in the cool wind though her hips and inside boiled deliciously warm. Sakura broke the kiss to get a breath in, panting, “Naruto, go a little slower and deeper… Ahh yes right there.”



“Ahhh you feel so tight,” Naruto sighed, rolling his eyes in bliss. Squeezing down from inside she held him for a second.



“Yes… Just like that… Don’t stop Naruto,” she pleaded.



“Look at me, Sakura chan,” Naruto urged, boring his blue eyes into hers.



“R… Right…” She stammered as she realized he wanted to remember every moment of this.



***



Hours later Sakura dozed, sticky, sore, and more sated then she had in her life. Naruto had tried all manner of positions, insisting he wanted her to pick the one she most liked. Then she had fallen asleep before him. Strangely, the sleeping bag did not feel so tight around her. 



She could hear him singing from a distance. Probably blissfully happy because he had done it with her. Just what they were going to do next was going to be awkward. Her first impulse was to pretend it did not happen.



“Naruto?” she called out, sitting up. Still she wore his jacket, but needed to grab a pair of leggings and clean underwear from her pack quickly. If she stayed inside the sleeping bag she could slip them on without baring her legs to the elements. Once she put both on she frantically glanced around more.



“Hungry Sakura chan?” he asked cheerfully. She had not seen such a big grin on his face since he had mastered the Razenshuriken. He wore his orange pants, a blue shirt overtop thermal underwear, and his bandanna tied around his brow. 



“Yeah,” she said, rubbing her eyes. “Owww! I’m sore!”



“Sorry Sakura chan,” he grinned, rubbing his neck after he passed her a cup of instant ramen. Too hungry to refuse she took it and thanked him.



“I won’t walk straight for a week, idiot,” Sakura complained, slurping up the food hungrily. While ramen was heavy, it was the perfect thing after he screwed her brains out. In one hand Naruto carried his own container. She saw that he put the pot over a grating on the fire to boil water. 



“Oops… I couldn’t help it. You are just so great Sakura chan!” He beamed, sitting next to her to rub his cheek to hers. Great, now she would poke holes in a very happy jinchuriki’s mood in a second.



She sighed. “Naruto… I…” 



“Sakura chan, I know you’re gonna say it never happened but… I cannot take that. Sorry…” He apologized.



Between the horns of a dilemma, Sakura swallowed the lump in her throat. It was good, but would Naruto be okay with just a physical relationship? She could be, but knew to reject him now would be a crushing blow. “About that, Naruto. The next time you’d better warn me in advance if you’re going to be so rough.”



Instantly his serious face lit up. “Sure thing Sakura chan.”



“We… We will need to take it one-step at a time. I… I want to keep it a secret for now?” Sakura muttered. “I… I…”



“It’s ok Sakura chan,” he murmured, bending down nervously for a kiss. She pecked him on the mouth but let it linger. Gods it felt good just to be close even if he was not Sasuke. To be held and loved, even if she loved another. For all he had done Sakura wanted him to have her for as long as he needed.



“I’m yours… Until we find Sasuke. I… I need you even if…” she stammered.



“Sakura chan, however you want me I’ll be there for you,” Naruto said softly. “Thank you… For letting me get close… Even if you don’t love me.”



“Naruto…” she murmured, grabbing his cheek to kiss him. He took the ramen cup from her and set it down so he could wrap his arms around her. 



“Wanna sit in my lap?” he offered. 



“Of course idiot. You’re more comfortable then the ground,” Sakura rolled her eyes, scrambling onto his lap so he could wrap both arms around her and share their warmth. He grabbed the other ramen cup nearby and reached around her to eat it. No sense of personal space but Sakura could live with it.



“You’re just a bottomless pit…” she quipped. “ How many more containers do I have to get you when we get back? 20?”



“Well, about 25… But they are in sale…” he chuckled, slurping up more.



“I’m going to insist you eat whatever I put in front of you, got it?” Sakura said in a thinly veiled threat. He grabbed the blanket one handed and tossed it around his and her shoulders so they were snug. She noticed to do this one handed he had held the chopsticks and ramen cup together in his other hand. 



“I’ll eat whatever you cook Sakura-chan,” Naruto giggled, giving her the thumbs up. Sighing she wiped the bits of food off his mouth with a paper napkin. Despite this, she found herself smiling the slightest bit. Sure Naruto was loud but he was reliable, warm and thought the world of her. Under her, he felt calm and relaxed just like any man who had the best sex of his life.



“You comfy Sakura chan?”



“Yes but aren’t you cold without your jacket?” she asked. 



Arms wrapping around her he chuckled, “Nope. Besides I like how it looks on you.”



Sakura closed her eyes leaning into the warmth. Always the jinchuriki radiated so much heat that she couldn’t about complain being cold sharing a bed or sleeping bag with him. From somewhere she heard the distinctive hiss of static. Scrambling on Naruto’s lap, she hunted around.



“I got it, Sakura chan,” Naruto reassured her, digging through one of the packs. He put the radio around his neck and fitted the earpiece. Sakura leaned into him, knowing that it was most likely Yamamoto Taicho and Sai on the other end.