The future has passed

Three Words Eight letters.

Naruto POV
I was laying on my bed thinking about the desicion that i will make. Will it affect Sara that much. AHHHHH I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE. I love Sara i really do but the mission. I know that if i join this mission maybe something will come in good results but.............

Naruto: This is for Sara if i could prevent this event from maybe i could change the future and maybe i could........

I stare at the ceiling thinking about what outcome i could have make if i join the mission.

Naruto: Well i have no choice because not just the lives of others are at stake but for Sara as well.

I know that tomorrow i have to tell her about this because she is the most important person for me right now.

Then I drifted to sleep hoping tomorrow will be ok.

The Next day

Naruto: I have a mission.

They sat on the top of the Hokage monument having their picnic. She dropped the bottle she was holding, the liquid spilling over the side of the blanket, onto the soil.

Naruto: I could've said no but it's important, and I didn't want to lie to you.

She didn't react. She knew, of course, that the war was going to spill over to the leaf village soon enough. There might be spies in place already. If Iwa managed to move closer towards the village, it'd mean hell.

Naruto couldn't have said no. Refusing to aid the leaf would make him feel responsible for anything that happened.

Naruto: But it's with Minato and his students. We're supposed to destroy a bridge really easy stuff. As far as we know, Iwa hasn't gotten there yet. It won't take long for us to get back.

Long being relative, considering Minato's 'short' mission had taken quite a bit before he returned yesterday to report the invasion on Fire Country soil.

Sara: I don't want you to go.(finding her voice. She looked at him, her face stern. Her voice steadfast, she continued).

Sara: I want you to stay with me.

Naruto: I want to stay with you because I want to stay with you I have to help end this war as fast as possible.

(He said while reaching out to her. She withdrew her hand, looking away).

Sara: You're going to risk your life in a war that ends without your help-

Naruto: And how many people are going to lose their lives while I sit here, doing nothing?

Sara: You're not doing nothing. (She said while Her voice rose).

Sara: You're protecting me, staying with me!!!

Naruto: Because I'm protecting you, I'm going.

She turned her gaze back to him, her eyes wet. She found him staring back. His jaw was set, his eyes were hard, unyielding. Serious. It was the face she had seen him make when he had faced her treacherous minister.

A face she couldn't resist, because it was so earnest.

Naruto: If I can save just one more person from suffering then I have to try. (He said)

Tears welled up in her eyes, some dripping down her cheeks. That was the issue with him, wasn't it? If he were any other person, she wouldn't have fallen for him. If she'd keep insisting for him to let go of his ideals, she wouldn't be worthy to call herself a descendant of the royal family. She wouldn't be worthy of calling herself queen.

And as much as she had let go of that title, she remained the leader of her people. She still carried that ideal of the 'queen' with her, and she couldn't sully it.

She leaned over, crawling over the blanket and pushing the food aside to bury her face in the crook of his neck. Her held her.

He was warm. He was holding her tighter than he ever did before. It took her a moment to realize that he, too, was shaking. That he, too, was unnerved and uneasy about the war. When she looked up, she found his face going through a range of emotions, twisting as he tried to hold himself back from showing weakness.

She leaned backwards, grabbing his chin and pulling him closer. He mirrored her action, grabbing her cheeks and leaning into the kiss. It was almost needy. Desperate and animalistic. Before, their kisses had been rather awkward first touches. Those didn't convey the emotions the two felt for each other. By the time they broke apart, their breathing was heavy. Sara's face was full of tears, the stream of them flowing down her face made the next kiss salty.

They broke apart. She wrapped her hands around his neck, knocking him over as she leaned forward again. She was lying on his chest, wiping her tears on his shirt.

Sara: I love you.

Naruto had known 'love'. He understood 'affection'. Yet, as he heard those words, he felt more at peace than ever, and his heart pounded with a force that made him realize just how much her words meant for him.

Naruto: I love you too. (He said).

He kept holding her. There was something different to this love. Something beyond just the closeness of the relationship, and the desire to protect. Despite knowing each other for a few weeks at most, the time they've spent together felt like years. The feelings they had for each other felt like a bond that would kill them if it was ever broken.

He loved her. And for the first time in his entire life, he understood just what 'love' meant.

Sara: Naruto please be safe. (She said with worry)

Naruto: Don't worry Sara. I will be and I'll make sure of it.

Naruto held her with both of his arms while both lovers watching the view of the village.