The Intervention

Although he loved Bolt and Himawari dearly, Naruto wasn't totally happy about the way his life went. They were the only reason why he didn't divorce his wife, Hinata Hyuuga-Uzumaki, all those years ago when he realized he couldn't bring himself to love her. Sure he could force himself to love her, but he'd only be lying to himself. He wanted to blame Bolt for being the reason why he was trapped in a loveless marriage, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He loved the damn kid too much.

Sure he and Hinata were currently separated, but only a selected few, including their children, knew about. He usually kept his personal life a secret from the public, he didn't like answering questions that covered his own life, and he certainly didn't want to talk about his wife. Currently he and Bolt, who wanted to stay with his father, were crashing over at Sai and Ino's place.

Sai and Ino never supported the idea of Naruto ending up with Hinata, believing that Sakura would be the much healthier choice for him, so when they found out that Naruto and Hinata were separating, Sai told Naruto that he and Ino would be more than happy to let him stay at their until he had enough time to find his own place.

"Sai, Ino I'm back" he said aloud

"Oh. Naruto. I didn't expect you to be back so early," Sai answered in a tone of voice that sounded strange, even for him.

"Sai, is everything okay?" Naruto asked

"Everything's fine, there's nothing to worry about" the pale skin man replied

"Let me rephrase the question," Naruto began

"You're not trying to get me together with Sakura again, are you?" Naruto asked

He knew that Sai and Ino meant well, but he didn't have time for a relationship, he was too busy with work, and even if he did have the time he would be able to face Sakura without feeling ashamed of himself for settling for Hinata. He still had feelings for Sakura, there was no doubt about it, and he wished that he ended up with her instead of Hinata, and if he could pursue a relationship with her, he would, but his pride and shame prevented him from doing so.

"No" Sai said rather bluntly "but I do have something to show you out in the courtyard" he concluded as he pulled Naruto outside.

What Naruto saw, he just couldn't believe it. There he saw Bolt, Himawari, Sarada, Iruka, Ino, Shikamaru, Temari, Gaara and a few other close friends standing under a banner with the word 'Intervention' painted in large red letters.

"S-sai wh-what the fuck!" Naruto shouted out in shock.

"Naruto, despite what you may think, this was actually Bolt's idea" Iruka said trying to calm down his surrogate younger brother.

"Dad, the reason why I got everyone here is because we all hate seeing you looking so fucking lonely all the time." the Hokage's thirteen year old son said in a serious tone of voice.

"Bolt, why would you think that I'm lonely? I got you and Himawari." Naruto told his son.

"That's not what I mean dammit-" was all Bolt was able to say before being interrupted by Shikamaru.

"Look Naruto," the lazy ninja began.

"We all know you're still in love with Sakura, and it's just painful to watch you torture yourself by refusing to go after her. You know she's still waiting for her knight to come for her, since it didn't work out for her and Sasuke, Sarada's living proof of that. No offense Sarada." Shikamaru said

"None taken," Sarada replied accepting Shikamaru's apology.

"You guys, it's not that I don't want to pursue a relationship with Sakura. It's the complete opposite in fact, it's just that I'm just too ashamed of myself to ask her out. I settled for Hinata, which was a complete mistake, the only thing good to come out of my failed marriage were my kids, hell I have no idea why I fucking settled. I've been in love with Sakura ever since we were kids, even now I still dream of growing old with her," Naruto said as he started to cry.

"Idiot," a familiar voice started to sob behind him.

"Sakura," was what came out of Naruto's mouth as she walked up to him. Fearing that she was about to hit him, he was completely shocked when she kissed him.

"You idiot, I've been waiting for so long to hear you say that you love me because when I started to go out with Sasuke, it wasn't what I hoped to be, and I then realized that I was in love with you, I was always in love with you. You were always there for me when I needed you, and and..." she started to cry.

"Sakura, would you like to go get dinner sometime?" Naruto asked the woman he loved.

"Yes, I'd love to, I'd really love to." Sakura answered as she calmed down.

Naruto was happy, the happiest he's ever been in years. He was never going to let her go, from then on, he promised himself that he give up on loving Sakura.

the End

Author's note: So, this will be my cannon until Masashi Kishimoto writes an alternate ending. I won't lie, when I read chapter 700, my heart was ripped to shreds. The conclusion was a rape in the face, even thinking about it now brings tears to my face. Almost everybody I know thought that Naruto would end up with Sakura. Here's a link to a petition to get Masashi Kishimoto to write an alternate ending for Naruto: www change org /p/ masashi - kishimoto - petition- to -masashi -kishimoto -to -make -an -alternate -ending -for -naruto

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Also, this is technically my first fic, so please write a review, I'd really appreciate it, thank you very much