In Konoha, This Naruto Has Decided To Take It Easy

"You know... the method from when I first woke up..." Sakura's face turned red, and she turned her head to avoid looking directly at him, 'Am I losing my mind?'

'But there weren't any better options. Was I just supposed to let things stagnate like this? After all, it wasn't like we hadn't done something like that before. If I didn't dwell on it, it would be fine... right?'

"No." Naruto refused without a second thought.

"Why?" Sakura stood up and asked. If she couldn't awaken her second personality, she would never regain her memories, and she would always remain a weak girl.

It wasn't even about bringing Sasuke back at this point, it was just an obsession. The longer you go without obtaining something, the more it consumes you.

She just wanted to hear what Sasuke had to say, even if it was too late to change anything. It was like scratching off a lottery ticket, you had to get a 'you won…' to finally let go.

"There's no reason. Just because you two share a body doesn't mean I don't have principles." Naruto said firmly. His main purpose is that he didn't want Sakura to have anything over him.

Besides, he wasn't particularly drawn to Pink Sakura anyway, because the main personality wasn't attractive enough. The main personality was too inexperienced for him to feel any real interest.

"But... this is our last resort, isn't it?" Sakura sounded frustrated, "Besides, you could just pretend I'm her."

"Enough!" Naruto abruptly got up and walked out to the balcony.

Sakura panicked, sitting back on the couch, feeling dazed. She bit her lip, obviously not expecting Naruto to reject her so directly, so she felt a little ashamed.

'As expected, I had taken it for granted. I really misunderstood Naruto. What he liked was not my body, but the second personality.'

'By suggesting this, wasn't I essentially forcing Naruto to betray my other self? How could she have been so thoughtless?'

After reflecting on her mistake, Sakura realized her mistake and tiptoed to the balcony, but she found Naruto was standing there motionless, leaving only a silent back to her.

'Is he trying to calm his anger?' Sakura thought about this and felt more and more guilty.

In fact, Naruto was thinking about why Sasuke hadn't made a move yet. If Sasuke didn't act soon, Naruto would have to figure out a way to provoke him. After all, as long as Danzo was around, Naruto couldn't relax.

According to Naruto's calculations, Sasuke should already have obtained Mangekyo Sharingan. After all, without the Mangekyo Sharingan, Sasuke wouldn't dare approach Konoha.

"Huh?" Sensing movement behind him, Naruto instinctively turned around.

"… Naruto…" Sakura stood behind the curtain. She lowered her head, and apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said what I did. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"???" Naruto was baffled, 'Hurt him? What was she talking about?'

He had only pretended to storm off. If he were truly upset, he would've gone to his room, not stood on the balcony waiting for her to come and beg.

But since Sakura had already apologized, Naruto wasn't about to contradict her.

'Might as well go with the flow… maybe I could get her to compromise on something else.'

"It's fine. I'm really okay," Naruto said, playing along.

"Naruto…" Sakura was moved by his words, "I know it's all my fault. But there really isn't any other way, so please, I'm begging you."

"I'll make it up to you, please, I beg you."

'Ah?' Naruto was a little hesitant. In fact, he had initially been playing hard to get, but now the situation had flipped, 'If I kept pushing it, would it backfire?'

Still, he decided not to drag things out any further. After all, he needed Dark Sakura's help, and she was essential to his plans. Without her around these past few days, he felt that all his plans had made no progress.

"Alright, fine," Naruto finally agreed.

"That's great!" Sakura smiled.

But then, a problem presented itself. Now that they knew how to wake her second personality, how exactly were they going to do it? Sakura glanced at Naruto, who scratched his head awkwardly.

"Come here." He motioned.

"Okay…" She was a little nervous as she slowly walked over.

"Um, there's no need to be so tense. Relax, just leave it to me." Naruto said as he lifted her up and carried her toward the couch.

Sakura's heart was pounding as she thought to herself, 'It wouldn't take long, and just like the books said… If I closed my eyes, gritted my teeth, and endured, it would be over soon.'

Half an hour later...

Sakura was still gritting her teeth, thinking 'How come things weren't going as the books described? It wasn't over in a few minutes, and my head felt dizzy.'

'However, as long as she didn't think too much about it, it would be fine.' She reminded herself, 'I only loved Sasuke. Besides, my body wasn't mine alone. As long as I kept thinking of Sasuke, I…'

Then she fainted, losing track of how many times. Her consciousness began to blur, and she felt the familiar sensation of drifting into sleep.

'It seemed like the other personality was slowly waking up.'

'So this was it... Success, at last.'

Dark Sakura came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, dragged her tired body and glanced at the calendar on the wall. She was suddenly shocked and turned to look at Naruto who was resting on the couch, "I've been unconscious this long? Nearly half a month?"

"What else?" Naruto said, "You were in a coma, and I almost thought you had disappeared. The past half month has been pretty dull."

"Really? Hearing that makes me happy." Dark Sakura said with a smile.

"Shall we...?" She gave Naruto a seductive glance, making her intentions clear.

"Enough. We have serious matters to deal with." Naruto said, his mouth twitching slightly. Sure, he could have gone another round, but it wasn't necessary. Right now, it was more important to sort out the issue between the two personalities.

"Well, if you say so... fine." Dark Sakura sat on the couch, legs apart, smiling slyly at Naruto.

"So, what did she say?"

"Not much. She wants to share memories with you and negotiate a schedule for when each of you gets to use the body." Naruto said, thinking aloud, "It will come to this sooner or later anyway."

"That's all fine and well, but she can't just get everything without giving anything in return. Do you know how hard it's been for me these past few years while she's been sleeping?" Dark Sakura gave Naruto a sharp look.

"Not only did I have to train hard, but I also had to endure someone's constant nagging and even serve as a guinea pig for experiments. If she gets her memories back, what if she runs off to find him?"

"Then we'll just give her less time. Squeeze her time as much as possible." Naruto suggested.

Hearing this, Dark Sakura smiled, clearly pleased. This was exactly what she wanted to hear. In terms of time allocation, she would take the lion's share, leaving only fragments for Pink Sakura.

"Alright, I'll talk to her. Once we come to an agreement, I'll let you know." Dark Sakura said.

"Sounds good."

In the end, they reached a resolution. Dark Sakura would control the body for two-thirds of the day, while Pink Sakura would get only a third.

In other words, if Dark Sakura worked all day, Pink Sakura would only wake up in time to go back to sleep.

Of course, this was dependent on when Dark Sakura chose to rest. And naturally, that choice would depend on Naruto's availability.