I sat silently on the roof of my home, the sky was dark, and the stars shined brightly along side the moon to cast shadows across everything around me. I gently brought my knees up to my chest and laid my head upon them, inhaling deeply.
'He's really not coming back…not ever.' Tsunade had sent us on a last rescue mission for Sasuke. It was unsuccessful of course, and Naruto was critically injured. Tsunade was working around the clock, with a team of medical ninjas, including me, but after eight hours straight after a three-day mission, I was send home. I had begged to stay, but Tsunade wouldn't budge. She would send someone for me if his condition changed.
-flashback-
'I stood there open eyed as Sasuke slowly walked across the clearing towards us. I gave Naruto the signal, and we both charged at him. Naruto wielding Rasengan, me with a simple chakra filled fist. Then before we hit him, he disappeared and appeared behind Naruto, hitting him with Chidori in his neck. Naruto dropped to the ground immediately, and I stopped, shocked. Sasuke looked over at me, a small smirk on his lips.
'How…how could you…Sasuke?" I said softly, walking right past him. He eyed me cautiously, and curiously.
"You don't attack me" He said, cocking his head. "You're concerned more about his well being than the mission? You haven't changed at all. Putting your emotions first." I turned towards him and glared, I turned back around to Naruto when I heard Sasuke gasp, and a grunt filled the air. I turned back to him for a moment, to see him staring shocked at a shadow clone of myself, and to see his hand pulled the kunai knife it had thrown at him out of his neck. "You could have killed me. Underestimating my opponent. I should know better…Farewell Sakura." He said before disappearing. I stared open eyed before summoning a frog quickly, and sending a scroll to Tsunade for help. I picked Naruto up in my arms, and moved him to safety before beginning to heal him."
-end-
I sighed, shaking my head. 'Why did he not attack me?' A tear ran down my face. 'At least I proved him wrong.'
"Haruno, Sakura." I heard a voice say softly. I turned around to see a medical ninja standing there.
"Why are you not helping Tsunade-Sama with Naruto-Kun?" I demanded. A look crossed his face that I instantly recognized. My eyes widened, and filled with tears.
"Uzumaki Naruto passed a few minutes ago. I apologize for your loss." Tears streamed down my face.
"I see." My voice cracked. "I…Can I see him?" I bit my lip harshly. The medical ninja wrapped his arm around me and teleported us to outside the room. I took a shaky breath and pushed open the door. A sheet was pulled up over his face, and Tsunade was sitting in a chair next to the bed. Her face was pale, and she looked to be crying. The necklace she had given Naruto was clutched in her shaking hand.
"I…We did everything we could…His spine was completely shattered. I…I'm so sorry Sakura. I really am. There was nothing we could do." She burst into sobs, and left the room with the medical ninja. I slumped forward into the room, and pulled the sheet off of his face. His normally tan face was slightly paler. His big blue eyes were opened slightly, but dull and lifeless. His lips, an odd pale color, a mixture of blue and pink were parted slightly. I ran my finger tips down his face, over his chapped lips, and across the lines on his cheeks for the last time. I brought my lips down to his forehead and touched them lightly to it. I stood back up, ran my fingers over his eyelids and shut his eyes, before returning the sheet to him.
"I'm so sorry Naruto." I whispered. "You would've been Hokage, I know it. You were incredible." A sob escaped my throat, as I acknowledged my use of the past tense. "I'll miss you." I lowered myself to the floor in a heap, sobbing.
'My best friend…'
After a few minutes, I teleported out of the hospital, and found myself back in my room. My eyes ran over the photograph in the corner, and with a sweeping motion, it flew off the table on which it sat and smashed into the wall, the glass breaking. I fell onto my bed and smashed my face into my pillow.
"Why? WHYWHYWHYWHY?" My screams were muffled, and that almost made it more painful. Sobs racked my frame, as I drifted off to a shallow sleep, and I cried through the night, my dreams haunted by the faces of my two teammates.
So, so you think you can tell Did they get you to trade How I wish, how I wish you were here.
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
And cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war,
For a lead role in a cage?
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
Authors Note:
Oh wow. I just cried writing this. I promise the whole thing won't be this sad. Hopefully.
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Here's my disclaimer, don't own it.
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-Amaya
