With spoilers for the opening episode of Shippuuden/ one of the later chapters in part II of the manga. Drama-ish.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Dance of the Flower Petals
"Sakura, ka?"
A blade of cold fire slices through the silence, icy and smooth, each syllable sleek, the pause between the two words poised and perfect.
Her heart freezes for the smallest fraction of a second and she turns slowly, jade eyes wide, a brittle glass as his reflection slowly makes its way on to their surface.
The syllables drop from her lips as they mouth them, softly, slowly, one-by-one like delicate petals falling onto thin, cold ice.
"Sa-su-ke-kun."
And for one heart-wrenching moment the world goes careening off its axis.
Sakura sees him; somehow she knows it is him, morphed and horrifying with fangs in his mouth and deformed wings on his back, his Sharingan wheeling and blood-red as his mouth gapes at her, a smile...? Twisted, a snarl...
She reaches for him. To save him, save him from the monstrosity that he is becoming, that he has become, even though she knows it is nigh impossible. She reaches and she reaches till it hurts, so badly, but still he is fading away, further and further away from her...
No.
Somewhere flower petals whirl in circles with the wind till they are devoured by the bitter snow.
I originally intended to have a couple more pieces along with this to make it seem more complete, though it seems fine as a standalone too. We'll see how my muse treats me and I'll add on stuff accordingly.