Sasuke's Death
If Sakura was able to kill Sasuke that day…
He suddenly felt the sharp, cold edge piercing deeply through his body. The throbbing pain seized his moves and killed his breaths. He gasped loudly and choked in pain, as the cold, merciless blade dug deeper and deeper into his flesh. He couldn't cry or scream; all he could do was let a lonely tear of regret and sorrow slide over his cheek.
"This... is it! It's ends here! My life... my pain... my struggle... everything... it ends here...!"
"Why?"
His entire life fleshed before his faded eyes as he leaned back and fell in the arms of his killer, the woman that was in love with him. She wrapped him with her arms in tears, let his head rests on her shoulder, and watched his trembling lips, and fading eyes. Her heart pounded and her chest hurt painfully, as she watched the love of her life slowly die in her arms.
"I'm so sorry… I had to stop you… it was the only way to save you from falling any further into the darkness… please forgive me…"
He shifted his fading eyes to look at her green eyes. His blurred vision captured the shining tears in her green eyes. His lips drew a very faint smile,
"So you... were the.. one...who...did it..."
He raised his eyes to look at the azure sky, and let his tears slide against his cheeks. He murmured in a weak, faded voice,
"I… failed… you… n.."
"Sasuke-kun!" She cried.
"Nii-san…"
He scorned. "...hn.."
Her crying eyes opened widely, and her lips parted in surprise. She shook her head and muttered,
"Even in your last breaths… all you could think of, is… your brother…!"
He came rushing like a gust of wind from far away, when he suddenly felt the deep, horrible pain in his chest. He found himself mumbling,
"Sasuke!"
"I don't want to lose you! Please, let me make it in time!
Kakashi sensei, Sakura-chan, don't do it! Don't kill Sasuke! Don't take him away from me!"
His blue eyes widened. His lips parted. His heart pounded. His body trembled. He lost his senses when he saw his soulmate, breathing his last in Sakura's arms.
Pale skin, faded eyes, purple lips, greenish cheeks… the boy was sweating, panting, trembling, coughing, bleeding… he was dying...
Naruto rushed to his beloved friend, his one and only best friend, the one who saved him from falling into the depth of darkness, the one who was more than a brother to him… the one who made him who he is now…
He ran as fast as he could towards that dying soul of his dearest friend… all he could hear was the boy's faint breaths and his weak heartbeats…
"Don't die! Don't die! Don't DIE!"
He cried and begged, while running with opened arms to embrace that dying boy before it's too late. Sasuke shifted his half-opened eyes slowly and watched the bright yellow hair and the blue eyes getting closer and closer. He dropped his eyebrows and groaned in pain, as the poison was spreading fast in his body, infecting and killing every cell in his tired body. He twitched his fingers, trying to reach out to his one and only friend. His lips mouthed,
"...Naruto…"
Sakura could read those lips perfectly. She bit her lips and cried painfully. She mumbled in tears,
"Gomenasai… Naruto… Sasuke-kun… Gomenasai…."
When he felt Naruto's warmth wrapping his dying body, he smiled. He felt his gasping breaths, heard his painful cries, sensed his trembling, and felt his firm grasp around his arms.
A soft cry escaped his parted lips when he crooked his head, and dropped his arms. Naruto sat down while holding Sasuke in his arms and begged in tears. Those blue eyes pierced through Sakura's soul, and those cries rang loudly in her ears,
"Please, don't let him die! Please save him! make this stop! Please!"
Her crying eyes wavered. She looked away and shook her head in pain. She mumbled in tears,
"It's the only way! I'm sorry—
"Please save him! I need him! I still need him! Don't take him away from me! Please… make it stop! Im begging you!"
She looked at his blue eyes and shook her head,
"Naruto…. I…."
"He still can be saved… this isn't the only way… this can't be the only way…"
She shut her eyes and murmured painfully,
"I don't want him to die… I never wanted this… I love him… I really love him.."
Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes widely and trembled violently in Naruto's arms. He was gasping in pain, as the poison was taking it's effect, paling his skin, and stealing his lips color away. Naruto screamed,
"NO! Don't Die! You can't die! It's not over yet! Don't fade away! I need you! I need you by my side! Please, don't die! Don't leave me behind!"
Hearing those painful cries, Sakura lost control over her senses and came rushing towards the two struggling souls. She sat on her knees while pulling a small bottle out of her pocket. She opened the bottle and brought it close to Sasuke's lips, then poured its content down his dry throat.
The two watched the dying body reacts and accepts the antidote instinctively. Their hearts pounded and their breaths halted, waiting for a hint of hope, but their prayers were never answered, as the boy's body was already beyond saving…
In his last breaths, he murmured with every bit of strength he managed to gather,
"Nii-san… I... failed…"
"Sasuke! Don't give up! You can make it!" Naruto called desperately.
"… I… wanted to… my brother…"
"I know you can make it! Please beat this! Please survive this! Please!"
His drained eyes looked at Naruto's blue eyes, which was all they could manage to see, and whispered to them,
"Remember him… Please... Remember-
He widened his eyes, gaped his mouth, and gasped loudly. His head crooked. His pupils widened. His breaths stopped. His eyes faded. His trembling stopped. His heartbeats died, His tears fell down, and his soul traveled out of his weary body, leaving a motionless body behind in the arms of his loved ones.
"Sasuke!? Sasuke!? Sasuke! SASUKEEEE!"
He embraced his deceased friend and screamed from the depth of his soul. His painful screams echoed endlessly and touched every living soul in presence. The one he threw his life away to find, the one he abandoned his dream to save, has just died in his arms.
His dreams, his hopes, his memories, his ambitions, what he wished for, what he wanted, what he threw his life to accomplish… it all died with him…
"He wanted to cleanse his family's honour… he wanted to avenge his only brother… he wasn't evil… he was never evil… he was the victim of this hatred… this cruel world killed him, just like it killed his brother, and his clan… this cruel fate made him the way he is… it's not his fault… he didn't have to die… he was lost… he needed someone to hold his hands and guide him... He needed someone to understand his pain and save him… why couldn't you see that? Why couldn't you do that? Why? Why did kill him, instead of saving him?"
Hearing those words, she lost her mind. She shook her head nervously and said in her shock,
"No… I did this to save him.. I save him from his pain… I saved him from his suffering! He's at peace now! He's at peace! He's not burdened with any of this…! He's in peace… right? Naruto? Sasuke is resting in peace… right?"
Naruto sealed his lips, and lowered his head. He carried Sasuke's body in his arms, stood up and turned his back. Sakura raised her eyes, waiting for an answer to calm her shock, but she ever received that answer. When Naruto started walking away slowly in silence, she called painfully,
"Naruto! Please…! Say something! Tell me that this was the only way... please..."
Naruto stopped and said without turning,
"I wanted to save him. I wanted to save my only friend... and you took that away from me."
She widened her eyes, parted his lips and almost choked with her deep gasps. She lowered her head and couldn't say anything back, as she realized how little she knew about those two.
He said while walking away,
"I'll bury his body where no one can ever reach. I'm not letting anyone touch him. His secrets, his wishes, his thoughts, his dreams, his hopes, and his remains, stays with me. I'm the only one who could be entrusted with this."
He murmured to the floating soul that was watching over him,
"I will remember your brother.
I will visit your family graves.
I will learn everything there is to learn about your clan.
I will make your story known... I will tell it to the whole earth.
I will visit your home... I will visit your room...
And… I'll never, ever forget about you.
I will always keep you in my heart.
And I wish you'd forgive me for keeping your head protector with me...
I couldn't return it to you when you were still there... I can't return it to you now that you're gone...
I'm keeping this with me... I'm hanging it where everyone can see... so no one will ever forget about you...
I really wanted to shoulder your pain and die with you..
I love you… My one and only Sasuke…"
