AN: I do not own Naruto, it belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, if I did own it, then I probably wouldn't be writing this right now, but sadly, I don't. But yeah.
Rating: M
Warnings: As of now, language :]
Summary: He betrayed her and married her best friend behind her back, so what else did she have to live for now? She didn't have anything, she was poor, she was an orphan, and she had no friends. So the last thing left for her to do is to commit suicide. But there is something more than meets the eye to Sakura Haruno, something completely unwordly, something different.
Under a Red Sky
Chapter I
All's Fair in Love and War . . . Right?
Sakura stood right outside of the big and beautiful white Church. She was right at the door steps, her hand reaching for the handles, shaking with fear, anguish, and sadness.
"W-why . . . what did I ever do to deserve this kind of pain?" She thought looking up in the sky, talking to Kami sama himself. "I . . . I guess we weren't meant to be then." Today . . . Today was the wedding of Sasuke Uchiha and Ino Yamanaka. Sakura could not believe her eyes when she had read it in the headlines of the newspaper.
Flashback:
Sakura stood in her kitchen, yesterday's newspaper sprawled in her hands, the headlines in big bold words, it was the week before her wedding, and she had just gotten home from work.
SASUKE UCHIHA AND INO YAMANAKA, SOON TO BE WED
BIGGEST AND HOTTEST WEDDING OF THE YEAR!
OWNER OF THE BIGGEST CORPORATION PROPOSED TO THE DAUGHTER OF THE RICH BUSINESS MAN, OWNER OF YAMANAKA INDUSTRIES.
THE PERFECT COUPLE! THE BIGGEST HEARTHROB AND BACHELOR GETTING MARRIED TO THE BEAUTIFUL AND GORGEOUS MODEL! SUCH A RUSH!
Sakura felt the world spinning as she read it slowly over and over and over again, the big bold words stuck in her head.
The Church bells rang over and over again, Sakura ran away from the Church as fast as she could, it was raining and it was their wedding day. Sakura smiled a bit to herself, she wondered if it would rain if it had been her and Sasuke's wedding.
"I'll never be able to experience that." Sakura said.
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Sakura carried herself to her small apartment, setting her stuff onto the counter. She had the newspaper in her hand, today's, she looked at the first page and her face scrunched up in disgust. It was a picture of Ino and Sasuke sharing a slobbery kiss at their wedding, Sakura threw the newspaper and snorted.
She went to her kitchen and went through the drawers and found the biggest knife she had. It had a sharp point and looked horrifying, but it would have to do for now. Sakura held it up to her and looked at her reflection in the knife. Her face was wet with streaks of tears, her shoulder length pink hair was tousled and messed up, and she was covered in mud. She closed her eyes and pressed it into the base of her neck, moving upward, feeling the blade cut into her flesh. She gasped for a second, but then stopped. It felt . . . exilerating. She tilted the knife, so all of the edge was facing her neck, and she cut deep in, into her jugular and felt the sharp pain. The knife dropped onto the kitchen floor, blood splattering onto the white tiles. Sakura saw the blood running down her fingers and then fell onto the floor, the darkness consuming her.
"Are you really ready to die?" A cold voice said.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked. Was she going crazy?! Did she die?
"Who am I?" the voice asked again, "Why my dear . . . I have many names."
"And that is?" Sakura asked.
"Some people call me Kami-sama, some call me God, but i am known as Izanami." The voice said.
"The Devil?" Sakura asked. "So . . . I died?"
"No . . . of course not . . . I'm giving you the choice wether or not you want to die or not." The voice said.
"I don't want to die . . . but I do at the same time . . . what should I do? I have nothing to live for anymore . . . everything . . . everything has been taken away from me." Sakura said.
"But my dear . . . you can still take it all back." The voice said.
"how?" Sakura asked.
"I will make you a deal . . . but you have to give me something in return." The voice said.
"And what is that?" Sakura asked.
"Your soul." The voice said.
"So I'm selling my soul to the Devil?" Sakura asked. "That . . . that just sounds too weird."
"It may be weird, Sakura . . . but . . . you will get your revenge, you do want your revenge against the boy, don't you?" The voice asked.
"Yes . . . very much so but." Sakura said.
"Then it is final." The voice told her, and Sakura could see a figure coming out of the shadows. It was a woman. A very beautiful woman, with the most pale skin Sakura had ever seen, pale but unblemished. The woman had long knee length bright pale blond hair, and shining golden eyes. She wore a white dress, which was surprsing.
"Will you tell me your real name?" Sakura asked.
"You can call me Izanami." The voice said. "Sakura-hime . . . please bear with the pain right now . . . "
"W-why did you call me that?" Sakura asked, Omoikame raised a delicate brow,
"Amaterasu . . . it seems you have entirely forgotten your past . . . such a shame." Izanami trailed off,
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Sakura yelled.
"You are really pushing yourself to the limits . . . .but . . . I should tell you if that is the case." Izanami said. "Sakura. . . you are my daughter, the Goddess Amaterasu."
"You . . . you can't be serious . . .no way in hell, I'm an orphan!" Sakura yelled.
"It may seem like lies . . . but after your Awakening . . . you will regain all memories of your past . . . " Izanami said.
"B-but . . . why tell me now?" Sakura asked.
"We will meet again soon . . . " Then Izanami vanished and Sakura felt herself become engulfed by black flames, and her body felt like it was being burned to the core.
"W-what's happening to me?" Sakura thought. She couldn't open her eyes, it would hurt way too much to do that. Fast flashes started going through her head. All of her past memories started to fill her head, memories of her forgotten lives, her past life.
And once again . . . she let the darkness consume her.
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Sasuke held onto his wife, Ino and nuzzled against her long neck.
"Mrs. Uchiha." He mumbled. She giggled like a child,
"Mr. Uchiha." She replied.
"So . . . how does it feel?" He asked.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"To be married?" He told her.
"It feels great." She told him with a shrug, "I'm married to you of course." Sasuke nodded. He thought about Sakura. If she were the one to marry him, would she answer the same thing?
"I love you so much Sasuke-kun . . . i just need you. . . nothing else . . . you know i'll accept you no matter what." She said those words to him before. She loved him for him, not his name, not his money, fame, or fortune. Ino was the exact opposite. She said she loved him, but she loved him for what he had, she always asked for money to go shopping, she even picked the wedding ring he gave her, which cost a fortune. Sakuran would have been happy with a simple gold band . . . nothing too fancy . . .
"What are you thinking about?" Ino asked him, drawing circles lazily on his back, snapping him out of his thinking.
"Nothing . . . just someone." He said.
"Who?" Ino asked. Sasuke hesitated.
"Sakura." He told Ino, who widened her eyes.
"Why would you be thinking about her? She left you, remember?" Ino said through narrowed eyes.
"Hn." Sasuke grunted and went back to sleep.
"Sasuke . . . . " Sasuke heard a voice while sleeping. "Sasuke-kun." the alluring voice called out. Sasuke moved around in the bed, "Come back to me." He heard the voice call out. Sasuke shot straight up. He knew that voice, surprisingly, it was Sakura's. "Don't you love me Sasuke-kun?"
"Sakura?" Sasuke said.
"Sasuke." Her voice said again. Sasuke got off the bed and walked down the big hallway, which seemed to stretch miles and miles.
"Where are you Sakura?" Sasuke asked. He heard her whisper more and he followed her voice. He found it . . . somewhat alluring. Then he saw her. She was so beautiful, her arms were outstretched towards him, inviting him to her.
"Sakura." He said. Then, something seemed to go wrong, her image started to go blurry and then, something else replaced her. She was wearing the wedding dress she was supposed to wear on their wedding day, but it was blooded, then he looked up. Her face was covered in blood and her neck was slashed. She was walking towards him,
"Why Sasuke?" She asked, "Why did you kill me?" She asked. He shook his head,
"I . .. I don't know." He stuttered, then finding a bloodied knife in his bloodied hands, he dropped it and ran, ran as fast as he could back into his room, but he couldn't, the hallway got longer and longer and when he turned around, she was right there.
Sasuke shot straight up from his bed, sweating and his breathing was rash.
"Why did I have a dream about something like that?" He thought.
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Sasuke awoke to the sound of his alarm clock and the sound of sobbing and footsteps, pacing more like it, all coming from downstairs, except for the alarm clock. Sasuke got off the bed to find Ino missing, her robe was hanged and she probably already went downstairs.
"What's all the commotion?" Sasuke asked as he stepped into the room where his wife was.
"Sasuke-kun . . . " Ino sobbed, her head buried itself into her hands.
"What's wrong, Ino?" Sasuke asked. Ino didn't look up but pointed to the flat screen tv.
"We have a shocking news report that a woman, who works at the Tokyo University Hospital as a doctor, named Sakura Haruno has commited suicide in her apartment complex just last night. She was known for being close friends with the Uchiha Corporation Heir, Sasuke Uchiha, and Yamanaka Industries Heir and famous Model, Ino Yamanaka, who were just married yesterday." The reporter said. Sasuke could feel his heart drop.
"I thought you said . . . she was in America?" Sasuke asked Ino, who widened her eyes,
"I- . .. I didn't know she came back? Something must have happened!" Ino said, running to her husband. "Oh Sasuke-kun! I . . . I never knew Sakura-chan would do something like that."
"Me either." Sasuke said. Sasuke thought about his dream last night . . . did that have something to do with it? Sasuke shook it off and continued to hug his wife and soothe her. He inhaled Ino's scent of vanilla and strawberries.
"We should go back to Tokyo." Sasuke said, and Ino looked up at him with worried eyes, "We have to be there for the funeral."
"Yes . . . of course." Ino said.
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Sasuke and Ino entered the church at about 9 am in the morning. It was the same church they got married in. Not many people knew Sakura, maybe just a few dozen people but that was all. The casket was closed shut, and no one was able to see her.
Ino wore a black dress with a black overcoat, with simple black heels, and Sasuke wore all black. They sat down in the Church and the doors opened once again, some people were a bit late. The people who entered were wearing white, surprsingly to the others, especially Sasuke and Ino. The mysterious people chose the seats next to Sasuke and Ino, so they got to see them a bit closer. The mysterious people were breathtakingly beautiful, with pale skin and golden eyes. The woman in the middle was a blond, a bit busty with golden hazel eyes and she wore all white.
"If you don't mind me asking, why are you wearing white?" Ino asked, a bit nosily. The woman smiled.
"Black is only the color of night . . . but white . . . is the real color of death, my dear." The woman said, then turning back to the casket. Her voice sent shivers down Sasuke's spine, surprsingly. The woman had sent him one glance, but Sasuke could tell in that once glance that she knew something.
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Days flew by after the funeral, and both Ino and Sasuke forgot more and more about the suicide of Haruno Sakura and continued on with their lives, like any normal people.
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After the days flew by, it became weeks, and those weeks, became years, and before they even knew it, everyone forgot about Sakura Haruno, and it was as if she never existed.
Well, this is my new story :] i hope you guys like it! If there are any spelling of grammatical errors, please do tell me!
i am also sorry that I haven't been updating my other stories :/ i've been having a bit of a writers block with them . . . it happens.
So yeah, the official pairing of this story is Sakura/Itachi, my favorite couple!
please review!
Notes:
Izanami: The japanese goddess of creation and death, also called Izanami-no-Kami. She was the former wife of the japanese god Izanagi.
Amaterasu: The japanese goddess of the sun, born from the japanese god Izanagi's left eye. She is also known as Ōhiru-menomuchi-no-kami.
For my story, I will alter the god's or goddesses's powers, just to fit to my liking.
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