Sakura
Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto is awesome…
"Sasuke-kun…… Don't leave us! Don't leave me!"
It was Sakura's words before Sasuke left the village in search for Orochimaru. She had loved him; and even until now, she still loves him.
Why did she even love him in the first place?
She doesn't know.
Loving him ……
She had no reason….
She just did
Even if it meant being hurt…..
She just loved him
OO
Now, she's the number one Medical Ninja in Konoha. It wasn't a bog deal for her. She was just doing what she wanted.
She wanted to save lives.
She wanted to protect other people.
Even if she was successful…
She too was a failure.
She said she wanted to save lives.
"But I didn't even have the strength to protect and save Sasuke-kun…"
She held his forehead protector.
She had kept it with her since he left.
She had always remembered their memories of being together.
He had always protected her.
In the most silent ways…
He purposely let himself be hurt instead of others….
In addition, Sakura learned that he was an unexpectedly nice person.
Filled with misery and pain.
Alone and unloved
Nevertheless, she loved him
She gave everything to him
She had pursued many goals fir him
She wanted to be strong for him
Therefore, she can protect him
Therefore, that she could save him
Moreover, bring him to live a new life….
Without any pain….
She knew she sounded selfish with her dreams.
Because with life's reality…. She knew Sasuke would never be hers.
Never in her entire life…. Will she hear him say those words.
OO
It was early spring in Konoha. Seven years since Sasuke left.
Seven years of yearning, longing and loving
A knock on her office
"Come in…" a plain voice coming out of her lips.
"Sakura-sama….." shizune called to her. She was now the Hokage's assistant and apprentice.
"Shizune-san?" there was a terrified and disturbed look on the other woman's face and she was certainly terrified.
Then….
A man came from behind her
Holing a kunai against her back
Sakura stood off her chair; her eyes wide in astonishment
Silence…..
Silence…...
"Sasuke-kun……"
Tears rolled down her eyes and the man quickly vanished after she saw him.
"Sakura-sama….. Be careful…." As Shizune got off his hands, she quickly positioned her kunai to protect the pink-haired ninja.
She stood before her
She looked around while Sakura was still in shock and suddenly…
Sasuke appeared beside Sakura and then they both disappeared.
"Sakura-sama!!!!"
OO
"Hokage-sama!" Shizune came running to wards Tsunade panting
"What's wrong?"
"Uchiha…. Uchiha Sasuke is back…!!!"
"What?"
"And He's got Sakura!"
OO
Meanwhile, sakura woke up as she found herself in her room.
"Why am I here?" she asked herself as she looked around.
Then she remembered about Sasuke.
That's right. She saw him just a few minutes ago.
"Is it just a dream?" she asked herself as she looked at her hand.
She was trembling.
She was scared
Nervous and
Excited at the same time.
There was complete silence when a figure came from the shadows before her.
"
It wasn't a dream….." A voice spoke as he revealed himself to her.
Uchiha Sasuke.
In flesh.
He was there.
Standing before her.
"Sakura…."
She stood up, as tears fell from her eyes.
She walked slowly towards him.
Closer
Until she was just centimeters away.
Then.
She reached out to hug him. Her arms encircling his neck. She tiptoed to reach him. She held him close with her warm arms.
He didn't respond; in words nor in body.
He just let her hold him.
OO
How many times did she hold me this way? The ebony haired boy asked to himself.
Sakura had always been there. Loving him everyday.
She had told him how much she loved him a million times now.
And now, now that he's back….
She didn't change a single bit…
She still loves me…
It was easy for him to notice…
He wasn't dense…
But if the things are about his thoughts, his feelings and his actions… The Uchiha was slow.
Her tears fell together with the Sakura petals.
She didn't grow her hair after all those years…
I guess she didn't fell for the rumor that the Uchiha Sasuke liked girls with long hair.
There
They stayed
Sakura…
Still holding unto him…
Holding him as if never wanting to let go…
And after a while
Without thinking
His body responded
His arms lifted themselves and then….
He held her back…
Pulling her fragile body close to him…
He missed her warmth…
With all the coldness he felt around she was the only one who felt warm towards him…
"You're back…" Sakura uttered after a long period of silence.
And he…
He just held her close
He held her tight
He held her body with his arms…
And soon….
Sakura felt her shoulder wet.
Her eyes widened.
"Sakura……"
She just smile…. As tears fell from her eyes.
He held her tighter never wanting to let go.
Their tears fell together with the sakura petals.
He made a mistake by leaving Konoha.
By leaving his teammates for seven years
By ignoring a girl who loved him after all those years.
And now….
He's back…
He missed her
He missed her warmth
He missed her embrace
And after gathering the courage to speak…. She faced her
Held her cheeks and kissed her….
He no longer felt cold.
His heart was not frozen anymore….
Because now, he realized something very important…..
"I…. love you…… Sakura…."
He uttered the words sincerely, from his heart. Then….
He smiled.
Sakura also smiled as she felt more tears come from her eyes.
She then wiped away his tears and kissed him back.
"Sasuke-kun…… I'm glad you're back…."
OO
Why did she love him?
Why?
Why did she want to save him?
He was always alone
Always in pain
And she believed she was the person that would lock him out of these feelings.
She knew he wouldn't be alone anymore…
"Sasuke-kun…You're not alone anymore…"
She wanted to save him
To release him from t he thorns of misery and pain
For him to fill his heart with love
For him to be happy…
And now…
As the sakura petals fall…
They both knew that life is all about being happy…
You might have been alone in the past… and you might not know what will happen in the future…
But the present is all that matters…
Sasuke learned that living in revenge will do no good.
So he realized he must find something new to cherish
Rather than be in solitude because of something he lost
And He knew… that sakura petals…
Was the treasure He had been looking for…
It was everything he needed…
End
A/N: I hope you liked it… please review… and please be kind because it's my first fic…. I know it isn't that good but I'll keep on writing to improve myself….
Thanks!