There was a note.

A simple note.

She could see the faint tear marks and the dried few drops of blood on the bottom.

Opening the note, was a neat script that was slightly shaking towards the end.\

To you[you know who you are],

I'm still not able to come to terms with myself after the long journeys I have taken and the damage I

have caused to you and everyone else. I'm apologizing for the mess of this paper, I'm writing this during a fight with our teammate.

He passed out I think, but I'm sure our fight will continue another time.

I wrote this because on my long journeys away from "home" as you have clearly put it in our last meeting, all I could think about was you and him.

The two people who made me this way because of me.

So technically, it was all of my fault.

Since I'm with him now, I might as well tell you this in letter form seeing as I will probably never say anything more than a sentence in person [it's nothing personal, it's just I'm afraid of giving in to "feelings" but I guess this shows I have some hope left].

Just know, I will never kill you even though I have said I will.

I know I could never do it.

Why? Because bonds seem to make me stronger.

I wanted to write this before Naruto and I fight again, I don't know how it will turn out.

I do know this, I am dying.

Ever since you grew from our genin age, I couldn't stop thinking about saying something nice even though I never really did.

I honestly appreciate everything you've done for me.

Let Naruto know how much I truly love him like a brother.

I really do, I swear.

If you could heal me from this disease, I would let you because I just want to see you again even just once more.

You can't fix me though, and it's the hardest to know the last memory of me will be a letter and my dead body.

I don't think I will last much longer but I'm sending this to you as soon as I'm done.

Itachi was never a bad person,the elders forced him to kill everyone because they were a threat[now you know why the Uchiha district was far away from everyone else] and he spared me.

I love you, although I may never know to what extent I just need you to know how much I needed you truly when we were all a team and without you we'd be nothing.

So here's my goodbye to a beautiful woman who deserves someone much better than a dying, broken man who has no hope left.

Love,

Sasuke

She carefully set the note back down into the hands of the writer and cried over his closed eyes holding the note in his hand. He was smiling before he died when she last saw him alive at the gates. Running to Naruto carrying him was the happiest moment of her life. Until she saw how fast he was dying and there was no hope left. Kakashi had given her a look, a look she knew all too well when they had failed a mission. It was over, they had succeeded and then failed. Knowing these were his last moments, she walked up to Naruto who was already crying onto Sasuke's bare bloodied chest.

"Sakura...*cough*"

"I..."

"Sh. It's over... I made it to you. That's all I hoped for."

"I will always love you."

"I...l-lo-*cough* you."

"I know. Thank you...*kisses*"

"Yo-u-a-a-re-we-l-c-c-o-o-me*dies*"

the tears began to flow again, and it was all over.

Goodbye.