This is going to be my second attempt at a story. The first one sucked. So be kind please! haha.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Enjoy!
..Prologue..
The night's autumn sky was darker than usual. The grey clouds gathered around the full moon leaving a faint luminous crescent showing. Leaves tickled the ground as they floated off the trees landing on the hard surface of the streets. The air gave off a foreboding feeling that sent shivers down Sakura's spine. Looking at her surroundings, she found herself at that place again. The place where she loathed to go. It's the place where she lost her hope, her courage, and her heart. It's been six years this very day. Six agonizing years since he left.
Laying in the very spot she was left, Sakura closed her eyes and tried not to cry. Night after night she convinced herself that she didn't love him anymore. If she had the chance to tell him how cruel and cold he is she would. She would tell him how much she hated him and send him on his way. This is what she'd tell herself every night. She would never forgive him for leaving her, for leaving Konoha, and especially for leaving Naruto. She loathed him for that the most. He was like a brother to Naruto, and for Naruto to lose more then what he already has is unforgivable.
'I hate him.'
'I really do.'
'I hate him so much.'
She laid there on the cold cement bench tightly closing her eyes and repeating those words. That's all she had to do was keep repeating that to herself until she believed it. And it worked until...
"Sakura?"
Sakura snapped her eyes wide open at the sound of a low unfamiliar voice. Wait, it was familiar just lower. She was caught completely off guard stuck in a haze of chanting 'I hate you'. Her vision was a bit blurry from holding her emerald eyes too tightly and she was staggering to get up. She planted her feet firmly on the hard ground to gain control of her body's swaying movements. The air had been right all along, something fearful did make it's way to her and now she didn't know what to do. How had she not noticed any chakra? Had she really been too caught up in her thoughts to not notice, or maybe...
"What's your business here? Who are you?"
She managed to yell out. She was afraid it might be..'no, that would be impossible, he would never come here and I would know if it was..'
"What, don't you even recognize your old teammate?"
'No, it can't be.'
"S-Sasuke?"
She was at a loss for words. Was this a dream? A sick twisted dream that appears to be haunting her? Yes, that's what it was, a dream. She was going to wake up once again with a cold sweat and short hitched breaths. Just like allthe other times. What if this wasn't a dream, and the real Sasuke Uchiha is standing before her? All of the convincing she gave herself to hate him over the years was slowly fading away. She was afraid of this. Afraid that at the moment she saw him once again all her lost feelings would resurface. And they were.
'I hate him!'
'I hate him?'
'I don't know anymore.'
"It's been awhile. Funny how we should meet here, of all places." A small smirk made it's way to his face.
At those words, Sakura snapped. She was enraged with 'hate' again. How dare he say something like that all smug-like! Now her thoughts were clear, she was no longer in a daze. She was going to let him have it. Six years of pent up anger and frustration was all coming out right here and now. She wanted to choose her words carefully. She took in his smug comment and slowly looked around. The air was different now. The leaves continued to dance in the breeze. Sakura's long pink hair flowed across her face as the wind passed by. She had no emotion showing through her face. Stoic is the word. But inside her jumbled mind was racing, she was going wild. She didn't know where to begin, what to say first. Moments passed and finally she said the first thing that came to her mind.
"Leave."
With that one little word, Sakura felt like she took the world off her shoulders. She turned her petite body around and started to walk away. As she took her first step, she was cut off. Someone was standing in her path and she found it almost childlike. The breeze his movement caused went over Sakura's skin making her shiver, but only for a moment. She did not want to look weak. She wasn't weak anymore and now was her time to prove it.
"Move."
She didn't need this right now. She was pissed. And had every right to be. She hoped she made her point clear to him. That is, that she never wants to talk or see him again. She was thinking that by just saying 'leave' it would piss him off. He knew she had more to say and that's why Sakura felt like she had won at some small nonessential game. He was going to ask her, and Sakura knew, thus, she won.
"Why should I?"
"Why? Are you seriously asking me that?"
"Hn."
"I have nothing to say to you, so would you please move out of my way."
Sakura step to the side of him and made her way forward.
"Aren't you going to tell the Hokage that I'm here? Maybe even, Naruto?"
Sakura halted at his words. She didn't think anything he would say would shock her but this did. She gritted her teeth and slowly turned around trying with all her might not to scream at the top of her lungs at him.
"As far as I'm concerened, you were never here tonight. So leave."
She once again turned around and kept going forawrd. She just wanted him to leave. Why wouldn't he leave already! A moment passed and Sakura hoped he had left. But she was wrong and what she heard next really pissed her off.
"How about as far as Naruto's concered?"
As that Sakura was gone. She suddenly appeared right in front of Sasuke with her hand in a hitting position. She couldn't help but notice the heat radiating off his body and coming onto her. She ignored it though and continued to do what she had always wanted to do. She slapped. Hard and firm. It was very un-Sasuke like to take it. He didn't even stop her.
'Why?'
'Why didn't he stop me?'
Sakura intensely stared at him and looked at the red mark that was left on his very soft cheek. She was a little bit in shock. Was he mad? She couldn't tell, she was somewhat afraid now. He only looked at her with his onyx eyes. She was starting to have tears in her eyes. Trying with all her might not to let them go, Sakura lowered her head. She started to whisper something. It was so faint but he heard her.
"Please, just leave."
The smokey grey clouds were disappearing. What was once a small crescent shape was now a bright full circle hovering above them. The light casted their shadows on the cold stones. Sakura gazed at their silhouettes and noticed how much taller he was now. His body's frame was so muscular in the shadow. She wanted to imagine him encircling his defined arms around her tiny body and holding her tight closing the gap between their bodies, if only for a moment. She couldn't hate him, not when he was six inches away from her. She just couldn't anymore. It seemed so real as she imagined it. It felt like he was really holding her tight, like a man would hold his lover. It all seemed so real...she realized it couldn't possibly be real because it was Sasuke Uchiha. She gazed at their shadows on the ground and noticed that the gap between them was gone.
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My first chapter. How was it? Good maybe? I don't mind if I'm given pointers, they really help! Just don't be too brutal, haha. Please review I would really appreciate it!