THE BREAKING AND REMAKING OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM.
THIS IS A GAARA/SAKURA FANFICTION. OR IT WILL BE EVENTUALLY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS TITLE IS TAKEN BUT PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN A FEW OF MY TITLES SO I'M RETURNING THE FAVOR. ENJOY THIS FANFICTION. I WORKED HARD ON IT.
Chapter One: SASUKE'S LETTER
WARNING: ANGST.
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO. IF I DID THEN I WOULD BE A VERY RICH, HAPPY AMERICAN. SEEING AS I DON'T I HAVE TO CONTENT MYSELF WITH THE FANFICTIONS I WRITE. SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT THEN DON'T READ IT.
RATED M FOR LATER CHAPTERS. T FOR NOW.
If you're reading this then you know what has come to pass. I've been sent on a mission with a 0 percent survival rate and a 100 percent success rate. I love you Sakura-chan, Naruto. Please find my body and bring it back to Konoha. Sakura please be happy in whatever you do. I love you even in death. Please don't isolate yourself because of my death. It was my choice to take this suicide mission. Consider it a dept paid to my village for making me the shinobi I was today.
All my love,
Uchiha Sasuke.
PS: I've forgiven our eldest brother and let him live. It's a far more suiting revenge then killing him.
Naruto: If you find this letter first, take care of my little sister. She's the most precious person in my life. Hah. I'm writing as if I'm still alive.
Sakura: If you find this letter first, confess to Gaara. He'll return your feelings. Trust me. He's told me. Tell Naruto that he was the brother I wish Itachi could have been to me. (He was a great brother to you Sakura-chan because you were the only girl in our family. Itachi adored you with a passion. That's why he didn't kill you that night. Because he loved you so much. He didn't kill me because he needed me to take care of you. If I had failed, he would've come back and killed me.)
Last and certainly not the least Tsunade-sama: You're the best Hokage since both Sandaime-sama and Naruto's father Yondaime-sama. I hope Naruto is at least half the Hokage you are. If not better. He deserves it after all the shit he's been forced to deal with.
Uzumaki Naruto wiped the tears off his face as he finished reading the letter Sasuke left. He didn't want to show Sakura because he knew it would destroy her emotionally and mentally but knew Sasuke wanted her to see it. So heavy-hearted, the Kyuubi container headed to Uchiha Sakura's apartment to deliver the news.
When he arrived at Sakura's apartment, she was in the kitchen humming a tune as she prepared a bento for work in the morning. She turned with a smile at Naruto's presence but her smile dimmed when she saw his face.
"What's wrong Naruto?" Sakura asked.
Silently, since the blond didn't trust his voice, Naruto handed her Sasuke's letter. Sakura read it equally silently and her eyes widened in pain and disbelief. "Please tell me that this is some sick joke." She begged.
"I'm sorry." Naruto replied.
"You can come out now onii-chan. This isn't funny." Sakura called.
"I'm afraid this is no joke Sakura-chan. Sasuke's really gone. That's his last farewell to both of us. Neji and Chouji brought his body back to the village two hours before I found the letter." Naruto's voice cracked as he spoke.
Sakura fell to the kitchen floor as an agonized wail tore from her throat. "NOOOO!! SASUKE!!" She shrieked.
Naruto hugged her as she cried and wailed in pain. She couldn't believe that her onii-chan was gone.
"Onii-chan! Onii-chan!!" Sakura wailed hysterically. Naruto silently cried as well. It hurt twice as much because he had known Sasuke and Sakura since they were all in diapers.
Sakura eventually calmed down and the two Anbu members got up from the kitchen floor. "I have to p-plan Onii-chan's f-funeral..." She choked.
Naruto nodded and helped her with preparations because she would break down into spontaneous tears throughout the proceedings. They weren't the only ones mourning the Uchiha and that made them feel better. Not much but enough to keep them going.
End of Chapter one. It will get better eventually.