Binding Eternity

I don't know what I should do.

He left without a word

I don't know if I'll see him again

I guess I'll never know

Chapter 1 The note

Sakura walked down to the forest bridge. Kakashi would be late again. Naruto was on a mission somewhere in the village hidden in the sand. Somehow he and Gaara became friends and they called for him to help. Sasuke had left three years ago without a word to anyone. The villagers considered him a traitor and banned him from Konoha. Sakura was the only one left in team 7. She approached the bridge and leaned against the rail. No sooner had she put her weight against the rail, she heard a voice.

" We're not meeting here today," Kakashi was on the other side of the bridge, " I have to show you something. We don't have much time." Sakura looked at her sensei.

They walked in silence to the Uchiha village. Almost every building had collapsed. Kunai and shuriken littered the ground and buildings alike.

" Kakashi sensei, what are we doing here." Silence. He just kept walking. She followed, but a little further back. They reached an area where all the buildings were gone. Sakura guessed that this was the center of the village, seeing that it had blood and weaponry all over the place. The only piece of evidence that people lived here was a small shredded flag of a Uchiha villager. Kakashi approached a mound, stopped, bent down and picked something up. Sakura watched as Kakashi examined the object of interest before turning to her.

" I think this might help you." Kakashi said as he handed a small box to Sakura. There was a note on the box as well. She looked up to Kakashi, but he had disappeared to look at the devastated buildings.

She looked at the box again. It had her name on it. She opened the note. It had only two words written on it: Thank You. She stared at the note. The place was so quiet it was haunting. Then she remembered. Thank You. Sasuke said that to me. she thought. If he was here why didn't he come to see me. She examined the box. It also had her name on it. She was about to open it when Kakashi walked up.

" I think it's time to go Sakura." She put the box in her kunai case. They started walking away from the village. The buildings seemed to be crying. Sakura looked around. Then she remembered.

" Kakashi sensei! Wait." Sakura ran in the opposite direction.

" Sakura!" Kakashi yelled. She ran back. She picked up the Uchiha flag. She ran back, folding the flag. Kakashi looked at her.

" What are you doing."

" I'm going to fix it, then hang it up where it belongs." Sakura said smiling. Kakashi looked at the flag in her hands. It brought back memeories. He looked away.

" Is everything alright?" Sakura asked.

" Yes." He said sarcastically. " Let's go. We have things to do." Sakura stared at her sensei. What was THAT about. she thought. He kept on walking, hands in his pockets. After a few moments, Sakura ran after him, carrying the flag close to her heart.

Suddenly, she felt a surg go through her, like electricity.

" Sssaaakkurrraaaaaaa." whispered a voice inside her head. The voice sounded very familiar. Kakashi turned around. Sakura was several feet behind him.

" Sakura!" he called. She didn't do anything. Just stood there, holding the flagh in her hands.

" I...ugh...g-g-get out o-of m-m-my head." Sakura fought the force inside her. Suddenly she started speaking in a voice not her own.

" Sakura...? " Kakashi walked up to her.

" Forget those not from this world... No time to linger... fight the ones loved by none... except the one who will rule over this land..." Sakura looked at Kakashi and put a hand up as if to stop him from coming any closer

" What the hell?" Kakashi flew back and hit a tree, knocking him unconsious for a few seconds. He looked at Sakura with dazed eyes. She was walking towards him. He tried to get up, but to no avail.

" K-K-Kaka-s-shi, g-g-et away f-from me n-n-NOW!" Sakura couldn't control herself. She didn't want to hurt him. Her mind was starting to go black. An image appeared before her. Aboy about her age. Sakura wanted to reach out and touch the boy in front of her. She didn't know who it was. He disappeared.

" Thank You." came a voice in her ear.

" S-s-sasuke?"

" Sakura!" Kakashi was trying to get up, buit his legs refused to work. " Dammit!" He looked at Sakura raised a hand to him. A single tear began to fall from her cheek.

" Sakura! DON'T!" Someone grabbed her hand and forced it down. " Don't."

" Sasuke?" An image of the boy she once loved flashed through her mind. No, no,no,no. Sasuke, help me. I don't want to hurt anyone.

" Sakura, Sakura, Sakura!"

" Sasuke?"

" Sasuke? Not this time." Sakura opened her eyes.

'' Kakashi sensei. you're alright? I'm so sorry. I don't know--"

" Sakura?" She was looking at her wrist. She looked up.

" Thank you."

" Hmm? For what?" Sakura stared at him. Confused.

" ...You stopped me. Y-you grabbed my wrist... didn't you?"

" Sakura", Kakashi looked at her, " That wasn't me. No one touched you."

" B-but, some one grabbed me and..." She looked at her hand again. " No, I can't have been..." She shut her eyes. Sasuke, Sasuke. What are you doing?

" Sakura? Are you alright?" He looked at her questioningly. She opened her eyes again.

" Yes... We are late. We should get back and start our missions." She stood up and started walking down the path towards the Konoha village. Kakashi stared at her. He put his hand down and felt something soft. He looked down. Laying under his hand was the shredded Uchiha flag Sakura had brought with her. He picked it up and examined it. He stood up and looked up. Sakura was out of sight.

"Sakura, what happened to you?" he asked quietly. He ran after her, unaware of the large cut in his side. After a few minutes, he caught up with her.

" You forgot this." Kakashi said handing the the flag to Sakura and she sat under a tree, waiting for he sensei. She looked at him and then at the flag.

" Thank you." She let her eyes drift towrds the now bloodstained jacket of Kakashi, " Oh, you're hurt." Kakashi looked down. His green jacket was dark. He looked at Sakura.

" Hmm. I should be fine." He said reasuringly as he placed a mending jutsu on his side," See, good as new. I believe this belongs to you." he said handing her the flag once again. She took it. Kakashi looked across the trees.

" We should go. I don't think the hokage will be happy if we're any later." Kakashi lended Sakura a hand and started walking back to the village again. Sakura lingered a little, clutching the flag. She looked behind her. Someone was watching her. No one was there. She turned and hurried to Kakashi's side before she slowed. She looked behind her again. Nothing. She let the feeling go. For now.