The Colors of Love
(It's that time again…yes! Yes! It's time for….the…) Disclaimer: Not mine, okay-dokey?
Author's Note: wow…I have nothing to say…just…wow…enjoy! Review! Do all the stuff you readers do!
"Neji kun? What color is love?"
A 7 year old, Haruno Sakura was sitting on a huge rock next to her best friend (and secret crush) Hyyuga Neji. The rock was on the edge of a shimmering lake, that copied the reflection of the full moon in the sky and the stars were simply an accessory. Their unblemished shine can not compare to the radiance of the full moon.
"What? The color of love? Um…let's see…"
The pink haired toddler interrupted him before he spoke,
"I think its light blue. Like the sky, the sky is so pretty! Clouds look nice in the sky. But I don't like it when it rains I-"
Neji clasped a small hand over her mouth, he knew she could go on for hours and he wouldn't have to say or do a thing. Under his hand, the talkative girl was still talking, just with a muffled voice.
"Sakura, stop… weren't you the one who asked me?"
She nodded and reluctantly obeyed and kept silent as he dropped his hand, though it was obvious she had much to say.
"I think it's let's see…light pink, like your hair, since the color is soft, it can show happiness or sadness, just like love can, but let's talk about something else okay?" He grew silent for a moment.
His transparent white eyes drooped sadly as he threw a pebble into the lake, the pebble skipped across the lake.
"I, I'm going to go…far away."
"You….you're going away? But only for a little bit right? Just for like, a week" Sakura tried to laugh, to brighten the thick air around them.
"No Sakura….forever…"
Sakura's usually perky emerald eyes seemed to go limp. If you took a look into Sakura's soul, you could see a sakura flower, still in bloom. After Neji said 'forever,' the flower seemed to slightly wilt.
"Oh…"
Sakura tilted her head and rested it on Neji's shoulder, Neji didn't move, if he moved, he might start to cry.
"Neji, let's watch the stars for the rest of the night okay?"
"What? The rest of the night, won't we be tired?"
"Yes, but I want to be with you for a long time…."
"Oh…okay…"
'It's been 10 years, 10! But it only seems like yesterday that we were under that moon... the stars as our only lights…. But lately….the glimpses of that night….that memory seems to be fading away…. Neji can't be fading…he was always so strong during our training. Unless……what if….what if something…happened?'
Haruno, Sakura is now 17 years old. She was walking through a small village on the edge of the Hidden Leaf Village. She had dyed her beautiful pink hair to a dark black, so she wouldn't catch certain eyes or attract attention.
She was looking for her childhood friend. She got sick of waiting 5 years after he left, so Sakura snuck out into the darkness of the night.
Sakura pulled her hair back and tied it into a short ponytail. She also wore a black cloak under a white tank top and a pair of bermuda shorts. To totally make sure that nobody would recognize her, she tied a red piece of cloth over her mouth and under her nose.
If anybody asked her name, she would be Yoruui. Just simply Yoruui. No middle name or last name.
"Hey, you. The one in black, with the red bandana or whatever it is."
She felt an arm on her shoulder; she turned around, grabbing a kunai from a small pouch tied to her belt. It was a middle aged man,
"If I were you, I would get the hell out of here, like now. You don't look like a native. So these here parts are an unknown strange to you eh?"
Sakura pried the stranger's fingers off, "That's because I'm not a native. I'm a nomad… do you need something sir? Can I help you with anything?"
The man nodded, "It's going to be dark soon, and around these here areas, the Lords of the Night are in charge after the sun sets" The man pointed towards the setting sun in the horizon.
"What are you suggesting?" Sakura tried to keep her voice from raising itself, she didn't want to lose her temper and reveal her true identity, especially not to this unknown man.
"That you…. Stay at my hotel tonight!" The man pointed to the 10 story building behind him.
'This was what the old windbag wanted?! To commercial his hotel?!' "If I sleep there tonight, will you leave me alone?"
The man eagerly nodded his head; Sakura shook her head furiously, but she knew she had nowhere else to go, so she walked with caution into the place she was going to stay for the night.
AROUND MIDNIGHT THAT NIGHT….
Sakura tossed and turned in her sleep, she was sweating heavily. In her sleep, she muttered between groans, "…Neji kun….no…please stay…NO!!" She woke up with a start, breathing deeply and loudly.
Her sweat had washed away some of the black hair dye. Bits of her original hair color were visible here and there.
She brought her legs up and hugged them against her chest, burying her face into them, when she heard footsteps.
This had alerted her; she got up and threw her covers aside, slowly tip-toeing to her window. Sakura quietly, but quickly, unlocked her window and peeked through it.
She saw a running ninja, who was almost hidden in the shadow of the nighttime. The pink/ black haired kunoichi had to squint to make out the rough figure of the person. She shrugged and was about to turn around, close and lock the window, and go back to bed, but she turned around, and bumped into the table, moving it slightly.
The noise wasn't too loud, but loud enough for the mysterious ninja to hear.
He stopped almost immediately and disappeared in a puff of smoke, he appeared in Sakura's room several seconds later. He had a wide hat on, and dark cloth under it, so his face was completely covered except for the shape of his face.
Sakura's hand ran to the pouch on her table, but the bizarre ninja had already grabbed her hand.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that miss."
The trapped kunoichi was left with no choice but to surrender…well, ALMOST no choice…
"Get your grubby hands off of me bastard!"
With that, the startled Sakura kicked her offender…down there. Yes, she was amazed even by herself, but the shinobi was holding up her leg, and he twisted it sharply to the left.
Sakura cried out in alarm, not to mention pain.
"…Jackass…"
She muttered under her breath. The ninja threw a white powder at Sakura's face, and she felt as if a bell started to ring in her head, echoing loudly, and the world seemed to spin as she feel unconscious.
Another Author's Note: Okay doky, what do you guys think? R & R please!