Because of You
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but this story, I do own… yep… nods
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The rain drenched a certain pink-haired kunoichi who looked down at the tombstone that inscribed the names of the ninjas who sacrificed themselves for Konoha.
The rain kept on falling, pounding against the ground and onto the tombstone as she cried. Her father had died a month ago, now her mother. Why did life do this to her? What did she do to deserve this? So many people were dying and she doesn't know any of them, but her parents were the closest people to her. Without them, she doesn't know how she would have grown into a proud ninja. Then her thoughts quickly turned to Sasuke. Why did he just leave her because she wasn't pretty She hasn't seen him for almost a year since he left her on that spot near the East Gate. "Sasuke… why?" She continued to cry. What would happen if somebody else close to me died? I'll just tear myself to pieces before depression takes me away from reality. Then, without a thought to spare, she wiped her tears away and ran deep into the woods away from reality, away from life itself.
As she ran she didn't notice a tree root sticking out of the ground causing her to trip. She winced as she got up and walked toward the closest tree she saw. Putting all the chakra in her hands, she took a punch on the tree. "Why. Does. This. Happen!" She yelled in between punches. Blood oozed out of her knuckles, but she didn't care, every punch was a relief to the strange feeling that was gnawing her stomach. The tree finally fell and she turned to another one punching out the feeling in her stomach. That tree fell also and she was about to punch another one when a green figure appeared in front of her. She threw punches at him, but to no avail she couldn't land a single punch. The green figure finally managed to restrain her from her punching madness. It was Rock Lee. "Sakura, stop!" But Sakura just tried to get away from him: she struggled, kicked, and even spit. Finally, her anger died down and she ended up crying on his chest while his bandaged hands stroked her hair mumbling whatever words seemed to calm her down.
Sakura broke away from him, "What are you doing here Lee? Have you been following me?" She looked at him angrily as if it's his fault for her being here in the middle of the woods. "I came to look for you since you weren't in your house," Lee replied quickly. "It's pretty late and I didn't know where to look for you, except where that tombstone was." His eyebrows furrowed in anxiety, "But I couldn't find you there so I just figured you ran off into the woods." Sakura looked at him, shifted her gaze on a rock, and back at him. "Well Lee, all I can say… is thank you." Sakura said eyes glistening with tears. Lee nudged her, motioning for her to walk back to her house. She followed suit, not wanting to be stuck here in the middle of the woods.
As they walked along the quiet streets of Konoha, Lee kept his pace the same as Sakura's. In the meantime they were silent, each lost in their own thoughts. Finally, Lee broke the silence, "Sakura, I w-was wondering, if you would like to go get lunch on Saturday?" Sakura thought about it, "I'm not sure Lee, I'm going through some issues right now. Let me think about this, okay?" Lee nodded in agreement. "I hope she says yes. She really needs the time to get out and enjoy once in a while." Lee thought. "May I escort you home," he asked. Sakura stopped and looked straight into his eyes, "I'm not weak Lee, you know that." She paused, "But I guess I could have someone accompany me along the way." Lee blushed lightly and looked away.
"By the way Sakura I noticed how your taijutsu could use a little more training." Lee added. Sakura shot him a look. "What was that supposed to mean?" Lee's face began to look serious, "I mean that your taijutsu is pretty fast, if you probably trained more in that area, you could fully excel to also become a taijutsu master." Sakura chuckled a little, "Well, I may not become a taijustu master like you, but I think my taijustu skills are good enough." Lee scratched his forehead, "Well, that's my own opinion, but if you're willing to train more on your taijutsu don't hesitate to ask."
They stop at her house and Sakura turned to face Lee. "Thanks for helping me tonight Lee. I really lost myself at that moment." She gave a small, hesitant smile then stood on her toes and kissed him on the cheek. Lee was a little dumbstruck. Then she turned and walked into the house. Lee touched the part of his cheek she kissed and smiled a huge smile as he walked back to his house.
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So what do you guys think? I seriously need to start making longer stories (-.-'). I'm not finished with this story just yet so you'll have to guess what will happen in the next chapter evil grin. Well anyways, review please!