Dochitai Do Sta (Count to One-hundred)
A/N: This fic is to t.A.T.u.'s "Dochitai Do Sta". The original song is in Russian and I have translated it and put the English version in (parenthesis). My mommy helped me! You should thank her if you like it! Please review.
Warning: Shonen-ai, OOC, and no flames, because I don't care what flamers think, but I do care what constructive criticizers think, so that is okay.
Disclaimer: I do not own t.A.T.u.'s "Dochitai Do Sta" or Masashi Kishimoto's "Naruto" or anything affiliated with either.
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The wind blew cold and threw his hair about his face; his ebon locks brushing his ivory face like an archaeologist's brush fighting to preserve a great marble statue of some god whose name has long been lost. Indeed he seemed like a god standing there with his beautiful face being sculpted into my memory. His chiseled body, what was visible, seemed to call to me, and force me to remember those nights, last night, that we spent together. Indeed it was as if this would be the last time I saw him and I felt as if I must soak him up and force his image to be carved into the back of my eyelids. My God, how I wished I hadn't, my God. He opened that mouth, those perfectly pink lips parting to show perfectly whit teeth; why did his parents name him Sasuke instead of perfection, indeed why must his namesake mean 'to cut' instead of something more befitting, much more indicative of his beauty and grace. The words that came out of his mouth taught me why they indeed named him that, for while he was perfection in every sense of the word, his tongue could cut like the sharpest of blades.
"I'm tired of you, of us. I'm done." He spoke softly but the words cut deep. The wound, un-cauterized, began to fester with disease only moments after the infliction.
On skazal: "Ya ustal." (He said: "I'm tired.")
I ego ne vernut'. (And He won't be brought back)
I now lie in bed counting up to one hundred, and sleep just won't come. It has reached the point at which I am wakefully dreaming. I wish I could fall asleep. That way at least when I dreamt of him that deep wound will not fester, and pain me with the memories of just a few days ago.
Ty schitaesh do sta, (You're counting up to one hundred)
Ty mechtaesh usnut'. (You're dreaming of falling asleep.)
I begin to count other people it could have been, that I could have been with instead of him. Maybe by the time I reach one hundred, I will have fallen asleep.
Ty schitaesh do sta, (You're counting up to one hundred)
Sto sluchaynykh imen, (One hundred different names)
I imagine he is asleep by now, dreaming of some other person, some other man or woman besides me. I am beginning to realize that I want no other, stop thinking about him, but there were so may others, so many others to fall in love with.
A tebe nado spat' I ne dumat o nem, (And you should sleep and not think about him)
Such perfection, such beauty, should not be held within hands. Not within hands as impure as my own, and those of the demon that resides inside of me. He was empty, like most beauties are, not in the sense of vapid, but as in a lack of soul. Something was missing or broken inside, something vital. I wanted to fill it, fill it all up with what little love I could give. Beauty is not meant to be smothered, it is meant to be free. Why must all your thoughts go to him?
A tebe nado spat' I ne dumat o nem, (And you should sleep and not think about him)
Sakura says I should take the pills she gave me, or do the jutsu that Gaara does, the one with the forced sleep. She tells me that it will make me not think of him, give me a dreamless sleep, but is that what I want? I must not think of him.
A tebe nado spat' I ne dumat o nem, (And you should sleep and not think about him)
I am left much like he is, empty and lost, in an area of which I have no knowledge of, a ship drifting without navigation towards foreign and undiscovered coasts. Is this how he felt with me? Is this how he felt all of those nights; out of the hundred things that I was to him, was the one thing I though I was the one thing I desperately wanted to be, was that the one thing I wasn't. Lover, did he ever connect that word to me?
Tvoya lodka pusta (Your boat is empty)
U chuzhikh beregov. (Near the alien coasts)
Ty shcitaesh do sta. (Your counting up to one hundred)
I remember he loved to watch the snowfall in twilight hours, how the light would glint harmlessly off the iced-over surface, how the light could not tough the snow, how the snow, the ice, would reflect the other off. Is that what I was, that light trying desperately to pierce his icy surface, only to be ignored, only to be glinted off? Was every moment, ever time I felt love for him simply another snow at dawn?
Sta russvetnykh snegov. (One hundred snows at dawn)
Sakura always claimed I was dense, Sasuke did as well, but I know well what I should do, if I didn't I really would be stupid. I should forget about him, move on. But what I should do and what I will do are two completely different things. Forget him.
Eta tema prosta, (The subject is simple)
Ty zhe znuesh kak byt'. (You know what you should do)
Nado prosto do sta doschitat' I zabyt', (You should count up to one hundred and forget)
There is something about him that is ingrained inside me, like an epitaph, forever chiseled into my soul, my heart, my memories, it is hard to forget someone when every time you close your eyes that is all you see. I never should have tried to memorize him, his beauty, his perfection, and his sharp tongue. He was beautiful, my God he was beautiful, but he was cold and icy and impenetrable, like snow at dawn. I must not remember, the feel, the taste… I must forget him.
Nado prosto do sta doschitat' I zabyt', (You should count up to one hundred and forget)
Iruka always told me forever was a very long time, and that it didn't really exist, so 'I love you forever' is simply a lie. Love and hate are strong words, and often times misused. He also told me, that if you love something you must let it go, grasp it too tightly and you will break it. Did I break him? Did I make him hate me because I loved him? If forever is a lie, then is love, is hate? Is something I cannot grasp tangibly in my hands a lie; was he a lie? Must I forget such a lie for forever, a thing that is a lie forgotten for a period that doesn't exist?
Nado prosto do sta doschitat' I zabyt', (You should count up to one hundred and forget)
NA-VSE-GDA (For-e-ver)
OneI looked around the tiny room.
TwoI had locked myself in.
ThreeMy leg shifting
FourWhat are you doing?
FiveStop, it's not worth it, or am I not worth it?
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
SixIf forever is a lie,
SevenAnd I said I would love him forever, and love is a strong word,
EightAnd often misconstrued and misused;
NineThen I must not really love him.
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
TenSo therefore I will not have this obsession with him for long.
ElevenLove is but a fleeting thing.
TwelveIt often flowers for a few short months.
ThirteenAnd then wilts away and dies
FourteenEverything fades away.
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
FifteenMuch like the exuberance of summer fades.
SixteenAway to the wilting death of autumn
SeventeenAnd then dies away to the barren wasteland of winter
EighteenWill I too waste away?
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred) 4,5,6,7,8…
NineteenHow long has it been since I have slept?
TwentySince he left surely, how long ago, a week, a year, a month, one hundred nights of no sleep?
Sta bessonykh nochey (one hundred sleepless nights)
Twenty-oneHow long must I wait
Twenty-twoUntil I can find my way from this quagmire, this labyrinth
Twenty-threeLove has always been the hardest emotion.
V labirintakh lyubvi (In the labyrinth of love)
Twenty-fourDamnit, I need those pills Sakura gave me.
Twenty-fivePulling at the medicine cabinet
Twenty-sixI try to ignore his hair gel
Twenty-sevenWhat is the key to forgetting him?
Sta sluchainykh klyuchey, (one hundred random keys)
A v itoge nuli (but only zeroes as results)
Twenty-eightI pull out the medicine
Twenty-nineA friend or an enemy?
ThirtyOr perhaps both?
Thirty-oneBeware of overdose; take only as instructed by a registered physician.
Sta druzey, sta vragov. (One hundred friends, one hundred enemies)
Sto rastayavshikh I'din. (One hundred melting icebergs)
Thirty-twoThe bottle is almost full
Thirty-three
I tip it
Thirty-fourMore comes out than expected.
Thirty-fiveHow many am I supposed to take?
Thirty-sixTwo, okay.
Thirty-sevenI tip my head back.
Thirty-eightTaking the first dose into my mouth.
Thirty-nineThese pills are huge
FortyI slip the second dosage into my mouth.
Forty-oneI lay on the bed hoping for once to just forget.
Forty-twoI begin to feel heavy.
Forty-threeAs if everything is weighing down on me at once.
Forty-fourA numb feeling settling in
Forty-fiveStarting at my toes it crept its way up my body.
Forty-six
I felt detached, away.
Forty-sevenHis face was the only thing I could see.
Forty-eightThen I closed my eyes.
Forty-nineAnd there was nothing.
Zabyvai pro nego, 101,101 (Be forgetting about him, 101, 101)
FiftyNaruto? Naruto?
Fifty-oneOpen the door!
Fifty-twoSakura crashed through the door.
Fifty-threeNaruto! She made her way to the bedroom.
Zabyvai pro nego, zabybay navsegda, (Be forgetting about him, forgetting forever)
Fifty-fourShe observed the almost obsessive photography of Sasuke on the walls, the Uchiha symbol also appeared frequently.
Fifty-fiveShe reached the bedroom door and knocked softly.
Fifty-sixThen a bit louder she knocked
Fifty-sevenThen she finally called out. Naruto?
Zabyvai pro nego, zabybay navsegda, (Be forgetting about him, forgetting forever)
Fifty-eightHer hand on the door, she swung it open
Fifty-nineHer eyes darted, from what seemed to be a sleeping Naruto,
SixtyTo the pill bottle on the bedside table.
Sixty-oneShe looked at the bottle, recognizing it as sleep medicine that she had given him.
Sixty-two'He must be asleep.' She thought as she reached for the bottle to put it back up.
Sixty-threeIt was too light, there were only twenty pills left.
Sixty-fourShe had prescribed one hundred twenty, exactly one hundred pills were missing.
NA-VSE-GDA (For-e-ver)
Sixty-five
She reached over, 'Oh, please don't let him have taken that much.'
Sixty-sixShe shook him, "Naruto?"
Sixty-sevenSurely he was alive.
Sixty-eightShe reached for his wrist.
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
Sixty-nineNo pulse.
SeventyIt seemed as if her scream pierced the surrounding air.
Seventy-oneSuddenly people surrounded her.
Seventy-twoHer broken sobs and whispers.
Seventy-threeThe only sound breaking through.
Seventy-four"No pulse, he's dead."
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
Seventy-five
His name had always seemed strange to her.
Seventy-sixNaruto, like a fishcake.
Seventy-sevenSurely his name should be much more boisterous.
Seventy-eightNever until now had she thought about the alternate meaning.
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
Seventy-nineNaruto, whirlpool.
EightyUzumaki, spiral.
Eighty-oneStrange how just as his namesake implies.
Eighty-twoHe would keep you spinning.
Eighty-threeSo you never quite knew where you stood
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
Eighty-fourShe looked at the pill bottle that had killed her friend.
Eighty-fiveThe pill bottle that she had prescribed.
Eighty-sixShe had killed him.
59,60,61,62…
Eighty-sevenThe crescendo of her heart when she had pushed against his chest
Eighty-eightIn a vain attempt to get him to come back.
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
Eighty-nineShe saw Sasuke then, a few months later.
NinetyHe asked where Naruto was.
Ninety-oneDoschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
Ninety-two"Who prescribed him the medication?! Why?!" He had screamed in a fury
Ninety-threeHe couldn't sleep, he wouldn't eat, he was only supposed to take two at a time every night.
Ninety-fourI hadn't known, I hadn't know.
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
Ninety-five"You killed him, Sakura!"
Ninety-sixI didn't. I finally realized this. It took me months to do so.
Ninety-sevenShe whispered those words that Naruto had spoke to her only a few months ago. They seemed almost meaningless to her at the time.
Doschitai, doschitai, doschitai do sta (so count, count, count up to one hundred)
Ninety-eight"He said: I'm tired, and he won't be brought back."
Ninety-nineSasuke turned on her, hatred spitting in his eyes. "You administered medication to a distraught patient."
"Who's fault was that Sasuke? Whose fault! You killed him! You did. It eats you up inside doesn't it! You left for something that didn't exist and it killed Naruto, now it's killing you slowly from the inside."
Sasuke looked at her blankly, his eyes the only part of his body in which fury was evident. "Chidori!" With the chirping of a thousand birds Sakura died. He found a pill bottle with twenty pills in it, and choked them down; the ANBU arrested him.
One hundred
He fell asleep in his cell and never woke up again.
Doschitai, Doschitai. (So count, count up)
