Please listen to Haley Westerna's Dark Waltz while you read this story. A good link is below...
/watch?v9rdQGG-FpFg
Just add that to the usual youtube dot com bit...
It hurts...
It hurts...
It hurts...
IT HURTS!!
She drifted back into conciousness.
And she met the pain that awaited her. It wasn't just the psyical pain that plagued her broken body. It was the pain that resided within her heart. Thoughts of who put her into this dismal situation floated around her clouded mind.
He actually did it. He finally broke his bond with me. He's finally killed me. Sasuke finally did it.
The pink haired ANBU lies in a mirror of her own blood. The clouds reflectivly mocking her dieing moments in the very substance that kept her alive. His face was reflected in it as well.
She didn't cry though...
She hasn't cried since he left her five years ago. As she lay, she gazed into the rock colored depths of the eyes that killed her.
No, those weren't the eyes that were my downfall. Those eyes were red.
She continued her silent visage of looking at the man she once loved. Haruno Sakura, ANBU Captain, Medical Core Specialist, memorized the now grown face of the man she had given everything to. She felt a sudden need to tell him that she did what she said she'd do.
"Sa-Sasuke," she hasn't used his honorific in years, "I kept my promise. T-that I would give anything and everything for you. That I would love you til the end of my life and beyond. I haven't gotten to the beyond part yet, but I'm heading there. I kept my promise."
She closed her eyes, satisfied that she had said what she needed to say. Her heart beat slowed, the blood poured out faster, her breaths became more shallow.
"I love you, Sasuke...kun."
Haruno Sakura, ANBU Captain, Medical Core Specialist, a woman in love, left the Earth.
Six days later, her body was found.
Three weeks after her death, they held the funeral.
All of Konoha walked in silent reverie along the dampened streets to the graveyard. No laughter was heard, no smiles were seen, even the normally jovial children were silent. They knew this was not a day to cause any disturbence to the shroud of depression covering the village.
Even the skys wept for the lost pink haired woman.
Everyone walked their own path, but ended up at the same place; where a still body lay in its casket.
The rookie 9 hung their heads low in rememberance for their freind. All were lost in their memories of the time they had spent with her. The thoughts ringing loudest were those of Uzumaki Naruto.
He remembered the days of Team 7. The days when Sakura had been a hopeless fangirl. When she had hit Naruto over the head for the simplest things. The bell test. The mission to the Wave Country. The chunin exam. The time when they had all tried to see under Kakashi's mask, and of course when Sasuke had left. When he had come back and they had the second bell test, this time without Sasuke. The time when they had traveled to Suna, and naruto got to marvel at Sakura's new medical abilities. The time when they had faced the Akatsuki together. When they had seen Sasuke again. All the time they had spent as brother and sister, good memories and bad, whirled through the greif stricken blonde future hokage.
He looked up at the sky and saw a light peak through. Naruto saw Sakura's smiling face, and he knew. He knew that she was okay now. She had accomplished almost all her goals, but he knew she would be satified just to know she had the strength to go the distance.
He turned his head to the tree line beside the graveyard where the memorial service was being held.
Or maybe, she had done everything she said she would. He smiled a little smile and turned back.
On the eve of Sakura's funeral, Sasuke returned.
Okay, I know I killed Sakura again, but hey! I didn't make her kill herself this time did I? I made this in memorium for a friend of mine. I won't tell you the sircumstances of which I am feeling this way because it matters to me that I respect what happened. This was inspired by the song Dark Waltz by Haley Westerna and its a very good song. Please R&R.
The Psychotic Cherry Blossom