The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, as morning cleared. Emerging from the retiring fogs, a hooded figure stopped dead in his tracks and looked up. He was tall, dark, and terrible there under the willow tree. His eyes gleamed lifelessly with the slightest movement from the second wing of the house. There will be grieving tonight.
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Sakura woke to the glum temperament of pouring rain. There's no use looking at the window now. The rain fell with such an impact that visibility beyond the window dropped to zero. As if it mattered. There is always her father's underground dealing meeting to listen to in the dinner table. She never gets tired from pretending to be the assassins her father hire to do some business.
School started in a few hours. She turned the doorknob after slipping on a jacket over her nightgown. Before she could turn the doorknob, however, the doorknob turned slowly. The person outside must have thought that she was still sleeping. Not sure what to do, she ran back to her bed and pulled the covers over her head.
Light flooded the room. She dared not breathe. The door closed as noiselessly as when it was being opened. Who would possibly want to wake her up at 3:00 in the morning? Surely, the chambermaid is fast asleep after cleaning the porch that surrounded the whole garden. Whoever just came in her room has some evil intention…and she's going to find out what.
Taking a deep breath, she pushed the covers to see the intruder. Through the rain's reflection, all she saw was a hooded figure with a sword by his side. She made an effort to scream but the intruder quickly took the sword and pointed it right at her stomach.
"Say one more word, and this sword will butcher you like a stuck pig."
As if by instinct, she put her hands over her mouth. Then quietly she whispered to him.
"Go ahead. I'm not afraid. No matter what happens, he'll always come get me."
"Who will find you?"
" Sasuke will always find me. He'll always come back for me."
It was then that the assassin felt any sense of emotion.
"This Sasuke you speak of is dead. I saw him die myself."
One could hear her heart shatter. She refused to cry, although one can hear her sobbing.
"By all means, let me die that I may join him. I live without regrets, only that I didn't get to see him one last time."
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