In Life, Love and Death
A/N: This prologue is sort of like a montage. I've never written something like this quite like this before so bear with me.
Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love. It can't take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.
Prologue
"I'm so in love with you that I can't even stand it"
"You're annoying".
"If you go, I'll scream and alert the whole village."
"Sakura, thank you."
"Sasuke..."
Sasuke knocks out Sakura, catching her unconscious body before she hits the ground. Looking down at her tear-streaked face, Sasuke can't help but feel a sliver of remorse, but shakes it off as he sets her down on a nearby bench. He turns and begins to walk away, without looking back, not even for a single glance at the village that was once his home. The place that held his whole life and his memories. No, he would not look back. He had his goals in mind and to achieve those goals, he would do anything. Even if it means betraying everyone that he knows and care about him. Naruto. Kakashi. Sakura. They would be a part of his past. A past that he longed to forget.
One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though ... betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope.
"Naruto...Please, bring Sasuke back. That's all I want."
"Don't worry, Sakura. I will bring Sasuke back. That's a promise. Believe it!"
"Naruto...Thank you."
With a smile on his face, Naruto gives Sakura a thumbs up before following the others. They are the Sasuke retrieval squad. Sakura smiles back, her hope lifting. She trusts Naruto. She knows that he will be able to bring Sasuke back. Back to where he belongs.
You'll never understand why I hurt so much because you're not the one who is crying, you're not the one who is left behind, you're not the one who loved too much,
and you're not the one who is holding on to someone who is gone...
"Naruto, I'm sorry."
"Sakura, are you okay?"
"I'm going to look for Sasuke. Kiba, I'm going to need your help."
"What are you going to do? What are you planning?"
"I am going to kill Sasuke myself. I have to."
