Title: Bleeding From The heart

Disclaimor: I don't own Naruto!!

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Here goes my first chapter, enjoy!!

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Chapter 1 Softening The Heart

'BEEP..BEEP..BEEP.."

Sakura slammed down the off botton of her alarm clock, 'It would be so much easier if I could just remember to set this stupid alarm to the radio,' Sakura thought. She sat up and yawned. She squinted from the light coming out of the window in her room. Then she slowly got out of bed. She walked up to her dresser to grab her usual outfit and all that. Then changed and walked to brush her hair and noticed that she wasnt feeling very well. She walked up to the mirror and noticed her skin being very pale. "Oh,no," she said and decided to continue getting ready so no one would notice. She was now pretending that she was feeling fine.

"Sakura, honey!" Sakura's mother called.

"Ehhhhhh?" Sakura said.

"C'mon you don't want to be late for your--are you feeling okay?" her mother asked noticing that she was very pale.

Sakura was hoping that no one would notice and her mother would let it go, "Umm..yeahh I am," she said.

"Well, okay now go before you're late." her mother said. Sakura was relieved that she just let it go and she quickly went out the door. She started walking to the place where they were supposed to meet by the swing. Sht thought for awhile, 'mmh..I hope I'll be fine. I don't want to miss a mission will Sasuke or anything.' Sakura looked over at the swing where everyone was. Inlcluding Kakashi sensei who was always late. Wich meant that she must've been extremely late. So she started running but ran out of breathe very quickly. "Am I late??" Sakura said worrily.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi looked at eachother. "Yeah." They all said together. "Sorry," she said panting. "Sakura? Are you okay?" Kakashi said noticing her pale skin and how easily she ran out of breathe when she wasn't even running very far and slowly. "Um, yeah I'm fine," Sakura said nervously. "Are you sure? You look sick," said Kakashi. "mmh..yeah" she said. "hmm..okay," said Kakashi and started to tell everyone about the mission they were going to have. Sakura kept spacing out and halfway falling asleep wich almost never happened because she was always excited about the next mission.

When Kakashi finished explaining they all nodded and Kakashi lead the way. Sakura was limping and having trouble breathing. They could all tell what was going on with Sakura. (except for Sakura who let it pass) "Sakura?" Sasuke said. Sakura jumped and turned to the side where Sasuke was walking, "Yeahh Sasuke kun?" she said smiling. "You're not okay." he said. Sakura looked at him and couldnt think of a reply. Sasuke said "You should probably go home and rest," he said. "I-" Sakura said, "I'm fine." CHA!! does he care??!!' Sakura thought. They kept walking and when they were about to go to sleep Sasuke said again, "Are you sure you're okay?" Sakura looked over at him and had a fake smile "I'll be fine"

Sakura was just about to kay down when her body couldn't take it anymore and she fainted. Sasuke luckily caught her since he was right next to her and set her down on top of a blanket. "Sakura chan are you okay?" Naruto said as he ran over to see what was going on. Kakashi walked up to her too and kneeled doen next to her. Naruto put his jacket on top of her. Kakashi put his hand on her forehead. "Oh, no, she's burning up," Kakashi said. "Will she be okay?" Naruto said. "I'm not sure Naruto," Kakashi said, "But we should just let her rest," Kakashi said. "Sasuke?" Kakashi said. "Yeah?" he said. "Will you stay with Sakura abnd take care of her while we're pn the mission because if Naruto stays instead of you, she'll get mad at Naruto and probably just kill him. And I can't stay with her either." Kakashi said. Sasuke sighed and said, "Fine."

Naruto and Kakashi walked on to the mission that night so it would take less time for them to get to the mission. Sakura was starting to wake up and Sasuke was making sure to watch her and make sure that she'll be fine. She slowly opened her eyes. "Sasuke?" she said when she saw him watching her. "So you're finaly awake." he said normally. "Where's everyone else?" Sakura asked. "They left because they knew that if they left Naruto with you then you would get mad. So they left me to watch you," he replied. 'Oh yes! They're smart enough to leave Sasuke with me instead of Naruto. CHA!!' Sakura thought happily. "Oh," Sakura said smiling. "Are you happy?" asked Sasuke. "Of what?" asked Sakura. "That I'm here instead of Naruto," Sasuke said with no expression. Sakura looked at him and smiled then said "Yeahh a lot!" Sakura said. Sasuke just walked over to the box of food and took out a tomatoe. Sasuke sat down next to the box and started to eat the tomatoe. Sakura looked over at Sasuke and said "Thanks." Sasuke looked back at her and said "For what?" "For staying here. You didn't have to you know?" Sakura said. "mmh..yeah I know," said Sasuke, "But if I didn't you would kill Naruto." 'Oh yeah! I think he cares!' Sakura thought.

"Did you know you were feeling bad this morning?" Sasuke asked. "Well kinda..I didn't think it would be that bad," Sakura replied. "Oh," Sasuke said, "You should've stayed home." "Yeah. I guess I should've" Sakura said. 'Who am I kidding? If I had stayed home then none of this would've happened.' Sasuke took another bite out of his tomatoe. Sakura sat up and went to get an apple. Sasuke stopped her and got it for her, "You really shouldn't be getting up you know?" Sasuke said. "Jeez, when did you suddenly become a doctor?" joked Sakura. "..My mom used to teach me it," he quietly responded. "What..happened to your mom?" Sakura hesitently questioned hoping that it wouldn't hurt Sasuke. Sasuke paused and there was a very long silence. "she was killed" he answered very plainly. Sakura was quiet and said after a long time, "Oh.i'm so sorry, Sasuke." Sasuke looked at the moon shining overhead and said quietly, "Not your fault." He took another bite out of his tomatoe and thought quietly to himself. "Sasuke, what really happened to the Uchiha clan?" She looked at Sasuke and saw his expression, then wished she hadn't asked. "..One day while I was out practicing shuriken jutsu.." He paused for a minute, "I came back to find all the lights out, but it was too early for anyone to be asleep.. I ran quickly down the road and saw people, dead, on the ground.." Sakura cringed. sasuke continued avoiding her gaze. "By then i had no idea what was going on. I ran farther so confused you couldnt even know..My aunt and uncle were dead- " Sakura's eyes widened. although she wanted to hear more. " that's when I remembered my father and mother, I ran as fast as I could to my house. The erie silence was altogether to quiet and I was half expecting to be killed. Then I heard a crash." Sakura looked down and then back up at him signaling him to continue.

"I ran to the door falling then picking myself back up, I heard a voice 'Sasuke dont come in!' I went to grab the doornob but stopped. I was..afraid." he said knowing what Sakura may be thinking 'Sasuke was scared? I can't imagine that. It's gotta be bad.' Sakura thought. "I kept telling myself to move, and finally the door creaked open. All I saw was darkness, and then.. my father and mother covered in blood on the floor. dead." Sakura's eyes watered. "I shouted out for them, and held back when a figure walked forward from behind the shadows. I saw when he entered the light, it was my older brother, Uchiha Itachi, at first I was relieved hoping he could explain or hoping this was all just some sick joke and nothing more.." after a long pause Sakura said quietly, "Sasuke.." after another small pause Sasuke continued, "..I begged him for an explanation but he threw a shuriken at my shoulder instead.Shock must have been evident on my face. 'Foolish little brother' he had said. Then the next thing I knew he opened his eyes, eyes posessed with mangekyou sharingan. I couldnt move. like my legs werent my own, and all I saw was blood. My family everyone I knew was dieing. Itachi was replaying what he had done earlier in my head. First everyone would attack then he would slice them and they would fall to the ground right before my eyes. Next my aunt and uncle, there blood was spilling on me. Then..the worst part..Itachi showed me my father and mother before I walked into the room, he took a knife and.." Sasuke looked down at the ground under him. He wiped tears from his eyes. 'Is he..crying?' Sakura thought, 'oh, Sasuke..' "He..he took the knife and..and swung it down on my parents right before my eyes." Sasuke shut his eyes as tight as possible. Sakura bit her lip and watched Sasuke, waiting for him to continue.

"After I screamed..my brother..I couldn't believe what he had done," Sasuke looked up a the moon again and continued. "I asked him why he had done all that..he said..'To measure my capacity,' I..I was so surprised..he had killed everyone..everyone except for me..just to..to measure his capacity." Sasuke eyes were watering more and so were Sakura's. "I ran away..screaming that I was afraid and saying that I didn't want to die. I stopped running because he appeared right in front of me. He explained about things..about the mangekyou sharingan. With the mangkyou sharingan you have to kill your closest friend and you can earn that type of sharingan. Itachi had done that and earned it," Sasuke motioned for Sakura to lay down. "It was like that..It was just a horrible experience. He told me that if i wanted to hate him, and dream of killing him, then run and with his words, 'cling to your wretched life without honor.' " Sasuke squinted his eyes and clentched his teeth. Sakura noticed it and told him to calm down and tried to comfort him. "Sakura?" he asked. "Yeah?" Sakura responded, 'CHA!!!! he's finaly opening up to me!' "What about you? At that age, what was going on in your life?" Sasuke asked. Sakura was surprised. "Well.." she said.

"I was picked on..you probably already knew. I was teased because of my forehead and then I met Ino.." Sakura said smiling at the thought but then sighed. 'Do I sound weird to Sasuke?' Sakura thought. "And Ino..she was so nice to met. I thought she was an amazing person. She gave me a red bow and told me not to hide my forehead like I did then." Sakura smiled again. "There was a class project to pick flowers and make a bouquiet. Ino showed me how. I made new friends and all thaks to Ino. But then.." Sakura paused. "When I..I fell in love with you.." Sakura blushed, "I told my friends, so Ino was there, she obviously liked you too, and then we just stopped being friends because of that." Sakura sighed and looked down, "It's not as bad as what happened to you..but it still seemed and was very bad. the teasing was horrible..then even stop being friends with Ino..loosing that friendship was just terrible," Sakura looked at Sasuke. He took a bite from the tomatoe. His eyes had a way that said 'I'm sorry Sakura' and he looked sad. Three was a long pause.

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with Naruto and Kakashi

"I wonder if Sakura woke up yet.." said Naruto.

"Most likely." said Kakashi while looking at naruto, "Let's camp here," said Kakashi again as he stopped at clear and f lat grass area. "Okay," said Naruto.

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Sakura and Sasuke

Sakura looked at Sasuke and her eye sight became very blurry. She fanted again. Sasuke turned around and saw her, "Sakura?" he said normally. He put his hand on her forehead, "Oh,no she still has a fever," He looked at her and noticed that she was only covered with naruto's jacket so he saw the blanket she was laying on, and had to pick her up to get the blanket. He set her down again in the grass and wrapped her with naruto's jacket and the put the blanket on her. He sat back down by the food box and sighed.

Sakura had thoughts about Sasuke and about what he had told her. She closed her eyes tighter and tears fell out of her eyes, 'Sasuke kun..' After a while she finaly woke up and turned to see Sasuke asleep by the box. She smiled and sat up. 'What time is it?' She thought. She was still pale and dizzy. She kept trying to fall asleep and after a very long time she fell asleep with her face burried in her pillow. That night was very cold for Sasuke and Sakura. Especially for Sasuke who didn't have a blanket. He shivered in his sleep.

"Sakura??" Sasuke rubbed Sakura's shoulder. "Sakura!" he said whispering. Sakura openened her eyes and saw Sasuke trying to wake her up and the sun shining in her face. She squinted. "What time is it?" Sakura asked and then yawned. "8:10" Sasuke said normally. Sakura sat up. She was still pale and had a headache, she still had a fever. "Are you feeling okay?" Sasuke said. "mmh..yeah I guess I do have a headache.." Sakura said. "Well then keep resting I'll get you something to eat. What do you want?" Sasuke asked. Sakura looked at Sasuke very surorised, 'CHA!! i knew it he does care!' "um..I guess I'll eat an apple." said Sakura. Sasuke nodded and took out an apple and handed it to Sakura. "Thanks," she said. Sasuke nodded and quietly sat next to the box. His mind was racing with thoughts. Sakura took a bite out of her apple and felt very sleepy. She put her hand on her forehead. 'Ohh..how long will i stay like this..although the good thing is i'll be able to stay with Sasuke longer!' She took another bite and looked at Sasuke. "Sasuke, why do you always hide how you feel..?" Sakura asked quietly. Sasuke looked up at her quizically and answered, "..I just.. I dont want to look weak.." Sakura was surprised he even had the idea that he was weak, 'He's not weak at all!' She thought. "But..Sasuke you're not weak at all," Sakura said surprised. He was hesitant. She knew. "..you believe Itachi..dont you.." Sakura said. Sasuke turned away. ".." there was a small pause, Sasuke had no idea what to say. 'Well I do..but I don't want Sakura to know..what will she think? she'll try to comfort me and..maybe that's all I ever wanted..' Sakura snapped Sasuke out of his solitary thoughts, she repeated, "You do don't you?" Sasuke looked back at Sakura and said, "Do you?" Sakura was shocked he would even ask that. 'is he seriousely asking that?? He should know how I feel about him by now, hes 1st of the strongest shinobi in the leaf village, hes the last uchiha here, what makes him doubt himself like that?' "No! Of course not! What are you thinking Sasuke????" Sakura exclaimed. sasuke opened his mouth to answer, when a shuriken grazed his shoulder, and an approching dark figure entered from behind the shadows.