Lacrymosa:

Rating: PG– Mild Angst. Sadness.

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Naruto and I'm not making a profit by writing this. But give me some credit here... I typed these lyrics myself. They weren't copied from anywhere!

Inspiration: Evanescence Song: Lacrymosa and Sasuke's departure from Konoha

Summary: Orochimaru allows Sasuke to leave for a time to visit Sakura, and only Sakura. Will she once again try to convince him to stay... or will Sasuke find out what she has convinced herself.

Sakura bent down on her knees and reached out a pale hand. As a result of releasing her emotions too soon, she had dropped the picture she had been staring at. The better times. She, Sasuke, and Naruto all stood together in an adorable threesome, while Kakashi was behind them, a firm grip held on both Naruto and Sasuke's heads. She and Kakashi were the only ones smiling. Naruto and Sasuke just looked annoyed, but that day was paradise.

First, she gathered the larger glass pieces into a pile, and looked around at the smaller. She closed her eyes and let out a sigh as she stood up. When she opened her eyes, she found they were locked with a pair of cold navy blue ones.

Out on your own
Cold and alone again.
Can this be what
you really wanted... baby?
(Lacrymosa)

Sakura's jade orbs widened to the size of tennis balls. Could it really be...? She wasn't too sure...

"Sasu...ke?" she asked hesitantly

The boy nodded and took her hands. "I've missed you... Sakura." he said quietly, "He said I could come visit you."

Tears swelled up in the corners of her eyes as she squeezed Sasuke's hands and rubbed her soft cheeks up against them... just to make sure he was real.

Blame it on me,
(Lacrymosa)
Set your guilt free,
(Lacrymosa)
Nothing can hold you back now.

"I've missed you too. Why haven't you come home yet?" She let back a sob to say this.

Sasuke's face looked emotionless. "You know I am an avenger, Sakura. I need to stay with Orochimaru-sama to reach my potential." he answered

Sakura looked away and winced. Since when did he ever add 'sama' to anyone's name? Since he left. Inner Sakura told her. Since you couldn't convince him to stay back here in Konoha. Wasn't Inner Sakura supposed the make her feel better?

"What's the matter Sakura? Did I say something?"

Now that you're gone
I feel like myself again
grieving the things I can't repair and... willing...

Wiping away a tear, Sakura looked up at him once again. "No. I just... couldn't stop you from going to him for power." Sakura refused to say Orochimaru's name. Not in front of Sasuke, or anybody else. "My love wasn't strong enough to keep you here with us..." her teeth chattered loudly, and her body shook..

Sasuke held onto her tight. "Don't say that..." he felt a slight pang of guilt tugging at his almost non existent conscience, which had been coming back to haunt him.

(Lacrymosa)
To let you blame it one me
(Lacrymosa)
and set your guilt free.
I don't wanna hold you back now, love.
(Lacrymosa)

"No, Sasuke! It's true! Your goal must always come before my love for you!" she tried to pull away, but her struggles only caused him to squeeze harder.

"Stop... stop saying those things..." Sasuke was hesitant to say this because somewhere deep in his heart it was somewhat true.

"Please Sasuke... I want you to put the blame on me. I couldn't handle it any other way." she buried her face into his shoulders and finally let out the sob that needed to be freed.

"No... no that's not..." Sasuke started, but couldn't go any further. He couldn't come up with any words that wouldn't hurt her even more.

I can't change who I am
Not this time
I won't lie to keep you
Near me.
And in this short life, there's no time
To waste on giving up.
My love wasn't enough.

Sasuke pondered on how he could comfort this crying young girl. His words were no use, and that's what he usually relied on to cheer her up. Maybe if his words weren't enough to help him, it was time to try physical contact.

"Sakura... look at me." as her eyelids slowly opened, he slid one hand down to the small of her back, while the other wrapped around her waist. "You can't keep doing this to me. Or more importantly... yourself..."

He thrust his head forward before she could object, and his lips met hers. Both of there eyes shut tightly, for instead of a gentle kiss, as he had hoped, Sasuke had instead, created a rough, passionate one in its place. Not that he really minded...

After a few seconds, Sakura pushed her hand up against his muscled chest and broke the forceful kiss. "How can you kiss me at a time like this? Stop getting my hopes up! I can't handle it when they do that, and then crash back down!" she struggled harder and harder.

Finally, the stubborn Uchiha let go before she hurt herself. He looked out the balcony and gasped when he saw the setting sun. Orochimaru told him to be back before dark!

He took a step toward the window, but stopped himself. He looked back at Sakura, who now had her face buried in her hands, letting the tears flow freely into her skin and onto the floor. She was more important... at the moment.

In one quick movement, Sasuke had Sakura facing towards him, her wrists held tightly in his firm grip. His face move closer to hers, but somehow, she could sense it was not for another kiss. "Sakura... I will achieve my goal and become the more powerful than my brother. After that... I want to come to you and take you back. I want to be with you... but for now that is impossible. Thank you."

He leaned forward until his face went past hers and their cheeks touched. Sakura felt his arms snake themselves around her hips as he nuzzled her neck for just a moment.

Before she knew it, he had let go and left her once again. For Orochimaru. For Power. For Revenge.

(Lacrymosa)
And you can blame it on me
just set your guilt free, honey.
(Lacrymosa)
I don't wanna hold you back now, love.
(Lacrymosa)

After her delayed thoughts came back to her, she realized the Uchiha was gone. Quickly, she ran out onto the balcony and screamed to the sunset.

"Come back Sasuke!" she shouted at the top of her lungs before falling to her knees. Her voice dropped down to barely a whisper. "Please..."

The End

Um... wow. I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote this. Oh well. Hope you enjoyed! You can review if ya want. ; 3 Kiss, Kiss!