Whispers in the Wind
No
More Love - Shinedown
Bold:
Thoughts
Underlined: Lyrics
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Disclaimer:
I own neither this song or this series, and honestly, if I did I
would be making these things actually
happen instead of just
writing about it.
Sakura POV: I ran down the street, tears
running from my face. I could still see his arrogant and
self-satisfied
smirk as he so callously broke my heart. I didn't
want to look back, it was too painful.It's cold outside I'm
sensing fear... My self control has disappeared... I'm spinning
out at each end... I suddenly ran into
someone, muttering
apologies I began to turn away when I felt the green blur quickly
hold my hand. I wanted
to tear away from him, to jerk away, but I
felt the care in his hand... and I didn't. He'll just hurt you too
Sakura felt a sting in her heart as she realized, No... he...
he would never hurt me... not like him...
Lee POV: My
angel was running down the street, obviously in deep pain. I knew I
should have left her alone.
She loved another after all. I
couldn't stand to see her in so much pain though. So I took her hand,
pulling her
into a deep hug, wanting her, begging her, to tell me
what was wrong so I could help. "Sakura-chan... please..
please
don't cry," I heard myself say, I didn't want to sound so
weak... I wanted to be someone she could
find comfort in... but
in my mind I always knew that her heart belonged to another. The
Uchiha.
Sakura POV: WHY IS HE DOING THIS? I always
treat him so badly... She felt Lee draw her into a
hug, her
tears wetting his hair and his wetting her hair. She found herself
screaming at him to leave her alone,
to find someone who could
give him her heart, someone who deserved his attention, someone who
wouldn't
hurt him like she had, Lee's eyes suddenly widened and he
hugged her more forcefully. "Please.." he said
softly,
"Please never say that again..." Sakura couldn't understand
it, why was the boy she had spurned
everyday so loving towards her
and the boy that she had loved for so long and done so much for and
changed so much for so apathetic? She looked into his eyes, the
black globes that were filled with tears,
they held kind sorrow
and understanding. She tore away from him, and ran, leaving him
dejectedly
standing where she had left him. She immidiately knew
that she had hurt him again... "Could you be kind
and let
me in?" I begged silently, only the darkness hearing me...
Please.. could I still be accepted?
I was now a
Chunin, but the day was still fresh in my mind. I was now an expert
medical ninja under the
Slug Sannin, Tsunade-sama, but the day
still burned freshly into my mind. Sasuke had defected to
Orochimaru, and I no longer harbor any hope that he loves me... I
am simply not good enough. I don't
know why but I'm still burning
inside, working hard to push the pain away for a minute, a second,
anything.
I don't know why I still spurn Lee's loving help, he's
probably the only one I have left besides my parents,
and they'd
never understand what I was feeling. Maybe I was hurting Lee to let
him slowly feel the hurt
that Sasuke had given me that day... I
slowly trudged home, I was tired, more tired than I have been for
quite some time. I opened the door, putting up my fake smile and
face for my parents, "Mom, Dad, I'm
home," I couldn't
believe my eyes. No.. I refused to believe them, this couldn't be...
It was Sasuke... he had
killed my parents. He smiled at me, his
eyes, the eyes I had admired for so long, leering menacingly at me.
I
slowly pulled out a kunai, noticing a drawing I had done the first
few days I was assigned to Team 7. It
had me and Sasuke holding
hands and Naruto was nowhere to be seen. Why do I have to hurt
everyone
who really wants to get close to me? Why do I have to be
so cold? The picture had writing on it as well,
'A Lifetime
Full of Love', it used to be my favorite phrase, then Sasuke broke my
heart, scattering it all over
the training ground where he
finally told me on no uncertain terms that he didn't and would never
love me.
Despite the writing on the wall... I swung
at him, missing him, he jumped forward and kicked me in the
stomach,
I felt a flash of pain and realized that he had broken one of my
ribs. He was really trying to kill me...
I charged him again,
feeling that I had no real purpose to live, that I was unneeded in
the world, that I was
unloved... looking back, how wrong I was...
My future's bleak and rather small.. That's all you could
ever
take from me! I was getting weaker, I could feel him slowly
killing me, but what's worse... I didn't really
care...
I've got nothing to lose so let me be... Sasuke laughed, a
terrifying sound filled with bloodlust,
"Well I sized you
up you're not that strong...You're weak inside, I knew all along.
This made-up army you fight
in your head, destroyed your worth
and pronounced you dead," he smiled at her again, breaking
her heart a
little more, "And that is why you die now,"
he formed a Chidori, his hand glowing with an unholy blue light. I
closed my eyes and waited for the end.
Lee POV: I had
bought some flowers for Sakura as was my custom. She didn't love me
and I suspected that
she never would, whatever had happened that
dark night had broken her spirit too much to let anyone that
close
to her again. I will persevere however, I love her more than I love
my own life, and if she can never find
it in her heart to let me
in, then I beg that I may at least stand beside her and shield her
from her troubles, and
the dangers of this world. I walked to her
house and was unnerved by the sound of fighting inside, I was
running in when I heard HIS voice, again. He told you that you
would die, I burst through the door, and see
him holding Kakashi's
attack toward you, it is oozing killing intent, there is no mistaking
it, he's going to kill
you. And I will not allow it. I make my
decision immidiately, your life over mine, I activate seven gates,
the
world slowing down phenominally but the Chidori was still
moving too quickly, I cannot move you on time.
I apologise.I jump
in front of the attack. Searing Pain. The smell of burnt flesh. I
slide to my knees, nursing
the large hole in my chest, my eyes
seeking you. "You look frightened, but you are still
beautiful... perhaps
you may feel that you are unloved, but know
this, I will do anything for you. You. My Angel. My...
Sakura-chan,"
Inky darkness surrounds me, I embrace it with a small smile. I do not
want to die, I want to
live to see her, to live with her, to
protect her, but I cannot, and knowing that perhaps I have bought
enough
time for her to survive, I gladly accept this death, I
gladly fall into this deep pit. It is. All. For. You. "Run
Sakura-chan, please... please survive," I gasp, the last of
my air leaving me. Darkness. My failing mind only
echoing one
name. S..S..Sak..Sakura...chan..
Sakura POV:
No... why did he have to do that. Why did he have to love me? My
heart is screaming in agony.
I cannot believe what had just
happened. If only he hadn't loved me than he would still be alive. He
wouldn't
have a gaping hole in his chest, and he wouldn't have to
die for someone as ungrateful as me. I look up at
Sasuke, he's..
he's laughing... I have felt several things toward Sasuke... love...
sorrow... pity... but this was a
new emotion, I felt anger. Pure
anger at what he had done. What had Lee done except always be there
for me?
I, who was ungrateful, always pushing him away knowing
how he felt about me. I jumped up, gathering all of
my chakra
into one hand, all of it. There's no more love.. There's no
more love.. There's no more love
for me and you! Listen to me!
I let all of my anger and my sorrow build into my punch, feeling
drained from
the power I'm putting into the punch. Sasuke chuckles
and allows me to hit him, expecting me to hold back, to
not hurt
my childhood idol. What he doesn't know is that he has been replaced
in my heart by someone far more
deserving, far more perfect... if
only I had realized on time. Lee... I.. I do love you... I
strike Sasuke with all the
force I can muster, screaming in pain
as my arm snaps like a stick because of the force of the blow.
Sasuke's
eyes widen as my chakra flows into his body like a
cannonball, his organs are pulverized, killing him almost
instantly
and hurling his dead body out of this now sacred place. He landing
the street, his bones pulverized, but I
am not sated. I ran out
into the street and continue to kick and punch his dead body,
ignoring the pain from my
broken arm, "No more love!
There's no more love! There's no more love for me and you! Listen to
me!" Tears of
anguish and loss falling heavily from my
face, I slump to the ground, my heart bleeding tears of blood. I am
taken to the hospital, I do not care. My savior is thrown
carelessly into a body bag and buried, none of them
knowing or
caring what he was like in life, not even bothering to carve his name
on the memorial stone as he
never died in a mission.
I
take one last look at Konoha, my home for so long, but also the point
of so many of my sorrows. I
shake my head, resolute in my
decision to leave, my resignation as a ninja already approved by a
solemn
Tsunade. I felt no pain in leaving my village, just the
pain of leaving the grave of my true love, the one who
was slain
by my stupid love and dedication to someone who only hurt me, who
never did anything to hurt me
though I hurt him so. A small grin
flits across my face as I think of him, I love him so much, why
didn't I realize
before? The cruelest joke that has played
on me. Is all planned out so I can't leave. Now, quietly I will
walk
away. There's no bad blood but I can't stay. I look at my
love's grave one more time, memorizing each
detail, but not
dwelling on it excessively, because it wasn't what he is now that he
is dead that I love so very much,
it is what, and who, he was when
he was alive, he will be a martyr, he was a
friend, and he is and always shall
be,
my savior, and my love, and the one who showed me the goodness of the
world in my darkest hour. So thank you.
There is no more
love because there is no more love... My dear:
Lee-kun
So I stand in the sunset, staring into
the sun, remembering him. Forever. And the wind whispers to
me.
There's no more love... There's no more love...
There' no more love for me and you... Listen to me... No more
love..
There's no more love... There's no more love for me and
you.. Listen to me..
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Notes:
This is my fic that I've ever submitted to this site, or ever
actually. I'm sorry for the angst but I feel that this story is
driven by it. If you didn't like it, of course I apologise, but
c'mon, at least give me, aw-heck-you-tried points.
Please
point out anything about the story that you may have particularly
liked or disliked this (besides the pairing,
sheesh).
Constructive criticism is great and encouragement even better, but I
don't mind if you flame this as long as you
give a good reason why
you hate it and how I can fix it. (None of these please: YOU SUCK!
GO DIE)
Sorry for the rambling. Lee/Saku! Because sometimes the good guy wins.
