Disclaimer: Nope, not for Naruto.  For this 'poem' type thing (I like to call it a 'memoir of friendship'), however, I spent a total of three minutes on, and voila! I own this. XD

No Going Back: Sakura

It wasn't just me, Ino
I know I ended our friendship,
But if I hadn't, would you have?

I guess we'll never know now.

I'm not as naïve as I once was,
But even then, I saw those cunning side-glances.
I didn't want to risk it – I didn't want to break.

I was too afraid for you to tell me what I already knew.

Well, I did break anyway.
I'm not sure if that's what you wanted.
If so … congrats: I'm shattered beyond repair.

With no one left to turn to.

That ribbon – that beautiful crimson fabric;
I treasured that, you know?
But it hurt far too much to hold onto it.

So I pushed it away.

You know our rivalry?
The truth is; I never wanted it.
I only wanted a best friend.

And you weren't there.

I knew I couldn't rely on you;
Not when I wanted to talk about him.
Not when you had a crush and I was in love.

Even at that young age I knew.

Yes, I knew even then that it was more.
More than just an infatuation:
More than a moment's crush.

I was in love, and I couldn't tell any one.

That fight we had, however,
I fought for us; not him.
I wanted to fix it, but we couldn't.

We both knew that.

When I went to train with the Hokage,
I wasn't thinking of our rivalry.
Nor was I thinking of getting together with him.

Only thinking to continue with my life and move on.

After all, we couldn't go back,
Though we did try.
We had drifted too far, but in the end…

I truthfully only have myself to blame.

As I had ended it, and there is no going back, so forward is all we have left.

The End

AN: Well, I believe all of what I wrote here; it was Sakura who ended the friendship – true. However, Ino isn't the type to share and their stubbornness wouldn't have let their friendship stay.

It was either Sakura end it when she did, or let Ino decide when to end it, or worse: Let their relationship slowly shift into a deep, half-hidden hatred, and by then, it really would be damaged far beyond repair. -Sighs-

Well, tell me your thoughts if you like, and thanks for reading. Ja ne!

Naruto's version coming soon…

- Cady :D

Ps. This is helping me a lot with getting out of a story-updating rut that I'm currently stuck in, so please bear with me!