'Turning His Heart...'
A/N: Read and Review! I hope you enjoy it and that you enjoy the story. Just a random story I decided to write out of boredom.
Beware! There are spoilers of the Manga and Naruto Shippuuden!!
Summary: Sasuke fights Sakura and later on, he thinks back, goes after her and realizes a fate that includes both of them. Perhaps there is a reason for him to go to her?
Disclaimer: Naruto is owned by Kishimoto, not me! However, the plot is mine!
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Uchiha Sasuke sat leaning against a wall in the fortress he shared with team Snake. He was watching the sky.
The huge yellow sun was falling victim to the Earth's rotation, making it defeatingly fall behind it's surface, the sky lit up with reds, oranges, yellows, and the other god-like colors of the sunset. It all seemed like the fate of a day of a broken heart.
Sasuke had seen a girl he'd never seen before, and her name was different than any other name in his past. She was in his heart, but not in the way she desired.
Sasuke knew of Haruno Sakura and her starving love for him, but he didn't feel the same way. He told himself that over and over again that night trying to forget the fight he was just in and the same pink haired teammate he hadn't seen in almost three years.
She had called out his name softly, her lips brushing against one another swiftly. He had shown no emotion as he had been taught by Orochimaru. It was all a mystery to him.
Why did she still care so much of him?
He remembered her calling out to him, looking out at her as she begged him to stop attacking them. He didn't of course. His goal was to kill Itachi, nothing more, nothing less, nothing in the middle.
That was the whole purpose of team snake. To get rid of his so called brother.
He sighed and closed his eyes thinking of their encounter with his once young and innoscent teammate.
Although... she was no longer young, she was no longer innocent, no longer weak. Sakura was now powerful, a model medical ninja that should be a basis for anyone to follow.
She had taken after Tsuande in so many ways; she had exact chakra control, she could destroy anything with ease, she had amazing super human strength, and most importantly, she was the most beautiful woman Sasuke had ever seen.
She had grown into so much more than the young girl she used to be, and that made Sasuke change his mind about her.
It was odd, but she meant a lot to him now. She had been a worthy opponent, and had actually been a mild challenge for him. She wasn't anywhere near as strong as him, but she had snuck up on him a few times and that made her a challenge. Not to mention she could destory the ground in large quantities so it was hard to remain standing around her.
The fight had been quite interesting.
Sakura ran into the clearing, yelling his name, and Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"Sakura huh?" he asked. They where alone in the woods and he was standing in a tree looking down at her, his arm resting idly on his sword.
He was bored, uninterested, and annoyed. He had just beaten a few ANBU members that had next to nothing in strength. He had a good time beating them, no one would bring him back to Konoha before he finished his goal.
And even now, he guessed that he'd never again return. Could he?
It wasn't likely.
He had been counted as a missing ninja for so long, it didn't seem like he could go back to his once called home. He'd lived in the woods, in Sound, in all the villages, in and out of everywhere, it was almost impossible to return to his old life.
Sakura froze and turned to look up into the tree at her one true love. She had moved on, forgotten him and tried to find another love.
She thus far, had found nothing.
No man to comfort her, no man to hold her at night, and no one she could whisper to and share her dreams and secrets with.
Only Sasuke.
Sasuke was the only man she ever wanted to love and ever would.
"Sa-su-ke-ku-n..." She said in pieces trying to realize that it really was him. Once shock set in she balled her hands into fists.
"Sasuke-kun!" She yelled up to him. "You have to come back to Konoha! You have to! It's your home!" She pleaded, holding her hands up to her chest, putting her wrists against one another, her eyes starting to burn.
"No.." Sasuke said , his voice even, no emotion present of showing. "Konoha was my home, never against shall I return to that village. It's not my home, it's not the place I belong."
"Then where do you belong!?" She screamed desperately, trying not to cry.
Facing Sasuke alone wasn't like facing him with Naruto and Sai. She couldn't play of their strengths. She was helpless in a fight with Sasuke. Rumor had it he had beaten Deidara in a sight, and even the kazekage had fallen to Deidara.
If Gaara had fallen to Deidara, and Sasuke had beaten him, what did that say about Sasuke's super strength in comparison to her own?
It told Sakura she could never beat Sasuke, but at the same time, it gave her faith. Sasuke had gained the knowledge and power to kill Itachi. And perhaps with that, he would be satisfied and return home? With her? Back to Team seven?
"I belong where I choose, and Konoha isn't the place I choose to belong." He said, tilting his head back to look down at her as if she was next to nothing. "I am well aware of your quest to return me to Konoha, and it will fail. Nothing will ever return me to that despicable village.
"Sasuke-kun you belong with me! And Naruto, and Kakashi-sensei! You belong in Konoha! You're home, he village you where born in! Don't you remember it? Sasuke-kun please!"
Sasuke just stared at her as the wind wiped through his raven hair. "No Sakura... I belong where I choose, and I don't choose Konoha."
Sakura's eyes watered and her tears where coming very apparent in her beautiful emerald eyes.
Sasuke was never one for tears, and he hated them because he himself had let them fall so many times for the loss of his family and the pain of having his own brother spare him and no one else.
But now...? Seeing Sakura begin to cry for him once more. It changed something within his hard chest. Is emotionless exterior.
It wasn't breaking it exactly, it was just... a new feeling. Something he had not felt since he left her on that bench and ran away from Konoha.
"Sakura..." He said in the same voice as when he muttered his thanks to her in the years passed.
"I can not return to Konoha. Run." He told her jumping down from the tree, landing in a crouched position. He stood up confidently and took a few steps towards her, but not enough to be standing beside her.
Sakura shook her head violently, her eyes watering immensely. "NO!" She screamed, taking one step towards him. "Please Sasuke-kun!" She begged, her hands together, the knuckles defined in her black gloves. "Come back with me!" She pleaded, her tears finally breaking over her eye lid and streaming down her face.
She didn't want to fight, but she refused to run. She loved him, now and forever. Today and evermore. It wasn't just a crush anymore, it was a deep and heart felt feeling. She needed him and she couldn't just run away from him.
"Sakura..." He repeated putting his hand on the handle of his katana. "Run or fight me." He warned, taping this katana with his thumb as if to warn her against fighting him.
"I'm not running form you Sasuke." Sakura said, punching the ground as hard as she could, making it shatter out in all directions.
Sasuke stumbled and jumped up in a tree, having never seen Sakura's new-found strength.
"Impressive..." he said his face never changing expressions, but his eyebrow rasing slightly. "So you intend to fight me then?" He asked, knowing that she would surely lose. There was nothing she could do to beat him. It was foolish, stupid and completely and utterly insane .
Sakura paled slightly. She knew she couldn't beat Sasuke alone. She knew if she could keep him off his feet she could buy time until Naruto and Sai arrived to help her.
Sakura continued to demolish the ground under Sasuke's feet. She broke the trees that he jumped into and did everything she could to stop him from attacking.
In all honesty, Sasuke didn't want to fight her. He just dodged her attacks and did nothing else. He didn't want to kill her.
"Sasuke-kun!" Karin yelled standing in a tree.
Sasuke turned his head and then jumped over to her. He stood by her side and still had his arm resting on his sword.
Sakura's eyes widened at seeing this new woman beside Sasuke. Was she the reason he didn't want to come back? He had already found a new love? Pain retched through Sakura's heart as she looked at Sasuke and the girl.
"Let's go Karin." he said as they both vanished from the fight and appeared at the hide out of team snake.
Sakura fell to her knees as Sai and Naruto arrived. Naruto ran to her side and fell down beside her. "Sakura? Are you ok? What happened? Who did you fight? Did you see Sasuke?"
Sakura just shook her head. "Sasuke got away... He left with this girl." She said, shaking slightly in fear and pain. "I couldn't stop him."
Naruto took her arm and helped her stand. "You survived and fought against him bravely you did the right thing." He said, touching her cheek with his hand. He still liked her deep inside his heard, but he knew that Sakura's heart only burned for Sasuke, and he had to accept that. That's why he knew he had to bring him back. So Sakura would be ok.
Sasuke sighed as he got up. He sensed another chakra, and he already knew who the female intruder was.
Sakura.
Sasuke went into the trees, masked his charka and watched her from the distance.
Sakura ran through the woods looking for Sasuke. She needed to see him, to ask about that girl. To talk to him for once.
She'd seen him earlier, but that wasn't enough! It wasn't enough to see her again. She loved him. She needed him. She wanted to be beside him even if it meant abandoning Konoha herself.
They had been best friends, they had talked, been on a team together, saved one another, protected one another. Surely that was enough?
I saw her today... Sasuke's thoughts are in bold
I saw him today... Sakura's thoughts in italics
It has seemed like forever...
It seemed like forever...
She looks better than before...
I couldn't stop staring at him...
She begged me to come back with her...
He refused.
Karin stopped me from talking to her...
A girl took him away...
Karin is obsessed, but I can't stand her at all...
They're probably in love...
I'd pick Sakura over Karin any day...
He's probably really happy with her...
I can't see her now...
He's hiding from me...
I want to step out and talk to her...
He never wants to see me again...
I almost want to run out and hug her...
I should go back to Konoha...
I think there's something wrong with me...
I think there's something wrong with me...
Why does my body feel so warm?
Why do I feel like I need to fall to my knees and cry?
I can't look at her now...
He'll never want to see me again...
I want to talk to her now!
I need to see him again!
I hate this so much...
I feel so stupid!
I miss her...
He doesn't care about me anymore.
Does she still love me?
Does he even care anymore?
I miss her...
He'll never miss me...
I want to see her again...
He'll never want to see me again...
I made up my mind...
I made up my mind...
"SAKURA!" Sasuke yelled running over to her and grabbing her arm. "I need to talk to you.."
Sakura looked back at him and then at his hand. His hand on her wrist and were almost twice the sides of her own. She moved closer to him so it didn't seem like she was trying to run from him.
"What do you want Sasuke-kun?" She asked, expecting him to say something she didn't want to hear.
She seemed disheveled, like she had been fighting with someone, probably another member of team snake.
Sasuke pulled her over to him.
He too was a bit hurt and was dusty. He had been fighting ANBU all day to keep them away from the hide out. It was had been his job to patrol the grounds earlier that day.
Sasuke reached out towards her and touched her cheek lightly with his hand, "I already told you, to talk." He said, letting go of her wrist and looking down at her.
During the time they had been apart Sasuke had a very large growth spirt and was now almost a foot and a half taller than her. The very top of her head barely made it to his collar bone.
He sighed and cupped her chin, making her look up at him. He smiled at her as sweetly as he could. It was hard for him to smile. He bad been taught never to show emotions or do any of such thing.
Sakura tried to pull away from him. "This is a trap! The real Sasuke-kun hates me." She said, to get away from him with both hands now. "Please let me go!"
Sasuke shook his head and his left hand cracked on the back of her neck, knocking her out. She fell limply into his arms and he hosted her up into the strong protective arms.
He held her bridal style as he started to walk. He sighed and looked down at her.
Perhaps... there was a reason for him to return to Konoha?
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