Hey all, this is my first fan fic so please be kind and review. I don't own Naruto, unfortunately but if i did Sasuke would end up with Sakura and have a huge family! Hee love that kind of stuff. Kind of depressing fic.
Thanx,
Slyvia!
"Sasuke!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs "we're not letting you go this time!"
"Tch. Get out of my way Naruto." Sasuke replied, turning his back on his former teammate. His stone cold eyes looked to the ground as the wind blew softly against his face, he could faintly make out another chakra coming closer.
"Don't turn your back to me!" Naruto again screeched with red eyes of guilt, anger and sadness. He clenched his fists as Sasuke turned around. Naruto's strings from his headband caught in the wind as he steadied his stance. I will make you see, I'll bring you back to Konoha I promised Sakura.
"…" Sasuke stared at Naruto. He recognized the Kyuubi's strength emanating from his body. Sasuke could feel the third chakra source getting closer. Somehow it felt strangely familiar.
"I don't have time to waste on you." Sasuke said coldly, once again starting to walk away.
"I will make you see! Your revenge isn't worth this; you're not the only one in pain you know!" Naruto barked, seething in anger.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the last remark and stopped. A picture of his family flashed through his mind, quickly shattered with blood. He stiffened in anger and turned fully around, looking into Naruto's red Kyuubi eyes.
"No one knows my pain!"
"I do. I was always alone-"
"You fool! That's not the same" Sasuke reached behind his back to his Kusanagi. His hand clasped the handle in fury. "I have to kill Itachi and no one is going to stop me. I am warning you, don't get in my way."
"You don't get it do you? I wasn't just talking about myself!" Naruto cried.
"…" Sasuke's grip loosened on his blade as he stared at Naruto.
"Sakura. You left her after all she did for us!" Naruto inched closer to Sasuke as his body trembled at the thought of what Sakura had become after Sasuke left.
"What does she have to do with this? From what I understand she left the village and joined the Akatsuki" Sasuke stated bitterly still feeling the third chakra source coming closer. He hadn't noticed it before but it was strong. His arms trembled slightly as the chakra disappeared.
"That doesn't matter." Naruto lied. Sakura's departure of the village happened when he was on a mission. It was a shock but Naruto didn't hate her for it. He remembered Kakashi's words to Sai and himself.
"So she just left?" Sai asked with a slight sadness to his voice. He sat down on the edge of a bench as Naruto stood in place.
"It seems so." Kakashi replied.
"What do we-"Naruto started but was cut off by Sai.
"She is our enemy, we have to kill her." Sai replied bitterly through hateful eyes.
"Sai-"Kakashi drawled.
"What are you talking about?!" Naruto yelled, punching Sai to the ground, standing over him, and grasping his collar. "How could you say that, she is our teammate!"
"Was our teammate." Sai corrected.
"Naruto stop." Kakashi said pulling Naruto off Sai.
"Why Kakashi- sensei? Why would she go with them?" Naruto bit through his teeth, holding back tears. "Does she hate us?"
"No. I don't think she did it for that reason. Naruto, Sai you two have to understand something" Kakashi started with a heavy sorrowed sigh. "Sakura was dying. Not physically but inside, she tried not to show it and stay strong but that last meeting with Sasuke shattered everything. She realized that he wasn't coming back."
"So why then?" Sai asked rather curiously.
"I think it was because she didn't have the strength to smile anymore. She couldn't go on with hopeful thinking that Naruto would bring back Sasuke. Sakura loved Sasuke a lot, even though he left her, she still loved him. I guess she got tired of waiting around."
Sai's face became readable at that moment. A look of pain crossed his eyebrows as he lowered his eyes to the ground. He stared at the pebbles and hoped secretly, that Sakura would be alright.
"But-" Naruto started startled by Sai's expression but was silenced by Kakashi.
"Sakura's" Kakashi stated again look at an anguished Sai and devastated Naruto "spirit died the day Sasuke left. Naruto, you didn't see her the past two years. She tried so hard to become strong but inside, all the training never helped her. Her heart was broken, but I don't think she left us for her own personal gain. She left to keep you and Sasuke safe. She still loves you both and would never want you to forget it. Hopefully Sasuke feels that, wherever he is."
Naruto remembered his sensei's reason for her departure, it angered him. He felt betrayal but at the same time he felt guilty. He couldn't stop Sasuke or Sakura. Although she was with the Akatsuki, he felt safe for the first time in his life. He understood why she had done what she did; she was protecting him and Sasuke.
"She still loves you"
"I don't care" Sasuke replied maliciously. Secretly he hated the fact that she betrayed the village. He didn't have the slightest idea why she would go with the Akatsuki. "I don't have time for this. I will give you one more-"
"She did it for us! She was always protecting us, no matter if you thought she was weak or not."
"This ends now." Sasuke stated pulling his Kusanagi from his rope belt lunging towards Naruto.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as hundreds of clones filled the area. "I will bring you back!"
Sasuke used his Chidori to destroy most of the clones and his fireball jutsu for the rest. Naruto and Sasuke became locked in an intense battle of kicks, flying fists and random threats hissed at each other unawares of the chakra coming towards them.
After a strenuous battle Sasuke and Naruto stared each other down from opposite sides of the forest.
"I see you are serious about this. I am done playing with you." Sasuke coolly put advancing to the second stage of the curse seal and forming rapid hand signs preparing for some jutsu.
"I will never break my promise to Sakura; I will bring you back even if I have to drag you!" Naruto yelled make the hand signs for his Rasegneon with all nine of the nine tailed fox's tails attached to his back.
The two rivals readied their attacks as the ground below them cracked and trees bent over is terror of the two evil chakras ready to be unleashed. The two shinobi stared at each other with hatred, remorse and anger in their eyes. It was the end.
Naruto lunged toward Sasuke and Sasuke reacted by racing toward Naruto. Naruto's blue swirling ball of chakra grew as he screeched across the open field as Sasuke's left hand glowed a dark electric blue grew as he furrowed his eyebrows.
"Rasengeon!"
"Chidori!"
The two shinobi were within feet of each other as the stretched out their hands aiming for the other's heart. Sasuke grinned with malice as Naruto screamed running towards him.
"Stop!" A moment of realization hit when in front of Sasuke was Sakura's back. She stared at Naruto as he raised his eyebrows unable to stop his attack. Sasuke stopped grinning when he couldn't stop his attack either. A dead moment of silence filled the earth as the wind stopped and the two attacks collided.
The Rasengeon and Chidori went straight through Sakura's body as the three shinobi were engulfed in a field of chakra that threw both of the boys back into the ground. The massive chakra surge expanded leaving destruction of the earth in its wake.
Naruto remembered two green eyes in place of Sasuke's sharingan. A set of pink furrowed eyebrows clenched with a solemn mouth. Her arms were stretched outright as she tried to shield the boys from hitting each other.
Naruto couldn't stop, his right hand went right through the middle of her torso, into her upper stomach. As he pushed his hand all the way through she laid her small delicate hands on his forearm and whispered "I'm sorry Naruto." She smiled faintly as Naruto noticed Sasuke's hand come through her back into her heart and out the other side of her chest. Her green eyes widened as spurts of blood came from her nose and mouth. She looked at Naruto directly in the eyes.
Sasuke remembered her back. She wore no Akatsuki cloak; he figured she must have left it, for her forehead protector was still slashed atop her head. She had changed her dress slightly from the last time he saw her. She still wore the same black shorts and beige skirt but instead wore a tight fitting red top from the top of her chest to the top of her shorts; underneath the red tope she wore a mesh shirt. It was a low scoop that showed her neck and stopped at her shoulders. Her elbows were covered with fabric as her shins were protected with off white protectors. Her nails and toe nails were painted purple. He could see her hair had re grown and was just past her shoulders. He couldn't stop his attack and put his hand straight threw her left upper chest, into her heart. He felt the muscles constrict as he passed through her chest. The warmth and tension of her flesh on his hand soon met the cold air outside; he then knew he had put a massive hole in her. Straight through her heart.
Within minutes Naruto could hear the faint whispers of someone. He opened his eyes and sat up from his dug in position in the ground. He looked at his blood stained hands and realized that the blood was not Sasuke's. He looked up and saw Sasuke cradling the mangled form of Sakura.
Sasuke's body was soaked in her blood as he held her body close to his. He could feel her warmth fading from her body as he tried to pull her closer. Tears formed in the corners of his eyes as he looked into her eyes. She blinked slowly as blood rolled out her mouth and from her wounds. He stroked her face with his bloody hand.
"Sakura, come on. Stay with me. Stay with me. Hold on." His tears rolled down his cheeks as he brought her face towards his. He held the back of her head with one hand as he pressed her face to his cheek, crying onto her broken form. He hadn't cried since Itachi killed their clan. The tears sprang from his eyes.
The dust cleared as Sasuke was flung into the ground. He had bruises all along his back with various cuts and scrapes adorning his arms and legs. He coughed through the dust as he tried to remember what happened. In the smoky dust a silhouetted figure was rapidly falling to the ground. He smirked as he wiped some blood from his lips.
'Finally got him. Its over.'
He sat up with difficulty as he assumed the impact had broken some ribs, and looked at his hands. Blood. Dark crimson and all over. It was not just on his hands but it was splattered all over his body, covering his chest with a few drops on his face. He soon looked at his hands with disgust. He remembered something, something pink.
'Sakura'
He rose as quickly as he could as the body was falling. He lunged forward ignoring the pain and caught the frail, limp form as he looked onto her face.
'No! No!' rang over and over in his head as he cradled her body. He trembled as he moved her blood soaked pink hair away from her face. He rested his hand on her cheek and whispered for her to wake up. Tears welled inside of his eyes as he realized that the body wasn't Naruto's. His mind took minutes to absorb the knowledge. He didn't get him. He got her. He couldn't comprehend it all. He couldn't believe that it was her. She saved him and Naruto. It was supposed to be him, Naruto, lying in bloody heaps. Not her. It was supposed to be Naruto who would gasp out his last breaths before him. Not her. It was supposed to be Sakura crying in Konoha about Naruto's death, not him for hers. Not her. Not Sakura.
She coughed up blood and tried to speak but was hushed by Sasuke.
"Why did you –"
"Sasuke… I'm sorry…" Blood flowed from her wounds in the chest as she clasped his hand in her cold one. "I love you" she cried as she looked into his eyes.
"I love you too Sakura. I always have." She smiled at him as her free hand travelled up to his cheek. He leaned into her hand, trying to steal the warmth from it. Somewhere he thought that if he kept cradling her she would come back.
"Don't leave me! You'll be alright. Please don't go. I need you ! Please, please!" He begged as Naruto watched and inched closer to Sasuke. Sasuke noticed and stared at him. Naruto's eyes were full of pain as he watched his former partner hold Sakura's body close. He had no words. All he did was stare at them. He noticed the blood and looked to his own hands for reassurance that he had stopped his attack. But there was none. His hands were full of her blood, not Sasuke's but Sakura's. His childhood love, his teammate, his friend.
"Sasuke" She coughed out. Her hand started to fall from his face in her weakness but Sasuke caught it. He pressed it to his face again.
"Please, don't do this to me. Don't leave me. Sakura, stay with me, I can't lose you. Please, I love you so much, I'm sorry; I'm sorry don't go, please. Stay, for me." Sasuke couldn't hold in the pain as her eyes flickered with sadness as she knew. She knew.
"Sasuke I always wanted to be at your side, to follow you-" She cried as tears rolled down her cheeks into her smile.
"Sakura don't do this. Don't go. I want to be with you. Please just-"Sasuke choked out as she glanced over to Naruto. Sasuke's voice grew raspy. He was begging her not to leave. All he could do was beg, he was begging death not to take her, not to take her from him. He was begging fate to be kind and give him another chance, just one more.
"Naruto" She whispered. He came close and put his hand over her heart trying to stop the bleeding and put some of his chakra into the wound, but it didn't work. As hard as he tried the wounds didn't close. He was helpless. The hands that would become the next Hokage meant nothing in terms of saving his friend. He realized that the Kyuubi's power wasn't the type to save anyone. Sasuke watched as tears streamed down his face as he stroked her had with the tips of his fingers.
"I'm here Sakura."
"Sakura" Sasuke frantically said "Don't leave, please don't leave me behind. Don't go somewhere I can't. Please don't-" he tried searching for the right words but all he could do was beg her to do the impossible.
"Sakura, Tsunade, she can heal-" Naruto sobbed at his unreal words. Nothing could help her. Not even the great medic herself.
"Naruto, Sasuke, I'm sorry-" she coughed up more blood. The time was near and neither shinobi could do anything about it. In the end, all they did was cause her pain, they could never heal her broken heart.
"Sakura, don't. It was never your fault. Please just hold on a bit longer please." Sakura's eyes blinked slowly. She opened her eyes with difficulty as the eye lids seemed to be stitching themselves closed for eternity. She was fighting death with every fiber, but it was too late.
"Sasuke, Naruto I love you both- she clenched Naruto's hand and kept the last of her strength for pressing her hand to Sasuke's cheek. "I love you, I-" she breathed heavily with great strain as her chest heaved up and down for the last time with raspy breaths. Sasuke leaned down towards her face. His breath hitched as his tears dripped onto her face. He kissed her with all the passion he possessed. She responded as best she could but her efforts faltered as she smiled slightly. Sasuke kissed her harder hoping that his kiss would keep her from leaving. His free hand brushed over her cheek as he started to tremble. He closed his eyes hoping to see her beautiful jade eyes liven. She blinked one last time with a single tear drip down her face.
"Sakura! Sakura!" Sasuke yelled he pressed her body against his. He kissed her face as her eyelids glazed over her green eyes. Her smile stayed in place, she whispered one last thing to Sasuke "I will never leave you. I love you Sasuke." With that, she departed the world. Her hand on Sasuke's cheek drooped and fell to the ground. Naruto stared in disbelief as Sasuke screamed Sakura's name. Sasuke lowered her body to the ground and laid on top her chest screaming into her neck to come back and that he loved her. He was sorry. Sasuke tried shaking her slightly to awaken, but she didn't move. She was gone and no amount of training or power to could bring her back.
Her face was peaceful. She was an angel shrouded in blood. Sasuke lifted his head every now and then to hopefully catch her bright green eyes or smile. He longed to feel her soft touch on his face. He didn't want it to end this way.
"Sasuke" Naruto said but was interrupted by Sasuke.
"Naruto, what have we done. What have we done." He repeated.
Naruto closed his eyes as he felt the sun light's rays fade from the sky. 'We were always ahead of you. You always watched our backs as we trained. We left you behind so long. I never realized how much pain you were in Sakura. I'm sorry. We left to get stronger; we left you behind, but now look. After all these years, you're the one leaving us behind. We can't even see your back anymore' The tears in Naruto's eyes glistened as he gripped Sakura's hand. He watched Sasuke and his heart wrenched. A large burst of tears remained at the back of his throat as listened to Sasuke's pleas. His pleas of love and forgiveness. He wanted to see her smile. For so long had he lived each day to see that smile, but no more. He never realized it, neither of them, how much that smile kept them going.
'Naruto, what have we done. What have we done.'
Naruto wondered the same thing: what had they done.
Fin
Thanx for reading this, please be kind and review. I kind of want to make a sequel but i don't think i will. If you REALLY want one tell me and i will, but if not i will just keep it as it is. I will take requests for Sakura pairings but it depends on if i like the duo. Until next time
Slyvia:P
