NOTE: Here it is, my brand new fanfic!!!!! I was going to wait until I finished the whole story to put this on the site, but then I said to myself, "Aw, what the hell, Self! If I decide I don't like it, I can delete it!" :P I got a lot of positive comments on my last one, A Mother's Love. About the title, I took it from the song Stronger by Kayne West. You know, the part where it goes "Dat-dat-dat don't kill me can only make me stronger." LOL, sorry! It's hard to understand him! Enjoy this anyway!

"Sasuke, please don't go! have family, and I have friends, but if you're gone...Sasuke...it'll be the same as being alone!" Sakura pleaded with him.

"From here on...a new path will open for all of us," Sasuke replied without even facing her.

Tears began to run down the young kunoichi's face.

"I know about your clan, but revenge... That won't make anyone happy. No one. Neither you...nor I."

"Just as I thought. I walk a different path than you guys. I tried to think that it was my path to do the things we've done up until now. The four of us did things together, but my heart decided on revenge in the end. That's my purpose in life."

Sakura decided it was time to tell him.

"Oh Sasuke… I'm so in love with you I can't even stand it! If you leave, I'll scream!"

He disappeared, then materialized behind her.

"Sakura…Thank you. I will return someday."

"Sasuke…"

Sakura felt a thump on the back of her neck. Then everything went dark.

She sat up in bed.

"It was all a dream…" she gasped. "Only a dream…"

The memory of Sasuke haunted her. She had not seen him in so many years, but she still loved him. Oh God, she loved him so much that it hurt her to think about him. It had been especially hard for her the first few years after he was gone. Everyone told her that it was time to move on, but some how she couldn't. It was painful to have reminders of him, but she didn't think she could survive without them. She thought back to what Tsunade had said to her once.

"Now that Sasuke's gone, there'll be lots of firsts. Your first mission with Kakashi and Naruto without Sasuke, Sasuke's birthday without him, Christmas, Halloween, and all the rest. Soon you'll start to separate time into two categories. Before Sasuke left, and after Sasuke left. I know it's hard, but it will get better."

Sakura had looked up at her, wondering how she knew what she was feeling. After all, Tsunade was an old woman and it had been a long, long time since she had been in love.

"How do you know all this?" Sakura had asked her.

"Because…" Tsunade said, starting to tear up. "I went through the same thing when I lost Dan."

She wiped the drops away.

"It was really hard at first… I didn't think I should even be alive. Once I almost… I almost stabbed myself in the heart with a kunai knife… But Jiraiya…he stopped me. You aren't alone, Sakura. You're not the only one who lost Sasuke. It helps to have friends during these times Naruto…and…Kakashi…and even me…we're here for you, Sakura. Please, let us be with you."

Sakura hugged the older kunoichi.

"Thank you…"

Sakura brought herself back to the present.

"Why, after all these years, would I just suddenly have a dream about Sasuke?" she asked herself.

It had been a long while since Sasuke entered her dreams. Not since the day Naruto came back without Sasuke. But still, Sakura thought about him every single day of her life. All these years.

"After all, it's been a good long time, now. It's been around…Wait…"

Sakura jumped out of bed and ran to grab the calendar on her wall.

"10 years ago tomorrow…10 years since Sasuke left."