Earth
Sakura wonders if he's sorry. He's been back for two weeks and he acts as if he's never been gone, but they all know that it's not the same. Sakura's still confused, so she avoids him. She doesn't want to talk to him, she thinks she'll just get hurt again.
Naruto wonders if he's broken. He watches their pink-haired teammate with a pained look in his eyes, but keeps his face passive. When Naruto asks Sasuke if he's broken, the Uchiha doesn't reply.
Sasuke wonders if they get it. If they understand that he's sorry and that it's different. When Naruto asks him if he's broken, Sasuke angrily thinks it's a stupid question. Everyone can see they aren't the same...so they must be broken. He only wishes he how to fix everyone. He wonders if they realize everything he's done, and everything that's been done to him. But Sasuke doesn't want pity, or sympathy. Right now, for the first time since Itachi, he wants acceptance. Even from the emotionless idiot Sai. But especially from her.
Kakashi wonders if they know. If they know that he knows how all of them feel, if they know that he sees their pain. Kakashi wonders if Sakura knows he heard her crying, or if Naruto knows he heard him trying. He wonders if Sasuke knows he understands he's dying. Even if it's only on the inside. They are all lost. He knows. And he cannot help them.
Yamato wonders if they see. If they see the pain they cause each other. If they see the emotions swirling within. He knows there is even some small emotions coming to life in Sai. For the boy asked him just the other day what the feeling was in his chest when he saw his teammates.
Sai wonders if they feel it. The stiffness around them, the tense air. Sai wonders if they can cut it out, if they can make it leave. He doesn't like the feeling, he decided. He thinks it's too uncomfortable.
Sakura sees, she knows, she feels it, and she gets it. She understands everything everyone is going through but she cannot do anything. She is too wound up in her own pain to deal with anyone else's. And when Sasuke approaches her, she is shocked. And when he quietly says the words again, they break her heart and she can't keep back the tears. She wonders why she is so weak, why she succumbs to her emotions so quickly. But she decides she doesn't care when two strong arms wrap around her and pull her close. She has penetrated through his walls, through his barriers. All with water from her eyes. And three weeks later, when she leaves for an undercover seductress mission, Naruto begs her not to go. Sasuke looks into the distance, barely hiding his un-easiness and his rage. Kakashi sighs, worry in his visible eye. And when Sakura returns two days late, they all understand when she refuses to let anyone touch her. It pains them all.
Naruto wishes he knew, wishes he understood. He wonders why the world is so screwed up and wants to find out why people are the way they are. He wants to understand why Leaf and his friends weren't enough for the Uchiha. But he feels it, and he knows the Uchiha is sorry. He wonders if life will ever be the same. When Naruto and Sasuke are asked to go on a mission to Wave to kill a man, Sakura cries. And they all understand.
Kakashi knows, as always, that life will never be the same. Teenagers are sent to assassinate people, and young girls are sent on espionage missions. He doesn't think the world should be as it is, and wishes someone would make Naruto Hokage already so that the blonde knucklehead could change it. He is sad for his students, and he is sad that they have gone through so much tragedy and pain. He is sad that their life wasn't happy, and that people didn't get the innocence they deserved. That, and that they couldn't keep it.
Sai watches from a distance, wishing he was part of this bond they all shared. The three, raven, rose and sun-kissed blonde, they are unique, and Sai knows this. He knows he was just a replacement, and he knows they did not hate him. What he doesn't know, is that the rose and the blonde want him to stay. They are willing to extend their arms and pull him in as well. So he sits on the hill watching, oblivious to their signs, and feels sorrow for the first time.
Yamato thinks they are stupid. He thinks that they should know that everyone is connected by the Earth, and that even if someone isn't next to you or holding you, they are somewhere. He muses that this is why people bury bodies in the Earth instead of sending them out somewhere with the ocean. He thinks that if they are in the Earth, they are still here. He ponders if he should tell them of their foolishness but decides not to. He fears that if he does, the Earth will prove him wrong. Yamato decides he doesn't like being wrong.
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Just a collection of the Elements, ways that people related and stuff. A team 7 relationship, leaning towards SasuSaku.
