I was listening to 'Loneliness' by Toshiro Masuda, You know, the sad song that played when Haku died? Yeah, so I thought of writing one of Sakura dying. I bet, a lot of people like Sasuke POV fanfiction, don't you reckon?
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU LISTEN TO 'LONELINESS' while reading this.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Seriously, if I did, Naruto wouldn't be the name of the anime.
SasuSaku
Just One Touch.
by Charmful Ika.
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Loneliness – Toshiro Masuda.
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We were fighting an army of sound ninja, 4 against 40. As Naruto said 'I like those odds.' But that was in the Chuunin Exams. But, now. We are 18 years old. I have finally completed my first goal. Defeating the almighty Itachi Uchiha. Now, I need to restore my clan. I have time. It doesn't have to be now.
THUD! KICK! SLASH! BOOM!
I defeat more sound ninja, kick and punch. Punch and kick. It had never fazed me. For now I am a Sannin. Taking after the footsteps of the KIA Snake pedophile, Orochimaru.
KICK! THUD! BOOM! SLASH!
More and more killed. Weak. Just like the pink hair Jounin in my team. She was still not strong. Not to me. Sometimes I wonder, what Naruto sees in her. Sometimes, I wonder why she ever loved me in the first place. Sometimes...
'Thankyou, you saved me from Gaara right?' - Sakura
'I have to protect the ones precious to me!' - Naruto
'I will protect you with my life, all of you.' - Kakashi
And me? Feh, I could care less about protection. I don't need to protection. I don't need to protect anyone who is special to me because... they are all gone. On that day. But now, I can live in peace for the one who caused me this.. greif. He has been killed.
But, there is a side of me, that.. wasn't happy. It always screamed 'KAKASHI WAS RIGHT' or 'REVENGE ISN'T THE ANSWER!' ... I still remember that night, 6 years ago. Before I got attacked by the Sound 5. The moment I thought about the a normal ninja life, or a revengeful ninja life.
FLASHBACK
"Let it go. You've got to forget about revenge." said Kakashi.
"What?" I snapped.
"Believe me, with this life, I've met a lot of guys that feel the way you do." Kakashi answered.
"Trust me, those who follow the path of revenge, it never ends well." Kakashi said calmly, looking me in the eye.
"You'll only tear yourself apart. And even if you succeed and get your revenge, what will you have then?"
I looked at him in pure anger
"Nothing. Emptiness" Kakashi deadpanned.
"SHUT UP! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT!?" I snapped back again.
"IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO TALK, YOU HAVE NO IDEA!" I shouted at him.
"Easy there, calm down." Kakashi said, trying to calm me down. It wasn't working.. well, a little bit.
"What if I was to kill everyone important and special in your life, all the things that gave your life meaning. Maybe then I'll listen to you. That would mean you would have SOME IDEA ABOUT HOW I FEEL." I said menacingly.
"Hmm, it's an interesting theory, but I'm afraid, you're a little late to put it to the test." Kakashi said.
"Everyone you're talking about, has already been killed." Kakashi said, doing his left eye smile. I looked at him, wide-eyed.
END FLASHBACK
That.. always distant and thoughtful side of me appeared whenever.. I thought about my revenge. Now, I have killed Itachi.. I did feel empty. I.. didn't feel any purpose for my life anymore ...
THUMP! JAM! HACK! SLASH! CHINK!
Killing the last of the sound ninja I leaned against a tree.
"Hehe, SAKURA-CHAN! You were awesome! You kicked sound ass!" Naruto shouted. Making moves, hitting the air. "Hehe, thanks Naruto-kun!" Sakura thanked. Smiling a bright smile. The smile, that would make my heart jump out of my chest. The smile that made my head go sideways. The smile that made me get butterflies in the pit of my stomach.
The smile that made me very close to smiling back as well.
Kakashi set up camp. "We are staying here tonight. Me and Naruto share a tent and Sasuke and Sakura share the other one." Kakashi said.
"B-BUT! SASUKE-TEME MIGHT RAPE SAKURA-CHAN OR SOMETHING!" Naruto whined, flailing his arms and pouting. "Feh, talk about yourself dobe." I said. "TEME! IF YOU DARE LAY A FINGER ON MY SAKURA-CHAN, YOU WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!" Naruto shouted. His face going red. Please, I don't have time to deal with this.
"Che, dobe." I said icily, effectively ending the conversation. I went inside my tent to find Sakura already in there. "Sasuke, you can have the futon on the left." Sakura said going to her own futon and tucking the bed sheets under her and going to sleep.
No -kun? She definitely is over me, which is good. Stupid fangirl, so annoying. But... her eyes, she never looks directly at me. I've noticed. I went into the futon on the left and lied down. My back to Sakura. I heard her ragged breathing. She's not asleep yet.
I shifted uncomfortably in my bed. Now I was facing her, I could feel the heat radiating from her presence. How tempting to just go there and – NO NO NO! Sasuke mentally slapped himself to his thoughts.
I heard her breathing becoming even. I watched as she shifted onto her back then to the side facing me. I looked at her face. She was.. beautiful. More beautiful than anything I've ever seen. It's like she radiated an angel's light.
Then I heard a whisper; "Sasuke...kun."
It was Sakura's. She was dreaming about me? A sudden happiness filled my heart and I had to resist the urge to blush.
"Please... don't leave --" Sakura whispered again. Shifting onto her back.
Ah, she is probably remembering that night, when I left her on the bench. My head was filled with the memories of Team 7. Then I stumbled into the land of blackness and dreams... along with nightmares.
"SASUKE-KUN!" Sakura shouted. Waking me up. I groaned. Getting up. It was still dark. "Oh uh, gomen Sasuke. I just had a nightmare is all. You can sleep again." Sakura apologised to me. I somehow felt sorry for her. She didn't deserve nightmares.
Then suddenly my heart took over my body.
"Come here." I said, gesturing her to come to my futon. What am I doing?! Sakura looked at me confusedly. "A-are you sure Sasuke-kun?" Sakura stammered. "Just come here." I said, getting impatient. Sakura gulped and crawled to my side.
She lied down, her back facing me. I was now in control. Fuck this heart of mine. I shifted so my back was facing her back.
I had the urge to.. put my arms in a steel hold around her waist. The .. smell, the warmth, the.. love she was emitting from her sleeping form was very very tempting and inviting. I finally heard her slow breathing, meaning she was asleep.
I took this as my advantage to do what my heart was telling me to do. Argh, why the hell am I doing this in the first place?
My arms snaked around her waist, tugging her into my chest. My head nuzzling into her neck. There I slept into the darkness. Slowly going into my own dark abyss of a world.
The suns rays reflected into the tent, sending the rays of light into my eyes. I mentally groaned. Opening my eyes to see a pink hair beauty sleeping in my arms. I got up and went out of the tent. Leaving the sleeping Sakura inside.
I saw Kakashi get out of the tent. "Ah, good morning Sasuke." Kakashi greeted. Doing his eye smile, then taking out his beloved Icha Icha Paradise porn book.
"MORNING SENSEI! TEME!" A loud an obnoxious Naruto shouted. "Dobe." I replied. Kakashi simply put his hand up and waved a little. "Hey, where's Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked. "Slee--" "Right here." Sakura was right behind Kakashi.
"HEY SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto shouted. Can the dobe get anymore annoying? The pink beauty giggled. "Hey Naruto-kun!" Sakura replied.
We ate in silence, which was a first. What was up with them? Naruto should be blabbing something about being the next Hokage. But, whatever.
I heard a small ruffle in the trees. Turning my guard on. Using my sharingan to scan the area.
THERE! I saw.. a sound ninja? What the hell? Didn't we destroy the last of them?
Tch. "One sound Ninja." I said. Everyone else nodded and took their stance. Ready to fight. They appeared in front of us. I remembered him very clearly. The one that put me in a half death.
"My my gave me quite a fright, leaving and killing Orochimaru like that." said one the sound nin.
He launched at me. Throwing him a punch. I obviously dodged. Then I took my chance to hit him in the gut but then the sound nin 'poofed' "A bunshin!" I sneered. Then the real sound nin came out of the trees. "Sasuke Uchiha, it's been a while. I haven't seen you ever since you killed Orochimaru, you're going to get payback for that! Oh, before I do. I forgot to tell you my name. Kimimaro.. Kimimaro Kaguya." said 'Kimimaro.' Then he attacked, not me this time. But Sakura.
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I watched as Sakura fought Kimimaro.. she's getting hurt, bloodied up and bruised. I took my chance to attack Kimimaro. "CHIDORI! ONE THOUSAND BIRDS!" I shouted aiming for Kimimaro's heart. But before I got him, Kimimaro .. TOOK OUT HIS BONES!? How is that .. possible? I hit him but, the 'bone' deflected my chidori and I went back a few feet to get a good look at him... and Sakura.
Sakura was, alright. She was healing herself. Kakashi and Naruto were fighting Kimimaro's bunshin, which was. Easier said than done.
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MUCH LOVE.
Ika.