Title: The Worlds That Never Were
Summary: You see, stories are just different worlds that you can lose yourself in; until they end, that is. Then you must return to the harshness of reality. -A collection of drabbles and musings that fit nowhere else.-
Rating: T
Author's Notes: As the summary says, this'll be where I stick all my random drabbles and musings that don't fit into any story I'm currently writing. I hope you enjoy them.
The Worlds That Never Were
Loneliness
Maybe…maybe loneliness was what caused all of this, Sakura mused. This, meaning Team Seven, and all that came after. If Naruto was never alone, he never would have strived to be acknowledged as a ninja and a person; he never would have wanted to become Hokage, or if he did, he wouldn't have tried so hard. He wouldn't be the same knuckleheaded, loudmouth shinobi he was now, and Sakura didn't know how she'd live without him.
Sasuke…Sasuke would never have been able to be acknowledged by those that mattered most to him-the dead speak only through whispers on the wind- and the only person that could acknowledge him is his brother, whom had killed the clan in the first place. So he suffers and harms those around him in hopes that one day, Itachi will say that he's good enough, that everything will be alright. Because all it really is, is loneliness; all anyone really wants is to know that they are needed, and wanted; a confirmation that proves that their existence was not meaningless; that they are worth something, to someone. Sasuke is lonely, and he thinks that the only person that can cure that is his brother….
He doesn't see that the people around him love him more that his brother ever could; they love him with everything they've got, and they'd do anything for him, that she'd do anything for him. But he doesn't see that; and so they all suffer in silent misery. How foolish they all are….
Kakashi-sensei. An enigma, maybe even to himself. A person who would never forgive himself for the deaths of his teammates, and spends every day haunted by the mistakes he made almost a lifetime ago; living in the past instead of moving on into the future. Was that how they would all turn out? It seemed inevitable, in a way…they all have mistakes they wish they'd never made.
And lastly, Sakura, herself. After being rejected by the person she once loved more than life itself, she finally saw what life was all about, and saw what she was doing-or not doing, in her case- was going to get her killed. So she refused to be the weakest person on her team, and started training to become a medic nin. But why?
Sakura realized that she only did so, so that if Sasuke ever returned, he'd see how much she'd grown and changed, and maybe then, he would finally acknowledge her. The driving force was, of course, loneliness. She felt like no one in the world understood the pain she was going through. Maybe it was nothing compared to what Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi-sensei had gone through, but it had still hurt her, and shaped her into the person she had become.
Bitter, and still alone, even though they are all surrounded by people-people that are also bitter and alone. And all that each and every one of them wants is to be acknowledged and loved for who they are.
So why does everyone fight each other?
Maybe the answer to that question will never be known. Sakura thinks it's quite pointless; that rather than fighting, people should try and work together. But then, life would be perfect (or something close to that), and there is no such thing as perfect. So everyone will continue living in loneliness and looking for someone to love.
"Everyone is lonely, at bottom, and cries to be understood; but we can never entirely understand someone else, no matter how much we try or want to."-Leo Rosten
