A/n: here's the second installment of Mer de Noms. This one is gonna be kinda on the angsty side, actually most of them will be. Sorry if that turns you off, but no one is gonna force you to read this. So, without further comments from the peanut gallery, I give you Sleeping Beauty. Enjoy!
"Sasuke, why did you have to leave us? Couldn't you see that I loved you," a certain pink haired kunoichi wondered aloud.
It had been exactly one year since Sasuke fled the village, betraying Konoha in favor of the power offered by Orochimaru, and Sakura now finds herself being overcome by thoughts of the raven haired boy.
Delusional
I believe I can cure it all for you, dear
Coax or trick or drive or
drag the demons from you
Make it right for you sleeping beauty
Truly thought
I can magically heal you
"I know you wanted to gain power so you could avenge your family, but was it really worth betraying those of us still living who care about you ? There were other options open for you, but you were blinded by your stupid fucking hatred and lust for revenge to see them since you had that snake-bastard dangling his offer of free power in front of you."
You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
Failing miserably to rescue
Sleeping Beauty
"GODDAMN IT! Why the hell did you sell your soul to that piece of shit, when I know for a fact that you knew damn well he just wanted to use you as his next body? Did you really not see what you had right in front of you, or did you just not care?"
Drunk on ego
Truly thought I could make it right
If I kissed you one more time to
Help you face the nightmare
But you're far too poisoned for me
Such a fool to think that I can wake you from your slumber
That I could actually heal you.
Sakura couldn't help but weep as she thought of the boy she loved. She remembered clearly the day that Shikamaru and his team had returned from their mission to retrieve Sasuke. How it felt as though her heart had been ripped, still beating, from her chest. After all, it is next to impossible to ignore the pain experienced when the emotional skeleton is ripped from your body. For a long time after that day she had felt like a walking corpse, it wasn't so much that she wanted to die, rather it felt like her insides were dead and she was wondering when the rest of her would catch up. That pain had eventually settled into a sort of numbness that seemed to be a constant companion for her nowadays.
Sleeping Beauty
Poisoned and hopeless
You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
Failing miserably to find a way to comfort you
"God, I would give anything to have you back here Sasuke-kun, but we both know that you aren't coming back. I want to move on, but I just can't seem to. Goddamn it why didn't you let us help you? Why were you so fucking hellbent on bearing your burden on your own, on doing everything alone?"
Far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
And hiding from some poisoned memory
"Did you ever really see us as anything but an obstacle, did you ever even try? I told Naruto that I hated him for not keeping his promise to me, but that's not really true. I don't hate him, I can't hate him. I know him well enough to know that he did everything in his power to bring you back, and for that, I am in his debt. I just wish he was here now for me to apologise."
Poisoned and hopeless
Sleeping Beauty
The young girl wept for quite some time, and eventually cried herself to sleep. When she awoke in the morning, she felt something that she hadn't in a long time. For the first time in a year she felt free. Though she still hurt, the pain was far more bearable and for once she felt like she could move on with her life.
(A/n: It's short, I know, but this is what came out. So, once again, liked it, hated it, whatever, tell me what you think. Criticism is always welcome, so long as it's constructive. Mindless flaming will not be tollerated, as it is the sign of a small mind and smaller, well you know -D Later y'all.)
