Hello all, and welcome back to Decision, I just want to say that I'm glad to finally write on this story and while it will be a shorter story than my other one, its's more about morals than other things. As forMan. Shu., you hit the nail on the center for your review for chapter one, the comment you made at the end is partially already in this chapter to better explain it, but its with the course of the story that it gets to the point.
R and R and Here we go!
Chap. 2 An unexpected Incidence
One step to go.
Sakura kept her eyes ahead at the sight which had held her, protected her, and kept her sane. She needed more of it, needed it to come alive and stop her.
She sighed, closed her eyes, breathed in the sweet air, and took the final step.
The wind came up to hit her in the face and she relaxed her muscles, allowing gravity to do its work. Her feet came free and she plummeted to the water below.
The wind had stopped blowing. There was almost no pain. The only pain there was, was coincidentally in her right shoulder blade.
She looked up and stared with amazement at a boy no older than her, who held her body and arm from completing her quest. He started to pull Sakura up and she just allowed her body to go limp as he pulled on her.
She reached the top of the cliff again and was internally angry. She had spent the last two hours trying to pluck up the courage to do that! She looked up at the boy as he started to speak to her.
"You Okay?" The boy asked in a concerned voice.
He wanted to know if she was alright? Of course she wasn't alright! She was a lunatic. An idiot for trying to end her life. But still, she wanted to do it even now. She was doing this for simple reasons. She had no one, literally no one to help her when she was down. No one to shield her from the pain that resided in her throbbing heart. And this guy had to ruin everything!
"Of course I'm alright why wouldn't I be? Go on. I'll be fine. Just tripped is all." As soon as he left, she would run for the cliff and jump so far, no one would be able to stop her. Unfortunately, the boy never moved away.
"Hello?" Sakura asked with annoyance adorning her face
"You're might 'trip' again if I leave you alone." The boy voiced loudly on the words.
"Ah...I... I... I would no..."
"They say that when a girl stutters, she is either overjoyed or embarrassed," The boy stated as the girl before him tried to speak, "and you don't look overjoyed to me."
"Well... Why don't you... just go jump off a cliff?"
"I like a challenge. I'd just rather jump from a lower spot in order to not kill myself. Wouldn't you agree?"
"Well... Yeah... I..Guess"
'Dang it!' There was no way she could jump now that this boy had put logic into the equation. Logic was what kept her from doing all the stupid things in her miserable life. And it looked like he wouldn't be leaving anything soon.
''Are you just going to stand in the rain all day?'' The boy in question asked
''What does it matter to you?'' Sakura asked with anger
''Well, nothing really. But when a beautiful girl is soaked to the bone, it might be good to offer her an umbrella.''
Sakura looked down at herself and immediately covered up. Her idea of clothing had always been terrible, but the forecast had only stated a 5% chance of rain. She swore that it was sunny this morning. She had decided to wear a white skirt and pink blouse to match her hair. Now they were almost transparent. It didn't help that her underwear was also white.
''Do you want my jacket?''
''UH...Sure" Sakura quickly accepted the jacket he had offered and wrapped herself in it to prevent anyone from seeing anything.
The boy started to turn and Sakura thought that he was leaving until he bent down and picked something off of the ground.
An umbrella. He shook it out quickly before handing it to her. She took the umbrella from him and bent it upwards toward the sky.
As Sakura looked at the boy again, she realized two things.
One, He didn't have a coat on. And the second, he had the eyes of an ocean.
''Um... you can have your umbrella back if you want.'' Sakura offered, sticking the umbrella out a bit.
"Nnn...No... I'm fffiiinnneee.''
"HUH... now who's stuttering'' Sakura smirked at the comeback.
As the teenagers laughed at their little joke, Sakura looked into the boy's eyes more closely. They seemed to draw her in and relax her. They were still as the sea one moment and unpredictable the next.
"We'll share okay?'' Sakura offered
"Okay'' The boy nodded his head
"I'm Naruto by the way. The boy now known as Naruto said as he held out his hand.
"Sakura. pleased to meet you''
"Pleased to meet you too. So...Sakura, mind if I walk you home?''
Sakura looked closely at Naruto. He seemed like a nice guy. He was smiling and that alone made her feel safe with him. Plus, he HAD just saved her life. What was worse than dying? Certainly not walking home with this nice guy
"Sure Naruto."
As they two walked side by side, The rain continued to fall, but the sky parted to reveal a star, and the star blinked as though a new friend had been made.