Lost Love

Chapter 2

"What's wrong, Naruto?" I asked, concerned.

"I just found out the worst thing! Sakura..." he moaned, and I realized he was crying. "Sakura...he's back! He's back! Sasuke's back!!" And then, to my surprise, he began to cry even harder, and then, he said,"But he's different. Sakura...I think he's going to kill us!!"

I just stood there in shock. This is not happening, this can NOT be happening, I thought. NO! Sasuke wouldn't do that...Or would he? Then I said,"Naruto, how did you find this out? Who told you?"

"No one," Naruto sniffed. "I was walking home from Ichiraku's and I saw Sasuke talking to someone. He was talking about destroying the village Sakura!!"

I took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. "Is that all you heard Naruto?"

"No..it sounded like they had some sort of deal going on. I'm not sure. But he sounded all weird Sakura! Not like the Sasuke we used to know. He sounded EVIL Sakura. What do we do?!"

"Well, for one thing, we need to tell Lady Tsunade. Naruto, why didn't you tell her in the first place? And then we need to...I don't know Naruto. For once, I really don't know." I fell silent, thinking.

Naruto's panicked voice interrupted my thoughts. "But Sakura, why do you think he wants to destroy Konoha? Do you think it's some evil plan of Orochimaru's or something? Why -"

"I don't know Naruto!" I snapped. I really couldn't take anymore of this. First, I think of him, find out I still love him, and then I find out he's evil. This was just too much. "If you want to find out so bad, why don't you just ask him?!"

"Yeah!" Naruto exclaimed. "We'll go ask him! Great idea Sakura! I'll pick you up in five minutes!" He hung up.

"Naruto, you idiot!" I shrieked into the now dead phone. "Geez, like I really meant to go ASK him..." I started muttering a whole bunch of stuff about the stupidity of this whole situation.

Exactly five minutes later, the doorbell rang. I sighed and reluctantly got up to answer the door. Sure enough, there stood Naruto, dressed in his usual orange and black. "Hi Sakura!" he said, flashing me a huge grin.

I couldn't help but grin back. "Hey Naruto," I sighed. "Let's do this." He took my hand and started walking. "So...Any idea where we're going?" I asked.

He looked at me sheepishly and shook his head. "Do you ever think Naruto?" I asked him, giving him a hit on the head. "I have an idea where he might be. Let's go!" I started leading him towards our destination.

Naruto was glancing around, unfamiliar to where we were. "Uh, Sakura, you know where we're going right?" he asked me nervously. I nodded, keeping my eyes on the road. "Where are we going?"

"Uchiha Complex," I replied. I looked at his shocked expression and said, "What? It's where he would go right? I mean, before he destroyed everything?"

Naruto swallowed and said, "Yeah, but it'll be weird. I've never been there before. And it's dark."

I gave him a look, "What's wrong with the dark? We can see!"

He nodded and said, "Yeah, but if he's really there, and he tries something...it'll be to our disadvantage."

I laughed and said, "Don't worry Naruto, it'll be OK. And besides, if he really were to kill us, do you think we'd actually have a chance?" He shuddered, and I looked at the road again. "We're here," I whispered.

Naruto took my hand as we both stepped forward into what could turn out to be the worst night we'll ever have...if we survive...

My heart was pounding fast as we walked forward. I could feel Naruto's sweat on my hand, which normally would have ticked me off, but in this case, it was OK. He was just as nervous as I was.

I lost my footing as we rounded a corner. Naruto caught me just in time, or I would have fell flat on my face. I heard a low chuckle ahead of us. My head jerked up.

Standing right in front of us – though I don't know how he got there – was the Uchiha himself. I immediately straightened up and prepared myself for what I had to do. The ultimate challenge...turning evil to good...

"Sasuke!" Naruto roared. "I'm not gonna allow you to destroy the village! You got that?! You aren't -"

"Is this what you came here to do?" Sasuke said coldly. "Well, it's not going to work. You tried stopping me from leaving three years ago, and that didn't work. What makes you think this time will be any different?"

"You can't destroy the village Sasuke!" Naruto yelled. "We'll stop you! We'll get Lady Tsunade and you won't be able to do anything then!"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you telling me you haven't already contacted Tsunade about this?"

"No!" Naruto yelled. "We were hoping we could stop you so we wouldn't have to! What happened to you Sasuke?! Yeah, you were always cocky and arrogant, but I never thought you would turn evil! Isn't killing you brother enough?!"

"So instead of going to the Hokage first, you decided to come out here and stop me yourself?" Sasuke asked incredulously. "I would have thought Sakura, at least, would have had more sense than that." He gave me a disappointed look.

I blushed and said, "Well, I wasn't about to let Naruto come alone!"

Naruto looked at me and said, "What are you talking about Sakura? This was your idea."

I let out a sigh of frustration and looked at Sasuke and hoped he understood it wasn't my idea. By his look of satisfaction, he did. Then he smirked and said, "Still stupid eh, Naruto? Well, too bad for you I guess. It's just more to my advantage." With that, he started pulling out his sword.

Naruto, who had been about to hit, froze. I began to tremble. Sasuke really meant to kill us. I couldn't believe this. I needed to do something, fast.

"This is the end Naruto," Sasuke said softly and pulled back his sword -

"No!" I screamed, running forward and crashing into him...

To Be Continued...

Ok, I know this was still short, but I'm having a case of writer's block. The next chapter will be better, I mean it this time. But I hope you like it! Thanks for reading!!