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Hello there. :DD

What should I say..? What could I say… rather than thank you so, so much for all the feedback! I swear, I was really surprised and happy when I saw the emails. So you decided to follow my story huh? Thank you…

Oooh—ohoho XD… I'm pretty sure I'll disappoint someone in this chap, no groom identity yet (hides) Oh, also, I didn't choose him consciously. (you want to kill me, right? xD 'fucking dream crap', eh?) …Just for you to know before you see (...read-??-) him. –Yeah.

Raise your hand if you love Kishimoto-san for making this possible! (raise hand) He owns it, huh?

I hope you enjoy this chapter as well

..You've become beautiful.

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..Masshiro Bride.

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-//ol Chapter two lo\\-

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She was Konoha's best nurse. She was the blossom of the Hospital which was about to bloom.

And even so, as she saw people running and trying not to be smashed by a building, she couldn't move. Her hands were sleeping at her sides, immobile. Her green eyes turned into an indecipherable color as the light of the flames reflected on them.

Her groom was unconscious on the ground, next to her. But she stopped pretending at that moment and didn't remember to check on him, her mind trying to establish a spot to focus on. If she helped him, she'd be ignoring the people asking for help there. If she helped them, she'd be ignoring him, passed out with blood pouring out of his head. And in the end, she was ignoring both.

What.. was this actually happening?

Red. Everything was red and empty.

"Don't worry, everything will be perfect."

When she said that… it had sounded so self-comforting and true.

"Sakura!!" Unfortunately, a house's roof fell just when the voice screamed. The pink haired woman didn't move.

"Sakuraaa!!"

She looked behind and saw her blue eyed friend, Ino. She had a desperate expression on her face and tears were falling from her eyes, yet she looked so beautiful with that dress on.. Her beloved bridesmaid. They've passed so much time organizing the clothing…

When the Haruno laid her eyes on her best friend, the first thing that came to her mind was to look at her groom on the ground. She yelped and grabbed him from his shoulders, lifting him from the dust while Ino approached. She slid his arm behind her nape and held him from the waist and from the hand hanging on her shoulder.

"…I-Ino." She bit her lip in order to stop any possible scream or moan that would certainly derive a stream of tears. Ino also did so, she wanted to hug her forehead friend.

"Come on!" The blond screamed loudly. "We have to go to a safer place!"

"No.." The bride shook her head. "I-I…I'll help—"

"N-no! Y-you need to take care of him… and you won't be able to do anything with that dress on!"

"Ino! I have to help! This is Konoha! This is our village!"

"Sakura…" Ino blinked her red eyes quickly a couple of times before continuing. "Listen, you need to be safe so when we beat the enemy you'll be available to heal the injured people!" Her voice was shaking and broking. "A-and now, too."

"…" Sakura looked down and away.

Her silence was a confirmation.

"Come on…"

Yamanaka grabbed the other poor man's arm and they ran away from the decorated, elegant, once clean and crowded Avenue. Sakura looked above her shoulder and her fiancée's arm and watched how the flames engulfed the red carpet, the tall iron candlesticks in line, the benches, and the place where she was moments ago standing at gracefully.

Sakura closed her eyes tightly, deciding that it was best if she didn't open them again until they reached their destination. She could hear screams and shinobis being hurt or killed far away and her throat started burning as she held the crying. Sweat drops started to slide through her neck and onto the cleavage of her dress and it was uncomfortable to run under those conditions. But she just kept running with eyes shut.

"H-here, I think is good." She finally heard Ino's voice.

Her green eyes revealed again and she could see the surroundings. The layer of red hadn't reached that part yet and as they were on a residential area (away from the shinobis). It was still quiet there, although people had gone out of their houses to look at the huge cloud of smoke that had formed on the center of the village with terrified faces. They were at the main park, far from the houses, and the Hokage Tower was situated some meters from there, still safe and in one piece.

"Don't go near the fire, and head for the hospital as soon as you can!" Ino said.

"Wh-what about you?!"

"..Konoha needs InoShikaChou now, doesn't it?" She smiled sadly. "You're the whole prodigy medical nin here." … "Sakura… I'm so sorry about all this…"

When Ino turned her back on her, Sakura panicked. "I-Ino, don't go!!"

But in a second she was gone.

Sakura hugged the man in black and kneeled on the ground with him, burying her face on his shoulder and wetting her face with her tears. Her white dress sprawled around her body and the veil dropped from her head. She closed her eyes and tasted the sour tears that slid inside her lips.

"I-I'm sorry…" She whispered to him.

It was all ruined now.

Why? Why is this happening?

...

Did I do something to deserve this?

... Did.. we?

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"Sakura?"

Her face pulled away from the warm shoulder.

"…"

He couldn't say he wasn't surprised to see her as she was at that moment. Calling her was something that had slipped out from his tongue.

When Sakura turned her head to look at the diretion in which the familiar (painfully familiar) voice had come from, her heart stopped.

Why.. was Uchiha Sasuke there? When Konoha seemed so weak and desperate? The raven haired could easily look down on it now, like he always did, as he emanated a superior air from his position and sword held in a carefree grip. There was no Sharingan or Curse Seal. ..What was he doing there?

It couldn't be that he... Could it?

...No.

That had to be out of the question. ...But she couldn't stop thinking about it.

He did it. He did it.. He.. did. this.

And she could stop thinking either:

It's Sasuke-kun, it's Sasuke-kun. He is here, in Konoha. And he is right in front of you.

"..Sa..Sasuke-kun?"

Said traitor stopped his thoughts when he saw the face she made upon seeing him. He parted his lips, but closed his mouth again. He watched her eye him, and then his own eyes met her stare.

"What… are you doing Sasuke-kun?"

A dialogue with Sakura had always been more fragile than the ones with Naruto. Although his words were always harsh in equality.

"…"

She looked beautiful.

Her face relaxed oddly, and she separated from her groom to place him carefully on the ground. "Are you the one.. causing this?"

It didn't hurt to ask. Because it wasn't true.

Sasuke put a hand into the kunai-carrier, took a weapon from it while swirling it quickly around his finger and held the kunai between them. His face was blank and his eyes were black. Her heart started beating faster. She didn't know him so well, she didn't. What did that gesture mean?

It was true!! --No. It wasn't..!

He threw it carelessly on the space in front of her kneeling body. He then quickly glanced at the man lying on his next to her feet and looked at her as if she was inferior, in a way that didn't even apply that he was the superior there. Just, despising her with his stare.

"When everything ends and you no longer have a thing, you can use it to kill yourself,"

It. is true.

The enemy is Sasuke-kun. The target is Sasuke-kun. He is here, in Konoha. And he is right in front of you.

"..or not. Do what you will." He said as if it didn't matter at all.

His voice alone could beat the crap out of her.

Tears starting to fall massively from her face to her lap, and her bottom lip started to tremble. Sasuke narrowed his eyes dangerously. He looked one more time at the groom and glared.

His body turned around, but as soon as, she stood up with her head down and the kunai on her shaking hand.

"…"

"…"

There was a putrid aura between the ex-teammates.

Sakura lifted her chin. At the same time, Sasuke looked over his shoulder, the Sharingan was showing its teeth at her. He spoke before her.

"…If I see you again, you'll regret it."

"Why!!" Sakura tried to attack him.

But he was already gone.

Sakura panicked when the Uchiha disappeared. "NO! No!! Don't run away… Don't escape this! Sasuke!!!"

How could he...

"Sasuke!!"

How could he?!

"Whyy?!"

And from further that point, Sasuke-kun was dead.

And Sakura couldn't believe it.

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"I found a body!"

"Is he dead?!"

"No, actually he practically intact, looks like he's been healed. But he's unconscious!"

The other man bent next to the body. "Quickly, let's..—?What is it?"

"…No, nothing." The shinobi said while ignoring the pair of white heels on the floor.

...

He was smirking so insanely. He was failing himself, the plan. No deaths until now. He slashed, cut, pierced, kicked, but not killed.

Still… He never felt so alive.

The red on his iris was spinning slowly around his pupil in different scales, mixing them. He wanted more. The first explosion near the residential area was heard, and the poor innocent people started to scream desperately. Soon the fire would be taking over the houses too, he grinned.

Nothing else mattered anymore. While his partners continued to destroy the city, he would kill the elders, the Hokage, ..Naruto and Kakashi—

"Sasuke!"

-and Sakura.

The raven haired halted his body with the tip of his toes.

"…"

He could hear her panting. "Don't take any step further! You'll have to fight me first!"

The Uchiha didn't say a word. "Fight me!" She repeated.

She didn't want to be ignored like this.

Tonight was her night.

She would.. shine like the moon tonight..

And painfully -ironically- enough, the person who she would have liked the most to watch her tonight was ignoring her like this.

"How curious."

And crushing her.

"…" She narrowed her puffed eyes, cautious with his next words. After all, they were always what hurt the most.

"Isn't this the same place where we used to meet?"

They were on the red bridge. Team seven's bridge. As she had expected, it hurt.

"I wonder… what would happen if I burn it?"

"H-how dare you… Don't talk anymore! Fight me!!"

"I have things to do."

"Turn around!"

"…"

"I won't let you ruin my wedding, my village!, and run away!!" She pointed a weapon at him. "You don't know who I am now! I'll use this kunai to fight you!"

He turned around and she almost jumped. Sakura quickly noticed his gloved hand lazily resting above his eyes, covering them. Was he making fun of her? She could feel anger with that thought, even knowing that Uchiha Sasuke was in position to mock whoever he wanted to, he was strong. But then he slid three fingers down.

And he glared at her in between his fingers with one eye.

She was still there.

Produced.

Beautiful.

Ready for her groom.

White dressed.

And he was still there too.

Cursing his feet for being planted there.

Suddenly feeling guilty about all this, just because of her.

"I told you… you'd regret it."

...

"Daaaamn, this is getting boring! I want to fight the strong bosses here! Is this all Konoha has?"

"Shut up.. I can only see that you're pretty beaten up, they kicked your ass!"

"Oh please. You call these little scratches a kick in the ass?"

"I'm carrying your body!" The woman bounced his arm on her shoulder. "And you're drenching my beautiful hair with your stinky blood!"

"You need that; the red of my blood is ten times more beautiful than your horrible hair color, honestly!"

"Wh-what did you say?! I'll throw you on that river!"

"You wanted to carry me, sweetheart. ("B-because you were bothering us!!") Now deal with it."

The orange haired shook his head, they were already arguing like silly teenagers. They were all injured, but Suigetsu, being the stubborn child he was, had more serious wounds and was almost hobbling.

"Juugo cover me up and take this useless idiot! I have to—Oh!" The redhead sensed familiar chakra and turned around before the Uchiha appeared.

He was jumping from one roof to another carrying something white and inflated. The three Taka members looked at each other before following him, which was strange because the planned direction wasn't the one he was taking. And they had the special plan to follow, the stubborn Uchiha was the one who had reminded them each five minutes to stick with it. What the hell, now.

"Sasuke-san." Juugo said as soon as he caught up with their leader. "I'm glad you aren't hurt."

"Hn. Speed up, they are following us."

Juugo looked above his shoulder and saw Konoha shinobis a bit far.

"Sasuke!" Karin happily exclaimed, but then she figured out what he had above his shoulder and didn't hide her shock. "…?"

"Hey man, I knew you wanted to rebuild your clan soon but I didn't know you were so desperate!" Suigetsu laughed at his own joke. "You kidnapped a freaking bride? You like the virgin ones!"

"Shut up." Suigetsu was lucky that Sasuke was now concerned with other things.

"S-Sasuke? Mind to explain?" Karin frowned. The Uchiha glanced at her coldly.

"Oe, weren't you heading for the Hokage Tower or something like that?"

"We have a change of plans." Sasuke only said after jumping to another roof.

"Whaaat?" Both loudmouths were agape.

"But we revised the plan thousands of times and it was perfect!"

"Argh… what the fuck Sasukeee."

Sasuke halted, which made the whole team halt too. Suigetsu separated from Karin and nodded at her. Their leader, however, turned around and they almost yelped.

"Stop making comments." It was written on his face.

"Oh, we're in a bad mood today. I wouldn't be with that hot chick on my sh—"

"Shark-face, shut up." Karin almost stammered; Sasuke's chakra was starting to come out and the plan consisted in hiding it (aside from the leader's beloved Sharingan that had learned how to camouflage perfectly). Ow.. 'Bad day' today, she hated those. When the Uchiha closed his eyes, however, it hid again.

"Karin. I need you."

"Hn! As always!" "...What for?" She raised an eyebrow.

...

...

...are... her... she's no use...

..he... needs.. urges... I would... too!

You.. me to kill you.

Calm down, people.

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Sakura opened her eyes.

The first thing her eyes could possibly distinguish was the sky; beautiful, clean, starry sky. She then looked to her left and saw a neck.. pale, smooth, and a slightly parted mouth with some dark locks swinging near its sides. Her eyelids dropped lightly as she relaxed. It seemed that he noticed that she had woken up, because he looked at her.

Sa..suke-kun.

She hugged his neck.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...Eh."

What the fuck get the hell off of him you bi- "Now you hypnotized her too?"

"..." There was still shock on Sasuke's face.

"Ahaha! I think it was all on the contrary!"

"..She's pretty, Sasuke-san."

...

Sasuke-san.

The leader. The murderer. The traitor.

The one who killed Sasuke-kun.

The one who... who--

"Eeeeaaarhh!!!" Sakura started to struggle in Sasuke's arms. "LET ME GO!!"

"Sak--"

BOF!

"...Is she okay on the head?" Juugo blinked.

Sasuke literally threw Sakura to the ground as he shelled his bleeding nose. Fuck. That was one punch.

"You-!! How dare you?!" Karin joined her fists (ohshitohshitohs--) and looked from Sakura on the ground -glaring at Sasuke- to Sasuke, with one hand covering his nose -glaring at Sakura.

"Who.. are you?" She broke the glare contest to look at the three strangers.

"Wh-wha?" Was she still alive after that?! "…We are his team!" Karin pointed to herself with her thumb, drawing her chest.

"..." The way Sakura was looking at Karin after said woman informed her that annoyed her like hell, who did she think she was? "...Is.. that so?" The green eyed girl said while she stood up from the ground and turned her back on the team. Her once clean and well treated feet could feel the moist and sticky mud beneath them and the cold caressed her shoulders again with the lack of human contact.

"..What are you doing?" Sasuke threateningly asked. As his hand passed through his nose, the bleeding wasn't there anymore.

"What do you think I'm doing? Can't you see how I am now?!" She was obviously pointing out the way she was dressed. "I'm leaving, you don't need me." She murmured over her shoulder. Once she was looking ahead again, however, she didn't move.

"...You've failed Sasuke."

..

All because of you.

...All. because. of you.

..

And Karin felt it. Felt that chakra.

The Haruno prepared to escape the fastest she could, not caring if no one beat Sasuke when it came to speed.

Bad choice, Sakura.

And the single moment -that one second that it took for Sakura to move her leg only one centimeter- was the last thing she could remember before feeling a sharp pain on her head, before seeing darkness.

Before her life was completely changed.

**--To be continued. ----//o ...

Oh.. this is my salvation I think. I've been so sad and antisocial this whole month. I don't know what the hell is wrong with me, is it the hormones? xD" I hope so. Well, but I guess everyone passes through this too... eh, right?

(Completely useless A/N: Oooh yeaaahh! That's what I'm talking about! Have you seen Sasuke on this new Shippu chap 'Clash'? Now that is Sasuke-kun! Sexy and strong s2 ..and sexy XD)

One more time, thank you for the feedback. I blushed like a lady. Will you review today, too? I'll be glad if you do so.

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