Chapter 3: That Same Place

Sakura had been walking for what seemed like hours, Sasuke's voice still running through her mind. When she looked up she noticed she was standing in the same spot Sasuke had left her 5 years earlier. She noticed it was exactly like that night, it was a full moon and the wind was rustling the leaves on the trees. She stood there and played that whole scene back in her head, she watched Sasuke walk away as she tried to stop him. Tears came to her eyes

"Why did I even try to stop him, I was so foolish back then, I should have known that he wouldn't stop." She looked up at the moon, tears now pouring down her face.

She screamed out.

"Sasuke I'm so in love with you I can't even stand it!"

She closed her eyes and began to cry, she started to sniffle , her mouth got dry, and her body began to shake.

She felt a soft touch wipe away a tear from her eye. A shiver ran down her spine as her entire body stopped moving, she took a deep breath and held it in.

"You know you are really annoying when you cry." A soft voice whispered.

As soon as the words hit her ear she gasped and another shiver ran down her spine. She slowly raised her head, her mind racing as she slowly glanced over the body standing in front of her. She eventually reached the face of a certain Uchiha she had not been so close to in years. Sasuke just stood there, staring at her, he didn't show any emotion but his eyes seemed to shimmer in the moonlight. Sakura didn't know what to do, all she was able to do was stand there gazing into his eyes.

"Is-is this real, am I dreaming?" she stuttered

A smirk crossed Sasuke's face and immediately Sakura knew he wasn't a dream. She threw herself against Sasuke, gripping his shirt with all her strength, tears began to soak into Sasuke's shirt as she nuzzled even more into Sasuke's chest.

All Sasuke could do was just stand there, he wasn't really sure if he should embrace her or not, it had been so long he didn't know how she would react. Besides, he was here on business, he couldn't get distracted from his goal.

"Sasuke"

Sasuke looked down to see a pair of emerald eyes staring at him, he lost himself in their beauty. They stood there staring at each other, locked in each others gaze. He came back to reality as Sakura pressed her lips against his. His eyes widened as he almost wheeled over backwards, but Sakura had a tight grip around his back. All he could do was stand there as their lips were locked, he would just have to wait until she pulled away, he had no idea what do to but he knew it felt right.

After a moment of silence Sakura pulled her lips away, she looked at Sasuke's face, confusion, amazement, joy, and fear were all mixed up on his face. She smiled and pulled away from his body, she moved over to the bench and sat down.

"So Sasuke, are you coming back to the village for good?'' Sakura said, still choked up.

Sasuke lowered his head, his bangs fell and covered up his face.

"I have one thing to take care of, but I have no idea what I'm going to do next."

"Why can't you come back to the village, I'm sure they will let you back on team 7 if you ask them. It doesn't matter how you did it, you've helped this village out so much they can't just ignore you." She said trying her best to change his mind. Sasuke did not like the idea of returning to the village, he knew what they had done to his clan years ago and he could not bring himself to trust the same place.

He spoke out in a voice that scared Sakura.

"You have no idea what this village has done to me, the thought of living here makes me sick. The village turned its back on the Uchihas, it was the elders that ordered Itachi to murder my clan, and now that I have dealt with Itachi my next goal is to make the elders pay for what they did to my family."

Sakura responded, pleading with Sasuke

"Sasuke just let it go, all this murder and killing isn't going to revive your clan, if anything it's tainting the Uchiha name with blood."

Sasuke raised his voice, anger growing inside of him.

"What do you know about my clan? The Uchihas have always been smeared with blood and I'm no different."

Sakura raised her voice in rebuttal

"You are different Sasuke, you've always been different from your clan! You have always wanted to revive your clan but I know this isn't what you wanted it to be resurrected to. At least the Sasuke I knew wouldn't have wanted this." Sakura lowered her head to the side, she looked like she was about to cry again.

"Sasuke..."

She took a long pause after whispering his name.

"I've always wanted to be with you and help you bring the Uchiha clan back, but if you continue this path of violence and bloodshed I don't know if I can follow you down that path."

"Hn." Sasuke lifted his head and turned around, he took a few steps and stopped and looked over his shoulder at Sakura, his voice made icy chills run up Sakura's spine.

"Then stay out of my way, I would rather not have to hurt you but if you get in the way of my mission I'll have no other choice." A gust of wind blew over both of them and Sasuke disappeared with the falling leaves. Sakura sat in disbelief at what had just transpired, she didn't know what to make of Sasuke.

"He was so calm and different than before but then he changed back to his old self, he must be really torn up inside." Sakura thought.

She looked at the winding cobblestone path, tears filling up her eyes again.

"Oh Sasuke, what has happened to you? Why won't you accept what is standing right in front of you? I've been waiting for you for years, just let me into your life, please Sasuke." She spoke hoping the wind would carry her words to him.