The moon was full and bright again when they met at the path Sasuke used when he left Konoha five years ago.
Sakura was walking along the path that night, wearing a kimono.
"Where are you going Mr. Uchiha?" it was an innocent question.
"I'm leaving now…" Sasuke looked down hiding his face. The wind blew the leaves again like it did that night
"…Without saying farewell to us?" Sakura gave a light smile.
"Do I need to?" Sasuke continued on his way.
"Listen, I may not know anything about you and Naruto but…I know that he knows you and that he was lying." Sakura said looked down shyly.
"Of course you know everything!" Sasuke shouted unable to take what was going on anymore, shocking Sakura.
But then he remembered what Ino said. He had given Sakura enough pain, after all this time. She had always been there; ready to carry his burdens and share his demons. He walked past her.
"Can't you at least stay for our wedding…" it was a question that made Sasuke want to break but he doesn't know why. He's wounds started to throb like crazy. And before he knew it everything blacked out again. He guessed he has no other choice but stay. This time he woke up in the hospital.
Sakura can't sleep that night. 'You know everything!' that stranger had said. What did he mean? She looked at Naruto sleeping beside her…"I love you…" she whispered at his ear. And she got up, wore her robe and went to the darkness outside.
She has to find out what was happening. Why does that man know her? Why is this funny feeling haunting her? Who is he? Better yet, who was he?
She knocked at Ino's door. Ino was obviously irritated when she opened the door. "Do you know what time it is, Sakura?"
She pulled Sakura inside. "You need to tell me who that man is..." she said with urgency.
Ino didn't know what to do.
"I can't! I'm sorry, Sakura" Ino tried to refuse.
"You have to! Please. I don't deserve this." Sakura pleaded teary-eyed.
Ino knew that what she will be doing against Tsunade, the Hokage's orders.
Ever since Sakura took the potion, Tsunade held a secret village meeting not involving Sakura. She gave out orders not to talk anything about Sasuke Uchiha around Sakura Haruno. All traces of Sasuke were erased from the village and many wondered why Tsunade went through all this for Sakura. Shizune sat with Tsunade by the tea table sipping the midnight tea.
"A rumor has been spreading lately about what you did for Sakura. Don't you know that Sasuke is back here?"
"It doesn't matter; the potion I gave Sakura is the strongest one I know. Even though Sasuke is back, it's no use." Tsunade assured
"I was wondering too master…why did you do this for Sakura?"
"I can't stand to see her like that…not her, not my daughter…"
Shizune dropped her tea cup in shock. "What!" The shattered pieces of porcelain scattered on the wooden floor.
Ino knelt before an old wooden trunk in silence, mustering all the courage she will need to be able what had happened to Sakura. Ino unlocked the rusted lid. "I'm not supposed to do this." Ino reminded Sakura as she picked out an old wooden frame and held it to her chest. "Sakura…these are the memories you lost…" she held out the frame to Sakura. Sakura was not ready for what she saw. It was an old picture, Kakashi sensei, Naruto, her…and…that boy…hazy pictures ran past her mind so fast. She dropped the frame on the floor. "Sakura, are you…?"
"This is a lie…" Sakura's eyes welled up with tears.
"No. this is the truth!" Ino replied
"No…please don't tell me lies!" Sakura closed her eyes tightly. She had been seeing the same boy in her dreams, but in her dreams he cannot see his face.
"Listen to me; I won't force you to believe me. But if it's the truth you want, this is the only thing that can lead you back." Ino's eyes watered in pity for her.
"But why can't I remember anything! Why can't I remember him…" Sakura sobbed.
Ino told her everything about the blood of oblivion she took that day five years ago.
"We both loved him in the past, Sakura. We always aimed to be the best for him. But everything has changed since he left us. You decided to move on and totally wipe out his memories by drinking that potion. Now, you're happy with Naruto. And me, I am happy now with my life with Shikamaru." Ino said reminiscing the past and reliving the present.
"That's why you shouldn't force yourself to remember because you chose to walk that path… the path away from him."
Sakura was confused. This is not happening. She pushed aside Ino and ran outside into the night crying. She kept running trying to drain away the indifference she felt. This can't happen now! Now that she and Naruto…she suddenly stopped when she saw who was sitting at the bench…Sasuke! The moon shone on them…faded memories soon came to her like it had been only yesterday. She suddenly saw herself…she was crying. Flashes of memories sped in her mind. The past…that night.
It was night time when she met him while he was about to leave the village…(episode 109-watch in youtube)
"Why? Why won't you say anything to me?" she said
"What do I have to tell you?"the boy replied
"You meddle too much. Stop bothering me all the time." the boy continued coldly.
Her tears flowed anew.
"Why do you always act like you hate me Sasuke-kun? Do you remember? We became genin…that day the three-man teams were decided. We were alone at this spot. You were angry with me weren't you? You told me I was annoying."
"I don't remember" the boy said. Her crystalline tears fell on the ground.
"Of…course…that's a long time..a..go…"she heard herself stammer with pain.
"But it is when we started, Naruto, Kakashi-sensei…" a picture of them three flashes in her mind. "The four of us had many missions together…it was difficult but…even so…it was fun." She tried holding back the tears to smile.
But the boy seems to feel not her sadness. She looks down.
"I know what happened to your clan, but with revenge alone, you will not be able to make anyone happy…No one…"she said as the dark clouds hid away the moon in the sky." Neither yourself…nor me…"she continued
"I know that" the boy said calmly. "I'm different from you guys, I follow a different path. The four of us together…it's true that I've thought of that as one possible path, but despite that, my heart has chosen revenge. It's why I go on living…I can't be like you or Naruto" he said.
"Are you going to be lonely by yourself!" she shouted in despair. "Sasuke-kun you're the one who told me that being lonely is painful! I understand that so well it hurts!" her tears kept trickling down her cheeks. "I have family and friends…but, if you leave, for me…to me, it's that same thing as being alone!" she sobbed painfully.
The photo of them four fills in the picture.
"From this point on, new paths will start." The boy named Sasuke said with finality in his voice.
"I…I love you more than anything!" she shouted "If you are by my side, I'll make sure you wont regret it. I'll make everyday more enjoyable and you will be happy! There's nothing I wouldn't do for you! That's why…I'm begging you, please stay! I will even help you in your revenge! There must be something I can do…that's why…please stay here, with me…" she was pleading at the top of her voice.
"If that is not possible…then please take me with you." She continued to plead.
"After all this time, you're still annoying…" he faced Sakura and then walked away again. The moon started shining again
"Don't go!" she shouted to him. And ran after him "If you go, ill scream out loud and…" Sasuke suddenly disappeared in front of her and before she knew it he was behind her. The wind blew the leaves as silence overcame them.
"Sakura…" his voice called her name.
"Thank you…"that was the last thing he said and everything blacked out.
Then she was back to reality again. "It was you…" she muttered at Sasuke sitting by the same bench where he left her that night.
"Sakura?" Sasuke was surprised at her presence.
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Now that Sakura has remembered her past with Sasuke…what is she going to do? Will the love she felt for him in the past come back? What will happen to her and Naruto…Like Tsunade said…its all up to her to decide…
Next on Sakura's Oblivion—"Who will Sakura choose?"