Alright I haven't forgotten this story by any means I promise you. This story has to be written in its own time and its time for the next chapter.

Chapter Rating: T (at the most)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto


Whirl Wind

Lee felt the sweat run down his body as his team continued to move towards home at top speeds. Team Gai went on a delivery mission this morning and all had gone well. They'd done their job well. It had been a good day.

A good distraction.

He knew in his hear that he wouldn't be the same after hearing the news when Gai came to his house. His teacher stood in his doorway and told him that Sakura had died. He hadn't slept for days.

His world had fallen apart four days ago when they placed her in the ground.

The wind howled in his ears again as it rushed by. It had been doing it all day. He had no way to measure how fast it was going, but he could see it. He could see it gather up leaves and twist the trees. He could see it dance gracefully.

To be like the wind. To be there but not be able to feel it. The hurt.

The green clad male sighed a breath of relief when they finally got into the village. The rain was still in puddles all around town after the flash flood yesterday. Ninja who know water ninjutsu had been called to remove the water.

As the team split up leaving Gai to take the report to Lady Hokaga.

The wind blew in his ears the entire way hitting his face as it went. The weather was changing. He watched a Sakura tree bend from the wind. "Sakura," he whispered her name knowing that there were unshed emotions inside him.

He'd cried like a baby the entire day he'd found out and then again at the funeral.

Her youth was stolen from her. It was unfair.

Shaking his head from his thoughts he ran the rest of the way home. Inside his bedroom Lee finally safe enough to stop. To try and bring his beating heart back under control.

He'd loved her so much.

He knew in his heart that she hadn't loved him. How many times had she told him that? Lee walked to the window and leaned against it. His forehead touching the cool glass, "You never showed your true feelings did you Sakura? You were always so brave."

He knew it then. He knew that she'd hidden herself away from the world and yet meet them all with smiles. She'd never let them on. She wasn't a coward like that, but in the end it had killed her.

Had it been worth it?

If she'd told someone, anyone, then it could've been erased.

"Ah Sakura was it all a lie?" He thought to himself as he moved to sit on his bed. His window above it rattled. "What could her life had been?"

He remembered seeing her for the first time. He'd fallen in love with her immediately. Her hair, her smile, and her voice was like music to his ears.

Shaking his head from her memory Lee opened the window and stared outside. He could almost hear her telling him no. Telling him to leave her alone, that she wasn't interested.

He'd felt so down when she'd told him that. It had become his new mission in life to become someone that she wanted that she needed. He'd become so wrapped up in himself and trying to make himself something better, something different, that he didn't stop to just be there for her.

A flower that hadn't even had the chance to bloom. There was so much that she was capable of. Sasuke was the genius in her group yes, and Naruto defiantly wasn't so far behind, but it was Sakura who had the potential. He always knew that.

She had the potential. So much in fact that he was sure if she'd been given the chance that she could surpass him. She'd been so full of life. So full of everything.

He sighed as the wind blew through his hair and into his room.

It was a whisper caressing him like a mother would. Telling him what he wanted to hear as it whistled.

The wind was so alive. So vital.

Just like she'd been.

Lee sighed and rested his head in his hands. He stayed that way until he heard a commotion from below and saw a little girl loose her balloon. By the time he looked up there was no way for him to save it. He watched it as it flew, carried by the wind deep into the clouds.

With another sigh he closed his eyes and the wind blew around him.

The scents it carried with it was food, flowers, cotton. He could almost touch the warm fabric from the smell.

It wrapped around him like a small tornado before leaving him.

It was always changing the wind. It was calm one second and then a raging force the next before it pollinated the world and cooled everyone off on a hot day.

It reminded him of her. She was always moving with her emotions. The emotions that she'd allowed herself to feel in front of everyone else.

She was here on second and then gone the next.

Just like the wind she'd moved on to another place and another time to bring what she could to a different set of people.

It was free.

The wind was free.

And so was see.

Lee closed the window feeling solemn relief in his heart.

She was gone now. Gone from the village, but she was free. She was free and he prayed she was happy, that was all he'd ever wanted anyway.

From the day she'd told him that she hadn't loved him all he wanted to do was make her happy.

He laid down on the bed and pulled the covers around him. He was sweaty and smelled slightly, but he didn't care.

Lee smiled at the window watching a tree that had managed to grow that tall sway with the wind.

"I hope you're free now Sakura. I hope you're free and happy to watch over us all."

He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

A Sakura flower torn from the tree he'd passed was guided from the ground to his window. It pressed against the glass in a soft kiss.


Well this was Sakura from Lee's point of view. He had to let her memory go. And he finally did.

The next chapter will be Ino's and how she's handling herself. It's entitled Landslide.

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