'Am I dreaming? Is this really happening?' Sasuke thought ,as he stared into the aqua green eyes above him, with his mouth open. But he was not, he realized, when another, warm drop of blood drooped on his cheek.

[ While this was happening, the 3 Rain village warriors had gotten a message form another ninja that the Fan has already been found, so they left.

"……Why ..s..sakura?" he managed to get out of his mouth.

Sakura closed her eyes, coughed a few times and said "…..Well I couldn't just let you die in front of my eyes ….if I could do something about it ."

Sasuke stared in disbelief and then he realized that Sakura was still on top of him, with 3 poisoned arrows in her back.

"Sakura we need to get those arrows out now!" He said as he sat up and put her down with her back facing him.

"…While laying there she said "It's..…it's alright sasuke…it wont matter if you take them out or not..the poison has already spread…."

"You're a medical ninja aren't you? Can't you do soemthign about it??" Sasuke said as he took out the last arrow. Sakura could tell that there was a sound of panic in his voice…….

" ……If it was regular poison then yes…but this one-" but before she could finish Sasuke said –

" Wait ,let me get out of this and I can get the backpack,it has medical tools, and.." but he didn't finish ,because he realized that he only has one free hand and still can't get out. Sakura realized this, so she sat up, without making the slightest sound of pain, put her hand over Sasuke's cement -covered feet and hand. The blue charka around her hands turned to red chakra….and it started cracking the cement .Soon it was broken and Sasuke got out free. With amazement ,but without time to spare, Sasuke got up and ran to the backpack. While he was digging through it ,Sakura spoke up.

"Sasuke….nothing in there will help"….she said looking down, while wiping the blood form her mouth.

He put the backpack down and stood up. " So your saying your going to die and there's nothing anyone can do about it?

Sakura didn't say anything.

"Well it doesn't matter. I'll carry you to the nearest village or town ,they will have something there" He said as he ran over to Sakura. He started picking her up ,she said-

"Sasuke no, you don't have to do this ,the po - "

"I don't care, ok?We need to do something" He said as he put her on his back and took off into the trees.

Even though the 3 warriors have told Sasuke that this poison will kill immedietly,he did not want to believe it,he couldn't… 'This.. cant… be…happening! Why was I so careless??..And why doesn it make me feel this way? She's going to die and I should just let it be! its..no ,no … no she cant die!' Sasuke was panicking on the inside, he didn't even know why he was having these feelings. What was wrong with him? He looked right to find Sakura's head on his shoulder. But he did know, that he couldn't stop now.

Sakura knew that Sasuke was wasting his energy .'Why was he doing this anyway?' She thought. He was never ever so…caring for me..and… "Sasuke stop" She said.

He must have not heard her.

"Sasuke please ,a village is not for another 200 miles!"

Sasuke did hear her ,but he pretended he didn't.

"Sasuke what's gotten in you? Stop ..just stop ..STOP!" she said as she pulled hard on his shirt, thus making him stop on a thick tree branch. Sakura got of his back and was now standing , facing him. Sasuke knew that she shouldn't be, she was taking up a lot of power just to stand up like she was.

"Sasuke, please..I can already feel the poison .. ..there's no need to…do anything…." She said as she looked down.Suddently she felt a sharp pain in her heart, she was gong to fall. As she leaned over the branch the was standing on, she started falling heard first. Sasuke quickly jumped down as was prepared to catch her,but Sakura flipped over in the air and landed perfectly on her feet. Sasuke looked at her wide eyed.

"Sakura .." He started to say, while reaching out a hand.

"Another thing Saskuke!"She snapped ,looking right into his eyes. " I don't understand why! WHY are you doing this?! It seems like you actually care! When in the world did you start caring about anything that I do or happens to me…" She shut her eyes with pain. Sasuke came closer to her.

"Yet you're the one who came in to die for me ,when you said you hate me with your life." Sasuke said as he came even closer, about a foot away from her now. Sakura looked into his eyes. He looked into hers. Suddently another sharp pain hit Sakura.

"Ugh…!!" she said as she cringed forward ,and into Sasuke. She kneeled down and he did too.

" Sakura, why, why did you take those arrows for me if you knew this was going to happen? Sasuke asked her ,while holding onto her arms.

"I…I….I don't even know myself….I thought I convinced myself that I hated you more than anything…but…at…" She looked at him, and then back down " at that moment I knew that..I…couldn't " By now Sakura's body has really taken the poison's effects to a new level. She was starting to make sounds like hiccups, and with each one, her body would shake. Seeing Sakura suffer like this made Sasuke hurt.

"Sakura you…cant ..! Is there anything at all that you know of that can stop this?"

"I know that the Fan and Sword of Kupaku have to power to bring a human's soul back to life….but Sasuke it's-" But her shaking/hiccup interrupted her speech.

"Sakura…I'm sorry" Sasuke said as he hugged her tightly.

"Sasuke(hic) I want you to promise me something(hic)" Sakura said as she let go of the hug and looked at him.

"What?"

"Promise me..(hic) that you will (hic)never forget (hic)me" She said as her shaking and hiccupping sounds were getting faster. There was a sound of thunder in the distance. She liftet her shaking hand, towards his face. He look it and put it closer.

"I promise" He answered. Another blast of thunder, closer this time.

"Sasuke" she said "I love you (hic)". Right at the end of that, Sasuke pulled her closer and kissed her on her shaking lips. He could feel it, but right when his lips touched hers, the shaking stopped. A rain drop hit her face and slid down her cheek .Then another hit his. While holding this long kiss ,the rain started pouring, and you couldn't tell apart the rain drops and the tear drops on Sasuke's face.

Short chapter or what? And sorry for the cliff-hanger again. I presonally hate when people do cliff -hangers on me..but...I decided to do the traditonal thing...I dont know! Pease review! Those are the what keeps me going and writing these! if you dont I migth as well quit...