Lost Love

Chapter 3

I screamed and began pounding Sasuke. But none of my hits seemed to affect him. He caught hold of my wrists and said to me coldly, "Never trust an enemy Sakura. I thought you would have learned that by now." His sword came flashing down, I screamed and closed my eyes. This was the end. I heard the whoosh of his sword...

But it never came down. I opened one eye slowly. And then the other. Naruto had caught the sword with his leg. "No," he coughed. "Don't..hurt..her." And then he went limp, bleeding like crazy.

I gasped, "Naruto!" and ran over to his side. I immediately began healing him. I was trembling so hard, I was afraid I would mess up. That was, until Sasuke came over and moved my hands away from him, keeping a tight grip on them.

"Oh no, you don't," he grunted. "Let him bleed. He'll die eventually."

I glared at him. "So you're going to make him suffer? What has he ever done to you Sasuke? And what's the point in tricking us into coming here anyway? You could've killed us before you know!"

He nodded. "I could have, very easily. But I don't want anymore blood spilled there. Too much has happened already."

"Like it really matters!" I yelled at him. "You're just going to destroy everything anyway! People are going to die there whether you like it or not! Because you can't take out an entire village with one blow Sasuke! There are going to be fights all over the village! So what does it matter if you kill us there or not? And besides, why don't you just get it over with? Instead of breaking my heart again, and making me believe you were good again? You've always been - "

"Stop," he said, a wild look to his eyes. "Just stop it OK? You don't know what I've been through! Do you know what this village did to my family? What do you expect me to do Sakura?" he yelled.

"Well, I don't expect you to destroy it!" I yelled back. "Get over it! Forget the revenge! Revenge has ruined your whole life! And you're going to do the same damn thing all over again? After all you've put yourself through to get back at Itachi, you're letting it all go to waste! On evil!"

"I went to the evil side three years ago Sakura!" Sasuke shouted. "So what's your point? I got my revenge, but it wasn't even true revenge! Now I want the real revenge! Can't you understand that? You'll never know what it feels like. The people you love gone forever!"

I looked up at him with tear filled eyes. "What do you mean Sasuke? I lost you a long time ago. And now I've almost lost Naruto. Please," I begged him. "Let me heal him!"

"You're not changing my mind Sakura," Sasuke said slowly. "I'm different than you and Naruto. I can't turn back. Once you've crossed the line between good and evil, there's no going back."

"Sasuke," I whispered. "You're not evil. No, I don't believe you are. You've just done some bad things, but that was out of hate and you only did it to be stronger, so you could have your revenge. But Sasuke, destroying the village will make u evil! Don't you see that? You're leading yourself to your own doom! Please, let me heal Naruto! Don't destroy the village! Do the right thing for once! Sasuke, I'm begging you!"

Sasuke looked away. "Sakura, how would you know if I'm evil or not? I've done some really awful things. How can you know?"

My eyes filled with fresh tears. "Because I know Sasuke! Yeah, you've probably done some terribly things in the past, but you don't need to continue to do those things!" I looked up at him hopefully. "You could get away from all of that! You're not a bad person Sasuke. Please, don't do this..."

Sasuke closed his eyes. "Please," I begged him. "Don't do this. Let me heal Naruto. Don't destroy the village. Be good again. Come back to me Sasuke!"

Sasuke opened his eyes and looked down at our entwined hands. "I don't know if I can," he whispered. He looked up, and I realized he was crying. I wanted to hug him, to comfort him. But Naruto's life was on the line, I couldn't. He let go of my hands. "Heal him," he grunted.

I didn't waste any time. I placed my hands over Naruto's stomach and began healing him, chakra flowing through my hands. I watched as Naruto's wound slowly closed and repaired itself. I heaved a sigh of relief and looked up at Sasuke. "Thank you," I said, and gave him a big hug. He hugged me back briefly.

"Let's get Naruto home," he said, picking Naruto up. I nodded and began leading the way. Sasuke fell into step beside me. We walked in silence, our footsteps the only sound in the still night.

When we got to Naruto's house, Sasuke paused. I looked at him questioningly. He hesitated, "I don't think Naruto would like me in his house very much.

I laughed and said, "Don't worry! He won't even know. Let's just get him in and make sure he's safe." I led Sasuke into Naruto's bedroom. Sasuke set him on the bed gently. "OK," I whispered. "He's safe, let's go."

I locked the door behind me as we walked out into the street. "So," I said to Sasuke, looking at him. "What do you want to do now?"

"Um, I don't know," he replied, looking uncertain. "I was thinking maybe we could go to your place. But of course, if you don't want that...I guess I'd just go somewhere else."

I laughed and said, "Of course it's OK!" I began leading the way to my house, Sasuke by my side the whole time. I knew I shouldn't, but it felt good to be with him. It made me happy somehow. I peeked at his face and wondered if he felt the same way. Probably not.

"We're here!" I announced. I unlocked the door and stepped into the apartment I was renting. Sasuke walked in cautiously. I sat down on the couch. "So, what do you want to do?" I asked him. "And you can sit down!" I laughed.

He smiled and sat down next to me on the couch. Well, you actually couldn't count it as next to me. He was about a foot away. He looked kind of nervous, for a change. Which made me laugh again.

He looked confused. "What's so funny?" he asked, brow furrowing.

"Oh, nothing," I said, smiling. "So what do you want to do?"

He shrugs. "I don't care. It's late, aren't you tired?"

I checked my watch – it was 12:30. Yikes! "Yeah, it is late," I said. "But no, I'm not tired. Too much going on today, you know? You coming back, Naruto almost killed, ME almost killed, yeah. That's a lot of excitement!"

He looked away. "Yeah," he muttered. "Sorry." He looked back at me. "I'm really sorry Sakura!" He sounded like he meant it. "I'm really sorry! Will you ever forgive me?"

I took a deep breath. What a day this day had become! "Sasuke," I said slowly. "What do you think? Do you think you're forgiven?" He shook his head.

I smiled slightly. "Guess again," I said softly.

"You-you-you forgive me?" he asked weakly. I nodded. And then he did something I never thought he would do. He pulled me into a tight hug, and began stroking my hair. "Oh Sakura!" he said. "I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry!" He kept stroking my hair and repeating how sorry he was. I didn't ever want this moment to end.

Regretfully, we both pulled back. "Sasuke," I whispered, then smiled. "So," I began. "How are you going to get your friends to cancel you plans?"

He frowned. "They're not really my friends. I guess I'll just tell them. I might need back-up though." He looked nervous. "Do you think Tsunade would help?"

"Of course!" I laughed. "I don't think she'd want the village destroyed! But once this is over with, I have no clue what she's going to do to you." My face turned grave. "You may have to go to prison for the rest of your life." That's when panic hit me, and apparently hit him, by the look on his face.

"For the rest of my life?" he asked in a shaky voice. He buried his face in his hands and groaned.

"Well, I'm sure we could think of something else," I said quickly. "I mean, you've done a whole bunch of things for the village, and you're doing another good thing, so you probably won't have to go to jail for the rest of your life. I mean, I guess you could always just be a genin for the the rest of your life, that's not as bad is it?"

He looked up. "Yeah, that wouldn't be so bad," he said thoughtfully. "I mean, everybody knows I'm not genin level, and even if they don't, it's better than being sent to prison!"

"See?" I smiled at him. "It's going to be OK." Then I yawned. "But first, I think we'd better get some sleep. It's going to be a bid day tomorrow!"

Sasuke nodded and said, "Good night!" He lied down on the couch and began going to sleep. I grabbed him some blankets and set them over him. HE smiled at me when I did that. I blushed and said,"'Night."

I went to my bedroom, thinking of the day's events. Despite how tired I was, I couldn't get to sleep. A few hours later, I did get to sleep. Only to wake up again in ten minutes.

Sasuke was shaking me. "What?" I groaned, rolling over, one hand over my eyes.

"Someone's knocking on the door," he said apologetically.

"Then answer it," I said, turning away from him.

"I can't do that!" he said, panicked. "What will they think if they recognize me? They'll think I killed you or something!"

Just then I heard the knocking. "Fine," I grumbled, and got up. I walked to the front door and opened it, Sasuke behind me. It was Naruto.

"Sakura!" he said. "You're alright! Thank goodness! I thought he'd killed you! I mean, I thought he killed me to, but I woke up this morning just fine, and I was in my bed and everything!" Then he froze. "Sakura, you know he's right behind you?"

I looked back. "Yeah," I sighed, turning back to Naruto. "Everything's OK now." I glanced at the clock. "Naruto!" I yelled. "What are you doing here at five o'clock in the morning?! Couldn't you have waited until nine or something?!" I hit him on the head.

"Sorry," he mumbled. "I didn't know if you were safe or not. I had to make sure you were still alive you know."

Just then a loud voice said, "Sasuke Uchiha!" We turned and saw Tsunade running full speed towards us, fist raised. "Move out of the way!" she snapped and pushed me and Naruto aside. "You!" she roared at Sasuke and began hitting him. "I knew you'd come back to destroy the village! Well, I'm not letting that happen!" She punched him with every word she spoke. Sasuke tried defending himself, only to be hit again by the Hokage.

"Lady Tsunade!" I said reproachfully. "It's OK! Don't worry! Stop hitting him!" She stopped and looked at me with an incredulous look.

"He's destroying the village Sakura!" she yelled. "What was he doing at your house anyway? Don't tell me you're working with him! You could have been killed!"

"No, it's ok! Really!" I said quickly. "He decided against it! And he;s going to stop it from happening, but he'll need assistance."

Sasuke stood up. "I'll need your help Lady Tsunade," he said quietly. "The Akatsuki are involved."

"What?!" Tsunade yelled. "You brought the Akatsuki here? As if we don't have enough to deal with!"

Sasuke suddenly pulled out his sword. "No," he growled, and began charging toward us, ready for the kill...

To Be Continued...

This one was longer thank goodness! But also kind of dull, sorry about that! The next chapter will either be super long or super short. And maybe a little lame. I can't think right now, but, we'll see. Well, I hoped you liked this chapter! Thanks for reading!