Disclaimer: The characters I used in this story are not owned by me. All rights are reserved to Masashi Kishimoto, respective creator of Naruto.
To The Heart
By Rikayu
Chapter Seven: Stains
All of Konoha seemed to lay in an undisturbed state of silence as the skies darkened into a steady black. The skies soon became spotted with twinkling lights, but the silence continued. Not even the wind dared to break the quiet.
His eyes trailed at the girl sitting at the window. She looked so frail, her pink hair undone and messy, her knees pulled to her chest as her eyes were pointed towards the sky. One would think that if they'd even touch her, she's break into a thousand pieces of glass. But he knew better than that. Sakura Haruno was a strong girl.
He stayed against the wall, waiting and cloaked by the shadows. He'd been watching her for a few hours now, but the girl remained unmoving and as silent as the night. She only looked out the window, staring at what seemed like nothing at all. Then his lips sloped into a frown. Her arms were covered in bandages and a few scratches were noticable on her bare legs. Other injuries were hidden under the thin hospital gown she wore.
The battle that had taken place had been a difficult one, but the girl had gone with an unwavering determination. Upon her return to the village, she was a bloodied mess and was immediately rushed to the critical ward along with Naruto Uzumaki and a few others. Neji hadn't been too worse for wear, while Sakura had been confined to intensive treatment almost two weeks before being moved to a closed room for the remainder of her recovery.
"The stars are really beautiful tonight..."
Neji looked up at sound of her voice. He watched as she slowly turned her head towards him, her eyes strangely glowing in the dark. "Don't you think so?" A smile played by her lips in a sorrowful, almost broken manner.
Silently, he moved closer until he stood next to her. But by then, her smile had faded and Sakura had once again, turned her head to look up at the inky sky. His hand moved up slowly to rest on her shoulder only for Neji to notice as small droplets of tears ran down her cheeks.
She was crying.
End Note: Maybe you might have guessed it already, but the battle that's mentioned in the beginning is the fight with Sasuke. Nothing too specific really, but I felt it was necessary to write this chapter, though I've been a little off for a while, so I aologize if the chapter's not all that good. Anyway, I'll leave it to you to guess what happened to out darling little Uchiha.
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