This is another moment before the second half of the Uchiha massacre, so don't worry. I will get there! And yes I know, this chapter is extremely short.
Merry-go-round
They had just gotten back from a funeral, and were still dressed in black. Sakura wasn't really sure who the funeral was for, but her parents had went so she had to as well. Sasuke usually followed Sakura wherever anywhere she went, so that was his reason for being there.
They were now on their way to the Konoha playground. Sakura had gotten bored while all the adults had grieved after the service. She was ten after all, and didn't have that much of an attention span. Looking up she that the sky was gloomy with a promise of rain. She hoped it didn't thunder. She hated thunder.
Sensing her discomfort, Sasuke took her hand in his. He didn't talk much anymore. The slaughters of his past had left him a shell of who he used to be. Sakura didn't mind though. She knew deep down, even though he didn't say much, that there was still a little of the old Sasuke. She smiled.
Seeing the park about a block away, Sakura pulled out of Sasuke's hand and excitedly ran towards it. She wanted to ride the Merry-go-round. It was her favorite play equipment. But when she got there, there were all ready two boys playing on it. She paused a second, being her shy self, before walking up to the boy turning the mgr (merry-go-round).
"Hi, my name's Sakura, can I join?" she asked politely as her mother had always told her to.
The one who was pushing stopped and stared at Sakura, inspecting her from top to bottom. Finally, "No. You're ugly, you might infect us" he said before smirking and backing up to jump on. Before he could though, the other little boy who was spinning stuck out his arm and pushed Sakura. She landed on her hands and knees, tears welling up in her eyes. Why were people always so mean to her?
The two boys were laughing, one on the mgr, the other on his back on the ground, holding his stomach. Sasuke, who was never to far behind Sakura, had saw what had happened and went up to pull the boy off the merry-go-round. As the other boy scrambled away, the one who had pushed Sakura was tossed into the dirt. "Doesn't feel nice, does it?" he asked rhetorically. The boy got up and ran off after the other.
Sasuke turned to Sakura. "Are you okay?" he asked, kneeling down.
"Y-yeah" she sniffled. Sasuke had always been there to protect her.
"Come on" he helped her up and placed her in the middle of the red and yellow circle, where she sprawled out between the handle rails. After spinning it, Sasuke joined her on top, laying back next to her. They both stared up at the sky, watching as the rain began to fall.
Sasuke looked over at Sakura. She was the last thing he had, he wouldn't let her be taken away as well.
The wind blew strands of her pink hair into his face.
No, he would never allow her to be taken away.
Sakura, who oblivious to Sasuke's thoughts, smiled as the clouds moved ahead and the spilled out their contents. She turned to see Sasuke looking at her, and smile grew even wider.
"You know Sasuke-kun" she paused, looking into his coal eyes, "I like you, even after ten years, you're still not boring."
He turned his head, looking away, an ever so slight smile tugging at his lips, "I like you too, Sakura-chan."
It was so rare to hear Sasuke talk now a days, Sakura knew she'd remember this moment forever.
Now was that cute or what? Review please!
