Someday

Chapter Eight, The Hardest Word

Sasuke POV

"Where are you going?" I whispered.

Sakura didn't turn around.

She didn't answer me, but I knew what she was doing.

She was running away.

"Please... Don't do this Sakura." I said.

"Shut up Sasuke." Sakura snapped.

I recoiled from her out burst.

I was suddenly angry.

"So what, you're just running away?" I growled.

"It's none of your business."

"It is my business! Sakura, you're my best friend!" I yelled.

Sakura still didn't say anything.

"Please Sakura. Running away won't make anybody happy. Not you... And not me.." I cried.

She took another step forward.

"I love you so much that I can't stand it!" I shouted after her. "If you would only just be with me.. I promise that I will make you happy! Everyday would be a joy!"

The ground was litterd with my tears.

"You have dreams and ambitions. I know you will be able to one day impress your father, and gain his praise and recognition. But me... I have another dream." Sakura said.

Sakura clenched her fist.

"My mother... She was once in the feared organisation, Akatsuki. They... want me to take my mothers place." Sakura said.

I had a sharp intake of breath.

"No.. Not you Sakura... Don't do this! You'll only just lose yourself to hate and anger!" I yelled

"... Sasuke... You and Gaara are walking a path, that for a while, I thought I could take too. But now I have realised, that the only one left for me, is the shadow of my mother's path. She was acually thinking of me Sasuke! She didn't hate me!" She cried.

There was something manic about her. The way she was speaking...

It wasn't the way our Sakura spoke.

This wasn't the way our Sakura acted!

This person infront of me... Was someone else completely.

This isn't my Sakura...

"I must finish her work. I will take her place. And then she will truly love me and see me as her daughter.. I will make her proud and be what is left of her memory! She will forever live on in me!" Sakura said.

My eyes widened at her statement.

"You don't have to be your mother Sakura! You can be you! That day when we were assigned our new sensei. When Yakoto-sensei asked you what your dream was, you said you wanted to be a great kunoichi and become Lady Chiyo's apprentice! Those were your dreams Sakura, not your mothers!" I yelled.

She was slient.

"If you jut stayed here, you could have a great life! You could stay with Team 0, and Kaiaru!" I said.

Sakura turned to me.

"What could I possibly want with some idiot ninja and a hopless village." She said.

More tears came.

Sakura continued to walk on.

"Don't leave me! If you do, I'll shout and-" Sakura flash stepped and appeared behind me.

"Sasuke... Thank you, for everything." She said.

"Sakura.." I whispered.

I felt her hit a pressure point on my neck.

I slumped to the ground and darkness consumed me.

Sakura POV

I set him down next to a bench.

"I know you will become a great shinobi one day." I whispered.

I pressed my lips to his forehead.

"In another life, I would have truly fallen for you Sasuke. But I'm sorry. You are not the one I love." I sniffed as I fought back tears.

One lone tear fell onto his cheek.

"I love Gaara... I love him so much. But I must do this. This is for my mother." I sighed.

I got up and began to walk away.

I turned to get one last look at my home.

I'm sorry.. Kaiaru... Sasuke... Yakoto-sensei... Gaara.

This is where I leave behind the Sakura you came to know...

I turned away from the village and walked out into the dark night.

... And become the monster, that I hope, you will come to truly hate..

Goodbye.

I have decided to make a few more chapters. I will hopfully finish this part of the story before the end of June.

Again, I want to thank all my readers and reviewers!

But, I would like at least three more reviews before the next chapter.

Now, GO my little fanfiction realm pplz!

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